Maternal obesity during pregnancy and cardiovascular development and disease in the offspring.

abstract：:EUROCAT Northern Netherlands registers children born with a birth defect in the Northern Netherlands. Data used to be collected via a notification form, which is filled out by the notifier and, if necessary, completed by the general practitioner. To increase the amount of information, EUROCAT started using new methodo...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Reefhuis J,de Walle HE,de Jong-van den Berg LT,Cornel MC

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The measurement of lifetime prevalence of depression in cross-sectional surveys is biased by recall problems. We estimated it indirectly for two countries using modelling, and quantified the underestimation in the empirical estimate for one. A microsimulation model was used to generate population-based epidemiological...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Kruijshaar ME,Barendregt J,Vos T,de Graaf R,Spijker J,Andrews G

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human influenza pandemics of 1957 and 1968 were caused by reassortant viruses that possessed internal gene segments from avian and human strains. Whether genetic reassortment of human and avian influenza viruses occurs during interpandemic periods and how often humans are infected with such reassortants is not kno...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Shu LP,Sharp GB,Lin YP,Claas EC,Krauss SL,Shortridge KF,Webster RG

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) concentrations have emerged as a novel risk factor for heart failure and stroke but not for myocardial infarction (MI). Yet, most studies on MI were conducted in coronary artery disease (CAD) patients and the elderly. Evidence is unclear in subjects without CAD and for str...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： di Giuseppe R,Kühn T,Hirche F,Buijsse B,Dierkes J,Fritsche A,Kaaks R,Boeing H,Stangl GI,Weikert C

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the availability of a safe and efficacious vaccine, new cases of infection by hepatitis B virus (HBV) still occur at a substantial rate. This increases the current prevalence of chronic HBV carriers (10% of newly infected subjects) and in the long run, will raise the incidence of chronic liver disease. The sur...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Massari V,Maison P,Desenclos JC,Flahault A

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An overview of the problem of gastrointestinal (GI) helminthiases in Zimbabwe is given in terms of prevalence, distribution, clinical significance of individual parasites and their transmission patterns. Although data on these aspects are incomplete, the available information and the results of studies conducted elsew...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Chandiwana SK

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to assess the seroprevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi in Romania and to define associated risk factors, a cross-sectional, observational study was performed in 13 districts during 1999. Sera from healthy blood donors (1,598) and from forestry workers (1,048) were tested. A two-step testing strategy was used in...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Hristea A,Hristescu S,Ciufecu C,Vasile A

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To test the hypothesis that osteoporosis, which results partly from long-term estrogen deficiency, is associated with a lowered risk of breast cancer, a population-based cohort study was performed in Amiens. To ascertain the incidence of breast cancer, 1300 women were followed through after a first hip fracture. Overa...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Ganry O,Peng J,Dubreuil A

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is uncertain whether the incidence of stroke is increased in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and whether COPD is associated with all subtypes of stroke (i.e. ischemic stroke, intracerebral haemorrhage and subarachnoid haemorrhage). We evaluated the association between COPD and incidence ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Söderholm M,Inghammar M,Hedblad B,Egesten A,Engström G

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this matched-pair study 139 pregnant women were matched on the basis of age to an equal number of non-pregnant women with no signs of genital infection. The mean age was 28.7 years (range 20-41). The cut-offs used for detection of chlamydial antibody were 1:64 and 1:128 for IgG and 1:16 for IgA. IgG antibody at 64 ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Olliaro P,Regazzetti A,Marchetti AL,Lanzarini P,Spinillo A,Gorini G

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiology studies suggested that low birthweight was associated with a higher risk of hypertension in later life. However, little is known about the causality of such associations. In our study, we evaluated the causal association of low birthweight with adulthood hypertension following a standard analytic protocol...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Zheng Y,Huang T,Wang T,Mei Z,Sun Z,Zhang T,Ellervik C,Chai JF,Sim X,van Dam RM,Tai ES,Koh WP,Dorajoo R,Saw SM,Sabanayagam C,Wong TY,Gupta P,Rossing P,Ahluwalia TS,Vinding RK,Bisgaard H,Bønnelykke K,Wang Y,Gr

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An unmatched, hospital-based case-control study was performed, to determine, whether respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) etiology in hospitalized young children can be predicted clinically. Children under 2 years of age admitted with a lower respiratory tract infection in three hospitals in northern Germany were include...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Weigl JA,Puppe W,Schmitt HJ

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven different phenotyping methods for strain differentiation of Candida albicans (auxonotyping, enzymotyping, resistotyping, Phongpaichit's morphotyping, Hunter's morphotyping and Odds and Abbott's biotyping method-1980 and 1983 versions) were compared on a single population of 94 strains. 77.6% of the strains belon...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Otero L,Vázquez F,Palacio V,Vázquez S,Carreño F,Méndez FJ

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship of socioeconomic indicators (education, occupation and residence) to short-term all cause mortality and coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality was evaluated in an Italian population sample. Socioeconomic indicators (education, occupational level and residence) and major CHD risk factors were measured ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Tenconi MT,Devoti G,Comelli M

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the role of sexual transmission for Hepatitis C virus (HCV) we studied its prevalence in sub-Saharan Africa where sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are prevalent. Overall, HCV prevalence was 3.9% and similar in 206 STD patients, 127 dermatology patients, and 100 blood donors. No association with HIV ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Maida MJ,Daly CC,Hoffman I,Cohen MS,Kumwenda M,Vernazza PL

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monitoring perceptions, knowledge, attitudes and behaviors of populations during pandemic flu outbreaks is important as it allows communication strategies to be adjusted to meet emerging needs and assessment to be made of the effects of recommendations for prevention. The ongoing Italian Behavioral Risk Factor Surveil...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Ferrante G,Baldissera S,Moghadam PF,Carrozzi G,Trinito MO,Salmaso S

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the relationship between duration of preoperative stay and the risk of nosocomial infection, we studied 449 patients who underwent surgery at the University Hospital of Granada during the first six months of 1986. Patients were chosen from two cross-sectional surveys. Nosocomial infection was studied throu...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Bueno Cavanillas A,Rodrìguez-Contreras R,Delgado Rodriguez M,Moreno Abril O,López Gigosos R,Guillen Solvas J,Gálvez Vargas R

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Rotterdam Study is a prospective cohort study ongoing since 1990 in the city of Rotterdam in The Netherlands. The study targets cardiovascular, endocrine, hepatic, neurological, ophthalmic, psychiatric, dermatological, oncological, and respiratory diseases. As of 2008, 14,926 subjects aged 45 years or over compris...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Hofman A,Darwish Murad S,van Duijn CM,Franco OH,Goedegebure A,Ikram MA,Klaver CC,Nijsten TE,Peeters RP,Stricker BH,Tiemeier HW,Uitterlinden AG,Vernooij MW

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 541 cases of cholera were observed between May 7 and July 19, 1985 among the 9,929 displaced persons present in a refugee camp in Africa. In spite of malnutrition and other diseases affecting this population, only 12 deaths occurred. Antiepidemic measures consisted of preparation of isolation-wards, treatme...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Djeddah C,Miozzo A,Di Gennaro M,Rosmini F,Martino P,Pasquini P

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multilevel analysis is today considered a more appropriate way to monitor health care performance, as it allows a less biased estimation of uncertainty, and can also separate and quantify contextual (as opposed to individual) effects. Multilevel analysis should be applied as the standard methodology for hospital compa...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Merlo J

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study is to consider some ethical aspects of the provision of information, to the cases or their families, about the assessment of occupational asbestos exposure obtained in a case-control study of malignant mesothelioma of the pleura. An informative letter with the result of the evaluation of their occ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Pujolar AE,González C,Agudo A,Calleja A,Beltrán M,González-Moya J,Hernandez S,Panades R,Ramirez J,Turuguet D

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied HBV infection in 34 HIV-2-infected patients followed-up in Marseilles. Ten (29%) patients were chronically-infected with HBV, which represents a three-times higher rate than in HIV-1-infected patients in Europe. HBV occult infection was diagnosed in two patients. HBV genotype E was found in seven patients; ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Colson P,Henry M,Motte A,Gallais H,Moreau J,Poizot-Martin I,Tamalet C

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:According to the 'use it or lose it' hypothesis, a lack of mentally challenging activities might exacerbate the loss of cognitive function. On this basis, retirement has been suggested to increase the risk of cognitive decline, but evidence from studies with long follow-up is lacking. We tested this hypothesis in a co...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Xue B,Cadar D,Fleischmann M,Stansfeld S,Carr E,Kivimäki M,McMunn A,Head J

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC), which has been established in order to investigate the relations between nutrition and cancer, was initiated in 1990 and involves 10 European countries with heterogeneous dietary patterns and differing cancer incidence rates. This manuscript pres...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Boker LK,van Noord PA,van der Schouw YT,Koot NV,Bueno de Mesquita HB,Riboli E,Grobbee DE,Peeters PH

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Field trials were conducted using an inactivated rotavirus vaccine for prevention of calf neonatal diarrhea. For the trials, 458 pregnant cows from 26 herds were involved. In each herd, cows which had been inseminated within a period of two months were selected and randomly subdivided in two groups. Cows in one group ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Castrucci G,Frigeri F,Angelillo V,Ferrari M,Cilli V,Aldrovandi V

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adherence of Candida albicans to host tissues is considered a crucial step in the pathogenesis of candidiasis. Using in vitro assays, it was demonstrated that the yeast-mycelium transition was an important phenomenon in the acquisition of adhesive properties. Proteins with MWs of 60, 68, 200 and greater than 200 kDa s...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Tronchin G,Bouchara JP,Annaix V,Robert R,Senet JM

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The syndrome "Traveller's Diarrhea" (TD) is important for tourists travelling to warm-climate countries. In this study a worldwide survey on the clinical features of enteritis among 1,455 Austrian tourists is reported. The clinical parameters of TD show that this disease exhibits a very uniform clinical course which i...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Kollaritsch H

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies found relations between cardiovascular mortality and minerals in drinking water, but the major works considered water hardness or neglected the differences between adults and elderly. Drinking water is an important source of calcium in the elderly particularly because of increased needs and ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Marque S,Jacqmin-Gadda H,Dartigues JF,Commenges D

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 170 Campylobacter jejuni strains isolated from the stool of children with clinical gastroenteritis, aged from 3 months to 14 years, were collected during a two-year period (2004-2005). From the 170 strains 30% were resistant to ciprofloxacin (MIC > or = 4 microg/ml), 55% to tetracycline (MIC > 8 microg/ml),...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Papavasileiou E,Voyatzi A,Papavasileiou K,Makri A,Andrianopoulou I,Chatzipanagiotou S

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of primary care electronic health records for research is abundant. The benefits gained from utilising such records lies in their size, longitudinal data collection and data quality. However, the use of such data to undertake high quality epidemiological studies, can lead to significant challenges particularly...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Gokhale KM,Chandan JS,Toulis K,Gkoutos G,Tino P,Nirantharakumar K

更新日期：2020-08-27 00:00:00