Temporal change in the reproducibility of a self-administered food frequency questionnaire.

abstract：:After diagnosis with prostate cancer, Black men in the United States have poorer survival than White men, even after controlling for differences in cancer stage. The extent to which these racial survival differences are due to biologic versus non-biologic factors is unclear, and it has been hypothesized that differenc...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Robbins AS,Whittemore AS,Thom DH

更新日期：2000-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies suggest that no distinct glycemic threshold consistently differentiates individuals with or without retinopathy. The authors sought to determine whether the same was true for other microvascular complications. They studied 5,094 participants with fasting plasma glucose values and concurrent microvascula...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Nang EE,Khoo CM,Tai ES,Lim SC,Tavintharan S,Wong TY,Heng D,Lee J

更新日期：2009-06-15 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：:Observational studies suggest a longer duration of breastfeeding to be associated dose dependently with a decrease in risk of overweight in later life. The authors performed a comprehensive meta-analysis of the existing studies on duration of breastfeeding and risk of overweight. Studies were included that reported th...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Harder T,Bergmann R,Kallischnigg G,Plagemann A

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cross-sectional relation between levels of urinary biogenic amines (dopamine, epinephrine, norepinephrine, and serotonin) and levels of blood lead was examined in a study of 645 male participants from a longitudinal study of aging. This stable population of men had initially been recruited from communities in and ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Payton M,Hu H,Sparrow D,Young JB,Landsberg L,Weiss ST

更新日期：1993-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In the spring of 1986, the authors studied the relation between body mass index and anthropometric indicators of fat distribution to cardiovascular risk factors (serum lipids and blood pressure) in approximately 450 women aged 38 years randomly selected from population registers in five European centers. Waist circumf...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Seidell JC,Cigolini M,Charzewska J,Ellsinger BM,Di Biase G,Björntorp P,Hautvast JG,Contaldo F,Szostak V,Scuro LA

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies have provided evidence of an inverse association between atopic allergic conditions (AACs) and invasive colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence and mortality in predominantly white populations. We examined the association between AACs (asthma, hay fever, or allergy) and CRC among white, African-American, Native Hawa...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Tambe NA,Wilkens LR,Wan P,Stram DO,Gilliland F,Park SL,Cozen W,Martínez-Maza O,Le Marchand L,Henderson BE,Haiman CA

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence for a relation between physical activity and renal cell cancer has been inconsistent. The authors examined physical activity in relation to renal cell cancer in a large, prospective US cohort study of 482,386 participants (289,503 men and 192,883 women) aged 50-71 years at baseline (1995-1996). At baseline, p...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Moore SC,Chow WH,Schatzkin A,Adams KF,Park Y,Ballard-Barbash R,Hollenbeck A,Leitzmann MF

更新日期：2008-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Pooled analyses may provide etiologic insight about associations between exposure and disease. In contrast to childhood leukemia, no pooled analyses of childhood brain tumors and exposure to extremely low-frequency magnetic fields (ELF-MFs) have been conducted. The authors carried out a pooled analysis based on primar...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Kheifets L,Ahlbom A,Crespi CM,Feychting M,Johansen C,Monroe J,Murphy MF,Oksuzyan S,Preston-Martin S,Roman E,Saito T,Savitz D,Schüz J,Simpson J,Swanson J,Tynes T,Verkasalo P,Mezei G

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is known to be associated with systemic inflammation. We examined the longitudinal association of C-reactive protein (CRP) and lung function in a cohort of 18,110 men and women from the European Prospective Investigation Into Cancer in Norfolk who were 40-79 years of age at baseli...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Ahmadi-Abhari S,Kaptoge S,Luben RN,Wareham NJ,Khaw KT

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When waist circumference is taken into account, larger hip circumference is associated with reduced risk factors for diabetes and cardiovascular disease. The authors investigated the prospective association of hip circumference with type 2 diabetes and coronary heart disease (CHD) incidence in a biracial cohort of men...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Parker ED,Pereira MA,Stevens J,Folsom AR

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alcohol drinking has been extensively studied in relation to prostate cancer, yet findings on the direction of the association are equivocal. Previous studies have not examined drinking patterns. Thus, the authors prospectively evaluated the associations between these factors and risk of incident prostate cancer (n = ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Platz EA,Leitzmann MF,Rimm EB,Willett WC,Giovannucci E

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors investigated variations in cognitive ability by gestational age among 13,824 children at age 6.5 years who were born at term with normal weight, using data from a prospective cohort recruited in 1996-1997 in Belarus. The mean differences in the Wechsler Abbreviated Scales of Intelligence were examined by g...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Yang S,Platt RW,Kramer MS

更新日期：2010-02-15 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：: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：:In a multicenter study, the overall correlation between two variables can be broken down into a within- and a between-group correlation reflecting associations at the individual and aggregate levels, respectively. A random-effects model is used to estimate variance components of nutrition-related variables and the wit...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Ferrari P,Al-Delaimy WK,Slimani N,Boshuizen HC,Roddam A,Orfanos P,Skeie G,Rodríguez-Barranco M,Thiebaut A,Johansson G,Palli D,Boeing H,Overvad K,Riboli E

更新日期：2005-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The quality of proxy reporting was assessed among 136 prenatal patients and their spouse/partners recruited from the obstetric services of a New Jersey hospital between 1985 and 1987. The concordance, sensitivity, and specificity of proxy reports about partners' occupation, smoking, and drinking were examined in relat...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Hatch MC,Misra D,Kabat GC,Kartzmer S

更新日期：1991-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, independent factors representing different features of insulin resistance syndrome (Syndrome X) have been identified by factor analysis in middle-aged and elderly adult populations. In this study, factor analysis was applied to the clustering characteristics of Syndrome X in a biracial (Black-White) communit...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Chen W,Srinivasan SR,Elkasabany A,Berenson GS

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the prevalence of cysticercosis in a rural area where the disease is endemic, the authors studied the seroepidemiology of human and porcine cysticercosis in a Peruvian jungle community (Maceda, Peru) in 1988 using an enzyme-linked immunoelectrotransfer blot (EITB) assay. Of the 371 sampled inhabitants, 30...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Diaz F,Garcia HH,Gilman RH,Gonzales AE,Castro M,Tsang VC,Pilcher JB,Vasquez LE,Lescano M,Carcamo C

更新日期：1992-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the relationship of smoking to breast cancer risk, the authors conducted a case-control study involving 1,547 patients and 1,930 controls identified between 1973 and 1980 through a nationwide screening program. There was no evidence that smoking affected risk (relative risk (RR) = 1.2), nor were there a...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Brinton LA,Schairer C,Stanford JL,Hoover RN

更新日期：1986-04-01 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

abstract：:Risk factors for neonatal seizures were evaluated in 116,048 infants born between 1992 and 1994 to residents of Harris County, Texas; 207 of these infants were diagnosed with clinical neonatal seizures. Information was obtained from the infant's birth certificate to assess the relation between seizures and birth weigh...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Saliba RM,Annegers FJ,Waller DK,Tyson JE,Mizrahi EM

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested that paternal occupational exposures to pesticides and solvents increase the risk of neural tube defects in offspring. With the use of Texas livebirth, fetal death, and linked livebirth-death records, the authors conducted a population-based case-control study among 1981-1986 Texas births to exam...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Brender JD,Suarez L

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, the authors present an objective system to evaluate interviewer performance for use in epidemiologic studies. With this quality control system, all study interviews are audio-taped, and a random sample of interviews are coded according to interviewer behaviors, such as whether the interviewer asked the ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Edwards S,Slattery ML,Mori M,Berry TD,Caan BJ,Palmer P,Potter JD

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of a case-control study in Toronto, Canada, demonstrated a two-fold risk of invasive squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix among current smokers relative to women who had never smoked. This significant effect of smoking was not diminished by simultaneously adjusting for age, education, and indices of sexua...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Clarke EA,Morgan RW,Newman AM

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recent trial showed that universal decolonization in adult intensive care units (ICUs) resulted in greater reductions in all bloodstream infections and clinical isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) than either targeted decolonization or screening and isolation. Since regional health-care fa...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Lee BY,Bartsch SM,Wong KF,McKinnell JA,Cui E,Cao C,Kim DS,Miller LG,Huang SS

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the percentage of US drivers with valid driver's licenses varies from state to state, it has historically been high enough to constitute a useful sampling frame for many public health purposes. Over the past decade, states have had to restrict access to this information to comply with the Driver's Privacy Pro...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Walsh MC,Trentham-Dietz A,Palta M

更新日期：2011-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A gene variant that increases disease risk will be overrepresented among diseased persons, even compared with their own biologic parents. This insight has led to tests based solely on the asymmetric distribution of a variant allele among cases and their parents (e.g., the transmission/disequilibrium test). Existing me...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Wilcox AJ,Weinberg CR,Lie RT

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iron, potassium, zinc, and other minerals might impact the development of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) through multiple mechanisms, but few studies have evaluated these relations. We conducted a case-control study nested within the prospective Nurses' Health Study II (1991-2001). Participants were free from PMS at base...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Chocano-Bedoya PO,Manson JE,Hankinson SE,Johnson SR,Chasan-Taber L,Ronnenberg AG,Bigelow C,Bertone-Johnson ER

更新日期：2013-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:To identify cancers that occur at higher rates in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) patients, the cancer experience of New York State (NYS) AIDS patients aged 15-69 years who were diagnosed between 1981 and 1994 was compared with that of the NYS general population. Sex and HIV risk group-specific standardized ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Gallagher B,Wang Z,Schymura MJ,Kahn A,Fordyce EJ

更新日期：2001-09-15 00:00:00