The Female Stroke Survival Advantage: Relation to AgeNeuroepidemiology - Tập 32 Số 1 - Trang 47-52 - 2009
Tom Skyhøj Olsen, Christian Dehlendorff, Klaus Kaae Andersen
<i>Background:</i> Age-related hormonal factors are thought to be related to the gender gap in longevity. Testing the hypothesis that survival is best in young premenopausal women we studied the effect of age on 1-week mortality in stroke patients. <i>Methods:</i> A registry was started in 2001 with the aim of registering all hospitalized patients in Denmark. The pa...... hiện toàn bộ
Sex-Related Time-Dependent Variations in Post-Stroke Survival – Evidence of a Female Stroke Survival AdvantageNeuroepidemiology - Tập 29 Số 3-4 - Trang 218-225 - 2007
Tom Skyhøj Olsen, Christian Dehlendorff, Klaus Kaae Andersen
<i>Background:</i> Women live longer than men, yet most studies show that gender has no influence on survival after stroke. <i>Methods:</i> A registry was started in 2001, with the aim of registering all hospitalized stroke patients in Denmark, and it now holds 39,484 patients of which 48% are female. We studied the influence of gender on post-stroke mortality, from...... hiện toàn bộ
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis among 1991 Gulf War Veterans: Evidence for a Time-Limited OutbreakNeuroepidemiology - Tập 31 Số 1 - Trang 28-32 - 2008
Ronnie D. Horner, Steven C. Grambow, Cynthia J. Coffman, Jennifer H. Lindquist, Eugene Ž. Oddone, Kelli D. Allen, Edward J. Kasarskis
<i>Background:</i> In follow-up to recent reports of an elevated risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) among 1991 Gulf War veterans, we analyzed the distribution of disease onset times to determine whether the excess risk was time limited. <i>Methods:</i> This secondary analysis used data from a population-based series of ALS cases identified between 1991 and ...... hiện toàn bộ
Smoking, Snuff Dipping and the Risk of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis – A Prospective Cohort StudyNeuroepidemiology - Tập 27 Số 4 - Trang 217-221 - 2006
Fang Fang, Rino Bellocco, Miguel A. Hernán, Weimin Ye
<i>Background:</i> Little is known about the etiology of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The association between cigarette smoking, but not other types of smoking and snuff dipping, and the risk of ALS has been evaluated in several epidemiologic studies. The findings were inconclusive. <i>Methods:</i> We studied the association of smoking and snuff dipping with...... hiện toàn bộ
Fruit and Vegetable Intake and Risk of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis in JapanNeuroepidemiology - Tập 32 Số 4 - Trang 251-256 - 2009
Kazuhisa Okamoto, Tameko Kihira, Gén Kobashi, Masakazu Washio, Shuji Sasaki, Tetsuji Yokoyama, Yoshihiro Miyake, Naohisa Sakamoto, Yutaka Inaba, Masaki Nagai
<i>Background:</i> There has been little interest in the role of nutrition in the prevention of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). We investigated the relationship between dietary intake of vegetables, fruit, and antioxidants and the risk of ALS in Japan. <i>Methods:</i> Between 2000 and 2004, we recruited 153 ALS patients aged 18–81 years with disease duration of...... hiện toàn bộ
Seasonal Birth Patterns of Neurological DisordersNeuroepidemiology - Tập 19 Số 4 - Trang 177-185 - 2000
Ε. Fuller Torrey, Judy Miller, Robert R. Rawlings, Robert H. Yolken
Existing seasonal birth studies were reviewed for multiple sclerosis (MS), Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), epilepsy, cerebral palsy, congenital malformations of the central nervous system and mental retardation. Epilepsy appears to have the most consistent pattern, with an excess of births in winter and a deficit in September. MS, ALS and poss...... hiện toàn bộ
Birth Cohort Effects in Neurological Diseases: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Parkinson’s Disease and Multiple SclerosisNeuroepidemiology - Tập 38 Số 1 - Trang 56-63 - 2012
Vladeta Ajdacic‐Gross, Margareta Schmid, Alois Tschopp, Félix Gutzwiller
<i>Background:</i> Generational differences in disease rates are the main subject of age-period-cohort (APC) analysis, which is mostly applied in cancer and suicide research. This study applied APC analysis to selected neurological diseases: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Parkinson’s disease (PD) and multiple sclerosis (MS). <i>Methods:</i> The analyses were b...... hiện toàn bộ
Modelling and Prediction of 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Levels in Norwegian Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis PatientsNeuroepidemiology - Tập 39 Số 2 - Trang 84-93 - 2012
Jūratė Šaltytė Benth, Kjell‐Morten Myhr, Kristin I Løken-Amsrud, A. G. Beiske, Kristian S. Bjerve, Harald Hovdal, Rune Midgard, Trygve Holmøy
<b><i>Background/Aim:</i></b> 25-Hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) levels are suggested to influence the susceptibility and risk of disease progression in multiple sclerosis (MS). Seasonal fluctuation of 25(OH)D levels may differ in magnitude between individuals. The purpose of this paper was to model the seasonal fluctuation of vitamin D in Norwegian MS patients and to ex...... hiện toàn bộ
Hepatitis B Vaccination and First Central Nervous System Demyelinating Event: A Case-Control StudyNeuroepidemiology - Tập 21 Số 4 - Trang 180-186 - 2002
Emmanuel Touzé, A Fourrier, Cécile Rue-Fenouche, Véronique Rondé-Oustau, Isabelle Jeantaud, Bernard Bégaud, Annick Alpérovitch
<i>Objective: </i>To investigate the relationship between hepatitis B (HB) vaccination and a first central nervous system (CNS) demyelinating event in adults. <i>Methods:</i> In 1998, we conducted a multicentre, hospital-based case-control study which enrolled 402 cases of first CNS demyelinating event occurring between 1994 and 1995 and 722 controls matched for cen...... hiện toàn bộ