Sentences with phrase «epidemiologic risk»

A scoping review of epidemiologic risk factors for pediatric obesity: Implications for future childhood obesity and dental caries prevention research.

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Beyond the cardiovascular risk associated with LDL - C, genetic, epidemiologic, clinical and real - world data suggest that patients with elevated triglycerides (TG)(fats in the blood), and TG - rich lipoproteins, are at increased risk for cardiovascular disease.

Epidemiologic studies have linked diets composed of fats and sweets, potatoes, and refined grains with higher glycemic indexes and a higher risk of obesity and type 2 diabetes (69).

There is substantial epidemiologic evidence that links a lower risk of SIDS for infants whose mothers obtain regular prenatal care.198, — , 200 Women should seek prenatal care early in the pregnancy and continue to obtain regular prenatal care during the entire pregnancy.

Epidemiologic research shows that human milk and breastfeeding of infants provide advantages with regard to general health, growth, and development, while significantly decreasing risk for a large number of acute and chronic diseases.

Maternal smoking during pregnancy has emerged as a major risk factor in almost every epidemiologic study of SIDS.

The panel recommends that the further use of implants be limited for reconstruction only and that women receiving the implants participate in scientific protocols and that epidemiologic studies be conducted to assess the risk of autoimmune disease.

This indispensable resource covers a wide range of lactation medicine topics including epidemiologic and physiologic benefits, breastfeeding protocols, and the health risks of artificial feeding.

PRAMStat Allows users to access data for epidemiologic research collected through Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) surveys and may be used to access data related to infant sleep practices.

Pregnant women should receive regular prenatal care — There is substantial epidemiologic evidence linking a lower risk of SIDS for infants whose mothers obtain regular prenatal care.54, — , 57

In 1992, in response to epidemiologic reports from Europe and Australia, the AAP recommended that infants be placed for sleep in a nonprone position as a strategy for reducing the risk of SIDS.9 The «Back to Sleep» campaign was initiated in 1994 under the leadership of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development as a joint effort of the Maternal and Child Health Bureau of the Health Resources and Services Administration, the AAP, the SIDS Alliance (now First Candle), and the Association of SIDS and Infant Mortality Programs.10 The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development began conducting national surveys of infant care practices to evaluate the implementation of the AAP recommendation.

Maternal smoking during pregnancy is a major risk factor in almost every epidemiologic study of SIDS.201, — , 204 Smoke in the infant's environment after birth is a separate major risk factor in a few studies, 202,205 although separating this variable from maternal smoking before birth is problematic.

Moreover, there are specific circumstances that, in epidemiologic studies, substantially increase the risk of SIDS or suffocation while bed - sharing.

Evidence from individual epidemiologic studies relating breastfeeding to the risk of type 2 diabetes has been inconsistent.

Background: Epidemiologic studies have yielded inconsistent findings between breastfeeding and epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) risk.

We used the standard Center for Epidemiologic Studies — Depression Scale depressive symptom score of ≥ 16 to categorize participants as «at risk» of depression.

The members of the initiative hope to improve early detection of cancer by making an impact in a variety of areas, including doing epidemiologic studies on risk factors, developing new and improved methods of diagnostic imaging, discovering and verifying new biomarkers as indicators of cancer, and developing new technologies to aid early detection.

Then the researchers found that those participants in the epidemiologic study with a genetic variant in the ALDH gene were at increased risk of Parkinson's when exposed to these pesticides.

«Given the solid epidemiologic evidence supporting a link between cannabis exposure during adolescence and schizophrenia, we investigated whether the use of cannabis during early adolescence (by 16 years of age) is associated with variations in brain maturation as a function of genetic risk for schizophrenia,» said senior author Tomas Paus, MD, PhD, the Anne and Max Tanenbaum Professor and Chair in Population Neuroscience at Baycrest, University of Toronto, and the Dr. John and Consuela Phelan Scholar at Child Mind Institute, New York.

Larsen will present the study, «Short and Long - Term Risk of Congestive Heart Failure in Breast Cancer and Lymphoma Patients Compared to Controls: an Epidemiologic Study,» on Saturday, March 10.

Expand genetic epidemiologic research to identify risk and protective factors for Alzheimer's Disease.»

For this reason, the authors tested the hypothesis that voluntary blood donation is associated with reduced risk of acute myocardial infarction in a prospective epidemiologic follow - up study in men from eastern Finland.

Background: Treatment with HMG - CoA reductase inhibitors («statins») has been variably associated with a reduced risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD) in epidemiologic studies and reduced amyloid - β (Aβ) deposition in animal models of AD.

A long series of laboratory and epidemiologic studies has suggested that cutting back on sleep has a harmful effect on glucose control, insulin secretion and metabolism in ways that might increase diabetes risk, said Eve Van Cauter, professor of medicine at the University of Chicago and senior author of the study.

Abstract: Background: Treatment with HMG - CoA reductase inhibitors («statins») has been variably associated with a reduced risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD) in epidemiologic studies and reduced amyloid - β (Aβ) deposition in animal models of AD.

Our findings of decreased all - cancer risk with improved vitamin D status are consistent with a large and still growing body of epidemiologic and observational data showing that cancer risk, cancer mortality, or both are inversely associated with solar exposure, vitamin D status, or both (1 — 10, 12 — 18, 26).

Some researchers have argued that the cause may be an infectious agent, but epidemiologic studies have suggested that maternal consumption of foods such as bioflavonoids could lead to an increased risk of infant leukemia.

Although the American Cancer Society claims that «there are no strong epidemiologic studies in the medical literature that link breast cancer risk and antiperspirant use», after the Linhart investigation, and knowing that 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime, I will avoid antiperspirants with aluminum.

Epidemiologic research has linked nut intake with a decreased risk of coronary heart disease.

«A recent meta - analysis of prospective epidemiologic studies found no evidence that dietary saturated fat is associated with an increased risk of coronary heart disease or cardiovascular disease,» said Fallon Morell

Epidemiologic data has shown that chronic depression, stress, and lack of social support are all risk factors for cancer.14 A study in humans even showed chronic depression and even the death of a mother during childhood to be associated with increased breast cancer in women.15 While we do not have concrete evidence in humans, animal studies more definitively point to stress as a cause of cancer.

Previous epidemiologic studies showed cross-sectional associations of GI and GL with inflammatory markers in individuals with (20) and without (21, 22) type 2 diabetes, suggesting that a high dietary GI may increase the risk of inflammatory conditions.

Cruciferous vegetables and human cancer risk: epidemiologic evidence and mechanistic basis..

Some frequently cited epidemiologic studies have found an increased correlation between elevated IGF - 1 and breast, prostate, and colorectal cancers, while the majority of studies failed to document increased risk of cancer (or have shown a decreased risk) with increasing IGF - 1 levels.

Other publications on cancer chemoprevention include Comprehensive review of cancer chemopreventive agents evaluated in experimental carcinogenesis models and clinical trials, Chemopreventive effects of natural dietary compounds on cancer development, Organosulfur compounds in cancer chemoprevention, Cancer prevention by natural compounds, Cruciferous vegetables and cancer prevention, Cruciferous vegetables and human cancer risk: epidemiologic evidence and mechanistic basis, Cruciferous vegetables: cancer protective mechanisms of glucosinolate hydrolysis products and selenium.

Higdon J, Delage B, Williams D, Dashwood R. Cruciferous vegetables and human cancer risk: epidemiologic evidence and mechanistic basis.

Risk reductions in these studies were typically greater than is found in epidemiologic studies of single foods or of nutrients; thus, synergy is suggested.

Conclusions: A meta - analysis of prospective epidemiologic studies showed that there is no significant evidence for concluding that dietary saturated fat is associated with an increased risk of CHD or CVD.

Observations from basic research and epidemiologic studies support the hypothesis that the antioxidant vitamin E may reduce the risks of developing cardiovascular disease (CV) and cancer, but findings from randomized trials challenge it.

In large prospective epidemiologic studies, both the glycemic index and the glycemic load (the glycemic index multiplied by the amount of carbohydrate) of the overall diet have been associated with a greater risk of type 2 diabetes in both men and women.

Vascular risk factors for Alzheimer's disease: an epidemiologic perspective.

«The epidemiologic data provide strong evidence that a high intake of processed meat products... is associated with an increased risk of heart disease.»

Epidemiologic studies5, 47 have suggested that higher consumption of added sugar is associated with increased consumption of total calories and unhealthy dietary patterns, which in turn might increase the risk of unhealthy outcomes, such as weight gain, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and CVD.

Coffee consumption and risk of esophageal cancer incidence: a meta - analysis of epidemiologic studies, Medicine (Baltimore) Volume 97 (17).

Randomized clinical trials and epidemiologic studies have shown that individuals who consume higher amounts of added sugar, especially sugar - sweetened beverages, tend to gain more weight7 and have a higher risk of obesity,2,8 - 13 type 2 diabetes mellitus,8,14 - 17 dyslipidemias, 18,19 hypertension, 20,21 and cardiovascular disease (CVD).14, 22 Most previous studies have focused on sugar - sweetened beverages but not total added sugar, and none of these studies has used nationally representative samples to examine the relationship between added sugar intake and CVD mortality.

Data from clinical trials have shown that substitution of polyunsaturated fat for saturated fat results in a reduced incidence of CVD (2 — 4); however, as described below, there is little evidence from such trials or from epidemiologic studies that a reduction in saturated fat intake below ≈ 9 % of total energy intake is associated with a reduced CVD risk.

Moreover, whereas it is not known whether diet - induced increases in HDL cholesterol confer protection against CVD risk that would be inferred from epidemiologic data, this effect of dietary saturated fat requires consideration when assessing its net effect on CVD risk.

Epidemiologic studies have suggested that higher intake of added sugar is associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors.

Recent epidemiologic evaluation shows both urban & suburban dogs are at high risk & that small & large breed dogs are at similar risk.

Breast Cancer & The Environment Research Centers: Sixth Annual Early Environmental Exposures Meeting The Breast Cancer and the Environment Research Centers (BCERC) network is conducting epidemiologic and biologic studies investigating the influence of early environmental exposures on pubertal maturation and mammary gland development and the potential of these developmental changes to alter the risk of breast cancer in later life.