Hysterectomy and subsequent risk of cancer.

abstract：Background:Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) has largely disappeared from high-income countries. However, in New Zealand (NZ) rates remain high in indigenous (Māori) and Pacific populations. In 2011, NZ launched an intensive and unparalleled primary Rheumatic Fever Prevention Programme (RFPP). We evaluated the impact of the ...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Jack SJ,Williamson DA,Galloway Y,Pierse N,Zhang J,Oliver J,Milne RJ,Mackereth G,Jackson CM,Steer AC,Carapetis JR,Baker MG

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Uncontrolled confounding by personal exposures like smoking can limit the inferential power of occupational cohort studies. We developed and demonstrate a refinement of an existing type of sensitivity analysis, indirect adjustment, for evaluating the potential magnitude of confounding by alcohol and tobacco....

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Kriebel D,Zeka A,Eisen EA,Wegman DH

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A population-based case-control study was carried out in Mwanza Region, Tanzania, to determine the relative and population attributable risk of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection for developing active tuberculosis. Cases were 441 consecutively diagnosed patients with tuberculosis (all types), aged 1...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Van den Broek J,Borgdorff MW,Pakker NG,Chum HJ,Klokke AH,Senkoro KP,Newell JN

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：MOTIVATION:RVPedigree (Rare Variant association tests in Pedigrees) implements a suite of programs facilitating genome-wide analysis of association between a quantitative trait and autosomal region-based genetic variation. The main features here are the ability to appropriately test for association of rare variants wit...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Oualkacha K,Lakhal-Chaieb L,Greenwood CM

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between pet ownership and respiratory allergy and symptoms was investigated in a population of 3344 Dutch children of 6-12 years old. Pet ownership was defined by the presence of cats, dogs, birds and/or rodents in the home. The reported prevalence of respiratory allergy and symptoms was lower among c...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Brunekreef B,Groot B,Hoek G

更新日期：1992-04-01 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：BACKGROUND:Data from several studies indicate that children of mothers who smoked during pregnancy may be at a risk of overweight compared with children of non-smoking mothers. The size of this relation, however, is unclear, as is the age at which it becomes detectable. METHODS:Prospective data for 34 866 children enr...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Chen A,Pennell ML,Klebanoff MA,Rogan WJ,Longnecker MP

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent studies indicate that cancers of the salivary gland are increasing, and the factors responsible for the increase are unknown. Artefactual changes, such as shift in classifying cancers of the floor of the mouth to cancers of the salivary gland, could affect the time trend for salivary gland cancer. ME...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Zheng T,Holford TR,Chen Y,Ward B,Liu W,Flannery J,Boyle P

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genital herpes infection is life-long and may result in painful and recurrent genital lesions, systemic complications, serious psychosocial morbidity, and rare but serious outcomes in neonates born to infected women, including permanent neurological handicap and death. Herpes simplex virus (HSV)-2 is the principal cau...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Brugha R,Keersmaekers K,Renton A,Meheus A

更新日期：1997-08-01 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：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:In sub-Saharan Africa, the prevalence of orphanhood among children has been greatly exacerbated by the HIV/AIDS pandemic. If orphanhood harms a child's development and these effects perpetuate into adult life, then the African orphan crisis could seriously jeopardize the continent's future generations. Wheth...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Beegle K,De Weerdt J,Dercon S

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Perinatal characteristics are associated with subsequent risk of several chronic diseases. Previous studies regarding endometriosis were based on small samples and retrospective data and were limited by unmeasured confounding bias, leading to conflicting and inconclusive findings. We investigated the associa...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Gao M,Scott K,Koupil I

更新日期：2020-04-01 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：BACKGROUND:Type 2 diabetes (T2D) results from a complex interplay between genetics and the environment. Several epigenome-wide association studies (EWAS) have found DNA methylation loci associated with T2D in European populations. However, data from African populations are lacking. We undertook the first EWAS for T2D a...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Meeks KAC,Henneman P,Venema A,Addo J,Bahendeka S,Burr T,Danquah I,Galbete C,Mannens MMAM,Mockenhaupt FP,Owusu-Dabo E,Rotimi CN,Schulze MB,Smeeth L,Spranger J,Zafarmand MH,Adeyemo A,Agyemang C

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Non-medical factors may be important determinants for granting disability pension (DP) even though disability is medically defined, as in Norway. The aim of this analysis was to identify determinants of DP in a total county population in a 10-year follow-up study. METHODS:Participants were people without DP...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Krokstad S,Johnsen R,Westin S

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We examined secular changes in resting heart rate (RHR) and their relationship with changes in other cardiovascular risk factors in adult men and women over a 22-year period. METHODS:A single-centre population-based longitudinal study comprised 30,699 men and women aged 30-89 years who participated in at le...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Sharashova E,Wilsgaard T,Brenn T

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM AND METHODS:To discuss evidence for and against genetic 'causes' of type 2 diabetes, illustrated by standardized study of glucose intolerance and high blood pressure in four representative African origin populations. Comparison of two genetically closer sites: rural (site 1) and urban Cameroon (2); then Jamaica (3)...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Cruickshank JK,Mbanya JC,Wilks R,Balkau B,McFarlane-Anderson N,Forrester T

更新日期：2001-02-01 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:In epidemiological studies researchers often depend on proxies to obtain information when primary subjects are unavailable. However, relatively few studies have performed formal statistical inference to assess agreement among proxy informants and primary study subjects. In this paper, we consider inference p...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Bartfay E,Donner A

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe our experience in several settings, following a suggestion in 1983 to add questions on the smoking status of the deceased on the UK death certificate as an effective way to monitor the evolution of the smoking epidemic. In South Africa in 1997 and in Tianjin Municipality, China, in 2010, questions about th...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Sitas F,Bradshaw D,Egger S,Jiang G,Peto R

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Many interventions delivered to improve health may benefit not only direct recipients but also people in close physical or social proximity. Our objective was to review all published literature about the spillover effects of interventions on health outcomes in low-middle income countries and to identify meth...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Benjamin-Chung J,Abedin J,Berger D,Clark A,Jimenez V,Konagaya E,Tran D,Arnold BF,Hubbard AE,Luby SP,Miguel E,Colford JM Jr

更新日期：2017-08-01 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:Two recent much cited publications have raised the concern that risk associated with cigarette smoking has so far been underestimated. In this study we wish to determine whether excess all-cause mortality associated with smoking has increased during the last 20-30 years in a study population representative o...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Prescott E,Osler M,Andersen PK,Bjerg A,Hein HO,Borch-Johnsen K,Lange P,Schnohr P,Vestbo J

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Switzerland, assisted suicide is legal but there is concern that vulnerable or disadvantaged groups are more likely to die in this way than other people. We examined socio-economic factors associated with assisted suicide. METHODS:We linked the suicides assisted by right-to-die associations during 2003-0...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Steck N,Junker C,Maessen M,Reisch T,Zwahlen M,Egger M,Swiss National Cohort.

更新日期：2014-04-01 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：:Chronic diseases are a global problem, yet information on their determinants is generally scant in low- and middle-income countries. The Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil) aims to contribute relevant information regarding the development and progression of clinical and subclinical chronic disea...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Schmidt MI,Duncan BB,Mill JG,Lotufo PA,Chor D,Barreto SM,Aquino EM,Passos VM,Matos SM,Molina Mdel C,Carvalho MS,Bensenor IM

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A recent monograph by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has identified indoor air pollution from coal usage as a known human carcinogen, while that from biomass as a probable human carcinogen. Although as much as 74% of the Indian population relies on solid fuels for cooking, very little...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Sapkota A,Gajalakshmi V,Jetly DH,Roychowdhury S,Dikshit RP,Brennan P,Hashibe M,Boffetta P

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of Schistosoma haematobium disease on the basis of history and physical examination alone is often difficult. Tests have thus been developed to allow an early and more accurate diagnosis. However these tests have substantial imperfections and many different results obtained from these tests must be integ...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Ng'andu NH

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Evidence suggests that in utero exposure to undernutrition and overnutrition might affect adiposity in later life. Epigenetic modification is suggested as a plausible mediating mechanism. METHODS:We used multivariable linear regression and a negative control design to examine offspring epigenome-wide DNA me...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Sharp GC,Lawlor DA,Richmond RC,Fraser A,Simpkin A,Suderman M,Shihab HA,Lyttleton O,McArdle W,Ring SM,Gaunt TR,Davey Smith G,Relton CL

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00