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    • Association Between Sleep Disordered Breathing and Behavior in School-Aged Children: The Tucson Children's Assessment of Sleep Apnea Study 

      Quan, Stuart Fun; Zhao, Qiuhong; Sherrill, Duane L.; Goodwin, James L. (Bentham Science Publishers Ltd., 2008)
      Study Objectives—This study analyzed the association between the Respiratory Disturbance Index (RDI) and two behavior measures, the Conners’ Parent Rating Scale (CPRS-R) and the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) in school-aged ...

    • Association between Sleep Duration and 24-Hour Urine Free Cortisol in the MrOS Sleep Study 

      Rao, Madhu N.; Blackwell, Terri; Redline, Susan; Punjabi, Naresh M.; Barrett-Connor, Elizabeth; Neylan, Thomas C.; Stone, Katie L. (Public Library of Science, 2013)
      Context Short sleep duration is associated with adverse health outcomes, but the mechanisms involved are unknown. It has been postulated that short sleep duration may elevate cortisol levels, but studies have had conflicting ...

    • Association Between Sleep Duration and Diabetes in Black and White Adults 

      Jackson, Chandra L.; Redline, Susan; Kawachi, Ichiro; Hu, Frank B. (American Diabetes Association, 2013)
      OBJECTIVE To examine racial differences in sleep duration and its relationship with diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We used data from a nationally representative sample of U.S. adults (n = 130,943) participating in ...

    • Association between Sleep Duration, Insomnia Symptoms and Bone Mineral Density in Older Boston Puerto Rican Adults 

      Niu, Jinya; Sahni, Shivani; Liao, Susu; Tucker, Katherine L.; Dawson-Hughes, Bess; Gao, Xiang (Public Library of Science, 2015)
      Objective: To examine the association between sleep patterns (sleep duration and insomnia symptoms) and total and regional bone mineral density (BMD) among older Boston Puerto Rican adults. Materials/Methods We conducted ...

    • The Association between Sleep Patterns and Obesity in Older Adults 

      Patel, Sanjay R.; Hayes, Amanda L.; Blackwell, Terri; Evans, Daniel S.; Ancoli-Israel, Sonia; Wing, Yun K.; Stone, Katie L. (2014)
      Background: Reduced sleep duration has been increasingly reported to predict obesity. However, timing and regularity of sleep may also be important. In this study, the cross-sectional association between objectively measured ...

    • Association between socioeconomic status and pain, function and pain catastrophizing at presentation for total knee arthroplasty 

      Feldman, Candace H; Dong, Yan; Katz, Jeffrey N; Donnell-Fink, Laurel A; Losina, Elena (BioMed Central, 2015)
      Background: Patients with higher socioeconomic status (SES) are shown to have better total knee arthroplasty (TKA) outcomes compared to those with lower SES. The relationship between SES and factors that influence TKA use ...

    • The association between socioeconomic status and tumour stage at diagnosis of ovarian cancer: A pooled analysis of 18 case-control studies 

      Præstegaard, Camilla; Kjaer, Susanne K.; Nielsen, Thor S.S.; Jensen, Signe M.; Webb, Penelope M.; Nagle, Christina M.; Høgdall, Estrid; Risch, Harvey A.; Rossing, Mary Anne; Doherty, Jennifer A.; Wicklund, Kristine G.; Goodman, Marc T.; Modugno, Francesmary; Moysich, Kirsten; Ness, Roberta B.; Edwards, Robert P.; Goode, Ellen L.; Winham, Stacey J.; Fridley, Brooke L.; Cramer, Daniel William; Terry, Kathryn Lynne; Schildkraut, Joellen M.; Berchuck, Andrew; Bandera, Elisa V.; Paddock, Lisa; Kiemeney, Lambertus A.; Massuger, Leon F.; Wentzensen, Nicolas; Pharoah, Paul; Song, Honglin; Whittemore, Alice S.; McGuire, Valerie; Sieh, Weiva; Rothstein, Joseph; Anton-Culver, Hoda; Ziogas, Argyrios; Menon, Usha; Gayther, Simon A.; Ramus, Susan J.; Gentry-Maharaj, Aleksandra; Wu, Anna H.; Pearce, Celeste L.; Pike, Malcolm C.; Lee, Alice W.; Chang-Claude, Jenny; Jensen, Allan (Elsevier BV, 2016)
      PURPOSE: Socioeconomic status (SES) is a known predictor of survival for several cancers and it has been suggested that SES differences affecting tumour stage at diagnosis may be the most important explanatory factor for ...

    • The Association Between Talc Use and Ovarian Cancer 

      Cramer, Daniel William; Vitonis, Allison F.; Terry, Kathryn Lynne; Welch, William Robert; Titus, Linda J. (Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2016)
      BACKGROUND: Multiple studies of ovarian cancer and genital talc use have led only to consensus about possible carcinogenicity. Seeking greater clarity, we examined this association in 2,041 cases with epithelial ovarian ...

    • The Association Between Talc Use and Ovarian Cancer: A Retrospective Case–Control Study in Two US States 

      Cramer, Daniel W.; Vitonis, Allison F.; Terry, Kathryn L.; Welch, William R.; Titus, Linda J. (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2015)
      Background: Multiple studies of ovarian cancer and genital talc use have led only to consensus about possible carcinogenicity. Seeking greater clarity, we examined this association in 2,041 cases with epithelial ovarian ...

    • Association Between the Plasma/Whole Blood Lead Ratio and History of Spontaneous Abortion: A Nested Cross-Sectional Study 

      Lamadrid-Figueroa, Héctor; Téllez-Rojo, Martha M; Hernández-Avila, Mauricio; Trejo-Valdivia, Belem; Solano-González, Maritsa; Mercado-Garcia, Adriana; Hu, Howard; Smith, Donald; Wright, Robert O. (BioMed Central, 2007)
      Background: Blood lead has been associated with an elevated risk of miscarriage. The plasmatic fraction of lead represents the toxicologically active fraction of lead. Women with a tendency to have a higher plasma/whole ...

    • Association between Traffic-Related Black Carbon Exposure and Lung Function among Urban Women 

      Suglia, Shakira Franco; Gryparis, Alexandros; Schwartz, Joel David; Wright, Rosalind Jo (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2008)
      Background: Although a number of studies have documented the relationship between lung function and traffic-related pollution among children, few have focused on adult lung function or examined community-based populations. ...

    • Association between umbilical cord glucocorticoids and blood pressure at age 3 years 

      Huh, Susanna; Andrew, Ruth; Rich-Edwards, Janet Wilson; Kleinman, Ken Paul; Seckl, Jonathan R; Gillman, Matthew William (BioMed Central, 2008)
      Background: Animal data show that decreased activity of placental 11-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2 (11β-HSD2), which potently inactivates glucocorticoids (e.g. cortisol) to inert forms (cortisone), allows increased ...

    • Association between use of warfarin with common sulfonylureas and serious hypoglycemic events: retrospective cohort analysis 

      Romley, John A; Gong, Cynthia; Jena, Anupam B; Goldman, Dana P; Williams, Bradley; Peters, Anne (BMJ Publishing Group Ltd., 2015)
      Study question Is warfarin use associated with an increased risk of serious hypoglycemic events among older people treated with the sulfonylureas glipizide and glimepiride? Methods: This was a retrospective cohort analysis ...

    • The association between vitamin B12, albuminuria and reduced kidney function: an observational cohort study 

      McMahon, Gearoid M; Hwang, Shih-Jen; Tanner, Rikki M; Jacques, Paul F; Selhub, Jacob; Muntner, Paul; Fox, Caroline S (BioMed Central, 2015)
      Background: Variants in CUBN, the gene encoding cubilin, a proximal tubular transport protein, have been associated with albuminuria and vitamin B12 (B12) deficiency. We hypothesized that low levels of B12 would be associated ...

    • Association between work time loss and quality of life in patients with Herpes Zoster: a pooled analysis of the MASTER studies 

      Rampakakis, Emmanouil; Stutz, Melissa; Kawai, Kosuke; Tsai, Tsen-Fang; Cheong, Hee Jin; Dhitavat, Jittima; Ortiz-Covarrubias, Alejandro; Cashat-Cruz, Miguel; Monsanto, Homero; Johnson, Kelly D.; Sampalis, John S.; Acosta, Camilo J. (BioMed Central, 2017)
      Background: Herpes zoster (HZ) has a significant negative effect on the productive work life of individuals, and has been shown to be responsible for cases of absenteeism, presenteeism and decreased work effectiveness. The ...

    • Association between XPF Polymorphisms and Cancer Risk: A Meta-Analysis 

      Shi, Ting-Yan; He, Jing; Qiu, Li-Xin; Zhu, Mei-Ling; Wang, Meng-Yun; Zhou, Xiao-Yan; Han, Jiali; Yu, Hongpin; Zang, Rong-Yu; Wei, Qingyi (Public Library of Science, 2012)
      Background: Xeroderma pigmentosum complementation group F (XPF or ERCC4) plays a key role in DNA repair that protects against genetic instability and carcinogenesis. A series of epidemiological studies have examined ...

    • Association cortex hypoperfusion in mild dementia with Lewy bodies: a potential indicator of cholinergic dysfunction? 

      Fong, Tamara G; Inouye, Sharon; Dai, Weiying; Press, Daniel; Alsop, David C. (Springer Science + Business Media, 2010)
      Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is often associated with occipital hypometabolism or hypoperfusion, as well as deficits in cholinergic neurotransmission. In this study, 11 mild DLB, 16 mild AD and 16 age-matched controls ...

    • Association mapping by pooled sequencing identifies TOLL 11 as a protective factor against Plasmodium falciparum in Anopheles gambiae 

      Redmond, Seth N.; Eiglmeier, Karin; Mitri, Christian; Markianos, Kyriacos; Guelbeogo, Wamdaogo M.; Gneme, Awa; Isaacs, Alison T.; Coulibaly, Boubacar; Brito-Fravallo, Emma; Maslen, Gareth; Mead, Daniel; Niare, Oumou; Traore, Sekou F.; Sagnon, N’Fale; Kwiatkowski, Dominic; Riehle, Michelle M.; Vernick, Kenneth D. (BioMed Central, 2015)
      Background: The genome-wide association study (GWAS) techniques that have been used for genetic mapping in other organisms have not been successfully applied to mosquitoes, which have genetic characteristics of high ...

    • Association of a history of childhood-onset obesity and dieting with eating disorders 

      Cena, Hellas; Stanford, Fatima Cody; Ochner, Luana; Fonte, Maria Luisa; Biino, Ginevra; De Giuseppe, Rachele; Taveras, Elsie Mireya; Misra, Madhusmita (Informa UK Limited, 2017)
      This was a retrospective, observational chart review conducted on a convenience sample of 537 outpatients, aged 16–60 years, referred to an Italian Dietetic and Nutrition University Center. The study aimed to look at the ...

    • The Association of a SNP Upstream of INSIG2 with Body Mass Index is Reproduced in Several but Not All Cohorts 

      Emilsson, Valur; Hinney, Anke; Heid, Iris M; Zhu, Xiaofeng; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Gunnarsdottir, Steinunn; Walters, G. Bragi; Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur; Kong, Augustine; Gulcher, Jeffrey; Nguyen, Thuy Trang; Scherag, André; Pfeufer, Arne; Meitinger, Thomas; Brönner, Günter; Rief, Winfried; Soto-Quiros, Manuel E; Avila, Lydiana; Groop, Leif; Tuomi, Tiinamaija; Isomaa, Bo; Bengtsson, Kristina; Butler, Johannah L; Vollmert, Caren; Celedón, Juan C; Wichmann, H. Erich; Hebebrand, Johannes; Stefansson, Kari; Abecasis, Gonçalo; Lyon, Helen N; Su, Jessica Ann Lasky; Klanderman, Barbara Jordan; Raby, Benjamin Alexander; Silverman, Edwin Kepner; Weiss, Scott Tillman; Laird, Nan M.; Ding, Xiao; Cooper, Richard S; Fox, Caroline; O'Donnell, Christopher Joseph; Lange, Christoph; Hirschhorn, Joel Naom (Public Library of Science, 2007)
      A SNP upstream of the INSIG2 gene, rs7566605, was recently found to be associated with obesity as measured by body mass index (BMI) by Herbert and colleagues. The association between increased BMI and homozygosity for the ...