Yue Chen

..24). The data suggest that a single locus gene explains a portion of wheeze that is related to respiratory allergy, and that common environmental factors and/or polygenes also account for a certain familial aggregation of wheeze...

..1, 3.4), whereas the corresponding odds ratio of 1.1 (95% confidence interval: 0.3, 3.6) for men was not significantly different from unity. The authors concluded that obesity was related to development of asthma in women but not in men...

..The data suggest that a major gene related to respiratory allergy may explain the familial aggregation of asthma...

..The data provide epidemiological information on second primary breast cancer risk for the general female population in Manitoba, Canada...

..Asthma is an important determinant of hospitalization. The study aims to examine the modifying effects of demographic and socioeconomic factors on the relationship between asthma and the overall number of hospitalizations...

..It was concluded that asthmatics were not consistently inactive compared with non-asthmatics. Leisure-time physical activity cannot explain the positive association between obesity and asthma...

..Early initiation of smoking and being overweight had stronger relationships to the prevalence of COPD in women than in men. On the contrary, household income was more strongly related to COPD for men than for women...

..Additional analytical studies addressing all potential risk factors associated with the development of contralateral breast cancer are necessary in view of the increasing incidence and survival of women with a first primary...

..The study provides evidence for a single locus influencing airway-parenchymal dysanapsis...

..Our findings add to the emerging body of evidence that exposure to relatively low levels of ambient air pollutants in urban areas during pregnancy is associated with adverse effects on fetal growth...

..Lack of an association between area-based socioeconomic status (SES) and readmission for asthma was investigated in a country with a universal health care system...

..To determine the age and sex variations in the associations between obesity and depression...

..Nitrogen dioxide has a significant impact on COPD hospitalization. Further studies are needed to separate the effects of single pollutants from the combined effects of the complex mixture of air pollutants in urban atmospheres...

..5 has a larger effect on respiratory admissions than PM2.5...

..There is a complex interrelationship among smoking, body weight, and asthma. It needs to be clarified whether smoking is related to an increased risk of asthma after taking into account for relative body weight...

..018-1.070). We also found PM10-2.5 for 3-day and 5-day lag to be significant, with the strongest association at 5-day lag (RR = 1.020, 95% CI: 1.001-1.039). No significant associations with admission were found with current day exposure...

..Airway size, female hormonal changes, increased use of cosmetic products, and cigarette smoking among adolescent girls may contribute to the age- and sex-differences in adolescence...

..To examine the changing pattern of age distributions of hospitalisation for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) among Canadian men and women...

..22 (1.02, 1.48) and 1.14 (0.99, 1.32). The data indicated the possibility of harmful effects from coarse PM on first hospitalization for respiratory disease in early childhood...

..No significantly positive associations were found between carbon monoxide and ozone and asthma hospitalization in either low or high socioeconomic groups...

..To examine the joint effect of family history and BMI on diabetes...

..To determine the modifying effects of sex and allergy history on the association between body mass index (BMI) and asthma prevalence...

..To determine the contribution of excess weight to prevalent diabetes based on data from a representative Canadian population...

..The data suggested a stronger association between obesity and asthma among nonatopic people than among atopic people...

..These results suggest that the impact of obesity on Canadians inverted exclamation mark health should be studied and dealt with by obesity level. The greatest impact of clinical obesity was on hypertension and diabetes control in Canada...

..5)) air pollution increases cardiopulmonary mortality. However, the role of PM(2.5) in the etiology of lung cancer is less clear, particularly at concentrations that prevail in developed countries and in never-smokers...

..Comorbidities may be related to the prognosis for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We examined respiratory comorbidities associated with length of stay and in-hospital mortality among COPD patients...

..CONCLUSION:Our study suggested a detrimental effect of relatively low levels of ambient particulate matter and gaseous pollutants, especially coarse particulate matter and NO2, on hospitalization for respiratory infections in children...

..Canadian women >/=40 years of age of low SES have a relatively high prevalence of diabetes, independent of age, area of residence, obesity, and physical inactivity...

..The purpose of this study was to assess the risk of neonatal death and morbidity in vertex-nonvertex second twins according to the mode of delivery and birth weight...

..To determine if sinusitis is associated with arterial hypertension in the Canadian population...

..The association between physical activity and obesity are age and sex related...

..Further analysis can assess the efficiency of targeting such initiatives to communities that are most likely to benefit...

..The data suggest that sex is an important determinant for asthma, and the sex effect varies considerably over a life span...

..It needs to be clarified whether farming is associated with a reduced risk of atopy or allergic condition. There is a lack of consistent evidence for prevalences of atopy, respiratory allergy and asthma in adult farmers...

..Previous literature on the association between obesity and atopy has been inconsistent. The aim of the study was to determine the relationship between obesity and atopic sensitization in adults...

..To determine the age and sex variations in the relationship between diabetes and stroke...

..To investigate the possibility of sex specificity for the association of obesity and asthma using objective measures of body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC)...

..Several studies have suggested that previous lung disease may increase the risk of lung cancer. It is important to clarify the association between previous lung disease and lung cancer risk in the general population...

..These initiatives serve as the legislative framework for air quality management in North America and Europe...

..There is also a need for further basic research to clarify a potential mechanism, should an association exist...

..No previous study has specifically examined the relationship between maternal smoking and eclampsia...

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..Both obesity and low income are risk factors of asthma and their joint effect on the disease has not been studied previously...

..Because both weight and height are indicators of body size, body mass index (BMI) may not be an ideal index of obesity in prediction of pulmonary dysfunction...

..WC but not body mass index predicted a decline of FEV(1)/FVC. WC had a larger impact on FVC than FEV(1). WC, but not BMI, was negatively associated with FEV(1)/FVC in children...

..0 ppm increase) during the first month of pregnancy. In conclusion, relatively low concentrations of gaseous air pollutants are associated with adverse effects on birth outcomes in populations experiencing diverse air pollution profiles...

..Collectively, these results suggest an inverse association between a history of allergy and cancer mortality; however, the strength of evidence for this association is limited...

..The RR of mortality associated with PM(2.5) did not depend on when exposure occurred in relation to death, possibly because of little variation between the time-dependent city-specific exposure indices...

..However, this pattern was not found in men. In conclusion, COPD patients with higher education are more likely to be depressed. The modifying effect of income may vary by gender. Possible reasons for these findings are explored...

..For the most part, relative risk estimates from the unidirectional case-crossover analysis were more pronounced compared with both bidirectional case-crossover and time-series analyses...

..Here, the association between residential radon and lung cancer mortality was examined in a large-scale cohort study...

..A 10% increase in influenza vaccination less than 1 year ago was associated with a reduction of 11% in the risk of hospitalization over a 12-month time period at the health region level...

..To study the prevalence of chronic rhinosinusitis and its risk factors among Canadians...

..The present study examines the association between alcohol intake and the risk of RCC among men and women...

..Liver cancer incidence data between 1998 and 2002 were obtained from the Ontario Cancer Registry. The Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) in 2001 provided information on potential risk factors...

..In conclusion, vehicle exposure to ETS was significantly associated with chronic bronchitis, and children and adolescents exposed to ETS were more susceptible to the disease...

..Mechanisms accounting for positive associations between immunologic diseases deserve further study...

..Population-based studies have documented an association between obesity and an increased prevalence of asthma in women...

..We believe that time-scale regression has limited value for detecting mortality displacement in time-series data...

..These associations persisted after adjustment for both copollutant exposures and socioeconomic status...

..3% and 8.3%, respectively, in vertex second twin after normal vaginal delivery of the first twin. The most important predictors for operative delivery are cord prolapse and fetal distress...

..We examined the frequency of colorectal cancer screening in 4 Canadian provinces and the influence of patient contact with a family physician on the uptake of cancer screening...

..To increase the coverage of influenza vaccination in the general population and in the elderly subpopulation, those who consider themselves to be healthy need more attention...

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..However, little is known about how social support affects the association between STI and depression among young women in Canada...

..Weight loss is associated with decreased circulating leptin concentration in children. Weight control program may need to be considered in the treatment of asthma in obese children...

..Fibrin deposition was strongly associated with Fgl2/fibroleukin expression. Collectively, these data indicate a critical role for Fgl2/fibroleukin in the pathophysiology of experimental and human viral hepatitis...

..While each technique has its own advantages and disadvantages, there remains considerable uncertainty as to which statistical methodology is preferable for evaluating data of this type...

..No significant associations between damp housing and respiratory symptoms were found in men. CONCLUSION: These data raise the possibility that women may be more susceptible to the effects of damp housing than men are...

..CONCLUSIONS: Smoking cessation during pregnancy, adequate treatment of early breast problems, and breast-feeding promotion campaigns targeting socioeconomically disadvantaged populations could serve to increase breast-feeding in Canada...

..CONCLUSION: HBV infection was likely a main reason for the familial aggregation of liver cancer in Southern China...

..While these results are suggestive of significant effects of the urban air pollution mix at relatively low ambient concentrations, the precise contribution of individual pollutants could not be determined...

..However, these results should be interpreted cautiously due to the small number of deaths observed within each stratum of socioeconomic status...

..Assessment of the prevalence of primary nocturnal enuresis (PNE) and its risk factors in Chinese children and adolescents in the central areas of mainland China...

..These findings suggest that S100A7 expression is closely associated with SCC metastasis to brain and may be a potential biomarker for monitoring the development of SCC...

..25 (95% CI: 1.06, 1.49). These results do not provide evidence for the existence of the Th1/Th2 paradigm as a determinant of disease patterns in the general population...

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..This protocol should find wide application in mass spectrometry laboratories that require high-throughput analysis but are limited by inefficient use of machine time...

..Continual mutations to the hemagglutinin (HA) gene of influenza A virus generate novel antigenic strains that cause annual epidemics. The aim of this study was to evaluate evolution tendency of the H3 gene in a long period of time...

..Three known flavonoid compounds were isolated from the extract and the structure-activity relationship was discussed...

..To construct a database of human lung squamous carcinoma cell line NCI-H226 and to facilitate discovery of novel subtypes markers of lung cancer...

..To estimate the development of nocturnal urinary control (NUC) with age in Chinese children younger than 8 years of age using cross-sectional and retrospective surveys...

..Our findings suggest that deficiencies in integrating motion signals, while specific for schizophrenia, do not seem to be a co-familial trait...