Relationship between breast milk feeding and atopic dermatitis in children.

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is still unclear whether individuals with the same degree of obesity but different weight histories since young adulthood have different insulin concentration, prevalence of metabolic syndrome components and their clustering. METHODS:A cross-sectional study was conducted on 3,399 (for weight difference a...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology

authors： Yatsuya H

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the effects of passive smoking identified by urine cotinine on serum carotenoids and alpha-tocopherol, we categorized 124 residents in a rural city of Japan into 4 groups by their urine cotinine/creatinine (Cot/Cr) ratio (u.d. (undetectable); low (0-50 ng/mg); moderate (50-120 ng/mg); high (> 120 ng/mg)) a...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology

authors： Takatsuka N,Kawakami N,Ito Y,Kabuto M,Shimizu H

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health research is not a priority sector in Bangladesh. By and large, physicians and academicians are neither interested nor are they properly trained to conduct quality research. The objective of this study is to quantify the volume of researches related to health in Bangladesh with a view to propose remedi...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology

authors： Rahman M,Laz TH,Fukui T

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The estimation of incidence rates of infectious diseases based on the sentinel surveillance data is rather rare. We attempted to estimate these in 2000 in Japan by the surveillance data, and to evaluate their biases. METHODS:We used the incidences of influenza-like illness and 12 pediatric diseases in each ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology

authors： Hashimoto S,Murakami Y,Taniguchi K,Shindo N,Osaka K,Fuchigami H,Nagai M

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To identify patterns of loss to follow-up and baseline predictors of each pattern. METHODS:The Mater-University Study of Pregnancy collected baseline information for 7718 pregnant women who attended Mater Hospital in Brisbane, Australia, from 1981 through 1983. Follow-up data for 6753 eligible participants ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology

authors： Saiepour N,Ware R,Najman J,Baker P,Clavarino A,Williams G

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Physical activity is known to prevent obesity and metabolic syndrome in middle-aged and elderly people; however, the effectiveness of a comprehensive health education program for male white-collar employees is uncertain. METHODS:Forty-three men volunteered to participate in this study and were randomly assi...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology

authors： Kamioka H,Nakamura Y,Okada S,Kitayuguchi J,Kamada M,Honda T,Matsui Y,Mutoh Y

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The life expectancy is an important measure for describing health status among population. Several studies from the United States and Europe showed the harm of smoking by describing the life expectancies with different smoking status. No such study is examined in Japan, the country with the world's highest l...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology

authors： Murakami Y,Ueshima H,Okamura T,Kadowaki T,Hozawa A,Kita Y,Hayakawa T,Okayama A,NIPPON DATA80 Research Group.

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the validity and reproducibility of a 44-item food frequency questionnaire used in a baseline survey of the Japan Public Health Center-Based Prospective Study Cohort I conducted in February 1990. Subjects were 94 men and 107 women selected on a voluntary basis among respondents to the baseline survey. Four...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology

authors： Tsubono Y,Kobayashi M,Sasaki S,Tsugane S,JPHC.

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The association of proteinuria and reduced estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) with cognition needs more clarification. We cross-sectionally examined whether proteinuria and reduced eGFR, even in moderate stages, were independently associated with lower cognition in a community-based sample of elderl...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology

authors： Fujiyoshi A,Miura K,Ohkubo T,Miyagawa N,Saito Y,Miyazawa I,Shiino A,Kadota A,Kadowaki S,Hisamatsu T,Torii S,Takashima N,Tooyama I,Ueshima H

更新日期：2020-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aims to determine if cigarette smoking is associated with engaging in other health-risk behaviors among high school students in Japan. Self-administered anonymous questionnaires were conducted in 1999 using a sample of 1,466 students (male: 50.5%, female: 49.5%) in grades 10 through 12 at seven public senio...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology

authors： Takakura M,Ueji M,Sakihara S

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We compared the birth weight of newborns born to foreign-born mothers (FBMs) and Taiwan-born mothers (TBMs), using data from the 2005-2006 Taiwan Birth Registry of singleton live births. METHODS:The Wilcox-Russell method, data restriction, and multiple linear regression were used to analyze the data. The ra...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology

authors： Shen YM,See LC,Lin SR

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Distributions of serum pepsinogen (PG) values were assessed in Helicobacter pylori-infected and non-infected junior high school students (aged 12-15 years) in Japan. METHODS:All junior high school students (1,225 in total) in Sasayama city, who were basically healthy, were asked to provide urine and serum s...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology

authors： Okuda M,Lin Y,Mabe K,Kato M,Osaki T,Miyamoto R,Okumura A,Kamiya S,Kikuchi S

更新日期：2020-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Urbanizing rural areas in China face a rapidly growing cardiovascular disease burden. Epidemiologic studies and effective preventive strategies are urgently needed. METHODS:The Fangshan Cohort Study is a prospective study that began in 2008 and targets local residents aged 40 years or older living in 3 town...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology

authors： Wu N,Tang X,Wu Y,Qin X,He L,Wang J,Li N,Li J,Zhang Z,Dou H,Liu J,Yu L,Xu H,Zhang J,Hu Y,Iso H

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The patterns and risk factors of intentional injuries compared to unintentional injuries among Chinese children and adolescents have not been examined in depth. This work comprehensively describes patterns of intentional injuries in China, for which little information has been previously published. METHODS:...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology

authors： Yin X,Li D,Zhu K,Liang X,Peng S,Tan A,Du Y

更新日期：2020-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the importance of obesity and its association with socioeconomic status, little is known about this condition in Korean adolescents. We examined the relationship between obesity in Korean adolescents and several socioeconomic variables and compared the association of obesity with conventional and sub...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology

authors： Oh IH,Cho Y,Park SY,Oh C,Choe BK,Choi JM,Yoon TY

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The longevity of Japanese is thought to be associated with psychosocial factors such as sense of coherence, social support, and social capital. However, the actual factors responsible and the extent of their contribution to individual health status are not known. METHODS:The Aichi Gerontological Evaluation ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology

authors： Nishi A,Kondo K,Hirai H,Kawachi I

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission (ABCC), the predecessor of the Radiation Effects Research Foundation (RERF), was established in 1947 to conduct long-term, comprehensive epidemiological and genetic studies of the atomic-bomb (A-bomb) survivors. Today this study still depends upon the voluntary cooperation of severa...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology

authors： Kodama K,Mabuchi K,Shigematsu I

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous Japanese studies have led to the erroneous conclusion of antioxidant capacity (AOC) intakes of the overall Japanese diet due to limitations in the number and types of food measured, especially in rice and seafood intake. The aims of the study were to construct an AOC database of foods representative...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology

authors： Tsubota-Utsugi M,Watanabe J,Takebayashi J,Oki T,Tsubono Y,Ohkubo T

更新日期：2020-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:In Japan, the spread of immunization and the development of antibiotics and antituberculosis drugs have dramatically decreased the mortality rate from infectious diseases since World War II. Alterations in health practices, such as decreasing the intake of salty foods and strict management of hypertension, have result...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology

authors： Takeshita T,Morimoto K

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On June 17, 2002, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, together with the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, introduced the Ethical Guidelines for Epidemiological Research. Although studies begun before the adoption of the Guidelines are not necessarily required to conform to them, s...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology

authors： Tamakoshi A

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are suggestions that women have higher relative risks of lung cancer than men given similar levels of tobacco exposure, implying that sex-related hormones may influence lung cancer risk. We evaluated the association between lung cancer risk and menstrual and reproductive factors on a subset of self-responding fe...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology

authors： Brenner AV,Wang Z,Kleinerman RA,Lei S,Metayer C,Wang W,Lubin JH

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We reutilized the existing Three-Prefecture Cohort to evaluate the relationship between lifestyle factors and the incidence or mortality from non-communicable diseases. METHODS:This study was a prospective population-based observation conducted from the 1980s to 2000 in three prefectures (Miyagi, Aichi, and...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology

authors： Sado J,Kitamura T,Kitamura Y,Zha L,Liu R,Sobue T,Nishino Y,Tanaka H,Nakayama T,Tsuji I,Ito H,Suzuki T,Katanoda K,Tominaga S,Three-Prefecture Cohort Study Group.

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Second British Epidemiology and Public Health Course was held from 19 to 25 August 1996 in Osaka as a satellite meeting for the 14th International Scientific Meeting of the International Epidemiological Association. Thirty-three researchers from 10 countries participated in the course. Professor Walter W Holland g...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology

authors： Tanihara S,Morioka S,Kodama K,Hashimoto T,Yanagawa H,Holland WW

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We attempted to apply the model of effort-reward imbalance (ERI) to school settings in order to measure students' psychosocial stress and analyze its association with self-rated health in adolescents. METHODS:A cross-sectional survey was conducted in Kunming, China among 1004 Chinese students (468 boys and ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology

authors： Li J,Shang L,Wang T,Siegrist J

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the validity of nursery teachers' report on the physical activity of young children. Subjects were twenty-one children aged 3 to 4 years (12 boys and 9 girls) at a nursery in Toyama Prefecture, Japan. Children were equipped with the Actiwatch (Mini-mitter Company Inc.) activity monitor and the Calo...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology

authors： Chen X,Sekine M,Hamanishi S,Wang H,Hayashikawa Y,Yamagami T,Kagamimori S

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On the basis of 351 one-day weighed diet records, we selected foods/recipes contributing to nutrients of interest for a data-based food frequency questionnaire by contribution analysis and multiple regression analysis. Total fat was largely of animal and vegetable origin, irrespective of analytic methods. Saturated fa...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology

authors： Tokudome Y,Imaeda N,Ikeda M,Kitagawa I,Fujiwara N,Tokudome S

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several epidemiologic studies have reported an inverse association between serum levels of carotenoids and cardiovascular disease risk. However, no studies have reported an association between serum carotenoids and N-terminal pro-brain-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) in the general population. METHODS:...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology

authors： Suzuki K,Ishii J,Kitagawa F,Kuno A,Kusuhara Y,Ochiai J,Ichino N,Osakabe K,Sugimoto K,Yamada H,Ito Y,Hamajima N,Inoue T

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BackgroundResearch findings indicate that four health-related behaviours (HRBs), smoking, alcohol, diet, physical activity, do not co-occur within individuals by chance and therefore cluster. To date there is a lack of research investigating the clustering of these HRBs in the Japanese population.MethodsThe Japanese N...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology

authors： Mawditt C,Sasayama K,Katanoda K,Gilmour S

更新日期：2020-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:We hypothesized that validity of semiquantitative food frequency questionnaire would be affected by food diversity (variety of foods consumed), because greater food diversity may be related to greater within-individual variation of nutrient intake, which can attenuate the correlation coefficient measuring validity of ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology

authors： Nagata C,Ohwaki A,Kurisu Y,Shimizu H

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Association of school absence with air pollution from suspended particulate matter (SPM) and nitrogen dioxide was analyzed in areas around arterial roads for five years, from 1993 to 1997. The prevalence of absence was calculated using the data for school absence in two schools around arterial roads, one of which is n...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology

authors： Makino K

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00