{"title":"Cohort Profile: A nationwide Swedish register-based cohort of older adults on housing, residential relocation, and healthy ageing (Register RELOC-AGE).","authors":"Giedre Gefenaite, Jonas Björk, Susanne Iwarsson","doi":"10.1093/ije/dyaf115","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ije/dyaf115","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14147,"journal":{"name":"International journal of epidemiology","volume":"54 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2025-06-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12233088/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144583869","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yushy Zhou, Christopher J Wall, Jarrad Stevens, Andrew Fraval, Peter L Lewis, Michael J McAuliffe, Christopher J Vertullo, David R J Gill, James D Stoney, Durga Bastiras, Sophie Corfield, Bec Harvey, Michelle F Lorimer, Kathy Hill, Paul N Smith
{"title":"Data Resource Profile: The Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry (AOANJRR).","authors":"Yushy Zhou, Christopher J Wall, Jarrad Stevens, Andrew Fraval, Peter L Lewis, Michael J McAuliffe, Christopher J Vertullo, David R J Gill, James D Stoney, Durga Bastiras, Sophie Corfield, Bec Harvey, Michelle F Lorimer, Kathy Hill, Paul N Smith","doi":"10.1093/ije/dyaf078","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ije/dyaf078","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14147,"journal":{"name":"International journal of epidemiology","volume":"54 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2025-06-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12199916/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144309845","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Eero Poukka, Caitriona Murphy, Loretta Mak, Samuel M S Cheng, Malik Peiris, Tim K Tsang, Sheena G Sullivan, Benjamin J Cowling
{"title":"Bias in control selection associated with the use of rapid tests in influenza vaccine effectiveness studies.","authors":"Eero Poukka, Caitriona Murphy, Loretta Mak, Samuel M S Cheng, Malik Peiris, Tim K Tsang, Sheena G Sullivan, Benjamin J Cowling","doi":"10.1093/ije/dyaf089","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ije/dyaf089","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>In test-negative design (TND) studies that use rapid tests to estimate influenza vaccine effectiveness (VE), a common concern is case-control misclassification due to imperfect diagnostic accuracy. An imperfect test can also fail to exclude from the control group people infected with other influenza types or other vaccine-preventable respiratory viruses. We investigated these biases while evaluating VE for the 2023/24 seasonal influenza vaccination.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A TND study was conducted among outpatients aged ≥6 months of age who visited an outpatient clinic in Hong Kong between 15 December 2023 and 13 August 2024. VE was estimated for polymerase chain reaction (PCR)- and rapid-test-confirmed influenza A and B with exclusions of other types of influenza and SARS-CoV-2 based on either PCR or rapid test. Alternatively, for the exclusion of SARS-CoV-2, we adjusted the analysis with COVID-19 vaccination. VE was estimated by using logistic regression adjusted for confounders.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In a study population of 1691 participants, VE against influenza A by PCR was 49% [95% confidence interval (CI) 26%-65%] after the exclusion of PCR-confirmed influenza B and SARS-CoV-2 controls. The corresponding VE against influenza B was 65% (95% CI 35%-81%). VE estimated by adjusting for COVID-19 vaccination status yielded similar estimates to these. When case-control status and exclusions from test-negative controls were determined by using the rapid test, VE was reduced by 5%age-15%age points.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>In TND studies using rapid tests, reduced sensitivity affects both case-control classification and control group exclusions, potentially causing bias. New methods for these biases could help to adapt participatory cohorts for the monitoring of VE for influenza, COVID-19, and respiratory syncytial virus.</p>","PeriodicalId":14147,"journal":{"name":"International journal of epidemiology","volume":"54 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2025-06-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144505648","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Commentary: An example of translational science with tree-temporal scan statistics-building methodological innovations into public health practice.","authors":"Shirley V Wang","doi":"10.1093/ije/dyaf084","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyaf084","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14147,"journal":{"name":"International journal of epidemiology","volume":"54 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2025-06-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144274832","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Haidong Lu, Paul N Zivich, Jacqueline E Rudolph, Zeyan Liew, Bhramar Mukherjee, Fan Li
{"title":"Revisiting representativeness.","authors":"Haidong Lu, Paul N Zivich, Jacqueline E Rudolph, Zeyan Liew, Bhramar Mukherjee, Fan Li","doi":"10.1093/ije/dyaf109","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ije/dyaf109","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14147,"journal":{"name":"International journal of epidemiology","volume":"54 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2025-06-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12208074/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144527924","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lauren R Teras, W Ryan Diver, Ellen L Mitchell, James M Hodge, Michelle C Turner, Emily L Deubler, Robert A Smith, Karen E Knudsen, William L Dahut, Alpa V Patel
{"title":"Occupation as a firefighter and cancer mortality in a population-based cohort in the United States.","authors":"Lauren R Teras, W Ryan Diver, Ellen L Mitchell, James M Hodge, Michelle C Turner, Emily L Deubler, Robert A Smith, Karen E Knudsen, William L Dahut, Alpa V Patel","doi":"10.1093/ije/dyaf104","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ije/dyaf104","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>A 2022 International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) Working Group concluded that occupational exposure as a firefighter causes mesothelioma and bladder cancer. Evidence for causality of other cancers was considered limited or inadequate, but methodologic limitations may have contributed to inconsistent or null findings from previous studies. The present analysis uses data from >470 000 men enrolled in a general population, prospective cohort to assess associations between occupation as a firefighter and cancer mortality.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Multivariable hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were used to compare survival time among firefighters (n = 3085) to other male participants in the American Cancer Society Cancer Prevention Study-II Cohort. Data were obtained from surveys taken by cancer-free individuals with 36 years of mortality follow-up (1982-2018). Occupations were categorized according to 1980 Census Bureau groups and cancer deaths according to the International Classification of Disease.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Occupation as a firefighter compared to career professional was associated with most cancers, but strongest for skin (HR = 1.72, 95% CI: 1.14-2.60) and kidney (HR = 1.39, 95% CI: 0.92-2.09) cancer mortality. Suggestive increases in prostate and colorectal cancer mortality were observed with more years as a firefighter. An association with lung cancer was only apparent after three decades of follow-up. Most associations attenuated with control for confounders and changes in referent group to include all nonfirefighter occupations, but associations with skin and kidney cancers persisted.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These results support additional associations for occupation as a firefighter and cancer mortality beyond those reported in the most recent IARC evaluation.</p>","PeriodicalId":14147,"journal":{"name":"International journal of epidemiology","volume":"54 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144730363","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Louise Arseneault, Bridget T Bryan, Thomas Canning, Malaika Okundi, Alice Stephens, Elena Triantafillopoulou, Daniel Yu, Mariana Bolivar, Parisa Mansoori, Lea Milligan, Ed Evans, Grace Gatera
{"title":"Exploring the world for longitudinal datasets: data resources for transformative mental health research.","authors":"Louise Arseneault, Bridget T Bryan, Thomas Canning, Malaika Okundi, Alice Stephens, Elena Triantafillopoulou, Daniel Yu, Mariana Bolivar, Parisa Mansoori, Lea Milligan, Ed Evans, Grace Gatera","doi":"10.1093/ije/dyaf128","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ije/dyaf128","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14147,"journal":{"name":"International journal of epidemiology","volume":"54 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2025-06-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12279296/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144682543","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marcos Quijal-Zamorano, Miguel A Martinez-Beneito, Joan Ballester, Marc Marí-Dell'Olmo
{"title":"Spatial Bayesian distributed lag non-linear models with R-INLA.","authors":"Marcos Quijal-Zamorano, Miguel A Martinez-Beneito, Joan Ballester, Marc Marí-Dell'Olmo","doi":"10.1093/ije/dyaf120","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyaf120","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14147,"journal":{"name":"International journal of epidemiology","volume":"54 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2025-06-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144690168","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Data Resource Profile: Harmonized Electronic Health Records from the National Biobank Consortium of Taiwan (NBCT).","authors":"Yi-Hsin Yang, Yung-Hsin Lee, Hsiu-An Lee, Li-Hsin Chang, Chun-Ying Chen, Shih-Cheng Chen, Shiu-Feng Huang, Huey-Kang Sytwu","doi":"10.1093/ije/dyaf130","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyaf130","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14147,"journal":{"name":"International journal of epidemiology","volume":"54 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144760065","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}