The relation between perceived unfair treatment and blood pressure in a racially/ethnically diverse sample of women.

abstract：:Several lines of evidence support the notion that elevated blood viscosity may predispose to insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes mellitus by limiting delivery of glucose, insulin, and oxygen to metabolically active tissues. To test this hypothesis, the authors analyzed longitudinal data on 12,881 initially nondiabe...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Tamariz LJ,Young JH,Pankow JS,Yeh HC,Schmidt MI,Astor B,Brancati FL

更新日期：2008-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The association of body fat distribution with single and combined site osteoarthritis was investigated using data from the US Health Examination Survey I, 1960-1962 (HES I) and the first National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey I, 1971-1975 (NHANES I). The study included 1,636 adults aged 35-79 years from HES ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Davis MA,Neuhaus JM,Ettinger WH,Mueller WH

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To test the hypothesis that subtle changes in the resting electrocardiogram can have predictive value for subsequent cardiovascular disease, the authors evaluated serial electrocardiograms from a cohort of initially healthy men and related these to later development of ischemic heart disease. The cohort of 1056 men or...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Harlan WR,Cowie CC,Oberman A,Mitchell RE,MacIntyre NR

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of characteristics of social networks and support on depressive symptoms in the elderly. The subjects were 1,962 noninstitutionalized persons 65 years and older from the New Haven Establishment of Populations for Epidemiologic Study of the Elderly in 1982, who were a...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Oxman TE,Berkman LF,Kasl S,Freeman DH Jr,Barrett J

更新日期：1992-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Soft drinks and other sweetened beverages may contribute to risk of type 2 diabetes and obesity. However, research has not addressed higher risk and Asian populations. The authors examined the association between soft drinks and juice and the risk of type 2 diabetes among Chinese Singaporeans enrolled in a prospective...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Odegaard AO,Koh WP,Arakawa K,Yu MC,Pereira MA

更新日期：2010-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of estrogen replacement therapy on prognosis in women with established coronary disease remain uncertain. The authors conducted a retrospective cohort study of 726 women (mean age, 66.2 years) who survived first myocardial infarction to hospital discharge from 1980 through 1991, while enrolled at Group Hea...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Newton KM,LaCroix AZ,McKnight B,Knopp RH,Siscovick DS,Heckbert SR,Weiss NS

更新日期：1997-02-01 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：:Longitudinal observational data are required to assess the association between exposure to β-interferon medications and disease progression among relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS) patients in the "real-world" clinical practice setting. Marginal structural Cox models (MSCMs) can provide distinct advantages ov...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Karim ME,Gustafson P,Petkau J,Zhao Y,Shirani A,Kingwell E,Evans C,van der Kop M,Oger J,Tremlett H

更新日期：2014-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnostic and epidemiologic significance of antibody to hepatitis B core antigen (anti-HBc) detected by complement fixation was studied in a sample of 412 healthy persons, 0-70 years old of both sexes living in the Athens area. The prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections was found to be very high (26.5%)...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Papaevangelou G,Karaboyia-Karafyllidis P,Kyriakidou A

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors examined whether a serum pepsinogen test (SPT) based on the combination of the serum pepsinogen I level and pepsinogen I/II ratio is a good predictor of gastric cancer occurrence in a general Japanese population. A total of 2,446 subjects aged > or =40 years were classified into negative, positive, and str...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Oishi Y,Kiyohara Y,Kubo M,Tanaka K,Tanizaki Y,Ninomiya T,Doi Y,Shikata K,Yonemoto K,Shirota T,Matsumoto T,Iida M

更新日期：2006-04-01 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

abstract：:The effect on childhood cancer of prolonged exposure to 60-H magnetic fields from electric appliances was examined using interview data from a recently completed case-control study. Exposures of children aged 0-14 years whose incident cancers were diagnosed between 1976 and 1983 and who resided in the Denver, Colorado...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Savitz DA,John EM,Kleckner RC

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anthropometric characteristics, physical activity, and risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, its subtypes, and B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL) were evaluated in a prospective cohort study of 37,931 Iowa women who were aged 55-69 years at baseline in 1986. Through 1998, 261 cases of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (137 di...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Cerhan JR,Janney CA,Vachon CM,Habermann TM,Kay NE,Potter JD,Sellers TA,Folsom AR

更新日期：2002-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Personality may influence the risk of death, but the evidence remains inconsistent. We examined associations between personality traits of the five-factor model (extraversion, neuroticism, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and openness to experience) and the risk of death from all causes through individual-participant...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Jokela M,Batty GD,Nyberg ST,Virtanen M,Nabi H,Singh-Manoux A,Kivimäki M

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some studies have suggested that diabetes mellitus may decrease the risk of prostate cancer because of lower insulin levels. To further investigate the relation between diabetes and prostate cancer, a nested case-control study was conducted within the US Physicians' Health Study. Cases (n = 1,110) had been diagnosed w...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Zhu K,Lee IM,Sesso HD,Buring JE,Levine RS,Gaziano JM

更新日期：2004-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence of recent or ongoing Campylobacter jejuni infection has been found in approximately one out of every four cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). It is increasingly accepted that C. jejuni infection is an important causal factor for GBS. However, the likelihood of GBS' occurring following an episode of C. jej...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： McCarthy N,Giesecke J

更新日期：2001-03-15 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：:Breast cancer is diagnosed at a younger age and a more advanced stage in African-American women than in White women. The authors investigated the effects of several factors, including race, on stage of breast cancer in women aged 20-54 years living in Atlanta, Georgia, and diagnosed between 1990 and 1992. A total of 2...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Hahn KM,Bondy ML,Selvan M,Lund MJ,Liff JM,Flagg EW,Brinton LA,Porter P,Eley JW,Coates RJ

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a common worldwide perinatal infection. Although usually asymptomatic, it may cause deafness in up to 15% of these infants. A cross-sectional study was performed to determine the age-specific prevalence of CMV seropositivity in Chinese children and to determine if any risk factors for infectio...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Liu Z,Wang E,Taylor W,Yu H,Wu T,Wan Z,Huang Y,Ni Z,Sackett D

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent advances in geographic information systems software and multilevel methodology provide opportunities for more extensive characterization of "at-risk" populations in epidemiologic studies. The authors used age-restricted, geocoded data from the all-African-American Jackson Heart Study (JHS), 2000-2004, to demons...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Hickson DA,Waller LA,Gebreab SY,Wyatt SB,Kelly J,Antoine-Lavigne D,Sarpong DF

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Physical functioning measures are considered integrated markers of the aging process. This prospective investigation examined relations between dietary intake of women at midlife in 1996-1997 and prevalence of physical functioning limitations 4 years later, defined by the Medical Outcomes Study Short-Form 36. The samp...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Tomey KM,Sowers MR,Crandall C,Johnston J,Jannausch M,Yosef M

更新日期：2008-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution and prevalence of spotted fever group rickettsial infection in the ixodid dog tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus were found to occur at a rate of 19.7% with variation related to geographic and sociooccupational factors. A higher rate of infection was demonstrated in ticks removed from dogs associated with ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Tringali G,Intonazzo V,Perna AM,Mansueto S,Vitale G,Walker DH

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Barnes Hospital Employee Health Service (St. Louis, Missouri) rubella screening program was evaluated over the 5-year period between January 1, 1986, and December 31, 1990. A total of 6,969 new employees were hired, and 6,115 (87.7%) were screened for evidence of rubella immunity by the Employee Health Service. Ru...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Fraser V,Spitznagel E,Medoff G,Dunagan WC

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Finland since the 1980s, coronary heart disease mortality has declined more than might be predicted by risk factor reductions alone. The aim of this study was to assess how much of the decline could be attributed to improved treatments and risk factor reductions. The authors used the cell-based IMPACT mortality mod...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Laatikainen T,Critchley J,Vartiainen E,Salomaa V,Ketonen M,Capewell S

更新日期：2005-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Several investigators have observed an association between alcohol consumption and elevated glucose levels, raising the possibility that alcohol may increase the risk of diabetes. This hypothesis was evaluated prospectively among 85,051 women participating in the Nurses' Health Study who were 34 to 59 years of age in ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Stampfer MJ,Colditz GA,Willett WC,Manson JE,Arky RA,Hennekens CH,Speizer FE

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors characterized human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) incidence and prospective changes in self-reported risk behavior over 2 years among 1,158 injection drug users (IDUs) recruited in Chennai, India, in 2005-2006. At baseline, HIV prevalence was 25.3%, and HCV prevalence was 54.5%. ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Solomon SS,Celentano DD,Srikrishnan AK,Vasudevan CK,Murugavel KG,Iqbal SH,Anand S,Kumar MS,Latkin C,Solomon S,Mehta SH

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exceptionally high incidence rates of thyroid cancer are observed in New Caledonia, particularly in Melanesian women. To investigate further the etiology of thyroid cancer and to clarify the reasons of this elevated incidence, the authors conducted a countrywide population-based case-control study in this multiethnic ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Guignard R,Truong T,Rougier Y,Baron-Dubourdieu D,Guénel P

更新日期：2007-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Prospective epidemiologic data on the association between vitamin D and mortality are limited, particularly in Asian populations. Among subjects in Linxian, China, the authors aimed to test whether baseline serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) concentrations in a prospective cohort were associated with all-cause mortal...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Lin SW,Chen W,Fan JH,Dawsey SM,Taylor PR,Qiao YL,Abnet CC

更新日期：2012-12-01 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：:Serum hemagglutination-inhibition (HI) antibody titers were monitored for five years with samples from 79 keratoconjunctivitis patients with type 8 adenovirus (AV-8) infection. Geometric mean antibody titers declined from 1:161 at the peak of the epidemic to 1:56 after five years. Computerized analysis of the decline ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Hierholzer JC,Sprague JB

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00