{"title":"Aspirin use and risk of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.","authors":"Shih-Wei Lai, Kuan-Fu Liao","doi":"10.1007/s10654-025-01257-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10654-025-01257-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11907,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Epidemiology","volume":" ","pages":"735-736"},"PeriodicalIF":7.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144293569","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Behrooz Darbani, Thorsten Brodersen, Anette Liljensøe, Signe Bek Sørensen, Josephine Bjergbæk Olsson-Svendsen, Alfonso Buil, Ahmed Kamal, Andrew J Schork, Anja Poulsen, Bertram Dalskov Kjerulff, Bitten Aagaard, Britta Ørnfelt Lund, Charlotte Siggaard Rittig, Christina Mikkelsen, Daniel Millencourt Larsen, David Westergaard, Ditte Rudbeck-Resdal, Dorte Helenius Mikkelsen, Else Randers, Frank Vinholt Schiødt, Hans Jürgen Hoffmann, Isabella Friis Jørgensen, Ivan Brandslund, Jacob Broder Brodersen, Jakob Hjorth von Stemann, Jakob Thaning Bay, Janna Nissen, Jeanette Sørensen, Jens Kjærgaard Boldsen, Joseph Dowsett, Josephine Gladov, Karina Banasik, Kathrine Agergård Kaspersen, Katrine Carlsen, Khoa Manh Dinh, Lauge Kellermann, Lea Arregui Nordahl Christoffersen, Liam James Elgaard Quinn, Lise Wegner Thørner, Lone Larsen, Luise Aamann, Malene Rohr Andersen, Maria Didriksen, Maria Joanna Alexandraki, Marianne Kragh Thomsen, Mette Julsgaard, Mette Nyegaard, Michael Schwinn, Mie Topholm-Bruun, Mikael Njai Leite, Morten Lee Halling, Natalia Pedersen, Ole K Bonderup, Palle Duun Rohde, Pernille Dige Ovesen, Ram Benny Dessau, Sanaz Saboori, Sofie Holm-Christensen, Steffen Bank, Susan Mikkelsen, Thomas Folkmann Hansen, Thomas Werge, Niels Qvist, Erik Sørensen, Johan Burisch, Merete Lund Hetland, Bente Glintborg, Christian Erikstrup, Søren Brunak, Henrik Ullum, Sisse Rye Ostrowski, Ole Birger Vesterager Pedersen, Vibeke Andersen
{"title":"Cohort profile: Copenhagen Hospital Biobank-chronic inflammatory disease-inflammatory bowel disease (CHB-CID:IBD) genetic cohort.","authors":"Behrooz Darbani, Thorsten Brodersen, Anette Liljensøe, Signe Bek Sørensen, Josephine Bjergbæk Olsson-Svendsen, Alfonso Buil, Ahmed Kamal, Andrew J Schork, Anja Poulsen, Bertram Dalskov Kjerulff, Bitten Aagaard, Britta Ørnfelt Lund, Charlotte Siggaard Rittig, Christina Mikkelsen, Daniel Millencourt Larsen, David Westergaard, Ditte Rudbeck-Resdal, Dorte Helenius Mikkelsen, Else Randers, Frank Vinholt Schiødt, Hans Jürgen Hoffmann, Isabella Friis Jørgensen, Ivan Brandslund, Jacob Broder Brodersen, Jakob Hjorth von Stemann, Jakob Thaning Bay, Janna Nissen, Jeanette Sørensen, Jens Kjærgaard Boldsen, Joseph Dowsett, Josephine Gladov, Karina Banasik, Kathrine Agergård Kaspersen, Katrine Carlsen, Khoa Manh Dinh, Lauge Kellermann, Lea Arregui Nordahl Christoffersen, Liam James Elgaard Quinn, Lise Wegner Thørner, Lone Larsen, Luise Aamann, Malene Rohr Andersen, Maria Didriksen, Maria Joanna Alexandraki, Marianne Kragh Thomsen, Mette Julsgaard, Mette Nyegaard, Michael Schwinn, Mie Topholm-Bruun, Mikael Njai Leite, Morten Lee Halling, Natalia Pedersen, Ole K Bonderup, Palle Duun Rohde, Pernille Dige Ovesen, Ram Benny Dessau, Sanaz Saboori, Sofie Holm-Christensen, Steffen Bank, Susan Mikkelsen, Thomas Folkmann Hansen, Thomas Werge, Niels Qvist, Erik Sørensen, Johan Burisch, Merete Lund Hetland, Bente Glintborg, Christian Erikstrup, Søren Brunak, Henrik Ullum, Sisse Rye Ostrowski, Ole Birger Vesterager Pedersen, Vibeke Andersen","doi":"10.1007/s10654-025-01239-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10654-025-01239-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Copenhagen Hospital Biobank-chronic inflammatory disease-inflammatory bowel disease (CHB-CID: IBD) cohort contributes to genetic research in inflammatory bowel disease, including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. Of the 327,084 enrolled and genotyped individuals in the cohort, 10,626 have been diagnosed with IBD as of May 2023. The CHB-CID: IBD cohort includes both patients without IBD and healthy blood donors as control groups. Clinical data is collected from Danish registries and patient records, including details on hospital contacts, co-morbidities, medication, surgical procedures, and laboratory investigations. The cohort features a wide age range (> 18 years), extensive population coverage representative of Danish adults, and validated IBD diagnoses. Finally, the cohort benefits from continuous recruitment and regular updates of clinical information. The aim is to enhance IBD management and ultimately improve patients' quality of life.</p>","PeriodicalId":11907,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Epidemiology","volume":" ","pages":"721-734"},"PeriodicalIF":7.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12263709/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144247074","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marie Lund,Giulia Corn,Maj-Britt Jensen,Tonny Petersen,Kim Dalhoff,Bent Ejlertsen,Lars Køber,Jan Wohlfahrt,Mads Melbye
{"title":"Changes in LDL-cholesterol levels following aromatase inhibitor treatment in early postmenopausal breast cancer.","authors":"Marie Lund,Giulia Corn,Maj-Britt Jensen,Tonny Petersen,Kim Dalhoff,Bent Ejlertsen,Lars Køber,Jan Wohlfahrt,Mads Melbye","doi":"10.1007/s10654-025-01228-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-025-01228-7","url":null,"abstract":"There is an unsettled concern that treatment with aromatase inhibitors (AIT) may adversely affect lipid-levels. In light of the improved survival of women with breast cancer and increased risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in older people, unfavorable effects on lipid-levels may represent a significant health concern for this group of patients. We used linked data from nationwide registries, including a clinical breast cancer database with information about allocated and dispensed AIT. Based on these, we investigated changes in plasma lipid-levels (primary outcome: low-density lipoprotein (LDL)-cholesterol, secondary outcomes: high-density lipoprotein (HDL)-cholesterol, total cholesterol, and triglycerides) following AIT in a nationwide cohort of postmenopausal women with early breast cancer, Denmark, 2009-2020. Included women had at least one LDL-cholesterol measurement before and after breast cancer diagnosis. Exposure was allocated and dispensed AIT as compared with not allocated to and no dispensed AIT. Outcome was the adjusted difference in lipid-level-change (from before to after breast cancer diagnosis) according to AIT. Among 10,461 women, there were 22,693 pre-breast cancer LDL-cholesterol measurements and 42,750 post-breast cancer LDL-cholesterol measurements. Overall, 7919 of the women were exposed to AIT and 2542 women were unexposed. For AIT exposed, the LDL-cholesterol-change was - 0.16 mmol/L (mM), and for unexposed, - 0.15 mM, respectively. The corresponding adjusted difference in LDL-cholesterol change for AIT exposed versus unexposed was - 0.03 mM (95% CI - 0.07 to 0.003). We found similar results in analysis of secondary outcomes. This study does not support the concern that AIT adversely affects lipid-levels.","PeriodicalId":11907,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Epidemiology","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":13.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144103547","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jonas F. Ludvigsson, David Bergman, Catharina Ihre Lundgren, Kristina Sundquist, Jean-Luc af Geijerstam, Anna H. Glenngård, Marie Lindh, Johan Sundström, Johan Kaarme, Jialu Yao
{"title":"The healthcare system in Sweden","authors":"Jonas F. Ludvigsson, David Bergman, Catharina Ihre Lundgren, Kristina Sundquist, Jean-Luc af Geijerstam, Anna H. Glenngård, Marie Lindh, Johan Sundström, Johan Kaarme, Jialu Yao","doi":"10.1007/s10654-025-01226-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-025-01226-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The Swedish population is characterized by high life expectancy and low avoidable mortality rates. This review outlines the Swedish healthcare system, which offers universal access to all residents and has a long tradition of reforms for social equity. Responsibility for healthcare is shared between the state, the regions, and the municipalities. The Ministry of Health and Social Affairs provides the overall healthcare framework; additionally, several governmental agencies are directly involved in healthcare and public health initiatives. The 21 regions organize, finance, and provide most primary, secondary, and tertiary care, as well as health information channels. Resources for primary care are less plentiful than in many other countries. The 290 municipalities deliver care to elderly people and those with functional impairment. The Swedish healthcare system is primarily tax-funded, with 86% of total healthcare expenditures from public expenses and < 1% from voluntary health insurance. The gross domestic product (GDP) share of healthcare expenditures, 10.5% in 2022, is above the EU average. The level of unmet needs in the population is low, due to universal coverage and caps on user charges except for dental care. Sweden’s healthcare system performs well on care quality and patient satisfaction, but suffers from workforce shortage and care fragmentation. Limitations in care coordination can be attributed to a siloed digital infrastructure and care governance, a low number of hospital beds per capita, and a compensation system that often does not incentivize coordination. Despite these challenges, life expectancy is high and avoidable mortality rates are low in Sweden.</p>","PeriodicalId":11907,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Epidemiology","volume":"121 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":13.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144088254","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rieke Baumkötter,Simge Yilmaz,Julian Chalabi,Vincent Ten Cate,Ayesha Syed Mamoor Alam,Sepehr Golriz Khatami,Daniela Zahn,Nora Hettich-Damm,Jürgen H Prochaska,Irene Schmidtmann,Kristin Lehnert,Anke Steinmetz,Marcus Dörr,Norbert Pfeiffer,Thomas Münzel,Karl J Lackner,Manfred E Beutel,Philipp S Wild
{"title":"Risk tools for predicting long-term sequelae based on symptom profiles after known and undetected SARS-CoV-2 infections in the population.","authors":"Rieke Baumkötter,Simge Yilmaz,Julian Chalabi,Vincent Ten Cate,Ayesha Syed Mamoor Alam,Sepehr Golriz Khatami,Daniela Zahn,Nora Hettich-Damm,Jürgen H Prochaska,Irene Schmidtmann,Kristin Lehnert,Anke Steinmetz,Marcus Dörr,Norbert Pfeiffer,Thomas Münzel,Karl J Lackner,Manfred E Beutel,Philipp S Wild","doi":"10.1007/s10654-025-01223-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-025-01223-y","url":null,"abstract":"The aim was to determine the profile of long-term symptoms after known and undetected SARS-CoV-2 infections and to generate tools for risk and diagnostic assessment of Post-COVID syndrome (PCS). In the population-based Gutenberg COVID-19 Study (N = 10,250), sequential, systematic screening for SARS-CoV-2 was performed in 2020/2021. Individuals received a standardized interview on newly occurred or worsened symptoms since the infection or the pandemic. Robust Poisson regression models were fit to compare the frequency of symptoms between groups. Two scores were developed using machine learning techniques and prospectively validated in an independent cohort. Among n = 942 individuals, prevalence of long-term symptoms was 36.4% among individuals with known SARS-CoV-2 infection, 25.0% in those unknowingly infected, and 28.1% among the controls. Individuals with known infection more often reported smell (Prevalence ratio [PR] = 13.66 [95% confidence interval 4.99;37.41]) and taste disturbances (PR = 5.57 [2.62;11.81]), forgetfulness (PR = 2.88 [1.55;5.35]), concentration difficulties (PR = 2.83 [1.55;5.16], trouble with balance (PR = 2.74 [1.18;6.35]), and dyspnea (PR = 2.22 [1.18;4.19]) than controls. The risk score for predicting long-term sequelae based on symptoms during the acute infection had a cross-validated AUC of 0.74 and 0.72 when applied in an independent cohort (N = 6,570). The diagnostic score providing a probability of the presence of PCS had a cross-validated AUC of 0.66 and of 0.64 in the validation cohort (N = 3,176). Individuals with and without SARS-COV-2 infection reported persistent symptoms, but symptoms attributable to PCS were identified. The data-driven scores may help guide further diagnostic decisions in the initial management of PCS.","PeriodicalId":11907,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Epidemiology","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":13.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144087775","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Health as a means to flourishing.","authors":"Sandro Galea","doi":"10.1007/s10654-025-01241-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-025-01241-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11907,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Epidemiology","volume":"23 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":13.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143992013","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yuchan Mou,Michelle Sofia Wilhelmina Kusters,Oliver Robinson,Lea Maitre,Rosemary R C McEachan,Wen Lun Yuan,Norun Hjertager Krog,Sandra Andrušaitytė,Mariona Bustamante,Montserrat de Castro Pascual,Audrius Dedele,John Wright,Regina Grazuleviciene,Gunn Marit Aasvang,Johanna Lepeule,Mark Nieuwenhuijsen,Henning Tiemeier,Martine Vrijheid,Errol M Thomson,Mònica Guxens
{"title":"Outdoor air pollution, road traffic noise, and allostatic load in children aged 6-11 years: evidence from six European cohorts.","authors":"Yuchan Mou,Michelle Sofia Wilhelmina Kusters,Oliver Robinson,Lea Maitre,Rosemary R C McEachan,Wen Lun Yuan,Norun Hjertager Krog,Sandra Andrušaitytė,Mariona Bustamante,Montserrat de Castro Pascual,Audrius Dedele,John Wright,Regina Grazuleviciene,Gunn Marit Aasvang,Johanna Lepeule,Mark Nieuwenhuijsen,Henning Tiemeier,Martine Vrijheid,Errol M Thomson,Mònica Guxens","doi":"10.1007/s10654-025-01227-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-025-01227-8","url":null,"abstract":"Emerging evidence suggests that exposure to air pollutants and road traffic noise triggers stress responses, which mediate physiological responses in multiple organs and tissues. However, epidemiological study in children is sparse. We aimed to evaluate whether outdoor air pollution and road traffic noise are associated with physiological response measured by allostatic load in children. We studied 919 children aged 6-11 years from the HELIX (Human Early Life Exposome) cohort in 6 European countries with 19 biomarkers assessed in four physiological systems-cardiovascular, metabolic, immune/inflammation, and neuroendocrine systems. We then calculated both count-based and continuous scores for each physiological system and generated allostatic load scores (range 0-19). Exposure to air pollution (NO2, PM2.5, PM10, PM2.5absorbance) and road traffic noise (LDEN) based on participants' home, school, and commuting route addresses were estimated for the year prior to outcome assessment. Higher exposure to all air pollutants was associated with a higher allostatic load, although only the association of PM10 survived correction for multiple testing (for count-based allostatic load score: RR = 1.27, 95%CI: 1.08, 1.48; for continuous allostatic load score: β = 0.56, 95% CI: 0.27-0.84, per each 10 µg/m3 increase in PM10). Examining physiological systems separately, higher exposure to air pollution was mainly associated with higher allostatic load in the immune/inflammatory and metabolic systems. No associations between road traffic noise and allostatic load were observed. Our findings suggest that air pollution act as a chronic stressor in manifesting multi-systemic physiological dysregulation in childhood, which may be a precursor of air pollution-related diseases.","PeriodicalId":11907,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Epidemiology","volume":"38 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":13.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143945248","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Emiel O Hoogendijk,Natasja M van Schoor,Yuwei Qi,Marjolein Visser,Joukje C Swinkels,Marjolein I Broese van Groenou,Almar A L Kok,Tjalling J Holwerda,H Roeline W Pasman,Bregje D Onwuteaka-Philipsen,Sharon Remmelzwaal,Erik van Ingen,Theo G van Tilburg,Aimée-Claire van Haaster,Marleen van der Horst,Jan Poppelaars,Dorly J H Deeg,Martijn Huisman
{"title":"The Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam: design and cohort update 2025.","authors":"Emiel O Hoogendijk,Natasja M van Schoor,Yuwei Qi,Marjolein Visser,Joukje C Swinkels,Marjolein I Broese van Groenou,Almar A L Kok,Tjalling J Holwerda,H Roeline W Pasman,Bregje D Onwuteaka-Philipsen,Sharon Remmelzwaal,Erik van Ingen,Theo G van Tilburg,Aimée-Claire van Haaster,Marleen van der Horst,Jan Poppelaars,Dorly J H Deeg,Martijn Huisman","doi":"10.1007/s10654-025-01238-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-025-01238-5","url":null,"abstract":"The Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam (LASA) is an ongoing prospective cohort study of older adults in the Netherlands, with data on multiple domains of functioning available over a period of more than 30 years of follow-up. The study started in 1992 with a nationally representative sample of older adults aged 55-84 years. Over the years, three refresher cohorts (two cohorts aged 55-64 years in 2002 and in 2012, and one cohort aged 60-86 years in 2024) were added. The main aim of LASA was to describe determinants, trajectories and consequences of (changes in) physical, cognitive, emotional and social functioning. LASA has multiple strengths, including its multidisciplinary character, the very long period of follow-up, and the cohort-sequential design which enables the study of longitudinal changes as well as historical time trends in functioning. So far, findings based on data from LASA have been reported in more than 800 scientific publications (see www.lasa-vu.nl ). In this article, we provide an update of the design and methods of LASA, including a description of several ancillary studies such as the Loneliness study and the COVID-19 study.","PeriodicalId":11907,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Epidemiology","volume":"121 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":13.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143945298","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Trends in kidney cancer: exploring the impact of sex and age on stage of disease, and prognosis during the past three decades in Denmark-a DaRenCa study.","authors":"Johanne Ahrenfeldt,Jesper Jespersen,Jens Ejrnæs Lyngstrand,Laura Iisager,Anna Krarup Keller,Niels Fristrup,Tinne Laurberg,Iben Lyskjær","doi":"10.1007/s10654-025-01236-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-025-01236-7","url":null,"abstract":"Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) management has advanced due to increased imaging-based diagnoses and improved therapies for metastatic disease. This nationwide registry-based cohort study examines changes in the number of primary RCC cases, stage at diagnosis, prognosis during the past 30 years in Denmark, and how these are associated with sex and age. All Danish patients aged 18 and older diagnosed with primary RCC from 1992 to 2021 with no prior cancer history (except non-melanoma skin cancer) were included and followed from diagnosis until death or end of follow-up (31-12-2023). Statistical analyses included Pearson's χ2, Cramer's V, Wilcoxon rank-sum test, Kruskal-Wallis, competing risk regression, Cox proportional hazard regression, and Kaplan-Meier. 17,423 RCC patients were identified. Primary RCC cases increased from 2,244 in 1992-1996 to 3,947 in 2017-2021. In this period, the proportion of male patients increased from 59 to 72% (P < 0.001). Male patients were younger at diagnosis than female patients (median age 65 vs. 69 years, P < 0.001). Localized cancer cases increased from 44% (N = 983) in 1992-1996 to 70% (N = 2,766) in 2017-2021, while metastatic cases declined from 29% (N = 640) to 17% (N = 652). Median survival for metastatic RCC improved from 4.1 months in 1992-1996 to 13.3 months in 2017-2021. Over three decades, RCC incidence in Denmark has grown, particularly among men, largely due to localized disease, adding pressure on urological departments. The number of metastatic cases remained stable, but survival improved, reflecting advances in early detection and treatment.","PeriodicalId":11907,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Epidemiology","volume":"35 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":13.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143945243","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Daniel J Corsi,Tim T Morris,Zoe E Reed,George Davey Smith
{"title":"Maternal cannabis use in pregnancy, perinatal outcomes, and cognitive development in offspring: a longitudinal analysis of the ALSPAC cohort using paternal cannabis use as a negative control exposure.","authors":"Daniel J Corsi,Tim T Morris,Zoe E Reed,George Davey Smith","doi":"10.1007/s10654-025-01233-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-025-01233-w","url":null,"abstract":"Maternal cannabis use in pregnancy is reported to be associated with perinatal and neurodevelopmental outcomes in offspring. Such associations, however, may be biased by residual confounding by socioeconomic position (SEP). To assess confounding, we use paternal cannabis use in pregnancy as a negative control exposure. We use data from 15,013 mother-father-child trios from the ALSPAC birth cohort, with participants initially recruited between 1990 and 1992. Exposures were maternal and paternal cannabis use during pregnancy. Neonatal anthropometry, perinatal, cognitive, and neurodevelopmental outcomes were modelled as a function of maternal and paternal cannabis use in pregnancy, adjusting for household-level SEP markers and maternal and paternal tobacco, alcohol, and drug use in pregnancy. We compared the strength of the association between maternal and paternal cannabis on outcomes using Wald tests. 5 and 13% of mothers and fathers reported cannabis use, which was inversely related to measures of SEP. Maternal cannabis use during pregnancy was associated with decreased infant birth weight (b = - 110.2 g, 95% CI - 185.1 to - 35.3 for any cannabis use) and length (b = - 0.45 cm, 95% CI - 0.84 to - 0.07). Maternal cannabis during pregnancy was also associated with neonatal special care admission (odds ratio 1.64, 95% CI 1.05 to 2.56) and lower education achievement scores at age 16 (b = - 19.2, 95% CI - 32.0 to - 6.3). Maternal cannabis use in pregnancy was modestly associated with perinatal outcomes and markers of cognitive development. However, most associations were attenuated after controlling for potential confounders, including SEP, and associations were not quantitatively different from paternal cannabis use. The association of maternal cannabis use in pregnancy with perinatal or cognitive outcomes in offspring may be driven by residual confounding, including SEP, rather than causal biological effects.","PeriodicalId":11907,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Epidemiology","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":13.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143932903","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}