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Physical activity, cardiorespiratory fitness and risk of cutaneous malignant melanoma: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

PLoS ONE, 2018
BackgroundNumerous epidemiologic studies have examined the relation of physical activity or cardiorespiratory fitness to risk of cutaneous melanoma but the available evidence has not yet been quantified in a systematic review and meta-analysis ...
Gundula Behrens, Tobias Niedermaier, Mark Berneburg, Daniela Schmid, Michael F Leitzmann   +4 more
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The association of maternal prenatal psychosocial stress with vascular function in the child at age 10-11 years: findings from the Avon longitudinal study of parents and children [PDF]

, 2014
Objective To investigate whether (1) maternal psychosocial stress (depression/anxiety) during pregnancy is associated with offspring vascular function and (2) whether any association differs depending on the gestational timing of exposure to stress.
Gemke, Reinoud J. B. J., Stronks, K, Vrijkotte, T., Gemke, R., Dawe, Karen, Vrijkotte, Tanja G. M., Stronks, Karien, Deanfield, John, Dawe, K., van Dijk, AE, Dawe, K, Gemke, RJ, Lawlor, D., Lawlor, Debbie A., Van Dijk, A., Deanfield, J, Vrijkotte, TG, Lawlor, DA, van Dijk, Aimée E., Deanfield, J., Gemke, R.J.B.J., Stronks, K., Vrijkotte, T.G.M., Van Dijk, A.E., Lawlor, D.A.   +24 more
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An ecological time-series study of heat-related mortality in three European cities. [PDF]

, 2008
BACKGROUND: Europe has experienced warmer summers in the past two decades and there is a need to describe the determinants of heat-related mortality to better inform public health activities during hot weather.
Ishigami, Ai, Luigi Bisanti, Shakoor Hajat, Antonio Russo, Ai Ishigami, Hajat, Shakoor, R Sari Kovats, Anna Paldy, Paldy, Anna, Russo, Antonio, Rognoni, Magda, Kovats, R Sari, Magda Rognoni, Bisanti, Luigi   +13 more
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Periodontitis and peripheral artery disease: a mini-review

Frontiers in Oral Health
Periodontitis is a inflammatory disease characterized by progressive loss of periodontal attachment and alveolar bone, leading to tooth mobility and eventual tooth loss. Periodontal disease affects about half of U.S. adults.
Domenico De Falco, Sergio Zacà, Margot Ringold, Francesca Sodero, Domenico Angiletta, Massimo Petruzzi   +5 more
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Epidemiology studies on effects of lithium salts in pregnancy are confounded by the inability to control for other potentially teratogenic factors

Human & Experimental Toxicology
Introduction In bipolar women who took lithium during pregnancy, several epidemiology studies have reported small increases in a rare fetal cardiac defect termed Ebstein’s anomaly. Methods Behavioral, environmental, and lifestyle ...
Carr J. Smith, Victoria M. Payne
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An international comparative study of blood pressure in populations of European vs. African descent [PDF]

, 2005
Background: The consistent finding of higher prevalence of hypertension in US blacks compared to whites has led to speculation that African-origin populations are particularly susceptible to this condition.
Adeyemo, Adebowale, Primatesta, Paola, Cooper, Richard S, Giampaoli, S., Banega, José Ramon, Adeyemo, A., Banegas, J.R, Banegas, Jose R, Luke, A., Cooper, Richard S., Wolf-Maier, K., Kastarinen, Mika, Giampaoli, Simona, Luke, Amy, Stegmayr, B., Thamm, M., Banegas, J.R., Stegmayr, Birgitta,, Joffres, M., Thamm, Michael, Kastarinen, M., Forrester, T., Cooper, R.S., Forrester, Terrence, Joffres, Michel, Stegmayr, Birgitta, Wolf-Maier, Katharina, Primatesta, P.   +27 more
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Potential misinterpretations caused by collapsing upper categories of comorbidity indices: An illustration from a cohort of older breast cancer survivors

Clinical Epidemiology, 2009
Thomas P Ahern1, Jaclyn LF Bosco2, Rebecca A Silliman2, Marianne Ulcickas Yood3, Terry S Field4, Feifei Wei5, Timothy L Lash1, On behalf of the BOW Investigators1Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA ...
Thomas P Ahern, Jaclyn LF Bosco, Rebecca A Silliman, Marianne Ulcickas Yood, et al.   +4 more
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Evaluation of Confounding and Selection Bias in Epidemiologic Studies of Populations Exposed to Low-Dose, High-Energy Photon Radiation

, 2020
International audienceBackground: Low-dose, penetrating photon radiation exposure is ubiquitous, yet understanding of cancer risk at low doses and dose rates derives mainly from high-dose studies. While a large number of low-dose cancer studies have been
Cardis, Elisabeth, Schubauer-Berigan, Mary, Laurier, Dominique, Lubin, Jay, Berrington de Gonzalez, Amy, Richardson, David, Hauptmann, Michael   +6 more
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A Review of Mendelian Randomization: Assumptions, Methods, and Application to Obesity-Related Diseases

Journal of Obesity & Metabolic Syndrome
Mendelian randomization (MR) is a statistical method that uses genetic variants as instrumental variables to estimate the causal effect of exposure on an outcome in the presence of unmeasured confounding.
Seungjae Lee, Woojoo Lee
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Birthweight predicts glomerular filtration rate in adult-life: population based cross sectional study

Renal Failure, 2021
Introduction Worldwide, there is a global progressive rise of chronic kidney disease. In parallel, children born after intra-uterine growth retardation are surviving to adult-life and beyond.
Issa Al Salmi, Suad Hannawi
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