Cross-validation of a dementia screening test in a heterogeneous population.

abstract：:This population-based study examines whether dietary intake in middle-aged Italian women is influenced by alcohol drinking habits. The 499 participants were interviewed using a dietary history questionnaire designed to investigate alcohol consumption. Mean intake of total and non-alcohol energy increased progressively...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Toniolo P,Riboli E,Cappa AP

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies have shown that the serum level of sialic acid is associated positively with mortality from coronary disease and stroke. In this study its relation with carotid atherosclerosis was evaluated. METHODS:From the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study, 323 cases with carotid intima-me...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Råstam L,Lindberg G,Folsom AR,Burke GL,Nilsson-Ehle P,Lundblad A

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This article examines whether the neighbourhood environment influences intermediate cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors, such as obesity (body mass index [BMI]), and lifestyle factors, such as no physical activity and smoking, when adjusted for the individual socioeconomic status (SES). METHODS:The st...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Sundquist J,Malmström M,Johansson SE

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A growing body of literature suggests that physical activity may be a protective factor against hip fracture. METHODS:To study the association between hip fracture risk and recreational physical activity at various ages, changes in activity during adult life, occupational physical activity and how risks var...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Farahmand BY,Persson PG,Michaëlsson K,Baron JA,Alberts A,Moradi T,Ljunghall S

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A growing body of evidence supports the role of type 2 diabetes as an individual-level risk factor for tuberculosis (TB), though evidence from developing countries with the highest TB burdens is lacking. In developing countries, TB is most common among the poor, in whom diabetes may be less common. We assess...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Goldhaber-Fiebert JD,Jeon CY,Cohen T,Murray MB

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Educational attainment is associated with many life outcomes, including income, occupation and many health and lifestyle variables. Many researchers use it as a control variable in epidemiological and other social scientific studies, often without specifying exactly what environmental effects or set of perso...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Deary IJ,Johnson W

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Depression has been associated with chronic changes in the serum concentration of C-reactive protein (CRP) in observational studies, but it is unclear if this association is causal or is due to confounding and bias. Genetic studies are less subject to this type of error and offer an opportunity to investigat...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Almeida OP,Norman PE,Allcock R,van Bockxmeer F,Hankey GJ,Jamrozik K,Flicker L

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship of parents' cigarette smoking to outcome of pregnancy-implications as to the problem of inferring causation from observed associations. Amer J Epidem 1971;93:443-456. Nearly 10,000 white and more than 3000 black women were interviewed early in pregnancy on a variety of medical, genetic, environmental,...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Yerushalmy J

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies on the association between childhood infections and childhood leukaemia have produced inconsistent results, likely due to the recall error/bias of infection data reported by the parents. The current study used a population-based and record-based case-control design to evaluate the associatio...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Chang JS,Tsai CR,Tsai YW,Wiemels JL

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study was made in five rural districts of Kwara State, Nigeria to assess the possible use of 'leopard skin' (Ls) as a rapid diagnostic technique for estimating the endemicity of African onchocerciasis. The findings revealed that there is a positive association between the percentage of subjects with skin microfilari...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Edungbola LD,Alabi TO,Oni GA,Asaolu SO,Ogunbanjo BO,Parakoyi BD

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper contains part of the results of a repetitive and comprehensive analysis of accidents among bus drivers. In a series of articles different aspects of the aetiology of bus drivers' accidents will be highlighted. The results presented indicate a strong negative association of experience with accident risk, mod...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Blom DH,Pokorny ML,van Leeuwen P

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Life history theory and resource dilution models of the family suggest that siblings may present a threat to healthy development because they compete for resources that parents have available to invest in individual offspring. Using data from a large cohort study of contemporary British families (ALSPAC), we...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Lawson DW,Mace R

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In September 1665, an outbreak of plague occurred in Eyam, a small village 10 miles west of Sheffield, in an isolated valley of Derbyshire. Eighty per cent of the population died during the 14 months of the epidemic, a greater proportion than any other community in England. When plague threatened to cause panic and de...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Coleman MP

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:While a large body of literature has demonstrated an association between physical health problems and psychiatric ones, the extent to which one is causally linked to the other remains difficult to estimate. This quasi-experimental study seeks to (i) estimate causal effects of an acute negative health event (...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Mohanan M,Maselko J

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

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：:Recent criticism of epidemiologic methods has focused on the limitations of 'black box' epidemiology, a pejorative label given to the simple identification of exposure-disease relationships. The assessment of mediation is an important tool for addressing this criticism. By using mediation analysis to open the black bo...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Hafeman DM,Schwartz S

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The problems and prospects in the use of case-control studies to assess the effects of improvements in environmental sanitation on diarrhoea morbidity are discussed on the basis of two field studies. It is concluded that an adequate design is available for assessing the effects of a single improvement on diarrhoeal di...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Briscoe J,Baltazar J,Young B

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In both seasonal and inter-town variation, the mortality from ischaemic heart disease in England and Wales in 1969-71 is very highly correlated with temperature. Also in the inter-town variation, IHD mortality is highly correlated with rainfall and with socio-economic index. It is postulated that the same mechanism of...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： West RR,Lowe CR

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lower maternal serum vitamin B12 (B12) and folate levels have been associated with lower offspring birthweight, in observational studies. The aim of this study was to investigate whether this relationship is causal. METHODS:We performed two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) using summary data on associati...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Moen GH,Beaumont RN,Grarup N,Sommer C,Shields BM,Lawlor DA,Freathy RM,Evans DM,Warrington NM

更新日期：2020-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increases in measles antibodies without rash-illnesses have been documented in previously vaccinated children exposed to measles cases. The phenomenon has been incompletely evaluated in young unvaccinated infants with immunity of maternal origin. METHODS:Monthly cohorts of newborns were prospectively random...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Bennett J,Whittle H,Samb B,Cisse B,Simondon F,Aaby P

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:France has the second highest number of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) cases worldwide. Imports of bovine carcasses from the UK probably constituted the main source of exposure of the French population to the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) agent. Meat products consumed whilst visiting the U...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Chadeau-Hyam M,Alpérovitch A

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The protective effect of a vaccine following an outbreak is often measured by the vaccine efficacy statistic, namely one minus the ratio of attack rates in vaccinees and non-vaccinees. This quantity is not an adequate measure of the population-level benefits of the vaccine. METHODS:We discuss two measures o...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Haber M,Watelet L,Halloran ME

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied cytosolic low molecular weight phosphotyrosine phosphatase (cLMWPTP or ACP1) in 364 healthy puerperae from the population of Penne, in 155 diabetic puerperae from the population of Rome and in 349 consecutive normal newborn infants from the population of Rome. The data from these independent samples po...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Bottini E,Gloria-Bottini F,La Torre M,Lucarini N

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recently, using a counterfactual framework, a causal mediation analysis has been formalized to decompose the total effect of a time-fixed exposure on an outcome into four components that can be loosely defined as being components due to mediation only, interaction only, mediated interaction and neither. The ...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Mutlu U,Ikram MA,Ikram MK

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Papua New Guinea a 15-year mortality follow-up was carried out among 2026 highlanders and 1734 coastal dwellers on whom data on respiratory symptoms and signs, and lung function had been obtained by prevalence surveys in 1970/71. Survival status was established in 99%, of whom 9.8% had died, the rate being higher i...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Anderson HR,Vallance P,Bland JM,Nohl F,Ebrahim S

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Second-hand smoke is associated with adverse health effects. Many countries have extended smoke-free policies to public buildings and workplaces such as hospitals, but mental health units have usually been exempted from complete smoke-free bans. The objective of this study was to evaluate second-hand smoke l...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Ballbè M,Sureda X,Martínez-Sánchez JM,Saltó E,Gual A,Fernández E

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Present understanding of increased risk of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-related infectious mononucleosis among children of low birth order or small sibships is mainly based on old and indirect evidence. Societal changes and methodological limitations of previous studies call for new data. METHODS:We used data f...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Rostgaard K,Nielsen TR,Wohlfahrt J,Ullum H,Pedersen O,Erikstrup C,Nielsen LP,Hjalgrim H

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The familial aggregation of chronic bronchitis and obstructive airways disease was investigated in a propositus population of 430 persons aged 45-54 years and 1340 of their first (1 degree), second (2degrees) and third (3 degrees ) order relatives. All subjects were screened in their homes using a modified British MRC...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Tager I,Tishler PV,Rosner B,Speizer FE,Litt M

更新日期：1978-03-01 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:Most existing research on the association of parental education with childhood undernutrition focuses on maternal education and often ignores paternal education. We systematically investigate differences in maternal and paternal education and their association with childhood undernutrition. Methods:One hund...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Vollmer S,Bommer C,Krishna A,Harttgen K,Subramanian SV

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00