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Issues with incorrect computing of population attributable fraction (PAF) in a global perspective on coal-fired power plants and burden of lung cancer

Environmental Health, 2019
All observational studies are liable to confounding and Levin’s formula becomes useless in practice for unbiasedly estimating PAF. With respect to causal interpretation of PAF in public health setting, unbiased estimation of PAF requires several ...
Ahmad Khosravi, Mohammad Ali Mansournia
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Changes over 15 years in the contribution of adiposity and smoking to deaths in England and Scotland

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background For many years smoking has been the major threat to public health in developed countries. However, smoking prevalence has declined over a period when adiposity has increased.
Frederick K. Ho, Carlos Celis-Morales, Fanny Petermann-Rocha, Solange Liliana Parra-Soto, James Lewsey, Daniel Mackay, Jill P. Pell   +6 more
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Comparison of Prevalence- and Smoking Impact Ratio-Based Methods of Estimating Smoking-Attributable Fractions of Deaths

Journal of Epidemiology, 2016
Background: Smoking is a major modifiable risk factor for premature mortality. Estimating the smoking-attributable burden is important for public health policy.
Kyoung Ae Kong
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Modifiable lifestyle factors have a larger contribution to colorectal neoplasms than family history

BMC Cancer, 2022
Background  Screening recommendations for colorectal cancer (CRC) are mainly based on family history rather than lifestyle risk factors. We aimed to assess and compare risk factors for colorectal neoplasm (CRN) and evaluate trends in neoplasm detection ...
Shuyuan Wang, Zhen Yuan, Yuqi Wang, Xuanzhu Zhao, Weifeng Gao, Hongzhou Li, Yuanshun Zhao, Zili Zhang, Shuiqing Liang, Zhaoce Liu, Qinghuai Zhang, Hong Ma, Xipeng Zhang, Wei Cui, Chunze Zhang   +14 more
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Attributable risk, population attributable risk, and population attributable fraction of death associated with hypertension in a biracial population. [PDF]

Circulation, 1975
In 1961, blood pressure was measured in the 40-69-year-old segment of the population of Evans County, Georgia. Mortality was monitored for up to ten years. The relationship found between hypertension and mortality is characterized in this report by four parameters: attributable risk, prevalence, population attributable risk, and population attributable
D C, Deubner, H A, Tyroler, J C, Cassel, C G, Hames, C, Becker   +4 more
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Population Attributable Fractions of Adenocarcinoma of the Esophagus and Gastroesophageal Junction [PDF]

American Journal of Epidemiology, 2011
Obesity, gastroesophageal reflux, and smoking have repeatedly been shown to be important and independent risk factors for adenocarcinoma of the esophagus (EAC) and of the gastroesophageal junction (GEJAC). There have been few attempts, however, to quantify the proportion of disease associated with these potentially modifiable factors.
Olsen, Catherine M., Pandeya, Nirmala, Green, Adéle C., Webb, Penelope M., Whiteman, David C.   +4 more
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Use and misuse of population attributable fractions. [PDF]

American Journal of Public Health, 1998
How much of the disease burden in a population could be eliminated if the effects of certain causal factors were eliminated from the population? To address this question, epidemiologists calculate the population attributable fraction. As noted in a recent editorial in the Journal, population attributable fraction estimates can help guide policymakers ...
B, Rockhill, B, Newman, C, Weinberg
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Impact of radon on lung cancer incidence in Slovenia

Onkologija, 2022
Backgound: Radon in the living environment is classified by the World Health Organization as one of 19 environmental carcinogens, and is, along with tobacco smoke, one of the most important risk factors for the development of lung cancer, accounting for
Mojca Birk , Tina Žagar, Sonja Tomšič, Katarina Lokar, Ana Mihor, Nika Bric, Miran Mlakar, Vesna Zadnik   +7 more
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Estimation of Cancer Burden Attributable to Infection in Asia

Journal of Epidemiology, 2015
Background: Some infectious agents have been shown to be human carcinogens. The current study focused on estimation of cancer burden attributable to infection in different regions of Asia.
He Huang
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Population attributable fractions continue to unmask the power of prevention [PDF]

British Journal of Cancer, 2018
The population attributable fraction is a critical driver of evidence-based cancer prevention. With an increasing recognition of the need for high-level investment in cancer control, there is an overwhelming need for a new generation of descriptive studies that globally promote the long-term public health and economic benefits of cancer prevention.
Bray, Freddie, Soerjomataram, Isabelle
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