• ICHS is one of four locations across the nation that the CDC has partnered with in the Tuberculosis Epidemiologic Studies Consortium (TBESC). (ichs.com)
  • TBESC-I conducted 29 studies via funding awarded to 22 sites and focused on studies ranging from the molecular epidemiology of multidrug-resistant TB disease to the cost of treating TB disease in urban health departments. (cdc.gov)
  • [ 1 ] and the HIV Epidemiology Research Study (HERS). (medscape.com)
  • Dr. Riley completed postdoctoral training at UCSF, her PhD and MA in Sociology at University of Chicago, a MPH in Epidemiology/Biostatistics at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, and a MA in Latin American Studies at Stanford University. (epiresearch.org)
  • MPH students: those who earned a grade of 'A' in 340.721 EPIDEMIOLOGIC INFERENCE I or 340.601 PRINCIPLES OF EPIDEMIOLOGY may opt to skip the course 340.751 and proceed into 340.752 EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS 2 during the 2nd term. (jhu.edu)
  • The purpose of this study was to use the Epidemiology of Prolapse and Incontinence Questionnaire (EPIQ), a validated screening tool, to determine the prevalence of UI in women attending the Minnesota State Fair. (umn.edu)
  • His research sits at advanced epidemiologic methods to make causal inferences from observational data (e.g., prospective cohorts and electronic health records), and thereby to build accurate and impactful evidence bases for health decision making. (epiresearch.org)
  • Further studies using large cohorts are still needed to clarify possible genotype-phenotype correlations in BHD. (scienceblog.com)
  • We review the strengths and limitations of risk of bias assessments, in particular, for reviews of observational studies of environmental exposures, and we also comment more generally on methods of evidence synthesis. (nih.gov)
  • The second part of this thought experiment is to imagine a study using similar methods to lead to the title, "Better Patient Outcomes in Outpatient Clinics Than in Intensive Care Units. (ajnr.org)
  • Now for the most important message, epidemiologic methods are not appropriate for clinicians hoping to justify their interventions. (ajnr.org)
  • Statistical analysis: The statistical methods used to analyze the data should be appropriate for the study design and the research question being addressed. (medigy.com)
  • Papers chosen for discussion in the journal club are focused on epidemiologic methods. (epiresearch.org)
  • Presents as the first course in the Epidemiologic Methods sequence. (jhu.edu)
  • METHODS: We built an ovarian cancer risk prediction model with epidemiologic risk factors from 202,206 women in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition study. (ox.ac.uk)
  • Methods: This retrospective study included review of medical records of injured children of 0-18 years of age treated in a major city pediatric emergency department from 1999 to 2003. (cdc.gov)
  • The study presented here aimed to contrast the marked clinical differences in the presentation of Schistosoma mansoni-induced infection between immigrants and travellers entering Spain from endemic regions, and to elucidate the therapeutic implications of these infections. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • To assess the value of antenatal screening to detect neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (NAIT) due to anti-HPA-1a, a prospective study was carried out to quantify the potential clinical benefits and determine whether screening would be cost-effective. (napier.ac.uk)
  • Methodological differences, such as studying clinically diagnosed BPD versus dimensions of BPD-traits, or ascertaining case status by clinical interview, self-rating questionnaire or indirectly by informants, most likely explain much of the variability. (nature.com)
  • Epidemiologic, clinical, and laboratory characteristics of childhood brucellosis : A study in an Iranian children's referral hospital. (bvsalud.org)
  • We determined clinical, laboratory , and epidemiologic characteristics of pediatric brucellosis patients hospitalized at the Children 's Medical Center from May 2011 to December 2016. (bvsalud.org)
  • The aim of our study was to define the immunological profile of stable vitiligo lesions undergoing MKTP and correlate them with clinical outcomes. (umassmed.edu)
  • Blinded clinical trials and clinical studies to establish treatment guidelines. (nih.gov)
  • Findings from these and other studies indicate that there are subtle differences between HIV disease in men and women, although these differences are less pronounced than originally predicted. (medscape.com)
  • Findings from several studies indicate that differential use of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) explains much of the disparity. (medscape.com)
  • In an epidemiological study of 439, 13-year-old children, lumbar magnetic resonance imaging findings were rather frequent. (lww.com)
  • The objective of this review is to systematically review the findings of existing epidemiologic research on vitamin C and its potential role in cardiovascular disease (CVD). (mdpi.com)
  • Evidence synthesis (or evidence integration) is widely used to summarize findings of epidemiologic studies of environmental and occupational exposures. (nih.gov)
  • Such syntheses are part of systematic reviews of observational epidemiologic study findings. (nih.gov)
  • There are several characteristics of epidemiologic studies that are important to consider when evaluating their findings. (medigy.com)
  • Overall, it is important to carefully consider the characteristics of a study when evaluating its findings and considering its relevance to a particular population or healthcare setting. (medigy.com)
  • The study findings "underscore the importance of continued detection and treatment of both acute and chronic heart disease," Woodruff said, and of "counseling patients on the importance of improving their cardiovascular health by following the American Heart Association's Life's Essential 8 - eating better, being more active, quitting tobacco, getting healthy sleep, managing weight, controlling cholesterol, managing blood sugar, and managing blood pressure. (medscape.com)
  • Clearly the findings of this important study should serve as a wake-up call," he said, "since we slid back many years of progress. (medscape.com)
  • The NHANES I Epidemiologic Follow-up Study (NHEFS) is a national longitudinal study that was jointly initiated by the National Center for Health Statistics and the National Institute on Aging in collaboration with other agencies of the Public Health Service. (cdc.gov)
  • Additional mortality data can be found on the NHANES I Epidemiologic Follow-up Survey (NHEFS) linked mortality file , which extends the mortality follow-up period through December 31, 2011 and brings the total number of NHEFS decedents to 9,035. (cdc.gov)
  • The NHEFS linked mortality file includes death information for all those previously identified as deceased during the NHANES I Epidemiologic Follow-up survey periods, as well as, deaths identified through a probabilistic match with the NCHS National Death Index (NDI) . (cdc.gov)
  • It also provides an opportunity to explore heterogeneity across studies, e.g., by study design, type of population under study, or other characteristics. (nih.gov)
  • Studies with low response rates may not accurately reflect the characteristics of the study population. (medigy.com)
  • Molecular, genetic and epidemiologic stu. (hacettepe.edu.tr)
  • Family and twin studies of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) have found familial aggregation and genetic propensity for BPD, but estimates vary widely. (nature.com)
  • Critically, previous family studies of BPD-diagnosis only included first-degree relatives, and could therefore not disentangle genetic from environmental contributions to the observed familiality. (nature.com)
  • Twin and extended twin studies, including relatives of twins, enable exploration of the relative contribution of genetic and environmental factors to familial aggregation [ 18 ]. (nature.com)
  • present a new study describing genetic, epidemiologic and clinicopathologic features of 312 Asian individuals with BHD manifestations based on data from 120 probands from different families (119 Japanese and 1 Taiwanese), 36 siblingss with genetic testing and 156 siblings without genetic testing. (scienceblog.com)
  • Genetic, epidemiologic and clinicopathologic studies of Japanese Asian patients with Birt-Hogg-DubĂ© syndrome. (scienceblog.com)
  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is pleased to announce the launch of the Tuberculosis (TB) Epidemiologic Studies Consortium (TBESC) III for the 2021-2026 cycle. (cdc.gov)
  • TBESC is a CDC-funded initiative to carry out observational epidemiologic research and related studies to improve identification, diagnosis, prevention, and control of TB disease and latent TB infection. (cdc.gov)
  • Via funding awarded to 10 sites, TBESC-II conducted three significantly larger main studies focused on evaluating TB blood and skin tests, describing the latent TB infection care cascade, and identifying latent TB infection care cascade gaps, barriers, and facilitators. (cdc.gov)
  • Over the last two decades, TBESC studies have provided insight into how to improve public health programs' capacity for preventing TB. (cdc.gov)
  • A retrospective cohort study from two tertiary NICUs in northern and central Connecticut involving 16,761 infants admitted over a 28-year period. (nature.com)
  • A study evaluating the CES-DC found that the scores do not necessarily match up to a DSM diagnosis, and while it is a good psychometric tool for adolescents, reliability and validity is poor when applied to children. (wikipedia.org)
  • Latent class analysis was conducted on the 10 DSM-IV personality disorders in a nationally representative sample of 2,463 adults with a lifetime diagnosis of PTSD from Wave 2 (2004-2005) of the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions. (psychiatrist.com)
  • The goals of the Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly (EPESE) project were to describe and identify predictors of mortality, hospitalization, and placement in long-term care facilities and to investigate risk factors for chronic diseases and loss of functioning. (umich.edu)
  • The highly accurate results make this molecular epidemiologic screening an ideal method to screen for and prevent severe thalassemia in high-risk populations. (afpm.org.my)
  • Increasingly, risk of bias tools are used to evaluate epidemiologic studies as part of evidence synthesis (evidence integration), often involving meta-analyses. (nih.gov)
  • As is recognized in many guidelines, evidence synthesis requires a broader approach than simply evaluating risk of bias in individual studies followed by synthesis of studies judged unbiased, or with studies given more weight if judged less biased. (nih.gov)
  • Evidence synthesis requires a broad approach that goes beyond assessing bias in individual human studies and then including a narrow range of human studies judged to be unbiased in evidence synthesis. (nih.gov)
  • and c ) a method to synthesize evidence across studies (which sometimes includes a meta-analysis). (nih.gov)
  • Boxes 4 and 5 of this figure (evaluate evidence, integrate evidence) depict where risk of bias assessments come into play via evaluations of individual studies and evidence synthesis across studies, and they are the subject of this paper. (nih.gov)
  • Subjectivity (value-based judgment) is inevitably present in the assessments of the quality of the individual studies (including whether they suffer from biases) and in the decisions to include or exclude studies in evidence syntheses and meta-analyses. (nih.gov)
  • We highlight recent evidence from molecular epidemiologic studies and studies of intermediate markers like mammographic density that provide additional evidence that this association is real and not solely explained by factors/correlates of the exposure and outcome present in non-randomized studies. (wineinformationcouncil.eu)
  • We also review evidence from studies of higher risk women including BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers. (wineinformationcouncil.eu)
  • Ninety-six percent of the study population has been successfully traced at some point through the 1992 follow-up. (cdc.gov)
  • Adequate participation in population-based studies in essential to ensure that the sample is representative of the population under investigation. (nih.gov)
  • The Melbourne Visual Impairment Project (Melbourne VIP) is a population-based study designed to increase understanding of the prevalence and severity of common ocular disorders affecting people 40 years of age and over. (nih.gov)
  • Cross-sectional cohort study of a general population. (lww.com)
  • It is an important epidemiologic question to assess whether the population attributable risk associated with cigarette smoking in this low-risk population is biased from under-reporting because of societal pressures not to smoke. (who.int)
  • STUDY POPULATION: Medical records of 169,576 cats, including 3,570 cats with hyperthyroidism, evaluated at 9 veterinary school hospitals during a 20-year period, and 109 cats with hyperthyroidism (cases) and 173 cats without hyperthyroidism (controls). (avmi.net)
  • The ability of an epidemiologic study to detect an increased incidence of disease is dependent on the increased risk level and on the size of the affected population. (cdc.gov)
  • For example, if an estimated exposure results in an increased cancer incidence of 1 in 10,000 over background (a high risk level), it would not be detectable in a study population of several thousand people (a very large cohort. (cdc.gov)
  • Study population: The study population should be clearly defined and representative of the larger population of interest. (medigy.com)
  • Extrapolating to the population distribution of Singapore, the authors found a higher overall expected carrier frequency for alpha- and beta-thalassemia mutations of 9% compared with a previous population study of 6% by phenotype. (afpm.org.my)
  • The study population comprised women who were members of the graduating classes of 1957, 1958, and 1959 of an eastern U.S. women's college. (mcmaster.ca)
  • This study aimed to establish the prevalence of depression and work-related stress in a group of drivers from the RACER (Risk of Adverse Cardiovascular Events among professional dRivers in Poland - development of specific cardiovascular preventive program) study population. (psychiatriapolska.pl)
  • Therefore, we performed a total-population study estimating the familial aggregation and heritability of clinically diagnosed BPD. (nature.com)
  • However, the study population was at risk of selection bias and the study did not report on sex differences. (nature.com)
  • The IPSS-R showed slightly better discrimination when compared to the IPSS in this cohort (Somers Dxy 0.39 vs. 0.35, respectively) but observed survival more was more closely approximated by IPSS than by IPSS-R. Our study highlights the possibility of ethnic differences in the presentation of MDS and raises questions regarding which prognostic system is more predictive in this population. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In the present study, we developed a case-control sampling design to surveil vaccine effectiveness (VE) in this ethnically and socioeconomically diverse population with more than 1.3 million inhabitants. (lu.se)
  • and prevalence ranging from 4.9% - 64.7% few broad population-based epidemiological studies has been reported worldwide.2 These lesions may be of OMLs available in Nigeria in 1984. (who.int)
  • Future studies should consider adding informative biomarkers to possibly improve the predictive ability of the model. (ox.ac.uk)
  • We use Bayesian sparse linear mixed modeling to calculate SNP weightings for 53 biomarkers from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study. (arizona.edu)
  • OBJECTIVE: Epidemiologic studies have reported conflicting results regarding maternal alcohol consumption before and during pregnancy, and the risk of congenital heart defects (CHDs). (wineinformationcouncil.eu)
  • Objective: This study presents the first surveillance data of nonfatal childhood injuries from a large children's hospital in Cluj, a major city of Romania. (cdc.gov)
  • Epidemiologic modeling has demonstrated that the main driver of U.S. TB incidence is no longer recent transmission from infectious TB patients in the United States, but rather the large number of individuals (estimated as up to 13 million people) with latent TB infection who live in the United States but often acquired their TB infection elsewhere. (cdc.gov)
  • Incidence of NEC was unchanged over the 28 years of study. (nature.com)
  • BACKGROUND: Epidemiologic studies have found that moderate alcohol consumption was associated with a decreased risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) incidence. (wineinformationcouncil.eu)
  • There have been few studies to evaluate with Graves disease will develop GO and the prevalence and severity of GO in Iranian severe forms affect 3% to 5% of patients. (who.int)
  • An observational prospective controlled study was carried out on 26,506 pregnant women over 2 years. (napier.ac.uk)
  • Study design: Different study designs have different strengths and limitations, and it is important to consider the type of study when evaluating the results. (medigy.com)
  • Several research studies have found the CES-DC to be a reliable and valid measure of depressive symptoms in children. (wikipedia.org)
  • Its purpose is to carry out research and studies to help improve the identification of tuberculosis as well as improve screening and treatment, in primary care settings. (ichs.com)
  • Dr. Keil's research is focused on improving the link between epidemiologic studies and public health in occupational and environmental settings. (epiresearch.org)
  • Maryia Bakhtsiyarava is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California Berkeley, where she conducts interdisciplinary research to study how elements of the natural environment - such as ambient temperature and greenspace - impact human health. (epiresearch.org)
  • Introduces students to the principles and concepts used in epidemiologic research. (jhu.edu)
  • THE GUTS for Epidemiologic Research Depression Size (CES-D) is among the most commonly used self-report tools for calculating the rate of recurrence of depressive symptoms [1]. (biomedigs.org)
  • Observational studies should not be considered inherently biased vs. a hypothetical RCT. (nih.gov)
  • Advocates of observational studies argue that their approach is easier, more efficient, and cheaper. (ajnr.org)
  • International guidelines for ethical review of epidemiological studies. (who.int)
  • Cancer risk from occupational exposure to wood dust : a pooled analysis of epidemiological studies / P. A. Demers and P. Boffetta. (who.int)
  • Isolates were sent to the National Microbiology Laboratory for confirmation of serogroup and further studies including phenotype and clonal complex identification. (canada.ca)
  • Epidemiologic risk prediction models could help identify women at increased risk who may benefit from targeted prevention measures, such as screening or chemopreventive agents. (ox.ac.uk)
  • Identify the contribution, risk, and mechanisms of systemic vs. non-systemic ASNHL, to include studies of the role of low-level autoimmunity in long-standing diseases, e.g., rheumatoid arthritis (RA), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). (nih.gov)
  • The results of this study highlight the importance of focusing smoking cessation efforts on individuals who are nicotine dependent, individuals who have psychiatric disorders, and individuals who have comorbid nicotine dependence and other psychiatric disorders. (nih.gov)
  • Prevalence of depressive disorders in professional drivers - epidemiologic subanalysis of the RACER study. (psychiatriapolska.pl)
  • The aim of this study was to determine the potential for any non-response bias by comparing data from participants and non-participants of the Melbourne VIP. (nih.gov)
  • participants interviewed in the family cohort study correctly reported usage 82.8% of the time. (who.int)
  • A previous study evaluated cardiovascular RCTs with sample sizes over 500 participants that had a statistically significant primary outcome and showed a median FI of 13 (IQR, 5-26). (bmj.com)
  • Study participants submitted purged stool specimens. (cdc.gov)
  • However, all these studies were based on sub-threshold BPD/BPD-traits and/or non-random selection of participants. (nature.com)
  • 14 score of the participants in this study was 7.17+8.64. (who.int)
  • Included in these analyses were data from men interviewed for a cross-sectional study of dietary intake and hormones, women interviewed as a part of a case-control study of cervical cancer, and men interviewed in conjunction with a cardiovascular disease and hypertension family follow-up study. (who.int)
  • It should include the use of classical considerations for judging causality in human studies, as well as triangulation and integration of animal and mechanistic data. (nih.gov)
  • Epidemiologic studies are designed to discover some unknown things, by using known data. (ajnr.org)
  • All data relevant to the study are included in the article or uploaded as supplementary information. (bmj.com)
  • Data quality: The quality of the data collected can impact the reliability of the study results. (medigy.com)
  • Childhood injuries have not been widely studied in Romania, a middle-income country, because data sources are lacking. (cdc.gov)
  • We surveyed MBL production among PSA isolates collected via multicentric surveillance study. (amrita.edu)
  • The first surveillance results show that estimated VE against hospitalisation and severe disease 0-3 months after the last dose remained stable during the study period, but waned. (lu.se)
  • Conclusion Today's study proven empirical support for the bi-factor model as an authentic representation from the root structure from the CES-D. Analysts and clinicians are better served with a solitary way of measuring buy VTP-27999 2,2,2-trifluoroacetate melancholy simply. (biomedigs.org)
  • In the other studies in this thesis, risk factors for dementia were investigated with dementia as a dichotomous outcome variable. (eur.nl)
  • Prospective epidemiologic study of the outcome and cost-effectiveness of antenatal screening to detect neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia due to anti-HPA-1a. (napier.ac.uk)
  • Available from: http://www.researchgate.net/publication/7400069_Prospective_epidemiologic_study_of_the_outcome_and_cost-effectiveness_of_antenatal_screening_to_detect_neonatal_alloimmune_thrombocytopenia_due_to_anti-HPA-1a [accessed Nov 13, 2015]. (napier.ac.uk)
  • we identified relevant published studies that assessed the association between maternal alcohol consumption and CHD risk. (wineinformationcouncil.eu)
  • Due to the widespread usage of the CES-D total rating as a testing way of measuring depressive symptoms in medical practice and study [13C15], it's important to uncover the complete dimensionality from the size and explore the robustness of the unidimensional model. (biomedigs.org)
  • Response rate: The response rate, or the percentage of eligible individuals who participate in the study, can affect the reliability of the results. (medigy.com)
  • Results of search for 'su:{Epidemiologic studies. (who.int)
  • Results: In the 5-year study period, 1,179 childhood injuries were treated in the emergency department, for an average of 236 patients per year. (cdc.gov)
  • Further studies are needed to better assess why our cohort appears to have a higher risk of UI. (umn.edu)
  • The journal club provides our members with the opportunity to discuss recent epidemiologic literature. (epiresearch.org)
  • The primary study, one of the largest of its kind, compared the ability of the tuberculin skin test and interferon-gamma release assay to predict progression from latent TB infection to TB disease. (cdc.gov)
  • Studies have not established a consistent association between HIV infection and menstrual abnormalities. (medscape.com)
  • Risk factors for the development of necrotizing enterocolitis: a case-control study. (nature.com)
  • Rather than a checklist approach when evaluating individual studies using risk of bias tools, we call for identifying and quantifying possible biases, their direction, and their impacts on parameter estimates. (nih.gov)
  • Study-specific relative risk estimates were pooled by random-effects or fixed-effects models. (wineinformationcouncil.eu)
  • The summary of 23 studies related to CHDs indicated an overall pooled relative risk of 1.13 (95% confidence interval: 0.96, 1.29) among mothers drinking before or during pregnancy. (wineinformationcouncil.eu)
  • The prospective RACER study includes unselected professional drivers and aims to establish prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in this group. (psychiatriapolska.pl)
  • Only one family study investigated clinically diagnosed BPD in both individuals and their relatives, and found an absolute risk of 14.1% in their first-degree relatives, corresponding to a 3.9 times increased risk compared to relatives of non-affected individuals [ 12 ]. (nature.com)
  • An epidemiologic risk prediction model for ovarian cancer in Europe: the EPIC study. (ox.ac.uk)
  • This report discusses the twenty-two published studies which document a link between a first-pregnancy abortion and an increased risk of breast cancer, and concludes that women need to know about this risk before they choose abortion. (ewtn.com)
  • Many studies have found that giving birth, especially at an early age, lowers the risk of breast cancer. (ewtn.com)
  • This study analyzed the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey to calculate recent change. (psychiatrist.com)
  • They cannot be relegated to future epidemiologic studies, and they must be integrated to current medical practice that is in desperate need of validation, by using randomized allocation of options. (ajnr.org)
  • Yearly deaths from heart disease in the United States increased in 2020 during the COVID pandemic, after a steady decline during the previous decade, a new study shows. (medscape.com)
  • Conclusion: The prevalence of urinary incontinence in women in Minnesota was relatively high when reported on the validated EPIQ survey compared to previous studies. (umn.edu)
  • Studies have clearly demonstrated sex and race differences in HAART prescription and use among patients with access to therapy. (medscape.com)
  • however, cutaneous manifestations were so subtle that only one patient voluntarily consulted dermatologists.Other manifestations observed in a few patients of the overall study included colorectal cancer (6 patients), lung cancer (13 patients), oncocytic thyroid carcinoma (1 patient) and parotid gland oncocytoma (1 patient). (scienceblog.com)
  • In East Boston, individuals eligible for the study were identified through a total community census performed concurrently with the baseline interview in 1982. (umich.edu)