The effect of migration on comparison of disease rates in geographic studies in the United States.

abstract：:Calcium and dairy foods in relation to prostate cancer were examined in the National Institutes of Health (NIH)-AARP (formerly known as the American Association of Retired Persons) Diet and Health Study (1995/1996-2001). Diet was assessed with a food frequency questionnaire at baseline. Multivariate relative risks and...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Park Y,Mitrou PN,Kipnis V,Hollenbeck A,Schatzkin A,Leitzmann MF

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the association between long working hours and cognitive function in middle age. Data were collected in 1997-1999 (baseline) and 2002-2004 (follow-up) from a prospective study of 2,214 British civil servants who were in full-time employment at baseline and had data on cognitive tests and covariates...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Virtanen M,Singh-Manoux A,Ferrie JE,Gimeno D,Marmot MG,Elovainio M,Jokela M,Vahtera J,Kivimäki M

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In prospective studies, disease rates during follow-up are typically analyzed with respect to the values of factors measured during an initial baseline survey. However, because of "regression dilution," this generally tends to underestimate the real associations of disease rates with the "usual" levels of such risk fa...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Clarke R,Shipley M,Lewington S,Youngman L,Collins R,Marmot M,Peto R

更新日期：1999-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Physical size at birth (primarily birth weight) is a key predictor of infant mortality and morbidity and may serve as a predictor of risk to chronic disease in adulthood. By use of birth records, it is sometimes possible to accumulate large, even massive, data sets that can permit analyses to separate genetic and envi...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Beaty TH

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In response to community concerns, we used the Tribal Participatory Research framework in collaboration with 5 American-Indian communities in Washington, Idaho, and Montana to identify the appropriate criteria for aggregating health data on small tribes. Across tribal sites, 10 key informant interviews and 10 focus gr...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Van Dyke ER,Blacksher E,Echo-Hawk AL,Bassett D,Harris RM,Buchwald DS

更新日期：2016-07-01 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

abstract：:Algorithms are regularly used to identify persons living with diagnosed human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (PLWDH) in Medicaid data. To our knowledge, there are no published reports of an HIV algorithm from Medicaid claims codes that have been compared with an HIV surveillance system to assess its sensitivity, specifi...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Macinski SE,Gunn JKL,Goyal M,Neighbors C,Yerneni R,Anderson BJ

更新日期：2020-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Prolonged sitting time is associated with several health outcomes; limited evidence indicates associations with frailty. Our aims in this study were to identify patterns of sitting time over 12 years in middle-aged (ages 50-55 years) women and examine associations of these patterns with frailty in older age. We examin...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Susanto M,Hubbard RE,Gardiner PA

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been much concern among the public and veterans that specific environmental exposures incurred during the Gulf War were the cause of subsequent illness among Gulf War veterans. In this historical cohort study, the authors compared the postwar morbidity of US military personnel exposed to smoke from the 1991 ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Smith TC,Heller JM,Hooper TI,Gackstetter GD,Gray GC

更新日期：2002-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A single nucleotide polymorphism, - 160C-->A, has been identified in the promoter region of the E-cadherin gene and has been shown to alter its transcriptional activity. To assess susceptibility of -160A allele carriers to seven types of cancers, the authors conducted a comprehensive meta-analysis, up to November 2006...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Wang GY,Lu CQ,Zhang RM,Hu XH,Luo ZW

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preterm premature rupture of membranes (PROM) is the leading identifiable predisposing factor for preterm birth. Although maternal exposure to air pollution can potentially have an impact on preterm PROM, there is no available evidence on such an impact. In this study, based on 5,555 singleton births occurring in Barc...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Dadvand P,Basagaña X,Figueras F,Martinez D,Beelen R,Cirach M,de Nazelle A,Hoek G,Ostro B,Nieuwenhuijsen MJ

更新日期：2014-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Whereas the feasibility and effectiveness of Internet-based epidemiologic research have been established, methodological support for the quality of such data is still accumulating. We aimed to identify sociodemographic differences among members of a French cohort according to willingness to provide part of one's 15-di...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Andreeva VA,Galan P,Julia C,Castetbon K,Kesse-Guyot E,Hercberg S

更新日期：2014-04-01 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：:A statewide cross-sectional study of risk factors for seropositivity for antibody to Borrelia burgdorferi in outdoor workers in New Jersey was performed in September and October 1988. The crude odds ratio associated with exposure to ticks on the primary state job was 2.2 (95% confidence interval (CI) 0.7-9.0). After a...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Schwartz BS,Goldstein MD

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a case-control study, matching on a disease risk score (DRS), which includes many confounders, should theoretically result in greater precision than matching on only a few confounders; however, this has not been investigated. We simulated 1,000 hypothetical cohorts with a binary exposure, a time-to-event outcome, a...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Desai RJ,Glynn RJ,Wang S,Gagne JJ

更新日期：2016-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Ambient air pollution and temperature have been linked with cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Metabolic syndrome and its components-abdominal obesity, elevated fasting blood glucose concentration, low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol concentration, hypertension, and hypertriglyceridemia-predict cardiovascula...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Wallwork RS,Colicino E,Zhong J,Kloog I,Coull BA,Vokonas P,Schwartz JD,Baccarelli AA

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal emerged on the Indian subcontinent in late 1992 and was first recognized in Thailand in 1993. To characterize the epidemiology of this disease, a hospital-based case-control study was conducted in Samutsakorn, a port city 30 km southwest of Bangkok. Between November 15, 1993, and June 3, 19...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Hoge CW,Bodhidatta L,Echeverria P,Deesuwan M,Kitporka P

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relation between allergy and risk of cancer was evaluated in a cohort study of 34,198 Seventh-day Adventists in California. Information on prevalence of asthma, hay fever, and reactions to chemicals, medications, bee stings, and poison oak (or ivy) was obtained by questionnaire in 1976. The reported allergies must...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Mills PK,Beeson WL,Fraser GE,Phillips RL

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors have investigated associations between offspring size at birth and parental cardiovascular disease mortality among 12,086 mothers and 6,936 fathers of participants in the British 1958 birth cohort. Birth weight was inversely associated with all-cause mortality and cardiovascular mortality in both mothers a...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Davey Smith G,Hyppönen E,Power C,Lawlor DA

更新日期：2007-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The association between standardized cancer mortality rate ratios from 1969-1978 and dietary practices was examined in an ecologic study of the 24 counties of Sweden by means of several independent data sources. The study supports the hypothesis that a high intake of cereal fiber protects against colorectal cancer (r ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Rosén M,Nyström L,Wall S

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence of recent or ongoing Campylobacter jejuni infection has been found in approximately one out of every four cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). It is increasingly accepted that C. jejuni infection is an important causal factor for GBS. However, the likelihood of GBS' occurring following an episode of C. jej...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： McCarthy N,Giesecke J

更新日期：2001-03-15 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：: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：:The association of body fat distribution with single and combined site osteoarthritis was investigated using data from the US Health Examination Survey I, 1960-1962 (HES I) and the first National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey I, 1971-1975 (NHANES I). The study included 1,636 adults aged 35-79 years from HES ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Davis MA,Neuhaus JM,Ettinger WH,Mueller WH

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies suggest that micronutrients, especially folate, calcium, iron, and antioxidant vitamins, affect the risk of colorectal neoplasia. The objective of this case-control study was to examine the association between these micronutrients and the risk of colorectal adenomas. The study was based on 236 cases wit...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Tseng M,Murray SC,Kupper LL,Sandler RS

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship of the risk of cancer and death to total serum cholesterol was studied in a random population sample from two counties of Eastern Finland. Data on total serum cholesterol were recorded between February and April 1972 for 3745 men and 4221 women aged 30 to 59 years who had no history of cancer, diabete...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Salonen JT

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multisymptom illness is more prevalent in 1991 Gulf War veterans than in military comparison groups; less is known about comorbidities. The authors compared physical, psychological, and functional comorbidities in Australian male Gulf War I veterans with those in actively (non-Gulf) deployed and nondeployed military p...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Kelsall HL,McKenzie DP,Sim MR,Leder K,Forbes AB,Dwyer T

更新日期：2009-10-15 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：:The patterns of change in blood lipids, diastolic blood pressure, body mass index, smoking and drinking behaviors, and exercise were examined in an ongoing longitudinal study from 1991 to 1995 of 150 middle-aged Melbourne, Australia, women as they passed through menopause. Changes in risk factors over time were examin...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Do KA,Green A,Guthrie JR,Dudley EC,Burger HG,Dennerstein L

更新日期：2000-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors studied the intake of vegetables, fruits, beta-carotene, and vitamins C and E in relation to the incidence of lung cancer. For 561 men from the town of Zutphen, the Netherlands, dietary history information was obtained in 1960, 1965, and 1970. During 1971-1990, 54 new cases of lung cancer were identified. ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Ocké MC,Bueno-de-Mesquita HB,Feskens EJ,van Staveren WA,Kromhout D

更新日期：1997-02-15 00:00:00