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Association between alcohol drinking behaviour and cognitive function: results from a nationwide longitudinal study of South Korea
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2016)Objectives: This research intends to determine how drinking behaviour, such as episodic heavy drinking, is related to cognitive performance in middle-aged and old-aged people in South Korea. Methods: A cohort data of 5157 ... -
Association between Binge Drinking, Type of Friends and Gender: A Cross-sectional Study among Brazilian Adolescents
(BioMed Central, 2012)Background: Hazardous drinking among adolescents is a major public health concern. The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence of binge drinking/alcohol consumption and its association with different types of ... -
Association between Blood Lead and Walking Speed in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES 1999–2002)
(National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2013)Background: Walking speed is a simple and reliable measure of motor function that is negatively associated with adverse health events in older people, including falls, disability, hospital admissions, and mortality. Lead ... -
Association between Body Mass Index and Prognosis of Colorectal Cancer: A Meta-Analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies
(Public Library of Science, 2015)Studies have reported conflicting results on the association between body mass index (BMI) and prognosis of colorectal cancer. Therefore, we have conducted a meta-analysis of prospective studies, which examined the association ... -
Association between Breast Milk Erythropoietin and Reduced Risk of Mother‐to‐Child Transmission of HIV
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2010)We examined the prospective associations between breast milk concentrations of erythropoietin, a factor with trophic effects on infant gut epithelia, and risk of MTCT through breastfeeding in a study of 59 MTCT cases and ... -
Association Between Child Poverty and Academic Achievement
(American Medical Association (AMA), 2016)Hair et al1 reported in the September 2015 issue of JAMA Pediatrics on the association between child poverty, brain development, and academic achievement. This study provided evidence that as much as 20% of poverty-associated ... -
Association between childhood adversities and long-term suicidality among South Africans from the results of the South African Stress and Health study: a cross-sectional study
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2014)Objective: Suicide and suicidal behaviours are significant public health problems and a leading cause of death worldwide and in South Africa. We examined the association between childhood adversities and suicidal behaviour ... -
Association between childhood fatal injuries and socioeconomic position at individual and area levels: a multilevel study
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2007)Objectives: To simultaneously examine the effects of area-level and individual-level socioeconomic position on fatal injuries in children < 5 years of age. Objectives: To simultaneously examine the effects of area-level ... -
Association between Class III Obesity (BMI of 40–59 kg/m2) and Mortality: A Pooled Analysis of 20 Prospective Studies
(Public Library of Science, 2014)Background: The prevalence of class III obesity (body mass index [BMI]≥40 kg/m2) has increased dramatically in several countries and currently affects 6% of adults in the US, with uncertain impact on the risks of illness ... -
Association between coverage of maternal and child health interventions, and under-5 mortality: a repeated cross-sectional analysis of 35 sub-Saharan African countries
(Co-Action Publishing, 2014)Background: Infant and child mortality rates are among the most important indicators of child health, nutrition, implementation of key survival interventions, and the overall social and economic development of a population. ... -
Association between Cutaneous Nevi and Breast Cancer in the Nurses' Health Study: A Prospective Cohort Study
(Public Library of Science, 2014)Background: Cutaneous nevi are suggested to be hormone-related. We hypothesized that the number of cutaneous nevi might be a phenotypic marker of plasma hormone levels and predict subsequent breast cancer risk. Methods and ... -
Association between dietary acid load and the risk of cardiovascular disease: nationwide surveys (KNHANES 2008–2011)
(BioMed Central, 2016)Background: Acid–base imbalance has been reported to increase incidence of hypertension and diabetes. However, the association between diet-induced acid load and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in the general population ... -
Association between dietary factors and plasma adiponectin concentrations in men
(Oxford University Press, 2005)Background: Adiponectin, an adipocyte-derived peptide, improves insulin sensitivity, has antiinflammatory and antiatherogenic effects, and is associated with a lower risk of ischemic heart disease (IHD) and type 2 diabetes. ... -
Association Between Dietary Whole Grain Intake and Risk of Mortality: Two Large Prospective Studies in US Men and Women
(2015)IMPORTANCE Higher intake of whole grains has been associated with a lower risk of major chronic diseases, such as type 2 diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease (CVD), although limited prospective evidence exists ... -
Association Between Distance From Home to Tobacco Outlet and Smoking Cessation and Relapse
(, 2016)IMPORTANCE Reduced availability of tobacco outlets is hypothesized to reduce smoking, but longitudinal evidence on this issue is scarce.OBJECTIVE To examine whether changes in distance from home to tobacco outlet are ... -
Association between district-level perceived safety and self-rated health: a multilevel study in Seoul, South Korea
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2014)Objectives: Several studies have reported the relationship between residents’ perceived neighbourhood safety and their health outcomes. However, those studies suffered from unreliability of neighbourhood safety measure and ... -
The Association between Disturbed Eating Behavior and Socioeconomic Status: The Online Korean Adolescent Panel Survey (OnKAPS)
(Public Library of Science, 2013)Background: A limited amount of research, primarily conducted in Western countries, has suggested that higher socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with higher risk of eating disorders (EDs). However, little is known ... -
Association between economic growth and early childhood nutrition – Authors' reply
(Elsevier BV, 2015)Anna Bershteyn and colleagues provide a useful comparison of estimates of the association between economic growth and early childhood undernutrition in our study1 with those of previous studies. Their comparative exercise ... -
Association between economic growth and early childhood undernutrition: evidence from 121 Demographic and Health Surveys from 36 low-income and middle-income countries
(Elsevier BV, 2014)BACKGROUND: Economic growth is widely regarded as a necessary, and often sufficient, condition for the improvement of population health. We aimed to assess whether macroeconomic growth was associated with reductions in ... -
Association between endometriosis, dysplastic naevi and history of melanoma in women of reproductive age
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 1997)Women with melanoma and its precursor lesions, dysplastic naevi, have a higher prevalence of reproductive disorders than women without melanotic lesions. This association appears strongest among young women with dysplastic ...