Sentences with phrase «disease study estimated»

The 2013 Global Burden of Disease study estimated there to be 800,000 pneumonia deaths annually worldwide and the disease continues to be the number one infectious killer of children under the age of five, with more deaths than HIV, TB and malaria combined.

The Global Burden of Disease study estimates the magnitude of health loss due to diseases and injuries.

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The American Beverage Association dismissed the study in a statement, saying it did «not show that consuming sugar - sweetened beverages causes chronic diseases and the authors themselves acknowledge that they are at best estimating effects of sugar - sweetened beverage consumption.»

The study estimated that each dollar the company spent on the disease management program saved $ 3.78, compared to savings of only 48 cents for the lifestyle segment.

This study does not show that consuming sugar - sweetened beverages causes chronic diseases and the authors themselves acknowledge that they are at best estimating effects of sugar - sweetened beverage consumption.

From the last study «The incidence of invasive early - onset GBS disease decreased by more than 80 % from 1.8 cases / 1000 live births in the early 1990s to 0.26 cases / 1000 live births in 2010; from 1994 to 2010 we estimate that over 70,000 cases of EOGBS invasive disease were prevented in the United States.»

Some studies have linked breastfeeding to lower long - term risks of certain diseases in mothers — including type 2 diabetes and breast cancer — so the $ 13 billion estimate may be too conservative, according to Bartick.

Funnel plot of precision estimates [calculated by using the inverse of the SE of ln (odds ratio); ie, the higher the estimate, the more precise the study] from studies that explored the association between breastfeeding and Crohn disease against their odds ratio.

Meanwhile, the gene - rich X is the most intensely studied of the 23 chromosomes, largely because of its role in rendering men vulnerable to an estimated 300 genetic diseases and disorders associated with those mutations — from color blindness to muscular dystrophy to more than 200 brain disorders.

The results of the study suggest that, based on the existence of specific miDNA, it is possible to estimate whether the existing change in the mucous membrane develops into a malignant disease.

This artificial eye surface could help researchers study dry eye disease, a condition that affects an estimated 16 million adults in the United States.

The study, published online July 31 in Cell Death and Disease, suggests a new approach to treating the estimated 3 million people in the U.S., and over 300 million worldwide, living with type 1 diabetes.

For the study, Dorevitch and colleagues estimated the number of recreational waterborne illnesses using data from two large epidemiological studies as well as reports of water - borne disease outbreaks from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, disease outbreaks from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC.

Heritability (how much the risk of a disease is explained by genetic factors) of type 2 diabetes has been estimated to be between 25 and 80 per cent in different studies.

While this study indicates that the economic and disease burdens of dengue in India are hundreds of times greater than estimates based entirely on official reports, further studies are needed to garner additional detail.

«This is the first nationwide study to demonstrate the presence and estimate the prevalence of malaria caused by pfhrp2 - deleted P. falciparum in asymptomatic children,» said Jonathan Parr, M.D., M.P.H., the study's lead author and a researcher within UNC's Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Ecology Lab.

The study showed that patients who held their breath during radiation therapy had only a 1.4 percent rate of ischemic heart disease after 8 years of follow up and an estimated rate of 3.6 percent after 10 years.

A new study by researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center — Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC — James) provides evidence that genetically modifying immune cells might effectively treat multiple myeloma, a disease that remains incurable and will account for an estimated 24,000 new cases and 11,100 deaths in 2014

In one of the two studies, researchers found that germline EGFR T790M mutation results in a rare and unique lung cancer hereditary syndrome associated with an estimated 31 % risk for the disease in never - smokers.

On 5 March, the study, which Murray coordinates, will publish its country estimates for the same set of diseases.

Dr Søren Brage (MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge), joint senior author on the study says: «Providing quantitative estimates regarding the dose - response relationship is essential for approximating how changes in levels of physical activity in the general population would impact disease incidence, and would support more nuanced guidance to the public and evidence - based dialogue in clinical settings.»

In the biggest effort ever undertaken, a group of scientists in December published the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2010 study, which estimated disease burdens — death as well as years of life affected by disability — for 291 diseases and injuries in 20 age groups in 21 global rDisease (GBD) 2010 study, which estimated disease burdens — death as well as years of life affected by disability — for 291 diseases and injuries in 20 age groups in 21 global rdisease burdens — death as well as years of life affected by disability — for 291 diseases and injuries in 20 age groups in 21 global regions.

According to the CDC [U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention], based on a 2003 study [in 2003 dollars], the average lifetime costs per person were estimated at $ 1,014,000 for persons with mental retardation.

While a new generation of safer, more effective oral medications to treat hepatitis C patients may cost tens of thousands of dollars for a 12 - week regiment, investing in these new therapies could generate savings estimated at more than $ 3.2 billion annually in the U.S. and five European countries, according to a new study (abstract 228) released today at Digestive Disease Week ® (DDW) 2015.

A later epidemiological study estimated the vaccination rate in communities where the disease spread was no higher than 86 percent and might be as low as 50 percent.

The team has completed two genomics studies on the tropical disease, a condition that is estimated to cause up to 30 million illnesses and over a quarter of a million deaths globally each year.

Sampson UK, Perati RR, Prins PA, Pham W, Liu Z, Harell F, Linton MF, Gore JC, Kon V, Fazio S. Quantitative estimates of variability of in vivo ultrasound imaging measurements of mouse aorta important for studies of abdominal aortic aneurysms and related arterial diseases.

Quantitative estimates of the variability of in vivo sonographic measurements of the mouse aorta for studies of abdominal aortic aneurysms and related arterial diseases.

Estimates were derived from populations in which at least 79 % of patients were diagnosed with limited stage disease, apart from one study in which 29 % of patients presented with limited stage disease.

In a life table model, assuming that these observations arose from a causal relation, we estimated the benefits of cessation to be substantial; the benefits on all cause mortality seem likely to be mainly due to reduced progression of cancer rather than prevention of cardiorespiratory disease, but no studies reported cancer specific death rates to confirm this.

Supplementary figure M shows examples of individual studies of coronary heart disease or stroke, plotting the observed (reported) relative risks with the ones we estimated using the log - linear model; the fit was generally good.

For this study, the researchers wanted to estimate how likely the disease is to become established in Europe as its climate changes up to the end of the century.

The researchers concluded their study by noting that estimated fitness level — in consideration with other risk factors such as smoking status, alcohol consumption, and other health conditions — could have a major impact on identifying people at risk for future cardiovascular disease.

We estimate that nearly 50,000 Americans die of heart disease each year due to low intake of vegetable oils,» said Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian, senior study author and dean of the Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy in Boston.

Alcohol's contribution to prostate cancer will need to be factored into future estimates of the global burden of disease,» said study co-author Tim Stockwell in a University of Victoria news release.

The study found that 20 to 59 year old individuals having the highest intake of fiber had a substantially lower estimated lifetime cardiovascular disease risk in comparison to those with the lowest intake of fiber.

The «wildly speculative values» of 3 to 7 grams per day referred to by Cordain came from a cohort study published in 2011 in The Journal of the American Medical Association in which sodium intake of almost twenty - nine thousand patients with established cardiovascular disease or diabetes mellitus was estimated by twenty - four - hour urinary sodium excretion.26 During the follow - up of fifty - four months, the study found that daily sodium intake below three grams and above seven grams significantly increased cardiovascular risk.

However, a task for the future will be to estimate the amount of glycine that can be supplied by microorganisms present in the digestive tract, which we have been unable to consider in the present study due to the absence of suitable data, but which may well affect the varying frequency of collagen - related diseases in animals with different systems of digestion.

In one such randomized, double - blind, cross-over study involving 22 subjects, a high monounsaturated diet that emphasized peanuts and peanut butter decreased cardiovascular disease risk by an estimated 21 % compared to the average American diet.

Metabolism and Thyroid Hormone Balance The Colorado Thyroid Disease Prevalence Study in 2000 found the rate of hypothyroidism in the general population to be approximately 10 %, with an estimated 13 million undiagnosed cases of low thyroid among American adults.

Researchers who studied data from the Nurses Health Study estimated that substituting nuts for an equivalent amount of carbohydrate in an average diet resulted in a 30 % reduction in heart disease risk.

Another 2010 study by Johns Hopkins University researchers showed that the diet can also trim the estimated 10 - year coronary heart disease risk by 18 percent for individuals with prehypertension or stage - 1 hypertension.

For the prospective cohort studies, data were extracted on the estimates of the association between the dietary exposure and disease outcome.

A recent study conducted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control estimated that approximately 7.8 percent of U.S. children ages 4 — 17 are currently diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) or Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).

One study estimated that 20 percent of unknown fevers in dogs are due to Systemic Polyarthritis Disease.

In the EPIC Study, dogs in the pimobendan group experienced 60 % more time in asymptomatic stage B2 of heart disease and 10 % more life without CHF signs that impact quality of life (10 % more life without CHF was calculated based on an estimated lifespan for all small to medium ‑ sized dogs being 12.5 years.

During the last eight - year period that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention studied fatal attacks by breed (1991 to 1998), pit bulls were estimated at 1 percent of the U.S. dog population.

Veterinarians estimate that between 75 and 80 % of middle - aged dogs have gum disease, and a new study out of Purdue University shows a clear link between gum disease and heart disease in canines.

You're not alone; studies estimate that up to 40 % of companion animals are dealing with a serious disease called obesity.

During the last eight - year period (1991 - 98) that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention studied fatal attacks by breed, pit bulls were estimated at 1 percent of the U.S. dog population.