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Cohort Profile: Cohort of Norway (CONOR) [PDF]

International Journal of Epidemiology, 2007
A number of large population-based cardiovascular surveys have been conducted in Norway since the beginning of the 1970s. The surveys were carried out by the National Health Screening Service in cooperation with the universities and local health authorities. All surveys comprised a common set of questions, standardized anthropometric and blood pressure
Næss, Øyvind, Arnesen, Egil, Njølstad, Inger, Søgaard, Anne Johanne, Beckstrøm, Anne Cathrine, Bjertness, Espen, Engeland, Anders, Hjort, Peter F, Holmen, Jostein, Magnus, Per, Tell, Grethe S., Vatten, Lars, Vollset, Stein Emil, Aamodt, Geir   +13 more
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Identifiability in Age/Period/Cohort Mortality Models [PDF]

, 2020
The addition of a set of cohort parameters to a mortality model can generate complex identifiability issues due to the collinearity between the dimensions of age, period and cohort.
Blake, D., Hunt, A.
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Cohort Profile: The 100 Million Brazilian Cohort [PDF]

International Journal of Epidemiology, 2021
The creation of The 100 Million Brazilian Cohort was motivated by the availability of high quality but dispersed social and health databases in Brazil and the need to integrate data and evaluate the impact of policies aiming to improve the social determinants of health (e.g.
Mauricio L Barreto, Maria Yury Ichihara, Julia M Pescarini, M Sanni Ali, Gabriela L Borges, Rosemeire L Fiaccone, Rita de Cássia Ribeiro-Silva, Carlos A Teles, Daniela Almeida, Samila Sena, Roberto P Carreiro, Liliana Cabral, Bethania A Almeida, George C G Barbosa, Robespierre Pita, Marcos E Barreto, Andre A F Mendes, Dandara O Ramos, Elizabeth B Brickley, Nivea Bispo, Daiane B Machado, Enny S Paixao, Laura C Rodrigues, Liam Smeeth   +23 more
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The two-stage clonal expansion model in occupational cancer epidemiology: Results from three cohort studies [PDF]

, 2010
Copyright © 2010 by the BMJ Publishing Group Ltd. All rights reserved.Objectives: The objective of this work was to apply the two-stage clonal expansion model, with the intention to expand the literature on epidemiological applications of the model and ...
Gore, R, Kriebel, D, Zeka, A
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Outcomes following laminoplasty or laminectomy and fusion in patients with myelopathy caused by ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament: A systematic review [PDF]

, 2016
Study Design Systematic review. Objective To compare laminoplasty versus laminectomy and fusion in patients with cervical myelopathy caused by OPLL. Methods A systematic review was conducted using PubMed/Medline, Cochrane database, and Google scholar of ...
Limthongkul, Worawat, Riew, K. Daniel, Singhatanadgige, Weerasak, Valone, Frank, III, Yingsakmongkol, Wicharn   +4 more
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Higher serum uric acid level is inversely associated with renal function assessed by cystatin C in a Japanese general population without chronic kidney disease: the KOBE study

BMC Nephrology, 2019
Background Although several epidemiological studies have suggested that high serum uric acid (SUA) levels are related to a decline in kidney function, only a few studies have investigated using cystatin C to calculate estimated glomerular filtration rate
Sachimi Kubo, Yoko Nishida, Yoshimi Kubota, Aya Higashiyama, Daisuke Sugiyama, Takumi Hirata, Naomi Miyamatsu, Ayumi Tanabe, Aya Hirata, Yukako Tatsumi, Aya Kadota, Kazuyo Kuwabara, Tomofumi Nishikawa, Yoshihiro Miyamoto, Tomonori Okamura   +14 more
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Interactions of genetic variants and prenatal stress in relation to the risk for recurrent respiratory infections in children

Scientific Reports, 2021
Genetic variants may predispose children to recurrent respiratory infections (RRIs) but studies on genotype-environment interaction are rare. We hypothesized that the risk for RRIs is elevated in children with innate immune gene variants, and that ...
Laura S. Korhonen, Minna Lukkarinen, Katri Kantojärvi, Panu Räty, Hasse Karlsson, Tiina Paunio, Ville Peltola, Linnea Karlsson   +7 more
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Maternal dietary patterns during pregnancy and preterm delivery: a large prospective cohort study in China

Nutrition Journal, 2018
Background Evidence about the associations between maternal dietary patterns and preterm delivery is scarce in Eastern countries. The purpose of this study was to examine the associations between maternal dietary patterns during pregnancy and preterm ...
Min-Shan Lu, Jian-Rong He, Qiaozhu Chen, Jinhua Lu, Xueling Wei, Qianling Zhou, Fanfan Chan, Lifang Zhang, Niannian Chen, Lan Qiu, Mingyang Yuan, Kar Keung Cheng, Huimin Xia, Xiu Qiu, on behalf of the Born in Guangzhou Cohort Study Group   +14 more
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Cohort Profile: The Nor-Work Cohort [PDF]

International Journal of Epidemiology
BackgroundPost-acute non-specific symptoms such as headaches, muscular pain, and fatigue are frequently reported following COVID-19 vaccination, raising concerns about adverse events. As vaccine-hesitant individuals may be more likely to experience symptoms of vaccines, this study investigates whether COVID-19 vaccination increases the odds of post ...
Rachel L Hasting, Suzanne L Merkus, Karina Undem, Jorunn Kirkeleit, Rune Hoff, Jon Michael Gran, Karl-Christian Nordby, Ingrid S Mehlum   +7 more
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Cohort Profile: The Northern Swedish Cohort [PDF]

International Journal of Epidemiology, 2011
The Northern Swedish Cohort was started by Anne Hammarstrom [principal investigator (PI)] in collaboration with Urban Janlert and other researchers within the field of social medicine (Ragnar Berfenstam, Finn Diderichsen, Tores Theorell, Lars H Gustafsson, Claes Sundelin, Gustav Jonsson).
Anne, Hammarström, Urban, Janlert
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