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Case-control study of stroke and the quality of hypertension control in north west England [PDF]

, 1997
Objective: To examine the risk of stroke in relation to quality of hypertension control in routine general practice across an entire health district. Design: Population based matched case-control study.
Cruickshank, K, Du, X, Holmes, S, McNamee, R, Roberts, N, Saraee, MH, Sourbutts, J, Summers, A, Walton, E   +8 more
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Worldwide Exposures to Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Associated Health Effects: Current Knowledge and Data Gaps. [PDF]

, 2016
Information on exposure to, and health effects of, cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors is needed to develop effective strategies to prevent CVD events and deaths.
Elliott, P, Ezzati, M, Kontis, V, Tzoulaki, I   +3 more
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Population and fertility by age and sex for 195 countries and territories, 1950–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 [PDF]

, 2018
Background The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2017 comparative risk assessment (CRA) is a comprehensive approach to risk factor quantification that offers a useful tool for synthesising evidence on risks and risk ...
Abate, Degu, Abate, Kalkidan Hsssen, Abay, Soloman M, Abbasi, Nooshin, Abbastabar, Hedayat, Abdela, Jemal, Callender, Charlton S K H, Deribe, Kebede, GBD 2017 Risk Factor Collaborators,, Kulikoff, Xie Rachel, Murray, Christopher J L, others,, Srinivasan, Vinay, Stanaway, Jeffrey D   +13 more
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Population Impact Attributable to Modifiable Risk Factors for Hyperuricemia [PDF]

Arthritis & Rheumatology, 2019
ObjectiveTo examine modifiable risk factors in relation to the presence of hyperuricemia and to estimate the proportion of hyperuricemia cases in the general population that could be prevented by risk factor modification, along with estimates of the variance explained.MethodsUsing data obtained from 14,624 adults representative of the US civilian ...
Hyon K. Choi, Natalie McCormick, Na Lu, Sharan K. Rai, Chio Yokose, Yuqing Zhang   +5 more
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Cancers in Australia in 2010 attributable to and prevented by the use of combined oral contraceptives

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2015
Objectives: To estimate the proportion and number of cancers occurring in Australia in 2010 attributable to combined oral contraceptive pill (OCP) use. Methods: We estimated the population attributable fraction (PAF) for cancers causally associated with ...
Susan J. Jordan, Louise F. Wilson, Christina M. Nagle, Adele C. Green, Catherine M. Olsen, Christopher J. Bain, Nirmala Pandeya, David C. Whiteman, Penelope M. Webb   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Important risk factors and attributable risk of vertebral fractures in the population-based Tromsø study

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2012
Background Vertebral fractures, the most common type of osteoporotic fractures, are associated with increased risk of subsequent fracture, morbidity, and mortality.
Waterloo Svanhild, Nguyen Tuan, Ahmed Luai A, Center Jacqueline R, Morseth Bente, Nguyen Nguyen D, Eisman John A, Søgaard Anne J, Emaus Nina   +8 more
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Cancers in Australia in 2010 attributable to infectious agents

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2015
Objectives: To estimate the proportion and numbers of cancers in Australia in 2010 attributable to infectious agents. Methods: The population attributable fraction (PAF) and number of cancers caused by hepatitis B and C viruses (HBV, HCV), Helicobacter ...
Annika Antonsson, Louise F. Wilson, Bradley J. Kendall, Christopher J. Bain, David C. Whiteman, Rachel E. Neale   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Updated global estimates of respiratory mortality in adults ≥ 30 years of age attributable to long-term ozone exposure [PDF]

, 2017
BACKGROUND: Relative risk estimates for long-term ozone (O3) exposure and respiratory mortality from the American Cancer Society Cancer Prevention Study II (ACS CPS-II) cohort have been used to estimate global O3-attributable mortality in adults. Updated
Christopher S. Malley, Daven K. Henze, Harry W. Vallack, Johan C.I. Kuylenstierna, Krewski D, Michelle C. Turner, Mike R. Ashmore, Susan C. Anenberg, Yanko Davila   +8 more
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Gestational age at delivery and special educational need: retrospective cohort study of 407,503 schoolchildren [PDF]

, 2010
<STRONG>Background</STRONG> Previous studies have demonstrated an association between preterm delivery and increased risk of special educational need (SEN).
A Brady, AL Rickards, AT Bhutta, BE Stephens, CM McCarton, D Wolke, Daniel F. MacKay, G Wiener, Gordon C. S. Smith, I Kirkegaard, J Briscoe, J Cuzick, Jill P. Pell, LA Foulder-Hughes, M Lagerstrom, M Ornstein, MG Eide, MJ Davidoff, P Royston, PJ Anderson, RG Record, Richard Dobbie, S Campbell, S Yang, SK Cole, Tze Kin Lau   +25 more
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Pseudotumor cerebri syndrome in childhood : incidence, clinical profile and risk factors in a national prospective population-based cohort study [PDF]

, 2017
Aim To investigate the epidemiology, clinical profile and risk factors of pseudotumor cerebri syndrome (PTCS) in children aged 1-16 years. Methods A national prospective population-based cohort study over 25 months.
Dean, Fiona, Kennedy, Colin R., Lim, Ming J., Matthews, Yim-Yee, Mclachlan, Karen, Rigby, Alan S., Solanki, Guirish A., White, Catharine P., Whitehouse, William P.   +8 more
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