SPH Epidemiology Papers
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The Importance of Clinic Attendance in the First Six Months on Antiretroviral Treatment: A Retrospective Analysis at a Large Public Sector HIV Clinic in South Africa
(BioMed Central, 2010-12-7)BACKGROUND Adherence to care and treatment are essential for HIV-infected individuals to benefit from antiretroviral therapy (ART). We sought to quantify the effects on treatment outcomes of missing visits soon after ... -
Prevalence and Associated Factors of Viral Hepatitis and Transferrin Elevations in 5036 Patients Admitted to the Emergency Room of a Swiss University Hospital: Cross-Sectional Study
(BioMed Central, 2007-2-5)BACKGROUND. The epidemiology of liver disease in patients admitted to emergency rooms is largely unknown. The current study aimed to measure the prevalence of viral hepatitis B and C infection and pathological laboratory ... -
The Impact of Comorbidity and Stage on Ovarian Cancer Mortality: A Nationwide Danish Cohort Study
(BioMed Central, 2008-1-29)BACKGROUND. The incidence of ovarian cancer increases sharply with age, and many elderly patients have coexisting diseases. If patients with comorbidities are diagnosed with advanced stages, this would explain the poor ... -
Bias Analysis Applied to Agricultural Health Study Publications to Estimate Non-Random Sources of Uncertainty
(BioMed Central, 2007-11-26)BACKGROUND The associations of pesticide exposure with disease outcomes are estimated without the benefit of a randomized design. For this reason and others, these studies are susceptible to systematic errors. I analyzed ... -
Cause-Specific Excess Mortality in Siblings of Patients Co-Infected with HIV and Hepatitis C Virus
(Public Library of Science, 2007-8-15)BACKGROUND. Co-infection with hepatitis C in HIV-infected individuals is associated with 3- to 4-fold higher mortality among these patients' siblings, compared with siblings of mono-infected HIV-patients or population ... -
Digoxin Treatment Is Associated with an Increased Incidence of Breast Cancer: A Population-Based Case-Control Study
(BioMed Central, 2008-12-3)INTRODUCTION. Laboratory and epidemiologic studies have suggested a modifying effect of cardiac glycosides (for example, digoxin and digitoxin) on cancer risk. We explored the association between digoxin treatment and ... -
Prognosis of Ovarian Cancer Subsequent to Venous Thromboembolism: A Nationwide Danish Cohort Study
(BioMed Central, 2006-7-17)BACKGROUND. Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is associated with ovarian cancer and may impact the prognosis of ovarian cancer. Our aims were to examine the extent of disease at the time of the diagnosis of ovarian cancer and ... -
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease during the Post-Partum Year
(Taylor & Francis, 2005)OBJECTIVE: To investigate the occurrence of, and risk factors for, pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) occurring during the post-partum year. METHODS: Demographic and clinical data for women who delivered a term infant with ... -
Prescriptions for Selective Cyclooxygenase-2 Inhibitors, Non-Selective Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs, and Risk of Breast Cancer in a Population-Based Case-Control Study
(BioMed Central, 2010-3-1)INTRODUCTION. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) prevent the growth of mammary tumours in animal models. Two population-based case-control studies suggest a reduced risk of breast cancer associated with selective ... -
The Incidence of Varicella and Herpes Zoster in Massachusetts as Measured by the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) during a Period of Increasing Varicella Vaccine Coverage, 1998–2003
(BioMed Central, 2005-6-16)BACKGROUND. The authors sought to monitor the impact of widespread varicella vaccination on the epidemiology of varicella and herpes zoster. While varicella incidence would be expected to decrease, mathematical models ...
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