Seven-year longitudinal population study of change in gamma-glutamyltransferase: the Tromsø Study.

abstract：:The authors conducted descriptive and case-control studies to find factors associated with earthquake deaths due to the Great Hanshin-Awaji earthquake on January 17, 1995, in Nishinomiya, Japan. In the case-control study, cases included all 1,104 deaths. Controls were randomly selected from survivors. Earthquake morta...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Osaki Y,Minowa M

更新日期：2001-01-15 00:00:00

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：:Elevated blood pressure is an important public health problem in midlife women, especially among minority groups. Few studies have examined the impact of perceived unfair treatment due to different factors such as racism, sexism, or ageism on blood pressure. By use of a racially/ethnically diverse community sample of ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Brown C,Matthews KA,Bromberger JT,Chang Y

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:State Medicaid programs collectively cover more than 70 million people, and are the largest single payer for pregnancy and delivery in the United States. In this issue, Margerison et al. (Am J Epidemiol. XXXX;XXX(XX):XXXX-XXXX) investigate the extent to which Medicaid expansions to non-pregnant low-income adults under...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Jarlenski M

更新日期：2021-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The ecologic study design is routinely used by epidemiologists in spite of its limitations. It is presently unknown how well the challenges of the design are dealt with in epidemiologic research. The purpose of this bibliometric review was to critically evaluate the characteristics, statistical methods, and reporting ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Dufault B,Klar N

更新日期：2011-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The possible relation between the occurrence of brain tumors in children and exposure to electric blankets or electrically heated water beds was investigated in a multicenter, population-based case-control study conducted on the West Coast of the United States. Information on maternal exposure during pregnancy or dire...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Preston-Martin S,Gurney JG,Pogoda JM,Holly EA,Mueller BA

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is an association between stress and dementia. However, less is known about dementia among persons with varied stress responses and sex differences in these associations. We used this population-based cohort study to examine dementia among persons with a range of clinician-diagnosed stress disorders, as well as ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Gradus JL,Horváth-Puhó E,Lash TL,Ehrenstein V,Tamang S,Adler NE,Milstein A,Glymour MM,Henderson VW,Sørensen HT

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current abstainers from alcohol have been identified as an inadequate reference group in epidemiologic studies of the effects of alcohol, because inclusion of former drinkers might lead to overestimation of the protective effects and underestimation of the detrimental effects of drinking alcohol. The authors' objectiv...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Roerecke M,Rehm J

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1999, the authors began recruitment for a randomized controlled intervention trial aimed at preventing melanocytic nevi (moles) by minimizing sun exposure through the use of sun-protective clothing. The study involves 652 Caucasian children (75.6% response) aged 0-35 months from 25 child-care centers (n = 13 interv...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Harrison SL,Buettner PG,Maclennan R

更新日期：2005-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaccinating children with pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) disrupts transmission, reducing disease rates in unvaccinated adults. When considering changes in vaccine dosing strategies (e.g., removing doses), it is critical to understand which groups of children contribute most to transmission to adults. We used dat...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Weinberger DM,Pitzer VE,Regev-Yochay G,Givon-Lavi N,Dagan R

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiovascular malformations were examined for white/black variation in the Baltimore-Washington Infant Study. In this population-based case-control study, cases (n = 2,087) were live births with cardiovascular malformations ascertained through pediatric cardiology centers and 53 hospitals in Maryland, the District of...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Correa-Villaseñor A,McCarter R,Downing J,Ferencz C

更新日期：1991-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors performed a meta-analysis to estimate the magnitude of polymorphism effects for the complement component C3 gene (C3) and their possible mode of action on age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The meta-analysis included 16 and 7 studies for rs2230199 and rs1047286, respectively. Data extraction and risk ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Thakkinstian A,McKay GJ,McEvoy M,Chakravarthy U,Chakrabarti S,Silvestri G,Kaur I,Li X,Attia J

更新日期：2011-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Personality may influence the risk of death, but the evidence remains inconsistent. We examined associations between personality traits of the five-factor model (extraversion, neuroticism, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and openness to experience) and the risk of death from all causes through individual-participant...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Jokela M,Batty GD,Nyberg ST,Virtanen M,Nabi H,Singh-Manoux A,Kivimäki M

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung cancer mortality in England and Wales among males in the age group 25 to 84 over the years 1941 to 1975 was analyzed. Using cigarette consumption information from the Tobacco Research Council and a statistical model, relative and attributable risks were estimated. The lung cancer deaths could be partitioned into ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Stevens RG,Moolgavkar SH

更新日期：1984-04-01 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：:A survey was carried out on a random sample of 1,288 Mexican Americans and 929 Anglos living in three socially distinct neighborhoods in San Antonio, Texas. Hypertension was defined as diastolic blood pressure greater than or equal to 95 mmHg or currently taking antihypertensive medication. Overall age-adjusted preval...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Franco LJ,Stern MP,Rosenthal M,Haffner SM,Hazuda HP,Comeaux PJ

更新日期：1985-05-01 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

abstract：:The association between breast feeding and the risk of severe cholera was examined in a case-control study of rural Bangladeshi children under 36 months of age who were studied in 1985-1986 during a field trial of killed oral cholera vaccines. A total of 116 cases who were treated for severe cholera were compared with...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Clemens JD,Sack DA,Harris JR,Khan MR,Chakraborty J,Chowdhury S,Rao MR,van Loon FP,Stanton BF,Yunus M

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pregnancy estrogens are substantially elevated in twin pregnancies and are likely to be more so in the case of dizygotic twins. If levels of pregnancy estrogens were positively related to breast cancer risk in the offspring, female twin members would be expected to be at slightly higher risk. Data from an internationa...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Hsieh CC,Lan SJ,Ekbom A,Petridou E,Adami HO,Trichopoulos D

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dietary data from 11,658 adult respondents in the second National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were used to provide quantitative information regarding the contribution of specific foods to the total population intake of the following 10 nutrients: vitamin A, thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin C, iron, ph...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Block G,Dresser CM,Hartman AM,Carroll MD

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have suggested an association between fetal growth restriction and the risk of spontaneous preterm birth (sPTB). However, addressing this association is methodologically challenging. We conducted a prospective cohort study of nulliparous women with a singleton pregnancy in Cambridge, United Kingdom (2...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Partap U,Sovio U,Smith GC

更新日期：2016-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is much more common in Asian countries than in Western countries. However, since the 1980s, nasopharyngeal carcinoma incidence has fallen among both men and women in Hong Kong, and recently a similar trend has also been noted in Singapore. Using data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and En...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Sun LM,Epplein M,Li CI,Vaughan TL,Weiss NS

更新日期：2005-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Epigenetic information encoded in covalent modifications of DNA and histone proteins regulates fundamental biological processes through the action of chromatin regulators, transcription factors, and noncoding RNA species. Epigenetic plasticity enables an organism to respond to developmental and environmental signals w...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Yan H,Tian S,Slager SL,Sun Z,Ordog T

更新日期：2016-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:From March to July of 2011, the authors investigated the prospective association between illicit drug use and cognitive functioning during the midadult years. A total of 8,992 participants who were surveyed at 42 years of age in the National Child Development Study (1999-2000) were included. The authors analyzed data ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Dregan A,Gulliford MC

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case-only design, which requires only diseased subjects, allows for estimation of multiplicative interactions between factors known to be independent in the study population. The design is being used as an alternative to the case-control design to study gene-environment interactions. Estimates of gene-environment ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Albert PS,Ratnasinghe D,Tangrea J,Wacholder S

更新日期：2001-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Larger body size in childhood is correlated with earlier age at menarche; whether birth and infant body size changes are also associated with age at menarche is less clear. The authors contacted female participants enrolled in the New York site of the US National Collaborative Perinatal Project born between 1959 and 1...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Terry MB,Ferris JS,Tehranifar P,Wei Y,Flom JD

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The numbers of international collaborations among birth cohort studies designed to better understand asthma and allergies have increased in the last several years. However, differences in definitions and methods preclude direct pooling of original data on individual participants. As part of the Mechanisms of the Devel...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Benet M,Albang R,Pinart M,Hohmann C,Tischer CG,Annesi-Maesano I,Baïz N,Bindslev-Jensen C,Lødrup Carlsen KC,Carlsen KH,Cirugeda L,Eller E,Fantini MP,Gehring U,Gerhard B,Gori D,Hallner E,Kull I,Lenzi J,McEachan R,Mi

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors investigated the association between maternal preconceptional supplemental and dietary zinc intake and risk of neural tube defects (NTDs) in a population-based case-control study conducted between 1989 and 1991 in California. Cases were 430 NTD-affected fetuses/infants, and controls were 429 randomly selec...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Velie EM,Block G,Shaw GM,Samuels SJ,Schaffer DM,Kulldorff M

更新日期：1999-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous cross-sectional and longitudinal studies assessing the association between age and drinking are inconsistent. Evaluating 15,425 Black and White men and women from four communities, this study sought to determine whether there was a consistent relation between age and drinking in cross-sectional and longitudin...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Eigenbrodt ML,Mosley TH Jr,Hutchinson RG,Watson RL,Chambless LE,Szklo M

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because the magnitude of tracking coefficients (i.e., stability coefficients and tracking for subjects at risk) greatly depends on the initial age of subjects, the number and spacing of longitudinal measurements, and the length of the total time period, it is difficult to compare tracking coefficients from different s...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Twisk JW,Kemper HC,van Mechelen W,Post GB

更新日期：1997-05-15 00:00:00