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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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Childhood conscientiousness predicts the social gradient of smoking in adulthood: a life course analysis. [PDF]

, 2015
The social gradient in smoking is well known, with higher rates among those in less advantaged socioeconomic position. Some recent research has reported that personality characteristics partly explain this gradient. However, the majority of existing work
Pluess, M, Bartley, M
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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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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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Bounding the Bias of Unmeasured Factors with Confounding and Effect- Modifying Potentials

, 2012
Confounding is a major concern in observational studies. To adjust for confounding bias, the potential confounder(s) for a study must first be identified and measured. But this is not always possible.
LEE, WEN-CHUNG, 李文宗
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Are the effects of psychosocial exposures attributable to confounding? Evidence from a prospective observational study on psychological stress and mortality [PDF]

, 2001
<b>STUDY OBJECTIVES</b> To examine the association between perceived psychological stress and cause specific mortality in a population where perceived stress was not associated with material disadvantage.
Hart, C., Macleod, John, Heslop, P., Metcalfe, C, Hart, C, Heslop, P, Metcalfe, CR, Davey Smith, G., Carroll, Douglas, Davey Smith, G, Metcalfe, C., Carroll, D., Macleod, J., Macleod, JAA, Carroll, D   +14 more
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Prediction of confounding factors.

, 2023
Averaged results of model performance for predicting demographic and technical confounding factors were reported as area under the receiver operating characteristics (AUROC) for the confounded and regressed ensembles.
Hyungsoon Im (1271112), Matthew Leming (14710372), Sudeshna Das (146692)   +2 more
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Central Nervous System Tumors Among Infants in Canada: A Report From CYP‐C

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Central nervous system (CNS) tumors in infants are rare, pose unique clinical challenges, and lack large‐scale evidence‐based data to guide management. This study seeks to describe CNS tumors in Canadian infants and to compare their outcomes with those of older children.
Samuel Sassine, Hallie Coltin, Sylvia Cheng, Lucie Lafay‐Cousin, Vanan Issai Magimairajan, Craig Erker, Stéphanie Vairy, Lynette Bowes, Adam Fleming, Donna Johnston, Sarah McKillop, Roona Sinha, Julie Bennett, Christina Coleman, Laura Wheaton, Shayna Zelcer, Samuele Renzi, Thai Hoa Tran   +17 more
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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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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 ...
openaire   +1 more source