Correcting standardized rate ratios for imprecise classification of a polychotomous exposure variable with limited data.

abstract：:Benign breast disease is associated with increased risk of breast cancer. To further clarify whether there is a genetic link between benign and malignant breast lesions, the authors identified 14,648 first-degree female relatives of 8,807 patients in whom breast cancer was diagnosed at <50 years of age by using Danish...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Bertelsen L,Mellemkjaer L,Balslev E,Olsen JH

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between September 1979 and March 1980, distinguishing features between fatal and nonfatal cases of diarrhea caused by the same etiologic agents were sought in a case-control investigation of Cuna Indian children living on the San Blas Islands located off Panama's Caribbean coast. The eight fatal cases of diarrhea (fou...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Ryder RW,Reeves WC,Sack RB

更新日期：1985-04-01 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

abstract：:The relation between self-reported physical activity and depressive symptoms was analyzed for 1,900 healthy subjects aged 25-77 years in the Epidemiologic Follow-up Study (1982-1984) to the first National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES I). Depressive symptomatology as measured by the Center for Epidem...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Farmer ME,Locke BZ,Mościcki EK,Dannenberg AL,Larson DB,Radloff LS

更新日期：1988-12-01 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：:The knowledge of leprosy epidemiology is still extremely limited as to basic epidemiologic characteristics. Only the infectious agent and the reservoir of infection have been firmly established. It is all the more surprising that very few studies of analytical leprosy epidemiology are reported in the literature. In or...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： de Vries JL,Perry BH

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From 1968 to 1977, the association between the level of vitamin A in serum and the subsequent incidence of cancer was examined in a longitudinal study of 36,265 persons initially aged 15-99 years in 25 population groups in Finland. During a mean follow-up of 8 years, 766 cancers were diagnosed. Serum retinol, retinol-...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Knekt P,Aromaa A,Maatela J,Aaran RK,Nikkari T,Hakama M,Hakulinen T,Peto R,Teppo L

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship of lead exposure to blood pressure has been examined in a longitudinal study of a cohort of 89 Boston, Massachusetts, policemen. At the baseline examination, subjects had a blood lead determination and three consecutive blood pressure measurements. Triplicate blood pressure measurements were also take...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Weiss ST,Muñoz A,Stein A,Sparrow D,Speizer FE

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and candidate gene analyses have led to the discovery of several dozen genetic polymorphisms associated with breast cancer susceptibility, many of which are considered well-established risk factors for the disease. Despite attempts to replicate these same variant-disease associat...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： O'Brien KM,Cole SR,Poole C,Bensen JT,Herring AH,Engel LS,Millikan RC

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors compared US motor vehicle and motorcycle mortality rates during periods when each of several alcohol-related laws were in effect with mortality rates during other periods. During the period 1980-1997, there were 792,184 deaths due to motor vehicle crashes and 63,052 deaths due to motorcycle crashes. An est...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Villaveces A,Cummings P,Koepsell TD,Rivara FP,Lumley T,Moffat J

更新日期：2003-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum hemagglutination-inhibition (HI) antibody titers were monitored for five years with samples from 79 keratoconjunctivitis patients with type 8 adenovirus (AV-8) infection. Geometric mean antibody titers declined from 1:161 at the peak of the epidemic to 1:56 after five years. Computerized analysis of the decline ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Hierholzer JC,Sprague JB

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relative weights of empirical facts (data) and assumptions (theory) in causal inference vary across disciplines. Typically, disciplines that ask more complex questions tend to better tolerate a greater role of theory and modeling in causal inference. As epidemiologists move toward increasingly complex questions, M...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Hernán MA

更新日期：2015-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1976-1978, a battery of eight neuropsychologic tests were administered to 2,123 participants in the Framingham Study who were aged 55-89 years. Performance on each test was examined in relation to concurrently measured systolic and diastolic blood pressure while controlling for age, sex, education, antihypertensive...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Farmer ME,White LR,Abbott RD,Kittner SJ,Kaplan E,Wolz MM,Brody JA,Wolf PA

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Associations of prenatal exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), ubiquitous chemicals used in stain- and water-resistant products, with adverse birth outcomes may be confounded by pregnancy hemodynamics. We measured plasma concentrations of 4 PFAS in early pregnancy (median length of gestation, 9 weeks) among 1,...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Sagiv SK,Rifas-Shiman SL,Fleisch AF,Webster TF,Calafat AM,Ye X,Gillman MW,Oken E

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To help public health practitioners promote physical activities with a low risk of injury, this study determined the relation among type and duration of physical activity, cardiorespiratory fitness, and musculoskeletal injury in a sample of adults enrolled in the Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study. Subjects included 4...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Hootman JM,Macera CA,Ainsworth BE,Martin M,Addy CL,Blair SN

更新日期：2001-08-01 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：:Factors that influence circulating sex hormones, such as physical activity, have been proposed to influence ovarian cancer risk; however, results from previous epidemiologic studies have been inconsistent. The authors examined the association among physical activity, sedentary behavior, and ovarian cancer risk in the ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Patel AV,Rodriguez C,Pavluck AL,Thun MJ,Calle EE

更新日期：2006-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine to what extent a single measure, self-rated health (SRH), independently predicts long-term hospitalizations due to all causes and to cardiovascular diseases by using both the standard Cox proportional hazards model and a more robust events model. The study cohort consisted of...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Kennedy BS,Kasl SV,Vaccarino V

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies have indicated that children delivered by cesarean section are at an increased risk of developing wheezing and asthma. This could be the result of an altered immune system development due to delayed gut colonization or of increased neonatal respiratory morbidity. The authors examined the associations between d...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Magnus MC,Håberg SE,Stigum H,Nafstad P,London SJ,Vangen S,Nystad W

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighty-eight cases with newly diagnosed carcinoma of the endometrium and 177 age-matched neighborhood controls were interviewed to test the hypothesis that exogenous estrogens lead to an increased risk of endometrial cancer. Forth-five per cent of the cases and 22% of the controls reported a history of estrogen use wh...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Spengler RF,Clarke EA,Woolever CA,Newman AM,Osborn RW

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Standardization procedures are commonly used to combine phenotype data that were measured using different instruments, but there is little information on how the choice of standardization method influences pooled estimates and heterogeneity. Heterogeneity is of key importance in meta-analyses of observational studies ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Griffith LE,van den Heuvel E,Raina P,Fortier I,Sohel N,Hofer SM,Payette H,Wolfson C,Belleville S,Kenny M,Doiron D

更新日期：2016-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors examined the relation between age at first vaginal intercourse and a positive nucleic acid amplification test for sexually transmitted infection (STI). A nationally representative sample of 9,844 respondents aged 18-26 years was tested for chlamydial infection, gonorrhea, and trichomoniasis in wave 3 (2001...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Kaestle CE,Halpern CT,Miller WC,Ford CA

更新日期：2005-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Over a three-year period, 3432 nosocomial infections occurred in a university hospital admitting 55,476 patients over a three-year period (6/100 admissions). A single system of surveillance was used, and overall monthly rates varied from 4-9/100 admissions with particularly high rates in the Newborn Intensive Care Uni...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Wenzel RP,Osterman CA,Hunting KJ

更新日期：1976-12-01 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：:To investigate the effect of aluminum and silica in drinking water on the risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease, the authors analyzed data from a large prospective cohort (Paquid), including 3,777 subjects aged 65 years and over living at home in 75 civil parishes in Gironde and Dordogne in southwestern France in 1...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Rondeau V,Commenges D,Jacqmin-Gadda H,Dartigues JF

更新日期：2000-07-01 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：:The relationship between sleep and obesity or weight gain in adults, particularly older populations, remains unclear. In a cohort of 83,377 US men and women aged 51-72 years, we prospectively investigated the association between self-reported sleep duration and weight change over an average of 7.5 years of follow-up (...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Xiao Q,Arem H,Moore SC,Hollenbeck AR,Matthews CE

更新日期：2013-12-01 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：:Although the inverse association between hysterectomy and epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) was considered well established, investigators in recent studies including women diagnosed after 2000 have observed modest increases in risk. Most studies have been conducted in white women with little representation of African-A...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Peres LC,Alberg AJ,Bandera EV,Barnholtz-Sloan J,Bondy M,Cote ML,Funkhouser E,Moorman PG,Peters ES,Schwartz AG,Terry PD,Abbott SE,Camacho F,Wang F,Schildkraut JM

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors examined the association between the use of diethylstilbestrol during pregnancy and the risk of subsequent fatal breast cancer in a large prospective study of US adults. After 9 years of follow-up, 1,574 cases of fatal breast cancer were observed among 501,536 gravid women who reported no prior history of ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Calle EE,Mervis CA,Thun MJ,Rodriguez C,Wingo PA,Heath CW Jr

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00