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  Subject Areas on Research

  • "Large cell/anaplastic" medulloblastomas: a Pediatric Oncology Group Study. 
  • A 10-year follow-up of urinary and fecal incontinence among the oldest old in the community: the Canadian Study of Health and Aging. 
  • A cancer incidence survey in Tianjin: the third largest city in China-between 1981 and 2000. 
  • A comparison of cancer survivors from the PROMIS study selecting telephone versus online questionnaires. 
  • A longitudinal study of gender differences in depressive symptoms from age 50 to 80. 
  • A longitudinal study of the effects of tobacco smoking and other modifiable risk factors on ill health in middle-aged and old Americans: results from the Health and Retirement Study and Asset and Health Dynamics among the Oldest Old survey. 
  • A multi-dimensional model for projecting family households--with an illustrative numerical application. 
  • A new method for correcting under-estimation of disabled life expectancy and an application to the Chinese oldest-old. 
  • A population-based cross-sectional study that defined normative population data for the Life-Space Mobility Assessment-composite score. 
  • A population-based study on the incidence of severe ocular trauma in Singapore. 
  • A prospective cohort study of retinal arteriolar narrowing and mortality. 
  • A prospective evaluation of the incidence of complications associated with Mohs micrographic surgery. 
  • A prospective study of depression following combat deployment in support of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. 
  • A qualitative review of issues arising in the use of psycho-stimulant medications in patients with ADHD and co-morbid substance use disorders. 
  • A questionnaire-based assessment of symptoms associated with tear film dysfunction and lid margin disease in an Asian population. 
  • A risk score system for predicting adverse outcomes and magnitude of benefit with glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor therapy in patients with unstable angina pectoris. 
  • A statistical comparison of pad numbers versus pad weights in the quantification of urinary incontinence. 
  • A survey of reports of quetiapine-associated hyperglycemia and diabetes mellitus. 
  • A susceptibility gene for affective disorders and the response of the human amygdala. 
  • AIDS-related Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in older patients. 
  • APOE-epsilon4 count predicts age when prevalence of AD increases, then declines: the Cache County Study. 
  • Abdominal obesity, liver fat, and muscle composition in survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. 
  • Acute abdominal symptoms and signs in children and young adults with spina bifida: ten years' experience. 
  • Adolescent outcomes of childhood disorders: the consequences of severity and impairment. 
  • Adolescent vegetarians: how well do their dietary patterns meet the healthy people 2010 objectives? 
  • Alcohol dehydrogenase 3 genotype is not associated with risk of squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity and pharynx. 
  • Alcohol expectancies and drinking behaviors among college students with disordered eating. 
  • Alcohol use and burden for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. 
  • Amoxicillin-Clavulanate-Induced Liver Injury. 
  • Analysis of Cervical Spine Injuries in Elderly Patients from 2001 to 2010 Using a Nationwide Database: Increasing Incidence, Overall Mortality, and Inpatient Hospital Charges. 
  • Anastomotic leaks after laparoscopic gastric bypass. 
  • Antidiabetic therapies affect risk of pancreatic cancer. 
  • Apolipoprotein E genotype and mortality: findings from the Cache County Study. 
  • Apolipoprotein E genotype as a determinant of survival in chronic lymphocytic leukemia. 
  • Are Iraq and Afghanistan veterans using mental health services? New data from a national random-sample survey. 
  • Are family meal patterns associated with disordered eating behaviors among adolescents? 
  • Are family meal patterns associated with overall diet quality during the transition from early to middle adolescence? 
  • Arthritis among veterans - United States, 2011-2013. 
  • Associated risk factors for silent cerebral infarcts in sickle cell anemia: low baseline hemoglobin, sex, and relative high systolic blood pressure. 
  • Association between bleeding and mortality among women and men with high-risk acute coronary syndromes: insights from the Early versus Delayed, Provisional Eptifibatide in Acute Coronary Syndromes (EARLY ACS) trial. 
  • Association between body mass index and chronic kidney disease in men and women: population-based study of Malay adults in Singapore. 
  • Association between frequency of atrial and ventricular ectopic beats and biventricular pacing percentage and outcomes in patients with cardiac resynchronization therapy. 
  • Association between serum gamma-glutamyltransferase and chronic kidney disease among US adults. 
  • Association of endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene G894T polymorphism with essential hypertension in an adult Pakistani Pathan population. 
  • Association of narrow angles with anterior chamber area and volume measured with anterior-segment optical coherence tomography. 
  • Associations between watching TV during family meals and dietary intake among adolescents. 
  • Autoantibodies to DEK oncoprotein in human inflammatory disease. 
  • Baseline metabolomic profiles predict cardiovascular events in patients at risk for coronary artery disease. 
  • Big two personality and big three mate preferences: similarity attracts, but country-level mate preferences crucially matter. 
  • Blindness and visual impairment in an urban West African population: the Tema Eye Survey. 
  • Blood Lead, Bone Turnover, and Survival in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. 
  • Body Mass Index and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A Study of US Military Veterans. 
  • Body dissatisfaction and unhealthy weight-control practices among adolescents with and without chronic illness: a population-based study. 
  • Body mass index has a linear relationship with cerebrospinal fluid pressure. 
  • Body mass trajectories through midlife among adults with class I obesity. 
  • Calcium and dairy intakes of adolescents are associated with their home environment, taste preferences, personal health beliefs, and meal patterns. 
  • Canadian study of health and aging: study methods and prevalence of dementia. 
  • Cardiometabolic Risks and Severity of Obesity in Children and Young Adults. 
  • Cardiovascular disease mortality in Asian Americans. 
  • Cataract extraction rates among Chinese, Malays, and Indians in Singapore: a population-based analysis. 
  • Changes in morbidity and chronic disability in the U.S. elderly population: evidence from the 1982, 1984, and 1989 National Long Term Care Surveys. 
  • Changing gender prevalence of stone disease. 
  • Characteristics and Risk Factors of Cancer Associated Venous Thromboembolism. 
  • Characteristics and in-hospital outcomes of patients with cardiac tamponade complicating type A acute aortic dissection. 
  • Characteristics of hospital inpatient falls across clinical departments. 
  • Characterization and outcomes of women and men with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and nonobstructive coronary artery disease: results from the Can Rapid Risk Stratification of Unstable Angina Patients Suppress Adverse Outcomes with Early Implementation of the ACC/AHA Guidelines (CRUSADE) quality improvement initiative. 
  • Children in the United States make close to 200,000 emergency department visits due to poisoning each year. 
  • Choice of exposure scores for categorical regression in meta-analysis: a case study of a common problem. 
  • Cholesterol curves to identify population norms by age and sex in healthy weight children. 
  • Chronic medical conditions and the sex-based disparity in disability: the Cardiovascular Health Study. 
  • Cigarette, cigar, and pipe smoking and the risk of head and neck cancers: pooled analysis in the International Head and Neck Cancer Epidemiology Consortium. 
  • Clinical and biochemical presentation of gouty diathesis: comparison of uric acid versus pure calcium stone formation. 
  • Clinical and dermoscopic features of 88 scalp naevi in 39 children. 
  • Clinical correlates and course of thrombocytopenia during percutaneous coronary intervention in the era of abciximab platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa blockade. 
  • Clinical epidemiology of urban violence: responding to children exposed to violence in ten communities. 
  • Clinical findings and pain symptoms as potential risk factors for chronic TMD: descriptive data and empirically identified domains from the OPPERA case-control study. 
  • Clinical needs assessment of middle and high school students following the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. 
  • Clinical outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation according to sex during anticoagulation with apixaban or warfarin: a secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial. 
  • Clinical predictors of bloodstream infections and mortality in hospitalized Malawian children. 
  • Clinically abusive relationships in an unselected birth cohort: men's and women's participation and developmental antecedents. 
  • Clusters of problem behaviors in adolescents. 
  • Coagulation abnormalities in patients with hip osteonecrosis. 
  • Coagulation and activation of inflammatory pathways in the development of functional decline and mortality in the elderly. 
  • Cognitive-behavioral screening reveals prevalent impairment in a large multicenter ALS cohort. 
  • Cohort changes in active life expectancy in the U.S. elderly population: experience from the 1982-2004 National Long-Term Care Survey. 
  • Cohort differences and chronic disease profiles of differential disability trajectories. 
  • Common and Costly Hospitalizations Among Insured Young Adults Since the Affordable Care Act. 
  • Common occurrence of monoclonal B-cell lymphocytosis among members of high-risk CLL families. 
  • Comorbid visual and cognitive impairment: relationship with disability status and self-rated health among older Singaporeans. 
  • Comorbidity of DSM-III-R major depressive disorder in the general population: results from the US National Comorbidity Survey. 
  • Comorbidity of conduct and depressive problems at sixth grade: substance use outcomes across adolescence. 
  • Comparison of aortic dissection in patients with and without Marfan's syndrome (results from the International Registry of Aortic Dissection). 
  • Comparison of incidence of bleeding and mortality of men versus women with ST-elevation myocardial infarction treated with fibrinolysis. 
  • Comparison of low risk and higher risk profiles in middle age to frequency and quantity of coronary artery calcium years later. 
  • Competing Risks of Cardiovascular Versus Noncardiovascular Death During Long-Term Follow-Up After Acute Coronary Syndromes. 
  • Coronary artery bypass graft failure after on-pump and off-pump coronary artery bypass: findings from PREVENT IV. 
  • Correlation between pericardial, mediastinal, and intrathoracic fat volumes with the presence and severity of coronary artery disease, metabolic syndrome, and cardiac risk factors. 
  • Correlations between family meals and psychosocial well-being among adolescents. 
  • Costs by industry and diagnosis among musculoskeletal claims in a state workers compensation system: 1999-2004. 
  • Cross-national comparison of sex differences in health and mortality in Denmark, Japan and the US. 
  • Decomposing change in life expectancy: a bouquet of formulas in honor of Nathan Keyfitz's 90th birthday. 
  • Demographic and disease characteristics associated with non-hodgkin lymphoma survivors' quality of life: does age matter? 
  • Demographic-related variations in posterior segment ocular sarcoidosis. 
  • Depression and cardiac risk. 
  • Depression and generalized anxiety disorder: cumulative and sequential comorbidity in a birth cohort followed prospectively to age 32 years. 
  • Depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and dry eye syndrome: a study utilizing the national United States Veterans Affairs administrative database. 
  • Depressive symptomatology and fracture risk in community-dwelling older men and women. 
  • Determinants and outcomes of acute transcatheter valve-in-valve therapy or embolization: a study of multiple valve implants in the U.S. PARTNER trial (Placement of AoRTic TraNscathetER Valve Trial Edwards SAPIEN Transcatheter Heart Valve). 
  • Diagnostic accuracy of serum antibodies to human papillomavirus type 16 early antigens in the detection of human papillomavirus-related oropharyngeal cancer. 
  • Diet- and blood pressure-related knowledge, attitudes, and hypertension prevalence among African Americans: the KDBP Study. Knowledge of Diet and Blood Pressure. 
  • Dietary patterns and home food availability during emerging adulthood: do they differ by living situation? 
  • Differences in Phenotypes and Liver Transplantation Outcomes by Age Group in Patients with Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis. 
  • Differences in cardiovascular disease mortality associated with body mass between Black and White persons. 
  • Differences in history of sexual behavior between patients with oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma and patients with squamous cell carcinoma at other head and neck sites. 
  • Differences in sex-related bleeding and outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention: insights from the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Cardiovascular Consortium (BMC2) registry. 
  • Digoxin use in patients with atrial fibrillation and adverse cardiovascular outcomes: a retrospective analysis of the Rivaroxaban Once Daily Oral Direct Factor Xa Inhibition Compared with Vitamin K Antagonism for Prevention of Stroke and Embolism Trial in Atrial Fibrillation (ROCKET AF). 
  • Direct Participation in and Indirect Exposure to the Occupy Central Movement and Depressive Symptoms: A Longitudinal Study of Hong Kong Adults. 
  • Direct and indirect effects of childhood conditions on survival and health among male and female elderly in China. 
  • Direct, progressive association of cardiovascular risk factors with incident proteinuria: results from the Korea Medical Insurance Corporation (KMIC) study. 
  • Disability in geriatric depression. 
  • Disparities in viral load and CD4 count trends among HIV-infected adults in South Carolina. 
  • Distribution and determinants of ocular biometric parameters in an Asian population: the Singapore Malay eye study. 
  • Does surgical approach in total hip arthroplasty affect rehabilitation, discharge disposition, and readmission rate? 
  • ERCP-related perforations: risk factors and management. 
  • Early undifferentiated connective tissue disease (CTD). VI. An inception cohort after 10 years: disease remissions and changes in diagnoses in well established and undifferentiated CTD. 
  • Economic causes and consequences of obesity. 
  • Education, socio-economic status and age-related macular degeneration in Asians: the Singapore Malay Eye Study. 
  • Educational videos to reduce racial disparities in ICD therapy via innovative designs (VIVID): a randomized clinical trial. 
  • Effect of apolipoprotein E genotype on in-hospital mortality following intracerebral haemorrhage. 
  • Effect of oseltamivir on the risk of pneumonia and use of health care services in children with clinically diagnosed influenza. 
  • Effect of smoking and sedentary behavior on the association between depressive symptoms and mortality from coronary heart disease. 
  • Elevated inflammation levels in depressed adults with a history of childhood maltreatment. 
  • Emergence of endocarditis due to group D streptococci: findings derived from the merged database of the International Collaboration on Endocarditis. 
  • Enrollment and events of hospice patients with heart failure vs. cancer. 
  • Epidemiologic factors and surgical outcomes in patients with nasal polyposis and asthma. 
  • Epidemiology and Characteristics of Neurosurgical Conditions at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital. 
  • Epidemiology of psychiatric disability in childhood and adolescence. 
  • Estimated risks for developing obesity in the Framingham Heart Study. 
  • Ethnic differences and determinants of proteinuria among South Asian subgroups in Pakistan. 
  • Evaluation of 39 cases of pediatric cutaneous head and neck melanoma. 
  • Experience with a CT screening program for individuals at high risk for developing lung cancer. 
  • Explaining Disability Trends in the U.S. Elderly and Near-Elderly Population. 
  • Exploring the association between melanoma and glioma risks. 
  • Factors associated with advanced liver disease in adults with alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency. 
  • Fecal incontinence in US adults: epidemiology and risk factors. 
  • Firearm related injuries amongst children: estimates from the nationwide emergency department sample. 
  • Five-year longitudinal and secular shifts in adolescent beverage intake: findings from project EAT (Eating Among Teens)-II. 
  • Follow-up study of chrysotile asbestos textile workers: cohort mortality and case-control analyses. 
  • Food preparation and purchasing roles among adolescents: associations with sociodemographic characteristics and diet quality. 
  • Food preparation by young adults is associated with better diet quality. 
  • Foregut carcinoids: a clinical and biochemical analysis. 
  • Fractures in myelomeningocele. 
  • Frequency and Effects of Excess Dosing of Anticoagulants in Patients ≤55 Years With Acute Myocardial Infarction Who Underwent Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (from the VIRGO Study). 
  • Frequency, patient characteristics, and outcomes of mild-to-moderate heart failure complicating ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction: lessons from 4 international fibrinolytic therapy trials. 
  • Function in elderly cancer survivors depends on comorbidities. 
  • Functional disability among elderly blacks and whites in two diverse areas: the New Haven and North Carolina EPESE. Established Populations for the Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly. 
  • GENDER IN LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES: INTRODUCTION 
  • Gallbladder pathology in morbid obesity. 
  • Gamma radiation sensitivity and risk of malignant and benign salivary gland tumors: a pilot case-control analysis. 
  • Gender Differences in Associations Between Intraprocedural Thrombotic Events During Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and Adverse Outcomes. 
  • Gender and Subspecialty of Urology Faculty in Department-based Leadership Roles. 
  • Gender and ethnic differences in cancer pain experience: a multiethnic survey in the United States. 
  • Gender differences in anterior cruciate ligament injury vary with activity: epidemiology of anterior cruciate ligament injuries in a young, athletic population. 
  • Gender differences in the cross-sectional and cohort age dependence of cause-specific mortality: the United States, 1962 to 1995. 
  • Gender differences in time to presentation for myocardial infarction before and after a national women's cardiovascular awareness campaign: a temporal analysis from the Can Rapid Risk Stratification of Unstable Angina Patients Suppress ADverse Outcomes with Early Implementation (CRUSADE) and the National Cardiovascular Data Registry Acute Coronary Treatment and Intervention Outcomes Network-Get with the Guidelines (NCDR ACTION Registry-GWTG). 
  • Gender, health inequalities and welfare state regimes: a cross-national study of 13 European countries. 
  • Geographic Variation in the Rate and Timing of Cataract Surgery Among US Communities. 
  • Global Burden of Hypertension and Systolic Blood Pressure of at Least 110 to 115 mm Hg, 1990-2015. 
  • Global, Regional, and Country-Specific Lifetime Risks of Stroke, 1990 and 2016. 
  • Global, Regional, and National Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases for 10 Causes, 1990 to 2015. 
  • Global, regional, and national age-sex specific all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 240 causes of death, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. 
  • Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality and life expectancy, 1950-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. 
  • Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. 
  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. 
  • Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 333 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. 
  • Global, regional, and national incidence and mortality for HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria during 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. 
  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. 
  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 328 diseases and injuries for 195 countries, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. 
  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. 
  • Growth, survival and viral load in symptomatic childhood human immunodeficiency virus infection. 
  • HIV-associated morbidity, mortality and diagnostic testing opportunities among inpatients at a referral hospital in northern Tanzania. 
  • HLA-DQA1 and PLCG2 Are Candidate Risk Loci for Childhood-Onset Steroid-Sensitive Nephrotic Syndrome. 
  • Health literacy and vision-related quality of life. 
  • Health-related phenotypes and longevity in danish twins. 
  • Heart disease epidemic in Pakistan: women and men at equal risk. 
  • Heritability of death from coronary heart disease: a 36-year follow-up of 20 966 Swedish twins. 
  • Heterogeneity of stimulant dependence: a national drug abuse treatment clinical trials network study. 
  • Histopathologic grading of medulloblastomas: a Pediatric Oncology Group study. 
  • Hospital variability in the rate of finding obstructive coronary artery disease at elective, diagnostic coronary angiography. 
  • Hospital-based emergency department visits in children with motor vehicle traffic accidents: estimates from the nationwide emergency department sample. 
  • Hospitalization and case-fatality rates for subarachnoid hemorrhage in Canada from 1982 through 1991. The Canadian Collaborative Study Group of Stroke Hospitalizations. 
  • Hotspots and causes of motor vehicle crashes in Baltimore, Maryland: A geospatial analysis of five years of police crash and census data. 
  • How are childhood thyroid nodules discovered: opportunities for improving early detection. 
  • How bad is depression? Preference score estimates from depressed patients and the general population. 
  • INternational ORthopaedic MUlticentre Study (INORMUS) in Fracture Care: Protocol for a Large Prospective Observational Study. 
  • Identifying risk factors for first-episode neck pain: A systematic review. 
  • Impact of anemia on mortality, cognition, and function in community-dwelling elderly. 
  • Impact of clopidogrel in patients with acute coronary syndromes requiring coronary artery bypass surgery: a multicenter analysis. 
  • Impact of depressive symptoms on hospitalization risk in community-dwelling older persons. 
  • Impact of ethnicity and gender differences on angiographic coronary artery disease prevalence and in-hospital mortality in the American College of Cardiology-National Cardiovascular Data Registry. 
  • Impact of in-hospital acquired thrombocytopenia in patients undergoing primary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction. 
  • Impact of patient-specific factors, irradiated left ventricular volume, and treatment set-up errors on the development of myocardial perfusion defects after radiation therapy for left-sided breast cancer. 
  • Impact of saphenous vein graft radiographic markers on clinical events and angiographic parameters. 
  • Incidence and natural history of Paget's disease of bone in England and Wales. 
  • Incidence and occurrence of total (first-ever and recurrent) stroke. 
  • Incidence and predictors of all and preventable adverse drug reactions in frail elderly persons after hospital stay. 
  • Incidence and remission of insomnia among elderly adults in a biracial cohort. 
  • Incidence of nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy: increased risk among diabetic patients. 
  • Increased steroid responsiveness of young children with nephrotic syndrome in Nigeria. 
  • Increasing prevalences of overweight and obesity in Northern Plains American Indian children. 
  • Increasing rates of cardiac device infections among Medicare beneficiaries: 1990-1999. 
  • Increasing trends in incidence of overweight and obesity over 5 decades. 
  • Influence of smoking history on imaging characteristics among patients with human papillomavirus-positive oropharyngeal cancer: a blinded matched-pair analysis. 
  • Inhalant use and disorders among adults in the United States. 
  • Insomnia in women. 
  • International collaborative study of cardiovascular disease in Asia: design, rationale, and preliminary results. 
  • Interpersonal relationships and sex differences in the development of conduct problems. 
  • Interpretation of serum C-reactive protein (CRP) levels for cardiovascular disease risk is complicated by race, pulmonary disease, body mass index, gender, and osteoarthritis. 
  • Is Corneal Arcus Independently Associated With Incident Cardiovascular Disease in Asians? 
  • Is depression a risk factor for diabetic foot ulcers? 11-years follow-up of the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT). 
  • Is domestic violence followed by an increased risk of psychiatric disorders among women but not among men? A longitudinal cohort study. 
  • Is esophagoscopy alone sufficient for patients with reflux symptoms? 
  • Is stroke history reliably reported by elderly with cognitive impairment? A community-based study. 
  • Is there a bias against performing coronary revascularization in women? 
  • Is transplant operation important in determining posttransplant risk of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome in lung transplant recipients? 
  • Late Consequences of Acute Coronary Syndromes: Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE) Follow-up. 
  • Late Effects of Exposure to Ionizing Radiation and Age on Human Thymus Morphology and Function. 
  • Late diagnosis of HIV infection: the role of age and sex. 
  • Lichen sclerosus: review of the literature and current recommendations for management. 
  • Limited-stage small-cell lung cancer (stages I-III): observations from the National Cancer Data Base. 
  • Links between childhood and adult social circumstances and obesity and hypertension in the Mexican population. 
  • Liver dysfunction in paediatric obesity: a randomized, controlled trial of metformin. 
  • Longitudinal Patterns of Change in Systolic Blood Pressure and Incidence of Cardiovascular Disease: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. 
  • Low prevalence of chronic hepatitis C, but high prevalence of elevated aminotransferases in a cohort of 2026 patients referred for orthopaedic surgery in the eastern part of Germany. 
  • Macular pigment optical density in the elderly: findings in a large biracial Midsouth population sample. 
  • Management of lawnmower injuries to the lower extremity in children and adolescents. 
  • Masked Hypertension and Incident Clinic Hypertension Among Blacks in the Jackson Heart Study. 
  • Measurement of dietary intake in the UNC Alumni Heart Study. University of North Carolina. 
  • Medical care in long-term survivors of childhood cancer: a report from the childhood cancer survivor study. 
  • Minority adult survivors of childhood cancer: a comparison of long-term outcomes, health care utilization, and health-related behaviors from the childhood cancer survivor study. 
  • Morning and Evening Home Blood Pressure and Risks of Incident Stroke and Coronary Artery Disease in the Japanese General Practice Population: The Japan Morning Surge-Home Blood Pressure Study. 
  • Mortality in Vietnam, 1979-1989. 
  • Mortality selection in a genetic sample and implications for association studies. 
  • Multicenter review of preoperative risk factors for endarterectomy for asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis. 
  • Multilevel examination of diabetes in modernising China: what elements of urbanisation are most associated with diabetes? 
  • Mutations in RPGR and RP2 account for 15% of males with simplex retinal degenerative disease. 
  • National trends in vertebral augmentation procedures for the treatment of vertebral compression fractures. 
  • Nitric oxide synthase 2 promoter polymorphisms and systemic lupus erythematosus in african-americans. 
  • No increased mortality in later life for cohorts born during famine. 
  • Non-prescribed use of pain relievers among adolescents in the United States. 
  • Nondisease-specific problems and all-cause mortality in the REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke study. 
  • Nonmedical Opioid Pain Relievers and All-Cause Mortality: A 27-Year Follow-Up From the Epidemiologic Catchment Area Study. 
  • Obesity prevalence among a group of Chicago residents with disabilities. 
  • Occupational exposure to pesticides increases the risk of incident AD: the Cache County study. 
  • Overeating among adolescents: prevalence and associations with weight-related characteristics and psychological health. 
  • Parental education and late-life dementia in the United States. 
  • Parenting style and family meals: cross-sectional and 5-year longitudinal associations. 
  • Patterns and prognostic implications of low high-density lipoprotein levels in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes. 
  • Patterns of exercise across the cancer trajectory in brain tumor patients. 
  • Pediatric Spine Trauma in the United States--Analysis of the HCUP Kid'S Inpatient Database (KID) 1997-2009. 
  • Pediatric workforce: a look at general pediatrics data from the American Board of Pediatrics. 
  • Perceived Discrimination and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Older African Americans: Insights From the Jackson Heart Study. 
  • Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty in women compared with men. 
  • Persistence of delays in presentation and treatment for patients with acute myocardial infarction: The GUSTO-I and GUSTO-III experience. 
  • Persistent diarrhoea in Nigerian children aged less than five years: a hospital-based study. 
  • Plasma leptin levels and coronary artery calcification in older adults. 
  • Population-based hepatitis C surveillance and treatment in a national managed care organization. 
  • Predicting adolescents' longitudinal risk for sexually transmitted infection: results from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. 
  • Predictors of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Revision in Patients with Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus. 
  • Predictors of death and reinfarction at 30 days after primary angioplasty: the GUSTO IIb and RAPPORT trials. 
  • Predictors of delivery of hospital-based heart failure patient education: a report from OPTIMIZE-HF. 
  • Predictors of loss of residual renal function among new dialysis patients. 
  • Predictors of obesity in Michigan Operating Engineers. 
  • Predictors of outcome in patients with acute coronary syndromes without persistent ST-segment elevation. Results from an international trial of 9461 patients. The PURSUIT Investigators. 
  • Prenatal nicotine effects on memory in rats: pharmacological and behavioral challenges. 
  • Prevalence and associations of cataract in a rural Chinese adult population: the Handan Eye Study. 
  • Prevalence and associations of epiretinal membranes in a rural Chinese adult population: the Handan Eye Study. 
  • Prevalence and causes of amblyopia in a rural adult population of Chinese the Handan Eye Study. 
  • Prevalence and causes of dysphonia in a large treatment-seeking population. 
  • Prevalence and causes of low vision and blindness in an urban malay population: the Singapore Malay Eye Study. 
  • Prevalence and characteristics of choroidal nevi in an Asian vs white population. 
  • Prevalence and characteristics of choroidal nevi: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis. 
  • Prevalence and characteristics of myopic retinopathy in a rural Chinese adult population: the Handan Eye Study. 
  • Prevalence and concomitants of arthritis in the elderly in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. 
  • Prevalence and correlates of cannabis use and dependence in young New Zealanders. 
  • Prevalence and predictors of depression in elderly Canadians: The Canadian Study of Health and Aging. 
  • Prevalence and risk factors for refractive errors and ocular biometry parameters in an elderly Asian population: the Singapore Longitudinal Aging Study (SLAS). 
  • Prevalence and risk factors for refractive errors in Indians: the Singapore Indian Eye Study (SINDI). 
  • Prevalence and risk factors of elevated pulmonary artery pressures in children with sickle cell disease. 
  • Prevalence and risk factors of meibomian gland dysfunction: the Singapore Malay eye study. 
  • Prevalence and risk factors of ocular trauma in an urban south-east Asian population: the Singapore Malay Eye Study. 
  • Prevalence and risk factors of undercorrected refractive errors among Singaporean Malay adults: the Singapore Malay Eye Study. 
  • Prevalence and trends in obesity and severe obesity among children in the United States, 1999-2012. 
  • Prevalence and variability of internal mammary artery graft use in contemporary multivessel coronary artery bypass graft surgery: analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Cardiac Database. 
  • Prevalence of Obesity and Severe Obesity in US Children, 1999-2016. 
  • Prevalence of Total Hip and Knee Replacement in the United States. 
  • Prevalence of age-related macular degeneration in 4 racial/ethnic groups in the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis. 
  • Prevalence of age-related macular degeneration in a rural Chinese population: the Handan Eye Study. 
  • Prevalence of amblyopia and strabismus in young singaporean chinese children. 
  • Prevalence of and risk factors for age-related macular degeneration in a multiethnic Asian cohort. 
  • Prevalence of antithyroid antibodies in mood disorders. 
  • Prevalence of dementia in the United States: the aging, demographics, and memory study. 
  • Prevalence of diabetes mellitus, glycemic control, and associated factors in a Malay population in Singapore. 
  • Prevalence of diabetic retinopathy in rural China: the Handan Eye Study. 
  • Prevalence of glaucoma in an urban West African population: the Tema Eye Survey. 
  • Prevalence of lens opacities in Asian Malays. 
  • Prevalence of lens opacity in Chinese residents of Singapore: the tanjong pagar survey. 
  • Prevalence of overweight and obesity in American Indian School children and adolescents in the Aberdeen area: a population study. 
  • Prevalence of psychiatric disorders in preschoolers. 
  • Prevalence of recurrent physical symptoms in U.S. adolescents. 
  • Prevalence of refractive errors in a multiethnic Asian population: the Singapore epidemiology of eye disease study. 
  • Prevalence, Profile, and Prognosis of Severe Obesity in Contemporary Hospitalized Heart Failure Trial Populations. 
  • Prevalence, predictors, and outcomes of patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and insignificant coronary artery disease: results from the Can Rapid risk stratification of Unstable angina patients Suppress ADverse outcomes with Early implementation of the ACC/AHA Guidelines (CRUSADE) initiative. 
  • Prevention of ACL injury, part I: injury characteristics, risk factors, and loading mechanism. 
  • Primary brain tumor incidence rates in four United States regions, 1985-1989: a pilot study. 
  • Prognostic value of the cadmium-zinc-telluride camera: A comparison with a conventional (Anger) camera. 
  • Protecting Confidentiality in Cancer Registry Data With Geographic Identifiers. 
  • Protective role of the apolipoprotein E2 allele in age-related disease traits and survival: evidence from the Long Life Family Study. 
  • Proximal psychiatric risk factors for suicidality in youth: the Great Smoky Mountains Study. 
  • Psychological discomfort and mental illness in patients with AIDS: implications for home care. 
  • Puberty and depression: the roles of age, pubertal status and pubertal timing. 
  • Race/ethnicity differences between alcohol, marijuana, and co-occurring alcohol and marijuana use disorders and their association with public health and social problems using a national sample. 
  • Racial differences in influenza vaccination among older Americans 1996-2000: longitudinal analysis of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and the Asset and Health Dynamics Among the Oldest Old (AHEAD) survey. 
  • Racial differences in the prevalence of monoclonal gammopathy in a community-based sample of the elderly. 
  • Racial, Socioeconomic, and Gender Disparities in the Presentation, Treatment, and Outcomes of Adult Chiari I Malformations. 
  • Radiation exposure in the acute and short-term management of urolithiasis at 2 academic centers. 
  • Radiotherapy in the Barwon South Western Region: a rural perspective. 
  • Rates of hospital admissions for primary angle closure glaucoma among Chinese, Malays, and Indians in Singapore. 
  • Reconsidering mortality compression and deceleration: an alterative model of mortality rates. 
  • Refractive errors in a rural Chinese adult population the Handan eye study. 
  • Regional brain chemical alterations in young children with autism spectrum disorder. 
  • Relation of frequency and severity of mitral regurgitation to survival among patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction and heart failure. 
  • Relationship between depressive symptoms and long-term mortality in patients with heart failure. 
  • Religiosity, spirituality, and end-of-life planning: a single-site survey of medical inpatients. 
  • Religious attitudes and practices of hospitalized medically ill older adults. 
  • Religious beliefs and practices in family medicine. 
  • Report of the substudy assessing the impact of neurocognitive function on quality of life 5 years after cardiac surgery. 
  • Representation of elderly persons and women in published randomized trials of acute coronary syndromes. 
  • Research Needs to Improve Hypertension Treatment and Control in African Americans. 
  • Retinal arteriolar emboli: epidemiology and risk of stroke. 
  • Retinal microvascular abnormalities and age-related hearing loss: the Blue Mountains hearing study. 
  • Retinopathy signs in people without diabetes: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis. 
  • Retrospective analysis of translaminar, demographic, and physiologic parameters in relation to papilledema severity. 
  • Risk factors associated with thrombosis in patients with antiphospholipid antibodies. 
  • Risk factors for chemotherapy-associated venous thromboembolism in a prospective observational study. 
  • Risk factors for development of subclinical hypothyroidism during valproic acid therapy. 
  • Risk factors for infective endocarditis in patients with enterococcal bacteremia: a case-control study. 
  • Risks and benefits of bladder antimuscarinics among elderly residents of Veterans Affairs Community Living Centers. 
  • Role of CT in the Diagnosis of Nonspecific Abdominal Pain: A Multicenter Analysis. 
  • Role of race and sex in diagnosis and one-year follow up of deep venous thrombosis. 
  • Second metatarsal stress fracture in sport: comparative risk factors between proximal and non-proximal locations. 
  • Self-Reported Pain in Male and Female Iraq/Afghanistan-Era Veterans: Associations with Psychiatric Symptoms and Functioning. 
  • Self-weighing in adolescents: helpful or harmful? Longitudinal associations with body weight changes and disordered eating. 
  • Seroprevalence of HTLV-I in Cheju Island, a Korean island adjacent to the endemic area of Japan. 
  • Serum cystatin C and prediabetes in non-obese US adults. 
  • Sex Differences in Mortality Based on United Network for Organ Sharing Status While Awaiting Heart Transplantation. 
  • Sex Differences in the Utilization and Outcomes of Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement for Severe Aortic Stenosis. 
  • Sex and racial differences in the use of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators among patients hospitalized with heart failure. 
  • Sex differences in biomechanics associated with knee osteoarthritis. 
  • Sex differences in early dyspnea relief between men and women hospitalized for acute heart failure: insights from the RELAX-AHF study. 
  • Sex differences in health and mortality in Moscow and Denmark. 
  • Sex differences in human mortality and aging at late ages: the effect of mortality selection and state dynamics. 
  • Sex differences in in-hospital mortality in acute decompensated heart failure with reduced and preserved ejection fraction. 
  • Sex differences in mortality after acute myocardial infarction: changes from 1994 to 2006. 
  • Sex differences in retinal microvasculature through puberty in type 1 diabetes: are girls at greater risk of diabetic microvascular complications? 
  • Sex differences in the relationship between subthreshold depression and mortality in a community sample of older adults. 
  • Sex differences in the use of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators for primary and secondary prevention of sudden cardiac death. 
  • Sex of editor in medical journals. 
  • Sex, clinical presentation, and outcome in patients with acute coronary syndromes. Global Use of Strategies to Open Occluded Coronary Arteries in Acute Coronary Syndromes IIb Investigators. 
  • Sex-Based Differences in Outcomes With Transcatheter Aortic Valve Therapy: TVT Registry From 2011 to 2014. 
  • Sex-Stratified Trends in Enrollment, Patient Characteristics, Treatment, and Outcomes Among Non-ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients: Insights From Clinical Trials Over 17 Years. 
  • Sex-related differences in outcomes after transcatheter or surgical aortic valve replacement in patients with severe aortic stenosis: Insights from the PARTNER Trial (Placement of Aortic Transcatheter Valve). 
  • Short bowel syndrome after trauma. 
  • Sickle hemoglobin (HbS) allele and sickle cell disease: a HuGE review. 
  • Similarities and differences in contraceptive use reported by women and men in the National Survey of Family Growth. 
  • Single-photon emission computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging-assessed stress perfusion defect severity is associated with mortality independent of ethnicity in an Asian population. 
  • Six-Year Incidence of Age-Related Macular Degeneration in Asian Malays: The Singapore Malay Eye Study. 
  • Smoking prevalence and attributable disease burden in 195 countries and territories, 1990-2015: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. 
  • Sociodemographic differences in selected eating practices among alternative high school students. 
  • Socioeconomic indices as independent correlates of C-reactive protein in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. 
  • Socioeconomic status, John Henryism and blood pressure among African-Americans in the Jackson Heart Study 
  • Somatic complaints and psychopathology in children and adolescents: stomach aches, musculoskeletal pains, and headaches. 
  • Spousal depression, anxiety, and suicide after myocardial infarction. 
  • Squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck in never smoker-never drinkers: a descriptive epidemiologic study. 
  • Stress-related anhedonia is associated with ventral striatum reactivity to reward and transdiagnostic psychiatric symptomatology. 
  • Stroke as a late treatment effect of Hodgkin's Disease: a report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. 
  • Studying ulcerative colitis over the World Wide Web. 
  • Substance abuse in bipolar disorder. 
  • Superficial genitourinary abscesses in children: emergence of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus. 
  • Survival in renal vascular disease. 
  • Temporal and Provincial Variation in Ambulance Use Among Patients Who Present to Acute Care Hospitals With ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction. 
  • Temporal trends in self-reported functional limitations and physical disability among the community-dwelling elderly population: the Framingham heart study. 
  • Ten years and 100,000 participants later: occupational and other factors influencing participation in US Gulf War health registries. 
  • The American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer and the American Cancer Society. The National Cancer Data Base report on age, gender, treatment, and outcomes of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. 
  • The Global Burden of Cancer 2013. 
  • The London Fibromyalgia Epidemiology Study: the prevalence of fibromyalgia syndrome in London, Ontario. 
  • The Prevalence and Types of Glaucoma in an Urban Chinese Population: The Singapore Chinese Eye Study. 
  • The age-specific prevalence of myopia in Asia: a meta-analysis. 
  • The changing incidence of thyroid cancer. 
  • The costs of fatal and non-fatal falls among older adults. 
  • The effect of smoking on years of healthy life (YHL) lost among middle-aged and older Americans. 
  • The epidemiology of chronic critical illness in the United States*. 
  • The epidemiology of ocular injury in a major US automobile corporation. 
  • The epidemiology of ocular trauma in Singapore: perspective from the emergency service of a large tertiary hospital. 
  • The global health and economic burden of hospitalizations for heart failure: lessons learned from hospitalized heart failure registries. 
  • The heritability of mortality due to heart diseases: a correlated frailty model applied to Danish twins. 
  • The how and why of stress, diabetes, and the brain. 
  • The impact of femoral arterial thrombosis in paediatric cardiac catheterisation: a national study. 
  • The impact of parental death on child well-being: evidence from the Indian Ocean tsunami. 
  • The incidence of neuro-ophthalmic diseases in Singapore: a prospective study in public hospitals. 
  • The interaction among sex, hemoglobin and outcomes in a specialty heart failure clinic. 
  • The perception of cancer risk in patients with prevalent Barrett's esophagus enrolled in an endoscopic surveillance program. 
  • The predominance of membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis in childhood nephrotic syndrome in Ibadan, Nigeria. 
  • The prevalence and risk factors for pterygium in an adult Chinese population in Singapore: the Tanjong Pagar survey. 
  • The prevalence of and risk factors for pterygium in an urban Malay population: the Singapore Malay Eye Study (SiMES). 
  • The prevalence of retinal vein occlusion: pooled data from population studies from the United States, Europe, Asia, and Australia. 
  • The rationale and design of the AASK cohort study. 
  • The rising tide of asthma. Trends in the epidemiology of morbidity and mortality from asthma. 
  • The role of smoking and other modifiable lifestyle risk factors in maintaining and restoring lower body mobility in middle-aged and older Americans: results from the HRS and AHEAD. Health and Retirement Study. Asset and Health Dynamics Among the Oldest Old. 
  • Time Trends and Educational Inequalities in Out-of-Hospital Coronary Deaths in Norway 1995-2009: A Cardiovascular Disease in Norway (CVDNOR) Project. 
  • Time to diagnosis in the National Registry of Veterans with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. 
  • Time trends of incidence of age-associated diseases in the US elderly population: Medicare-based analysis. 
  • Trajectory classes of body mass index in a representative elderly community sample. 
  • Trends and Demographics in the Utilization of Total Wrist Arthroplasty. 
  • Trends in all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality among women and men with and without diabetes mellitus in the Framingham Heart Study, 1950 to 2005. 
  • Trends in endocarditis hospitalizations at US children's hospitals: impact of the 2007 American Heart Association Antibiotic Prophylaxis Guidelines. 
  • Trends in head and neck cancer incidence in Tianjin, China, between 1981 and 2002. 
  • Trends in incidentally identified thyroid cancers over a decade: a retrospective analysis of 2,090 surgical patients. 
  • Trends in the prevalence and outcomes of radial and femoral approaches to percutaneous coronary intervention: a report from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry. 
  • Trends in tuberculosis/human immunodeficiency virus comorbidity, United States, 1993-2004. 
  • Trends in use of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy among patients hospitalized for heart failure: have the previously observed sex and racial disparities changed over time? 
  • Trust, health, and longevity. 
  • Tumor necrosis factor-α inhibitor treatment and the risk of incident cardiovascular events in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis: a nested case-control study. 
  • Twenty years of work-related injury and illness among union carpenters in Washington State. 
  • Two mechanistic pathways for thienopyridine-associated thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura: a report from the SERF-TTP Research Group and the RADAR Project. 
  • Types and epidemiology of tendinopathy. 
  • Under-representation of women in high-impact published clinical cancer research. 
  • Use of cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients hospitalized with heart failure. 
  • Use of guidelines-recommended management and outcomes among women and men with low-level troponin elevation: insights from CRUSADE. 
  • Using electronic health records data to assess comorbidities of substance use and psychiatric diagnoses and treatment settings among adults. 
  • Utilities for major stroke: results from a survey of preferences among persons at increased risk for stroke. 
  • Uveitis in the southeastern United States. 
  • Value of exercise treadmill testing in women. 
  • Variation in and correlates of body mass status of older singaporean men and women: results from a national survey. 
  • Variations in cataract extraction rates in Medicare prepaid and fee-for-service settings. 
  • Visual Impairment in Old and Very Old Community-dwelling Asian Adults. 
  • Visual function impairments in relation to gender, age, and visual acuity in patients who undergo cataract surgery. 
  • Voice disorders and associated risk markers among young adults in the United States. 
  • Weight-related concerns and behaviors among overweight and nonoverweight adolescents: implications for preventing weight-related disorders. 
  • Where Are Adults Active? An Examination of Physical Activity Locations Using GPS in Five US Cities. 
  • Who is paying the bills? Health care costs for musculoskeletal back disorders, Washington State Union Carpenters, 1989-2003. 
  • Women in interventional cardiology: Update in percutaneous coronary intervention practice patterns and outcomes of female operators from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry®. 
  • Worldwide trends in diabetes since 1980: a pooled analysis of 751 population-based studies with 4.4 million participants. 
  • Worsening depressive symptoms are associated with adverse clinical outcomes in patients with heart failure. 
  • Yield of colonoscopy in patients with nonacute rectal bleeding: a multicenter database study of 1766 patients. 
  • [Computer programs SAN and EPID: family analysis and epidemiology of multifactorial diseases] 
  • [Investigation of disability prevalence in men and women of advanced age]. 
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  • Abbruzzese, James, D. C. I. Professor of Medical Oncology, Medicine, Medical Oncology
  • Alexander, John Hunter Peel, Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Cardiology
  • Cohen, Seth Morris, Associate Professor of Surgery, Surgery, Head and Neck Surgery and Communication Sciences
  • Curtis, Lesley H., Professor in Population Health Sciences, Medicine, General Internal Medicine
  • Esclamado, Ramon Mitra, Richard Hall Chaney, Sr. Professor of Otolaryngology, Surgery, Head and Neck Surgery and Communication Sciences
  • Freemark, Michael Scott, Robert C. Atkins, M.D. and Veronica Atkins Professor of Pediatrics, in the School of Medicine, Pediatrics, Endocrinology
  • Hoang, Jenny K., Associate Professor of Radiology, Radiology, Neuroradiology
  • Laskowitz, Daniel Todd, Professor of Neurology, Duke Innovation & Entrepreneurship
  • Merli, M. Giovanna, Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke Global Health Institute
  • Muir, Kelly Walton, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Ophthalmology, Glaucoma
  • O'Connor, Christopher Michael, Richard Sean Stack, M.D. / Guidant Foundation Professor of Cardiology, Medicine, Clinical Pharmacology
  • Preminger, Glenn Michael, James F. Glenn, M.D. Professor of Urology, Surgery
  • Routh, Jonathan Charles, Paul H. Sherman, M.D. Associate Professor of Surgery, Pediatrics
  • Roy Choudhury, Kingshuk, Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
  • Swaminathan, Madhav, Professor of Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology, Cardiothoracic
  • Wu, Li-Tzy, Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medicine, General Internal Medicine