Sentences with phrase «epidemiological study such»

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Hrubec noted that an epidemiological study could determine whether people who have a high rate of exposure, such as healthcare workers or restaurant servers, have a more difficult time becoming pregnant or have a greater likelihood of having children with neural tube birth defects, but no such study has been conducted to date.

Dr Kristensen recommends that an inter-disciplinary approach be taken to address this, «by combining epidemiological data from human studies with more experimental research on models, such as rodents, it may be possible to firmly establish this link and determine how it happens, so that pregnant women in pain can be successfully treated, without risk to their unborn children.»

A few epidemiological studies have even found a small correlation between SSRI use during pregnancy and ASD, but that can largely be explained by other factors, such as the severity of a mother's depression, says Lars Henning Pedersen, at Aarhus University in Denmark, who has no affiliations with any antidepressant manufacturers.

Such claims could lead to confusion for consumers as early clinical and epidemiological studies report conflicting or confusing results.

Over the last decade, large epidemiological studies have shown that kidney stone formers have an increased likelihood of developing other conditions such as hypertension, chronic kidney disease and heart disease; however, the mechanisms involved are unknown.

In theory, such epidemiological studies are inferior to clinical studies because they rely on observations out in the real world, where it is impossible to control for the variables scientists seek to understand.

Some epidemiological studies have linked exposure to formaldehyde over several months with certain forms of cancer, such as leukemia.

Thus, the studies cited by Cordain regarding the association between sodium intake and autoimmune diseases found no epidemiological or clinical evidence that prevailing levels of sodium intake in the U.S. increase risk of autoimmune diseases such as MS and type 1 diabetes.

First off, this is an epidemiological study, utilizing nothing more than a questionnaire to find broad associations between factors such as diet and lifestyle.

Epidemiological studies, like The China Study, tend to have such complex and misleading raw figures that the ecology fallacy runs rampant, and you are again left wondering just how reliable and complete a given scientist's conclusions are.

Epidemiological studies support that people who are deficient in vitamin D have a higher risk for developing an immune - related condition like chronic infections, metabolic complications such as type 1 diabetes, and autoimmune diseases (3).

Epidemiological studies suggest that individuals who have inadequate Vitamin D levels are at an increased likelihood to develop an immune - related disorder such as chronic infections, autoimmune diseases and metabolic complications associated with type 1 diabetes.

The evident ability of fiber - rich cereal products to decrease diabetes risk, as documented in prospective epidemiological studies, may be mediated primarily by the superior magnesium content of such foods.

These studies have indicated that sexually abused children are more likely to report symptoms of depression on various tests, such as the Children's Depression Inventory, the Hopkins Symptom Checklist, and the Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (McLeer et al., 1998; Briere & Runtz, 1988; Roosa et al.,studies have indicated that sexually abused children are more likely to report symptoms of depression on various tests, such as the Children's Depression Inventory, the Hopkins Symptom Checklist, and the Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (McLeer et al., 1998; Briere & Runtz, 1988; Roosa et al.,Studies Depression Scale (McLeer et al., 1998; Briere & Runtz, 1988; Roosa et al., 1999).

The insistence on episodic mood changes is crucial and prevents clinicians from rating symptoms such as the chronic concentration problems of a child with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) as evidence for mania.2 Manic episodes are extremely rare in children and relatively rare in adolescents according to epidemiological studies in the UK and the USA.3

On the contrary, evidence from a number of cross-cultural epidemiological studies indicates that East Asian populations consistently report lower prevalence of negative affect, such as anxiety (Kessler & Ustun 2008) and mood disorders (e.g. major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder)(Weissman et al. 1996; Kessler & Ustun 2008), relative to Western populations (figure 1c, d, respectively).

Descriptive research: This category included epidemiological studies where the primary aim was to explore the frequency or patterns of disease, risk factors, or variables that may be related to health (such as knowledge, attitudes or health care service use), at a community or population level.

Few studies have examined attachment style in relation to clinical depression together with a range of such factors in epidemiological series.