abstract：PURPOSE:We investigated understudied biomarker-based diabetes among young US adults, traditionally characterized by low cardiovascular disease risk. METHODS:We examined 15,701 participants aged 24 to 32 years at Wave IV of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health, 2008). The study used innovati...

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： Nguyen QC,Whitsel EA,Tabor JW,Cuthbertson CC,Wener MH,Potter AJ,Halpern CT,Killeya-Jones LA,Hussey JM,Suchindran C,Harris KM

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Selection bias is a form of systematic error that can be severe in compromised study designs such as case-control studies with inappropriate selection mechanisms or follow-up studies that suffer from extensive attrition. External adjustment for selection bias is commonly undertaken when such bias is suspected, ...

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： Thompson CA,Arah OA

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In longitudinal studies, the onset of the index condition (e.g. exposure) does not always coincide with the start of a study's observation period, leading to the possibility of bias in estimation that derives from studying prevalent exposure rather than new exposure. We investigate the possible role of this bia...

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： Heaton B,Applebaum KM,Rothman KJ,Brooks DR,Heeren T,Dietrich T,Garcia RI

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine the associations between social class at ages 0, 5, 10, 30, and 34 years and physical activity at age 34 years using a novel approach to analysis of life course data. METHODS:We used structural equation modeling to compare three competing models in life course epidemiology: the accumulation of risk ...

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： Juneau CE,Sullivan A,Dodgeon B,Côté S,Ploubidis GB,Potvin L

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Life expectancy is used to measure population health, but large differences in mortality can be masked even when there is no life expectancy gap. We demonstrate how Arriaga's decomposition method can be used to assess inequality in mortality between populations with near equal life expectancy. METHODS:We calcu...

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： Auger N,Feuillet P,Martel S,Lo E,Barry AD,Harper S

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Understanding how to mitigate the present black-white obesity disparity in the United States is a complex issue, stemming from a multitude of intertwined causes. An appropriate but underused approach to guiding policy approaches to this problem is to account for this complexity using simulation modeling. METHO...

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： Orr MG,Galea S,Riddle M,Kaplan GA

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of the study was to assess the relationship between age of arrival of male pediatric immigrant populations in Israel and their risk for subsequent high-weight morbidity at adolescence. METHODS:The study analyzed a pooled cross section of 89,744 foreign-born male Jewish study participants, who were born...

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： Meydan C,Twig G,Derazne E,Tzur D,Gordon B,Shamiss A,Afek A

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Oxidative stress is defined as an imbalance between pro-oxidants and antioxidants. Previous research found that a single comprehensive oxidative balance score (OBS) that includes individual pro- and anti-oxidant exposures may be associated with various conditions (including prostate cancer) in the absence of as...

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： Lakkur S,Goodman M,Bostick RM,Citronberg J,McClellan W,Flanders WD,Judd S,Stevens VL

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:There are limited data on vascular predictors of long-term disability in Hispanics. We hypothesized that (1) functional status declines over time and (2) vascular risk factors predict functional decline. METHODS:The Northern Manhattan Study contains a population-based study of 3298 stroke-free individuals aged...

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： Dhamoon MS,Moon YP,Paik MC,Sacco RL,Elkind MS

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the longitudinal associations between exposure to violence with a weapon during the past year among adolescents and hypertension during adulthood, including the extent to which adult cardiovascular risk factors mediated the association. METHODS:Secondary analysis of the National Longitudinal Stud...

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： Ford JL,Browning CR

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Most studies, primarily conducted in populations of European ancestry, reported increased risk of head and neck cancer (HNC) associated with leanness (body mass index [BMI] <18.5 kg/m(2)) and decreased for overweight or obesity (25.0 to <30.0 and >30 kg/m(2), respectively), compared with normal weight (18.5 to ...

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： Petrick JL,Gaudet MM,Weissler MC,Funkhouser WK,Olshan AF

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the association between physical activity (PA) across the menstrual cycle and reproductive function. METHODS:The BioCycle Study (2005-2007) followed 259 healthy premenopausal women not using hormonal contraceptives for up to two menstrual cycles (N = 509 cycles). Serum leptin, estradiol, progestero...

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： Ahrens KA,Vladutiu CJ,Mumford SL,Schliep KC,Perkins NJ,Wactawski-Wende J,Schisterman EF

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Poor and disparate reproductive health outcomes in the United States may be related to inadequate and differential receipt of women's health care. We investigated trends in and determinants of adult U.S. women's health service use, 2006-2010. METHODS:We analyzed population data from 7897 women aged 25-44 years...

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： Hall KS,Dalton V,Johnson TR

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We examined whether differences in findings of studies examining mild cognitive impairment (MCI) were associated with recruitment methods by comparing sample characteristics in two contemporaneous Australian studies, using population-based and convenience sampling. METHOD:The Sydney Memory and Aging Study invi...

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： Brodaty H,Mothakunnel A,de Vel-Palumbo M,Ames D,Ellis KA,Reppermund S,Kochan NA,Savage G,Trollor JN,Crawford J,Sachdev PS

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Determinants of oxidative capacity, such as fitness and level of adiposity, are strongly associated with type 2 diabetes. Whether decreased oxidative capacity itself is a cause or consequence of insulin resistance and diabetes is unknown. METHODS:We examined the association of plasma lactate, a marker of oxida...

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： Juraschek SP,Selvin E,Miller ER,Brancati FL,Young JH

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This cohort study examined the relationship between maternal intake of individual fatty acids, meat, and fish during pregnancy and the risk of wheeze and eczema in children aged 23-29 months because epidemiologic evidence on this topic is inconclusive. METHODS:Subjects were 1354 Japanese mother-child pairs. Da...

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： Miyake Y,Tanaka K,Okubo H,Sasaki S,Arakawa M

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Social and economic contextual factors may promote concurrent sexual partnerships, which can accelerate population HIV transmission and are more common among African Americans than U.S. Whites. We investigated the relationship between contextual factors and concurrency. METHODS:We analyzed past 12-month concur...

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： Adimora AA,Schoenbach VJ,Taylor EM,Khan MR,Schwartz RJ,Miller WC

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The relationship between duration of cigarette smoking and the risk of oropharyngeal cancer has not been studied in the general Japanese population. Thus, the aim of the present study was to examine the relationship between the duration of cigarette smoking and the risk of oropharyngeal cancer mortality in the ...

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： Saito N,Sairenchi T,Irie F,Iso H,Iimura K,Watanabe H,Muto T,Ota H

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Childhood poverty heightens the risk of adulthood cardiovascular disease (CVD), but the underlying pathways are poorly understood. Three lifecourse models have been proposed but have never been tested among youth. We assessed the longitudinal association of childhood poverty with CVD risk factors in 10-year-o...

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： Kakinami L,Séguin L,Lambert M,Gauvin L,Nikiema B,Paradis G

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study examined how race-ethnicity, nativity, and education interact to influence disparities in cardiovascular (CV) health, a new concept defined by the American Heart Association. We assessed whether race-ethnicity and nativity disparities in CV health vary by education and whether the foreign-born differ...

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： Bostean G,Roberts CK,Crespi CM,Prelip M,Peters A,Belin TR,McCarthy WJ

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To provide information about lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) veterans' health status, diagnoses, and health screening behaviors compared with heterosexual veterans. METHODS:Data are from 10 states' 2010 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System surveys that contained sexual orientation data for veterans (n =...

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： Blosnich JR,Silenzio VM

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Studies have shown that some specific body measures are associated with the occurrence of cancers. Few studies have demonstrated the relationship with more comprehensive approaches. This study aims to explore body measures and the combinations associated with internal organ cancers. METHODS:Three-dimensional...

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： Hsu KH,Shih CP,Liao PJ

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To identify individual- and neighborhood-level correlates of membership within high HIV prevalence drug networks. METHODS:We recruited 378 New York City drug users via respondent-driven sampling (2006-2009). Individual-level characteristics and recruiter-recruit relationships were ascertained and merged with 2...

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： Rudolph AE,Crawford ND,Latkin C,Fowler JH,Fuller CM

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We assessed the accuracy of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination status based on adult proxy recall and household immunization records for adolescent females in the United States. METHODS:We used data from the 2010 National Immunization Survey-Teen for females aged 13 to 17 years. The accuracy of HPV vaccina...

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： Ojha RP,Tota JE,Offutt-Powell TN,Klosky JL,Ashokkumar R,Gurney JG

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Our aim was examine the association between black tea consumption and risk of total stroke and stroke types in a prospective study. METHODS:A total of 74,961 Swedish women and men who were free of cardiovascular disease and cancer at baseline in 1997 were followed up through December 2008. Tea consumption was ...

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： Larsson SC,Virtamo J,Wolk A

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We aimed to explore the relationship between physician characteristics and their prescribing behavior regarding category D and X drugs for pregnant women by using a population-based data set in Taiwan. METHODS:The sampled population for the study included 14,430 women. These women received a total of 198,420 p...

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： Weng SS,Chen YH,Lin CC,Keller JJ,Wang IT,Lin HC

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The association between glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), medication use/adherence, and mortality stratified by race/ethnicity was examined in a national cohort of veterans with type 2 diabetes. METHODS:A total of 892,223 veterans with diabetes in 2002 were followed through 2006. HbA1c category was the main exposur...

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： Hunt KJ,Gebregziabher M,Lynch CP,Echols C,Mauldin PD,Egede LE

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Increasing numbers of women achieve extremely high education, but the association with preterm birth (PTB) is poorly understood, especially over the life course. We sought to determine how very high educational attainment is associated with PTB, and to assess differences by maternal age and nativity. METHODS:D...

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： Auger N,Abrahamowicz M,Park AL,Wynant W

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Both obesity and gamma glutamyltransferase (GGT) are individually considered to be closely associated with metabolic syndrome (MetS). Whether the 2 factors synergistically associate with MetS is not yet confirmed. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether obesity and GGT are interactively associated ...

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： Hwang AC,Lin YC,Liu PT,Kao YM,Chen JD

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To test the association between income inequality and elderly self-rated health and to propose a pathway to explain the relationship. METHODS:We analyzed a sample of 2143 older individuals (60 years of age and over) from 49 distritos of the Municipality of São Paulo, Brazil. Bayesian multilevel logistic models...

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： Chiavegatto Filho AD,Lebrão ML,Kawachi I

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Diabetes increases the risk of ischemic heart disease (IHD). Stringent control of diabetes does not reliably reduce cardiovascular events. Some global regions, such as East Asia, have low mortality rates from IHD and high rates of diabetes. We hypothesized that some aspects of liver function might underlie this...

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： Schooling CM,Kelvin EA,Jones HE

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A common epidemiologic objective is to evaluate the contribution of residential context to individual-level disparities by race or socioeconomic position. PURPOSE:We reviewed analytic strategies to account for the total (observed and unobserved factors) contribution of environmental context to health inequa...

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： Schempf AH,Kaufman JS

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To reanalyze results reported in 2008, using propensity score matching, to test the treatment effect of non-leisure physical activity on survival. METHODS:McCullagh's ordinal logit model was used to estimate propensity scores, separately for adults aged 35-59 and 60-74 years at baseline in the National Health ...

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： Park J,Russell LB

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elevated blood pressure is a highly prevalent condition that is etiologically related to coronary heart disease and stroke, two of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality throughout the world. Excess salt (sodium chloride) intake is a major determinant of elevated blood pressure. In this article, we discuss the ...

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： Appel LJ,Angell SY,Cobb LK,Limper HM,Nelson DE,Samet JM,Brownson RC

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Breast density and body mass index (BMI) are correlated attributes and are both potentially modifiable risk factors for breast cancer. However, relationships between these factors and risk of molecularly-defined subtypes of breast cancer have not been established. METHODS:We used breast density and BMI data co...

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： Phipps AI,Buist DS,Malone KE,Barlow WE,Porter PL,Kerlikowske K,O'Meara ES,Li CI

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Preterm birth is associated with gastric acid-related disorders in infancy, but no investigators have examined this association beyond early childhood. We used antisecretory medication data to explore whether preterm birth is associated with gastric acid-related disorders in young adulthood. METHODS:We conduct...

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： Crump C,Winkleby MA,Sundquist J,Sundquist K

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Interactions between bacterial vaginosis (BV) and inflammatory sexually transmitted infections, such as gonorrhea and chlamydial infection, are not well understood. Furthermore, evidence regarding the sexual transmission of BV is equivocal. METHODS:We assessed associations between incident BV and incidences of...

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： Gallo MF,Macaluso M,Warner L,Fleenor ME,Hook EW 3rd,Brill I,Weaver MA

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Maternal marriage is protective against preterm birth (PTB), whereas advanced maternal age is associated with increased PTB risk. Because relations between social factors and health may vary during the life course, we assessed how the relation between marital status and PTB risk may change with maternal age. M...

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： El-Sayed AM,Tracy M,Galea S

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To estimate the effect of hypothetical changes in modifiable predictors on the incidence of fair-to-poor self-rated health (SRH) in breast cancer survivors. METHODS:In 2007-2008, we interviewed 832 breast cancer survivors 1 year after diagnosis (baseline) and 1 year later. First, multivariable logistic regress...

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： Schootman M,Deshpande AD,Pruitt S,Aft R,Jeffe DB

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine associations between racial discrimination, mood disorders, and cardiovascular disease (CVD) among Black Americans. METHODS:Weighted logistic regression analyses were performed on a nationally representative sample of Black Americans (n = 5022) in the National Survey of American Life (NSAL; 2001-200...

journal_title：Annals of epidemiology

authors： Chae DH,Nuru-Jeter AM,Lincoln KD,Jacob Arriola KR

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00