Changes in commingled body mass index distributions associated with secular trends in overweight among Danish young men.

abstract：:Childhood blood pressure (BP) is a strong predictor of later risk of cardiovascular disease. However, few studies have assessed dynamic BP trajectories throughout the early-life period. We investigated the relationship between early-life factors and systolic BP (SBP) from infancy to adolescence using linear spline mix...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Aris IM,Rifas-Shiman SL,Li LJ,Belfort MB,Hivert MF,Oken E

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the effect of aluminum and silica in drinking water on the risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease, the authors analyzed data from a large prospective cohort (Paquid), including 3,777 subjects aged 65 years and over living at home in 75 civil parishes in Gironde and Dordogne in southwestern France in 1...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Rondeau V,Commenges D,Jacqmin-Gadda H,Dartigues JF

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The knowledge of leprosy epidemiology is still extremely limited as to basic epidemiologic characteristics. Only the infectious agent and the reservoir of infection have been firmly established. It is all the more surprising that very few studies of analytical leprosy epidemiology are reported in the literature. In or...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： de Vries JL,Perry BH

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine whether there was a relation between male exposure to pesticides and the amount of time needed to conceive (time to pregnancy) for farmers and agricultural workers in France and Denmark. The authors used retrospective studies to compare the time to pregnancy of couples in which t...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Thonneau P,Abell A,Larsen SB,Bonde JP,Joffe M,Clavert A,Ducot B,Multigner L,Danscher G

更新日期：1999-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the prevalence of cysticercosis in a rural area where the disease is endemic, the authors studied the seroepidemiology of human and porcine cysticercosis in a Peruvian jungle community (Maceda, Peru) in 1988 using an enzyme-linked immunoelectrotransfer blot (EITB) assay. Of the 371 sampled inhabitants, 30...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Diaz F,Garcia HH,Gilman RH,Gonzales AE,Castro M,Tsang VC,Pilcher JB,Vasquez LE,Lescano M,Carcamo C

更新日期：1992-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Dosemeci et al. (Am J Epidemiol 1990; 132:746-8) gave examples in which nondifferential misclassification of exposure reversed the direction of a trend. Gilbert (Am J Epidemiol 1991; 134:440-1) proposed that these examples occurred because the errors in exposure were systematic, and she pointed out that the relation b...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Weinberg CR,Umbach DM,Greenland S

更新日期：1994-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence suggests a role for progesterone in ovarian cancer development. Progesterone exerts its effect on target cells by interacting with its receptor. Thus, genetic variations that may cause alterations in the biologic functions of the progesterone receptor can potentially contribute to individual susceptibility to...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Terry KL,De Vivo I,Titus-Ernstoff L,Sluss PM,Cramer DW

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perinatal mortality has several components which may have distinct epidemiologic features. In an investigation of the total singleton birth population of New York City in 1976-1978 (n = 320,726), the authors divided perinatal mortality into four components: late fetal deaths that occurred before labor (late antepartum...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Kiely JL,Paneth N,Susser M

更新日期：1986-03-01 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：:Atherosclerosis and thrombosis may lead to cognitive impairment through cerebral infarcts or white matter hyperintensities. Oxidative stress is now seen as a major contributor to the process of atherogenesis. High intake of polyunsaturated fatty acids, e.g., linoleic acid, or low intake of antioxidants can increase ox...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Kalmijn S,Feskens EJ,Launer LJ,Kromhout D

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Male drivers sustained relatively more serious motorcycle collision injuries than did male passengers, female drivers, or female passengers. For male drivers, severity of injury was related to age. The relative frequency of serious head injury was highest for drivers not wearing helmets who were involved in collisions...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Kraus JF,Riggins RS,Franti CE

更新日期：1975-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This retrospective cohort study evaluated adverse birth outcomes in infants whose birth records indicated maternal residence in villages containing dumpsites potentially hazardous to health and environment. Birth records from 1997 to 2001 identified 10,073 eligible infants born to mothers in 197 Alaska Native villages...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Gilbreath S,Kass PH

更新日期：2006-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Ambient levels of particulate matter have been linked to cardiovascular disease. The mechanisms mediating these associations are poorly understood. One candidate mechanism is inflammation. Using data from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (2000-2002), the authors investigated the relation between exposure to p...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Diez Roux AV,Auchincloss AH,Astor B,Barr RG,Cushman M,Dvonch T,Jacobs DR Jr,Kaufman J,Lin X,Samson P

更新日期：2006-09-01 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：:An exact probability test and its asymptotic version are described for testing the hypothesis that clustering of disease observed among population units is likely to have been due to chance alone. The test is based on a scheme for ranking possible arrangements of ill and well persons by degree of clustering, as measur...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Fraser DW

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between December 21, 1969, and April 14, 1970, 44 symptomatic cases of Salmonella typhimurium gastroenteritis occurred among the approximately 2500 Sioux Indians of the Lake Traverse Reservation in South Dakota. Twenty-five cases were confirmed by positive stool culture. All 19 cases not confirmed by culture had diarr...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Loewenstein MS

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A single nucleotide polymorphism, - 160C-->A, has been identified in the promoter region of the E-cadherin gene and has been shown to alter its transcriptional activity. To assess susceptibility of -160A allele carriers to seven types of cancers, the authors conducted a comprehensive meta-analysis, up to November 2006...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Wang GY,Lu CQ,Zhang RM,Hu XH,Luo ZW

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of Down syndrome was studied among all live births occurring between 1989 and 1991 in the California counties monitored by the California Birth Defects Monitoring Program. Objectives of this study were: 1) to calculate adjusted prevalence rates and quinquennial maternal age-specific risk rates of Down s...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Bishop J,Huether CA,Torfs C,Lorey F,Deddens J

更新日期：1997-01-15 00:00:00

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：:Studies have associated insecticides used for spruce budworm control with Reye's syndrome. In Maine, spruce budworm insecticide spraying began in 1954, and an annual spray program was started in 1972. Reye's syndrome incidence information (1978-1982), obtained from hospital discharge data, death certificates, and repo...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Wood RB Jr,Bogdan GF

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1983/1984, a study of bone mass and fractures was begun in 827 women aged 20-80 years in three rural Iowa communities selected for the fluoride and calcium content of their community water supplies. The control community's water had a calcium content of 67 mg/liter and a fluoride content of 1 mg/liter. The higher-c...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Sowers MF,Clark MK,Jannausch ML,Wallace RB

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pemphigus is a severe, autoimmune, blistering disorder with a high incidence among young women in rural Tunisia. The authors investigated explanatory environmental factors. A multicenter case-control study was conducted prospectively from 1992 to 1996 in Tunisia. Sixty-eight incident female cases of pemphigus and 166 ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Bastuji-Garin S,Turki H,Mokhtar I,Nouira R,Fazaa B,Jomaa B,Zahaf A,Osman AB,Souissi R,Hémon D,Roujeau JC,Kamoun MR

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intraabdominal fat (IAF) area is often measured indirectly in epidemiologic studies. The authors recruited 147 participants from the second examination (1990-1992) of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study to examine IAF area and determine whether there were differences in IAF area and distribution by location....

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Warren M,Schreiner PJ,Terry JG

更新日期：2006-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:This study estimated the incidence of clinical neonatal seizures among infants born between 1992 and 1994 in Harris County, Texas, a county with a large and ethnically diverse population. Infants with neonatal seizures were ascertained from four sources: hospital discharge diagnoses, birth certificates, death certific...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

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

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have suggested an increased risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and other motor neuron diseases for persons in occupations commonly involving exposure to diesel exhaust (DE). In this study, we investigated the association between occupational exposure to DE and odds of ALS. ALS cases were iden...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Dickerson AS,Hansen J,Gredal O,Weisskopf MG

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors aimed to quantify the effects of current systolic blood pressure (SBP) and serum total cholesterol on the risk of mortality in comparison with SBP or serum cholesterol 25 years previously, taking measurement error into account. The authors reanalyzed 35-year follow-up data on mortality due to coronary hear...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Boshuizen HC,Lanti M,Menotti A,Moschandreas J,Tolonen H,Nissinen A,Nedeljkovic S,Kafatos A,Kromhout D

更新日期：2007-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the validity of self-reported delivery weight among 3,518 respondents to the 1988 National Maternal and Infant Health Survey. Self-reported delivery weight was ascertained from a mail survey administered during the postpartum period. Measured delivery weight was obtained by abstraction of medical r...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Schieve LA,Perry GS,Cogswell ME,Scanion KS,Rosenberg D,Carmichael S,Ferre C

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of influenzalike illnesses and influenza vaccination in the development of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), particularly the role of A/H1N1 epidemics and A/H1N1 vaccination, is debated. Data on all incident GBS cases meeting the Brighton Collaboration criteria that were diagnosed at 25 neurology centers in Fran...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Grimaldi-Bensouda L,Alpérovitch A,Besson G,Vial C,Cuisset JM,Papeix C,Lyon-Caen O,Benichou J,Rossignol M,Lucien Abenhaim for the GBS-PGRx Study Group.

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent epidemiologic studies have suggested that genetic polymorphisms in the cytochrome P-450 1A1 gene (CYP1A1) may affect the relation between environmental exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and breast cancer risk. The authors report results from a case-control study evaluating the potential effect of gen...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Zhang Y,Wise JP,Holford TR,Xie H,Boyle P,Zahm SH,Rusiecki J,Zou K,Zhang B,Zhu Y,Owens PH,Zheng T

更新日期：2004-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors have investigated associations between offspring size at birth and parental cardiovascular disease mortality among 12,086 mothers and 6,936 fathers of participants in the British 1958 birth cohort. Birth weight was inversely associated with all-cause mortality and cardiovascular mortality in both mothers a...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Davey Smith G,Hyppönen E,Power C,Lawlor DA

更新日期：2007-07-15 00:00:00