Intergenerational correlations in size at birth and the contribution of environmental factors: The Uppsala Birth Cohort Multigenerational Study, Sweden, 1915-2002.

abstract：:Leisure-time physical activity enhances health and functioning in older populations. However, few data are available on the correlation between self-reported leisure-time physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness in the elderly. Treadmill exercise testing results were obtained for 1,006 members (median age 67 ye...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Tager IB,Hollenberg M,Satariano WA

更新日期：1998-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The association between injurious falls requiring hospitalization and selected classes of medications was examined in a case-control study of nursing home residents. Information for this study was obtained exclusively from four computerized administrative databases. Over the period from April 1987 to March 1992, a tot...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Mustard CA,Mayer T

更新日期：1997-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Genotypes of single nucleotide polymorphisms are subject to misclassification. If ignored, such misclassification can seriously distort the estimated genotype effects on the disease or outcome of interest. Validation data (gold standard or replicated surrogates) are required to assess the degree of misclassification a...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Hossain S,Le ND,Brooks-Wilson AR,Spinelli JJ

更新日期：2009-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:From 610 blood samples collected in September 1983 in an intervention trial in Huixian, Henan Province, People's Republic of China, which were individually analyzed for retinol, beta-carotene, and alpha-tocopherol levels, 10 pools were formed from 50 individual samples, and the vitamin levels in the merged pools were ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Wahrendorf J,Hanck AB,Muñoz N,Vuilleumier JP,Walker AM

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary heart disease is the leading cause of mortality among persons with diabetes mellitus, but the factors that account for this high coronary heart disease mortality remain unclear. In the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey I Epidemiologic Follow-up Study, conducted from 1982 to 1984, 92 deaths from...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Ford ES,DeStefano F

更新日期：1991-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Factor analysis has previously identified four independent factors that characterize the insulin resistance syndrome in women, interpreted as 1) weight/waist, 2) lipids, 3) insulin/glucose, and 4) systolic and diastolic blood pressure. Because it is not known whether similar factors emerge for men, or for diabetics, f...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Edwards KL,Burchfiel CM,Sharp DS,Curb JD,Rodriguez BL,Fujimoto WY,LaCroix AZ,Vitiello MV,Austin MA

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Researchers have failed to find a consistent association between childhood victimization and vulvodynia, a debilitating, unexplained vulvar pain condition. However, selection bias associated with case ascertainment, and differential reporting bias between clinic-based cases and controls, may explain in part the incons...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Harlow BL,Stewart EG

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors examined the associations between placental vascular findings and preterm delivery in 1,053 subcohort women (239 preterm, 814 term) from a Michigan pregnancy cohort study (1998-2004). Twenty-nine placental vascular variables from microscopic examinations were grouped into 5 constructs: 3 maternal construct...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Kelly R,Holzman C,Senagore P,Wang J,Tian Y,Rahbar MH,Chung H

更新日期：2009-07-15 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：: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：: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：:Among the most striking epidemiologic characteristics of prostatic cancer in the United States is the sizeable excess in rates for the disease among blacks as compared with whites. This study attempted to determine whether the higher black rates might be explained by controlling for social class, using mortality data ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Ernster VL,Selvin S,Sacks ST,Austin DF,Brown SM,Winkelstein W Jr

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence from epidemiologic and experimental studies suggests that use of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) reduces risk of colon and breast cancer. The association between use of aspirin and other NSAIDs and risk of adult glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) was evaluated among 236 incident GBM cases and 401 popu...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Sivak-Sears NR,Schwartzbaum JA,Miike R,Moghadassi M,Wrensch M

更新日期：2004-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:This case-control study evaluated the risk of epithelial ovarian cancer associated with genital exposure to various forms of powder application. Cases included all women aged 20-79 years in three counties of western Washington who were diagnosed with borderline or invasive ovarian cancer from 1986 through 1988; 64.3% ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Cook LS,Kamb ML,Weiss NS

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A population-based cohort of 166 twin pairs (67 monozygotic and 99 dizygotic) born at the Jackson Memorial Hospital/University of Miami Medical Center, from July 1, 1976 to December 31, 1980 was identified. Body weight and length were measured at 14 days and at one, three, six, nine, and 12 months of age. Statisticall...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Levine RS,Hennekens CH,Jesse MJ

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors conducted a population-based case-control study of 1,030 cases with histologically confirmed, incident non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) and 3,106 controls to assess the impact of recreational physical activity, obesity, and energy intake on NHL risk in Canada from 1994 to 1997. Compared with those for subjects...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Pan SY,Mao Y,Ugnat AM,Canadian Cancer Registries Epidemiology Research Group.

更新日期：2005-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Copper, a strong prooxidant, may play a role in atherogenesis. The author examined the association between serum copper concentration and mortality from coronary heart disease using data from the Second National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1976-1992). Serum copper concentration was determined using atomic...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Ford ES

更新日期：2000-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The epidemiology of melanoma in populations of African-European descent has rarely been reported. The authors studied melanoma in the French West Indies (Martinique), where black Caribbeans and whites represented 96% and 4% of the population, respectively. Among the 85 cases of melanoma collected from 1976 to 1995, bl...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Garsaud P,Boisseau-Garsaud AM,Ossondo M,Azaloux H,Escarmant P,Mab GL,Zimmermann S,Saint-Cyr A,Quist D,Hélénon R,Jouannelle A

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relation between cigarette smoking and the risk of breast cancer in women was investigated in a population-based case-control study conducted in Adelaide, Australia during 1982-1984. Cases were identified through the South Australian Central Cancer Registry, and, for each case, one age-matched control was selected...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Rohan TE,Baron JA

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic infections and the subsequent immune response have recently been shown to be risk factors for cognitive decline and Alzheimer's Disease and related disorders (ADRD). While some studies have shown an association between cytomegalovirus (CMV), a chronic and highly prevalent infection, and cognition and/or ADRD, ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Stebbins RC,Noppert GA,Yang YC,Dowd JB,Simanek A,Aiello AE

更新日期：2020-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Large health care databases are used extensively for pharmacoepidemiologic studies. Unique methodological issues arise when applying self-controlled designs (i.e., using within-person comparisons) for active surveillance of newly marketed drugs. We use 3 examples to illustrate bias related to population-level exposure...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Wang SV,Schneeweiss S,Maclure M,Gagne JJ

更新日期：2014-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to assess the validity of prevalent and incident self-reported diabetes compared with multiple reference definitions and to assess the reliability (repeatability) of a self-reported diagnosis of diabetes. Data from 10,321 participants in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) St...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Schneider AL,Pankow JS,Heiss G,Selvin E

更新日期：2012-10-15 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：: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：:To develop a method for assessing preclinical cardiovascular disease risk, models of resting cardiovascular regulation and of insulin metabolic syndrome were derived from information collected from 1991 to 1996 in a culturally heterogeneous sample of 319 healthy men and women (aged 25-44 years) from Miami-Dade County,...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Goldstein RZ,Hurwitz BE,Llabre MM,Schneiderman N,Gutt M,Skyler JS,Prineas RJ,Donahue RP

更新日期：2001-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:This study's objective was to investigate healthy aging in older French adults 5 years after a period of daily nutritional-dose supplementation with antioxidant nutrients. The study was based on the double-blind, randomized trial, Supplementation with Antioxidant Vitamins and Minerals (SU.VI.MAX) Study (1994-2002) and...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Assmann KE,Andreeva VA,Jeandel C,Hercberg S,Galan P,Kesse-Guyot E

更新日期：2015-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Physical activity tends to decline from childhood into adulthood. Maintaining high levels of physical activity throughout life is therefore an important public health objective. Relatively little is known about changes in physical activity behavior over the life course, the domains of physical activity in which they o...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Corder K,Ogilvie D,van Sluijs EM

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Few studies have examined the role of endogenous sex hormones in breast cancer, and to the authors' knowledge, only two have done so prospectively. The authors report here the results of a prospective study based on an available bank of previously analyzed plasma collected in 1972-1974 from 442 women aged 50-79 years ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Garland CF,Friedlander NJ,Barrett-Connor E,Khaw KT

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Placental abruption is an uncommon obstetric complication associated with high perinatal mortality rates. The authors explored the associations of abruption with fetal growth restriction, preterm delivery, and perinatal survival. The study was based on 7,508,655 singleton births delivered in 1995 and 1996 in the Unite...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Ananth CV,Wilcox AJ

更新日期：2001-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Public health recommendations promote physical activity to improve health and longevity. Recent data suggest that the association between physical activity and mortality may be due to genetic selection. Using data on twins, the authors investigated whether genetic selection explains the association between physical ac...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Carlsson S,Andersson T,Lichtenstein P,Michaëlsson K,Ahlbom A

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00