abstract：:The aim of the study was to assess the performance of weight related nutritional markers [reported involuntary weight loss (WL) greater than 10%, measured WL and body mass index (BMI)] in predicting survival at AIDS stage. The three anthropometric indices were used as time dependent variables in Cox models to predict ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Thiébaut R,Malvy D,Marimoutou C,Davis F

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent epidemiological studies have suggested passive smoking as possible risk factors in breast cancer etiology. However, the evidence is not conclusive. We conducted a meta-analysis of the risk of breast cancer associated with passive smoking. Eleven studies were identified through Medline, Cancer Abstracts and abst...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Khuder SA,Simon VJ Jr

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the role of sexual transmission for Hepatitis C virus (HCV) we studied its prevalence in sub-Saharan Africa where sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are prevalent. Overall, HCV prevalence was 3.9% and similar in 206 STD patients, 127 dermatology patients, and 100 blood donors. No association with HIV ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Maida MJ,Daly CC,Hoffman I,Cohen MS,Kumwenda M,Vernazza PL

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence suggests potential associations between birthweight and disease in later life. For resource or other reasons recorded birthweight may be unavailable to researchers who have access to uniquely relevant outcome data. The present study examined the validity of parental recall of birthweight. Parents of 10...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Walton KA,Murray LJ,Gallagher AM,Cran GW,Savage MJ,Boreham C

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine whether deer may play a role in the cycle of the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi, we sought evidence for the presence of the pathogen in skin of deer and roe deer. Biopsies of 2 mm3 were taken at four different levels from nail to tarsus. A total of 50 animals (200 biopsies) were shot in the ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Pichon B,Gilot B,Pérez-Eid C

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the role of nutritional factors in the etiology of endometrial cancer, we performed a case-cohort analysis using data from women enrolled in the National Breast Screening Study in Canada from 1980 to 1985. For this analysis, a subcohort was constructed by selecting a 10% random sample from the 56,837 women...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Jain MG,Rohan TE,Howe GR,Miller AB

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In epidemiological studies abundant physical activity has been related to decreased breast cancer risk, though the results have been inconsistent. The purpose of this paper was to study the association of physical activity at leisure and commuting to work and incidence of breast cancer. METHODS:The study co...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Luoto R,Latikka P,Pukkala E,Hakulinen T,Vihko V

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite abundant literature the respective roles of psychosomatic status, personality, health perception, family environment, and sport activity in tobacco, alcohol and illicit drug use have not been well known. To assess their roles, an epidemiological cross-sectional study was conducted in 3294 middle and high schoo...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Challier B,Chau N,Prédine R,Choquet M,Legras B

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective was to determine the prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in long-stay institutionalized mentally handicapped adults and to develop a vaccination programme for them. The study was carried out in 1994. The subjects were 171 mentally handicapped adults aged 37-76 (median age 56) with a median ho...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Asensio F,Bayas JM,Bertran MJ,Asenjo MA

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differing pathological haemodynamics in cardiac malformations lead to varying modes and timings of presentation. This study identifies historical trends in presentation of congenital heart disease in a population-based study. All patients diagnosed as having congenital heart disease in Malta between 1960-1994 were inc...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Grech V

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While irregular menstruations have been associated with lower cumulative exposure to the ovarian steroids, shorter regular cycles have been postulated to increase the cumulative exposure. Epidemiological correlates with menstrual patterns were analyzed among 4900 premenopausal women aged 45 or younger from the New Yor...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Kato I,Toniolo P,Koenig KL,Shore RE,Zeleniuch-Jacquotte A,Akhmedkhanov A,Riboli E

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The last case of poliomyelitis due to transmission of indigenous wild poliovirus occurred in Italy in 1982. To achieve the certification of the eradication of poliomyelitis in Italy, an active surveillance of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) in the population aged less than 15 years was set up following the World Health ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Fiore L,Novello F,Simeoni P,Amato C,Vellucci L,De Stefano D,Grandolfo ME,Luzzi I

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to gastroduodenal diseases, Helicobacter pylori infection has been associated with extradigestive diseases, including coronary heart disease. Different studies have failed to demonstrate a clear association. The aim of this work was to carry out a meta-analysis of these studies' results, with a special emp...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Pellicano R,Mladenova I,Broutet N,Salmi LR,Mégraud F

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cystinuria is an autosomal recessive disorder of the kidneys and small intestine, affecting a luminal transport mechanism shared by cystine, ornithine, arginine and lysine. When cystine exceeds its solubility at low pH, the risk of stone formation increases. The data reported in the literature show a variation for the...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Cabello-Tomás ML,García-Gómez AM,Guillén-Domínguez ML

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The general objective of randomized clinical trials is to assess if the treatment effect on a given population is clinically meaningful. In this way, one obtains an average estimate of the treatment effect over the trial population. However, a growing need for medical practitioners is to be able to predict with suffic...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Li W,Boissel JP,Cucherat M,Gueyffier F,Boutitie F

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis B has long been a serious public health problem in Greece. In recent years, a decline in hepatitis B infection is observed ascribable to many factors such as demographic and socioeconomic changes, medical precautions, use of disposable medical equipments, screening of blood donors and vaccination. We studied...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Stamouli M,Gizaris V,Totos G,Papaevangelou G

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To test the hypothesis that osteoporosis, which results partly from long-term estrogen deficiency, is associated with a lowered risk of breast cancer, a population-based cohort study was performed in Amiens. To ascertain the incidence of breast cancer, 1300 women were followed through after a first hip fracture. Overa...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Ganry O,Peng J,Dubreuil A

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pattern of faecal excretion of Vibrio cholerae was studied over a duration of eight months among 13 cholera convalescents by two-weekly surveillance cultures. Stools and rectal swabs were cultured on Thiosulphate citrate bile salts sucrose (TCBS) agar for the recovery of vibrio pathogens. Clinical phase and conval...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Utsalo SJ,Eko FO,Umoh F,Asindi AA

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:The haemodialysis patients are an high risk population for hepatitis viral infections. While the incidence of HBV has decreased worldwide, HCV is now the major cause of viral infection in these patients. The aim of our study was to define a complete map of patients undergoing routine replacement therapy by h...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Scotto G,Avcella F,Panunzio M,Savastano AM,Ktena M,Forcella M,Fazio V,Calzone G,Passione A,Procaccini D,Demin A,Stallone C

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objectives of the cross-sectional study (EpiCoS) were to describe, at different stages, volunteers offering their blood, and to characterize various ways of collecting blood. From 15 September 1996 to 31 December 1996, individuals presenting at fixed or mobile sessions in one of 11 randomly selected blood banks we...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Lawson-Ayayi S,Salmi LR

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To estimate the prevalence of infection by hepatitis C virus (HCV) in general practice, and to investigate attitudes to screening for HCV, a specific questionnaire was sent to the sentinel general practitioners (SGPs) of the French Sentinel Network. From the figures reported by SGPs, the number of anti-HCV tests perfo...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Massari V,Retel O,Flahault A

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven healthy young men, aged 18-19, from two distinct regions of Central Italy, Abruzzo and Marche, have been investigated during the military medical examination to evaluate pigmentary traits and skin phototypes. They were examined over the entire body except the scalp and ano-...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Ballone E,Passamonti M,Lappa G,Di Blasio G,Fazii P

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A seroprevalence survey of antibodies to HCV was carried out among 2788 hemodialysis (HD) patients in a region of central Italy. Anti-HCV seroprevalence was 28.6%. A multivariate analysis of risk factors showed a significant association with time on HD, history of blood transfusion and metropolitan area of residence. ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Di Lallo D,Miceli M,Petrosillo N,Perucci CA,Moscatelli M

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We carried out an epidemiological study on 2717 patients seen on a regular basis at Italian Cystic Fibrosis Centers with the aim of defining the prevalence of multiresistant Gram-negative strains in Italy. We found 272 multiresistant strains out of 1560 Gram-negative strains isolated in 1012 Italian cystic fibrosis pa...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Taccetti G,Campana S,Marianelli L

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the availability of a safe and efficacious vaccine, new cases of infection by hepatitis B virus (HBV) still occur at a substantial rate. This increases the current prevalence of chronic HBV carriers (10% of newly infected subjects) and in the long run, will raise the incidence of chronic liver disease. The sur...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Massari V,Maison P,Desenclos JC,Flahault A

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-allergen antibodies were searched for by an Enzyme Immunoassay in the sera obtained from 60 patients with a clinical diagnosis of asthma. Allergic rhinitis was also present in 28 patients. The diagnosis of asthma was based on clinical criteria that include history and clinical evidence of airflow obstruction. Ten...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Ramadan F,Hamadeh F,Abdelnoor AM

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection with Hepatitis C virus is a significant public health problem that has important clinical and financial consequences. Understanding of the epidemiology of HCV is needed to help define future therapeutic and preventive strategies. So far, the importance and characteristics of the epidemics have been best appr...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Raguin G,Rosenthal E,Cacoub P,Veyssier P,Piette JC,Micoud M

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GB virus C subtype (GBV-C) seems to share the same routes of transmission as other parenteral transmitted viruses. We have evaluated the prevalence of GBV-C in 247 patients with potential risk for GBV-C infection and in 91 healthy blood donors. The presence of GBV-C RNA was examined by polymerase chain reaction in ser...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Quirós E,Piédrola G,Maroto MC

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to compare attitudes and management concerning hyperlipidaemia and risk factors for coronary heart disease among doctors in northern and in southern Europe, a questionnaire study was undertaken among doctors in primary health care and departments of internal medicine in Sicily and Stockholm. The regions diffe...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Danielsson B,Vancheri F,Aberg H,Strender LE

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate completeness of tuberculosis notification in Bichat Claude-Bernard University Hospital and to evaluate whether misclassification of atypical mycobacterial infection could have contributed to the inaccuracy of tuberculosis notification. Data from Microbiology Laboratory of the hosp...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Denic L,Lucet JC,Pierre J,Deblangy C,Kosmann MJ,Carbonne A,Bouvet E

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Faecal swabs obtained from 126 calves and 118 cows in Argentina were investigated for the presence of verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC). VTEC strains were recovered from 10 (23%) of 43 calves with diarrhoea, from 24 (29%) of 83 healthy calves, from 40 (44%) of 91 healthy cows waiting at the slaughterhouse, a...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Sanz ME,Viñas MR,Parma AE

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The level of toxigenic moulds and mycotoxins were analyzed in 62 samples of medicinal plant material and 11 herbal tea samples. The most predominant fungi detected were: Aspergillus, Penicillium, Mucor, Rhizopus, Absidia, Alternaria, Cladosporium and Trichoderma. Aspergillus flavus, a known producer of the aflatoxin m...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Halt M

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was carried out in order to monitor the epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis disease in the Padua Health District over the period 1985-1996 with a view to the situation in some population subgroups. The average annual rate per 100,000 persons per year was 7.9 with a peak in 1994 (15.6 per 100,0...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Baldo V,Menegon T,Zannoni F,Angelopoulos A,Majori S,Piron L,Renzulli G,Trivello R

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In spring 1996, an outbreak of Q fever occurred among residents of a rural town (population: 300) in Germany. A retrospective cohort study was conducted to ascertain the extent of the outbreak and to assess potential risk factors for illness. In July 1996, all residents > or =15 years received a self-administered ques...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Lyytikäinen O,Ziese T,Schwartländer B,Matzdorff P,Kuhnhen C,Jäger C,Petersen L

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cross-sectional population survey using a random, stratified sample into phases was conducted in order to assess the prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension in Albacete (a south-eastern province in Spain) with 248000 inhabitants over 18 years of age. The sample size was of 1322 people. Both sys...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Puras A,Sanchis C,Artigao LM,Divison JA

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A biphasic outbreak of gastroenteritis caused by Salmonella hadar affected canteen employees and workers at a construction site in central Italy in September 1994. There were 448 symptomatic cases, from 61 of whom group C Salmonella was isolated. Six cases were canteen employees. Twenty-two other individuals were asym...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Faustini A,Sangalli M,Fantasia M,Manganello R,Mattaccini E,Trippanera R,Spera D,La Rosa U,Topi MT,Forastiere F,Perucci CA

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A two-stage cross-sectional study was conducted in a 951-bed acute-care hospital: a first survey designed to determine the profile of patients aged > or = 64 years needing supportive social/health care services, in which 38 patients discharged between June and July, 1992 (group 1) with social/health care problems that...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Lledó R,Martín E,Jiménez C,Roca R,Gil A,Godoy E,Trilla A,Grau J,Asenjo MA

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone Paget's disease is heterogeneously distributed and several foci of high prevalence have been reported in Spain. The aim of the present work was to determine the prevalence of the disease in a zone situated in the northwestern sector of the Province of Salamanca (Spain) using a cross sectional epi-demiological stu...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Mirón-Canelo JA,Del Pino-Montes J,Vicente-Arroyo M,Sáenz-González MC

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association between certain human papillomaviruses (HPV) and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) is well documented, but still unknown among Croatian women. In 1995, women between the age of 17 and 64 with cytomorphologically abnormal smears (CIN I-IV) were tested for the presence of HPV. Consensus and specif...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Grce M,Husnjak K,Magdić L,Ilijas M,Zlacki M,Lepusić D,Lukac J,Hodek B,Grizelj V,Kurjak A,Kusić Z,Pavelić K

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adhesion of Vibrio cholerae O1 strains to human intestinal epithelial cell, Intestine 407, was analyzed by flow cytometer. According to positive percentages of Intestine 407 cells adhered by V. cholerae, two groups of V. cholerae strains were classified as follows: more adhesive (more than 50%), less adhesive (les...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Taguchi H,Yamaguchi H,Osaki TY,Yamamoto T,Ogata S,Kamiya S

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00