Social support and depressive symptoms in the elderly.

abstract：:An estimated 3.1 million children die each year because of undernutrition. Although cross-sectional and longitudinal studies have found a protective association between greater parental education and undernutrition in their children, no randomized trial has identified a causal effect, to our knowledge. Using the 1980 ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： De Neve JW,Subramanian SV

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a three-week period in 1984, 339 tourists and expatriate employees with diarrhea visited the infirmary at a Caribbean resort club. Epidemiologic studies suggested that over 60% of the 1,893 tourists at the resort club during that time may have been ill. Shigella flexneri 4a was isolated from seven of 18 stool s...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Spika JS,Dabis F,Hargrett-Bean N,Salcedo J,Veillard S,Blake PA

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been a long-standing debate about whether birth weight directly affects adult blood pressure, or whether the association is entirely mediated through current weight. In this issue of the Journal, Chiolero et al. (Am J Epidemiol. 2014;179(1):4-11) quantitatively evaluate whether bias from an unmeasured confou...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Howards PP

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：:Confounding due to population stratification is a potential source of concern in population-based genetic association studies, particularly in recently admixed populations such as African Americans. Several methods have been developed to control for population stratification in the context of genome-wide association s...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Ruiz-Narváez EA,Rosenberg L,Wise LA,Reich D,Palmer JR

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human brucellosis in Florida is documented for the 47-year period 1928-1975. Of the 936 cases reported in 1930-1975, more than half (505) occurred in the decade 1940-1949. The incidence declined rapidly to an average rate of five cases per year, although there was an increase in 1974 and 1975. The analysis is mainly c...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Bigler WJ,Hoff GL,Hemmert WH,Tomas JA,Janowski HT

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During late 1977 and early 1978, 192 cases of epidemic keratoconjunctivitis occurred in a community in central Georgia. In 86 of these cases, the patient had been exposed to a single ophthalmologist's office (physician A) 3-22 days before onset of illness. Patients considered as cases were more likely to have had inva...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： D'Angelo LJ,Hierholzer JC,Holman RC,Smith JD

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate strategies used to select cases and controls and how reported odds ratios are interpreted, the authors examined 150 case-control studies published in leading general medicine, epidemiology, and clinical specialist journals from 2001 to 2007. Most of the studies (125/150; 83%) were based on incident cases; ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Knol MJ,Vandenbroucke JP,Scott P,Egger M

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Agreement between maternal interview- and medical record-based gestational age was assessed by using data from a case-control study of childhood strabismus. The sample consisted of 383 cases of strabismus and their age-matched controls, diagnosed between 1985 and 1986 in Baltimore, Maryland, who were under age 7 years...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Hakim RB,Tielsch JM,See LC

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Progression to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) among persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) varies considerably and may be influenced by factors such as age, smoking, number of male partners per year, and CD4 T-lymphocyte count. The loss of CD4 lymphocytes is known to be the dominant factor...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Begtrup K,Melbye M,Biggar RJ,Goedert JJ,Knudsen K,Andersen PK

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circumstances in which both randomized controlled trial and observational study data are available provide an important opportunity to identify biases and improve study design and analysis procedures. In addition, joint analyses of data from the two sources can extend clinical trial findings. The US Women's Health Ini...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Prentice RL,Langer RD,Stefanick ML,Howard BV,Pettinger M,Anderson GL,Barad D,Curb JD,Kotchen J,Kuller L,Limacher M,Wactawski-Wende J,Women's Health Initiative Investigators.

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Levels of exposure biomarkers vary among individuals because of differences in both environmental exposure and metabolism. However, the ultimate interest is in providing information about the impact of modifying environmental exposures through regulation or behavior change. Using these levels in studies of pregnancy o...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Savitz DA

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A national serosurvey was conducted in Mexico from March to October 1986 to identify predictors of dengue transmission and target areas at high risk of severe annual epidemics. A total of 3,408 households in 70 localities with populations less than 50,000 were randomly sampled, and serology was obtained from one subje...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Koopman JS,Prevots DR,Vaca Marin MA,Gomez Dantes H,Zarate Aquino ML,Longini IM Jr,Sepulveda Amor J

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a previous study, patients with spinal cord injuries were observed to have a high incidence of colonizaion of the perineum, rectum, and urethra with Pseudomonas. In the current report, 10 men and 10 women with spinal cord injury were studied prospectively during their stay in hospital between June-Dec. 1977 (men) a...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Montgomerie JZ,Morrow JW

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in young children indicates recent tuberculosis (TB) transmission. We reviewed surveillance reports of children with LTBI to assess whether more follow-up is needed to prevent TB in this high-risk population. Data on all children under 5 years of age who were report...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Slutsker JS,Trieu L,Crossa A,Ahuja SD

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this analysis was to identify risk factors for recent human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection among homosexual and bisexual men in Ontario, Canada, during 1998-2001. Participants were recruited through the provincial HIV diagnostic laboratory and through physicians and community organizations. HI...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Calzavara L,Burchell AN,Remis RS,Major C,Corey P,Myers T,Millson M,Wallace E

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most, but not all, studies in Western countries have indicated that women have a higher mortality than men after an acute myocardial infarction, but this has not been well documented in the developing world. The authors studied 601 male and 294 female myocardial infarction patients, aged 26-94 years, admitted to a cit...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： He J,Klag MJ,Whelton PK,Zhoa Y,Weng X

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although missing outcome data are an important problem in randomized trials and observational studies, methods to address this issue can be difficult to apply. Using simulated data, the authors compared 3 methods to handle missing outcome data: 1) complete case analysis; 2) single imputation; and 3) multiple imputatio...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Groenwold RH,Donders AR,Roes KC,Harrell FE Jr,Moons KG

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The literature concerning social capital and health has grown exponentially during the past somewhat more than 10 years. The study by Kouvonen et al. (Am J Epidemiol 2008;167:1143-1151) is a longitudinal multilevel analysis of 33,577 public sector employees in Finland. The study shows a significant association between...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Lindström M

更新日期：2008-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors compared US motor vehicle and motorcycle mortality rates during periods when each of several alcohol-related laws were in effect with mortality rates during other periods. During the period 1980-1997, there were 792,184 deaths due to motor vehicle crashes and 63,052 deaths due to motorcycle crashes. An est...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Villaveces A,Cummings P,Koepsell TD,Rivara FP,Lumley T,Moffat J

更新日期：2003-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The Baltimore-Washington Infant Study is a regional epidemiologic study of congenital heart disease. Among Infants born in the study area in 1981 and 1982, 664 had a diagnosis of congenital heart disease confirmed in the first year of life by echocardiography, cardiac catheterization, cardiac surgery, or autopsy. The ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Ferencz C,Rubin JD,McCarter RJ,Brenner JI,Neill CA,Perry LW,Hepner SI,Downing JW

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parasitologic, serologic, and epidemiologic studies were done during 1967 in Calion, Arkansas (population 544). Infection with Entamoeba histolytica was found to be endemic but was segregated along racial lines. Twenty-two (9.9%) black compared with only one (0.6%) white had E. histolytica demonstrated in one stool ex...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Spencer HC Jr,Hermos JA,Healy GR,Melvin DM,Shmunes E

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A five-year intervention study of the effectiveness of the "Know Your Body" program in reducing coronary heart disease risk factors among black students in the District of Columbia, who were in grades 4-6 at baseline, was begun in 1983. Nine schools were stratified on socioeconomic status and randomly assigned to cont...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Bush PJ,Zuckerman AE,Theiss PK,Taggart VS,Horowitz C,Sheridan MJ,Walter HJ

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since June 1982, the Wisconsin Chronic Renal Disease Program has provided reimbursement for hepatitis B virus vaccine and pre- and postvaccine serologic testing for patients and staff in all Wisconsin renal dialysis centers. Between July 1, 1982 and June 30, 1984, 444 dialysis patients in 22 renal dialysis centers and...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Steketee RW,Ziarnik ME,Davis JP

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiovascular malformations were examined for white/black variation in the Baltimore-Washington Infant Study. In this population-based case-control study, cases (n = 2,087) were live births with cardiovascular malformations ascertained through pediatric cardiology centers and 53 hospitals in Maryland, the District of...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Correa-Villaseñor A,McCarter R,Downing J,Ferencz C

更新日期：1991-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In the National Cancer Institute/Children's Cancer Group case-control study of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (1989-1993), living in a home with a high-voltage wire code was not associated with disease risk. To further investigate risk near power lines, the authors analyzed distance to transmission and three-p...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Kleinerman RA,Kaune WT,Hatch EE,Wacholder S,Linet MS,Robison LL,Niwa S,Tarone RE

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella is a common cause of bacterial foodborne illness in the United States. The epidemiology and costs of nontyphoidal salmonellosis in California from 1990 through 1999 are described using surveillance, hospitalization, and death data. Trends in Salmonella rates and factors associated with prolonged hospitaliza...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Trevejo RT,Courtney JG,Starr M,Vugia DJ

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity and smoking are independently associated with a higher mortality risk, but previous studies have reported conflicting results about the relationship between these 2 time-varying exposures. Using prospective longitudinal data (1987-2007) from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study, our objective in the p...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Banack HR,Kaufman JS

更新日期：2016-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Measurement of dietary change was assessed in a systematic quota subsample (n = 397) of women recruited into the Women's Healthy Eating and Living Study between 1996 and 1998, a multicenter, randomized dietary intervention trial among breast cancer survivors. Women from the intervention and comparison arms completed t...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Thomson CA,Giuliano A,Rock CL,Ritenbaugh CK,Flatt SW,Faerber S,Newman V,Caan B,Graver E,Hartz V,Whitacre R,Parker F,Pierce JP,Marshall JR

更新日期：2003-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pneumoniae is the most common cause of invasive bacterial disease among children worldwide. The authors aimed to determine the incidence, clinical characteristics, and serotype distribution of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) among Navajo children in the southwestern United States. Active population-b...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： O'Brien KL,Shaw J,Weatherholtz R,Reid R,Watt J,Croll J,Dagan R,Parkinson AJ,Santosham M

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00