Quasi-experimental evidence on the causal effects of physical health on mental health.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The reproducibility and validity of self-administered questionnaires on physical activity and inactivity were examined in a random (representative) sample of the Nurses' Health Study II cohort and a random sample of African-American women in that cohort. METHODS:Repeat questionnaires were administered 2 yea...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Wolf AM,Hunter DJ,Colditz GA,Manson JE,Stampfer MJ,Corsano KA,Rosner B,Kriska A,Willett WC

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:The dietary intakes of 90 confirmed primary liver cancer cases were compared against 90 age-sex matched controls. Dietary recall, obtained by the same nutritionist, was taken for each change of residence lasting one year or more. The frequency and amounts of food items consumed were calculated into units of ...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Bulatao-Jayme J,Almero EM,Castro MC,Jardeleza MT,Salamat LA

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In 2002, a poster alerted the French health authorities to the possibility that the risk of childhood leukaemia might be increased by hepatitis B vaccination. Elucidating the role of vaccination in the aetiology of childhood acute leukaemia (AL) was therefore included in the objectives of an ongoing national...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Mallol-Mesnard N,Menegaux F,Auvrignon A,Auclerc MF,Bertrand Y,Nelken B,Robert A,Michel G,Margueritte G,Perel Y,Méchinaud F,Bordigoni P,Leverger G,Baruchel A,Hémon D,Clavel J

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Physical activity is associated with reduced risk of colorectal cancer, but most epidemiological studies have focused on occupational and recreational physical activity. The evidence for other domains of activity, and for sedentary behaviour, is limited. Methods:Medline, Embase and Web of Science were searc...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Mahmood S,MacInnis RJ,English DR,Karahalios A,Lynch BM

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prospective data from the Matlab surveillance area in rural Bangladesh, 1974-1982, were used in this study to show that divorced and never-married adults (aged 15-44 years) had significantly higher mortality than their currently married peers with differences in disability status accounting for some of this excess ris...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Rahman O

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The long-term effects of infant vitamin D supplementation and status are unclear since there have been few controlled intervention trials and these have been small and contradictory. The Delhi Infant Vitamin D Supplementation (DIVIDS) trial found that supplementation of low-birthweight term infants with one ...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Trilok-Kumar G,Kaur M,Rehman AM,Arora H,Rajput MM,Chugh R,Kurpad A,Sachdev HS,Filteau S

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of a negative control is to reproduce a condition that cannot involve the hypothesized causal mechanism, but does involve the same sources of bias and confounding that may distort the primary association of interest. Observational studies suggest physical inactivity is a major risk factor for car...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Hamer M,Bauman A,Bell JA,Stamatakis E

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this research was to determine the hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) carrier prevalence among cases of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and the population attributable risk of HBsAg carriage for HCC, by ethnicity in New Zealand. METHODS:The hospital notes of HCC cases registered with the New Zea...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Blakely TA,Bates MN,Baker MG,Tobias M

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Identifying mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in midlife could improve early identification of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Also, AD is highly heritable, but the heritability of MCI has not been established. We estimated prevalence rates, association with premorbid general cognitive ability (GCA) and heritability...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Kremen WS,Jak AJ,Panizzon MS,Spoon KM,Franz CE,Thompson WK,Jacobson KC,Vasilopoulos T,Vuoksimaa E,Xian H,Toomey R,Lyons MJ

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microscopic examination of multiple faeces samples of 2 825 persons was carried out in the Metropolitan Lagos. Overall prevalence of Entamoeba histolytica was 11.2%. Prevalence increased rapidly in younger age groups and there were no real differences between males and females. Prevalence was high among families who a...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Oyerinde JP,Alonge AA,Adegbite-Hollist AF,Ogunbi O

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In a pilot study for the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) a modification of the Baecke questionnaire on physical activity was tested for repeatability and relative validity in a population of 134 men and women aged 20-70 years. METHODS:For the assessment of repeatability P...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Pols MA,Peeters PH,Bueno-De-Mesquita HB,Ocké MC,Wentink CA,Kemper HC,Collette HJ

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A hospital-based case-control study of myocardial infarction in young women conducted in Belgrade from January 1983 to December 1986 is presented. A total of 58 women with infarction, aged 30 to 50 years were compared with 174 age-matched controls. Smoking of 15 or more cigarettes per day, diabetes, hypertension, angi...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Ananijević-Pandey J,Vlajinac H

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The long average incubation time from HIV infection to AIDS makes it difficult to estimate recent HIV transmission from AIDS incidence data. Age-period-cohort (APC) analysis can separate out the effects of age, calendar time and birth cohort to provide a clearer picture of transmission trends. METHODS:AIDS ...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Houweling H,Wiessing LG,Hamers FF,Termorshuizen F,Gill ON,Sprenger MJ

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The attributable risk for invasive cervical cancer in the US and Italian populations has been estimated in relation to main 'aetiological' factors (number of sexual partners, age at first intercourse, parity, oral contraceptive use and smoking) and history of Pap smear using data from two case-control studies conducte...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Parazzini F,Hildesheim A,Ferraroni M,La Vecchia C,Brinton LA

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Infectious disease interventions are increasingly tested using cluster-randomized trials (CRTs). These trial settings tend to involve a set of sampling units, such as villages, whose geographic arrangement may present a contamination risk in treatment exposure. The most widely used approach for reducing cont...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： McCann RS,van den Berg H,Takken W,Chetwynd AG,Giorgi E,Terlouw DJ,Diggle PJ

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prediction of future obesity patterns is crucial for effective strategic planning. However, disproportionally changing body mass index (BMI) distributions pose particular challenges. Flexible modelling of the shape of BMI distributions may improve prediction performance. METHODS:We used data from repeat...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Yamada G,Castillo-Salgado C,Jones-Smith JC,Moulton LH

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known about long-term changes linking chronic diseases and poverty in low-income countries such as Bangladesh. This study examines how chronic disease mortality rates change across socioeconomic groups over time in Bangladesh, and whether such mortality is associated with households falling into po...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Khan JA,Trujillo AJ,Ahmed S,Siddiquee AT,Alam N,Mirelman AJ,Koehlmoos TP,Niessen LW,Peters DH

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A comparative study of the effects of combined oral contraceptives (OC) on coagulation and fibrinolytic variables using standardized laboratory technique and methodology has been performed in Dublin (Ireland), Salvador (Brazil), Santiago (Chile) and Singapore. Of 777 entrants to the study, 622 were randomly allocated ...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Leck I,Thomson JM,Bocaz JA,Barja P,Bonnar J,Daly L,Carrol A,Coutinho E,Goncalves M,Tsakok M

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:During pregnancy, woman and fetus exchange small quantities of cells, and their persistence at later times is termed microchimerism. Microchimerism is known to substantially impact on women's later health. This study examined the survival of women according to male microchimerism status. METHODS:Male microc...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Kamper-Jørgensen M,Hjalgrim H,Andersen AM,Gadi VK,Tjønneland A

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Smoking is well established as a principal risk factor for lung cancer. The risk of lung cancer is about ten times higher in smokers in Western countries. In China, a number of epidemiological studies have investigated the association between lung cancer and smoking and in the present paper, a combined analysis of eig...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Liu Z

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Infant mortality rates vary substantially among municipalities in the State of Ceará, from 14 to 193 per 1000 live births. Identification of the determinants of these differences can be of particular importance to infant health policy and programmes in Brazil where local governments play a pivotal role in pr...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Terra de Souza AC,Cufino E,Peterson KE,Gardner J,Vasconcelos do Amaral MI,Ascherio A

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Women in developing countries often continue their agricultural work during late pregnancy. Whether this adversely affects birthweight is not clear from previous studies as few controlled for confounding factors. This study seeks to clarify this issue. METHODS:This retrospective cohort study investigated 95...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Lima M,Ismail S,Ashworth A,Morris SS

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The effectiveness of vaccines in populations must consider both direct and indirect protection. This study reanalyses data from a large individually randomized oral cholera vaccine trial that was conducted in rural Bangladesh from 1985 to 1990. A recent analysis of the results of that trial showed that the p...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Emch M,Ali M,Park JK,Yunus M,Sack DA,Clemens JD

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Existing studies of the 1944-45 Dutch famine found little evidence of the association between early life malnutrition and midlife cognition. Methods:Among 2446 rural participants born between 1958 and 1963 in the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study, we examined effects of exposure to China's 1959...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Xu H,Zhang Z,Li L,Liu J

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This prospective study was performed in order to investigate the effect of baseline body mass index (BMI), BMI changes, baseline alcohol consumption, and changes in alcohol consumption on liver enzyme activity. METHODS:This study population consisted of 6846 male workers in a steel manufacturing company who...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Lee DH,Ha MH,Christiani DC

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study is an attempt to apply Markov process modelling to health status switching behaviour of infants. The data for the study consist of monthly records of diagnosed illnesses for 1152 children, each observed from the month of first contact with Kasangati Health Centre, Kampala, Uganda, until age 18 mon...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Biritwum RB,Odoom SI

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mortality among male employees was studied in a chromium chemical production plant, part of which was rebuilt in 1950-51 and the remainder in 1960, to reduce exposure to chromium bearing dusts. Of 2 101 employees initially employed between 1945 and 1974 and having worked at least 90 days, the vital status of 88% was a...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Hayes RB,Lilienfeld AM,Snell LM

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An ideological climate has persisted in Korea that has discouraged public discussion of social inequalities. Thus studies on inequalities in mortality remain undeveloped. This study is to examine age- and cause-specific socioeconomic mortality differentials for both men and women representative of the Korean...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Khang YH,Lynch JW,Kaplan GA

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immune adherence haemagglutination assay (IAHA), widely used for human viral disease diagnosis, has been adapted for detection of rabies virus antibodies in dog sera. Rabies virus antibody titres obtained by the IAHA correlated well with those obtained by the currently accepted test for rabies antibody determinati...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Bota CN,Anderson RK,Goyal SM,Charamella LJ,Howard DR,Briggs DJ

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To investigate the relative contributions of prenatal complications, perinatal characteristics, neonatal morbidities and socio-economic conditions on the occurrence of motor, sensory, cognitive, language and psychological disorders in a large longitudinal preterm infant population during the first 7 years af...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Müller JB,Hanf M,Flamant C,Olivier M,Rouger V,Gascoin G,Basset H,Rozé JC,Nusinovici S

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00