Statistical Methods in Epidemiology

Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE): Explanation and Elaboration

Vandenbroucke, J. P., von Elm, E., Altman, D. G., Gøtzsche, P. C., Mulrow, C. D., Pocock, S. J., Poole, C., Schlesselman, J. J., Egger, M., & Initiative, F. T. S. (2007) · PLoS Medicine · doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0040297 · Cited by 8,613

Neighborhood of residence and incidence of coronary heart disease

Roux, A. V. D., Merkin, S. S., Arnett, D., Chambless, L., Massing, M., Nieto, F. J., Sorlie, P., Szklo, M., Tyroler, H. A., & Watson, R. L. (2001) · New England Journal of Medicine · doi:10.1056/nejm200107123450205 · Cited by 1,799

Perinatal outcomes in singletons following in vitro fertilization: a meta–analysis

Jackson, R. A., Gibson, K. A., Wu, Y. W., & Croughan, M. S. (2004) · Obstetrics & Gynecology · doi:10.1097/01.aog.0000114989.84822.51 · Cited by 1,160

INCIDENCE OF ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION IN MEN 40 TO 69 YEARS OLD: LONGITUDINAL RESULTS FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS MALE AGING STUDY

JOHANNES, C. B., ARAUJO, A. B., FELDMAN, H. A., DERBY, C. A., KLEINMAN, K. P., & McKINLAY, J. B. (2000) · Journal of Urology · doi:10.1016/s0022-5347(05)67900-1 · Cited by 1,158

Studies of mortality of atomic bomb survivors. Report 13: Solid cancer and noncancer disease mortality: 1950–1997

Preston, D. L., Shimizu, Y., Pierce, D. A., Suyama, A., & Mabuchi, K. (2003) · Radiation Research · doi:10.1667/rr3049 · Cited by 1,172

On the use of a pilot sample for sample size determination

Browne, R. H. (1995) · Statistics in Medicine · doi:10.1002/sim.4780141709 · Cited by 1,007

Indigenous and tribal peoples' health (The Lancet–Lowitja Institute Global Collaboration): a population study

Anderson, I., Robson, B., Connolly, M., Al-Yaman, F., Bjertness, E., King, A., Tynan, M., Madden, R., Bang, A., Coimbra, C. E. A., et al. (2016) · The Lancet · doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(16)00345-7 · Cited by 990

Spatial data analysis: theory and practice

(2004) · Choice Reviews Online · doi:10.5860/choice.41-3486 · Cited by 965

Arterial Thromboembolic Events in Patients with Metastatic Carcinoma Treated with Chemotherapy and Bevacizumab

Scappaticci, F. A., Skillings, J. R., Holden, S. N., Gerber, H.-P., Miller, K., Kabbinavar, F., Bergsland, E., Ngai, J., Holmgren, E., Wang, J., et al. (2007) · JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute · doi:10.1093/jnci/djm086 · Cited by 938

Diabetes and Decline in Heart Disease Mortality in US Adults

Gu, K. (1999) · JAMA · doi:10.1001/jama.281.14.1291 · Cited by 856

Relationship of C-Reactive Protein to Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in the Elderly: Results From the Cardiovascular Health Study and the Rural Health Promotion Project

Tracy, R. P., Lemaitre, R. N., Psaty, B. M., Ives, D. G., Evans, R. W., Cushman, M., Meilahn, E. N., & Kuller, L. H. (1997) · Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology · doi:10.1161/01.atv.17.6.1121 · Cited by 836

A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials: Efficacy of selenium treatment for sepsis

Li, S., Tang, T., Guo, P., Zou, Q., Ao, X., Hu, L., & Tan, L. (2019) · Medicine · doi:10.1097/md.0000000000014733 · Cited by 802

Methylprednisolone Infusion in Early Severe ARDS

Meduri, G. U., Golden, E., Freire, A. X., Taylor, E., Zaman, M., Carson, S. J., Gibson, M., & Umberger, R. (2007) · Chest · doi:10.1378/chest.06-2100 · Cited by 787

Clustering of metabolic factors and coronary heart disease

Wilson, P. W. F., Kannel, W. B., Silbershatz, H., & D'Agostino, R. B. (1999) · Archives of Internal Medicine · doi:10.1001/archinte.159.10.1104 · Cited by 712

Disability and Quality of Life in Social Phobia: Epidemiologic Findings

Stein, M. B., & Kean, Y. M. (2000) · American Journal of Psychiatry · doi:10.1176/appi.ajp.157.10.1606 · Cited by 685

Diabetes Mellitus and Risk of Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia with Stroke in a Multiethnic Cohort

Luchsinger, J. A. (2001) · American Journal of Epidemiology · doi:10.1093/aje/154.7.635 · Cited by 682

Helmets for preventing injury in motorcycle riders

Liu, B. C., Ivers, R., Norton, R., Boufous, S., Blows, S., & Lo, S. K. (2008) · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · doi:10.1002/14651858.cd004333.pub3 · Cited by 673

Passive smoking and the risk of coronary heart disease—a meta-analysis of epidemiologic studies

He, J., Vupputuri, S., Allen, K., Prerost, M. R., Hughes, J., & Whelton, P. K. (1999) · New England Journal of Medicine · doi:10.1056/nejm199903253401204 · Cited by 616

Relation of diabetes to mild cognitive impairment

Luchsinger, J. A., Reitz, C., Patel, B., Tang, M.-X., Manly, J. J., & Mayeux, R. (2007) · Archives of Neurology · doi:10.1001/archneur.64.4.570 · Cited by 592

Heart failure prevalence, incidence, and mortality in the elderly with diabetes

Bertoni, A. G., Hundley, W. G., Massing, M. W., Bonds, D. E., Burke, G. L., & Goff, D. C. (2004) · Diabetes Care · doi:10.2337/diacare.27.3.699 · Cited by 596

Double blind, cluster randomised trial of low dose supplementation with vitamin A or beta carotene on mortality related to pregnancy in Nepal

West, K. P., Katz, J., Khatry, S. K., LeClerq, S. C., Pradhan, E. K., Shrestha, S. R., Connor, P. B., Dali, S. M., Christian, P., Pokhrel, R. P., et al. (1999) · BMJ · doi:10.1136/bmj.318.7183.570 · Cited by 485

Effect of Recent Changes in Atomic Bomb Survivor Dosimetry on Cancer Mortality Risk Estimates

Preston, D. L., Pierce, D. A., Shimizu, Y., Cullings, H. M., Fujita, S., Funamoto, S., & Kodama, K. (2004) · Radiation Research · doi:10.1667/rr3232 · Cited by 432

Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) polymorphisms and risk of molecularly defined subtypes of childhood acute leukemia

Wiemels, J. L., Smith, R. N., Taylor, G. M., Eden, O. B., Alexander, F. E., Greaves, M. F., & United Kingdom Childhood Cancer Study Investigators (2001) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.061408298 · Cited by 339

Influence of psychological coping on survival and recurrence in people with cancer: systematic review

Petticrew, M., Bell, R., & Hunter, D. (2002) · BMJ · doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7372.1066 · Cited by 310

Racial differences in the prevalence of age-related macular degeneration

Friedman, D. S., Katz, J., Bressler, N. M., Rahmani, B., & Tielsch, J. M. (1999) · Ophthalmology · doi:10.1016/s0161-6420(99)90267-1 · Cited by 304

Relation Between Operator and Hospital Volume and Outcomes Following Percutaneous Coronary Interventions in the Era of the Coronary Stent

McGrath, P. D. (2000) · JAMA · doi:10.1001/jama.284.24.3139 · Cited by 294

Non-high-density lipoprotein and very-low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and their risk predictive values in coronary heart disease

Liu, J., Sempos, C. T., Donahue, R. P., Dorn, J., Trevisan, M., & Grundy, S. M. (2006) · The American Journal of Cardiology · doi:10.1016/j.amjcard.2006.06.032 · Cited by 277

Clinical risk following abrupt and gradual withdrawal of maintenance neuroleptic treatment

Viguera, A. C. (1997) · Archives of General Psychiatry · doi:10.1001/archpsyc.1997.01830130055011 · Cited by 246

Plasma Lipoprotein Levels as Predictors of Cardiovascular Death in Women

Bass, K. M. (1993) · Archives of Internal Medicine · doi:10.1001/archinte.1993.00410190045006 · Cited by 331

Diabetes-related morbidity and mortality in a national sample of U.S. elders

Bertoni, A. G., Krop, J. S., Anderson, G. F., & Brancati, F. L. (2002) · Diabetes Care · doi:10.2337/diacare.25.3.471 · Cited by 230

Pattern of recurrence of illness after recovery from an episode of major depression: a prospective study

(1992) · American Journal of Psychiatry · doi:10.1176/ajp.149.6.795 · Cited by 228

Hypoglycaemia associated with use of inhibitors of angiotensin converting enzyme

Herings, R. M. C., de Boer, A., Leufkens, H. G. M., Porsius, A., & Stricker, B. H. C. (1995) · The Lancet · doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(95)91988-0 · Cited by 217

Causes of death in autism.

Shavelle, R. M., Strauss, D. J., & Pickett, J. (2001) · Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders · doi:10.1023/a:1013247011483 · Cited by 211

Maternal cigarette smoking and child psychiatric morbidity: a longitudinal study

Williams, G. M., O'Callaghan, M., Najman, J. M., Bor, W., Andersen, F. M. J., Richards, A. D., & BSc, C. U. (1998) · PEDIATRICS · doi:10.1542/peds.102.1.e11 · Cited by 203

Normal triglyceride levels and coronary artery disease events: the Baltimore Coronary Observational Long-Term Study

Miller, M., Seidler, A., Moalemi, A., & Pearson, T. A. (1998) · Journal of the American College of Cardiology · doi:10.1016/s0735-1097(98)00083-7 · Cited by 193

A Community-Based Study of Explanatory Factors for the Excess Risk for Early Renal Function Decline in Blacks vs Whites With Diabetes: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study

Krop, J. S., Coresh, J., Chambless, L. E., Shahar, E., Watson, R. L., Szklo, M., & Brancati, F. L. (1999) · Archives of Internal Medicine · doi:10.1001/archinte.159.15.1777 · Cited by 180

Comparison of in house polymerase chain reaction with conventional techniques for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA in granulomatous lymphadenopathy

Singh, K. K., Muralidhar, M., Kumar, A., Chattopadhyaya, T. K., Kapila, K., Singh, M. K., Sharma, S. K., Jain, N. K., & Tyagi, J. S. (2000) · Journal of Clinical Pathology · doi:10.1136/jcp.53.5.355 · Cited by 176

Transient Cognitive Impairment in TIA and Minor Stroke

Pendlebury, S. T., Wadling, S., Silver, L. E., Mehta, Z., & Rothwell, P. M. (2011) · Stroke · doi:10.1161/strokeaha.111.621490 · Cited by 145

Gene dose of the ε4 allele of apolipoprotein E and disease progression in sporadic late‐onset alzheimer's disease

Frisoni, G. B., Govoni, S., Geroldi, C., Bianchetti, A., Calabresi, L., Franceschini, G., & Trabucchi, M. (1995) · Annals of Neurology · doi:10.1002/ana.410370509 · Cited by 149

Effects of pregnancy on first onset and symptoms of paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia

Shih-Huang, L., Shih-Ann, C., Tsu-Juey, W., Chern-En, C., Chen-Chuen, C., Ching-Tai, T., Chuen-Wang, C., Kwo-Chang, U., & Mau-Song, C. (1995) · The American Journal of Cardiology · doi:10.1016/s0002-9149(99)80195-7 · Cited by 146

Effect of pregnancy on paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia

Tawam, M., Levine, J., Mendelson, M., Goldberger, J., Dyer, A., & Kadish, A. (1993) · The American Journal of Cardiology · doi:10.1016/0002-9149(93)91078-v · Cited by 144

Prospective Study of Hepatitis B and C Viral Infections, Cigarette Smoking, Alcohol Consumption, and Other Factors Associated with Hepatocellular Carcinoma Risk in Japan

Mori, M., Hara, M., Wada, I., Hara, T., Yamamoto, K., Honda, M., & Naramoto, J. (2000) · American Journal of Epidemiology · doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a010180 · Cited by 144

Risk of death in prisoners after release from jail

Stewart, L. M., Henderson, C. J., Hobbs, M. S. T., Ridout, S. C., & Knuiman, M. W. (2004) · Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health · doi:10.1111/j.1467-842x.2004.tb00629.x · Cited by 129

Proportional Hazards Regression in Epidemiologic Follow-up Studies: An Intuitive Consideration of Primary Time Scale

Cologne, J., Hsu, W.-L., Abbott, R. D., Ohishi, W., Grant, E. J., Fujiwara, S., & Cullings, H. M. (2012) · Epidemiology · doi:10.1097/ede.0b013e318253e418 · Cited by 127

Violence and psychiatric morbidity in the national household population of Britain: public health implications

Coid, J., Yang, M., Roberts, A., Ullrich, S., Moran, P., Bebbington, P., Brugha, T., Jenkins, R., Farrell, M., Lewis, G., et al. (2006) · British Journal of Psychiatry · doi:10.1192/bjp.189.1.12 · Cited by 121

Septic system density and infectious diarrhea in a defined population of children

Borchardt, M. A., Chyou, P.-H., DeVries, E. O., & Belongia, E. A. (2003) · Environmental Health Perspectives · doi:10.1289/ehp.5914 · Cited by 119

Does breastfeeding protect against allergic rhinitis during childhood? A meta‐analysis of prospective studies

Bloch, A. M., Mimouni, D., Mimouni, M., & Gdalevich, M. (2002) · Acta Paediatrica · doi:10.1111/j.1651-2227.2002.tb01714.x · Cited by 110

Depression, fracture risk, and bone loss: a meta-analysis of cohort studies

Wu, Q., Liu, J., Gallegos-Orozco, J. F., & Hentz, J. G. (2010) · Osteoporosis International · doi:10.1007/s00198-010-1181-x · Cited by 109

Systemic steroids for otitis media with effusion in children

Rosenfeld, R. M., Mandel, E. M., & Bluestone, C. D. (1991) · Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · doi:10.1001/archotol.1991.01870210056008 · Cited by 99

Mortality in schizophrenia: clinical and serological predictors

Dickerson, F., Stallings, C., Origoni, A., Schroeder, J., Khushalani, S., & Yolken, R. (2014) · Schizophrenia Bulletin · doi:10.1093/schbul/sbt113 · Cited by 50

New-onset palpitations in general practice: assessing the discriminant value of items within the clinical history

Summerton, N., Mann, S., Rigby, A., Petkar, S., & Dhawan, J. (2001) · Family Practice · doi:10.1093/fampra/18.4.383 · Cited by 49

Overweight and Obesity as Determinants of Cardiovascular Risk: The Framingham Experience

Wilson, P. W. F., D'Agostino, R. B., Sullivan, L., Parise, H., & Kannel, W. B. (2002) · Archives of Internal Medicine · doi:10.1001/archinte.162.16.1867 · Cited by 22

Occupational Mortality from Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Esophagus in the United States During 1991–1996

Cucino, C., & Sonnenberg, A. (2002) · Digestive Diseases and Sciences · doi:10.1023/a:1017968103311 · Cited by 15

Epidemiological fallacies of modern psychiatric research

Newson, R. S., Karlsson, H., & Tiemeier, H. (2011) · Nordic Journal of Psychiatry · doi:10.3109/08039488.2010.539268 · Cited by 12