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Genomes and Genes | P RzehakSummaryAffiliation: GSF-National Research Center for Environment and Health Country: Germany Publications
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Development of relative weight, overweight and obesity from childhood to young adulthood. A longitudinal analysis of individual change of height and weightP Rzehak
Institute of Epidemiology, GSF National Research Center for Environment and Health, Ingolstaedter Landstrasse 1, D 85764, Neuherberg, Germany
Eur J Epidemiol 21:661-72. 2006..To investigate individual longitudinal change of relative weight, overweight and obesity from age 5 to 25 years by gender...- Weight change, weight cycling and mortality in the ERFORT Male Cohort StudyPeter Rzehak
Institute of Epidemiology, GSF National Research Center for Environment and Health, Ingolstaedter Landstrasse 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany
Eur J Epidemiol 22:665-73. 2007..To investigate the effect of weight change and weight fluctuations on all-cause-mortality in men... - A prospective study on the association between hay fever among children and incidence of asthma in East GermanyPeter Rzehak
GSF National Research Center for Environment and Health, Institute of Epidemiology, Ingolstaedter Landstrasse 1, Neuherberg, Germany
Eur J Epidemiol 23:17-22. 2008.... 
International variations in associations of allergic markers and diseases in children: ISAAC Phase TwoG Weinmayr
Institute of Epidemiology, Ulm University, Helmholtzstrasse 22, Ulm, Germany
Allergy 65:766-75. 2010..We analysed the association between SPTs, total and allergen-specific IgE and their relationships to allergic symptoms in centres with diverse living conditions...- Atopic sensitization and the international variation of asthma symptom prevalence in childrenGudrun Weinmayr
Institute of Epidemiology, Ulm University, Helmholtzstrasse 22, D 89075 Ulm, Germany
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 176:565-74. 2007..Atopic sensitization has long been known to be related to asthma in children, but its role in determining asthma prevalence remains to be elucidated further... - A multi-centre study of candidate genes for wheeze and allergy: the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood Phase 2J Genuneit
Institute of Epidemiology, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany
Clin Exp Allergy 39:1875-88. 2009..We investigated their associations with wheeze and allergy in a case-control sample from Phase 2 of the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood... - Effect of diet on asthma and allergic sensitisation in the International Study on Allergies and Asthma in Childhood (ISAAC) Phase TwoGabriele Nagel
Institute of Epidemiology, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany
Thorax 65:516-22. 2010..A study was undertaken to assess the association between dietary factors, asthma and allergy in a large international study including objective measurements of atopy... - High prevalence of pneumonia in children of a smelter townYvonne Kohlhammer
GSF National Research Center for Environment and Health, Institute of Epidemiology, Neuherberg, Germany
Int J Occup Environ Health 13:167-74. 2007..Past industrial emissions might still play a decisive role decades after the closing of sources, and pneumonia should be considered a possible acute health burden caused by metal-rich air pollution... - International variations in bronchial responsiveness in children: findings from ISAAC phase twoGisela Büchele
Institute of Epidemiology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
Pediatr Pulmonol 45:796-806. 2010..Bronchial responsiveness is an objectively measurable trait related to asthma. Its prevalence and association with asthma symptoms among children in many countries are unknown... - Stress-related maternal factors during pregnancy in relation to childhood eczema: results from the LISA StudyS Sausenthaler
Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Institute of Epidemiology, Neuherberg, Germany
J Investig Allergol Clin Immunol 19:481-7. 2009..Stress has been suggested to impact the onset and exacerbation of eczema and other atopic disorders. Whether early exposure to stress-related factors might exert long-term effects remains to be clarified... - Prenatal and postnatal tobacco smoke exposure and development of insulin resistance in 10 year old childrenElisabeth Thiering
Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Institute of Epidemiology, Neuherberg, Germany
Int J Hyg Environ Health 214:361-8. 2011..Positive dose-dependent associations and independent effects of postnatal exposure suggest involvement of environmental tobacco smoke in the risk for development of insulin resistance in children... - Influence of physical inactivity on the prevalence of hay feverY Kohlhammer
GSF - National Research Center for Environment and Health, Institute of Epidemiology, Neuherberg, Germany
Allergy 61:1310-5. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: Although the underlying biological mechanisms could not be clarified, increasing physical activity in childhood is suggested to prevent hay fever... - Period-specific growth, overweight and modification by breastfeeding in the GINI and LISA birth cohorts up to age 6 yearsPeter Rzehak
Institute of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Ingolstadter Landstrasse 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany
Eur J Epidemiol 24:449-67. 2009..The protective effect of breastfeeding on becoming overweight is related to its weight-velocity-modifying-effect in early infancy... - International variation in prevalence of rhinitis and its relationship with sensitisation to perennial and seasonal allergensG Weinmayr
Institute of Epidemiology, Ulm University, Helmholtzstr 22, D 89075 Ulm, Germany
Eur Respir J 32:1250-61. 2008..Atopy seems to be only marginally relevant for rhinitis without conjunctivitis, which seems mainly to reflect nonatopic rhinitis... - Associations between BMI and the FTO gene are age dependent: results from the GINI and LISA birth cohort studies up to age 6 yearsPeter Rzehak
Institute of Epidemiology, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen, Neuherberg, Germany
Obes Facts 3:173-80. 2010..However, little is known about the longitudinal dynamics of these polymorphisms on body mass index (BMI), overweight, and obesity... - Longitudinal study on cat allergen exposure and the development of allergy in young childrenChih Mei Chen
GSF National Research Centre for Environment and Health, Institute of Epidemiology, Neuherberg, Germany
J Allergy Clin Immunol 119:1148-55. 2007..The influence of cat allergen exposure in early childhood on the development of sensitization and allergic diseases is complex. Little is known about the natural course of the sensitization development within individuals... - Day care in relation to respiratory-tract and gastrointestinal infections in a German birth cohort studyAnne Zutavern
GSF National Research Center for Environment and Health, Institute of Epidemiology, Neuherberg, Germany
Acta Paediatr 96:1494-9. 2007..To investigate longitudinally whether children attending day care centres have an increased risk of acquiring common cold, bronchitis, pneumonia, otitis media or diarrhea... - A new FFQ designed to measure the intake of fatty acids and antioxidants in childrenPetra Stiegler
Institute of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Ingolstadter Landstrasse 1, D 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
Public Health Nutr 13:38-46. 2010..The present paper describes the systematic development of an FFQ to assess the intake of fatty acids and antioxidants in school-aged children. In addition, a validation study applying 24 h dietary recalls was performed... - Quality of life and nutritional state in patients on home enteral tube feedingChristian Loeser
1st Medical Department, the Institute of Human Nutrition and Food Science, Reference Center of Quality of Life in Oncology, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Nutrition 19:605-11. 2003..QOL is reduced in patients on HETF. Part of this effect is explained by malnutrition. HETF can prevent further weight loss and improve some aspects of QOL, thus allowing physicians to focus on patients... - Predictors of health care utilization of children with asthma in the communityWasim Maziak
Institute of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, , , Germany
Pediatr Allergy Immunol 15:166-71. 2004..Exposure to tobacco smoke comes out as the major modifiable risk factor related to asthma morbidity in children... - Self-reported traffic density and atopic disease in children. Results of the ISAAC Phase III survey in Muenster, GermanyThomas Behrens
Institute of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, University of Munster, Munster, Germany
Pediatr Allergy Immunol 15:331-9. 2004..Our data provide support for the hypothesis that residential exposure to truck traffic may adversely affect the health of children... - Health-related quality of life measurement in long-term survivors and outcome following radical radiotherapy for localized prostate cancerRazvan M Galalae
Department of Radiation Therapy Radiooncology, University Hospital Schleswig Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Strahlenther Onkol 180:582-9. 2004..To report long-term outcomes in terms of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and survival of a dose-escalating radiotherapy protocol and to validate a new disease-specific HRQoL instrument... - The use of synthetic bedding in children. Do strategies of change influence associations with asthma?Thomas Behrens
Institute of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, University of Munster, Munster, Germany
J Asthma 42:203-6. 2005..Epidemiological data suggest in contrast to clinical recommendations a negative effect of synthetic bedding on asthma and respiratory symptoms... - Analyses of case-control data for additional outcomesDavid B Richardson
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7435, USA
Epidemiology 18:441-5. 2007..Weighted logistic regression methods are readily implemented using available statistical packages... - Assessing bronchial responsiveness to hypertonic saline using the stepwise protocol of Phase Two of the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC II)Gisela Büchele
Department of Epidemiology, University of Ulm, Germany
Pediatr Pulmonol 42:131-40. 2007..Response parameters based on inhalation time discriminate well between children with and without asthma and will be compared in the analyses of ISAAC Phase Two data... - Smoking among adolescents in Muenster, Germany: increase in prevalence (1995-2000) and relation to tobacco advertisingWasim Maziak
Institute of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, University of Muenster, Domagkstrasse 3, 48129 Muenster, Germany
Prev Med 36:172-6. 2003..Understanding patterns and trends of smoking among youths is of major importance for the assessment of the burden of smoking in the society and efforts to decrease it...