The relationship between hormonal pregnancy tests and congenital anomalies: a prospective study.

abstract：:The authors examined the relation of negative affect to mortality in the Religious Orders Study, a longitudinal cohort study of older persons, between 1994 and 2002. Participants were 851 Catholic clergy members without dementia at baseline (mean age, 75.4 (standard deviation, 6.9) years; 68% women). They completed st...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Wilson RS,Bienias JL,Mendes de Leon CF,Evans DA,Bennett DA

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure to cadmium confers increased cardiovascular risk. Tobacco smoke contains cadmium, which, hypothetically, may mediate parts of the tobacco-associated risk of developing atherosclerotic plaques. Baseline data from the Swedish Malmö Diet and Cancer cohort (1991-1996) were used to test this hypothesis. Mediation ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Andersson EM,Fagerberg B,Sallsten G,Borné Y,Hedblad B,Engström G,Barregard L

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors hypothesized that genetic predisposition to diabetes complications would be more evident among low-risk individuals and aimed to identify genes related to developing complications (confirmed distal symmetric polyneuropathy, overt nephropathy, or coronary artery disease) in low-risk groups. Participants in ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Costacou T,Chang Y,Ferrell RE,Orchard TJ

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cervical condyloma and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia are related to human papillomavirus infections, some of which may be involved in the etiology of cancer of the uterine cervix. This case-control study was designed to assess the relation of age at first sexual intercourse, number of sexual partners, and cigaret...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Brisson J,Roy M,Fortier M,Bouchard C,Meisels A

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors previously reported statistically significant inverse associations between adult onset glioma and histories of chickenpox and shingles among 462 cases and 443 controls in the San Francisco Bay Area Adult Glioma Study (1991--1995) and a suggestive but nonsignificant inverse association with immunoglobulin G...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Wrensch M,Weinberg A,Wiencke J,Miike R,Barger G,Kelsey K

更新日期：2001-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) may reduce lung cancer risk. Dietary boron may have actions similar to those of HRT; however, no previous study has reported the associations between dietary boron intake and lung cancer risk or the joint effects of boron intake and HRT use on lung cancer risk. The authors examined th...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Mahabir S,Spitz MR,Barrera SL,Dong YQ,Eastham C,Forman MR

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Contemporary searches for new risk factors frequently involve genome-wide explorations of very large numbers of candidate risk variants. Given that diseases can often be classified into subtypes that possess evidence of etiologic heterogeneity, the question arises as to whether or not a search for new risk factors wou...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Begg CB,Zabor EC

更新日期：2012-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have provided conflicting evidence on whether being a family caregiver is associated with increased or decreased risk for all-cause mortality. This study examined whether 3,503 family caregivers enrolled in the national Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) Study showed dif...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Roth DL,Haley WE,Hovater M,Perkins M,Wadley VG,Judd S

更新日期：2013-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Accurate measurement of central fat patterning is difficult to obtain by conventional anthropometry. Direct measurement of intra-abdominal fat area by magnetic resonance imaging, while accurate, is impractical for large-scale observational studies. This report examines the sex-specific associations of conventional ant...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Schreiner PJ,Terry JG,Evans GW,Hinson WH,Crouse JR 3rd,Heiss G

更新日期：1996-08-15 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：:A consistent framework has been developed for measuring health disparities and making comparisons across indicators with regard to the public health goals of Healthy People 2010. Disparities are measured as the percent difference from the best group rate, with all indicators being expressed in terms of adverse events....

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Keppel KG

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To quantify nonresponse bias and estimate its potential impact, the authors compared census-based socioeconomic and demographic factors and geographic locations among respondents and nonrespondents in a multicenter case-control study of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (1998-2000). Using a geographic information system, the autho...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Shen M,Cozen W,Huang L,Colt J,De Roos AJ,Severson RK,Cerhan JR,Bernstein L,Morton LM,Pickle L,Ward MH

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Bangkok (Thailand) Metropolitan Administration cohort of injecting drug users (IDUs) consisted of 1,209 IDUs initially seronegative for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) who were followed from 1995 to 1998 at 15 Administration drug treatment clinics. At enrollment and approximately every 4 months thereafter, part...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Hudgens MG,Longini IM Jr,Vanichseni S,Hu DJ,Kitayaporn D,Mock PA,Halloran ME,Satten GA,Choopanya K,Mastro TD

更新日期：2002-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The relation of adenocarcinoma of the facial sinuses and exposure to wood dust has been recognized for 20 years. As the tracheobronchial mucosa is similar to that lining the sinuses, a link between bronchial adenocarcinoma and wood dust exposure has been postulated. To test this hypothesis, a case-control study was co...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Schraub S,Belon-Leneutre M,Mercier M,Bourgeois P

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many smokers believe that electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) and pharmaceutical cessation aids can help them quit smoking or reduce cigarette consumption, but the evidence for e-cigarettes to aid quitting is limited. Examining 3,093 quit attempters in the nationally representative US Population Assessment of ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Benmarhnia T,Pierce JP,Leas E,White MM,Strong DR,Noble ML,Trinidad DR

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the present analysis was to use longitudinal data collected over 7 years (from 4 surveys) in the Residential Environments (RESIDE) Study (Perth, Australia, 2003-2012) to more carefully examine the relationship of neighborhood walkability and destination accessibility with walking for transportation that...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Knuiman MW,Christian HE,Divitini ML,Foster SA,Bull FC,Badland HM,Giles-Corti B

更新日期：2014-09-01 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：:Long-term exposures to the stress and stimulation of different work, parenting, and partnership combinations might influence later life cognition. We investigated the relationship between women's work-family life histories and cognitive functioning in later life. Analyses were based on data from women born between 193...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Ice E,Ang S,Greenberg K,Burgard S

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors evaluated whether early enrollment affects the significance of the results and the time to completion and publication of randomized controlled trials. Seventy-seven efficacy randomized controlled trials (total enrollment, 28,992 patients) initiated by the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Clinical Trials ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Haidich AB,Ioannidis JP

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to identify individual predisposing risk indicators for falls in a sample of institutionalized frail elderly in southern Germany. The design was a prospective observational study with a 1-year follow-up (October 1998-September 1999). The study population included 472 long-term-care residents ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Kron M,Loy S,Sturm E,Nikolaus T,Becker C

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eating disorders are a leading cause of disease burden among young women. This study investigated associations of social characteristics of parents and grandparents, sibling position, and school performance with incidence of eating disorders. The authors studied Swedish females born in 1952-1989 (n = 13,376), third-ge...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Ahrén-Moonga J,Silverwood R,Klinteberg BA,Koupil I

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skin lesions are classic clinical signs of toxicity due to long-term exposure to arsenic, and they are considered precursors to arsenic-related skin cancer. The authors prospectively evaluated synergisms between effects of arsenic exposure and those of tobacco use, sun exposure, and pesticide and fertilizer use on inc...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Melkonian S,Argos M,Pierce BL,Chen Y,Islam T,Ahmed A,Syed EH,Parvez F,Graziano J,Rathouz PJ,Ahsan H

更新日期：2011-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors abstracted a sample of 7,536 hospital medical records to validate the accuracy of the coding of obstetric information on 1) birth certificates, 2) a statewide computerized hospital discharge abstract data system, and 3) a linked file merging birth certificates and the hospital abstract data for Washington ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Parrish KM,Holt VL,Connell FA,Williams B,LoGerfo JP

更新日期：1993-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the role of nutrition in the association of birth size and childhood growth with development of cardiovascular disease, the authors in 2002-2004 surveyed 665 men and 790 women aged 25-42 years who had been exposed as children to a community-randomized nutrition supplementation intervention in four villages in...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Stein AD,Wang M,Ramirez-Zea M,Flores R,Grajeda R,Melgar P,Ramakrishnan U,Martorell R

更新日期：2006-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The ratio of cancer occurrence among smokers compared to nonsmokers has been generally reported to be greatest for carcinomas arising in the lung and larynx. This report presents the results of an investigation into mechanisms underlying the temporal trends in the incidence of these two forms of cancer in Scotland ove...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Boyle P,Robertson C

更新日期：1987-04-01 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 randomized controlled trials, the intention-to-treat estimator provides an unbiased estimate of the causal effect of treatment assignment on the outcome. However, patients often want to know what the effect would be if they were to take the treatment as prescribed (the patient-oriented effect), and several research...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Steele RJ,Shrier I,Kaufman JS,Platt RW

更新日期：2015-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In this case-control study, the authors analyzed associations of uterine leiomyoma with atherogenic risk factors and potential sources of uterine irritation. The study included 318 case women with uterine leiomyoma that was first confirmed between 1990 and 1993 in the Baltimore, Maryland, area and 394 controls selecte...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Faerstein E,Szklo M,Rosenshein NB

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The etiology of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus remains obscure. In an attempt to clarify some aspects of the epidemiology, including its compatibility with an acute infectious process, the authors undertook in-depth analyses of childhood cases accumulated in a population-based register in Montreal during the peri...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Siemiatycki J,Colle E,Aubert D,Campbell S,Belmonte MM

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From 1996 to 2001, the authors undertook a case-control study of 192 pelvis fracture cases (men and women) and 2,402 controls aged > or = 45 years at five Kaiser Permanente medical centers in Northern California. Most information on potential risk factors was obtained by means of an interviewer-administered questionna...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Kelsey JL,Prill MM,Keegan TH,Quesenberry CP Jr,Sidney S

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00