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Fight Aging! Newsletter, February 13th 2023
This study investigated whether taller Polish adults live longer than their shorter counterparts. Data on declared height were available from 848,860 individuals who died in the years 2004-2008 in Poland. To allow for the cohort effect, the Z-values were generated. Separately for both sexes, Pearson's r coefficients of correlation were calculated. Subsequently, one way ANOVA was performed. The correlation between adult height and longevity was negative and statistically significant in both men and women. After eliminating the effects of secular trends in height, the correlation was very weak (r = -0.0044 in men and ...
Source: Fight Aging! - February 12, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs

Sequential Data-Mining for Adverse Events after Recombinant Herpes Zoster Vaccination Using the Tree-Based Scan Statistic
In this study, the binomial tree-based scan statistic was applied sequentially to detect adverse events in Days 1-28 compared with Days 29-56 after recombinant herpes zoster (RZV) vaccination, with 5 looks at the data and formal adjustment for the repeated analyses over time. IBM Marketscan data on commercially insured persons 50+ years of age receiving RZV during January 1, 2018-May 5, 2020 were used. With 999,876 doses of RZV included, statistically significant signals were detected only for unspecified adverse effects/complications following immunization, with attributable risks as low as 2 excess cases per 100,000 vacc...
Source: Am J Epidemiol - October 13, 2022 Category: Epidemiology Authors: W Katherine Yih Martin Kulldorff Inna Dashevsky Judith C Maro Source Type: research

A Broad Safety Assessment of the Recombinant Herpes Zoster Vaccine
Am J Epidemiol. 2022 Feb 12:kwac030. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwac030. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe recombinant herpes zoster vaccine (RZV), approved as a 2-dose series in the U.S. in October 2017, has proven highly effective and generally safe. However, a small risk of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) after vaccination was identified post-approval, and questions remain about other possible adverse events. This data-mining study assessed RZV safety in the U.S. using the self-controlled tree-temporal scan statistic, scanning data on thousands of diagnoses recorded during follow-up to detect any statistically unusual temporal clu...
Source: Am J Epidemiol - February 13, 2022 Category: Epidemiology Authors: W Katherine Yih Martin Kulldorff Inna Dashevsky Judith C Maro Source Type: research

Improving adult immunization equity: Where do the published research literature and existing resources lead?
Abstract Evidence suggests that disparities in adult immunization (AI) rates are growing. Providers need adequate patient resources and information about successful interventions to help them engage in effective practices to reduce AI disparities. The primary purposes of this paper were to review and summarize the evidence base regarding interventions to reduce AI disparities and to scan for relevant resources that could support providers in their AI efforts to specifically target disparities. First, building on a literature review conducted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, we searched the p...
Source: Vaccine - April 25, 2017 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Prins W, Butcher E, Hall LL, Puckrein G, Rosof B Tags: Vaccine Source Type: research