The Chatham Blood Pressure Study. An application of Bayesian growth curve models to a longitudinal study of blood pressure in children.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Birthweight distributions among second-born infants depend on the birthweights of older siblings, with implications for weight-specific perinatal mortality. We wanted to study whether these relations were explained by socioeconomic levels, and to study time trends in a situation with decreasing perinatal mor...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Melve KK,Skjaerven R

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Computer stimulations have been used to estimate the efficiency, as measured by the statistical power, of various combinations of design and analysis strategies for case-control studies. Conditions under which the various forms of analysis yield consistent relative risk estimators are derived for the general model. Th...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Howe GR,Choi BC

更新日期：1983-06-01 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：:High-income countries are experiencing an obesity epidemic that follows a socioeconomic gradient, affecting groups of lower socioeconomic status disproportionately. Recent clinical findings have suggested new perspectives for the prevention and treatment of obesity, using personalized dietary approaches. Precision nut...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Chatelan A,Bochud M,Frohlich KL

更新日期：2019-04-01 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：BACKGROUND:Exposure to a pre-natal famine environment has been associated with a persistent decrease in DNA methylation of the IGF2 gene, although study findings on other loci have been highly variable. There have been no studies to date of the relation between pre-natal famine and overall global DNA methylation in adu...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Lumey LH,Terry MB,Delgado-Cruzata L,Liao Y,Wang Q,Susser E,McKeague I,Santella RM

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:In administrative database research, misclassification bias can result from diagnostic codes that imperfectly represent the condition being studied. It is unclear how to correct for this bias. Methods:Severe renal failure and Colles' fracture status were determined in two distinct cohorts using gold standar...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Walraven CV

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mobile phone use and exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF) from it have been associated with symptoms in some studies, but the studies have shortcomings and their findings are inconsistent. We conducted a prospective cohort study to assess the association between amount of mobile phone u...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Auvinen A,Feychting M,Ahlbom A,Hillert L,Elliott P,Schüz J,Kromhout H,Toledano MB,Johansen C,Poulsen AH,Vermeulen R,Heinävaara S,Kojo K,Tettamanti G,COSMOS Study Group.

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1983 and 1984, surveys were conducted in four Chinese population samples, urban and rural for both Beijing and Guangzhou, as part of PRC-USA collaborative research in cardiovascular and cardiopulmonary epidemiology. Serum total cholesterol (TC), HDL-cholesterol (HDL-C), and triglycerides (TG) were measured in 4280 ...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Tao S,Li Y,Xiao Z,Cen R,Zhang H,Zhuo Y,Zhou B,Chen P,Li Y,Liao Y

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The genetic basis of several familial cancers including breast and colon cancers has been identified recently. The occurrence of multiple cancers in one individual is also suggestive of a genetic predisposition. To evaluate inherited predisposition in pancreatic cancer we compared the clinical data of pancre...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Gerdes B,Ziegler A,Ramaswamy A,Wild A,Langer P,Bartsch DK

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The paper reports on the trends of induced abortion in Italy since its legalization in 1978. Data collected through the national surveillance system show that the abortion rates and ratios in Italy, after an initial increase, have been stable in the last four years, and are comparable to those of other European countr...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Figà-Talamanca I,Grandolfo ME,Spinelli A

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Immunocompromised patients are at increased risk of acquiring healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and often require specialized models of care. Surveillance of HAIs is essential for effective infection-prevention programmes. However, little is known regarding standardized or specific surveillance methods...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Valentine JC,Hall L,Verspoor KM,Worth LJ

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The substantial disease burden attributed to heat waves, and their increasing frequency and intensity due to climate change, highlight the importance of understanding the health consequences of heat waves. We explore the mortality risk due to heat wave characteristics, including the timing in the seasons, th...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Sun Z,Chen C,Yan M,Shi W,Wang J,Ban J,Sun Q,He MZ,Li T

更新日期：2021-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cholesterol levels in many Asian countries are rising. Predictions of the likely effects of this on the incidence of cardiovascular diseases have mostly relied on data from Western populations. Whether the associations between total cholesterol and cardiovascular diseases are similar in Asia is not establish...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Zhang X,Patel A,Horibe H,Wu Z,Barzi F,Rodgers A,MacMahon S,Woodward M,Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration.

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum triiodothyronine (T3), thyroxine (T4), thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) and thyroid autoantibodies (TAA) to either microsome or thyroglobulin were measured in 1251 samples from the general population, 546 males and 705 females, aged 40 or over in Hisayama, a Japanese rural town. TAA was positive in 7.7% of men ...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Okamura K,Nakashima T,Ueda K,Inoue K,Omae T,Fujishima M

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The infant mortality rate is not a good indicator of overall mortality or health status. Based on new empirical life tables from the UN Population Division, it can only predict life expectancy with 95% confidence to within a 14-year range. Two infant mortality rates must be nearly 80 units apart to be 95% confident th...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Murray CJ

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Alcohol use is associated with breast cancer in many epidemiological studies. Most, however, have measured risk from recent consumption patterns, and only a few include analyses for duration of drinking or age that a woman started to drink. The authors studied the effect of these variables, as well as of rec...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Bowlin SJ,Leske MC,Varma A,Nasca P,Weinstein A,Caplan L

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of household exposure to cigarette smoke on hospitalization and incidence of respiratory illness were examined among 2227 children at Chang-Ning District, Shanghai Municipality, People's Republic of China. The passive smoking quantity was estimated by total daily cigarette consumption of family members and...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Chen Y,Li WX,Yu SZ,Qian WH

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent studies have found that cotinine is a better predictor of birthweight than the number of cigarettes smoked in pregnancy. In this paper we test this hypothesis and use cotinine to explore the effect of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) on birthweight. METHODS:In all, 1254 white women were interviewed ...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Peacock JL,Cook DG,Carey IM,Jarvis MJ,Bryant AE,Anderson HR,Bland JM

更新日期：1998-08-01 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：Background:An increasing number of original studies suggest that exposure to shift work could be associated with the risk of overweight and obesity, but the results remain conflicted and inconclusive. This study aimed to quantitatively synthesize available epidemiological evidence on the association between shift work ...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Liu Q,Shi J,Duan P,Liu B,Li T,Wang C,Li H,Yang T,Gan Y,Wang X,Cao S,Lu Z

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although disorders of the prostate are among the most prevalent problems in elderly males, little is known about their epidemiological characteristics. The 1986 Barcelona Health Interview Survey (BHIS), a cross-sectional study of a random sample of the noninstitutionalized population of the city, was used to estimate ...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Fernandez E,Porta M,Alonso J,Antó JM

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Corporate influences on epidemiology have become stronger and more pervasive in the last few decades, particularly in the contentious fields of pharmacoepidemiology and occupational epidemiology. For every independent epidemiologist studying the side effects of medicines and the hazardous effects of industrial chemica...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Pearce N

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The degree to which rheumatoid arthritis (RA) influences life expectancy and mortality remains controversial. There have been few attempts to analyse death certificate data for this condition. Despite limitations, the information derived from detailed death certificate analysis for a large population over a ...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Coste J,Jougla E

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is increasing recognition that the concepts traditionally taught by epidemiologists are essential for all medical graduates, most of whom will be clinicians, and not just for the minority who will specialize in population-based disciplines. This paper presents the recommendations of a Canadian conference which c...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Jenicek M,Fletcher RH

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Extended breastfeeding is known to benefit the health of children in developing countries and despite widespread expectations of a decline in breastfeeding in these countries, it has been demonstrated that the incidence and duration of breastfeeding are in fact increasing many countries. METHODS:In this pap...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Grummer-Strawn LM

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study evaluated whether food insecurity and obesity were associated in a population sample in Trinidad. METHODS:A sample was drawn of 15 clusters of households, in north central Trinidad. Resident adults were enumerated. A questionnaire was administered including the short form Household Food Security ...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Gulliford MC,Mahabir D,Rocke B

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Urbanization in developing countries is usually accompanied by migration to cities, making it a challenge to unpack the independent relationships between migration, urbanization and health, particularly in the presence of health-selective migration. Since 1978, unprecedented planned urbanization has taken pl...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Hou B,Nazroo J,Banks J,Marshall A

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The statistical power of prospective studies on diet in relation to chronic disease risk can be improved by maximizing the variation in true intake levels actually distinguished--or 'predicted'--by dietary questionnaire assessments collected at baseline. This can be achieved by 1) developing a questionnaire method tha...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Kaaks R,Riboli E

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of the major identified risk factors for breast cancer was assessed using data from a hospital-based case-control study conducted in Northern Italy on 1108 women with histologically confirmed breast cancer and 1281 control subjects with a spectrum of acute conditions unrelated to any of the established or pot...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： La Vecchia C,Decarli A,Parazzini F,Gentile A,Negri E,Cecchetti G,Franceschi S

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00