Association analysis between a functional polymorphism in the monoamine oxidase A gene promoter and severe mood disorders
For
the association analysis between the added sugar and the risk of CVD mortality, we used NHANES III (1988 - 1994) Linked Mortality Files (n = 11733) that were linked through 2006 with a probabilistic matching algorithm to the National Death Index to determine the mortality status.
Not exact matches
A recent systematic review and meta -
analysis reported no significant
association between the consumption of saturated fatty acids (SFAs) and the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD)(1), but the study failed to specify the replacement macronutrient for saturated fat.
Meta -
analyses of cohort studies for the
association between dairy and milk intake in relation to mortality11 and fractures12 13 have displayed no clear pattern of risk, and evidence from randomised trials are lacking.
Meta -
analysis of observational studies quantifying the
association between the Healthy dietary pattern and the risk of depression.
A meta -
analysis of prospective cohort studies concluded that there is no overall
association between milk intake and hip fracture risk in women, whereas, in men, evidence was suggestive of a benefit of higher milk intake (31).
The authors, «obtained information about the
associations between breastfeeding and outcomes in children or mothers from 28 systematic reviews and meta -
analyses, of which 22 were commissioned for this review».
«obtained information about the
associations between breastfeeding and outcomes in children or mothers from 28 systematic reviews and meta -
analyses, of which 22 were commissioned for this review».
Second, the
associations between duration of breastfeeding and upper and lower respiratory and gastrointestinal tract infections in infants aged 6 and 12 months were analyzed by using multiple logistic regression
analysis.
In
analyses adjusted for maternal race and ethnic group, age, parity, and medical conditions associated with greater risk, the
associations between planned location of delivery and most adverse outcomes and obstetrical procedures remained significant (Table 4).
To assess the robustness of the results of our regression
analysis, we performed covariate adjustment with derived propensity scores to calculate the absolute risk difference (details are provided in the Supplementary Appendix, available with the full text of this article at NEJM.org).14, 15 To calculate the adjusted absolute risk difference, we used predictive margins and G - computation (i.e., regression - model — based outcome prediction in both exposure settings: planned in - hospital and planned out - of - hospital birth).16, 17 Finally, we conducted post hoc
analyses to assess
associations between planned out - of - hospital birth and outcomes (cesarean delivery and a composite of perinatal morbidity and mortality), which were stratified according to parity, maternal age, maternal education, and risk level.
Through a collaborative process
between the Family
Association, Faculty Conference, Board of Trustees, staff, alumni, and other community members, the school formed a one - year Ad - Hoc Inclusion, Equity, and Diversity Committee to conduct a rigorous
analysis over the course of the 2017 - 2018 academic year and draft a plan for future work.
To determine whether the presence and strength of the
associations between individual risk factors and severe PPH vary among women undergoing prelabor CD or intrapartum CD, stratified
analyses are needed according to CD subtype.To identify risk factors for severe PPH within 2 distinct CD populations, prelabor CD and intrapartum CD, we performed 2 case - control studies.
The objective of the study was to examine the
association between placental abruption, maternal characteristics, and routine first - and second - trimester aneuploidy screening analytes.The study consisted of an
analysis of 1017 women with and 136,898 women without placental abruption who had first - and second - trimester prenatal screening results, linked birth certificate, and hospital discharge records for a live - born singleton.
Based on the collected data and on an
analysis of factors surrounding home and hospital based birth, the study's researchers suggest a number of potential reasons for the stronger
association between breastfeeding and home birth:
Had the aim of this
analysis been to identify characteristics associated with PPH, clearly these covariates would have been included (as would many of the maternities excluded from the
analysis as described earlier), so it would not be appropriate to use these results to draw conclusions about the
association between PPH and covariates other than intended place of birth.
While the UniFrac
analyses we performed suggest independent
associations between microbiome composition and both delivery mode and feeding method, the substantial overlap
between the communities defined by both factors suggests that there are other important drivers of microbiome community composition that remain to be identified in future
analyses.
In a recent meta -
analysis, Yang et al (28) demonstrated that different methods in atopic dermatitis assessment may significantly influence estimates on the
association between breast - feeding and atopic dermatitis.
The
analysis indicated a statistically significant inverse
association between any breastfeeding for more than 6 months and childhood leukemia (OR, 0.84; 95 % CI, 0.78 - 0.91).
Several years prior to this, Gdalevich et al (29) performed a meta -
analysis of prospective studies
between January 1966 and May 2000 on the
association between exclusive breast - feeding in the first 3 months after birth and the onset of atopic dermatitis in childhood and concluded that breast - feeding was protective against incident atopic dermatitis in childhood.
For ALL, the
analysis of 11 studies19,20,22,23,25,37 - 42 included 5745 cases and 12764 control individuals and indicated a statistically significant inverse
association between any breastfeeding for 6 months or more and ALL risk (OR, 0.82; 95 % CI, 0.73 - 0.93).
Twelve studies, contributing 7596 childhood leukemia cases, were included in the
analysis of breastfeeding and childhood leukemia and the authors found a moderate effect of
between - study heterogeneity that was eliminated when they removed the study by Smulevich et al. 17 The calculated pooled OR of the 12 studies indicated a statistically significant inverse
association between ever breastfed compared with never breastfed and childhood leukemia (OR, 0.87; 95 % CI, 0.77 - 0.99).
This meta -
analysis of 17 published studies looks at the
association between breastfeeding and childhood leukemia.
The
analysis for AML only included 6 studies20, 22,23,37,39,42 that supplied 854 cases and 9542 control individuals, but the
association between any breastfeeding for 6 months or more and AML risk was not statistically significant.
We also examined other characteristics of the sleep environment that might modify the
association between room ventilation and SIDS risks in stratified
analysis.
This meta -
analysis also indicated a protective
association between breastfeeding and childhood leukemia risk (OR, 0.86; 95 % CI, 0.78 - 0.95).
Objective To conduct a meta -
analysis of available scientific evidence on the
association between breastfeeding and childhood leukemia.
The separate
analysis of these 4 studies indicated a statistically significant inverse
association between any breastfeeding for 6 months or more compared with a shorter duration and childhood leukemia (OR, 0.84; 95 % CI, 0.75 - 0.94).
61 The distinction
between exclusive breastfeeding and partial breastfeeding in the
analyses of the
association between breastfeeding and the risk for childhood leukemia is essential given that the addition of infant formula, together with breast milk or instead of it, changes the infant's gut microbiota, affecting the immunology of the infant.62, 63 Thus, misclassification might weaken the
association between breastfeeding and lower risk for childhood leukemia.
To conduct a meta -
analysis of available scientific evidence on the
association between breastfeeding and childhood leukemia.
The meta -
analysis of all 17 studies indicated a statistically significant inverse
association between any breastfeeding for 6 months or longer and childhood leukemia (OR, 0.80; 95 % CI, 0.72 - 0.90)(Figure 3).
Another secondary
analysis examining the
association between the maximum oxytocin dose and the risk of uterine rupture (103) noted a dose — response effect
between increasing risk of uterine rupture and higher maximum doses of oxytocin.
The
association between psychopathology in fathers versus mothers and children's internalizing and externalizing behavior problems: a meta -
analysis
We modeled the
association between early breastfeeding experiences and postpartum depression as a complete case
analysis using logistic regression in SAS 9.1.
The strength of the
association between early breastfeeding experience and postpartum depression was similar in magnitude when comparing the complete case with the multiple imputation
analyses.
A prospective cohort study found the SIDS rate to be significantly increased for infants exposed in utero to methadone (OR: 3.6 [95 % CI: 2.5 — 5.1]-RRB-, heroin (OR: 2.3 [95 % CI: 1.3 — 4.0]-RRB-, methadone and heroin (OR: 3.2 [95 % CI: 1.2 — 8.6]-RRB-, and cocaine (OR: 1.6 [95 % CI: 1.2 — 2.2]-RRB-, even after controlling for race / ethnicity, maternal age, parity, birth weight, year of birth, and maternal smoking.229 In addition, a meta -
analysis of studies that investigated an
association between in utero cocaine exposure and SIDS found an increased risk of SIDS to be associated with prenatal exposure to cocaine and illicit drugs in general.230
In the
analysis, we considered multiple covariates that may confound the
association between early breastfeeding experience and postpartum depression based on the published literature and included these covariates in our multivariable logistic regression models.
Although the results of the meta - regression showed no evidence of significant heterogeneity
between subgroups, summary
association estimates were slightly different in subgroup
analyses by study design and exposure assessment.
Numbers of participants in nonobese [BMI (in kg / m2): < 30] and obese (BMI ≥ 30.0) groups, respectively, are as follows: timely OL (□; n = 102 and 34) and delayed OL (▪; n = 49 and 33)[P < 0.0001 within the nonobese BMI group and P = 0.001 within the obese BMI group (chi - square
analysis); Breslow - Day test for homogeneity of the odds ratios (P = 0.6267), indicating that there was not a significant difference by BMI group in the
association between delayed OL and excess neonatal weight loss].
We used contingency tables and chi - square
analysis to examine unadjusted
associations between independent variables and the risk of delayed OL and organized the data into 6 dimensions: 1) maternal prenatal characteristics, 2) maternal anthropometric characteristics, 3) labor and delivery experience, 4) newborn characteristics, 5) maternal postpartum factors, and 6) infant feeding and related variables (Table 1).
Objective: We performed a meta -
analysis to summarize available evidence of the
association between breastfeeding and breastfeeding duration and EOC risk from published cohort and case - control studies.
This of course is a very rough model and it can not take appropriate account of the fact that changing support levels
between elections tend to vary geographically, while it also fails to take account of the local particularities of the different regions in cases where no regional figures are produced in
association with different national opinion polls meaning that there is no scope to carry out separate regional
analyses based on these poll figures.
«Previous studies have demonstrated an
association between stress and skin symptoms, but those studies relied on small patient samples, did not use standardized tools, are anecdotal in nature, or focused their
analyses on a single skin disease,» says Gil Yosopovitch, MD, Chair of the Department of Dermatology at LKSOM, Director of the Temple Itch Center, and corresponding author of the study.
Aaron J. Dawes, M.D., of the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, and colleagues conducted a meta -
analysis to determine the prevalence of mental health conditions among bariatric surgery candidates and recipients and the
association between preoperative mental health conditions and health outcomes following bariatric surgery.
The authors identified 68 publications meeting criteria for inclusion in the
analysis: 59 reporting the prevalence of preoperative mental health conditions (65,363 patients) and 27 reporting
associations between preoperative mental health conditions and postoperative outcomes (50,182 patients).
Further
analysis among non-smokers who reported no exposure to second - hand smoke and had cotinine levels below race - specific cutoffs found that the
association between exposure and mortality remained similar to observations in subjects who reported exposure.
Similar
analysis of samples from a group of prostate cancer patients also found an
association between the presence of CTC clusters and dramatically reduced survival.
The
analysis did not reveal any
associations between genetic risk profile scores and duration of symptoms, family history of depression, recurring MDD episodes, or stage of MDD.
The researchers will measure phthalates in the men's urine sample, then perform DNA methylation
analyses on sperm cells and look for a statistical
association between these measures as well as sperm quality and embryo development.
Results of the
analysis show an inverse
association between aspirin use and mammographic density.