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Selecting appropriate study designs to address specific research questions in occupational epidemiology. [PDF]

, 2007
UNLABELLED: Various epidemiological study designs are available to investigate illness and injury risks related to workplace exposures. The choice of study design to address a particular research question will be guided by the nature of the health ...
Pearce, Neil, Kriebel, David, Checkoway, Harvey   +2 more
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Exploration of Potential Roles of m6A Regulators in Colorectal Cancer Prognosis

Frontiers in Oncology, 2020
Colorectal cancer (CRC) represents one of the most common malignancies with high morbidity worldwide. RNA methylation (m6A) has been considered to tremendously contribute to cancer initiation and progression since its first discovery.
Liechen Ji, Shuo Chen, Liqiang Gu, Xipeng Zhang   +3 more
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The Evidence for an Obesity Paradox in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus [PDF]

Diabetes & Metabolism Journal, 2018
Although overweight/obesity is a major risk factor for the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus, there is increasing evidence that overweight or obese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus experience lower mortality compared with patients of normal ...
Seung Jin Han, Edward J. Boyko
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Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE): Explanation and elaboration [PDF]

, 2007
Much medical research is observational. The reporting of observational studies is often of insufficient quality. Poor reporting hampers the assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of a study and the generalisability of its results. Taking into account
Egger, Matthias, Douglas G Altman, Mulrow, Cynthia D, Cynthia D Mulrow, Charles Poole, Gøtzsche, PC, Altman, Douglas G, Pocock, SJ, von Elm, Erik, Schlesselman, JJ, Altman, DG, Stuart J Pocock, Von Elm, E, Altman, Douglas G., Mulrow, Cynthia D., STROBE, Initiative, Egger, M, James J Schlesselman, Gøtzsche, Peter C., Schlesselman, James J, Matthias Egger, STROBE Initiative, Mulrow, CD, Vandenbroucke, Jan P, Pocock, Stuart J, Poole, Charles, Vandenbroucke, Jan P., Erik von Elm, Gøtzsche, Peter C, Jan P Vandenbroucke, Elm, Erik von, Vandenbroucke, JP, Poole, C, Pocock, Stuart J., Schlesselman, James J., Peter C Gøtzsche   +35 more
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Meta-epidemiologic consideration of confounding for health care decision making [PDF]

, 2018
Plain language summary. As patients, we all want to believe that there is the right medical solution for every ailment and that our doctor knows best.
Ewald, Hannah
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Rising adiposity curbing decline in the incidence of myocardial infarction: 20-year follow-up of British men and women in the Whitehall II cohort [PDF]

, 2011
Aims To estimate the contribution of risk factor trends to 20-year declines in myocardial infarction (MI) incidence in British men and women. Methods and results From 1985 to 2004, 6379 men and 3074 women in the Whitehall II cohort were followed for ...
Morris, RW, Brunner, Eric,, Singh-Manoux, Archana, Morris, Richard, W., Hardoon, Sarah L, Brunner, Eric J, Whincup, PH, Hardoon, SL, Morris, Richard W, Kivimaki, Mika, Brunner, Eric, J., P. H. Whincup, S. L. Hardoon, R. W. Morris, Stringhini, Silvia, G. Masset, Singh-Manoux, A, Shipley, MJ, S. Sabia, Britton, AR, Morris, Richard,, Brunner, EJ, Britton, Annie, R., Shipley, Martin, J., Britton, Annie,, Whincup, Peter H, Whincup, Peter, H., M. Kivimaki, Masset, G, Sabia, Séverine, S. Stringhini, A. R. Britton, Whincup, Peter,, E. J. Brunner, Shipley, Martin J, A. Singh-Manoux, Kivimaki, M, Britton, Annie R, Stringhini, S, M. J. Shipley, Hardoon, Sarah,, Masset, Gabriel, Hardoon, Sarah, L., Sabia, S, Shipley, Martin,   +44 more
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Back and neck pain and poor sleep quality in adolescents are associated even after controlling for confounding factors: An epidemiological study.

Sleep science (Sao Paulo, Brazil), 2020
Back pain and poor sleep quality are public health issues. Relating to adolescents particularly, the way in which this relationship can occur is still unclear. The aim of this study was to investigate whether low back and neck pain are associated with sleep quality among adolescents.In total, 1011 randomly selected adolescents participated in this ...
Scarabottolo, Catarina Covolo, Pinto, Rafael Zambelli, Oliveira, Crystian Bitencourt, Tebar, William Rodrigues, Saraiva, Bruna Thamyres Ciccotti, Morelhão, Priscila Kalil, Dragueta, Leandro Delfino, Druzian, Gustavo Santos, Christofaro, Diego Giulliano Destro   +8 more
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To Adjust or Not to Adjust? Sensitivity Analysis of M-Bias and Butterfly-Bias

Journal of Causal Inference, 2015
“M-Bias,” as it is called in the epidemiologic literature, is the bias introduced by conditioning on a pretreatment covariate due to a particular “M-Structure” between two latent factors, an observed treatment, an outcome, and a “collider.” This ...
Ding Peng, Miratrix Luke W.
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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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