Trends in CHD mortality, morbidity and risk factor levels from 1960 to 1986: the Minnesota Heart Survey.

abstract：:This study investigates whether consumption of fish during pregnancy may prolong gestation or increase fetal growth. From 1984 to 1987, 11,980 pregnant Danish women filled out a questionnaire while they were in the 36th week of gestation; this was 83% of all such women living in two geographically defined areas. The w...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Olsen SF,Olsen J,Frische G

更新日期：1990-12-01 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:Short stature has been associated with an increased risk of coronary heart disease (CHD), although the reason for the association remains unclear. Data on the relation between stature and stroke is more limited. We examined the association between stature and CHD as well as between stature and stroke in men ...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Parker DR,Lapane KL,Lasater TM,Carleton RA

更新日期：1998-12-01 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：:The distribution of death certification rates from various cancers or groups of cancers in broad Italian geographical areas (north/centre/south) was analysed. In both sexes, total cancer mortality was considerably elevated in the north of the country compared to southern regions (around 70% for males and 30% for femal...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Facchini U,Camnasio M,Cantaboni A,Decarli A,La Vecchia C

更新日期：1985-12-01 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:Preliminary research suggests an association between depression and subsequent increased risk of infections, yet little is known on this topic. This study investigated the association between depression and risk of various types of infections, including temporal and dose-response relationships. METHODS:A pr...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Andersson NW,Goodwin RD,Okkels N,Gustafsson LN,Taha F,Cole SW,Munk-Jørgensen P

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Selection bias remains a more difficult bias to understand than confounding or measurement error. Past definitions have not always been illuminating and a simple method (such as the change-in-estimate method for confounding) has not been available to determine its presence and magnitude in the study sample. A better u...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Infante-Rivard C,Cusson A

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are few epidemiological data in the scientific literature about the carpal tunnel syndrome. This paper describes the characteristics of the 154 women referred to hospital for management of this condition among the 17,032 taking part in the Oxford-Family Planning Association contraceptive study. Standardized firs...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Vessey MP,Villard-Mackintosh L,Yeates D

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Themba Lethu Clinical Cohort was established in 2004 to allow large patient-level analyses from a single HIV treatment site to evaluate National Treatment Guidelines, answer questions of national and international policy relevance and to combine an economic and epidemiologic focus on HIV research. The current obje...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Fox MP,Maskew M,MacPhail AP,Long L,Brennan AT,Westreich D,MacLeod WB,Majuba P,Sanne IM

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The study examines whether self-rated health forms a continuum from poor through average to good health in terms of two groups of health-related variables. METHODS:The data come from the 1994 Finnish Survey on Living Conditions, a representative sample of Finnish men and women aged 25 years or older (n = 72...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Manderbacka K,Lahelma E,Martikainen P

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In large-scale epidemiological studies of stillbirths and neonatal deaths a method is needed to replace detailed medical record audits in order to determine the cause of death. METHODS:A computer-based method is presented for determination of the cause of death in stillbirths and in neonatal deaths. It util...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Winbo IG,Serenius FH,Dahlquist GG,Källen BA

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The relationship between cutaneous malignant melanoma and sunlamp use is examined in a Caucasian population in Connecticut, United States. METHODS:Cases were diagnosed between 15 January 1987 and 15 May 1987 with a first primary cutaneous melanoma. Controls were obtained from the general population, frequen...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Chen YT,Dubrow R,Zheng T,Barnhill RL,Fine J,Berwick M

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Child feeding recommendations include breastfeeding beyond 12 months, however, some researchers have reported increased rates of malnutrition in breastfed toddlers. A negative association between growth and breast-feeding may reflect reverse causality; that is, the outcome (growth) is a determinant of the pr...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Marquis GS,Habicht JP,Lanata CF,Black RE,Rasmussen KM

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the mid 1980s European governments committed themselves to the WHO goal 'reduced inequality in health by year 2000' according to which inequality in health should be reduced by 25% by the year 2000. The study aim is to estimate the time trend in relative risk due to ischaemic heart disease (IHD) morbidity...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Tüchsen F,Endahl LA

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Methodological issues in the design and interpretation of cross-sectional interview surveys of the prevalence of acute respiratory infections (ARI) were assessed among young children. METHODS:A cross-sectional survey was conducted in approximately 20,000 children in the north of Ghana. Approximately half we...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Ross DA,Huttly SR,Dollimore N,Binka FN

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recognition of the increasing importance of early dementia screening for both research and clinical purposes has led to the development of numerous screening instruments. The most promising of these are based on neuropsychological measures which are able to focus on very specific cognitive functions. Of these tests th...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Ritchie KA,Hallerman EF

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Until recently, botulism was not recognized as an important public health problem in Taiwan. In 1986, an outbreak of type A foodborne botulism resulted in nine cases, two of them fatal. The vehicle in this outbreak was commercially preserved peanuts processed by an improperly equipped, unlicensed cannery. A single bat...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Chou JH,Hwang PH,Malison MD

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Pancreatic cancer is one of the most lethal. Most countries have exhibited a stable or decreasing incidence over time. The aim of this study was to provide updated French temporal trends in pancreatic cancer incidence and mortality over the past three decades. Methods:Incidence was estimated using the Frenc...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Bouvier AM,Uhry Z,Jooste V,Drouillard A,Remontet L,Launoy G,Leone N,French Network of Cancer Registries (FRANCIM).

更新日期：2017-12-01 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：BACKGROUND:Ready-made spectacles (RMS) have advantages; however, visual performance and satisfaction has not been evaluated. METHODS:A 1-month, double-masked, randomized clinical trial comparing planned continued use and visual performance of RMS to Custom Spectacles (CS) in adults aged 18-45 years with > or =1 diopte...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Keay L,Gandhi M,Brady C,Ali FS,Mathur U,Munoz B,Friedman DS

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The EURODEM re-analyses of 11 case-control studies of Alzheimer's disease imply that familial aggregation of dementia, Down's syndrome, and parkinsonism occurs more frequently in Alzheimer's disease than in matched controls. Prior history of head trauma, hypothyroidism, and depression also occurs in higher frequency a...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Kokmen E

更新日期：1991-01-01 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：:Aboriginal communities have a high prevalence of upper and lower respiratory tract disease. One thousand two hundred and eighty seven West Australian Aborigines and 265 non-Aborigines were examined. Twenty nine per cent of Aborigines had lower respiratory tract abnormalities. Amongst 635 Aboriginal children less than ...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Torzillo PJ,Waterford JE,Hollows FC,Jones DL

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Operational research (OR) analysis provides information and systems to support decision making. In health care there are examples of OR being used to support decisions surrounding both the organization of health services and the treatment of individual patients. However, its uptake is currently low in spite of the inc...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Beech R

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This two-year controlled study was conducted to define the mode of transmission of hepatitis B infection in Ethiopia. Twenty-five of 500 (5%) expectant mothers were identified as HbsAg positive (Group A). A control group of 29 mothers negative for HBsAg (Group B) was randomly selected. These 54 mothers and their famil...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Tsega E,Tsega M,Mengesha B,Nordenfelt E,Hansson BG,Lindberg J

更新日期：1988-12-01 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:To examine the association of a mismatch between educational qualifications and occupational attainment and subsequent declines in self-rated health (SRH) in a longitudinal nationally representative Canadian population sample. METHODS:This study used longitudinal data from 4045 healthy, working respondents ...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Smith P,Frank J

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mortality in developing countries has multiple causes. Some of these causes are linked to climatic conditions that differ over the year. Data on season-specific mortality are sparse. METHODS:We analysed longitudinal data from a population of approximately 35,000 individuals in Burkina Faso. During the obser...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Kynast-Wolf G,Hammer GP,Müller O,Kouyaté B,Becher H

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Associations of adult height with cardiometabolic and pulmonary traits have been studied in majority European ancestry populations using Mendelian randomization and polygenic risk score (PRS) analysis. The standard PRS approach entails creating a PRS for height using variants identified in prior genome-wide ...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Sofer T,Moon JY,Isasi CR,Qi Q,Shah NA,Kaplan RC,Kuniholm MH

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00