Anders Hviid

..Our study provides population-based, prospective evidence that childhood family experiences are important determinants of heterosexual and homosexual marriage decisions in adulthood...

..A link between childhood vaccinations and the development of type 1 diabetes has been proposed...

..It was present also in children born at term (37-41 weeks of gestation). The present study is the first to demonstrate the measurable impact of birth weight on infectious diseases throughout childhood...

..There have been few long-term population-based studies of viral meningitis, and only a limited number of potential risk factors have been evaluated...

..In the USA, effectiveness and uptake in combination appear not to have been sufficient to obtain herd immunity for mumps in populations such as college students...

..In this commentary we look at the potential contribution of epidemiology to the study of individual-level variation in the risk of adverse events following vaccination...

..01, 1.02). These results are compatible not with an increased risk of asthma following MMR vaccination but rather with the hypothesis that MMR vaccination is associated with a reduced risk of asthma-like disease in young children...

..In a large nationwide prospective study, no association between antibiotic use and type 1 diabetes was found among Danish children...

..Antibiotics have well-known effects on gut motility and microflora-possible mechanisms for the hypothesized association. We evaluated the risk of intussusception according to antibiotic use...

..Antibiotics have the potential to alter the composition of the intestinal microflora. A study was undertaken to evaluate the potential association between use of antibiotics and IBD in childhood...

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..We conducted a nationwide cohort study of all live births in Denmark over a 12-year period...

..Thus it has been suggested that childhood vaccination with thimerosal-containing vaccine could be causally related to neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism...

..5 years into the programme. In conclusion, nationwide routine Hib vaccination is highly effective in protecting against Hib meningitis, and rapid achievement of herd immunity is possible with catch-up vaccination of older children...

..The effectiveness of a completed primary series of pertussis vaccination, whole-cell or acellular, was similar in preterm and full-term children...

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..Assessment of the fetal safety of vaccination against influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 in pregnancy has been limited...

..According to our model the effectiveness of pre-school booster vaccination as an intervention to prevent pertussis hospitalisation of 0-1-year-old children is modest...

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..To study the association between antibiotic use in early pregnancy and the risk of isolated orofacial clefts...

..To investigate whether an adjuvanted pandemic A/H1N1 2009 influenza vaccine in pregnancy was associated with an increased risk of fetal death...

..To investigate whether varenicline is associated with an increased risk of serious cardiovascular events compared with another drug used for smoking cessation, bupropion...

..We investigated whether amiloride use was associated with reduced risk of incident MS and of MS hospitalization and death in humans...

..97, 95% CI: 0.60, 1.56). In conclusion, DiCCB exposure was associated with a reduced risk of incident Parkinson's disease, particularly in older patients, and with reduced mortality among patients with Parkinson's disease...

..Results from observational studies suggest that losartan may be associated with increased mortality in patients with heart failure compared with other ARBs...

..A recent meta-analysis of randomized trials suggested that use of angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) may be associated with a modestly increased risk of incident cancer, particularly lung cancer...

..Since the 1990s, the number of licensed antiepileptic drugs has substantially increased, but safety data on first-trimester use of newer-generation antiepileptic drugs and birth defects are limited...

..Ondansetron is frequently used to treat nausea and vomiting during pregnancy, but the safety of this drug for the fetus has not been well studied...

..To determine the effectiveness of an adjuvanted monovalent vaccine against pandemic influenza A/H1N1 among people with underlying chronic diseases...

..A rarely used opportunity in pharmacovigilance is data mining for adverse drug reactions (ADRs) in population-based healthcare databases...

..Safety of these antivirals when used in the first trimester of pregnancy is insufficiently documented...

..Symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux are common in pregnancy, but there are limited data on the risk of birth defects associated with exposure to proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs) in early pregnancy...

..Whether this resulted in an increased prevalence of atopy in children born after the stop of BCG vaccination is unknown...

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..Our results and analytical approach provides a framework for the evaluation of adverse event reports following immunisation of adolescent girls...

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..It has been suggested that vaccination against measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) is a cause of autism...

..Furthermore, little is known about the long-term outcome of febrile seizures following vaccination...

..It has been suggested that the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccination causes autism...