Publications

ZORA Publication List

Publications

• 2020

  • Journal Article

    • Staub, K., Rühli, F. J., & Floris, J. (2020). The “Pandemic Gap” in Switzerland across the 20th century and the necessity of increased science communication of past pandemic experiences Swiss Medical Weekly, e1. https://smw.ch/op-eds/post/the-pandemic-gap

  • Published Research Report

    • Matthes, K. L., Floris, J., Hartmann, C., Burnier, M., Bochud, M., Bührer, T., Reber, E., Stanga, Z., Gültekin, N., Zwahlen, M., Bender, N., & Staub, K. (2020). Das Gewicht der Schweiz: Eine quantitative Synthesestudie zum Body Mass Index und Bauchumfang sowie den damit verbundenen Kofaktoren bei erwachsenen Männern und Frauen in der Schweiz Bundesamt für Gesundheit BAG. https://www.bag.admin.ch/dam/bag/de/dokumente/npp/forschungsberichte/forschungsberichte-e-und-b/schlussbericht-bmi.pdf.download.pdf/Schlussbericht%20BMI_V7.pdf

• 2019

  • Journal Article

    • Fuentes Artiles, R., Staub, K., Aldakak, L., Eppenberger, P., Rühli, F., & Bender, N. (2019). Mindful eating and common diet programs lower body weight similarly: Systematic review and meta‐analysis Obesity Reviews, 20, 1619–1627. https://doi.org/10.1111/obr.12918
    • Slekiene, J., & Mosler, H.-J. (2019). The link between mental health and safe drinking water behaviors in a vulnerable population in rural Malawi BMC Psychology, 7, 44. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-019-0320-1
    • Fritz, A., Makeyeva, A., Staub, K., & Groth, D. (2019). Influence of network properties on a migration induced secular height trend by Monte Carlo simulation Anthropologischer Anzeiger, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1127/anthranz/2019/1032
    • Gamma, A. E., Slekiene, J., & Mosler, H.-J. (2019). The Impact of Various Promotional Activities on Ebola Prevention Behaviors and Psychosocial Factors Predicting Ebola Prevention Behaviors in the Gambia Evaluation of Ebola Prevention Promotions International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16, 2020. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16112020
    • Vinci, L., Krieger, J.-P., Braun, J., Pestoni, G., Bender, N., Rohrmann, S., Fäh, D., & Staub, K. (2019). Clustering of sociodemographic and lifestyle factors among adults with excess weight in a multilingual country Nutrition, 62, 177–185. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nut.2019.01.001
    • Vinci, L., Floris, J., Koepke, N., Matthes, K. L., Bochud, M., Bender, N., Rohrmann, S., Fäh, D., & Staub, K. (2019). Have Swiss adult males and females stopped growing taller? Evidence from the population-based nutrition survey menuCH, 2014/2015 Economics and Human Biology, 33, 201–210. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2019.03.009
    • Bixby, H., et al, Bopp, M., Fäh, D., Gutzwiller, F., Rühli, F. J., Staub, K., et al, & Ezzati, M. (2019). Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults Nature, 569, 260–264. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1171-x
    • Floris, J., & Staub, K. (2019). Water, sanitation and mortality in Swiss towns in the context of urban renewal in the late nineteenth century The History of the Family, 24, 249–276. https://doi.org/10.1080/1081602x.2019.1598460
    • Wyss, T., Roos, L., Studer, F., Mäder, U., Beuchat, C., & Staub, K. (2019). Development of physical fitness performance in young Swiss men from 2006 to 2015 Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports, 29, 586–596. https://doi.org/10.1111/sms.13376
    • Güsewell, S., Floris, J., Berlin, C., Zwahlen, M., Rühli, F., Bender, N., & Staub, K. (2019). Spatial Association of Food Sales in Supermarkets with the Mean BMI of Young Men: An Ecological Study Nutrients, 11, 579. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu11030579
    • Karavasiloglou, N., Matthes, K. L., Berlin, C., Limam, M., Wanner, M., Korol, D., & Rohrmann, S. (2019). Increasing trends in in situ breast cancer incidence in a region with no population-based mammographic screening program: results from Zurich, Switzerland 2003-2014 Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology, 145, 653–660. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00432-018-2822-2
    • Chekalin, E., Rubanovich, A., Tatarinova, T. V., Kasianov, A., Bender, N., Chekalina, M., Staub, K., Koepke, N., Rühli, F., Bruskin, S., & Morozova, I. (2019). Changes in biological pathways during 6,000 years of civilization in Europe Molecular Biology and Evolution, 36, 127–140. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msy201
    • Góngora, V. M., Matthes, K. L., Castaño, P. R., Linseisen, J., & Rohrmann, S. (2019). Dietary Heterocyclic Amine Intake and Colorectal Adenoma Risk: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention, 28, 99–109. https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-17-1017
    • Staub, K., Nacht, A., Schärli Maurer, S., & Bender, N. (2019). Wichtigkeit von Bauchumfangmessungen bei der Rekrutierung für die Schweizer Armee aus präventiv-medizinischer Sicht Koordinierter Sanitätsdienst : Informationsschrift über den KSD in der Schweiz, 1, 48–54.
    • Floris, J., Höpflinger, F., Stohr, C., Studer, R., & Staub, K. (2019). Wealthier – older – taller: measuring the standard of living in Switzerland since the 19th century Schweizerische Zeitschrift Für Geschichte, 69, 207–232. http://sgg-ssh.ch/de/szgrshrss-69-2019-no-2
    • Beckmann, C., Aldakak, L., Eppenberger, P., Rühli, F., Staub, K., & Bender, N. (2019). Body height and waist circumference of young Swiss men as assessed by 3D laser-based photonic scans and by manual anthropometric measurements PeerJ, 7, e8095. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8095
    • Bender, N., Staub, K., Vinci, L., Fäh, D., Krieger, J.-P., Pestoni, G., & Rohrmann, S. (2019). Lebensstil und Status: Wodurch unterschieden sich übergewichtige von nomalgewichtigen Menschen in der Schweiz? Schweizer Ernährungsbulletin, 42–62. https://www.blv.admin.ch/blv/de/home/lebensmittel-und-ernaehrung/ernaehrung/schweizer-ernaehrungsbulletin.html

  • Book Section

    • Floris, J., Staub, K., Stohr, C., & Woitek, U. (2019). Changes in mortality in Switzerland, 1880–1910 In J. Flores Zendejas, G. Hürlimann, L. Lorenzetti, & H.-U. Schiedt (Eds.), Texte und Zahlen / Des textes et des chiffres (No. 33; Vol. 33, pp. 69–91). Chronos Verlag.

  • Dissertation

    • Slekiene, J. (2019). The Influence and Underlying Mechanisms of Mental Health on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene-Related Behaviors in a Vulnerable Population (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-174351

• 2018

  • Journal Article

    • Binder, C., Matthes, K. L., Korol, D., Rohrmann, S., & Moch, H. (2018). Cancer of unknown primary-Epidemiological trends and relevance of comprehensive genomic profiling Cancer Medicine, 7, 4814–4824. https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.1689
    • Slekiene, J., & Mosler, H.-J. (2018). Characterizing the Last Latrine Nonowners in Rural Malawi American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 98, 295–299. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.17-0578
    • Matthes, K. L., Pestoni, G., Korol, D., Van Hemelrijck, M., & Rohrmann, S. (2018). The risk of prostate cancer mortality and cardiovascular mortality of nonmetastatic prostate cancer patients: A population-based retrospective cohort study Urologic Oncology, 36, 309.e15-309.e23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.urolonc.2018.02.016
    • Matthes, K. L., Limam, M., Pestoni, G., Held, L., Korol, D., & Rohrmann, S. (2018). Impact of comorbidities at diagnosis on prostate cancer treatment and survival Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology, 144, 707–715. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00432-018-2596-6
    • Wanner, M., Matthes, K. L., Korol, D., Dehler, S., & Rohrmann, S. (2018). Indicators of Data Quality at the Cancer Registry Zurich and Zug in Switzerland BioMed Research International, 2018, 7656197. https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/7656197
    • Koepke, N., Floris, J., Pfister, C., Rühli, F. J., & Staub, K. (2018). Ladies First: female and male adult height in Switzerland, 1770-1930 Economics and Human Biology, 29, 76–87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2018.02.002
    • Wanner, M., Richard, A., Matthes, K., Ortelli, L., Lorez, M., Korol, D., Bordoni, A., & Rohrmann, S. (2018). Trends in prostate cancer incidence between 1996 and 2013 in two Swiss regions by age, grade, and T-stage Cancer Causes & Control, 29, 269–277. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-017-0993-9
    • Staub, K., Floris, J., Koepke, N., Trapp, A., Nacht, A., Schärli Maurer, S., Rühli, F. J., & Bender, N. (2018). Associations between anthropometric indices, blood pressure and physical fitness performance in young Swiss men: a cross-sectional study BMJ Open, 8, e018664. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018664
    • Staub, K., Henneberg, M., Galassi, F. M., Eppenberger, P., Haeusler, M., Morozova, I., Rühli, F. J., & Bender, N. (2018). Increasing variability of body mass and health correlates in Swiss conscripts, a possible role of relaxed natural selection? Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health, 2018, 116–126. https://doi.org/10.1093/emph/eoy012

  • Dissertation

    • Matthes, K. L. (2018). The impact of comorbidities and tumor characteristics on treatment decisions and survival of prostate cancer patients (Dissertation, University of Zurich)

  • Published Research Report

    • Bender, N., Vinci, L., Fäh, D., Rohrmann, S., Krieger, J.-P., Pestoni, G., & Staub, K. (2018). Übergewicht und Lebensstil - Auswertung der menuCH-Daten Bundesamt für Gesundheit. https://www.bag.admin.ch/dam/bag/de/dokumente/npp/forschungsberichte/forschungsberichte-e-und-b/auswertung-menu-ch.pdf.download.pdf/Übergewicht%20und%20Lebensstil%20-%20Auswertung%20der%20menuCH-Daten.pdf

• 2017

  • Journal Article

    • Faeh, D., Staub, K., Rühli, F. J., & et al. (2017). Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults The Lancet, 390, 2627–2642. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32129-3
    • Myburgh, J., Staub, K., Rühli, F. J., Smith, J. R., & Steyn, M. (2017). Secular trends in stature of late 20 th century white South Africans and two European populations HOMO Journal of Comparative Human Biology, 68, 433–439. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchb.2017.10.001
    • Papandreou, A., Bopp, M., Braun, J., Staub, K., & Faeh, D. (2017). Individual development and potential determinants of excess weight in children and adolescents: a longitudinal study Swiss Medical Weekly, 147, w14501. https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2017.14501
    • Gamma, A. E., Slekiene, J., von Medeazza, G., Asplund, F., Cardoso, P., & Mosler, H.-J. (2017). Contextual and psychosocial factors predicting Ebola prevention behaviours using the RANAS approach to behaviour change in Guinea-Bissau BMC Public Health, 17, 446. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-4360-2
    • Panczak, R., Moser, A., Held, L., Jones, P. A., Rühli, F. J., & Staub, K. (2017). A tall order: small area mapping and modelling of adult height among Swiss male conscripts Economics and Human Biology, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2017.01.005
    • Lehmann, A., Floris, J., Woitek, U., Rühli, F. J., & Staub, K. (2017). Temporal trends, regional variation and socio-economic differences in height, BMI and body proportions among German conscripts, 1956-2010 Public Health Nutrition, 20, 391–403. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980016002408
    • Matthes, K. L., Limam, M., Dehler, S., Korol, D., & Rohrmann, S. (2017). Primary treatment choice over time and relative survival of prostate cancer patients: influence of age, grade, and stage Oncology Research and Treatment, 40, 484–489. https://doi.org/10.1159/000477096
    • Giroud, N., Lemke, U., Reich, P., Matthes, K. L., & Meyer, M. (2017). The impact of hearing aids and age-related hearing loss on auditory plasticity across three months – An electrical neuroimaging study Hearing Research, 353, 162–175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heares.2017.06.012
    • Giroud, N., Lemke, U., Reich, P., Matthes, K. L., & Meyer, M. (2017). Longitudinal auditory learning facilitates auditory cognition as revealed by microstate analysis Biological Psychology, 123, 25–36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2016.11.007
    • Rohrmann, S., Haile, S. R., Staub, K., Bopp, M., & Fäh, D. (2017). Body height and mortality - mortality follow-up of four Swiss surveys Preventive Medicine, 101, 67–71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2017.05.023
    • Koepke, N., Zwahlen, M., Wells, J. C., Bender, N., Henneberg, M., Rühli, F. J., & Staub, K. (2017). Comparison of 3D laser-based photonic scans and manual anthropometric measurements of body size and shape in a validation study of 123 young Swiss men PeerJ, 5, e2980. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2980

  • Habilitation

    • Staub, K. (2017). “From growth in height to growth in breadth” – An evolutionary perspective on the changing body shape in Switzerland (and Germany) since the 19th century (Habilitation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-152024

  • Published Research Report

    • Floris, J., Koepke, N., Bender, N., Rühli, F. J., & Staub, K. (2017). Der Body-Mass-Index der Schweizer Stellungspflichtigen 2015 Bundesamt für Gesundheit. https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/de/home/service/publikationen/forschungsberichte/forschungsberichte-ernaehrung-bewegung.html
    • Koepke, N., Floris, J., Bender, N., Rühli, F. J., & Staub, K. (2017). Waist Circumference und Waist-to-Height-Ratio bei Schweizer Stellungspflichtigen 2016 Bundesamt für Gesundheit. https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/de/home/service/publikationen/forschungsberichte/forschungsberichte-ernaehrung-bewegung.html

• 2016

  • Journal Article

    • Soneson, C., Matthes, K. L., Nowicka, M., Law, C. W., & Robinson, M. D. (2016). Isoform prefiltering improves performance of count-based methods for analysis of differential transcript usage Genome Biology, 17, 12. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-015-0862-3
    • Hermanussen, M., Aßmann, C., Staub, K., & Groth, D. (2016). Monte Carlo simulation of body height in a spatial network European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 70, 756–756. https://doi.org/10.1038/ejcn.2016.71
    • Staub, K., Bender, N., Floris, J., Pfister, C., & Rühli, F. J. (2016). From undernutrition to overnutrition: the evolution of overweight and obesity among young men in Switzerland since the 19th century Obesity Facts, 9, 259–272. https://doi.org/10.1159/000446966
    • Bruggisser, M., Burki, D., Häusler, M., Rühli, F. J., & Staub, K. (2016). Multivariable analysis of total cholesterol levels in male Swiss Armed Forces conscripts 2006-2012 (N = 174,872) BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 16, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12872-016-0218-2

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