abstract：:Many epidemiological studies showed associations of low birth weight with cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and obesity. The associations seem to be consistent and stronger among subjects with a postnatal catch up growth. It has been suggested that developmental changes in response to adverse fetal exposures mig...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Bakker H,Jaddoe VW

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this analysis is to compare screening strategies with haemoglobin A(1c) (HbA(1c)), fasting plasma glucose (FPG) or combined measures in the identification of individuals at high risk for diabetes. Applying American Diabetes Association thresholds for FPG and HbA(1c) screening, 6,803 subjects free of diabete...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Schöttker B,Raum E,Rothenbacher D,Müller H,Brenner H

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroimaging plays an important role in etiologic research on neurological diseases in the elderly. The Rotterdam Scan Study was initiated as part of the ongoing Rotterdam Study with the aim to unravel causes of neurological disease by performing neuroimaging in a population-based longitudinal setting. In 1995 and 199...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Ikram MA,van der Lugt A,Niessen WJ,Krestin GP,Koudstaal PJ,Hofman A,Breteler MM,Vernooij MW

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective was to examine the association between age at menarche and all-cause mortality. A population-based prospective study involving 55,128 Japanese women aged 40-79 years in 1988-1990 and followed up to December 2006 was used. A total of 6,967 deaths occurred during the follow-up. Hazard ratios (HR) and 95% c...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Tamakoshi K,Yatsuya H,Tamakoshi A,JACC Study Group.

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Higher adherence to a Mediterranean-type diet is linked to lower risk of mortality, cardiovascular disease and Alzheimer's disease while its association with disability has never been assessed. The aim of the study was to investigate the relation between adherence to a Mediterranean diet (MeDi) and disability in activ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Féart C,Pérès K,Samieri C,Letenneur L,Dartigues JF,Barberger-Gateau P

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the last decade there have been significant socio-demographic changes in Spain with potential impact on gestational length. The aim of the study was to describe the evolution of gestational age during 1997-2008, separately for native-born and immigrant population, in order to assess their contribution to the ov...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Castelló A,Río I,Sandín-Vázquez M,Bolúmar F

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obstetric and neonatal complications have been associated with completed and attempted suicide (suicidal acts) in young offspring. Maternal smoking is one of the most important risk factors for obstetric complications, but the association between prenatal smoking exposure and offspring risk of suicidal acts is unknown...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Cnattingius S,Svensson T,Granath F,Iliadou A

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rapid and continuing progress in gene discovery for complex diseases is fuelling interest in the potential application of genetic risk models for clinical and public health practice. The number of studies assessing the predictive ability is steadily increasing, but they vary widely in completeness of reporting and...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Janssens AC,Ioannidis JP,Bedrosian S,Boffetta P,Dolan SM,Dowling N,Fortier I,Freedman AN,Grimshaw JM,Gulcher J,Gwinn M,Hlatky MA,Janes H,Kraft P,Melillo S,O'Donnell CJ,Pencina MJ,Ransohoff D,Schully SD,Seminara D,

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monitoring perceptions, knowledge, attitudes and behaviors of populations during pandemic flu outbreaks is important as it allows communication strategies to be adjusted to meet emerging needs and assessment to be made of the effects of recommendations for prevention. The ongoing Italian Behavioral Risk Factor Surveil...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Ferrante G,Baldissera S,Moghadam PF,Carrozzi G,Trinito MO,Salmaso S

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The benefits of leisure time physical activity (LTPA) in cardiovascular prevention are well established. While cardiac rehabilitation programmes have been demonstrated as improving myocardial infarction (MI) prognosis, the strength of the association between LTPA and post-MI survival has yet to be quantified. We evalu...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Gerber Y,Myers V,Goldbourt U,Benyamini Y,Scheinowitz M,Drory Y

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess whether two inflammatory markers, C-reactive protein (CRP) and interleukin-6 (IL-6), and change in their concentrations over 12 years, are associated with lung function (FVC and FEV(1)) 12 years after baseline. Data are from over 1,500 participants free from self-reported respiratory problems in a large-scal...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Gimeno D,Delclos GL,Ferrie JE,De Vogli R,Elovainio M,Marmot MG,Kivimäki M

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The contribution of different biological pathways to the development of type 2 diabetes was quantified in a case-cohort design based on circulating blood biomarkers from participants aged 35-65 years in the EPIC-Potsdam Study. The analytic sample included 613 participants with incident diabetes and 1965 participants w...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Montonen J,Drogan D,Joost HG,Boeing H,Fritsche A,Schleicher E,Schulze MB,Pischon T

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Germany, the proportion of foreign national residents receiving an invalidity pension is higher than that of Germans. Lower utilization and effectiveness of medical rehabilitation are presumed to be the main reasons. We aimed to examine whether differences in utilization and effectiveness of medical rehabilitation ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Brzoska P,Voigtländer S,Spallek J,Razum O

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We discuss the analytic and practical considerations in a large case-control study that had two control groups; the first control group consisting of partners of patients and the second obtained by random digit dialling (RDD). As an example of the evaluation of a general lifestyle factor, we present body mass index (B...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Pomp ER,Van Stralen KJ,Le Cessie S,Vandenbroucke JP,Rosendaal FR,Doggen CJ

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inadequate childhood nutrition is associated with poor short-term academic and cognitive outcomes. Dietary supplementation with meat is associated with better cognitive outcome in children. Whether childhood nutrition has life long effects on cognitive function is unclear. We examined the association of childhood meat...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Heys M,Jiang C,Schooling CM,Zhang W,Cheng KK,Lam TH,Leung GM

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BSE is a zoonotic disease that caused the emergence of variant Creuzfeldt-Jakob disease in the mid 1990s. The trend of the BSE epidemic in seven European countries was assessed and compared, using Age-Period-Cohort and Reproduction Ratio modelling applied to surveillance data 2001-2007. A strong decline in BSE risk wa...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Ducrot C,Sala C,Ru G,de Koeijer A,Sheridan H,Saegerman C,Selhorst T,Arnold M,Polak MP,Calavas D

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:External causes of death are important in the pediatric population worldwide. We performed an analysis of all injury-fatalities in children between ages zero and 17 years, between January 2000 and December 2006, in San Diego County, California, United States of America. Information was obtained from the County of San ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Fraga AM,Fraga GP,Stanley C,Costantini TW,Coimbra R

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic health problems may be related to body mass index (BMI, kg/m(2)), but this has been best documented in overweight and obese adults. The primary objective of this study was to identify factors associated with different categories of BMI in elderly men and women from the general population, also including the lo...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Kvamme JM,Wilsgaard T,Florholmen J,Jacobsen BK

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an effort to increase the amount of organs available for transplantation, many countries have implemented presumed consent for organ donation. Presuming a wish to contribute to medical advances through biobank research on previously taken tissue samples could similarly improve health and wellbeing. In this article ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Forsberg JS,Eriksson S,Hansson MG

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The trend towards increased psychotropic drug prescribing in children and adolescents is well recognised in North America and continental Europe. However, it is unclear to what extent these studies are applicable to clinical practice in the United Kingdom (UK). This study was conducted to estimate the preval...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Hsia Y,Maclennan K

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the association of childhood parental history of type 2 diabetes and the risk of diabetes in adulthood. Observations were made on a community-based cohort of normoglycemic (n = 1619), pre-diabetic (n = 78), and type 2 diabetic (n = 50) adult subjects followed serially for cardiovascular risk factors over 22 ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Nguyen QM,Srinivasan SR,Xu JH,Chen W,Berenson GS

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the associations between 21 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of eight lipid metabolism genes and lipid levels in a Chinese population. This study was conducted as part of a population-based study in China with 799 randomly selected healthy residents who provided fasting blood and an in-person intervi...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Andreotti G,Menashe I,Chen J,Chang SC,Rashid A,Gao YT,Han TQ,Sakoda LC,Chanock S,Rosenberg PS,Hsing AW

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Investigators in modern molecular/genetic epidemiology studies commonly analyze data on a vast number of candidate genetic markers. In such situations, rather than conventional estimation of effects (odds ratios), more accurate estimation methods are needed. The author proposes consideration of empirical Bayes and sem...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Strömberg U

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines predictors of locating participants that were last contacted 20 years ago using public web-search directories, in order to facilitate longitudinal environmental health research. Participants (n = 3,202) resided in four distinct geographical neighborhoods in Hamilton, Ontario during childhood; they ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Barakat-Haddad CP,Elliott SJ,Eyles J,Pengelly D

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Self-rated health (SRH) is widely used to compare population health across countries, but comparability is often hampered by the use of different versions of this item. This study compares the WHO recommended version (ranging from 'very good' to 'very bad') with the US version (ranging from 'excellent' to 'po...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Jürges H,Avendano M,Mackenbach JP

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The minimal sufficient cause (MSC) model, also known as the sufficient component cause model, has been used to facilitate understanding of several key concepts in epidemiology. To improve the understanding of mediation, we introduce a causal model for mediation that is grounded in the MSC approach. First, we describe ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Hafeman DM

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study investigated whether the association between passive smoking exposure and dysmenorrhea is modified by two susceptibility genes, CYP1A1MspI and CYP1A1HincII. METHODS:This report includes 1,645 (1,124 no dysmenorrhea, 521 dysmenorrhea) non-smoking and non-drinking newly wedding female workers at Anqin...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Lei L,Ye L,Liu H,Chen C,Fang Z,Wang L,Hu Y,Chen D

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although a regular moderate physical activity is commonly accepted as an important heath promoting factor, the role of professional sport training is still under debate. The presented mortality analysis, concerning the period of 1946-2000, was performed for three groups of people completely healthy in youth, but exhib...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Gajewski AK,Poznańska A

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Consumption of high doses of alcohol on a single occasion (binge drinking) may harm the developing foetus and pregnant women are advised to avoid binge drinking while pregnant. We present characteristics of Danish women who binge drank in the pre-and post recognised part of their pregnancy. METHODS:During t...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Strandberg-Larsen K,Rod Nielsen N,Nybo Andersen AM,Olsen J,Grønbaek M

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Associations of cognitive function assessed in adulthood with coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke might reflect a causal effect or could be explained by residual confounding or a common underlying pathology (atherosclerosis) that links both declines in cognitive function and increased risk of cardiovascu...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Lawlor DA,Batty GD,Clark H,McIntyre S,Leon DA

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on the first case-control study to investigate the role of wider environmental and socioeconomic factors upon human cryptosporidiosis. Using GIS the detailed locations of 3368 laboratory-confirmed cases were compared to the locations of an equal number of controls. All cases were genotyped enabling Cryptospo...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Lake IR,Harrison FC,Chalmers RM,Bentham G,Nichols G,Hunter PR,Kovats RS,Grundy C

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Relatively few data are available to predict a complicated course of community-acquired complicated urinary tract infections (UTIs) in patients with diabetes type 2 (DM2). The aim of this study was to assess predictors for a complicated course of UTIs in DM2 patients in primary care. METHOD:We conducted a c...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Venmans LM,Sloof M,Hak E,Gorter KJ,Rutten GE

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 170 Campylobacter jejuni strains isolated from the stool of children with clinical gastroenteritis, aged from 3 months to 14 years, were collected during a two-year period (2004-2005). From the 170 strains 30% were resistant to ciprofloxacin (MIC > or = 4 microg/ml), 55% to tetracycline (MIC > 8 microg/ml),...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Papavasileiou E,Voyatzi A,Papavasileiou K,Makri A,Andrianopoulou I,Chatzipanagiotou S

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:C-reactive protein (CRP) was proposed as a stronger predictor of cardiovascular events than low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C); however, these associations may differ between myocardial infarction (MI) and stroke. We compared statistically the associations of CRP and LDL-C levels with risk of MI versus stroke...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Pischon T,Möhlig M,Hoffmann K,Spranger J,Weikert C,Willich SN,Pfeiffer AF,Boeing H

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methods for efficiently identifying subjects with constantly acidic pH in epidemiological and clinical studies have not been assessed. We recruited 30 volunteers to estimate the minimum number of urine pH measurements using pH strips needed to identify subjects with "constantly acidic urine pH". Spearman's correlation...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Alguacil J,Pfeiffer RM,Moore LE,Del Fresno MR,Medina-Lopez R,Kogevinas M,Vermeulen R,Dosemeci M,Silverman DT,Rothman N,García-Closas M

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study is to investigate whether there is an association between exercise participation and self-rated health and whether this association can be explained by common genes and/or common environmental influences. In a sample of 5,140 Dutch adult twins and their non-twin siblings from 2,831 families, ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： De Moor MH,Stubbe JH,Boomsma DI,De Geus EJ

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined factors associated with increased mortality in a cohort of 85,203 adults with a history of imprisonment in New South Wales, Australia, between 1988 and 2002. Information on death was collected through linkage to the Australian National Death Index. The influence of demographic and criminological factors on...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Kariminia A,Law MG,Butler TG,Corben SP,Levy MH,Kaldor JM,Grant L

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin resistance, low HDL-cholesterol and microalbuminuria are important components of the metabolic syndrome as defined by WHO. Insulin resistance and low HDL-cholesterol are also common in chronic kidney disease (CKD), but it is not clear whether they are early or late phenomenons in the development of renal failu...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Kronborg J,Jenssen T,Njølstad I,Toft I,Eriksen BO

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical course of chronic hepatitis C (CHC) is generally asymptomatic in children. The aim of this study was to examine the influence of HCV RNA in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) on the clinical course of CHC considering age at the time of infection, length of infection, hepatitis virus C (HCV) genoty...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Kowala-Piaskowska A,Mozer-Lisewska I,Figlerowicz M,Słuzewski W

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify predictors of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) severity and assess the relation between COPD severity and risk of cardiovascular outcomes. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING:A cohort of patients with diagnosed and treated COPD was compiled from the Saskatchewan Health longitudinal databases. We...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Curkendall SM,Lanes S,de Luise C,Stang MR,Jones JK,She D,Goehring E Jr

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00