Prevalence of overweight and obesity in East and West German children in the decade after reunification: population-based series of cross-sectional studies.

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:It has been frequently noted that overweight and obesity have a stronger relationship to hypertension and diabetes mellitus than to the risk of stroke. The reason for this observation has not been clear. This study aimed to examine the lifelong relation between body fat and stroke to shed light on why t...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Shinton R,Sagar G,Beevers G

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation is now recommended irrespective of CD4 count. However data on the relationship between CD4 count at ART initiation and loss to follow-up (LTFU) are limited and conflicting. METHODS:We conducted a cohort analysis including all adults initiating ART (2008-2012) at three...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Grimsrud A,Cornell M,Schomaker M,Fox MP,Orrell C,Prozesky H,Stinson K,Tanser F,Egger M,Myer L,International Epidemiologic Databases to Evaluate AIDS Southern Africa Collaboration (IeDEA-SA).

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective questionnaire and interview study of 10 year survivors of uncomplicated myocardial infarction examined smoking, diet, exercise, weight, medication, and treatment since discharge from hospital in 1973-4 and made comparisons with controls (using the same questionnaire) and with normal populations (as rep...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： West RR,Evans DA

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article examines the main trends in the history of publicly organised school meals in Norway, while casting comparative glances at Britain. First, it argues that the status of school meals today is strongly influenced by three intertwined strains of past tradition: poor relief, universal welfare and the ideal of ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Andresen A,Elvbakken KT

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare group classification of cardiovascular risk by two compound laboratory indices with classification according to the serum total cholesterol concentration alone. DESIGN:Healthy employees were defined as low and high cardiovascular risk subjects according to their total cholesterol concentration or ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Berg JE,Høstmark AT

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several hypotheses predict that faltering fetal growth is an antecedent for common non-communicable diseases. This is the first systematic review of an emerging literature linking antenatal fetal measurements to postnatal outcomes. METHODS:Electronic databases (OVID, EMBASE and Google Scholar) and cohort st...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Alkandari F,Ellahi A,Aucott L,Devereux G,Turner S

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent studies have emphasised the multidimensional nature of the social capital concept, but it is not known whether the health effects of social capital vary by dimension. The objective of this study was to examine the vertical component (ie, respectful and trusting relationships across power differentials...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Oksanen T,Kouvonen A,Vahtera J,Virtanen M,Kivimäki M

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUNDS:The debate on health selection which describes the influence of health on subsequent social mobility is highly contested. The authors set out to examine the effect of health selection by looking at the effect of previous health status on changes in socio-economic position (SEP) over two time periods. METHO...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Ki M,Sacker A,Kelly Y,Nazroo J

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical students in Nottingham all complete an honours Bachelor of Medical Sciences course in one department including a research project. The honours programme in community health is described, with results from a survey of the 122 graduates since the medical school started. The 98 (80%) responses showed high levels ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Elwood JM,Pearson JC,Madeley RJ,Logan RF,Beaver MW,Gillies PA,Little J,Langham A

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To perform the first European overview of educational inequalities in the use of blood pressure and cholesterol screening. METHODS:Data were obtained on the use of screening services according to educational level from nationally representative cross-sectional surveys in Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Es...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Rodin D,Stirbu I,Ekholm O,Dzurova D,Costa G,Mackenbach JP,Kunst AE

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the value of psychosocial risk factors in discriminating between individuals at higher and lower risk of coronary heart disease, using risk prediction equations. DESIGN:Prospective observational study. SETTING:Scotland. PARTICIPANTS:5191 employed men aged 35 to 64 years and free of coronary heart...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Macleod J,Metcalfe C,Smith GD,Hart C

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To inform discussions on rates, burden and priority-setting in relation to police violence, we quantified the number and rate of years of life lost (YLLs) due to police violence by race/ethnicity and age in the USA, 2015-2016. METHODS:We used data on the number of deaths due to police violence from 'The Cou...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Bui AL,Coates MM,Matthay EC

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Promoting walking and cycling as a part of everyday activity is seen as a strategy for tackling obesity and chronic disease. Policy needs to be based on evidence about people's views of walking and cycling as well as effects of interventions. METHODS:Studies of the views of children, young people and parent...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Lorenc T,Brunton G,Oliver S,Oliver K,Oakley A

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are few longitudinal data on physical activity patterns from mid-life into older age. The authors examined associations of self-reported physical activity, adiposity and socio-demographic factors in mid-life with objectively assessed measures of activity in older age. METHODS:Participants were 394 hea...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Hamer M,Kivimaki M,Steptoe A

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Two competing hypotheses, cumulative advantage/disadvantage and age-as-leveller, have been proposed to explain the contradictory findings on socioeconomic differences in health over the lifespan. To test these hypotheses, this investigation examined the influence of educational attainment and material condit...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Hu Y,Pikhart H,Pająk A,Kubínová R,Malyutina S,Besala A,Peasey A,Marmot M,Bobak M

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Investigate the impact of social, economic, and family circumstances on participation in weekly leisure time exercise. DESIGN:Longitudinal regression analysis of the British household panel survey. PARTICIPANTS:9473 people (4521 men and 4952 women) giving 27,881 person years of responses across eight years...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Popham F,Mitchell R

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study examined whether living in rented housing is associated with increased all-cause and cause-specific mortality, and whether the association between home ownership and mortality can be explained by household income, occupational class, and educational level. METHODS:A random sample including every ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Laaksonen M,Martikainen P,Nihtilä E,Rahkonen O,Lahelma E

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As the worldwide population has aged, the number of surgical procedures performed on older patients has increased. It is not known whether this increase has been proportional to growth in the elderly population. The aim of this study was to assess the population-adjusted incidence of acute and elective gener...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Deng C,Mitchell S,Paine SJ,Kerse N

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diagnosis of cancer through emergency presentation is associated with poorer prognosis. While reductions in emergency presentations have been described, whether known sociodemographic inequalities are changing is uncertain. METHODS:We analysed 'Routes to Diagnosis' data on patients aged ≥25 years diagnosed ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Herbert A,Abel GA,Winters S,McPhail S,Elliss-Brookes L,Lyratzopoulos G

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Much of the UK government's 1999 report on teenage pregnancy was by necessity based on rather old or non-longitudinal research. AIM:To examine the associations between risk factors identified in the report and pregnancy at or before age 16 years among young women and partners of young men using the more rec...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Allen E,Bonell C,Strange V,Copas A,Stephenson J,Johnson AM,Oakley A

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To investigate the strength of the relation between the amount of green space in people's living environment and their perceived general health. This relation is analysed for different age and socioeconomic groups. Furthermore, it is analysed separately for urban and more rural areas, because the stren...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Maas J,Verheij RA,Groenewegen PP,de Vries S,Spreeuwenberg P

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent authors have suggested that cross-sectional studies of adverse outcome of pregnancy are misleading, and that the only valid method of analysis controls for eventual number of pregnancies. The present study shows, by simple examples, that such a method produces results that cannot be interpreted in the way claim...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Golding J,Butler NR,Newcombe RG

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Stillbirth and neonatal mortality rates declined in Europe between 2004 and 2010. We hypothesised that declines might be greater for countries with higher mortality in 2004 and disproportionally affect very preterm infants at highest risk. METHODS:Data about live births, stillbirths and neonatal deaths by g...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Zeitlin J,Mortensen L,Cuttini M,Lack N,Nijhuis J,Haidinger G,Blondel B,Hindori-Mohangoo AD,Euro-Peristat Scientific Committee.

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) remains a major public health issue. Several studies have found that an increased level of ambient particulate matter (PM) smaller than 2.5 microns (PM2.5) is associated with an increased risk of OHCA. We investigated the relationship between air pollution levels and the...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Straney L,Finn J,Dennekamp M,Bremner A,Tonkin A,Jacobs I

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To map out area effects on health research, this study had the following aims: (1) to inventory multilevel investigations of area effects on self rated health, cardiovascular diseases and risk factors, and mortality among adults; (2) to describe and critically discuss methodological approaches employed and results obs...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Riva M,Gauvin L,Barnett TA

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The aim was to estimate the likely burden of cervical cancer in New Zealand over the next two decades, according to whether cervical screening services are made more effective. DESIGN:The study was based on national mortality and incidence data for the periods 1954-87 and 1954-86, respectively. An age-...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Cox B,Skegg DC

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Records in the obstetric wards and nurseries of 18 hospitals were reviewed and studied epidemiologically, covering about 210,000 deliveries and 1000 cases of neural tube defects (NTD). All live and still births occurred in the period 1970-84. Following the NTD classification used by Koch (1984), our case series consis...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Lian ZH,Yang HY,Li Z

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known about how diet-related and activity-related amenities relate to residential location behaviour. Understanding these relationships is essential for addressing residential self-selection bias. METHODS:Using 25 years (6 examinations) of data from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Ad...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Rummo PE,Guilkey DK,Shikany JM,Reis JP,Gordon-Larsen P

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are substantial socioeconomic inequalities in functional limitations in old age. Resilience may offer new insights into these inequalities by identifying constellations of factors that protect some individuals from developing functional limitations despite socioeconomic adversity. METHODS:Data from 19...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Kok AAL,Stafford M,Cosco TD,Huisman M,Deeg D,Kuh D,Cooper R

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Smokefree Class Competition, the largest school-based smoking prevention programme in Europe, aims to create a class climate that denormalises smoking. An analysis was carried out to assess whether it increases bullying or perception of isolation. METHODS:A cluster randomised controlled trial was conduc...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Hanewinkel R,Isensee B,Maruska K,Sargent JD,Morgenstern M

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00