Background Insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I and its main binding protein, IGFBP-3,
modulate cell growth and survival, and are thought to be important in tumour development. …

ContextThe effects of home visitation programs to prevent functional decline in elderly
persons have been inconsistent, and the value of these programs is controversial.ObjectiveTo …

The association between corticosteroid therapy and subsequent infections was calculated
by pooling data from 71 controlled clinical trials. The overall rate of infectious complications …

Objective: Funnel plots (plots of effect estimates against sample size) may be useful to detect
bias in meta-analyses that were later contradicted by large trials. We examined whether a …

Background Studies of socioeconomic disparities in patterns of cause of death have been
limited to single countries, middle-aged people, men, or broad cause of death groups. We …

Using a survey questionnaire design, we investigated the incidence, site, and nature of jogging
injuries among all participants of a popular 16 km race. The response rate was 83.6%. Of …

Study objective: To describe mortality inequalities related to education and housing tenure
in 11 European populations and to describe the age pattern of relative and absolute …

The impact of long-term exposure to air pollution on respiratory and allergic symptoms and
illnesses was assessed in a cross-sectional study of schoolchildren (ages 6 to 15 yr, n = 4,470…

Background In-home preventive visits with multidimensional geriatric assessments can
delay the onset of disabilities in older people. Methods This was a stratified randomized trial. …

… Wheeze ever was more common than in phenotype B but considerably less common
than in phenotypes C, D and E. FEV 0.5 values tended to be slightly lower and bronchial …