Determinants of 40-year all-cau ...
If a few risk factors had predictive power for all-cause mortality in different geographical-cultural areas, then preventive efforts might be concen ...
Sex differences in short- and l ...
Declining trends in case fatality (CF) of MI events have been generally reported in western countries. It is, however, not clear whether the develop ...
Residual confounding after adju ...
Residual confounding, after adjustment for age, is the major criticism of observational studies on breast cancer screening effectiveness. We develop ...
Dairy products and its associat ...
It is unclear whether specific dairy products are associated with risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). The aim of this project was therefore to exa ...
Categories of glucose tolerance ...
We investigated the association of undiagnosed diabetes, previously known diabetes and prediabetes (WHO 1999 classification) with all-cause and caus ...
Doubling in the use of thyroid ...
Iodization of salt is an effective strategy to prevent iodine deficiency disorders. Recent studies, however, indicate that increasing the iodine int ...
Selection of confounding variab ...
In observational studies, selection of confounding variables for adjustment is often based on observed baseline incomparability. The aim of this stu ...
Increasing incidence of Barrett ...
Oesophageal adenocarcinoma, a highly fatal cancer, has risen in incidence in Western societies, but it is unclear whether this is due to increasing ...
A novel approach to quantify ra ...
The most frequently used methods for handling random error are largely misunderstood or misused by researchers. We propose a simple approach to quan ...
Changing mortality for motor ne ...
The incidence and mortality of motor neuron disease (MND) increase with age and appear to have increased with time. The examination of period and co ...
Impact of time since last calor ...
Blood glucose (BG) is usually measured after a caloric restriction of at least 8 h; however evidence-based recommendations for the duration of a fas ...
Obesity but not overweight is a ...
The association between body mass index (BMI) and survival has been described in various populations. However, the results remain controversial and ...
Parity and total, ischemic hear ...
In a prospective study with information about life style and reproductive factors, we assessed the relationship between parity and total, ischemic h ...
Recreational physical activity ...
Increasing evidence suggests that physical activity could prevent cancer, but scanty data is available on head and neck cancer (HNC). The aim of our ...
Chlamydia trachomatis and place ...
Chlamydia trachomatis may infect the placenta and subsequently lead to preterm delivery. Our aim was to evaluate the relationship between the presen ...
Computed tomography in children ...
Exposure to ionizing radiation is a known risk factor for cancer. Cancer risk is highest after exposure in childhood. The computed tomography is the ...
Individual accumulation of hete ...
Dutch’ figures on perinatal mortality and morbidity are poor compared to EU-standards. Considerable within-country differences have been reported to ...
Chlamydia trachomatis infection ...
Chlamydia trachomatis infection is the most prevalent bacterial sexually transmitted infection and may influence pregnancy outcome. This study was c ...
Is low birth weight in the caus ...
A number of cross-sectional and prospective studies suggested a priming effect of maternal smoking in pregnancy on offspring’s obesity. It has been ...
Strengthening the reporting of ...
The rapid and continuing progress in gene discovery for complex diseases is fuelling interest in the potential application of genetic risk models fo ...
Risk of diabetes after gestatio ...
This study aimed to use a population-based Prescription Database to explore later development of diabetes in women registered with gestational diabe ...
Fetal growth, early life circum ...
Recent studies in Sweden and Scotland have found early life conditions to be associated with increased risk of attempted and completed suicide in ad ...
Maternal smoking during pregnan ...
Obstetric and neonatal complications have been associated with completed and attempted suicide (suicidal acts) in young offspring. Maternal smoking ...
Space–time clustering of elevat ...
Previous studies of congenital hypothyroidism (CHT) have reported an increasing incidence which may suggest that environmental factors play an aetio ...
Serum osteoprotegerin levels ar ...
Severe loss of body height is often a consequence of osteoporotic vertebral fractures. Osteoprotegerin (OPG) and receptor activator of nuclear facto ...