Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 2002: Vol 55 Table of Contents

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] Clin Epidemiol Vol. 55, No. 12, pp. 1224-1236, 2002 0895-4356/02 $-see front matter
Copyright © 2002 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.
ELSEVIER
VOLUME 55
LIST OF CONTENTS
Number 1
Commentary
Anthony R. Mawson On not taking the world as you find it—epidemiology in its place
Original Articles
Kristjan G. Gudmundsson, Increased total mortality and cancer mortality in men with Dupuytren’s
Reynir Arngrimsson, Nikulas Sigfisson, disease: A 15-year follow-up study
and Thorbjérn Jonsson
Karen M. Kuntz, Barrett T. Kitch, \ novel approach to defining the relationship between lung function
Anne L. Fuhibrigge, A. David Paltiel, and symptom status in asthma
and Scott T. Weiss
Chia-Lin Li, Shih-Tzer Tsai, and Pesus Chou Comparison of metabolic risk profiles between subjects with fasting
and 2-hour plasma glucose impairment: The Kinmen Study
Alexis Elbaz, James H. Bower, Risk tables for parkinsonism and Parkinson's disease
Demetrius M. Maraganore,
Shannon K. McDonnell, Brett J. Peterson,
J. Eric Ahiskog, Daniel J. Schaid,
and Walter A. Rocca
X. Badia, L. Prieto, M. Roset, A. Diez-Pérez, Development of a short osteoporosis quality of life questionnaire
and M. Herdman by equating items from two existing instruments
M. Di Bari, G. Silvestrini, \f. Chiarlone, Features of excessive alcohol drinking in older adults distinctively
W. De Alfieri, V. Patussi, M. Timpanelli, captured by behavioral and biological screening instruments
R. Pini, G. Masotti, and N. Marchionni An epidemiological study
M.H. Metzger, M. Goldberg, J.F. Chastang, Factors associated with self-reporting of chronic health problems
A. Leclerc, and M. Zins in the French GAZEL cohort
Ahmad Al-Windi , Elmfeldt Dag, The influence of perceived well-being and reported symptoms on
and Svardsudd Kurt health care utilization: A population-based study
Hein Raat, Gouke J. Bonsel, Reliability and validity of comprehensive health status measures in
Marie-Louise Essink-Bot, children: The Child Health Questionnaire in relation to the Health
Jeanne M. Landgraf, Utilities Index
and Reinoud J.B.J. Gemke
Klaus Linde, Michael Scholz, Should systematic reviews include non-randomized and uncontrolled
Dieter Melchart and Stefan N. Willich studies? The case of acupuncture for chronic headache
P.C. Lambert, A.J. Sutton, K.R. Abrams, \ comparison of summary patient-level covariates in meta-regression
and D.R. Jones with individual patient data meta-analysis
Pharmacoepidemiology Report
Isabelle Savoie, and Arminée Kazanjian Utilization of lipid-lowering drugs in men and women: A reflection of
the research evidence?
] Clin Epidemiol Vol. 55, No. 12, pp. 1224-1236, 2002 0895-4356/02 $-see front matter
Copyright © 2002 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.
ELSEVIER
VOLUME 55
LIST OF CONTENTS
Number 1
Commentary
Anthony R. Mawson On not taking the world as you find it—epidemiology in its place
Original Articles
Kristjan G. Gudmundsson, Increased total mortality and cancer mortality in men with Dupuytren’s
Reynir Arngrimsson, Nikulas Sigfisson, disease: A 15-year follow-up study
and Thorbjérn Jonsson
Karen M. Kuntz, Barrett T. Kitch, \ novel approach to defining the relationship between lung function
Anne L. Fuhibrigge, A. David Paltiel, and symptom status in asthma
and Scott T. Weiss
Chia-Lin Li, Shih-Tzer Tsai, and Pesus Chou Comparison of metabolic risk profiles between subjects with fasting
and 2-hour plasma glucose impairment: The Kinmen Study
Alexis Elbaz, James H. Bower, Risk tables for parkinsonism and Parkinson's disease
Demetrius M. Maraganore,
Shannon K. McDonnell, Brett J. Peterson,
J. Eric Ahiskog, Daniel J. Schaid,
and Walter A. Rocca
X. Badia, L. Prieto, M. Roset, A. Diez-Pérez, Development of a short osteoporosis quality of life questionnaire
and M. Herdman by equating items from two existing instruments
M. Di Bari, G. Silvestrini, \f. Chiarlone, Features of excessive alcohol drinking in older adults distinctively
W. De Alfieri, V. Patussi, M. Timpanelli, captured by behavioral and biological screening instruments
R. Pini, G. Masotti, and N. Marchionni An epidemiological study
M.H. Metzger, M. Goldberg, J.F. Chastang, Factors associated with self-reporting of chronic health problems
A. Leclerc, and M. Zins in the French GAZEL cohort
Ahmad Al-Windi , Elmfeldt Dag, The influence of perceived well-being and reported symptoms on
and Svardsudd Kurt health care utilization: A population-based study
Hein Raat, Gouke J. Bonsel, Reliability and validity of comprehensive health status measures in
Marie-Louise Essink-Bot, children: The Child Health Questionnaire in relation to the Health
Jeanne M. Landgraf, Utilities Index
and Reinoud J.B.J. Gemke
Klaus Linde, Michael Scholz, Should systematic reviews include non-randomized and uncontrolled
Dieter Melchart and Stefan N. Willich studies? The case of acupuncture for chronic headache
P.C. Lambert, A.J. Sutton, K.R. Abrams, \ comparison of summary patient-level covariates in meta-regression
and D.R. Jones with individual patient data meta-analysis
Pharmacoepidemiology Report
Isabelle Savoie, and Arminée Kazanjian Utilization of lipid-lowering drugs in men and women: A reflection of
the research evidence?
Volume Contents
Letters to the Editors
Paolo Vineis The number needed to treat is value-laden
Stephen Pauker, John Sinclair, Response
Richard Cook, Gordon Guyatt,
and Deborah Cook
Rainer Liidtke Statistical comments on a re-analysis of a previous meta-analysis of
homeopathic RCTs
E. Ernst and M.H. Pittler Response
Number 2
Original Articles
Robert L. Kane, Boris Bershadsky, Efforts to standardize the reporting of pain
Wen-Chieh Lin, Todd Rockwood,
and Kirkham Wood
Xinjun Li and Kari Hemminki Parental cancer as a risk factor for bone cancer: A nation-wide study
from Sweden
Nguyen Hoang Long, Vinod K. Diwan, Difference in symptoms suggesting pulmonary tuberculosis among
and Anna Winkvist men and women
Daniel H. Solomon, David A. Ganz, Which patients with unstable angina or non-Q-wave myocardial
Jerry Avorn, Robert J. Glynn, infarction should have immediate cardiac catheterization? A
Eric L. Knight, C. Michael Gibson, clinical decision rule for predicting who will fail medical therapy
and Peter H. Stone
Thomas Lumley, Richard A. Kronmal, A stroke prediction score in the elderly: Validation and Web-based
Mary Cushman, Teri A. Manolio, application
and Steven Goldstein
Jesper Kjzrgaard, Validity of diagnoses of and operations for nonmalignant
Inge Haunstrup Clemmensen, gynecological conditions in the Danish National Hospital Registry
Birthe Lykke Thomsen, and Hans H. Storm
Zhijie Yu, Aulikki Nissinen, Erkki Vartiainen, Socio-economic status and serum lipids: A cross-sectional study in a
Gang Hu, Huiguang Tian, and Zeyu Guo Chinese urban population
Megumi Hara, Satoshi Sasaki, Comparison of cause-specific mortality between respondents and
Tomotaka Sobue, Seiichiro Yamamoto, nonrespondents in a population-based prospective study: Ten-year
and Shoichiro Tsugane, follow-up of JPHC Study Cohort I
for the JPHC Study Group
Sonia Hernandez-Diaz and Incidence of serious upper gastrointestinal bleeding/perforation in the
Luis Alberto Garcia Rodriguez general population: Review of epidemiologic studies
William H. Rogers, Ira B. Wilson, Assessing the performance of a new depression screener for primary
Kathleen M. Bungay, Diane J. Cynn, care (PC-SADO)
and David A. Adler
Mariét Hagedoorn, Kommer C.A. Sneeuw, Changes in physical functioning and quality of life in patients with
and Neil K. Aaronson cancer: Response shift and relative evaluation of one’s condition
Peter D. Faris, William A. Ghali, Multiple imputation versus data enhancement for dealing with missing
Rollin Brant, Colleen M. Norris, data in observational health care outcome analyses
P. Diane Galbraith, and Merril L. Knudtson,
for the APPROACH Investigators
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Dismand Houinato, Pierre-Marie Preux, 192 Interest of LQAS method in a survey of HTLV-I infection in Benin
Bénédicte Charriere, Bruno Massit, (West Africa)
Gilbert Avodé, Francois Denis,
Michel Dumas, Fernand Boutros-Toni,
and Roger Salamon
Debra Lerner, John I. Reed, The Work Limitations Questionnaire’s validity and reliability among
Elena Massarotti, Lisa M. Wester, patients with osteoarthritis
and Thomas A. Burke
Letters to the Editor
Lemuel A. Moyé and Alan T. N. Tita Hypothesis testing complexity in the name of ethics: Response
to commentary
J. André Knottnerus Response
Number 3
Original Articles
Dorly J.H. Deeg Attrition in longitudinal population studies: Does it affect the
generalizability of the findings? An introduction to the series
C.E.M. Van Beijsterveldt, M.P.J. van Boxtel, Predictors of attrition in a longitudinal cognitive aging study:
H. Bosma, P.J. Houx, F. Buntinx, and J. Jolles The Maastricht Aging Study (MAAS)
Gertrudis L.J.M. Kempen, Psychological attributes and changes in disability among
and Eric van Sonderen low-functioning older persons: Does attrition affect the outcomes?
Morris Weinberger, Myron H. Weinberger, Long-term follow-up of participants in clinical studies
Naomi Fineberg, S. Edwin Fineberg,
and Urban Wagner
Sharon Perry, Melbourne F. Hovell, Urine testing to monitor adherence to TB prevents therapy
Elaine Blumberg, Jill Berg, Alicia Vera,
Carol Sipan, Norma Kelley, Kathleen Moser,
Antonino Catanzaro, and Larry Friedman
Anna L. Schwartz, Paula M. Meek, Measurement of fatigue determining minimally important
Lillian M. Nail, James Fargo, clinical differences
Margaret Lundquist, Melissa Donofrio,
Marilyn Grainger, Terry Throckmorton,
and Magdalena Mateo
Margarite J. Vale, Michael V. Jelinek, Coaching patients with coronary heart disease to achieve the target
James D. Best, and John D. Santamaria cholesterol: A method to bridge the gap between evidence-based
medicine and the “real world”—randomized controlled trial
Eric S. Johnson, Thomas D. Koepsell, Increasing incidence of serious hypoglycemia in insulin users
Gayle Reiber, Andy Stergachis,
and Rich Platt
Marcia M. Ward, Harold S. Javitz, Lost income and work limitations in persons with chronic
W. McFate Smith, and Melissa A. Whan respiratory disorders
Paula Diehr, Jeff Williamson, The aging and dying process and the health of older adults
Gregory L. Burke, and Bruce M. Psaty
John D. Grabenstein, Harry A. Guess, Attitudinal factors among adult prescription recipients associated with
Abraham G. Hartzema, Gary G. Koch, choice of where to be vaccinated
and Thomas R. Konrad
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David Cella, David T. Eton, What is a clinically meaningful change on the Functional Assessment
Diane L. Fairclough, Philip Bonomi, of Cancer Therapy-Lung (FACT-L) Questionnaire? Results from
Anne E. Heyes, Chery! Silberman, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Study 5592
Michael K. Wolf, and David H. Johnson
Siran M. Koroukian and Alfred A. Rimm The “Adequacy of Prenatal Care Utilization” (APNCU) index to
study low birth weight: Is the index biased?
S. Rubenach, B. Shadbolt, J. McCallum, Assessing health-related quality of life following myocardial
and T. Nakamura infarction: Is the SF-12 useful?
Susan E. Andrade, Jerry H. Gurwitz, 310 Validation of diagnoses of peptic ulcers and bleeding from
K. Arnold Chan, James G. Donahue, Arne Beck, administrative databases: A multi-health maintenance
Myde Boles, Diana S.M. Buist, Michael Goodman, organization study
Andrea Z. LaCroix, T.R. Levin and Richard Platt
Pharmacoepidemiology Report
Rajaa Lagnaoui, Bernard Bégaud, Benzodiazepine use and risk of dementia: A nested case-control study
Nicholas Moore, Anicet Chaslerie,
Annie Fourrier, Luc Letenneur,
Jean-Francois Dartigues, and Yola Moride
Number 4
Original Articles
Dorly J.H. Deeg, Theo van Tilburg, Attrition in the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam: The effect
Johannes H. Smit, and Edith D. de Leeuw of differential inclusion in side studies
Jos Twisk and Wieke de Vente Attrition in longitudinal studies: How to deal with missing data
Claire Adams, Valerie Burke, Accuracy of blood pressure measurement and anthropometry among
and Lawrie J. Beilin volunteer observers in a large community survey
Joélle A. Erkens, Ron M.C. Herings, Cardiovascular risk factors and diseases precede ora!
Ronald P. Stolk, José A. Spoelstra, hypoglycaemic therapy in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Diederick E. Grobbee,
and Hubert G.M. Leufkens
Alfredo Morabia, Tom Ten Have, Assessing efficacy of chronic therapy when disease is characterized
Philippe Huguelet, and Francois Ferrero by frequent relapses: The example of schizophrenia
Ana Ruigémez, Saga Johansson, Incidence of chronic atrial fibrillation in general practice and
Mari-Ann Wallander, its treatment pattern
and Luis Alberto Garcia Rodriguez
Anu Molarius and Staffan Janson Self-rated health, chronic diseases, and symptoms among
middle-aged and elderly men and women
Vincent S. Fan, David Au, Patrick Heagerty, Validation of case-mix measures derived from self-reports of
Richard A. Deyo, Mary B. McDonell, diagnoses and health
and Stephan D. Fihn
David R. Urbach and Chaim M. Bell The effect of patient selection on comorbidity-adjusted operative
mortality risk: Implications for outcomes studies of
surgical procedures
C.M. Couris, C. Colin, M. Rabilloud, Method of correction to assess the number of hospitalized incident
A.M. Schott, and R. Ecochard breast cancer cases based on claims databases
Joan M. Conway, Melinda L. Irwin, Estimating energy expenditure from the Minnesota Leisure Time
and Barbara E. Ainsworth Physical Activity and Tecumseh Occupational Activity
questionnaires — a doubly labeled water validation
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Monir Hossain, Steven Wright, Comparing performance of multinomial logistic regression
and Laura A. Petersen and discriminant analysis for monitoring access to care for
acute myocardial infarction
Lise L. Kjaergard and Christian Gluud ] Citation bias of hepato-biliary randomized clinical trials
Pharmacoepidemiology Report
Fernie J.A. Penning-van Beest, Lifestyle and diet as risk factors for overanticoagulation
Johanna M. Geleijnse, Erik van Meegen,
Cees Vermeer, Frits R. Rosendaal,
and Bruno H.C. Stricker
Second Thoughts
Aya Biderman and Joseph Herman 8 Did Weir Mitchell anticipate important concepts in ambulatory
care and clinical epidemiology?
Letters to the editor
T.P. Hutchinson 4 Modeling bivariate ordinal contingency tables arising in studies of
and Sigurbjorg Gudlaugsdottir interobserver variation, with application to cervical screening
Sander Greenland | Choosing effect measures for epidemiologic data
Stephen D. Walter 42 Response
Number 5
Commentary
Alvan R. Feinstein 42 Post-Therapeutic Response and Therapeutic ‘Style’:
Re-formulating the ‘Placebo Effect’
Original Articles
Asbjern Hrobjartsson What are the main methodological problems in the estimation
of placebo effects?
Rolf Weitkunat and Manfred Wildner - Exploratory causal modeling in epidemiology
Are all factors created equal 4
Pamela Sakkinen, Robert D. Abbott, 5 C-reactive protein and myocardial infarction
J. David Curb, Beatriz L. Rodriguez,
Katsuhiko Yano, and Russell P. Tracy
Rebecca Q. Ivers, Robert G. Cumming, - The accuracy of self-reported fractures in older people
Paul Mitchell, and Anthony J. Peduto
Lambert A. Wu, Thomas E. Kottke, 53 Implantable cardioverter defibrillator implantation rates in
Paul A. Friedman, David M. Luria, the Olmsted County, Minnesota, Population: 1989-1999
Diane E. Grill, and Matthew J. Maurer
Elaine D. Eaker, Robert A. Vierkant, Predictors of nursing home admission and/or death in incident
and Susan F. Mickel Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia cases compared to controls:
A population-based study
Isao Saito, Hideki Ozawa, Hiroshi Aono, Trends in fatal coronary heart disease among people aged 25-74
Toshiko Ikebe, Tsuyoshi Yamashita, years in Oita City, Japan, from 1987-1998
and Yoshihiro Makino
Volume Contents
Bradley N. Doebbeling, Martha F. Jones, 77 Methodologic issues in a population-based health survey of
Daniel B. Hall, William R. Clarke, Gulf War veterans
Robert F. Woolson, James C. Torner,
Leon F. Burmeister, Terri Snyders-Crumley,
Drue H. Barrett, Kenneth H. Falter,
James A. Merchant, Sarah Nusser,
Dianne Anderson, and David A. Schwartz
Erika Chang, Michal Abrahamowicz, Comparison of the responsiveness of lupus disease activity measures
Diane Ferland, and Paul R. Fortin, to changes in systemic lupus erythematosus activity relevant to
for CaNIOS Investigators patients and physicians
Thomas V. Perneger, Anne-Claire Raé, Screening for pressure ulcer risk in an acute care hospital:
Jean-Michel Gaspoz, Francois Borst, Development of a brief bedside scale
Olga Vitek, and Céliane Héliot
Kazushi Okamoto, Keiko Ohsuka, 505 Comparability of epidemiological information between self-
Tomoko Shiraishi, Emi Hukazawa, and interviewer-administered questionnaires
Satomi Wakasugi, and Kayoko Furuta
Said A. Ibrahim, Christopher J. Burant, : Self-assessed global quality of life: A comparison between
L.A. Siminoff, E.P. Stoller, and C. Kent Kwoh African-American and white older patients with arthritis
David J. Margolis, Warren Bilker, 518 Statistical characteristics of area under the receiver operating
Raymond Boston, Russell Localio, characteristic curve for a simple prognostic model using
and Jesse A. Berlin traditional and bootstrapped approaches
Ralf Bender and Maria Blettner 32 Calculating the “number needed to be exposed” with adjustment for
confounding variables in epidemiological studies
Letters to the Editor
Takuro Shimbo, Shizuko Nagata-Kobayashi, 5: Quick estimation of threshold “number needed to treat”
Takeshi Morimoto, and Tsuguya Fukui
John C. Sinclair, Richard J. Cook, a: Response
Gordon H. Guyatt, Stephen G. Pauker,
and Deborah J. Cook
Number 6
Patti A. Groome, Karleen Schulze, 53: \ comparison of published head and neck stage groupings
Morten Boysen, Stephen F. Hall, in laryngeal cancer using data from two countries
William J. Mackillop, Brian O’Sullivan,
Jon C. Irish, Padraig R. Warde,
Ken M. Schneider, Robert G. Mackenzie,
D. Ian Hodson, J. Alex Hammond,
Sunil P.P. Gulavita, Libni J. Eapen,
Peter F. Dixon, and Randy J. Bissett
Original Articles
loannis A. Giannakakis, Anna-Bettina Haidich, 5 Citation of randomized evidence in support of guidelines of
Despina G. Contopoulos-loannidis, therapeutic and preventive interventions
George N. Papanikolaou, Maria S. Baltogianni,
and John P.A. Ioannidis
Anne-Louise Ponsonby, Andrew Kemp, x Feather bedding and house dust mite sensitization and
Terence Dwyer, Allan Carmichael, airway disease in childhood
David Couper, and Jennifer Cochrane
Emilio Casariego Vales, Victor Abraira, 563 _—A predictive model for mortality of bloodstream infections
Juan Carlos Corredoira Sanchez, Bedside analysis with the Weibull function
Maria Pilar Alonso Garcia,
Asuncion Rodriguez Feijoo,
Maria José Lopez Alvarez, José Varela Otero,
Amparo Coira Nieto, Ramén Rabunal Rey,
and Maria Teresa Rigueiro Veloso
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Patricia Halfon, Yves Eggli, Measuring potentially avoidable hospital readmissions
Guy van Melle, Julia Chevalier,
Jean-Blaise Wasserfallen,
and Bernard Burnand
Patrick McElduff, John Attia, Estimating the contribution of individual risk factors to
Ben Ewald, Jill Cockburn, disease in a person with more than one risk factor
and Richard Heller
Véronique L. Roger, Jill Killian, Coronary disease surveillance in Olmstead County objectives
Mary Henkel, Susan A. Weston, and methodology
Taugir Y. Goraya, Barbara P. Yawn,
Thomas E. Kottke, Robert L. Frye,
and Steven J. Jacobsen
Seren P. Johnsen, Kim Overvad, Predictive value of stroke and transient ischemic attack discharge
Henrik Toft Sgrensen, diagnoses in The Danish National Registry of Patients
Anne Tjgnneland, and Steen E. Husted
Kevin P. Weinfurt, Measuring agreement between patient and proxy responses
Sara M. Trucco, Richard J. Willke, to multidimensional health-related quality-of-life measures
and Kevin A. Schulman in clinical trials: An application of psychometric profile analysis
John P.A. Ioannidis, Priscilla Chew, Standardized retrieval of side effects data for meta-analysis
and Joseph Lau of safety outcomes
A feasibility study in acute sinusitis
Abstracts
Society for Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research
Abstracts of the Fifth Annual SCHR Meeting
Atlanta, Georgia, 2002
Number 7
Commentary
Karel G.M. Moons When should we remain blind and when should our
and Diederick E. Grobbee eyes remain open in diagnostic studies?
Original Articles
Claudio Pelucchi, Eva Negri, Alcohol drinking and bladder cancer
Silvia Franceschi, Renato Talamini,
and Carlo La Vecchia
M.J. Henry, J.A. Pasco, E. Seeman, Fracture thresholds revisited. Geelong Osteoporosis Study
G.C. Nicholson, K.M. Sanders,
and M.A. Kotowicz
Bjarne K. Jacobsen, Kaare H. Bonaa, Cardiovascular risk factors, change in risk factors over
and Inger Njglstad 7 years, and the risk of clinical diabetes mellitus type 2
The Troms¢ Study
Robert C. Kaplan, Susan R, Heckbert, Predictors of subsequent coronary events, stroke, and death
Curt D. Furberg, and Bruce M. Psaty among survivors of first hospitalized myocardial infarction
Laetitia Huiart, Francois Eisinger, Effects of genetic consultation on perception of a family
Dominique Stoppa-Lyonnet, risk of breast/ovarian cancer and determinants of inaccurate
Christine Lasset, Catherine Nogués, perception after the consultation
Philippe Vennin, Hagay Sobol,
and Claire Julian-Reynier
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Amy E. Sayle, Allen J. Wilcox, A prospective study of the onset of symptoms of pregnancy
Clarice R. Weinberg, and Donna D. Baird
Hildur Thors, Cecilie Svanes, Trends in peptic ulcer morbidity and mortality in Iceland
and Bjarni Thjodleifsson
Tran Nguyen, Richard Malley, Comparison of prediction models for adverse outcome
Stanley H. Inkelis, in pediatric meningococcal disease using artificial neural
and Nathan Kuppermann network and logistic regression analyses
Arun S. Karlamangla, Burton H. Singer, Allostatic load as a predictor of functional decline
Bruce S. McEwen, John W. Rowe, MacArthur studies of successful aging
and Teresa E. Seeman
Jerry Avorn, Wolfgang C. Delayed nephrologist referral and inadequate vascular
Winkelmayer, Rhonda L. Bohn, access in patients with advanced chronic kidney failure
Raisa Levin, Robert J. Glynn,
Elliot Levy, and William Owen, Jr.
Robbie Foy, Graeme MacLennan, Attributes of clinical recommendations that influence
Jeremy Grimshaw, Gillian Penney, change in practice following audit and feedback
Marion Campbell, and Richard Grol
Adriano Chid, Giovannino Ciccone, Validity of hospital morbidity records for amyotrophic
Andrea Calvo, Marco Vercellino, lateral sclerosis: A population-based study
Nicoletta Di Vito, Paolo Ghiglione,
Roberto Mutani, and the Piemonte
and Valle d’ Aosta Register for ALS
Pharmacoepidemiology Reports
Jean-Pierre Grégoire, Jocelyne Moisan, Determinants of discontinuation of new courses of
Rémi Guibert, Antonio Ciampi, antihypertensive medications
Alain Milot, Michel Gaudet,
and Isabelle Coté
Number 8
Commentary
Wasim Maziak Asthma and the exposure—disease tenet
Original Articles
Choon-Lan Chang, Michael G. Marmot, The influence of economic develepment on the association between
Timothy M.M. Farley, and Neil R. Poulter education and the risk of acute myocardial infarction and stroke
Choon-Lan Chang, Martin J. Shipley, Can cardiovascular risk factors explain the association between
Michael G. Marmot, and Neil R. Poulter education and cardiovascular disease in young women?
Jen-Der Lin, Wen-Ko Chiou, Comparison of three-dimensional anthropometric body surface
Hsiao-Fen Weng, Ying-Huang Tsai, scanning to waist—-hip ratio and body mass index in correlation with
and Thu-Hua Liu metabolic risk factors
Beatrice A. Golomb, Leena Tenkanen, Insulin sensitivity markers: Predictors of accidents and suicides in
Tiina Alikoski, Tuomo Niskanen, Helsinki Heart Study screenees
Vesa Manninen, Matti Huttunen,
and Sarnoff A. Mednick
Tomas M.L. Eagan, Geir E. Eide, Nonresponse in a community cohort study: Predictors and
Amund Gulsvik, and Per S. Bakke consequences for exposure—disease associations
Catherine L. Hill, Michael P. LaValley, Discrepancy between published report and actual conduct of
and David T. Felson randomized clinical trials
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Victor M. Montori, Mohit Bhandari, In the dark: The reporting of blinding status in randomized
P.J. Devereaux, Braden J. Manns, controlled trials
William A. Ghali, and Gordon H. Guyatt
Rianne Oostenbrink, Henriétte A. Moll, The EQ-5D and the Health Utilities Index for permanent sequelae
and Marie-Louise Essink-Bot after meningitis: A head-to-head comparison
Gabriel M. Leung, Lai Ming Ho, The effects of cash and lottery incentives on mailed surveys
Moon Fai Chan, Janice M. Johnston, to physicians: A randomized trial
and Fung Kam Wong
Pharmacoepidemiology Reports
Tarja Linjakumpu, Sirpa Hartikainen, Use of medications and polypharmacy are increasing among
Timo Klaukka, Juha Veijola, the elderly
Sirkka-Liisa Kivelaé, and Raimo Isoaho
Robert Ball, Neal Halsey, M. Miles Braun, Development of case definitions for acute encephalopathy,
Lawrence H. Moulton, Arnold D. Gale, encephalitis, and multiple sclerosis reports to the Vaccine
Kottil Rammohan, Max Wiznitzer, Adverse Event Reporting System
Richard Johnson, Marcel E. Salive,
and the VAERS Working Group
William Molloy, David Strang, Assessing the quality of drug detailing
Gordon Guyatt, Joel Lexchin,
Michael Bédard, Sacha Dubois,
and Rosalie Russo
Sebastian Schneeweiss, Malcolm Maclure, Quasi-experimental longitudinal designs to evaluate drug benefit
Stephen B. Soumerai, Alexander M. Walker, policy changes with low policy compliance
and Robert J. Glynn
Number 9
Commentary
Monica Ortendahl and James F. Fries Time-related issues with application to health gains and losses
Original Articles
Joy C. MacDermid, A. Donner, Patient versus injury factors as predictors of pain and disability
Robert S. Richards, and James H. Roth six months after a distal radius fracture
Natasja M. van Schoor, Johannes H. Smit, Different cognitive functions in relation to falls among older
Saskia M.F. Pluijm, Cees Jonker, persons: Immediate memory as an independent risk factor for falls
and Paul Lips
Hisatomi Arima, Yutaka Kiyohara, Alcohol reduces insulin—hypertension relationship in a general
Isao Kato, Yumihiro Tanizaki, population: The Hisayama study
Michiaki Kubo, Hiromitsu Iwamoto,
Keiichi Tanaka, Isao Abe, and
Masatoshi Fujishima
Noreen M. Clark, Randall Brown, Issues in identifying asthma and estimating prevalence in an
Christine L.M. Joseph, urban school population
Elizabeth W. Anderson, Manlan Liu,
Melissa Valerio, and Molly Gong
Leonelo E. Bautista, Ivan A. Arenas, Total plasma homocysteine level and risk of cardiovascular
Anderson Penuela, and Luz X. Martinez disease: A meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies