Physical Activity as an Effect Modifier of the Association Between Obesity and Venous Thromboembolism: A Danish Population-Based Cohort Study.

abstract：Purpose:Former studies have suggested that women with Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) have a decreased chance of a live born child after assisted reproductive technology (ART) treatment. It is debated whether corticosteroids before ART may improve outcomes, either by decreasing inflammatory bowel disea...

journal_title：Clinical epidemiology

authors： Nørgård BM,Larsen MD,Friedman S,Fedder J

更新日期：2020-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To validate a clinical database for nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC) with the aim of monitoring and predicting the prognosis of NMSC treated by dermatologists in clinics in the central and north Denmark regions. METHODS:We assessed the completeness of registration of patients and follow-up visits, and positive...

journal_title：Clinical epidemiology

authors： Lamberg AL,Cronin-Fenton D,Olesen AB

更新日期：2010-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:To determine the association of individual antidepressants (ADs) with the risk of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in the elderly. Patients and methods:We conducted a case-control study nested in a cohort of new users of ADs aged ≥65 years, identified in the German Pharmacoepidemiological Research Database durin...

journal_title：Clinical epidemiology

authors： Pisa FE,Reinold J,Kollhorst B,Haug U,Schink T

更新日期：2019-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Administrative data may be useful for epidemiological studies of chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP). However, the quality of the recorded diagnoses needs evaluation. AIM:We evaluated the validity in predicting chronic ITP of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-10 diagnoses of I...

journal_title：Clinical epidemiology

authors： Heden KE,Jensen AØ,Farkas DK,Nørgaard M

更新日期：2009-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We examined the association between lifestyle factors and menstrual cycle characteristics among nulliparous Danish women aged 18-40 years who were participating in an Internet-based prospective cohort study of pregnancy planners. METHODS:We used cross-sectional data collected at baseline to assess the associ...

journal_title：Clinical epidemiology

authors： Hahn KA,Wise LA,Riis AH,Mikkelsen EM,Rothman KJ,Banholzer K,Hatch EE

更新日期：2013-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Routinely-collected health data (RCD) are now used for a wide range of studies, including observational studies, comparative effectiveness research, diagnostics, studies of adverse effects, and predictive analytics. At the same time, limitations inherent in using data collected without specific a priori research quest...

journal_title：Clinical epidemiology

authors： Nicholls SG,Langan SM,Sørensen HT,Petersen I,Benchimol EI

更新日期：2016-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To establish the validity of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) diagnoses in the Danish Stroke Registry (DSR) and the Danish National Patient Registry (DNPR). Patients and Methods:Based on discharge summaries and brain imaging reports, we estimated the positive predictive value (PPV) of a first-ever diagnosis code...

journal_title：Clinical epidemiology

authors： Hald SM,Kring Sloth C,Agger M,Schelde-Olesen MT,Højholt M,Hasle M,Bogetofte H,Olesrud I,Binzer S,Madsen C,Krone W,García Rodríguez LA,Al-Shahi Salman R,Hallas J,Gaist D

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The presence of comorbid medical conditions can significantly affect a cancer patient's treatment options, quality of life, and survival. However, these important data are often lacking from population-based cancer registries. Leveraging routine linkage to hospital discharge data, a comorbidity score was cal...

journal_title：Clinical epidemiology

authors： Lichtensztajn DY,Giddings BM,Morris CR,Parikh-Patel A,Kizer KW

更新日期：2017-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: The Swedish National Patient Registry (NPR) is a nationwide registry that is used extensively for epidemiological research. Using the NPR, we recently found a recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) incidence of 650/100,000 (0.65%) pregnant women in Sweden. It is of great importance that the quality of the coding i...

journal_title：Clinical epidemiology

authors： Rasmark Roepke E,Christiansen OB,Hansson SR

更新日期：2019-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of the present study was to validate the data in the Aarhus Sarcoma Registry (ASR), to determine if this registry is population-based for western Denmark, and to examine the incidence of sarcomas using validated, population-based registry data. METHODS:This study was based on patients with bone and ...

journal_title：Clinical epidemiology

authors： Maretty-Nielsen K,Aggerholm-Pedersen N,Keller J,Safwat A,Baerentzen S,Pedersen AB

更新日期：2013-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Primary care databases represent a rich source of data for health care research; however, the quality of recording of secondary care events in these databases is uncertain. This study sought to investigate the completeness of recording of hospital admissions for bleeds in primary care records and explore the...

journal_title：Clinical epidemiology

authors： McDonald L,Sammon CJ,Samnaliev M,Ramagopalan S

更新日期：2018-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Anemia is prevalent in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), but the longitudinal risk of anemia in patients with newly identified CKD is unknown. We therefore examined the risks of experiencing anemia in persons with newly identified CKD. Patients and Methods:This cohort study included adult patients wi...

journal_title：Clinical epidemiology

authors： Vestergaard SV,Heide-Jørgensen U,van Haalen H,James G,Hedman K,Birn H,Thomsen RW,Christiansen CF

更新日期：2020-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:National prescription databases are important tools in pharmacoepidemiological studies investigating potential long-term adverse events after drug use. Palivizumab is a biological pharmaceutical used as passive prophylaxis against severe infection with respiratory syncytial virus in high-risk children. OBJE...

journal_title：Clinical epidemiology

authors： Haerskjold A,Henriksen L,Way S,Malham M,Hallas J,Pedersen L,Stensballe LG

更新日期：2015-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Invasive bladder cancer (IBC) is a common urological malignancy accounting for 4%-5% of all cancers in Denmark. Our aim was to examine possible changes in short- and long-term survival of patients with IBC during 1998-2009. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING:Data on all patients (N = 4032) with an incident diagnosis o...

journal_title：Clinical epidemiology

authors： Lund L,Erichsen R,Nørgaard M,Larsen EH,Borre M,Jacobsen J

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although hypertrophic scar (HTS) formation following cleft lip repair is relatively common, published rates vary widely, from 1% to nearly 50%. The risk factors associated with HTS formation in cleft patients are not well characterized. The primary aim of this retrospective study of 180 cleft lip repairs is ...

journal_title：Clinical epidemiology

authors： Soltani AM,Francis CS,Motamed A,Karatsonyi AL,Hammoudeh JA,Sanchez-Lara PA,Reinisch JF,Urata MM

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To validate the use of International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) codes to identify patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in the Taiwan National Health Insurance (NHI) Outpatient Claims Dataset. Methods:We conducted ...

journal_title：Clinical epidemiology

authors： Sheu MJ,Liang FW,Li ST,Li CY,Lu TH

更新日期：2020-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Case-control studies are a common and efficient means of studying rare diseases or illnesses with long latency periods. Matching of cases and controls is frequently employed to control the effects of known potential confounding variables. The analysis of matched data requires specific statistical methods. M...

journal_title：Clinical epidemiology

authors： Niven DJ,Berthiaume LR,Fick GH,Laupland KB

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Sharing of detailed individual-level data continues to pose challenges in multi-center studies. This issue can be addressed in part by using analytic methods that require only summary-level information to perform the desired multivariable-adjusted analysis. We examined the feasibility and empirical validity of ...

journal_title：Clinical epidemiology

authors： Toh S,Wellman R,Coley RY,Horgan C,Sturtevant J,Moyneur E,Janning C,Pardee R,Coleman KJ,Arterburn D,McTigue K,Anau J,Cook AJ

更新日期：2018-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Apolipoproteins C-I, C-II, C-III and E have been associated with risk of arterial thrombotic diseases. We investigated whether these apolipoproteins have prothrombotic properties and are associated with risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE). Patients and methods:A total of 127 VTE patients and 299 controls were...

journal_title：Clinical epidemiology

authors： Orsi FA,Lijfering WM,Van der Laarse A,Ruhaak LR,Rosendaal FR,Cannegieter SC,Cobbaert C

更新日期：2019-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Characterizing the relations between exposures and diseases is the central tenet of epidemiology. Researchers may want to evaluate exposure-disease causation by assessing whether the disease under concern is induced by the various exposures - the so-called "attribution". In this paper, the authors propose a method to ...

journal_title：Clinical epidemiology

authors： Chen C,Lee WC

更新日期：2018-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The study objective was to compare the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) and the RTI item bank (RTI-IB) and estimate interrater agreement using the RTI-IB within a systematic review on the cardiovascular safety of glucose-lowering drugs. METHODS:We tailored both tools and added four questions to the RTI-IB. Two ...

journal_title：Clinical epidemiology

authors： Margulis AV,Pladevall M,Riera-Guardia N,Varas-Lorenzo C,Hazell L,Berkman ND,Viswanathan M,Perez-Gutthann S

更新日期：2014-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:To investigate the impact of moderate wine consumption on the risk of prostate cancer (PCa). We focused on the differential effect of moderate consumption of red versus white wine. Design:This study was a meta-analysis that includes data from case-control and cohort studies. Materials and methods:A systemat...

journal_title：Clinical epidemiology

authors： Vartolomei MD,Kimura S,Ferro M,Foerster B,Abufaraj M,Briganti A,Karakiewicz PI,Shariat SF

更新日期：2018-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Substantial heterogeneity exists in reported kidney function decline in pre-dialysis chronic kidney disease (CKD). By design, kidney function decline can be studied in CKD 3-5 cohorts or dialysis-based studies. In the latter, patients are selected based on the fact that they initiated dialysis, possibly leading...

journal_title：Clinical epidemiology

authors： Janmaat CJ,van Diepen M,van Hagen CC,Rotmans JI,Dekker FW,Dekkers OM

更新日期：2018-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Participation in cervical cancer screening varies by socioeconomic status. The aims were to assess if offering human papilloma virus (HPV) self-sampling kits has an effect on screening participation among various socioeconomic groups and to determine if two invitation strategies for offering self-sampling in...

journal_title：Clinical epidemiology

authors： Tranberg M,Bech BH,Blaakær J,Jensen JS,Svanholm H,Andersen B

更新日期：2018-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Cost-effective primary prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) relies on accuracy of risk assessment. Current risk scores require clinical and laboratory measures, are expensive and are often difficult to apply in the population setting. Objective:This study sought to estimate CVD risk from individuals' ...

journal_title：Clinical epidemiology

authors： Duval S,Van't Hof JR,Steffen LM,Luepker RV

更新日期：2020-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Inherited ichthyosis is a monogenetic disease characterized by hyperkeratosis and scaling of the skin, with large interindividual variation in severity. It can affect quality of life for patients and their families. Population-based data on inherited ichthyosis are lacking, which hampers studies into its epidem...

journal_title：Clinical epidemiology

authors： Kristensen MH,Schmidt SAJ,Kibsgaard L,Hove H,Sommerlund M,Koppelhus U

更新日期：2020-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT) is associated with an increased risk of developing breast cancer, but little is known about the underlying factors. The aim of this study was to compare women with a history of pHPT and a reference population in terms of standard factors predictive of prognosis and response...

journal_title：Clinical epidemiology

authors： Norenstedt S,Granath F,Ekbom A,Bergh J,Lambe M,Adolfsson J,Warnberg F,Zedenius J,Nilsson IL

更新日期：2011-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine may reduce the risk of cancer as they inhibit autophagy, in particular, in people with connective tissue diseases. Methods:The hazard ratios of cancers, metastases, and death were assessed in adults with connective tissue diseases prescribed hydroxychloroquine/chloroquine ...

journal_title：Clinical epidemiology

authors： Fardet L,Nazareth I,Petersen I

更新日期：2017-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Few modern population-based estimates of the prognosis of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (rAAA) exist. METHODS AND MATERIALS:From 1994-2008, a total of 6954 rAAA cases were identified in Danish nationwide population-based registries. RESULTS:Of 3148 (45%) surgery cases, 1454 (46%) died within 30 days...

journal_title：Clinical epidemiology

authors： Lindholt JS,Søgaard R,Laustsen J

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A number of population-based studies have demonstrated lower cancer survival in elderly patients than among middle-aged or younger patients. Also, data quality in cancer registries has been shown to be associated with age. The objective of this study was to examine the recent age-specific cancer survival tre...

journal_title：Clinical epidemiology

authors： Innos K,Lang K,Pärna K,Aareleid T

更新日期：2015-07-29 00:00:00