Population attributable risk of unintentional childhood poisoning in Karachi Pakistan. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 BACKGROUND: The percentage of unintentional childhood poisoning cases in a given population attributable to specific risk factors (i.e., the population attributable risk) which can be calculated; determination of such risk factors associated with ...
Bilal Ahmed +2 more
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Population fraction of Parkinson’s disease attributable to preventable risk factors
npj Parkinson's Disease, 2023 Parkinson’s disease is the fastest-growing neurologic disease with seemingly no means of prevention. Intrinsic risk factors (age, sex, and genetics) are inescapable, but environmental factors are not.
Haydeh Payami +5 more
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Temporal trends in the population attributable risk for cardiovascular disease: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. [PDF]
Circulation, 2014 Background— The extent to which the relative contributions of traditional cardiovascular risk factors to incident cardiovascular disease (CVD) may have changed over time remains unclear. Methods and Results— We studied 13 541 participants (56% women, 26% black) in the
Cheng S +11 more
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Revisiting Attributable Risk and Population Attributable Risk: A Clarification of Concepts
National Journal of Community MedicineYogeswaran Nehru S
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Risk and Population Attributable Fraction of Stroke Subtypes in Japan
Journal of EpidemiologyBackground: Associations of major risk factors for stroke with total and each type of stroke, as well as subtypes of ischemic stroke, and their population attributable fractions had not been examined comprehensively.
Hiroshi Yatsuya +9 more
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Smoking-attributable mortality among Korean adults in 2019 [PDF]
Epidemiology and Health, 2023 OBJECTIVES Tobacco use ranks among the leading preventable causes of death worldwide. This study was conducted to calculate the mortality rate attributable to smoking in Korea for 2019 and to highlight the importance of tracking and monitoring smoking ...
Yeun Soo Yang +4 more
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Population Attributable Risk Fraction for Selected Chronic Diseases in India
Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, 2010 Background: India’s current health transition stage poses a critical challenge of dealing with the unfinished agenda of communicable diseases and the steadily rising burden of noncommunicable diseases. A significant burden of chronic diseases in India is
Periyanayangam Arokiasamy MA, PhD +1 more
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Estimating Attributable Mortality of Modifying Selected Risk Factors of Myocardial Infarction [PDF]
Novelty in Clinical Medicine, 2022 Background: Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death due to non-communicable diseases and myocardial infarction (MI) is one of the most common causes of death due to cardiovascular diseases worldwide.Objectives: The aim of this study was to
Taher Ahangari +2 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 +4 more
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Identifying Target Risk Factors Using Population Attributable Risks of Ischemic Stroke by Age and Sex [PDF]
Journal of Stroke, 2015 Background and Purpose Estimating age- and sex-specific population attributable risks (PARs) of major risk factors for stroke may be a useful strategy to identify risk factors for targeting preventive strategies.
Tai Hwan Park +17 more
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