Maternal concentrations of insulin-like growth factor I and insulin-like growth factor binding protein 1 during pregnancy and birth weight of offspring.

abstract：:The relation between exposure to severe cold weather and mortality is examined in a retrospective study of deaths occurring during the month of January from 1991 to 1996 in Pennsylvania. Using division-days as units of observation (n = 1,560) aggregated from death certificates and geographic divisions, the authors est...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Gorjanc ML,Flanders WD,VanDerslice J,Hersh J,Malilay J

更新日期：1999-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Usual and acute alcohol consumption are important risk factors for injury. Although alcohol-dependent people are thought to be at increased risk of injury, there are few reports suggesting that their risk is greater than that of nondependent alcohol users in a given episode of alcohol use. The authors conducted a case...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Borges G,Cherpitel CJ,Mondragón L,Poznyak V,Peden M,Gutierrez I

更新日期：2004-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The unexpected nature of disasters leaves little time or resources for organized health surveillance of the affected population, and even less for those who are unaffected. An ideal epidemiologic study would monitor both groups equally well, but would typically be decided against as infeasible or costly. Exposure and ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Mongin SJ,Baron SL,Schwartz RM,Liu B,Taioli E,Kim H

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low socioeconomic status (SES) has been linked to a higher incidence of dementia. Less is known about the association between SES and mortality in persons with dementia. We studied this association in a prospective cohort of 15,558 patients in the Netherlands between 2000 and 2010. SES was measured using disposable ho...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： van de Vorst IE,Koek HL,Stein CE,Bots ML,Vaartjes I

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective cohort study of workers exposed to phenoxy herbicides, chlorophenols, and contaminants (2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) and other polychlorinated dioxins and furans) has been conducted in a chemical factory in the Netherlands. Male workers exposed to phenoxy herbicides or chlorophenols showe...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Hooiveld M,Heederik DJ,Kogevinas M,Boffetta P,Needham LL,Patterson DG Jr,Bueno-de-Mesquita HB

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper addresses the use of epidemiologic evidence when a cluster becomes the focus of dispute in court. It is often difficult to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that an exposure for which a defendant is responsible caused the disease or diseases at issue. Thus, in a number of cases plaintiffs have resort...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Black B

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Associations between metabolic syndrome components and prevalent ischemic heart disease (IHD) were investigated in a cross-sectional, community-based study of elderly men (n = 1,015) and women (n = 1,259) in Rancho Bernardo, California, in 1984-1987. In both sexes, there were significant positive associations between ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Lindblad U,Langer RD,Wingard DL,Thomas RG,Barrett-Connor EL

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From March to July of 2011, the authors investigated the prospective association between illicit drug use and cognitive functioning during the midadult years. A total of 8,992 participants who were surveyed at 42 years of age in the National Child Development Study (1999-2000) were included. The authors analyzed data ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Dregan A,Gulliford MC

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical devices play a vital role in diagnosing, treating, and preventing diseases and are an integral part of the health-care system. Many devices, including implantable medical devices, enter the market through a regulatory pathway that was not designed to assure safety and effectiveness. Several recent studies and ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Jalbert JJ,Ritchey ME,Mi X,Chen CY,Hammill BG,Curtis LH,Setoguchi S

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors evaluated the hypothesis that Hodgkin's disease is transmitted among high school students (in a contagious manner) by determining whether members of a population-based series of young adult cases attended school together more frequently than expected. Cases of Hodgkin's disease were diagnosed from July 1, ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Scherr PA,Gutensohn N,Cole P

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vital statistics data for the United States for the years 1972-1978 have been analyzed for variation in frequency of suicide by month, day of the week, day of the month, and phase of the lunar cycle. Frequency of suicide showed a peak in the spring months, a lesser peak in the fall and was lowest in December. Suicide ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： MacMahon K

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study prospectively evaluated psychosocial as well as biologic, behavioral, and demographic factors in the development of duodenal ulcer. Baseline data were collected in 1963 on 8,458 Israeli men over age 40 years who had no history of duodenal ulcer. The subjects were followed for 5 years, and 254 reported the d...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Medalie JH,Stange KC,Zyzanski SJ,Goldbourt U

更新日期：1992-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, the authors investigated the role of the intrauterine environment in childhood adiposity by comparing the maternal-offspring body mass index (BMI) association with the paternal-offspring BMI association when the offspring were 3 years of age, using parental prepregnancy BMI (measured as weight in...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Fleten C,Nystad W,Stigum H,Skjaerven R,Lawlor DA,Davey Smith G,Naess O

更新日期：2012-07-15 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：: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：:Studies of religious groups that impose prudent lifestyles on their members show low mortality rates in these groups, but it is unclear whether their morbidity rates are also low. The authors studied the prevalence of self-reported morbidity and disability among Trappist and Benedictine monks in the Netherlands. A hea...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Mackenbach JP,Kunst AE,de Vrij JH,van Meel D

更新日期：1993-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to characterize the relationship between smoking and miscarriage. We searched the PubMed database (1956-August 31, 2011) using keywords and conducted manual reference searches of included articles and reports of the US Surgeon General. The full text of 1,706 articles ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Pineles BL,Park E,Samet JM

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although it is generally believed that a simple lifestyle may promote health, a recent study among Trappist and Benedictine monks in the Netherlands reported an increase in general morbidity (Am J Epidemiol 1993;138:569-73). As this increased morbidity might be the consequence of an increased life expectancy, we studi...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： de Gouw HW,Westendorp RG,Kunst AE,Mackenbach JP,Vandenbroucke JP

更新日期：1995-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:An 18-year interval between a dengue virus type 1 outbreak in 1977-1979 and a dengue virus type 2 outbreak in 1997 in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, provided a unique opportunity to evaluate risk factors for dengue disease. All patients with symptomatic dengue, including 205 cases of dengue hemorrhagic fever and 12 deaths, w...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Vaughn DW

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of missing values for a confounding variable are investigated in the setting of case-control studies in which, for simplicity, the effect of one binary risk factor and one categoric confounding variable on disease risk is under investigation. Some ad hoc techniques with which to deal with missing values ar...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Vach W,Blettner M

更新日期：1991-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Familial resemblance in the blood pressure response to sodium restriction in normotensive persons was investigated. Forty-four families of identical twin children participated in a sodium restriction (less than or equal to 75 meq/day) protocol for a period of 12 weeks. Subjects were residents of central Indiana, and t...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Miller JZ,Weinberger MH,Christian JC,Daugherty SA

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptin is an important regulator of the mass of adipose tissue and of body weight; it operates by inhibiting food intake and stimulating energy expenditure. Some polymorphic genes involved in the regulation of leptin-the leptin gene (LEP A19G), the leptin receptor gene (LEPR Q223R, K109R, and K656N), and the peroxisom...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Paracchini V,Pedotti P,Taioli E

更新日期：2005-07-15 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：:One measure of the severity of a pandemic influenza outbreak at the individual level is the risk of death among people infected by the new virus. However, there are complications in estimating both the numerator and denominator. Regarding the numerator, statistical estimates of the excess deaths associated with influe...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Wong JY,Wu P,Nishiura H,Goldstein E,Lau EH,Yang L,Chuang SK,Tsang T,Peiris JS,Wu JT,Cowling BJ

更新日期：2013-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood pressure later in life has been inversely associated with birth weight. However, concerns have been raised about whether this association merely reflects common environmental risk factors for both fetal growth restriction and high blood pressure or whether there is a genetic tendency to give birth to small babie...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Zhang J,Brenner RA,Klebanoff MA

更新日期：2001-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In a prospective study carried out in June 1979-April 1981, 134 of 1,458 adult inpatients at New England Deaconess Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, acquired 136 urinary tract infections during 1,474 indwelling bladder catheterizations. Multiple logistic regression analysis identified nine factors that were significant...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Platt R,Polk BF,Murdock B,Rosner B

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship of acute respiratory illness and infection to chronic bronchitis was investigated in the community of Tecumseh, Michigan. Families were randomly selected for study from among all those in the community and they were followed for periods of one year. Occurrence of acute respiratory illnesses was identi...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Monto AS,Ross HW

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of this prospective cohort study were to determine rates of premenopausal and early postmenopausal bone loss, age at onset of bone loss, and whether rates of bone loss depend on baseline bone mineral density (BMD). The cohort of 614 women aged 24-44 years at baseline from the longitudinal Michigan Bone Health...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Bainbridge KE,Sowers MF,Crutchfield M,Lin X,Jannausch M,Harlow SD

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association between breast cancer and selenium, measured in the diet, plasma, erythrocytes, and toenails, was investigated in a case-control study in the Netherlands during 1985-1987. Dietary selenium intake was assessed by a structured dietary history technique among 133 breast cancer cases and 238 population con...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： van 't Veer P,van der Wielen RP,Kok FJ,Hermus RJ,Sturmans F

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective cohort study was used to quantify risk factors for sports concussions. Analysis was based on a stratified cluster sample of North Carolina high school athletes followed during 1996-1999. Clustering was by school and sport, and the sample included 15,802 athletes with 1-8 seasons of follow-up per athlete....

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Schulz MR,Marshall SW,Mueller FO,Yang J,Weaver NL,Kalsbeek WD,Bowling JM

更新日期：2004-11-15 00:00:00