Alcohol consumption at the time of conception and spontaneous abortion.

abstract：:Data from the 1958 National Child Development Study (1958-2004) were used in a prospective study of the relation of financial adversity in childhood to lung function in midlife. It was hypothesized that such a relation would be found and would be mediated partly by early housing deprivation, partly by continuities in ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Bartley M,Kelly Y,Sacker A

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relation between measures of general and central adiposity and individual cardiovascular endpoints remains understudied in older adults. This study investigated the association of measures of body size and composition with incident ischemic stroke or coronary heart disease (1989-2007) in 3,754 community-dwelling U...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Kizer JR,Biggs ML,Ix JH,Mukamal KJ,Zieman SJ,de Boer IH,Mozaffarian D,Barzilay JI,Strotmeyer ES,Luchsinger JA,Elkind MS,Longstreth WT Jr,Kuller LH,Siscovick DS

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：:The relationship of menopause to associated factors of atherosclerosis was investigated during October 1973 to December 1976. The subjects were 1674 premenopausal and 428 postmenopausal women aged 35 to 54, who were living in Toda city, an urban area of Japan. Serum cholesterol and triglyceride were higher in postmeno...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Shibata H,Matsuzaki T,Hatano S

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glioma risk has consistently been inversely associated with allergy history but not with smoking history despite putative biologic plausibility. Data from 855 high-grade glioma cases and 1,160 controls from 4 geographic regions of the United States during 1997-2008 were analyzed for interactions between allergy and sm...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Lachance DH,Yang P,Johnson DR,Decker PA,Kollmeyer TM,McCoy LS,Rice T,Xiao Y,Ali-Osman F,Wang F,Stoddard SM,Sprau DJ,Kosel ML,Wiencke JK,Wiemels JL,Patoka JS,Davis F,McCarthy B,Rynearson AL,Worra JB,Fridley BL,O'

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcium and dairy foods in relation to prostate cancer were examined in the National Institutes of Health (NIH)-AARP (formerly known as the American Association of Retired Persons) Diet and Health Study (1995/1996-2001). Diet was assessed with a food frequency questionnaire at baseline. Multivariate relative risks and...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Park Y,Mitrou PN,Kipnis V,Hollenbeck A,Schatzkin A,Leitzmann MF

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relation between allergy and risk of cancer was evaluated in a cohort study of 34,198 Seventh-day Adventists in California. Information on prevalence of asthma, hay fever, and reactions to chemicals, medications, bee stings, and poison oak (or ivy) was obtained by questionnaire in 1976. The reported allergies must...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Mills PK,Beeson WL,Fraser GE,Phillips RL

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Worldwide, 1-4 per 1,000 births are affected by clubfoot. Clubfoot etiology is unclear, but both genetic and environmental factors are thought to be involved. Low folate status in pregnant women has been implicated in several congenital malformations, and folate metabolism may be affected by polymorphisms in the methy...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Sharp L,Miedzybrodzka Z,Cardy AH,Inglis J,Madrigal L,Barker S,Chesney D,Clark C,Maffulli N

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During an epidemic of cholera in Guinea, West Africa, in 1986, the authors conducted two studies of risk factors for transmission. In the capital city, 35 hospitalized cholera patients were more likely than 70 neighborhood-matched controls to have eaten leftover peanut sauces (odds ration (OR) = 3.1, 95% confidence in...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： St Louis ME,Porter JD,Helal A,Drame K,Hargrett-Bean N,Wells JG,Tauxe RV

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unbiased estimation of causal parameters from marginal structural models (MSMs) requires a fundamental assumption of no unmeasured confounding. Unfortunately, the time-varying covariates used to obtain inverse probability weights are often error-prone. Although substantial measurement error in important confounders is...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Kyle RP,Moodie EE,Klein MB,Abrahamowicz M

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Researchers have failed to find a consistent association between childhood victimization and vulvodynia, a debilitating, unexplained vulvar pain condition. However, selection bias associated with case ascertainment, and differential reporting bias between clinic-based cases and controls, may explain in part the incons...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Harlow BL,Stewart EG

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mortality rates of coronary heart disease are much lower and hemorrhagic stroke rates are higher in Japanese than in Caucasians. To investigate whether population differences in plasma concentrations of coagulation factors are consistent with these mortality differences, the authors examined, in 1987, a total of 136 m...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Iso H,Folsom AR,Wu KK,Finch A,Munger RG,Sato S,Shimamoto T,Terao A,Komachi Y

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors conducted a cross-sectional study of the association of serum selenium with the prevalence of peripheral arterial disease among 2,062 US men and women 40 years of age or older participating in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2003-2004. Serum selenium was measured by using inductively ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Bleys J,Navas-Acien A,Laclaustra M,Pastor-Barriuso R,Menke A,Ordovas J,Stranges S,Guallar E

更新日期：2009-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Evaluation of adult health risks from exposures that occurred in childhood may require case-control studies in which subjects who are now adults are asked to provide information that might be more accurately provided by their parents. The quality of parental smoking and drinking histories provided by adult offspring w...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Sandler DP,Shore DL

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer rates are often compared between counties or other geographic units as a method of testing for risk from environmental exposures. Migration between geographic areas greatly reduces the sensitivity of this method. Under simplifying assumptions the quantitative effect of migration on risk estimates is shown using...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Polissar L

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relative contribution of menopause to the age-related increase in serum total cholesterol concentration in women is not exactly known. Cross-sectional studies suggest a considerable contribution of menopause, whereas in short-term longitudinal studies, only a small increase was observed around menopause. In a 10-y...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： van Beresteijn EC,Korevaar JC,Huijbregts PC,Schouten EG,Burema J,Kok FJ

更新日期：1993-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In a multicenter study, the overall correlation between two variables can be broken down into a within- and a between-group correlation reflecting associations at the individual and aggregate levels, respectively. A random-effects model is used to estimate variance components of nutrition-related variables and the wit...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Ferrari P,Al-Delaimy WK,Slimani N,Boshuizen HC,Roddam A,Orfanos P,Skeie G,Rodríguez-Barranco M,Thiebaut A,Johansson G,Palli D,Boeing H,Overvad K,Riboli E

更新日期：2005-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Alcohol consumption is associated with a reduced risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) but an increased risk of other causes of morbidity and mortality. It remains unclear whether there is an upper limit to a protective effect of alcohol intake on CHD risk. Whether there is a U- or an L-shaped relation between alcohol ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Rehm JT,Bondy SJ,Sempos CT,Vuong CV

更新日期：1997-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:This cross-sectional study investigated the relation between intake of caffeine-containing beverages and time to conception in a population of 1,909 married women in New Haven, Connecticut, between May 12, 1980 and March 12, 1982. Women were interviewed shortly after the first prenatal visit regarding the length of ti...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Hatch EE,Bracken MB

更新日期：1993-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A new measure of lifetime alcohol consumption, the Cognitive Lifetime Drinking History (CLDH) uses beverage-specific questions on drink sizes and assesses drinking patterns to enhance recall. Two methods of establishing drinking intervals were examined: 1) floating--the respondent's report of when drinking changed, an...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Russell M,Marshall JR,Trevisan M,Freudenheim JL,Chan AW,Markovic N,Vána JE,Priore RL

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitamin B12 (hereafter referred to as B12) deficiency in pregnancy is prevalent and has been associated with both lower birth weight (birth weight <2,500 g) and preterm birth (length of gestation <37 weeks). Nevertheless, current evidence is contradictory. We performed a systematic review and a meta-analysis of indivi...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Rogne T,Tielemans MJ,Chong MF,Yajnik CS,Krishnaveni GV,Poston L,Jaddoe VW,Steegers EA,Joshi S,Chong YS,Godfrey KM,Yap F,Yahyaoui R,Thomas T,Hay G,Hogeveen M,Demir A,Saravanan P,Skovlund E,Martinussen MP,Jacobsen G

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epidemiology of Lyme disease has been examined utilizing insurance claims from privately insured individuals; however, it is unknown whether reported patterns vary among the publicly insured. We examined trends in incidence rates of first Lyme disease diagnosis among 384,652 Maryland Medicaid recipients enrolled f...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Rebman AW,Wang L,Yang T,Marsteller JA,Murphy SME,Uriyo M,Mihm EA,Weinstein ER,Fagan P,Aucott JN

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A community sample made in the fall of 1972 in Durham County, North Carolina, and that consisted of 331 persons 65 years of age and older was assessed for adequacy of social support along three parameters: roles and available attachments, perceived social support, and frequency of social interaction. This approach to ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Blazer DG

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An estimated 80% of sexually active young women in the United States use hormonal contraceptives during their reproductive years. Associations between hormonal contraceptive use and mood disturbances remain understudied, despite the hypothesis that estrogen and progesterone play a role in mood problems. In this study,...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Keyes KM,Cheslack-Postava K,Westhoff C,Heim CM,Haloossim M,Walsh K,Koenen K

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Associations between metabolic syndrome components and prevalent ischemic heart disease (IHD) were investigated in a cross-sectional, community-based study of elderly men (n = 1,015) and women (n = 1,259) in Rancho Bernardo, California, in 1984-1987. In both sexes, there were significant positive associations between ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Lindblad U,Langer RD,Wingard DL,Thomas RG,Barrett-Connor EL

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Observational studies and randomized controlled trials of menopausal hormone therapy (HT) and chronic disease risk appear to have divergent results for cardiovascular disease. However, differences may be related to a modifying effect of age, time since menopause, and HT formulation. In the Nurses' Health Study (NHS) (...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Bhupathiraju SN,Grodstein F,Rosner BA,Stampfer MJ,Hu FB,Willett WC,Manson JE

更新日期：2017-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of occupational 60 Hz magnetic field and ambient light exposures on the pineal hormone, melatonin, were studied in 142 male electric utility workers in Colorado, 1995-1996. Melatonin was assessed by radioimmunoassay of its metabolite, 6-hydroxymelatonin sulfate (6-OHMS), in post-work shift urine samples. P...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Burch JB,Reif JS,Yost MG,Keefe TJ,Pitrat CA

更新日期：1999-07-01 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：:Genetic epidemiology represents a hybrid of epidemiologic designs and statistical models that explicitly consider both genetic and environmental risk factors for disease. It is a relatively new field in public health; the term was first coined only 35 years ago. In this short time, the field has been through a major e...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Fallin MD,Duggal P,Beaty TH

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Induction and latent periods are distinguishable concepts referring respectively to the period between causal action and disease initiation, and the period between disease initiation and detection. A disease cannot be characterized as having a long or short induction period, except in relation to a specific etiologic ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Rothman KJ

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00