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Actinic skin damage and mortality--the First National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Epidemiologic Follow-up Study. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2011
BACKGROUND: Exposure to sunlight may decrease the risk of several diseases through the synthesis of vitamin D, whereas solar radiation is the main cause of some skin and eye diseases.
Wei He, Fei Zhu, Xiaoguang Ma, Xinyu Zhao, Min Zheng, Zhao Chen, Steven B Heymsfield, Shankuan Zhu   +7 more
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Sex and bacterial infectious diseases

New Microbes and New Infections, 2018
Most infectious diseases are unequally distributed between male and female subjects. This sex dimorphism is confirmed by epidemiologic studies which suggest an increased number of male septic patients, while, due to the class age of septic patients, an ...
J.-L. Mege, F. Bretelle, M. Leone
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The Adjustment Effects of Confounding Factors on Radiation Risk Estimates: Findings from A Japanese Epidemiological Study on Low-Dose Radiation Effects (J-EPISODE)

Journal of Molecular and Genetic Medicine, 2017
Purpose: To investigate the degree of any decreasing effects for excess relative risk (ERR) of radiation exposure caused by adjusting for smoking and years of education. Methods: In this cohort study, we assembled a cohort of 41,742 males who responded to a lifestyle questionnaire survey performed in 2003, were registered in the Radiation Dose ...
Kudo S, Ishida J, Yoshimoto K, Ohshima S, Furuta H, Kasagi F   +5 more
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On Some Nonparametric Tests For Partially Observed Correlated Data: Proposing New Tests [PDF]

Journal of Statistical Theory and Applications (JSTA), 2015
Correlated or matched data is frequently collected under many study designs in applied sciences such as the social, behavioral, economic, biological, medical, epidemiologic, health, public health, and drug developmental sciences in order to have more ...
Hani M. Samawi, Lili Yu, Robert Vogel
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Association Between Internet Use and Physical Health, Mental Health, and Subjective Health in Middle-aged and Older Adults: Nationally Representative Cross-sectional Survey in China

Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2023
BackgroundInternet use is an important means of accessing health-related information. Identifying the associations between internet use and health outcomes could provide insight into strategies for improving public health among ...
Wen Wen, Yaru Zhang, Wenjie Shi, Jiajia Li   +3 more
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Undiagnosed HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C infections in people with severe psychiatric disorders in Ethiopia

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background Worldwide, there is limited epidemiologic evidence on the seroprevalence of undiagnosed chronic viral infections including HIV, hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections among patients with severe psychiatric disorders. To
Getinet Ayano, Kibrom Haile, Abel Tesfaye, Kelemua Haile, Sileshi Demelash, Mikias Tulu, Belachew Tsegaye, Melat Solomon, Alem Kebede, Aynalem Biru, Habte Birhanu, Gebresilassie Zenawi, Yodit Habtamu, Esias Kibron, Seneshet Eshetu, Meseret Sefiw, Dawit Assefa, Zegeye Yohannes   +17 more
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Environmental tobacco smoke and lung cancer risk: Epidemiology in relation to confounding factors

Environment International, 1992
Abstract This review discusses the many confounding risk factors likely to be relevant when assessing the risk of lung cancer in nonsmokers exposed to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). The literature reflects wide recognition that confounding factors must be considered in assessing the causal implications of evidence from epidemiological studies ...
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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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Effects of confounding and effect-modifying lifestyle, environmental and medical factors on risk of radiation-associated cardiovascular disease

BMC Public Health
Background Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death worldwide. It has been known for some considerable time that radiation is associated with excess risk of CVD.
Mark P. Little, Marjan Boerma, Marie-Odile Bernier, Tamara V. Azizova, Lydia B. Zablotska, Andrew J. Einstein, Nobuyuki Hamada   +6 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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