Abstract：
:We identified 38 case-control studies investigating possible associations between alcoholic beverage consumption and cancer of the female breast. Each study was characterized according to design features such as: control type (hospital or community based), risk factors controlled for, matching strategy, and statistical power. We examined the effect of these design variables on several outcome variables including identification of any significant elevation in odds ratio and characterization of any dose-response effect. The major finding of this study is that of a striking difference between hospital and community based controlled studies with respect to (1) the level of any estimated dose-response effect, and (2) the finding of statistically significant elevations in odds ratios at levels of consumption below 4 drinks per week. In summary, the generally weak associations reported in these case-control studies along with the measurement and/or selection biases implied by our findings would lead one to the conclusion that present evidence does not support a causal association. This conclusion seems to be in accord with results from cohort studies and with similar conclusions from several other reviews.
journal_name
J Clin Epidemioljournal_title
Journal of clinical epidemiologyauthors
Roth HD,Levy PS,Shi L,Post Edoi
10.1016/0895-4356(94)90026-4subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1994-02-01 00:00:00pages
207-16issue
2eissn
0895-4356issn
1878-5921pii
0895-4356(94)90026-4journal_volume
47pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract：OBJECTIVES:Network meta-analysis (NMA) may produce more precise estimates of treatment effects than pairwise meta-analysis. We examined the relative contribution of network paths of different lengths to estimates of treatment effects. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING:We analyzed 213 published NMAs. We categorized network shap...
journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jclinepi.2020.04.009
更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:Exposure to ultraviolet radiation has consistently been linked to an increased risk of melanoma. Epidemiologic studies are susceptible to measurement error, which can distort the magnitude of observed effects. Although the reliability of self-report of many sun exposure factors has been previously described i...
journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jclinepi.2004.09.004
更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:This article (Part II) and the preceding article (Part I) report the development of two clinical staging systems for HIV-infected individuals. The objective of the research reported here (Part II) was to construct a clinical staging system to predict survival in patients with AIDS. We analyzed data from VA Cooperative...
journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
doi：10.1016/s0895-4356(97)00182-0
更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVES:It is difficult to compare the reliability of triage systems with the kappa statistic. In this article, a method for comparing triage systems was developed and applied to previously conducted triage reliability studies. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING:From simulations with theoretical distributions, the minimum, n...
journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.jclinepi.2010.01.012
更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the consistency of an index of the scientific quality of research overviews. DESIGN:Agreement was measured among nine judges, each of whom assessed the scientific quality of 36 published review articles. ITEM SELECTION: An iterative process was used to select ten criteria relative to five key tasks...
journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章,meta分析
doi：10.1016/0895-4356(91)90205-n
更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Plasma fibrinogen was measured in a sample of 8824 men and women aged 40-59 years participating in the Scottish Heart Health Study, and related to cardiovascular risk factors. Women had higher fibrinogen levels than men. In both sexes, multivariate analysis showed that fibrinogen was positively associated with age, sm...
journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0895-4356(90)90075-z
更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Two methods for measuring insulin sensitivity, fasting plasma insulin (FPI) and homeostasis model assessment (HOMA) have been proposed for use in large epidemiological research and clinical practice. This project describes the range of observed values of the HOMA and FPI in a large sample of th...
journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jclinepi.2004.05.001
更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The objective of the study was to determine the sensitivity and specificity of the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) guidelines in identifying at-risk individuals for hypercholesterolemia, using population-based data from the Manitoba Heart Health Survey (MHHS). The MHHS surveyed a representative sample of...
journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0895-4356(94)90301-8
更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVES:The uncertainty around number needed to treat (NNT) is often represented through a confidence interval (CI). However, it is not clear how the CI can help inform treatment decisions. We developed decision-theoretic measures of uncertainty for the NNT. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING:We build our argument on the bas...
journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jclinepi.2012.01.022
更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cochrane acute respiratory infections (ARIs) group conducts systematic reviews of the evidence for treatment and prevention of ARIs. We report the results of a prioritization project, aiming to identify highest priority systematic review topics. STUDY DESIGN/SETTING:The project consisted of two phases. Phase...
journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jclinepi.2018.05.016
更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Breast cancer therapy is often followed by a decline in upper-body function. Women (303) diagnosed with stage I or II breast cancer were interviewed 5 and 21 months after surgery and their medical records were reviewed. Women with cardiopulmonary comorbidity had an odds ratio for decline at the 5-month interview of 2....
journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0895-4356(99)00176-6
更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess whether the reported trial characteristics are associated with treatment effects on all-cause mortality within critical care medicine. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING:We identified all eligible randomized controlled trials (RCTs) from Cochrane Reviews on patients with sepsis, septic shock, and cardiogeni...
journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.jclinepi.2013.05.016
更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A three-state Markov process is used to model a steady-state population. The classical P = ID equation is derived, as well as a number of identities originally reported by Miettinen (Am J Epidemiol 1976; 103: 226-235) and Freeman and Hutchison (Am J Epidemiol 1980; 112: 707-723. Ibid. 1986; 124: 134-149). Using theore...
journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0895-4356(88)90009-1
更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to study if randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in rehabilitation (a field where complex interventions prevail) published in main journals include all the details needed to replicate the intervention in clinical practice (clinical replicability). STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING:Forty...
journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jclinepi.2019.06.008
更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The aim of this cross-sectional study was to estimate the prevalence of iron deficiency and overload in the adult population in Iceland, a developed Scandinavian country. The study population consisted of 4240 individuals aged 25-74 years randomly selected from the national roster. Basic hematological, S-iron, S-total...
journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0895-4356(91)90090-v
更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The different measurement properties necessary for instruments whose goal is to detect differences between subjects at a single point in time (discriminative instruments) and those whose goal is to detect longitudinal change within subjects (evaluative instruments) is becoming increasingly recognized. Up to now, requi...
journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology
pub_type： 评论,杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0895-4356(92)90194-r
更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVES:Case-mix adjustment is difficult for stroke outcome studies using administrative data. However, relevant prescription, laboratory, procedure, and service claims might be surrogates for stroke severity. This study proposes a method for developing a stroke severity index (SSI) by using administrative data. ST...
journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jclinepi.2015.01.009
更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Period prevalence is frequently measured in studies based on administrative data such as that from health maintenance organizations. For example, treated prevalence and drug utilization prevalence are important measures that are typically defined in relationship to a specified time period. Often one wishes to compare ...
journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/0895-4356(95)00573-0
更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The effect of gender and other clinical variables on short-term and long-term cardiac mortality after a first transmural myocardial infarction (MI) was assessed in a population-based hospital register. A cohort of 1216 consecutive patients (1023 men and 193 women), 25-74 years old admitted to the only reference hospit...
journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0895-4356(94)90016-7
更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:Graphical methods for generating explanatory hypotheses from limited categorical data are described and illustrated. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING:Univariate, bivariate, multivariate, and multiplicative graphical methods were applied to clinical data regarding very ill older persons. The data to which these metho...
journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jclinepi.2011.06.007
更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Three issues concerning the design and analysis of randomized behavioral intervention studies are illustrated and discussed within the framework of a tobacco and alcohol prevention trial among migrant Latino adolescents. The first issue arises when subjects are randomized in clusters rather than individually. Because ...
journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
doi：10.1016/s0895-4356(03)00012-x
更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A small variability of exposure in a population, for example small variance in nutrient intake, limits the power of an epidemiologic study. McKeown-Eyssen and Thomas (J Chron Dis 1985; 38:559-568) have shown that by selecting a population with larger exposure variance vs one with smaller variance, the study sample siz...
journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/0895-4356(94)90190-2
更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A key component in the evaluation of efficacy of a vaccine to protect against disease caused by an antigenically diverse infectious pathogen in a preventative vaccine trial is assessing how vaccine-induced protection depends on genotypic and phenotypic variations of the exposing pathogen. This assessment is made by co...
journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/s0895-4356(00)00258-4
更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Biologic studies have suggested that antidepressant use may increase breast cancer risk. We conducted a systematic review of trials and controlled epidemiologic studies to assess this association. Pooled data from 31 primary efficacy drug company trials of fluoxetine suggested no increased risk but the short duration ...
journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/s0895-4356(02)00568-1
更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:In a community based, prospective study to determine risk factors for falls, 465 women and 296 men 70 years and over were followed for 1 year and 507 falls were documented. A greater proportion of women (32.7%) than men (23.0%) experienced at least one fall in which there was no or minimal external contribution. Using...
journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0895-4356(90)90110-b
更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：UNLABELLED:To systematically investigate location bias of controlled clinical trials in complementary/alternative medicine (CAM). METHODS:Literature searches were performed to identify systematic reviews and meta-analyses, which were used to retrieve controlled clinical trials. Trials were categorised by whether they ...
journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0895-4356(99)00220-6
更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVES:To study whether the methodological change from parent to index subject as questionnaire respondent affected the prevalence estimates and risk factor patterns for allergic diseases in a longitudinal study. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING:A prospective study of asthma and allergic diseases among children was begun ...
journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jclinepi.2009.08.017
更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:To validate the prognostic accuracy of a previously proposed comorbidity index using information of a different and separate population-based cohort. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING:We assessed the predictive accuracy of a comorbidity index to predict mortality by looking at calibration and discrimination in the de...
journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jclinepi.2007.09.006
更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:To develop a questionnaire with which to measure quality of life (QoL) in patients with knee and hip osteoarthritis (OA). STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING:Thirty-two caregivers and 96 OA patients were interviewed individually (using cognitive and face-to-face techniques) and in focus groups. A group of experts worki...
journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi：10.1016/j.jclinepi.2004.04.011
更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the ability of population surveys to estimate the occurrence of maternal morbidities. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING:A literature search was conducted using MEDLINE, EMBASE, POPLINE references from relevant papers and proceedings of scientific meetings. No restrictions were made regarding language, da...
journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.jclinepi.2007.04.009
更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00
