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    • Developmental origins of non-communicable disease: Implications for research and public health 

      Barouki, Robert; Gluckman, Peter D; Grandjean, Philippe; Hanson, Mark; Heindel, Jerrold J (BioMed Central, 2012)
      This White Paper highlights the developmental period as a plastic phase, which allows the organism to adapt to changes in the environment to maintain or improve reproductive capability in part through sustained health. ...

    • Device-detected atrial fibrillation and risk for stroke: an analysis of >10 000 patients from the SOS AF project (Stroke preventiOn Strategies based on Atrial Fibrillation information from implanted devices) 

      Boriani, Giuseppe; Glotzer, Taya V.; Santini, Massimo; West, Teena M.; De Melis, Mirko; Sepsi, Milan; Gasparini, Maurizio; Lewalter, Thorsten; Camm, John A.; Singer, Daniel E. (Oxford University Press, 2013)
      Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the association between maximum daily atrial fibrillation (AF) burden and risk of ischaemic stroke. Background: Cardiac implanted electronic devices (CIEDs) enhance detection ...

    • Di(2-ethylhexyl) Phthalate Metabolites May Alter Thyroid Hormone Levels in Men 

      Meeker, John D.; Calafat, Antonia M.; Hauser, Russ B. (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2007)
      Background: Phthalates are used extensively in many personal-care and consumer products, resulting in widespread nonoccupational human exposure through multiple routes and media. A limited number of animal studies suggest ...

    • Diabetes and Lipid Screening Among Patients in Primary Care: A Cohort Study 

      Rifas-Shiman, Sheryl Lynn; Forman, John Phillip; Lane, Kimberly; Caspard, Herve; Gillman, Matthew William (BioMed Central, 2008)
      Background: Obesity is associated with increased cardiovascular diseases and diabetes mellitus. Guidelines call for intensified glucose and lipid screening among overweight and obese patients. Data on compliance with these ...

    • Diabetes and mortality in patients with prostate cancer: a meta-analysis 

      Lee, Junga; Giovannucci, Edward; Jeon, Justin Y. (Springer International Publishing, 2016)
      Background: There are conflicting results as to the association between pre-existing diabetes and the risk of mortality in patients with prostate cancer. The purpose of this study is to estimate the influence of pre-existing ...

    • Diabetes and risk of pancreatic cancer: a pooled analysis from the pancreatic cancer cohort consortium 

      Elena, Joanne W.; Steplowski, Emily; Yu, Kai; Hartge, Patricia; Tobias, Geoffrey S.; Brotzman, Michelle J.; Chanock, Stephen J.; Stolzenberg-Solomon, Rachael Z.; Arslan, Alan A.; Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. Bas; Helzlsouer, Kathy; Jacobs, Eric J.; LaCroix, Andrea; Petersen, Gloria; Zheng, Wei; Albanes, Demetrius; Allen, Naomi E.; Amundadottir, Laufey; Bao, Ying; Boeing, Heiner; Boutron-Ruault, Marie-Christine; Buring, Julie E.; Gaziano, J. Michael; Giovannucci, Edward L.; Duell, Eric J.; Hallmans, Göran; Howard, Barbara V.; Hunter, David J.; Hutchinson, Amy; Jacobs, Kevin B.; Kooperberg, Charles; Kraft, Peter; Mendelsohn, Julie B.; Michaud, Dominique S.; Palli, Domenico; Phillips, Lawrence S.; Overvad, Kim; Patel, Alpa V.; Sansbury, Leah; Shu, Xiao-Ou; Simon, Michael S.; Slimani, Nadia; Trichopoulos, Dimitrios; Visvanathan, Kala; Virtamo, Jarmo; Wolpin, Brian M.; Zeleniuch-Jacquotte, Anne; Fuchs, Charles S.; Hoover, Robert N.; Gross, Myron (Springer (part of Springer Nature), 2013)
      Diabetes is a suspected risk factor for pancreatic cancer, but questions remain about whether it is a risk factor or a result of the disease. This study prospectively examined the association between diabetes and the risk ...

    • Diabetes and the Risk of Developing Parkinson’s Disease in Denmark 

      Schernhammer, Eva S; Hansen, Johnni; Rugbjerg, Kathrine; Wermuth, Lene; Ritz, Beate (American Diabetes Association, 2011)
      Objective: Insulin contributes to normal brain function. Previous studies have suggested associations between midlife diabetes and neurodegenerative diseases, including Parkinson’s disease. Using Danish population registers, ...

    • Diabetes mellitus and the risk of nephrolithiasis 

      Taylor, Eric N.; Stampfer, Meir; Curhan, Gary C. (Elsevier, 2005)

    • Diabetes Prevalence and Diagnosis in US states: Analysis of Health Surveys 

      Danaei, Goodarz; Friedman, Ari B; Oza, Shefali; Murray, Christopher; Ezzati, Majid (BioMed Central, 2009)
      Background: Current US surveillance data provide estimates of diabetes using laboratory tests at the national level as well as self-reported data at the state level. Self-reported diabetes prevalence may be biased because ...

    • Diabetes, Obesity, and Hypertension May Enhance Associations between Air Pollution and Markers of Systemic Inflammation 

      Dubowsky, Sara D.; Suh, Helen; Schwartz, Joel David; Coull, Brent Andrew; Gold, Diane R. (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2006)
      Airborne particulate matter (PM) may lead to increased cardiac risk through an inflammatory pathway. Therefore, we investigated associations between ambient PM and markers of systemic inflammation among repeated measures ...

    • Diagnostic accuracy of the bronchodilator response in children 

      Tse, Szewah; Gold, Diane R.; Sordillo, Joanne; Hoffman, Elaine; Gillman, Matthew William; Rifas-Shiman, Sheryl Lynn; Fuhlbrigge, Anne Louise; Tantisira, Kelan; Weiss, Scott Tillman; Litonjua, Augusto Ampil (Elsevier BV, 2013)
      Background: The bronchodilator response (BDR) reflects the reversibility of airflow obstruction and is recommended as an adjunctive test to diagnose asthma. The validity of the commonly used definition of BDR, a 12% or ...

    • Diagnostic performance of stress myocardial perfusion imaging for coronary artery disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis 

      de Jong, Marcus C.; Genders, Tessa S. S.; van Geuns, Robert-Jan; Moelker, Adriaan; Hunink, Maria G M (Springer-Verlag, 2012)
      Objectives: To determine and compare the diagnostic performance of stress myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) for the diagnosis of obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD), using conventional coronary angiography (CCA) as ...

    • Diagnostic Validity of the Generalized Anxiety Disorder - 7 (GAD-7) among Pregnant Women 

      Zhong, Qiu-Yue; Gelaye, Bizu; Zaslavsky, Alan M.; Fann, Jesse R.; Rondon, Marta B.; Sánchez, Sixto E.; Williams, Michelle A. (Public Library of Science, 2015)
      Objective: Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) during pregnancy is associated with several adverse maternal and perinatal outcomes. A reliable and valid screening tool for GAD should lead to earlier detection and treatment. ...

    • Diarrhea as a cause of mortality in a mouse model of infectious colitis 

      Borenshtein, Diana; Fry, Rebecca C; Groff, Elizabeth B; Nambiar, Prashant R; Carey, Vincent James; Fox, James G; Schauer, David B (BioMed Central, 2008)
      Background: Comparative characterization of genome-wide transcriptional changes during infection can help elucidate the mechanisms underlying host susceptibility. In this study, transcriptional profiling of the mouse ...

    • Diet and lifestyle risk factors associated with incident hypertension in women 

      Forman, John P.; Stampfer, Meir; Curhan, Gary C. (American Medical Association, 2009)
      Context Hypertension is an important preventable risk factor for death among women. While several modifiable risk factors have been identified, their combined risk and distribution in the population have not been ...

    • Diet Assessment Methods in the Nurses' Health Studies and Contribution to Evidence-Based Nutritional Policies and Guidelines 

      Hu, Frank; Satija, Ambika; Rimm, Eric Bruce::0ab2926c8242f35e5a982e3cf59f4987::600; Spiegelman, Donna; Sampson, Laura; Rosner, Bernard; Camargo, Carlos Jr.; Stampfer, Meir; Willett, Walter C.::94559ea206eef8a8844fc5b80654fa5b::600 (American Public Health Association, 2016)
      Objectives. To review the contribution of the Nurses' Health Studies (NHSs) to diet assessment methods and evidence-based nutritional policies and guidelines.Methods. We performed a narrative review of the publications of ...

    • Diet quality and major chronic disease risk in men and women: moving toward improved dietary guidance 

      McCullough, Marjorie; Feskanich, Diane; Stampfer, Meir; Giovannucci, Edward; Rimm, Eric Bruce::0ab2926c8242f35e5a982e3cf59f4987::600; Hu, Frank; Spiegelman, Donna; Hunter, David; Colditz, Graham; Willett, Walter C.::94559ea206eef8a8844fc5b80654fa5b::600 (Oxford University Press, 2002)
      Background: Adherence to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, measured with the US Department of Agriculture Healthy Eating Index (HEI), was associated with only a small reduction in major chronic disease risk. Research ...

    • Diet, Lifestyle, Biomarkers, Genetic Factors, and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in the Nurses’ Health Studies 

      Yu, Edward; Rimm, Eric Bruce::0ab2926c8242f35e5a982e3cf59f4987::600; Qi, Lu; Rexrode, Kathryn; Albert, Christine; Sun, Qi; Willett, Walter C.::94559ea206eef8a8844fc5b80654fa5b::600; Hu, Frank; Manson, JoAnn (American Public Health Association, 2016)
      Objectives. To review the contributions of the Nurses' Health Studies (NHSs) to the understanding of cardiovascular disease etiology in women.Methods. We performed a narrative review of the publications of the NHS and NHS ...

    • Diet, nutrition and the prevention of cancer 

      Key, Timothy J.; Schatzkin, Arthur; Willett, Walter C.::94559ea206eef8a8844fc5b80654fa5b::600; Allen, Naomi E.; Spencer, Elizabeth A.; Travis, Ruth C. (Cambridge University Press, 2004)
      Objective: To assess the epidemiological evidence on diet and cancer and make public health recommendations. Design: Review of published studies, concentrating on recent systematic reviews, meta-analyses and large prospective ...

    • Diet, nutrition, and avoidable cancer 

      Willett, Walter C. (US Department of Health and Human Services, 1995)
      In a 1981 review, Doll and Peto estimated that approximately 35% of cancer deaths in the United States were potentially avoidable by the modification of diet but that this percentage might be as low as 10% or as high as ...