Sentences with phrase «observational studies found»

A review of 88 observational studies found that a higher intake of sugary soda was associated with greater calorie intake, higher body weight and lower intake of other important nutrients (31).

The review of observational studies found that compared to inactive people, the odds ratio of being happy was 20, 29 and 52 percent higher for people who were insufficiently active, sufficiently active, or very active, respectively.

A 2014 review of observational studies found that poor sleep is a risk factor for cognitive decline and Alzheimer's.

Basically, the observational studies find that when very low - risk women have home births following thorough prenatal care, attended by skilled practitioners who transfer to hospital promptly when signs of a problem appear, the absolute increase in risk to the child is small, less than 1 per 1000.

A small observational study found that women who reported having sex after 39 weeks were much less likely to go post-term or need to be induced.

Our observational study found that a patient's outcome is worse when he or she is anemic.»

Titled «Prevalence of Sport Specialization in High School Athletics,» this one - year observational study found that high school athletes from a smaller school were less likely to specialize in a sport than those attending a large school.

«Our observational study found that treating to low pressures doesn't provide any benefit to patients with regard to reducing risk of dangerous heart events like heart attack, heart failure and stroke.

However, our observational study found subtle effects in estrogen - responsive tissues in soy - fed infants, and we don't know if these differences are associated with long - term health effects.»

A large observational study found that use of short - acting calcium channel blockers (CCBs) for hypertension is associated with increased incidence of pancreatic cancer among postmenopausal women, when compared with the use of other types of antihypertensive medication and never - use of such agents.

«Observational study found that low back pain patients receiving chiropractic care, which typically includes spinal manipulation, are more satisfied than those receiving medical care.»

One recent observational study found that diabetics who slept 6.5 to 7.5 hours per night had better blood glucose control, compared to those who slept for less or more time (22).

Although they increase LDL in the short - term, plenty of long - term observational studies find no link between saturated fat consumption and LDL levels (24, 25, 26).

Not exact matches

Most of the health benefits researchers have found have been in observational studies, meaning we don't know that drinking coffee is responsible for the reductions in disease risk.

And yet the largest observational study — again we don't have controlled experiments — found that childhood swearing is largely innocuous.

From the observational studies, which consisted of around 406,000 participants in total, the researchers found a link between artificial sweeteners and a small increase in BMI (plus a slight increase in the likelihood of developing Type 2 diabetes).

In a follow - up to its 2008 report that found that attending services increases life expectancy, the Women's Health Initiative observational study based this report on a survey of 92,539 post-menopausal women over 50.

We can not tell which benefits found in an observational study derive from breastfeeding rather than from the myriad other advantages linked with breastfeeding.

Although not directly comparable, our findings are in broad agreement with those from routine data in Scotland that have indicated a positive association between Baby Friendly accreditation, but not certification, and breastfeeding at 1 week of age.17 Our findings reinforce those of Coutinho and colleagues who reported that high exclusive breastfeeding rates achieved in Brazilian hospitals implementing staff training with the course content of the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative were short - lived and not sustained at home unless implemented in combination with post-natal home visits.35 Similarly in Italy, training of staff with an adapted version of the Baby Friendly course content resulted in high breastfeeding rates at discharge, with a rapid decrease in the days after leaving hospital.36 In contrast, a cluster randomized trial in Belarus (PROBIT) found an association between an intervention modelled on the Baby Friendly Initiative with an increased duration of breastfeeding37 an association also reported from an observational study in Germany.38 Mothers in Belarus stay in hospital post-partum for 6 — 7 days, and in Germany for 5 days, with post-natal support likely to be particularly important in countries where mothers stay in the hospital for a shorter time, with early discharge likely to limit the influence of a hospital - based intervention.

A secondary analysis of data from the prospective observational Birthplace in England study found that immersion was associated with significant reductions in antepartum transfers to hospitals for planned home births, freestanding midwifery unit births, and alongside midwifery unit births (2).

However, the results of observational studies from developing countries are consistent with the findings of the two Honduran trials, particularly with respect to growth.

Some observational studies have also found that people who drink a lot of milk are more likely to develop certain cancers.

One observational study comparing induction to expectant management in women with a prior cesarean delivery found that induction of labor was associated with a greater relative risk of uterine rupture, whereas another study did not (104, 105).

NICE (2015) discusses a study by Landon et al (2006) that showed no significant difference in the rates of uterine rupture in VBAC with two or more previous cesarean births compared with a single previous cesarean birth, and states that these findings are consistent with «other observational studies,» (p 7).

In addition, there was no effect on breastfeeding duration when the pacifier was introduced at 1 month of age.280 A more recent systematic review found that the highest level of evidence (ie, from clinical trials) does not support an adverse relationship between pacifier use and breastfeeding duration or exclusivity.281 The association between shortened duration of breastfeeding and pacifier use in observational studies likely reflects a number of complex factors such as breastfeeding difficulties or intent to wean.281 A large multicenter, randomized controlled trial of 1021 mothers who were highly motivated to breastfeed were assigned to 2 groups: mothers advised to offer a pacifier after 15 days and mothers advised not to offer a pacifier.

Findings from our study, including low rates of interventions and low rates of death or injury, are comparable to findings reported in other large observational home birth studies from Europe and CanadaFindings from our study, including low rates of interventions and low rates of death or injury, are comparable to findings reported in other large observational home birth studies from Europe and Canadafindings reported in other large observational home birth studies from Europe and Canada.»

Although some SIDS experts and policy - makers endorse pacifier use recommendations that are similar to those of the AAP, 272,273 concerns about possible deleterious effects of pacifier use have prevented others from making a recommendation for pacifier use as a risk reduction strategy.274 Although several observational studies275, — , 277 have found a correlation between pacifiers and reduced breastfeeding duration, the results of well - designed randomized clinical trials indicated that pacifiers do not seem to cause shortened breastfeeding duration for term and preterm infants.278, 279 The authors of 1 study reported a small deleterious effect of early pacifier introduction (2 — 5 days after birth) on exclusive breastfeeding at 1 month of age and on overall breastfeeding duration (defined as any breastfeeding), but early pacifier use did not adversely affect exclusive breastfeeding duration.

Although these findings are based on observational studies and can not prove a direct cause and effect relationship between breastfeeding and SIDS prevention, researchers say there are several plausible biological reasons.

Parikh stressed that because the study was observational, no definitive clinical recommendations could be drawn from these findings, nor any absolute proof that breast - feeding directly contributes to the decrease in cardiovascular risk factors.

The findings of the 7 published observational studies relating breastfeeding to reduced risks of diabetes were broadly consistent, despite the widely differing nature of the populations [including one study conducted in a population born during the Dutch Famine of World War II (6) and 2 conducted in Native American populations (21, 22)-RSB-.

Study limitations include the fact that an observational study can not show cause and effect, and study participants were mostly from more affluent families so findings may not be generalizable to socioeconomically disadvantaged famiStudy limitations include the fact that an observational study can not show cause and effect, and study participants were mostly from more affluent families so findings may not be generalizable to socioeconomically disadvantaged famistudy can not show cause and effect, and study participants were mostly from more affluent families so findings may not be generalizable to socioeconomically disadvantaged famistudy participants were mostly from more affluent families so findings may not be generalizable to socioeconomically disadvantaged families.

Although such an observational study can not prove that the waning of the acellular vaccine and discontinuation of the whole vaccine caused the recent pertussis outbreaks, the findings adds more to the theory.

«It is a limitation of observational studies, such as the smoking and depression example, that scientists can only find links and correlations between actions and effects,» Wiedermann said.

Since the study was observational, it only found an association between Katrina and an increase in heart attacks, not a cause of the increase.

The authors do note that this large study can not definitively prove cause and effect; nonetheless, the findings are strongly consistent with «a wealth of existing observational and clinical trial data to support health benefits of nut consumption on many chronic diseases.»

Because the researchers conducted an observational study at a single site, their findings suggest but do not prove a cause - and - effect relationship between the Early Test program's methods and decreased incidence of HIV.

The observational study published in Genome Biology utilized publicly available and unpublished data sets to find 2,147 vlincRNAs that cover 10 percent of the human genome, suggesting that their production is a common, yet undiscovered, feature of human DNA.

This is an observational study, so no firm conclusions can be drawn about cause and effect, added to which the information on misuse is drawn from administrative data and the findings were limited to insured adults in the US.

The observational study of nearly 9,000 patients found that those prescribed antidepressants at discharge from hospital after a heart attack had a 66 % greater risk of mortality one year later than patients not prescribed the drugs, although they noted the cause is not necessarily related directly to the antidepressants.

Dr Dumas emphasises that, as this is an observational study, the findings can not show that disinfectants cause COPD, only that there is an association between some disinfectants and the development of the disease.

Observational studies have found that people of average weight tend to live longest3.

Even though this is an observational study, our findings do not support the hypothesis of adverse effects on child's language, communication and motor skills due to the use of mobile phone during pregnancy.»

«The finding from this observational study that women who underwent menopause at a later age and used oral hormone therapy had greater hearing loss was unexpected but should lead to more testing in a randomized, clinical trial,» says Dr. JoAnn Pinkerton, NAMS executive director.

But they point out that as this was an observational study no definitive conclusions can be drawn about cause and effect, especially as the findings might have been the result of reverse causation — whereby those with tendon injuries did less exercise, so raising their cholesterol levels.

«It's incredibly exciting to think there is even a chance that actual observational evidence for a multiverse might be found in our lifetimes,» says Alan Guth, a cosmologist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, who was not involved in the study.

«These findings are in keeping with several other observational studies that indicate that a slew of healthy behaviors, including increased physical activity, keeping a healthy weight, and lower intake of sugar and sweetened beverages, improve colon cancer outcomes,» said Temidayo Fadelu, M.D., a postdoctoral fellow at Dana - Farber Cancer Institute and lead author of the paper.

This finding augments limited trial and smaller observational study results.

In the recent observational study on wine and longevity, for instance, after the researchers accounted for smoking, gender, and activity level, they found that beer and hard liquor were just as life - extending as wine.

The finding was provocative but there had been «lots of debates about whether it is genuine or merely an observational artifact,» says William Lau, an atmospheric scientist at the University of Maryland, College Park, who was not involved in the study.

Though the concept of food addiction remains provocative, the findings suggest that more interventional and observational studies be done.