Low level lead exposure: history and discovery.

abstract：PURPOSE:Most studies, primarily conducted in populations of European ancestry, reported increased risk of head and neck cancer (HNC) associated with leanness (body mass index [BMI] <18.5 kg/m(2)) and decreased for overweight or obesity (25.0 to <30.0 and >30 kg/m(2), respectively), compared with normal weight (18.5 to ...

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： Petrick JL,Gaudet MM,Weissler MC,Funkhouser WK,Olshan AF

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A food-frequency questionnaire (FFQ) for low-income Mexican-Americans in Starr County, Texas, was developed as part of an epidemiologic study of gallbladder disease during 1985 and 1986. The FFQ was developed from 7-day food records collected from the first sample. In the validity study, using the second sample, corre...

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： McPherson RS,Kohl HW 3rd,Garcia G,Nichaman MZ,Hanis CL

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intervention studies are now viewed as a useful and necessary approach to understanding the relation between nutrition and cancer. Over 20 such studies have been initiated in the past 7 years. Foreign countries may be an attractive site for such investigations, mainly because of desirable population characteristics su...

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： Taylor PR,Dawsey S,Albanes D

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Men who have sex with men (MSM) bear a disproportionate burden of new and existing HIV infections in the United States, with black and Hispanic MSM facing the highest rates. A lack of data on MSM population sizes has precluded the understanding of state-level variations in these rates. METHODS:Using a recently...

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： Rosenberg ES,Purcell DW,Grey JA,Hankin-Wei A,Hall E,Sullivan PS

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To provide information about lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) veterans' health status, diagnoses, and health screening behaviors compared with heterosexual veterans. METHODS:Data are from 10 states' 2010 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System surveys that contained sexual orientation data for veterans (n =...

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： Blosnich JR,Silenzio VM

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine if the timing for requesting signed permission to access personal health services utilization records affects authorization or survey response rates. METHODS:A screening question about in-principle willingness to permit access to personal health services utilization records was included in a mail-...

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： Silva MS,Smith WT,Bammer G

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Gastroesophageal reflux disease is an important and increasingly common condition. Both overweight and high fat food consumption have been implicated as causes of reflux disease. We examined the relationship of overweight, high dietary fat intake, and other factors with reflux disease hospitalization. METHODS:...

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： Ruhl CE,Everhart JE

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To estimate the effect of hypothetical changes in modifiable predictors on the incidence of fair-to-poor self-rated health (SRH) in breast cancer survivors. METHODS:In 2007-2008, we interviewed 832 breast cancer survivors 1 year after diagnosis (baseline) and 1 year later. First, multivariable logistic regress...

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： Schootman M,Deshpande AD,Pruitt S,Aft R,Jeffe DB

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Characterization of nonrespondents, with the aim of detecting nonresponse bias, is a crucial component of prospective studies. This study was undertaken to investigate the demographic and health characteristics of nonrespondents to a population-based cohort study of cardiovascular disease, to determine whether early-s...

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： Shahar E,Folsom AR,Jackson R

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We sought to evaluate the association between childhood socioeconomic status (SES) at two time points and age at menarche in a multiracial sample of U.S. girls. METHODS:Our study population consisted of a cohort of female participants enrolled at birth at the New York site of the Collaborative Perinatal Projec...

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： James-Todd T,Tehranifar P,Rich-Edwards J,Titievsky L,Terry MB

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study of blood lipid levels in adolescent students in rural and urban areas of Greece was undertaken. Blood samples were drawn from 307 adolescents aged 12 to 18 years attending two rural and two urban high schools of different socioeconomic level (urban/lower, urban/higher). Obesity among adolescents had statistica...

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： Petridou E,Malamou H,Doxiadis S,Pantelakis S,Kanellopoulou G,Toupadaki N,Trichopoulou A,Flytzani V,Trichopoulos D

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Both obesity and gamma glutamyltransferase (GGT) are individually considered to be closely associated with metabolic syndrome (MetS). Whether the 2 factors synergistically associate with MetS is not yet confirmed. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether obesity and GGT are interactively associated ...

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： Hwang AC,Lin YC,Liu PT,Kao YM,Chen JD

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the possible association between ibuprofen use and dermatologic superinfections among children with recent varicella infection. METHODS:A retrospective cohort study of children in Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, a health maintenance organization in New England, was conducted. Outcomes and exposures...

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： Choo PW,Donahue JG,Platt R

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Studies of ethnic density and health in the United States have documented poorer health outcomes among black individuals living in black compared with nonblack neighborhoods, but few studies have considered the identities of the populations in nonblack neighborhoods. METHODS:New York City birth records from 19...

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： Mason SM,Kaufman JS,Daniels JL,Emch ME,Hogan VK,Savitz DA

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine whether bladder cancer is associated with exposure to perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) in an occupational cohort. METHODS:Incidence of bladder cancer was ascertained by postal questionnaire to all living current and former employees of the facility (N = 1895) and death certificates for deceased wo...

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： Alexander BH,Olsen GW

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Preterm birth is associated with gastric acid-related disorders in infancy, but no investigators have examined this association beyond early childhood. We used antisecretory medication data to explore whether preterm birth is associated with gastric acid-related disorders in young adulthood. METHODS:We conduct...

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： Crump C,Winkleby MA,Sundquist J,Sundquist K

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:C-reactive protein (CRP), Chlamydia pneumonia, Helicobacter pylori, and cytomegalovirus (CMV) have each been associated with atherosclerosis. We assessed how infection and CRP related to risk for subsequent myocardial infarction (MI). METHODS:Using a nested case-control design, we assessed how these factors in...

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： Witherell HL,Smith KL,Friedman GD,Ley C,Thom DH,Orentreich N,Vogelman JH,Parsonnet J

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate whether existing data and evidence support a causal link between maternal Zika virus (ZIKV) infection and newborn microcephaly. METHODS:I quantified and compared the prevalence of all and severe microcephaly in Brazil, during and before 2015-2016, to assess whether an outbreak has occurred, used ti...

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： Bautista LE

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Studies have shown a high prevalence of weight loss in older adults is associated with an increased risk of death. We investigated this in a population-based study. METHODS:Persons living in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, participated in a baseline examination between 1988 and 1990 (n=4926). A medical examination and ...

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： Knudtson MD,Klein BE,Klein R,Shankar A

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To estimate the risk of blood exposure to non-intact skin in U.S. paramedics; to estimate risk ratios for selected management practices. METHODS:A mail survey was conducted among a national sample of licensed paramedics in the United States in 2002-2003. RESULTS:The adjusted response rate was 55% (N = 2,664)....

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： Leiss JK

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study is to map type 2 diabetes susceptibility genes in West African ancestral populations of African-Americans, through an international collaboration between West African and US investigators. DESIGN AND METHODS:Affected sib-pairs (ASP) along with unaffected spouse controls are being enro...

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： Rotimi CN,Dunston GM,Berg K,Akinsete O,Amoah A,Owusu S,Acheampong J,Boateng K,Oli J,Okafor G,Onyenekwe B,Osotimehin B,Abbiyesuku F,Johnson T,Fasanmade O,Furbert-Harris P,Kittles R,Vekich M,Adegoke O,Bonney G,Colli

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Little is known about how seasonal variation in physical activity relates to declining physical activity in adolescence. We quantified how each of daily weather conditions and season affect physical activity during adolescence. METHODS:We followed 1293 students, initially aged 12 to 13 years over 5 years. Part...

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： Bélanger M,Gray-Donald K,O'Loughlin J,Paradis G,Hanley J

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine whether homocyst(e)ine (H(e)) is related to hemostatic factors in a population-based sample without evidence of cardiovascular disease. METHODS:A subsample of 660 participants--67 African-American women, 53 African-American men, 201 white women, and 339 white men--was selected from the Atheroscler...

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： Schreiner PJ,Wu KK,Malinow MR,Stinson VL,Szklo M,Nieto FJ,Heiss G

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We present a conceptual introduction to "distributional inequalities"-differences in distributions of risk factors or other outcomes between social groups-as a consequential shift for research on health inequalities. We also review a companion analytical methodology, "distributional decomposition", which can as...

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： Siddiqi A,Shahidi FV,Hildebrand V,Hong A,Basu S

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess ethnic differences in the risk of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after a disaster, and to assess the factors that may explain these differences. METHODS:We used data from a representative survey of the New York City metropolitan area (n=2,616) conducted 6 months after September 11, 2001. Linea...

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： Galea S,Vlahov D,Tracy M,Hoover DR,Resnick H,Kilpatrick D

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:An association has been consistently found between diabetes mellitus and decreased lung function. We evaluated to what extent low-grade inflammation (as measured by the level of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein [hs-CRP]) could explain this relationship. METHODS:A sample of 1878 middle-aged adults from the c...

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： Giovannelli J,Trouiller P,Hulo S,Chérot-Kornobis N,Ciuchete A,Edmé JL,Matran R,Amouyel P,Meirhaeghe A,Dauchet L

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent reports of increasing incidence, especially in men, led us to update through 1989 an earlier study of colorectal cancer incidence in Rochester that covered the period 1940 through 1979. The combined data reflected cancer trends in the community over half a century. Data resources of the Rochester Epidemiology P...

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： Beard CM,Spencer RJ,Weiland LH,O'Fallon WM,Melton LJ 3rd

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We examined (1) if child maltreatment (CM) is associated with lower health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and fewer quality-adjusted life years (QALY) over a 9-year follow-up of midlife women and (2) if adulthood psychosocial mediators could explain these associations. METHODS:Women (n = 342) completed the Ch...

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： Lin HS,Naimi AI,Brooks MM,Richardson GA,Burke JG,Bromberger JT

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Existing studies on laxatives, used by roughly 40% of the U.S. population experiencing constipation and colorectal cancer (CRC) have yielded inconsistent results, which may be due to a failure to account for differential risks by major laxative types: bulk (fiber-based), and nonbulk (or nonfiber-based). METHOD...

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： Citronberg JS,Hardikar S,Phipps A,Figueiredo JC,Newcomb P

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PURPOSE: Although most US women who undergo mammography screening also receive a Clinical Breast Examination (CBE), factors that predict cancer detection during a CBE have not been well studied to date.METHODS: We analyzed 752,081 National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP) screening records ...

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： Bobo J,Lee N

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00