A study of the birth weight-obesity relation using a longitudinal cohort and sibling and twin pairs.

abstract：:The authors examined the prevalence of congenital malformations among births in Benton and Franklin counties, in southeastern Washington State, from 1968 through 1980. The Hanford Site is in this area and serves as a major employer. In addition, various agriculturally and chemically related activities are in the area....

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Sever LE,Hessol NA,Gilbert ES,McIntyre JM

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutralizing antibodies to the Inoue-Melnick virus were detected in healthy adults in Osaka and in Houston. For adults, the prevalence rate for the cross-reacting type 3 virus was 13.8 per cent in Osaka and 29.1 per cent in Houston. Antibodies were also found in immune serum globulin prepared from American adults, but...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Inoue YK,Nishibe Y,Kimura T,Melnick JL

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the summer of 1991, four inmates from prison A in Upstate New York died of multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis. To determine the extent of resistant tuberculosis at prison A and transmission patterns, the authors interviewed staff and reviewed medical records and inmate movement histories. Contact investigation resul...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Valway SE,Richards SB,Kovacovich J,Greifinger RB,Crawford JT,Dooley SW

更新日期：1994-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT) concentration, within its normal range, has recently been proposed as a reliable marker of oxidative stress. Oxidative stress plays a central pathogenic role in many metabolic and/or cardiovascular diseases, incidences of which have recently increased in South Korea. Since serum G...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Lee DH,Ha MH,Kam S,Chun B,Lee J,Song K,Boo Y,Steffen L,Jacobs DR Jr

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During 1979, an outbreak of mixed enterovirus infections occurred in Kansas City and adjacent communities. Sixty-six enteroviruses and 7 adenoviruses were recovered from 73 persons in a survey hospital population. Twenty-eight persons yielded echovirus type 11, 22, echovirus type 6, and 16 either echovirus type 9 or C...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Wenner HA,Abel D,Olson LC,Burry VF

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Measures of socioeconomic status have been shown to be related positively to levels of high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol in white men and women and negatively in African American men. However, there is little information regarding the association between educational attainment and HDL fractions or apolipoprot...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Metcalf PA,Sharrett AR,Folsom AR,Duncan BB,Patsch W,Hutchinson RG,Szklo M,Davis CE,Tyroler HA

更新日期：1998-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 348 cases of meningitis caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae were reported to and investigated by the New York City Department of Health during the six years 1973-1978. The descriptive epidemiology and completeness of reporting of this disease entity are presented. The total crude incidence was estimated at 1...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Henneberger PK,Galaid EI,Marr JS

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is accumulating evidence suggesting that children may drive the spread of influenza epidemics. The objective of this study was to quantify the lead time by age using laboratory-confirmed cases of influenza A for the 1995/1996-2005/2006 seasons from Canadian communities and laboratory-confirmed hospital admission...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Schanzer D,Vachon J,Pelletier L

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a 21-month period (July 1986-April 1988), six patients who underwent open heart surgery at Holston Valley Hospital and Medical Center in Kingsport, Tennessee, developed sternal would infections caused by Aspergillus fumigatus. All patients required sternectomy, reconstructive surgery, and long term amphotericin...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Richet HM,McNeil MM,Davis BJ,Duncan E,Strickler J,Nunley D,Jarvis WR,Tablan OC

更新日期：1992-01-01 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：:Among men of Japanese ancestry, there is a gradient in the occurrence of coronary heart disease (CHD). It is lowest in Japan, intermediate in Hawaii, and highest in California. This gradient appears not to be completely explained by differences in dietary intake, serum cholesterol, blood pressure or smoking. To test t...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Marmot MG,Syme SL

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although psychotropic drug use has been associated with increased risk of falls in long-term care settings; this association may be confounded by the high prevalence of dementia and depression and other fall risk factors. This question was addressed in a prospective cohort study of recurrent falls among 282 ambulatory...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Thapa PB,Gideon P,Fought RL,Ray WA

更新日期：1995-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The associations between alcohol consumption and cigarette smoking habits and the risk for colorectal adenomatous polyps according to the detailed clinical information about polyps were assessed in a large colonoscopy-based study. The study enrolled participants who visited the National Cancer Center of the Republic o...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Shin A,Hong CW,Sohn DK,Chang Kim B,Han KS,Chang HJ,Kim J,Oh JH

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of marital status and change in marital status on mortality among middle-aged British men were examined in a prospective cohort study, the British Regional Heart Study. This is a nationally representative cohort of men selected at random from general medical practices in 24 towns in England, Wales, and Sco...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Ebrahim S,Wannamethee G,McCallum A,Walker M,Shaper AG

更新日期：1995-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Several investigators have documented the effect of temperature on mortality, although fewer have studied its impact on morbidity. In addition, little is known about the effectiveness of mitigation strategies such as use of air conditioners (ACs). The authors investigated the association between temperature and hospit...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Ostro B,Rauch S,Green R,Malig B,Basu R

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relation between intake of fish and soy products and subsequent all-cause and cause-specific mortality was examined in a cohort of 13,355 male and 15,724 female residents of Takayama, Gifu, Japan. A diet that included soy and fish intake was assessed in 1992 by using a validated semiquantitative food frequency que...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Nagata C,Takatsuka N,Shimizu H

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cigarette smoking is becoming increasingly common in Asia while quitting remains rare, in part because of a lack of knowledge about the risks of smoking. This study compared the risk of death from lung cancer associated with smoking habits in Australia and New Zealand and in Asia by using data from the Asia Pacific Co...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Huxley R,Jamrozik K,Lam TH,Barzi F,Ansary-Moghaddam A,Jiang CQ,Suh I,Woodward M,Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration.

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of prospective cohort studies have examined the relations of individual dietary variables to risk of colorectal cancer. Few studies have addressed the broader eating patterns that reflect many dietary exposures working together. Using data from a prospective study of 61,463 women, with an average follow-up pe...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Terry P,Hu FB,Hansen H,Wolk A

更新日期：2001-12-15 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：:Androgens have an extensive influence on brain development in regions of the brain that are relevant for autism spectrum disorder (ASD), yet their etiological involvement remains unclear. Hypospadias (abnormal positioning of the urethral opening) and cryptorchidism (undescended testes) are 2 relatively common male bir...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Rotem RS,Chodick G,Davidovitch M,Hauser R,Coull BA,Weisskopf MG

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors investigated the risk of developing dementia for persons aged 50-75 years who suffered from Parkinson's disease, epilepsy, or severe head trauma. They compared the risk in this patient group with the risk in a reference group in a follow-up study based on the linked databases of three Dutch nationwide morb...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Breteler MM,de Groot RR,van Romunde LK,Hofman A

更新日期：1995-12-15 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：:Pooled analyses may provide etiologic insight about associations between exposure and disease. In contrast to childhood leukemia, no pooled analyses of childhood brain tumors and exposure to extremely low-frequency magnetic fields (ELF-MFs) have been conducted. The authors carried out a pooled analysis based on primar...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Kheifets L,Ahlbom A,Crespi CM,Feychting M,Johansen C,Monroe J,Murphy MF,Oksuzyan S,Preston-Martin S,Roman E,Saito T,Savitz D,Schüz J,Simpson J,Swanson J,Tynes T,Verkasalo P,Mezei G

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence concerning the role of Helicobacter pylori infection in the development of colorectal cancer remains controversial. The authors assessed the association of H. pylori seroprevalence with risk of colorectal cancer in a large population-based case-control study from Germany in 2003-2007. Serum antibodies to H. p...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Zhang Y,Hoffmeister M,Weck MN,Chang-Claude J,Brenner H

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors examined the association of blood pressure with cognitive function as assessed by the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) in a community-based Swedish cohort of 1,736 people aged 75-101 years. Age, sex, education, antihypertensive medication use, heart disease, and stroke were considered as covariates. Mu...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Guo Z,Fratiglioni L,Winblad B,Viitanen M

更新日期：1997-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In his 1976 paper "Estimability and Estimation in Case-Referent Studies" (Am J Epidemiol. 1976;103(2):226-235), Miettinen weaved together a patchwork of new ideas into a coherent view of case-control studies. His article spurred theoretical development in epidemiologic methods and became a platform for teaching about ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Rothman KJ

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Religion and spirituality are important social determinants that drive public health practice. The field of epidemiology has played a vital role in answering long-standing questions about whether religion is causally associated with health and mortality. As epidemiologists spark new conversations (e.g., see Kawachi (A...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Ransome Y

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data derived from laboratory investigations suggest that a number of dietary variables may contribute to bladder carcinogenesis. Although bladder cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer in men in the United States, dietary studies are few. The authors examined the relations between intakes of macro- and micronutr...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Michaud DS,Spiegelman D,Clinton SK,Rimm EB,Willett WC,Giovannucci E

更新日期：2000-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the association between mood disorders and risk of herpes zoster in two case-control studies using data from nationwide Danish registries and practices in the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink. We included incident zoster cases diagnosed in general practice (using systemic antivirals as a proxy in Den...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Schmidt SAJ,Langan SM,Pedersen HS,Schønheyder HC,Thomas SL,Smeeth L,Mansfield KE,Sørensen HT,Forbes HJ,Vestergaard M

更新日期：2018-05-01 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