Estimating exposure-specific disease rates from case-control studies using Bayes' theorem.

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：:Vitamin D may reduce telomere shortening through anti-inflammatory and anti-cell proliferation mechanisms. In the present study, we examined the association between vitamin D and relative leukocyte telomere length by using both plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D (1,25(OH)2D) biomarkers. V...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Liu JJ,Prescott J,Giovannucci E,Hankinson SE,Rosner B,Han J,De Vivo I

更新日期：2013-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Worldwide, 1-4 per 1,000 births are affected by clubfoot. Clubfoot etiology is unclear, but both genetic and environmental factors are thought to be involved. Low folate status in pregnant women has been implicated in several congenital malformations, and folate metabolism may be affected by polymorphisms in the methy...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Sharp L,Miedzybrodzka Z,Cardy AH,Inglis J,Madrigal L,Barker S,Chesney D,Clark C,Maffulli N

更新日期：2006-11-01 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：: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：:For diseases of well-defined genetic etiology and with onset after birth, the age at onset corresponds to the incubation period of the disease. The lognormal model, as used by Sartwell to study the distribution of incubation periods in infectious diseases (Am J Hyg 1950;51:310-8), was applied in this study to the dist...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Armenian HK,Khoury MJ

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes the development of hypertension among 1,270 males (aged 23-80 years at the time of entry into the study) observed prospectively for 10 years who had a baseline blood pressure of less than 140/90 mmHg and who underwent baseline spirometry. Subjects were participants in the Normative Aging Study, a...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Sparrow D,Weiss ST,Vokonas PS,Cupples LA,Ekerdt DJ,Colton T

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence of cancer of the corpus uteri in Denmark is examined by the use of data from the Danish Cancer Registry. The study population consists of 14,149 cases diagnosed with cancer of the corpus uteri between 1943 and 1980. Since 1943, the incidence has been steadily increasing. The trend in the incidence rates...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Ewertz M,Jensen OM

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A randomized field trial was conducted in Tecumseh, Michigan, to test the efficacy of virucidal nasal tissues in interrupting transmission of respiratory agents in the household. In the double-blinded trial, 296 households were stratified by household size and randomly assigned to the group using treated tissues and t...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Longini IM Jr,Monto AS

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three diverse samples of men and women aged 35-64 years living in urban Poland, rural Poland, and the United States, are described and subsequently analyzed by multiple regression methods. Total cholesterol, low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, and the natural logarith...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Sznajd J,Rywik S,Furberg B,Pajak A,Kurjata P,Williams OD,Sznajderman-Ciswicka M,Misiowiec P,Irving SH,Baczynska E

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are few published examples of absolute risk estimated from epidemiologic data subject to censoring and competing risks with adjustment for multiple confounders. We present an example estimating the effect of injection drug use on 6-year risk of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) after initiation of combin...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Cole SR,Lau B,Eron JJ,Brookhart MA,Kitahata MM,Martin JN,Mathews WC,Mugavero MJ,CNICS Research Network.

更新日期：2015-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:As part of the Danish control program for enzootic bovine leukosis, three hematologic screenings of all cattle herds in Denmark were performed in the period 1969-1978. Herds with multiple cases of persistent lymphocytosis and/or leukotic tumors were classified as "leukosis herds." During nationwide blood testing, 369 ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Gottschau A,Willeberg P,Franti CE,Flensburg JC

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors tested, by molecular hybridization, for hepatitis B virus DNA in serum specimens of 182 asymptomatic hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) Greek carriers who were heterosexual partners of patients with acute hepatitis B (group A: 96 cases) or healthy subjects who were susceptible to hepatitis B (group B: 86 ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Tassopoulos NC,Papaevangelou GJ,Roumeliotou-Karayannis A,Ticehurst JR,Feinstone SM,Purcell RH

更新日期：1987-10-01 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：: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 relative importance of dietary sodium, potassium, calcium, and magnesium intakes as correlates of blood pressure in a cross-sectional analysis of 987 black and 1,043 white 9- and 10-year-old girls from Richmond, California, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Washington, DC, who were enrolled in the Nationa...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Simon JA,Obarzanek E,Daniels SR,Frederick MM

更新日期：1994-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:From July 1, 1980 to December 2, 1982, all individuals at autopsy at the University of Michigan Medical Center greater than or equal to 65 years of age and selected individuals less than 65 years of age were examined for neuritic plaques and neurofibrillary tangles. Sections of the hippocampal, parahippocampal tempora...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Miller FD,Hicks SP,D'Amato CJ,Landis JR

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An increased risk of death in persons who have suffered spousal bereavement has been described in many populations. The impact of modifying factors, such as chronic disease and material circumstances, is less well understood. The authors followed 171,720 [corrected] couples 60 years of age or older in a United Kingdom...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Shah SM,Carey IM,Harris T,DeWilde S,Victor CR,Cook DG

更新日期：2012-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Iron and lipids combine to create oxidative stress, and oxidative stress has a role in the development of cancer. The objective was to determine the risk of cancer among persons who had both elevated iron and lipids. The authors conducted an analysis of the cohort available in the Framingham Offspring Study. Adults ag...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Mainous AG 3rd,Wells BJ,Koopman RJ,Everett CJ,Gill JM

更新日期：2005-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:As part of the Honolulu Heart Program studies, 4,581 men of Japanese ancestry living in Hawaii completed a psychosocial questionnaire in 1971. By 1980, 280 new cancer cases had been recorded. Among 12 items related to stressful life situations, there were no consistent associations with total or site-specific cancer i...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Joffres M,Reed DM,Nomura AM

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammographic percent density, the proportion of fibroglandular tissue in the breast, is a strong risk factor for breast cancer, but its determinants in young women are unknown. We examined associations of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) breast-tissue composition at age 21 years with prospectively collected measuremen...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Denholm R,De Stavola B,Hipwell JH,Doran SJ,Busana MC,Leach MO,Hawkes DJ,Dos-Santos-Silva I

更新日期：2018-06-01 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：:To evaluate strategies used to select cases and controls and how reported odds ratios are interpreted, the authors examined 150 case-control studies published in leading general medicine, epidemiology, and clinical specialist journals from 2001 to 2007. Most of the studies (125/150; 83%) were based on incident cases; ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Knol MJ,Vandenbroucke JP,Scott P,Egger M

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extensive literature exists on potential risk factors for childhood asthma. To the authors' knowledge, no investigators have yet attempted to disentangle the effects of those determinants within a single study setting. The authors aimed to evaluate the independent effects of 47 potential determinants (from the prenata...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Martel MJ,Rey E,Malo JL,Perreault S,Beauchesne MF,Forget A,Blais L

更新日期：2009-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The association between low-level crystalline silica (silica) exposure and mortality risk is not well understood. We investigated a cohort of 44,807 Chinese workers who had worked in metal mines or pottery factories for at least 1 year from January 1, 1960, to December 31, 1974, and were followed through 2003. Low-lev...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Liu Y,Zhou Y,Hnizdo E,Shi T,Steenland K,He X,Chen W

更新日期：2017-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have compared calipers for propensity score (PS) matching, but none have considered calipers for matching on the disease risk score (DRS). We used Medicare claims data to perform 3 cohort studies of medication initiators: a study of raloxifene versus alendronate in 1-year nonvertebral fracture risk, a...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Connolly JG,Gagne JJ

更新日期：2016-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently it has been suggested that the use of alcohol-containing mouthwashes may increase the risk of oropharyngeal cancer. Heavy alcohol intake and tobacco use are established causes of oropharyngeal cancer. Their use is associated with mouthwash use. In addition, alcohol and tobacco use both tend to be underreporte...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Shapiro S,Castellana JV,Sprafka JM

更新日期：1996-12-15 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 relationship of cigarette-smoking and nonfatal myocardial infarction (AMI) was evaluated using the case-control approach. Overall, the association was present for smokers of one and two packs per day, the standardized rate-ratio estimates being 1.5 and 1.7, respectively. The association was strongest in those who ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Miettinen OS,Neff RK,Jick H

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies suggest that both active and passive smokers have an increased risk of breast cancer compared with women who have never been either actively or passively exposed. Data on lifetime active and passive smoking were collected in 1999-2000 from 468 predominantly premenopausal breast cancer patients diagnosed...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Kropp S,Chang-Claude J

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00