Receiver operating characteristic curve inference from a sample with a limit of detection.

abstract：:Night-shift work involving disruption of circadian rhythms has been associated with breast cancer risk. A role in prostate cancer is also suspected, but evidence is limited. We investigated the association between night-shift work and prostate cancer incidence in the Prostate Cancer and Environment Study (PROtEuS), a ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Barul C,Richard H,Parent ME

更新日期：2019-10-01 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：:A higher serum phosphorus level is associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) events among community-living populations. Mechanisms are unknown. The ankle-brachial index (ABI) provides information on both atherosclerosis and arterial stiffness. In this cross-sectional study (2000-2002), the authors evaluated the ass...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Meng J,Wassel CL,Kestenbaum BR,Collins TC,Criqui MH,Lewis CE,Cummings SR,Ix JH,Osteoporotic Fractures in Men (MrOS) Study Group.

更新日期：2010-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The "fetuses at risk" concept of gestational-age-specific mortality proposed by Yudkin et al. (Lancet 1987;1:1192-4) and extended by various researchers is becoming popular in perinatal and pediatric epidemiology. However, the definitions using this concept have led to a puzzling phenomenon in which mortality rates ap...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Cheung YB

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors conducted a matched case-control study to investigate the effects of caffeine intake during pregnancy on birth weight. From January to November 1992, in the first 24 hours after delivery, 1,205 mothers (401 cases and 804 controls) were interviewed and their newborns were examined to assess birth weight and...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Santos IS,Victora CG,Huttly S,Carvalhal JB

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ambient air pollution and temperature have been linked with cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Metabolic syndrome and its components-abdominal obesity, elevated fasting blood glucose concentration, low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol concentration, hypertension, and hypertriglyceridemia-predict cardiovascula...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Wallwork RS,Colicino E,Zhong J,Kloog I,Coull BA,Vokonas P,Schwartz JD,Baccarelli AA

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As the population ages, the burden of disease from cognitive decline and dementing illness is rising. In the absence of treatments to reverse cognitive decline, prevention is a public health priority. Physical fitness and physical activity have emerged as prevention targets based on evidence of "neuroprotective" benef...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Belsky DW

更新日期：2016-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Care for type 1 diabetes mellitus should both alleviate the physical complications of the disease and improve overall quality of life. The Wisconsin Diabetes Registry, comprising a population-based cohort that is followed longitudinally from diagnosis of type 1 diabetes, provided the authors with a unique opportunity ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Huang GH,Palta M,Allen C,LeCaire T,D'Alessio D,Wisconsin Diabetes Registry.

更新日期：2004-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Follicular lymphoma (FL) risk is strongly associated with germline genetic variation in human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class II. Cigarette smoking has been suggested to increase FL risk, primarily among women. We hypothesized that amino acids in HLA-antigen D-related β1 subunit (DRB1) interact with smoking in FL risk, ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Baecklund F,Foo JN,Askling J,Eloranta S,Glimelius I,Liu J,Hjalgrim H,Rosenquist R,Padyukov L,Smedby KE

更新日期：2017-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1976-1978, a battery of eight neuropsychologic tests were administered to 2,123 participants in the Framingham Study who were aged 55-89 years. Performance on each test was examined in relation to concurrently measured systolic and diastolic blood pressure while controlling for age, sex, education, antihypertensive...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Farmer ME,White LR,Abbott RD,Kittner SJ,Kaplan E,Wolz MM,Brody JA,Wolf PA

更新日期：1987-12-01 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：:Cluster randomized controlled trials (CRCTs) are attractive in settings in which individual randomization is difficult or impossible. This issue is common when studying several health problems in developing countries. The authors aimed to assess empirically the extent to which the prerequisite design and analysis aspe...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Isaakidis P,Ioannidis JP

更新日期：2003-11-01 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：:Proportional hazards models measuring the effect of age at onset of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus on mortality risk are presented. The study population consisted of 924 insulin-dependent diabetic patients who were seen within 1 year of diagnosis at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh between 1950 and 1981 and were...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Kostraba JN,Dorman JS,LaPorte RE,Kuller LH,Orchard TJ,Becker DJ,Drash AL

更新日期：1991-01-01 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：:The objective was to study changes in the occurrence of human immunodeficiency virus type 1-related Kaposi's sarcoma and the association with degree of immunodeficiency over time. Danish patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) diagnosed between 1979 and 1990 (n = 687) were followed clinically and with ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Lundgren JD,Melbye M,Pedersen C,Rosenberg PS,Gerstoft J

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential association between sickle cell trait (SCT) and increased arterial stiffness/blood pressure (BP) has not been evaluated in detail despite its association with stroke, sudden death, and renal disease. We performed 24-hour ambulatory BP monitoring and arterial stiffness measurements in adolescents raised i...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Etyang AO,Wandabwa CK,Kapesa S,Muthumbi E,Odipo E,Wamukoya M,Ngomi N,Haregu T,Kyobutungi C,Williams TN,Makale J,Macharia A,Cruickshank JK,Smeeth L,Scott JAG

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines the degree to which job and marital satisfaction and participation in leisure activities could predict concurrent and future health status relative to ethnicity, class and occupational factors, and mental health. Data were obtained from a longitudinal study of a random sample of 1034 Manhattan fami...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Gersten JC,Friis R,Langner TS

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relation between plasma insulin level and the prevalence of coronary heart disease was studied in a representative nondiabetic population sample of 396 men and 673 women aged 65-74 years in Kuopio, eastern Finland, in 1986-1988. No association between plasma insulin levels and the prevalence of previous myocardial...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Mykkänen L,Laakso M,Pyörälä K

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report the results of the first 2 years of follow-up of a prospective cohort study on the mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and its determinants which started in November 1988 in Kigali, Rwanda. The study sample consists of 218 newborns of 215 HIV-1 seropositive wo...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Lepage P,Van de Perre P,Msellati P,Hitimana DG,Simonon A,Van Goethem C,Mukamabano B,Karita E,Stevens AM,Mathieu G

更新日期：1993-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors evaluated the effect of air pollution on the occurrence of birth defects ascertained by the California Birth Defects Monitoring Program in neonates and fetuses delivered in southern California in 1987-1993. By using measurements from ambient monitoring stations of carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen dioxide, oz...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Ritz B,Yu F,Fruin S,Chapa G,Shaw GM,Harris JA

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possibility that hepatitis B is transmitted venereally was examined by determining the prevalence of hepatitis B antibody (anti-HB(S)) in populations with different levels of promiscuity. Of 258 prostitutes, 31% were anti-HB(S) positive, compared to 10% of 258 female age-matched blood donors, 10% of 48 nuns living...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Frösner GG,Buchholz HM,Gerth HJ

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The return of fertility for women who discontinue oral contraceptives takes longer as compared with women who discontinue other methods of contraception. It remains unclear, however, whether subsequent fertility differs according to duration or age at first use. The authors performed a nested case-control study within...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Chasan-Taber L,Willett WC,Stampfer MJ,Spiegelman D,Rosner BA,Hunter DJ,Colditz GA,Manson JE

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey was carried out on a random sample of 1,288 Mexican Americans and 929 Anglos living in three socially distinct neighborhoods in San Antonio, Texas. Hypertension was defined as diastolic blood pressure greater than or equal to 95 mmHg or currently taking antihypertensive medication. Overall age-adjusted preval...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Franco LJ,Stern MP,Rosenthal M,Haffner SM,Hazuda HP,Comeaux PJ

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess recall of childhood socioeconomic position for public health research, the authors conducted a cross-sectional study of 352 adult women twin pairs enrolled in Examination II of the Kaiser Permanente Women Twins Study carried out in 1989-1990 in Oakland, California. Among twin pairs, 91% (95% confidence inter...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Krieger N,Okamoto A,Selby JV

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors used a population-based birth cohort of 3,253 children (52% males) born in Brisbane, Australia, between 1981 and 1984 to prospectively examine whether maternal smoking during pregnancy was associated with offspring overweight and obesity. The authors compared mean body mass indexes (weight (kg)/height (m)2...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Al Mamun A,Lawlor DA,Alati R,O'Callaghan MJ,Williams GM,Najman JM

更新日期：2006-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1970-1979, the incidence of human leptospirosis in Israel was 0.7 per 100,000 population. The majority of the cases (62%) occurred in northeastern Israel (Upper Galilee). Prior to 1973 the main infecting serotypes were grippotyphosa (41%) and Hebdomadis szwajizak (31%). Following the first outbreak of Hebdomadis ha...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Shenberg E,Gerichter CB,Lindenbaum I

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gallstones and cholecystectomy may be related to digestive system cancer through inflammation, altered bile flux, and changes in metabolic hormone levels. Although gallstones are recognized causes of gallbladder cancer, associations with other cancers of the digestive system are poorly established. We used the Surveil...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Nogueira L,Freedman ND,Engels EA,Warren JL,Castro F,Koshiol J

更新日期：2014-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine risk factors for Ewing's bone sarcoma, the authors interviewed mothers of 43 patients diagnosed between January 1978 and August 1986 and 193 controls in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, regarding medical and occupational history of parents and other factors related to the subjects and their immedia...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Holly EA,Aston DA,Ahn DK,Kristiansen JJ

更新日期：1992-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Plague (infection by Yersinia pestis) was present in Hawaii for the period 1899-1957 and caused at least 370 fatalities. The first infections came from immigrant commensal rats, probably Rattus rattus and Rattus norvegicus, on ships from the Orient. Both species were already established in Hawaii and became the widesp...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Tomich PQ,Barnes AM,Devick WS,Higa HH,Haas GE

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00