Evaluating a Targeted Minimum Loss-based Estimator for Capture-Recapture Analysis: An Application to HIV Surveillance in San Francisco, CA
Am J Epidemiol. 2023 Nov 17:kwad231. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwad231. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTCapture-recapture is a common tool in epidemiology to estimate the size of "hidden" populations and correct the under-ascertainment of cases, based on incomplete and overlapping lists of the target population. Log-linear models are often used to estimate the population size yet may produce implausible and unreliable estimates due to model misspecification and small cell sizes. A novel Targeted Minimum Loss-based Estimation (TMLE) model developed for capture-recapture makes several notable improvements to conventional modeling: "tar...
Source: Am J Epidemiol - November 20, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Paul Wesson Manjari Das Mia Chen Ling Hsu Willi McFarland Edward Kennedy Nicholas P Jewell Source Type: research
Post-acute symptoms 4 months after SARS-CoV-2 infection during the Omicron period: a nationwide Danish questionnaire study
Am J Epidemiol. 2023 Nov 17:kwad225. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwad225. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTPost-acute symptoms are not uncommon after SARS-CoV-2 infection with pre-Omicron variants. How Omicron and COVID-19 booster vaccination influence the risk of post-acute symptoms is less clear. We analyzed data from the nationwide Danish questionnaire study EFTER-COVID comprising 44,553 individuals ≥15 years old, tested between July 2021 and January 2022, in order to evaluate the association of the Omicron variant and COVID-19 booster vaccination with post-acute symptoms and new-onset general health problems, four months after inf...
Source: Am J Epidemiol - November 20, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Lampros Spiliopoulos Anna Irene Vedel S ørensen Peter Bager Nete Munk Nielsen J ørgen Vinsløv Hansen Anders Koch Inger Kristine Meder Poul Videbech Steen Ethelberg Anders Hviid Source Type: research
Anti-COVID-19 measures and lifestyle changes during theCOVID-19 pandemic and sleep patterns in the Netherlands: a longitudinal study
Am J Epidemiol. 2023 Nov 17:kwad228. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwad228. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAlthough there is scientific evidence for an increased prevalence of sleep disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic, there is still limited information on how lifestyle factors might have affected sleep patterns. Therefore, we followed a large cohort of participants in the Netherlands (n=5,420) for up to one year (September 2020-2021) via monthly web-based questionnaires to identify lifestyle changes (physical activity, smoking, alcohol consumption, electronic device use, and social media use) driven by anti-COVID-19 measures and the...
Source: Am J Epidemiol - November 20, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Nekane Sandoval-Diez Lidwien A M Smit Jolanda M A Boer Myrna M T de Rooij Gerard H Koppelman Warner van Kersen Judith M Vonk Roel Vermeulen Ulrike Gehring Anke Huss Source Type: research
Does Tobacco Smoking Increase Social Isolation? A Mendelian Randomization Study
This study aimed to investigate the causal effect of smoking on social isolation among older adults in England. Data from older adults of European ancestry who participated in one or more waves from wave 1 (2002/2003) to 9 (2018/2019) of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing were analyzed (n = 43,687 observations from 7,008 individuals; mean age 68.50). The effect of current smoking on social isolation (ranges from 0 to 5) was estimated by two-stage least squares estimation using a polygenic score (PGS) for smoking cessation as the instrument. A low PGS for smoking cessation predicted current smoking (coefficient per 1 ...
Source: Am J Epidemiol - November 20, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Yusuke Matsuyama Takahiro Tabuchi Source Type: research
Integrating Data Across Multiple Sites in the Northeastern United States to Examine Associations Between a Prenatal Metal Mixture and Child Cognition
Am J Epidemiol. 2023 Nov 17:kwad233. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwad233. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTWe applied a novel Hierarchical Bayesian Weighted Quantile Sum (HBWQS) regression to combine data across three sites to examine associations between prenatal metals exposure and cognitive functioning in childhood. Data from 326 mother-child dyads enrolled in the ongoing PRogramming of Intergenerational Stress Mechanisms (PRISM) cohort, based in New York City (recruited 2013-2020) and Boston (recruited 2011-2013), and the First Thousand Days of Life (FTDL) cohort (recruited 2012-2019), based in Northern Virginia were used. Arsenic, ...
Source: Am J Epidemiol - November 20, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Maria Jos é Rosa Nicolo Foppa Pedretti Brandon Goldson Nicole Mathews Francheska Merced-Nieves Naim Xhani Michelle Bosquet Enlow Richard Gershon Emily Ho Kathi Huddleston Robert O Wright Rosalind J Wright Elena Colicino Source Type: research
