Educational status and blood pressure: the Second National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1976-1980, and the Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1982-1984.

abstract：:An increased risk of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) following administration of the 1976 swine influenza vaccine led to a heightened focus on GBS when monovalent vaccines against a novel influenza A (H1N1) virus of swine origin were introduced in 2009. GBS cases following receipt of monovalent inactivated (MIV) and sea...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Greene SK,Rett M,Weintraub ES,Li L,Yin R,Amato AA,Ho DT,Sheikh SI,Fireman BH,Daley MF,Belongia EA,Jacobsen SJ,Baxter R,Lieu TA,Kulldorff M,Vellozzi C,Lee GM

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recent study of two communities in Massachusetts showed that a group of high school sophomores exposed to 107 mg/liter sodium in their municipal drinking water had significantly higher systolic and diastolic blood pressures than a control group exposed to 8 mg/liter. The present study was undertaken to determine if ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Hallenbeck WH,Brenniman GR,Anderson RJ

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some reports indicate that exposure to specific polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congeners is related to breast cancer risk. The authors recruited participants in a case-control study from October 1994 to March 1997 to assess the relation between breast cancer risk and concentrations of 14 PCB congeners measured in plas...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Demers A,Ayotte P,Brisson J,Dodin S,Robert J,Dewailly E

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Left-truncated and interval-censored data, termed dynamic cohort data, arise in longitudinal studies with rolling admissions and only occasional follow-up. The authors compared four approaches for analyzing such data: a constant hazard model; maximum likelihood estimation with flexible parametric models; the midpoint ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Williamson JM,Satten GA,Hanson JA,Weinstock H,Datta S

更新日期：2001-08-15 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：:An episode is described in which tissue culture in a laboratory could have become intoxicated due to the recirculation of toxic exhaust fumes extruded from the roof of a research institution. A route of entry was found whereby a portion of fume hood exhaust was reintroduced into the building by means of large intake f...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Cohen D,Wanner RG

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this case-control study was to evaluate whether occupational conditions during pregnancy are associated with preterm delivery (PTD). Women whose work conditions changed following the use of a legally justified preventive measure (withdrawal from work or job reassignment) were also compared with those ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Croteau A,Marcoux S,Brisson C

更新日期：2007-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In the Smokers and Nonsmokers Study, the authors investigated the feasibility of using random digit dialing telephone interviews to locate adults in the continental United States who were willing to provide DNA from buccal swabs through the mail. Interviews with 3,383 adults regarding their smoking-related behaviors (...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Kozlowski LT,Vogler GP,Vandenbergh DJ,Strasser AA,O'Connor RJ,Yost BA

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence on dietary risk factors for ovarian cancer is inconsistent, but some studies have suggested positive associations with dietary fat, lactose, and cholesterol and negative associations with green and yellow vegetable intake. By using information from the Iowa Women's Health Study, the authors investigated the a...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Kushi LH,Mink PJ,Folsom AR,Anderson KE,Zheng W,Lazovich D,Sellers TA

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alcohol consumption habits as recorded on health checkup questionnaires by 91,659 white, black, or Oriental men and women were studied. Substantial age, sex, and race differences in alcohol consumption were reported. Generally, men drank more than women, drinking was most prevalent among whites and least prevalent amo...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Klatsky AL,Friedman GD,Siegelaub AB,Gérard MJ

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When analyzing and interpreting data from an epidemiologic study where ordinal (ordered categorical) outcomes have been measured in different exposure groups, an effect parameter of interest is the common odds ratio implied by the proportional odds model. This model can sometimes be applied to a collapsed outcome vari...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Strömberg U

更新日期：1996-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of propensity scores to adjust for measured confounding factors has become increasingly popular in cohort studies. However, their use in case-control and case-cohort studies has received little attention. The authors present some theory on the estimation and use of propensity scores in case-control and case-co...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Månsson R,Joffe MM,Sun W,Hennessy S

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In light of increasing obesity among the elderly, understanding the role of nutritional guidelines in preventing weight gain is of major importance. The authors evaluated the impact of the French Programme National Nutrition Santé (PNNS)-Guideline Score (GS) (maximum score, 15 points) on anthropometric changes in a la...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Kesse-Guyot E,Castetbon K,Estaquio C,Czernichow S,Galan P,Hercberg S

更新日期：2009-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Although investigators have assessed the relationship between self-reported cigarette smoking and biomarker levels, the validity of self-reported information on smokeless tobacco (SLT) use is uncertain. We used aggregated data from the 2003-2004, 2005-2006, 2007-2008, and 2009-2010 administrations of the National Heal...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Agaku IT,King BA

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relation between passive smoking and lung cancer was examined by means of a case-control study in a cohort of 27,409 nonsmoking Swedish women identified from questionnaires mailed in 1961 and 1963. A total of 77 cases of primary carcinoma of the bronchus or lung were found in a follow-up of the cohort through 1980...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Pershagen G,Hrubec Z,Svensson C

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the association between long working hours and cognitive function in middle age. Data were collected in 1997-1999 (baseline) and 2002-2004 (follow-up) from a prospective study of 2,214 British civil servants who were in full-time employment at baseline and had data on cognitive tests and covariates...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Virtanen M,Singh-Manoux A,Ferrie JE,Gimeno D,Marmot MG,Elovainio M,Jokela M,Vahtera J,Kivimäki M

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study's objective was to investigate healthy aging in older French adults 5 years after a period of daily nutritional-dose supplementation with antioxidant nutrients. The study was based on the double-blind, randomized trial, Supplementation with Antioxidant Vitamins and Minerals (SU.VI.MAX) Study (1994-2002) and...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Assmann KE,Andreeva VA,Jeandel C,Hercberg S,Galan P,Kesse-Guyot E

更新日期：2015-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors conducted a population-based case-control study to investigate whether clinically observed chickenpox, linked with a level of intensity for clinical expression, increases the risk of multiple sclerosis (MS) in childhood. The cases were MS patients whose disease onset occurred between 1994 and 2003, before ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Mikaeloff Y,Caridade G,Suissa S,Tardieu M,KIDSEP Study Group.

更新日期：2009-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:There have been few prospective studies relating diet to pancreatic cancer, with most having fewer than 100 cases and only one examining dietary nutrients. The authors prospectively examined dietary factors hypothesized to be associated with exocrine pancreatic cancer in the Alpha-Tocopherol, Beta-Carotene Cancer Prev...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Stolzenberg-Solomon RZ,Pietinen P,Taylor PR,Virtamo J,Albanes D

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Largely on the basis of results from meta-analyses of observational studies, postmenopausal estrogen was widely prescribed to prevent coronary heart disease. However, epidemiologic studies, no matter how consistent and coherent, are not sufficient to recommend mass preventive therapy to healthy women. In fact, all thr...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Barrett-Connor E

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies suggest that birth weight and weight gain during the first year of life are related to later risk of type 1 diabetes. The authors performed a systematic review and meta-analysis on these associations. Twelve studies involving 2,398,150 persons of whom 7,491 had type 1 diabetes provided odds ratios and...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Harder T,Roepke K,Diller N,Stechling Y,Dudenhausen JW,Plagemann A

更新日期：2009-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Preliminary evidence suggests that daytime sleepiness may predate clinical diagnosis of Parkinson disease. The authors examined daytime napping and nighttime sleeping durations, reported in 1996-1997 by 220,934 US NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study participants, in relation to Parkinson disease diagnoses at 3 clinical sta...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Gao J,Huang X,Park Y,Hollenbeck A,Blair A,Schatzkin A,Chen H

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Physical size at birth (primarily birth weight) is a key predictor of infant mortality and morbidity and may serve as a predictor of risk to chronic disease in adulthood. By use of birth records, it is sometimes possible to accumulate large, even massive, data sets that can permit analyses to separate genetic and envi...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Beaty TH

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possible relation between the occurrence of brain tumors in children and exposure to electric blankets or electrically heated water beds was investigated in a multicenter, population-based case-control study conducted on the West Coast of the United States. Information on maternal exposure during pregnancy or dire...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Preston-Martin S,Gurney JG,Pogoda JM,Holly EA,Mueller BA

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dietary protein may help prevent age-related declines in strength and functional capacity. This study examines the independent relationship between dietary protein and longitudinal changes in physical functioning among adults participating in the Framingham Offspring Study from examination 5 (1991-1995) to examination...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Mustafa J,Ellison RC,Singer MR,Bradlee ML,Kalesan B,Holick MF,Moore LL

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Baltimore Eye Survey was a population-based survey conducted from January 1985 to November 1988 among residents of east Baltimore, Maryland, who were 40 years of age or older. A total of 5,308 black subjects and white subjects received a comprehensive screening examination for glaucoma including tonometry, visual ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Tielsch JM,Katz J,Singh K,Quigley HA,Gottsch JD,Javitt J,Sommer A

更新日期：1991-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Under- and overreporting of energy intake in relation to body mass index (BMI, kg/m2) were examined by using 24-hour urinary sodium and potassium as biomarkers. The data were obtained from 2,124 men and 1,998 women aged 25-74 years who participated in the 1981-1984 Belgian Interuniversity Research on Nutrition and Hea...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Zhang J,Temme EH,Sasaki S,Kesteloot H

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haemophilus influenzae type b disease in Alaskan Eskimos is characterized by greatly increased disease incidence at younger ages. This suggests that Eskimo infants have increased exposure to the disease. Exposure was studied in 1982-1983 in children less than age three years who lived in four Eskimo villages, as well ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Hall DB,Lum MK,Knutson LR,Heyward WL,Ward JI

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Risk factors for neonatal seizures were evaluated in 116,048 infants born between 1992 and 1994 to residents of Harris County, Texas; 207 of these infants were diagnosed with clinical neonatal seizures. Information was obtained from the infant's birth certificate to assess the relation between seizures and birth weigh...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Saliba RM,Annegers FJ,Waller DK,Tyson JE,Mizrahi EM

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Planners of several large prevention trials have overestimated the expected incidence of events in the control group, largely because they failed either to recognize or to adequately correct for various effects of population selection. Consequently, the studies have been too small in size or too short in duration to a...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Ederer F,Church TR,Mandel JS

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00