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Rates and Causes of Death in Chiradzulu District, Malawi, 2008: A Key Informant Study [PDF]

, 2010
In September 2008, we measured all-cause mortality in Chiradzulu District, Malawi (population 291 000) over a 60-day retrospective period, using capture-recapture analysis of three lists of deaths provided by (i) key community informants, (ii) graveyard ...
Adjuik, Baiden, Doctor, Fienberg, Hosegood, International Working Group for Disease Monitoring and Forecasting, Jahn, Mathers, Roberts, Setel, World Health Organization   +10 more
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Secondhand smoke exposure and risk of incident peripheral arterial disease and mortality: a Scotland-wide retrospective cohort study of 4045 non-smokers with cotinine measurement [PDF]

, 2018
Background: Active smoking is an important risk factor for all-cause mortality and peripheral arterial disease (PAD). In contrast, published studies on the associations with secondhand smoke (SHS) are limited.
Lu, Liya, Mackay, Daniel F., Pell, Jill P.   +2 more
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Effect of exposure to natural environment on health inequalities: an observational population study [PDF]

, 2008
<b>Background:</b> Studies have shown that exposure to the natural environment, or so-called green space, has an independent effect on health and health-related behaviours.
Bibby, Brunner, Cohen, Davey-Smith, de Vries, Frank Popham, Giles-Corti, Grahn, Groenewegen, Hartig, Humpel, Jerrett, Kaczynski, Kahn, Kiecolt-Glaser, Krewski, Maas, Macintyre, Mackenbach, Mackenbach, Marmot, Marmot, Mitchell, Mitchell, Nowak, Popham, Pretty, Richard Mitchell, Roux, Saelens, Smith, Smith, Smith, Tardon, Ulrich, Ulrich, van den Berg, Warburton, Wilkinson, Wilkinson, Wilkinson, Williams, Woods, Yusuf   +43 more
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Association between active commuting and incident cardiovascular disease, cancer, and mortality: prospective cohort study [PDF]

, 2017
Objective: To investigate the association between active commuting and incident cardiovascular disease (CVD), cancer, and all cause mortality. Design: Prospective population based study. Setting: UK Biobank.
Anderson, Jana, Celis-Morales, Carlos A., Gill, Jason M.R., Guo, Yibing, Lyall, Donald M., Mackay, Daniel F., Maldonado, Reno, Pell, Jill P., Sattar, Naveed, Steell, Lewis, Welsh, Paul   +10 more
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Infrarenal Aortic Diameter Predicts All-Cause Mortality [PDF]

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, 2004
Objective— To assess the relationship between infrarenal aortic diameter and subsequent all-cause mortality in men aged 65 years or older. Methods and Results— Aortic diameter was measured using ultrasound in 12 203 men aged 65
Norman, P., Le, M., Pearce, C., Jamrozik, K.   +3 more
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Associations between diabetes and both cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality are modified by grip strength: evidence from UK Biobank, a prospective population-based cohort study [PDF]

, 2017
OBJECTIVE Grip strength and diabetes are predictors of mortality and cardiovascular disease (CVD), but whether these risk factors interact to predispose to adverse health outcomes is unknown.
Anderson, Jana, Celis-Morales, Carlos A., Gill, Jason M.R., Gray, Stuart R., Hui, Li, Iliodromiti, Stamatina, Lyall, Donald M., Mackay, Daniel F., McLaren, James, Pell, Jill P., Petermann, Fanny, Sattar, Naveed, Welsh, Paul   +12 more
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Garlic Consumption and All-Cause Mortality among Chinese Oldest-Old Individuals: A Population-Based Cohort Study. [PDF]

, 2019
In vitro and in vivo experimental studies have shown garlic has protective effects on the aging process; however, there is no evidence that garlic consumption is associated with all-cause mortality among oldest-old individuals (≥80 years).
Gao, Xiang, Lv, Yuebin, Mao, Chen, Shi, Xiaoming, Yin, Zhaoxue, Yuan, Jinqiu, Zhang, Zuofeng   +6 more
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Topical Tretinoin Therapy and All-Cause Mortality [PDF]

Archives of Dermatology, 2009
To evaluate the relation of topical tretinoin, a commonly used retinoid cream, with all-cause mortality in the Veterans Affairs Topical Tretinoin Chemoprevention Trial (VATTC). The planned outcome of this trial was risk of keratinocyte carcinoma, and systemic administration of certain retinoid compounds has been shown to reduce risk of this cancer but ...
Martin A, Weinstock, Stephen F, Bingham, Robert A, Lew, Russell, Hall, David, Eilers, Robert, Kirsner, Mark, Naylor, James, Kalivas, Gary, Cole, Kimberly, Marcolivio, Joseph, Collins, John J, Digiovanna, Julia E, Vertrees   +12 more
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Stressful life-events exposure is associated with 17-year mortality, but it is health-related events that prove predictive [PDF]

, 2008
Objectives Despite the widely-held view that psychological stress is a major cause of poor health, few studies have examined the relationship between stressful life-events exposure and death.
Andersen, Anna C. Phillips, Brown, Cohen, Davison, Dohrenwend, Douglas Carroll, Ford, Geoff Der, Greenwood, Hemingway, Heslop, Hollis, Holmes, Macleod, Macleod, Maunsell, O'Brien, Rahe, Raphael, Registrar General, Rosengren, Rosengren, Ruberman   +23 more
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Educational differences in all-cause mortality by marital status [PDF]

Using life table measures, we compare educational differentials in all-cause mortality at ages 40 to 70 in Bulgaria to those in Finland and the United States. Specifically, we assess whether the relationship between education and mortality is modified by
Iliana V. Kohler, Irma Elo, Kirsten P. Smith, Pekka Martikainen   +3 more
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