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Potential Biases in Estimating Absolute and Relative Case-Fatality Risks during Outbreaks.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2015
Estimating the case-fatality risk (CFR)-the probability that a person dies from an infection given that they are a case-is a high priority in epidemiologic investigation of newly emerging infectious diseases and sometimes in new outbreaks of known ...
Marc Lipsitch, Christl A Donnelly, Christophe Fraser, Isobel M Blake, Anne Cori, Ilaria Dorigatti, Neil M Ferguson, Tini Garske, Harriet L Mills, Steven Riley, Maria D Van Kerkhove, Miguel A Hernán   +11 more
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Lower serum uric acid levels are associated with depressive symptoms in a Japanese general population: A population-based cross-sectional study.

PLoS ONE
Uric acid (UA) is a final product of purine metabolism and has neuroprotective effects. It has not been established whether serum UA levels are associated with depressive disorder.
Daiki Takekawa, Hirotaka Kinoshita, Yoshikazu Nikaido, Takashi Kudo, Tatsuya Mikami, Kazuyoshi Hirota   +5 more
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Association of ApoE polymorphisms with prevalent hypertension in 1406 older adults: the Bambuí Health Aging Study (BHAS)

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
Apolipoprotein E (ApoE) polymorphism influences lipid metabolism, but its association with arterial hypertension is controversial. The objective of this study was to examine the association between ApoE polymorphism and prevalent hypertension in a large ...
A.K. Fuzikawa, S.V. Peixoto, M. Taufer, E.H. Moriguchi, M.F. Lima-Costa   +4 more
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The impact of parity on the risk of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease defined by hepatic steatosis index: A nationwide cohort study

Scientific Reports
Despite the impact of pregnancy and parity on the prevalence of metabolic diseases, there are limited epidemiologic data regarding the association between parity and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).
So-hyeon Hong, Soon Young Hwang, Ji Hee Yu, Nam Hoon Kim, Hye Jin Yoo, Ji A Seo, Sin Gon Kim, Nan Hee Kim, Sei Hyun Baik, Kyung Mook Choi   +9 more
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Sleep–wake changes and incident depressive symptoms in midlife women

Scientific Reports
Our study aimed to investigate the relationship between sleep–wake changes and depressive symptoms events among midlife women. We enrolled 1579 women aged 44–56 years who had no clinically relevant depressive symptoms at baseline.
Jing Luo, Song Lin
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Association of ApoE polymorphisms with prevalent hypertension in 1406 older adults: the Bambuí Health Aging Study (BHAS)

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 2008
Apolipoprotein E (ApoE) polymorphism influences lipid metabolism, but its association with arterial hypertension is controversial. The objective of this study was to examine the association between ApoE polymorphism and prevalent hypertension in a large ...
A.K. Fuzikawa, S.V. Peixoto, M. Taufer, E.H. Moriguchi, M.F. Lima-Costa   +4 more
doaj  

Early onset renal cell carcinoma on the rise. [PDF]

Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent)
Kimbrough C.
europepmc   +1 more source

Bringing spatial confounding into the causal inferential fold. [PDF]

Am J Epidemiol
Keil AP, Kamenetsky ME.
europepmc   +1 more source

Depressive symptoms and incident cancer risk in middle-aged and older Chinese adults: Findings from CHARLS. [PDF]

Medicine (Baltimore)
Zhao Y, Zhou L, Sun Q, Lei L, Zhang Y, Tang C, Zhang H, Guan M.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Confounding in Epidemiological Studies on Assessment of the Impact of Genetic Factors on Disease Risk: The Problem of Redundant Adjustment

Journal of Epidemiology
Kasugai, Yumiko, Oze, Isao, Koyanagi, Yuriko N., Taniyama, Yukari, Ito, Hidemi, Imoto, Issei, Matsuo, Keitaro   +6 more
openaire   +3 more sources