Oncogene-related serum proteins and cancer risk: a nested case-control study.

abstract：:The age-specific prevalence of hepatitis A antibodies has been analyzed using a catalytic epidemic model for populations in seven European countries: West Germany, Norway, Greece, Switzerland, Holland, France and Sweden. The results indicate a significant decline in the force of infection in recent decades. However, t...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Schenzle D,Dietz K,Frösner GG

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The return of fertility for women who discontinue oral contraceptives takes longer as compared with women who discontinue other methods of contraception. It remains unclear, however, whether subsequent fertility differs according to duration or age at first use. The authors performed a nested case-control study within...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Chasan-Taber L,Willett WC,Stampfer MJ,Spiegelman D,Rosner BA,Hunter DJ,Colditz GA,Manson JE

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors modeled the possible consequences for US cataract incidence of increases in ultraviolet B radiation due to ozone depletion. Data on the dose-response relation between ocular exposure to ultraviolet B radiation and cortical cataract were derived from a population-based study (the Salisbury Eye Evaluation Pr...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： West SK,Longstreth JD,Munoz BE,Pitcher HM,Duncan DD

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The causes of the racial/ethnic disparity in preterm birth (PTB) remain largely unknown; traditional risk factors such as smoking and prenatal care fail to account for it. The authors examined whether living in metropolitan areas (MAs) with high levels of residential racial segregation along multiple dimensions (hyper...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Osypuk TL,Acevedo-Garcia D

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, the authors report on the design of a population-based case-control study of family history as a risk factor for coronary heart disease (CHD). They studied the characteristics of subjects who completed a detailed family history questionnaire in 1992-1994 as well as the accuracy of recall of family histo...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Silberberg JS,Wlodarczyk J,Fryer J,Ray CD,Hensley MJ

更新日期：1998-06-15 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 value of exercise during pregnancy is controversial; both benefits and risks have been hypothesized. As empiric evidence is scant, the issue was investigated in a prospective study that assessed the impact on fetal growth of maternal exercise in each trimester of pregnancy. A cohort of over 800 prenatal patients w...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Hatch MC,Shu XO,McLean DE,Levin B,Begg M,Reuss L,Susser M

更新日期：1993-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution and prevalence of spotted fever group rickettsial infection in the ixodid dog tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus were found to occur at a rate of 19.7% with variation related to geographic and sociooccupational factors. A higher rate of infection was demonstrated in ticks removed from dogs associated with ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Tringali G,Intonazzo V,Perna AM,Mansueto S,Vitale G,Walker DH

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association between cervix cancer and cigarette smoking was examined among 332 white cases and 1725 white controls. Cases were of lower socioeconomic status (SES) and smoked more than controls. After adjustment for both age and SES, no significant association was observed between cervix cancer and cigarette smokin...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Stellman SD,Austin H,Wynder EL

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies suggest that birth weight and weight gain during the first year of life are related to later risk of type 1 diabetes. The authors performed a systematic review and meta-analysis on these associations. Twelve studies involving 2,398,150 persons of whom 7,491 had type 1 diabetes provided odds ratios and...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Harder T,Roepke K,Diller N,Stechling Y,Dudenhausen JW,Plagemann A

更新日期：2009-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Childhood blood pressure (BP) is a strong predictor of later risk of cardiovascular disease. However, few studies have assessed dynamic BP trajectories throughout the early-life period. We investigated the relationship between early-life factors and systolic BP (SBP) from infancy to adolescence using linear spline mix...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Aris IM,Rifas-Shiman SL,Li LJ,Belfort MB,Hivert MF,Oken E

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors aimed to quantify the effects of current systolic blood pressure (SBP) and serum total cholesterol on the risk of mortality in comparison with SBP or serum cholesterol 25 years previously, taking measurement error into account. The authors reanalyzed 35-year follow-up data on mortality due to coronary hear...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Boshuizen HC,Lanti M,Menotti A,Moschandreas J,Tolonen H,Nissinen A,Nedeljkovic S,Kafatos A,Kromhout D

更新日期：2007-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors investigated timing and trajectories of fetal growth in relation to childhood development in the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development-Scandinavian Study of Successive Small-for-Gestational Age Births (1986-1988) (n = 1,059). Fetal size was assessed by ultrasound at 17, 25, and 33 gestat...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： von Ehrenstein OS,Mikolajczyk RT,Zhang J

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors investigated the association between intrauterine growth and intellectual disability (ID). The appropriateness of intrauterine growth was assessed using percentage of optimal birth weight, a measure that accounts for gestational age, maternal height, parity, and infant sex. Using population-based record li...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Leonard H,Nassar N,Bourke J,Blair E,Mulroy S,de Klerk N,Bower C

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a prospective study carried out in June 1979-April 1981, 134 of 1,458 adult inpatients at New England Deaconess Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, acquired 136 urinary tract infections during 1,474 indwelling bladder catheterizations. Multiple logistic regression analysis identified nine factors that were significant...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Platt R,Polk BF,Murdock B,Rosner B

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maternal angiogenic factors (placental growth factor, soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase 1 (Flt-1), and soluble endoglin) may be associated with fetal growth restriction, and the associations may differ according to stage of pregnancy. Among children born to pregnant women without preeclampsia in Norway between 1992 and...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Åsvold BO,Vatten LJ,Romundstad PR,Jenum PA,Karumanchi SA,Eskild A

更新日期：2011-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In this case-control study, the authors aimed to examine whether use of an electric bedding device increased breast cancer risk in African-American women. Cases were 304 African-American patients diagnosed with breast cancer during 1995-1998 who were aged 20-64 years and lived in one of three Tennessee counties. Contr...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Zhu K,Hunter S,Payne-Wilks K,Roland CL,Forbes DS

更新日期：2003-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors conducted an investigation to determine the extent and source of an outbreak of Salmonella typhimurium gastroenteritis that occurred following a community picnic in Juneau, Alaska, in 1992, and to evaluate risk factors for illness. A case-control study among 54 picnic attendees and a retrospective cohort s...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Gessner BD,Beller M

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is common in population screening surveys or in the investigation of new diagnostic tests to have results from one or more tests investigating the same condition or disease, none of which can be considered a gold standard. For example, two methods often used in population-based surveys for estimating the prevalence...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Joseph L,Gyorkos TW,Coupal L

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stroke mortality is reported to be greater in blacks than in whites, but stroke incidence data for blacks and Hispanics are sparse. The aim of this study was to determine and compare stroke incidence rates among whites, blacks, and Hispanics living in the same urban community. A population-based incidence study was co...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Sacco RL,Boden-Albala B,Gan R,Chen X,Kargman DE,Shea S,Paik MC,Hauser WA

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Copper, a strong prooxidant, may play a role in atherogenesis. The author examined the association between serum copper concentration and mortality from coronary heart disease using data from the Second National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1976-1992). Serum copper concentration was determined using atomic...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Ford ES

更新日期：2000-06-15 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：:The hypothesis that a low educational level increases the risk for Alzheimer's disease remains controversial. The authors studied the association of years of schooling with the risk for incident dementia and Alzheimer's disease by using pooled data from four European population-based follow-up studies. Dementia cases ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Letenneur L,Launer LJ,Andersen K,Dewey ME,Ott A,Copeland JR,Dartigues JF,Kragh-Sorensen P,Baldereschi M,Brayne C,Lobo A,Martinez-Lage JM,Stijnen T,Hofman A

更新日期：2000-06-01 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：:Despite growing interest and concern about men's mental health during the perinatal period, we still do not know whether men are more vulnerable to mental health problems during this time. The current study is one of the first to use longitudinal, population-based data to investigate whether becoming an expectant and/...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Leach LS,Olesen SC,Butterworth P,Poyser C

更新日期：2014-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiologic studies suggest positive associations between poor oral health and cardiovascular disease. The authors undertook a prospective study among 15,273 Swedish twins (1963-2000) to examine whether genetic factors underlying the 2 diseases could explain previous associations. They estimated hazard ratios and 95...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Mucci LA,Hsieh CC,Williams PL,Arora M,Adami HO,de Faire U,Douglass CW,Pedersen NL

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Worldwide, 1-4 per 1,000 births are affected by clubfoot. Clubfoot etiology is unclear, but both genetic and environmental factors are thought to be involved. Low folate status in pregnant women has been implicated in several congenital malformations, and folate metabolism may be affected by polymorphisms in the methy...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Sharp L,Miedzybrodzka Z,Cardy AH,Inglis J,Madrigal L,Barker S,Chesney D,Clark C,Maffulli N

更新日期：2006-11-01 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：:In this paper, the authors use the rubric of "coarsened data," of which missing and censored data are special cases, to motivate the elicitation and use of expert information for performing sensitivity analyses of censored event-time data. Elicited information is important because observed data are insufficient to est...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Shardell M,Scharfstein DO,Vlahov D,Galai N

更新日期：2008-12-15 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