Prevalence of antibodies to four herpesviruses among adults with glioma and controls.

abstract：:Although randomized controlled trials are regarded as the gold standard for comparison of treatments, evidence from observational studies is still relevant. To cope with the problem of possible confounding in these studies, investigators need methods for analyzing their results which adjust for confounders and lead to...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Schmoor C,Caputo A,Schumacher M

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of clinically recognized coronary heart disease and its relation to risk factors have been studied for 596 sibships in the Framingham Heart Study cohort. Only the 186 pairs of brothers were considered in the multivariate analysis, since the rate of coronary heart disease in women is low. Multiple logisti...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Snowden CB,McNamara PM,Garrison RJ,Feinleib M,Kannel WB,Epstein FH

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a case-control study of childhood leukemia in relation to exposure to power-frequency electric and magnetic fields (EMF), 399 children resident in five Canadian provinces who were diagnosed at ages 0-14 years between 1990 and 1994 (June 1995 in British Columbia and Quebec) were enrolled, along with 399 controls. Ex...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： McBride ML,Gallagher RP,Thériault G,Armstrong BG,Tamaro S,Spinelli JJ,Deadman JE,Fincham S,Robson D,Choi W

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors examined the independent and combined associations of physical activity and obesity with incident type 2 diabetes among 675,496 Korean men from the database of the National Health Insurance Corporation. During an average follow-up of 7.5 years (1996-2005), 52,995 men developed type 2 diabetes. Men with ove...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Lee DC,Park I,Jun TW,Nam BH,Cho SI,Blair SN,Kim YS

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence from animal and cell models suggests that pesticides cause a neurodegenerative process leading to Parkinson's disease (PD). Human data are insufficient to support this claim for any specific pesticide, largely because of challenges in exposure assessment. The authors developed and validated an exposure assess...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Costello S,Cockburn M,Bronstein J,Zhang X,Ritz B

更新日期：2009-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In Australia, as in many industrialized countries, the past 50 years have been marked by increasing female labor-force participation. It is popularly speculated that this might impose a mental-health burden on women and their children. This analysis aimed to examine the associations between household labor-force parti...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： King TL,Shields M,Byars S,Kavanagh AM,Craig L,Milner A

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The utility of a risk function in clinical practice is an important concept that has received insufficient attention. The authors evaluated the clinical usefulness of the Framingham risk function (FRF) for cardiovascular disease in a Middle Eastern population (2,640 men and 3,584 women aged 30-74 years) free of cardio...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Khalili D,Hadaegh F,Soori H,Steyerberg EW,Bozorgmanesh M,Azizi F

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heterogeneous exposure associations (HEAs) can be defined as differences in the association of an exposure with an outcome among subgroups that differ by a set of characteristics. In this article, we intend to foster discussion of HEAs in the epidemiologic literature and present a variant of the random forest algorith...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Odden MC,Rawlings AM,Khodadadi A,Fern X,Shlipak MG,Bibbins-Domingo K,Covinsky K,Kanaya AM,Lee A,Haan MN,Newman AB,Psaty BM,Peralta CA

更新日期：2020-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Past studies of the relation between hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and type 2 diabetes conflict. The authors aimed to elucidate the relation by using a large community-based sample with a wide range of liver conditions. Between October 1997 and February 1998, 2,327 consecutive subjects (aged > or =35 years) were e...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Wang CS,Wang ST,Yao WJ,Chang TT,Chou P

更新日期：2003-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Several investigators have documented the effect of temperature on mortality, although fewer have studied its impact on morbidity. In addition, little is known about the effectiveness of mitigation strategies such as use of air conditioners (ACs). The authors investigated the association between temperature and hospit...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Ostro B,Rauch S,Green R,Malig B,Basu R

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is increased recognition that determinants of health should be investigated in a life-course perspective. Retirement is a major transition in the life course and offers opportunities for changes in physical activity that may improve health in the aging population. The authors examined the effect of retirement on...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Slingerland AS,van Lenthe FJ,Jukema JW,Kamphuis CB,Looman C,Giskes K,Huisman M,Narayan KM,Mackenbach JP,Brug J

更新日期：2007-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple imputation is increasingly recommended in epidemiology to adjust for the bias and loss of information that may occur in analyses restricted to study participants with complete data ("complete-case analyses"). However, little guidance is available on applying the method, including which variables to include in...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Spratt M,Carpenter J,Sterne JA,Carlin JB,Heron J,Henderson J,Tilling K

更新日期：2010-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Few studies of veterans have examined cardiovascular disease as the primary outcome, other than in relation to specific conflicts or hazards. To assess the long-term risk and prognosis of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in United Kingdom veterans from a broad range of military backgrounds and experience, we conducte...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Bergman BP,Mackay DF,Pell JP

更新日期：2014-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The association between cigarette smoking and inflammation is well known. However, the biological mechanisms behind the association are not fully understood, particularly the role of DNA methylation, which is known to be affected by smoking. Using 2-step epigenetic Mendelian randomization, we investigated the role of ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Jhun MA,Smith JA,Ware EB,Kardia SLR,Mosley TH Jr,Turner ST,Peyser PA,Park SK

更新日期：2017-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A randomized field trial was conducted in Tecumseh, Michigan, to test the efficacy of virucidal nasal tissues in interrupting transmission of respiratory agents in the household. In the double-blinded trial, 296 households were stratified by household size and randomly assigned to the group using treated tissues and t...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Longini IM Jr,Monto AS

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of missing values for a confounding variable are investigated in the setting of case-control studies in which, for simplicity, the effect of one binary risk factor and one categoric confounding variable on disease risk is under investigation. Some ad hoc techniques with which to deal with missing values ar...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Vach W,Blettner M

更新日期：1991-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:An epidemic of viral hepatitis type A in an arctic area is described. From 1970-1974, 4961 clinical cases of hepatitis were reported in Greenland, corresponding to 11 per cent of the total population. Epidemiologic surveillance indicated person-to-person transmission of the disease, apparently by the oralfecal route. ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Skinhoj P,Mikkelsen F,Hollinger FB

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship of lead exposure to blood pressure has been examined in a longitudinal study of a cohort of 89 Boston, Massachusetts, policemen. At the baseline examination, subjects had a blood lead determination and three consecutive blood pressure measurements. Triplicate blood pressure measurements were also take...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Weiss ST,Muñoz A,Stein A,Sparrow D,Speizer FE

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors extend previous results on nondifferential exposure misclassification to the situation in which multilevel exposure and covariables are both misclassified. They show that if misclassification is nondifferential and the predictive value matrices are independent of other predictor variables it is possible to...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Weinkam JJ,Rosenbaum WL,Sterling TD

更新日期：1999-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Geographic information systems and exploratory spatial analysis were used to describe the geographic characteristics of pilot fatality rates in 1983-1998 general aviation crashes within the continental United States. The authors plotted crash sites on a digital map; rates were computed at regular grid intersections an...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Grabowski JG,Curriero FC,Baker SP,Li G

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intraabdominal fat (IAF) area is often measured indirectly in epidemiologic studies. The authors recruited 147 participants from the second examination (1990-1992) of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study to examine IAF area and determine whether there were differences in IAF area and distribution by location....

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Warren M,Schreiner PJ,Terry JG

更新日期：2006-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) is a persistent environmental contaminant. Although experimental evidence suggests that TCDD alters thyroid hormone levels in rodents, human data are inconsistent. In 1976, a trichlorophenol plant exploded in Seveso, Italy. Women living in highly exposed areas were followed t...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Chevrier J,Warner M,Gunier RB,Brambilla P,Eskenazi B,Mocarelli P

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Randomized clinical trials (RCTs) are usually the preferred strategy with which to generate evidence of comparative effectiveness, but conducting an RCT is not always feasible. Though observational studies and RCTs often provide comparable estimates, the questioning of observational analyses has recently intensified b...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Danaei G,Tavakkoli M,Hernán MA

更新日期：2012-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In the study of complex diseases, it may be important to test hypotheses related to gene-gene (G x G) interaction. The success of such studies depends critically on obtaining adequate sample sizes. In this paper, the author investigates sample size requirements for studies of G x G interaction, focusing on four study ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Gauderman WJ

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested that smoking does not influence risk of cardiovascular diseases in populations with low serum cholesterol levels. To determine whether cigarette smoking is an independent risk factor among men with low levels of serum cholesterol, data on 25-year coronary, cardiovascular, and all-cause mortality ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Blanco-Cedres L,Daviglus ML,Garside DB,Liu K,Pirzada A,Stamler J,Greenland P

更新日期：2002-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Between September 1979 and March 1980, distinguishing features between fatal and nonfatal cases of diarrhea caused by the same etiologic agents were sought in a case-control investigation of Cuna Indian children living on the San Blas Islands located off Panama's Caribbean coast. The eight fatal cases of diarrhea (fou...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Ryder RW,Reeves WC,Sack RB

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The knowledge of leprosy epidemiology is still extremely limited as to basic epidemiologic characteristics. Only the infectious agent and the reservoir of infection have been firmly established. It is all the more surprising that very few studies of analytical leprosy epidemiology are reported in the literature. In or...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： de Vries JL,Perry BH

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Administration of pain relievers has been associated with both lower and higher risks of adverse reproductive outcomes in animals. In the sole investigation of male pain-reliever use and human fertility carried out to date, Smarr et al. (Hum Reprod. 2016;31(9):2119-2127) found a 35% reduction in fecundability among ma...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Wesselink AK,Bresnick KA,Hatch EE,Rothman KJ,Mikkelsen EM,Wang TR,Huybrechts KF,Wise LA

更新日期：2020-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known the about the reproductive health of offspring after fertility treatment. In 2001-2005, the authors approached young Danish men attending a compulsory physical examination to determine their fitness for military service. A total of 1,925 men volunteered, delivered a semen sample, had a physical examina...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Jensen TK,Jørgensen N,Asklund C,Carlsen E,Holm M,Skakkebaek NE

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An industry-wide mortality study on the association between lung cancer and occupational exposure to cobalt and tungsten carbide was carried out in the French hard-metal industry. This case-control study was nested in the historical cohort of workers ever employed in this industry's 10 facilities, most of which are lo...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Moulin JJ,Wild P,Romazini S,Lasfargues G,Peltier A,Bozec C,Deguerry P,Pellet F,Perdrix A

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00