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    • 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 ...

    • Association of Acculturation and Country of Origin with Self-Reported Hypertension and Diabetes in a Heterogeneous Hispanic Population 

      Rodriguez, Fatima; Hicks, LeRoi S.; Lopez, Lenny (BioMed Central, 2012)
      Background: Hispanics are the fasting growing population in the U.S. and disproportionately suffer from chronic diseases such as hypertension and diabetes. Little is known about the complex interplay between acculturation ...

    • Association of Acute and Chronic Hyperglycemia With Acute Ischemic Stroke Outcomes Post‐Thrombolysis: Findings From Get With The Guidelines‐Stroke 

      Masrur, Shihab; Cox, Margueritte; Bhatt, Deepak L.; Smith, Eric E.; Ellrodt, Gray; Fonarow, Gregg C.; Schwamm, Lee (John Wiley and Sons Inc., 2015)
      Background: Hyperglycemia has been associated with adverse outcomes in patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS) and may influence outcomes after tissue plasminogen activator (tPA). We sought to analyze the association of ...

    • Association of Adiposity Indices with Platelet Distribution Width and Mean Platelet Volume in Chinese Adults 

      Hou, Jian; Liu, Chuanyao; Yao, Ping; Chen, Weihong; He, Meian; Wang, Youjie; Liang, Yuan; Miao, Xiaoping; Wei, Sheng; Xu, Tian; Fang, Weimin; Zhu, Jiang; Li, Xiulou; Hu, Frank B.; Wu, Tangchun; Yang, Handong; Yuan, Jing (Public Library of Science, 2015)
      Hypoxia is a prominent characteristic of inflammatory tissue lesions. It can affect platelet function. While mean platelet volume (MPV) and platelet distribution width (PDW) are sample platelet indices, they may reflect ...

    • Association of anxiety with intracortical inhibition and descending pain modulation in chronic myofascial pain syndrome 

      Vidor, Liliane Pinto; Torres, Iraci LS; Medeiros, Liciane Fernandes; Dussán-Sarria, Jairo Alberto; Dall’Agnol, Letizzia; Deitos, Alicia; Brietzke, Aline; Laste, Gabriela; Rozisky, Joanna R; Fregni, Felipe; Caumo, Wolnei (BioMed Central, 2014)
      Background: This study aimed to answer three questions related to chronic myofascial pain syndrome (MPS): 1) Is the motor cortex excitability, as assessed by transcranial magnetic stimulation parameters (TMS), related to ...

    • Association of Blood Lead Levels with Onset of Puberty in Russian Boys 

      Hauser, Russ B.; Sergeyev, Oleg; Korrick, Susan Abigail; Lee, Mary M.; Revich, Boris; Gitin, Elena; Burns, Jane S; Williams, Paige L. (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2008)
      Background: Epidemiologic studies suggest a temporal trend of earlier onset and longer duration of puberty, raising concerns regarding the potential impact of environmental factors on pubertal development. Lead exposure ...

    • Association of Blood Pressure Elevation and Nocturnal Dipping With Brain Atrophy, Perfusion and Functional Measures in Stroke and Nonstroke Individuals 

      Hajjar, Ihab; Zhao, Peng; Alsop, David; Abduljalil, Amir; Selim, Magdy; Novak, Peter; Novak, Vera (Oxford University Press (OUP), 2010-01)
      Background Although blood pressure elevation and lower nocturnal dipping both increase vascular risk, it is not known if either or both are also associated with brain atrophy, cerebral perfusion, and functional ...

    • Association of body mass index and waist circumference with successful ageing: 16 year follow-up of the Whitehall II study 

      Singh-Manoux, Archana; Sabia, Séverine; Bouillon, Kim; Brunner, Eric J; Grodstein, Francine; Elbaz, Alexis; Kivimaki, Mika (2013)
      Objective: We examined whether midlife body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) predict successful ageing. Design and Methods BMI/WC were assessed in 4869 persons (mean age 51.2, range 42–63 in 1991/93) and ...

    • Association of Body Mass Index in Early Adulthood and Middle Age with Future Site-Specific Cancer Mortality: The Harvard Alumni Health Study 

      Gray, L.; Lee, I-Min; Sesso, Howard David; Batty, G. D. (Oxford University Press, 2012)
      Background:: The association between adiposity in early adulthood and subsequent development of specific malignancies is unclear. Further, the potential for mediation by adiposity in middle age has not been well examined. ...

    • The association of body size in early to mid-life with adult urinary 6-sulfatoxymelatonin levels among night shift health care workers 

      Ramin, Cody A; Massa, Jennifer; Wegrzyn, Lani R; Brown, Susan B; Pierre-Paul, Jeffrey; Devore, Elizabeth E; Hankinson, Susan E; Schernhammer, Eva S (BioMed Central, 2015)
      Background: Adult body mass index (BMI) has been associated with urinary melatonin levels in humans; however, whether earlier-life body size is associated with melatonin, particularly among night shift workers, remains ...

    • Association of breast feeding with early childhood dental caries: Japanese population-based study 

      Kato, Tsuguhiko; Yorifuji, Takashi; Yamakawa, Michiyo; Inoue, Sachiko; Saito, Keiko; Doi, Hiroyuki; Kawachi, Ichiro (BMJ Publishing Group, 2015)
      Objectives: We investigated the association between breastfeeding duration during the first half year of life and the risk of early childhood caries from the age of 30 to 66 months in Japan. Design: Observational study of ...

    • Association of Chronic Renal Insufficiency With In-Hospital Outcomes After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention 

      Gupta, Tanush; Paul, Neha; Kolte, Dhaval; Harikrishnan, Prakash; Khera, Sahil; Aronow, Wilbert S; Mujib, Marjan; Palaniswamy, Chandrasekar; Sule, Sachin; Jain, Diwakar; Ahmed, Ali; Cooper, Howard A; Frishman, William H; Bhatt, Deepak L; Fonarow, Gregg C; Panza, Julio A (John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2015)
      Background: The association of chronic renal insufficiency with outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in the current era of drug-eluting stents and modern antithrombotic therapy has not been well ...

    • Association of Common Variants in LOX with Keratoconus: A Meta-Analysis 

      Zhang, Jing; Zhang, Lu; Hong, Jiaxu; Wu, Dan; Xu, Jianjiang (Public Library of Science, 2015)
      Background: Several case-control studies have been performed to examine the association of genetic variants in lysyl oxidase (LOX) with keratoconus. However, the results remained inconclusive and great heterogeneity might ...

    • Association of Communication Between Hospital-Based Physicians and Primary Care Providers with Patient Outcomes 

      Bell, Chaim M.; Schnipper, Jeffrey Lawrence; Auerbach, Andrew D.; Kaboli, Peter J.; Wetterneck, Tosha B.; Gonzales, David V.; Arora, Vineet M.; Zhang, James X.; Meltzer, David O. (Springer-Verlag, 2008)
      Background: Patients admitted to general medicine inpatient services are increasingly cared for by hospital-based physicians rather than their primary care providers (PCPs). This separation of hospital and ambulatory care ...

    • Association of Cumulative Lead Exposure with Parkinson’s Disease 

      Weisskopf, Marc G.; Weuve, Jennifer Lynn; Nie, Huiling; Saint-Hilaire, Marie-Helene; Sudarsky, Lewis Richard; Simon, David K.; Hersh, Bonnie Patricia; Schwartz, Joel David; Wright, Robert O.; Hu, Howard (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2010)
      Background: Research using reconstructed exposure histories has suggested an association between heavy metal exposures, including lead, and Parkinson’s disease (PD), but the only study that used bone lead, a biomarker of ...