Redistribution of the over-80 population to older ages, and declining age-specific incidence of cardiovascular and respiratory diseases in over-80s, are consistent with the "fourth stage" of epidemiologic transition, but increases in diabetes, cancer, and age-related impairment show new emerging ...
In a statement issued Wednesday, the WHO said it asked Beijing for detailed information on reported “clusters of undiagnosed pneumonia in children in northern China,” including “additional epidemiologic and clinical information, as well as laboratory results” related to the infections. /tinyurl.com...
2. Materials and methods In the frame of this study, a total of 1721 ankle bones from archaeological and modern Ovis and Gazella were investigated, which will be explained in detail below. For the populations used as baselines, the living conditions (e.g., mobility or nutrition) as well ...
Changing epidemiology of small-cell lung cancer in the United States over the last 30 years: analysis of the surveillance, epidemiologic, and end results database J. Clin. Oncol., 24 (2006), pp. 4539-4544 View in ScopusGoogle Scholar [2] L.A. Byers, C.M. Rudin Small cell lung cancer...
In addition, although model parameters were based on current epidemiologic literature, they may be imperfect or may omit additional unknown factors. Conclusions In summary, the Bang et al. CKD risk score with a threshold of 0.02 and 2-year follow-up was found to be the most cost-effective ...
Epidemiologic datasets show a similar relationship between A1C and risk of retinopathy as has been shown for the corresponding FPG and 2-h PG thresholds. The A1C has several advantages to the FPG and OGTT, including greater convenience (since fasting is not required), evidence to suggest greater...
Entropy-Based Measures for Quantifying Sleep-Stage Transition Dynamics: Relationship to Sleep Fragmentation and Daytime Sleepiness and sleep efficiency) is explored for a 394 participant sample of the Cleveland Family Study, an epidemiologic study in which standardized single-night pol... MR Kirsch,K...
Principles of Growth & Development | Definition & Examples from Chapter 4 / Lesson 2 711K Learn about the principles of growth and development including the Cephalocaudal, Orthogenetic, and Proximodistal principles of growth and development. Re...
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), and particularly coronary heart disease (CHD), are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality globally [1, 2]. Despite considerable improvement in diagnosis and therapeutics, up-to-date epidemiological data from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) [3] reports that...
A correction for the article "Evolution of the "fourth stage" of epidemiologic transition in people aged 80 years and over: population-based cohort study using electronic health records" that was published in the previous issue is presented.Population Health Metrics...