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VALIDATION OF QUESTIONNAIRE INFORMATION ON RISK FACTORS AND DISEASE OUTCOMES IN A PROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY OF WOMEN
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To assess the validity of self-reported illnesses, medical records were reviewed for participants reporting major illnesses on the biennial follow-up questionnaires used in a prospective cohort study which began in 1976. In over 90% of cases of cancer of the breast, skin, large bowel, and thyroid, histopathology reports confirmed the subjects' self-report. Lower levels of confirmation were obtained for cancers of the lung, ovary, and uterus. Application of strict diagnostic criteria also gave lower levels of confirmation for myocardial infarction (68%) and stroke (66%). Among random samples of women reporting fractures and hypertension all records obtained confirmed self-reports. For self-reported elevated cholesterol levels 85.7% of self-reports were confirmed. Self-report is a valuable epidemiologic tool but may require additional documentation when the disease is diagnostically complex.
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ResultAssociations of Diabetes and Obesity with Risk of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm in Men
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“Acknowledgments We are indebted to the participants in the NHS for their dedication to this study.”
BackgroundMethodInfluentialStructural Nested Cumulative Failure Time Models to Estimate the Effects of Interventions
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BackgroundSoda consumption and risk of hip fractures in postmenopausal women in the Nurses’ Health Study , , ,
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BackgroundSelf-citationBurden of Risk Alleles for Hypertension Increases Risk of Intracerebral Hemorrhage
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ResultDietary patterns and risk of hip fractures in postmenopausal women and men over 50 years
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Metadata
- Authors
- COLDITZ, G. A., MARTIN, P., STAMPFER, M. J., WILLETT, W. C., SAMPSON, L., ROSNER, B., HENNEKENS, C. H., & SPEIZER, F. E.
- Affiliations
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
- Corresponding author
- COLDITZ, GRAHAM A.
- Venue
- American Journal of Epidemiology
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1986-05
- Volume
- 123
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 894-900
- ISSN
- 0002-9262 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-6256
- OpenAlex
- W1958805324
- Cited by
- 992
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 35.02
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- American Journal of Epidemiology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (HL24074, HL34594)
- National Cancer Institute (CA-16686)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Survey Methodology and Nonresponse
- Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Statistical Methods in Epidemiology
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
- Keywords
- questionnaire validation, self-reported illness, breast cancer, skin cancer, thyroid cancer, lung cancer, ovarian cancer, uterine cancer, myocardial infarction, stroke, fracture, hypertension, cholesterol levels, women, risk factors, disease outcome
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Blood Pressure, Cardiovascular Diseases, Cholesterol, Epidemiologic Methods, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Hypertension, Medical Records, Middle Aged, Morbidity, Neoplasms, Surveys and Questionnaires, United States, Fractures, Bone
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