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Replacement of SARS-CoV-2 strains with variants carrying N501Y and L452R mutations in Japan: an epidemiological surveillance assessment

Western Pacific Surveillance and Response, 2022
Objective: Monitoring the prevalence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants is important due to concerns regarding infectivity, transmissibility, immune evasion and disease severity.
Yusuke Kobayashi, Takeshi Arashiro, Miyako Otsuka, Yuuki Tsuchihashi, Takuri Takahashi, Yuzo Arima, Yura K Ko, Kanako Otani, Masato Yamauchi, Taro Kamigaki, Tomoko Morita-Ishihara, Hiromizu Takahashi, Sana Uchikoba, Michitsugu Shimatani, Nozomi Takeshita, Motoi Suzuki, Makoto Ohnishi   +16 more
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Association of neighborhood physical activity facilities with incident cardiovascular disease

International Journal of Health Geographics, 2023
Background The availability of physical activity (PA) facilities in neighborhoods is hypothesized to influence cardiovascular disease (CVD), but evidence from individual-level long-term cohort studies is limited.
Yulin Huang, Huimin Zhao, Qiuju Deng, Yue Qi, Jiayi Sun, Miao Wang, Jie Chang, Piaopiao Hu, Yuwei Su, Ying Long, Jing Liu   +10 more
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Epidemiology

, 2009
The common cold is the result of an upper respiratory tract infection causing an acute syndrome characterised by a combination of non-specific symptoms, including sore throat, cough, fever, rhinorrhoea, malaise, headache, and myalgia. Respiratory viruses, alone or in combination, are the most common cause.
Mackay, Ian M., Arden, Katherine, Lambert, Stephen B.   +2 more
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How authors select covariates in the multivariate analysis of cancer studies in 10 oncology journals in Korea: a descriptive study [PDF]

Science Editing
Purpose Cancer is the leading cause of death in Korea, leading many investigators to focus on cancer research. We present the current practice of variable selection methods for multivariate analyses in cancer studies recently published in major oncology ...
Mi Ah Han, Hae Ran Kim, Sang Eun Yoon, Sun Mi Park, Boyoung Kim, Seo-Hee Kim, So-Yeong Kim   +6 more
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Epidemiologic characteristics.

, 2021
Epidemiologic characteristics.
Beatriz Martinelli Menezes Gonçalves (11864537), Agatha S. Rodrigues (11864543), Rossana Pulcinelli V. Franco (11864540)   +2 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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The Flares of Low back pain with Activity Research Study (FLAReS): study protocol for a case-crossover study nested within a cohort study

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2022
Background Although it is generally accepted that physical activity and flares of low back pain (LBP) are related, evidence for the directionality of this association is mixed.
Pradeep Suri, Adrienne D. Tanus, Nikki Torres, Andrew Timmons, Bianca Irimia, Janna L. Friedly, Anna Korpak, Clinton Daniels, Daniel Morelli, Paul W. Hodges, Nathalia Costa, Melissa A. Day, Patrick J. Heagerty, Mark P. Jensen   +13 more
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Impact of Refutational Two-Sided Messages on Attitudes Toward Novel Vaccines Against Emerging Infectious Diseases During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
Two-sided messages that include two perspectives (i.e., risks and benefits) are more effective than one-sided messages that convey only one perspective (usually only the benefits).
Hideo Okuno, Hideo Okuno, Satoru Arai, Motoi Suzuki, Toshiko Kikkawa   +4 more
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GI Epidemiology: nutritional epidemiology [PDF]

Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2007
SummaryBackgroundNutritional epidemiology is the assessment of diet and its relationship to disease aetiology in populations. The choice of dietary assessment method depends on the disease pathology. Events such as cancer that are chronic and complicated by exposure time require methods that capture consumption patterns of populations over a period of ...
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The Epidemiology of Sarcopenia [PDF]

Journal of Clinical Densitometry, 2015
The aim of this review is to describe the epidemiology of sarcopenia, specifically prevalence, health outcomes, and factors across the life course that have been linked to its development. Sarcopenia definitions involve a range of measures (muscle mass, strength, and physical performance), which tend to decline with age, and hence sarcopenia becomes ...
Dodds, R.M., Roberts, H.C., Cooper, C., Sayer, A.A.   +3 more
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