Search Results - "KAUFMAN, JAY S."

Impact of COVID-19 lockdown policy on homicide, suicide, and motor vehicle deaths in Peru by Calderon-Anyosa, Renzo J.C., Kaufman, Jay S.

“…Although lockdown measures to stop COVID-19 have direct effects on disease transmission, their impact on violent and accidental deaths remains unknown. Our…”
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Burden of anemia and its underlying causes in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2019: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 by Safiri, Saeid, Kolahi, Ali-Asghar, Noori, Maryam, Nejadghaderi, Seyed Aria, Karamzad, Nahid, Bragazzi, Nicola Luigi, Sullman, Mark J M, Abdollahi, Morteza, Collins, Gary S, Kaufman, Jay S, Grieger, Jessica A

“…Anemia is a common disease which affects around 40% of children and 30% of reproductive age women and can have major health consequences. The present study…”
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Trends in Differences in US Mortality Rates Between Black and White Infants by Riddell, Corinne A, Harper, Sam, Kaufman, Jay S

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Inferential challenges when assessing racial/ethnic health disparities in environmental research by Benmarhnia, Tarik, Hajat, Anjum, Kaufman, Jay S

“…Numerous epidemiologic studies have documented environmental health disparities according to race/ethnicity (R/E) to inform targeted interventions aimed at…”
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Prevalence, Deaths and Disability-Adjusted-Life-Years (DALYs) Due to Type 2 Diabetes and Its Attributable Risk Factors in 204 Countries and Territories, 1990-2019: Results From the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 by Safiri, Saeid, Karamzad, Nahid, Kaufman, Jay S, Bell, Arielle Wilder, Nejadghaderi, Seyed Aria, Sullman, Mark J M, Moradi-Lakeh, Maziar, Collins, Gary, Kolahi, Ali-Asghar

“…To report the point prevalence, deaths and disability-adjusted-life-years (DALYs) due to type 2 diabetes and its attributable risk factors in 204 countries and…”
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Does selection bias explain the obesity paradox among individuals with cardiovascular disease? by Banack, Hailey R., MA, Kaufman, Jay S., PhD

“…Abstract Objectives The objectives of this article are to demonstrate that the obesity paradox may be explained by collider stratification bias and to estimate…”
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Estimation of the Relative Excess Risk Due to Interaction and Associated Confidence Bounds by Richardson, David B., Kaufman, Jay S.

“…The relative excess risk due to interaction (RERI) provides a useful metric of departure from additivity of effects on a relative risk scale. In this paper,…”
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Do Medical Marijuana Laws Increase Marijuana Use? Replication Study and Extension by Harper, Sam, PhD, Strumpf, Erin C., PhD, Kaufman, Jay S., PhD

“…Purpose To replicate a prior study that found greater adolescent marijuana use in states that have passed medical marijuana laws (MMLs), and extend this…”
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A difference-in-differences approach to estimate the effect of income-supplementation on food insecurity by Ionescu-Ittu, Raluca, Glymour, M. Maria, Kaufman, Jay S

“…Abstract Objective The Universal Child Care Benefit (UCCB) is a 2006 Canadian federal policy of income supplementation that provides parents with $100 monthly…”
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Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 by Children by Merckx, Joanna, Labrecque, Jeremy A, Kaufman, Jay S

“…Six months into the COVID-19 pandemic, children appear largely spared from the direct effects of disease, suggesting age as an important predictor of infection…”
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Deployment and the Use of Mental Health Services among U.S. Army Wives by Mansfield, Alyssa J, Kaufman, Jay S, Marshall, Stephen W, Gaynes, Bradley N, Morrissey, Joseph P, Engel, Charles C

“…In this study involving wives of active-duty U.S. Army soldiers, women whose husbands were deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan between 2003 and 2006 were more…”
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Regional variation in Black infant mortality: The contribution of contextual factors by Kandasamy, Veni, Hirai, Ashley H, Kaufman, Jay S, James, Arthur R, Kotelchuck, Milton

“…Background Compared to other racial/ethnic groups, infant mortality rates (IMR) are persistently highestamong Black infants in the United States, yet there is…”
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Does weight mediate the effect of smoking on coronary heart disease? Parametric mediational g-formula analysis by Mokhayeri, Yaser, Nazemipour, Maryam, Mansournia, Mohammad Ali, Naimi, Ashley I, Kaufman, Jay S

“…In settings in which there are time-varying confounders affected by previous exposure and a time-varying mediator, natural direct and indirect effects cannot…”
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The impact of eliminating primary school tuition fees on child marriage in sub-Saharan Africa: A quasi-experimental evaluation of policy changes in 8 countries by Koski, Alissa, Strumpf, Erin C, Kaufman, Jay S, Frank, John, Heymann, Jody, Nandi, Arijit

“…Child marriage harms girls' health and hinders progress toward development goals. Randomized studies have shown that providing financial incentives for girls'…”
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Re: Nannini et al.: African ancestry is associated with higher intraocular pressure in Latinos (Ophthalmology 2016;123:102-8) by Kaufman, Jay S., PhD

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Burden of diseases and injuries attributable to alcohol consumption in the Middle East and North Africa region, 1990–2019 by Safiri, Saeid, Nejadghaderi, Seyed Aria, Noori, Maryam, Sullman, Mark J. M., Collins, Gary S., Kaufman, Jay S., Kolahi, Ali-Asghar

“…Alcohol consumption is associated with a number of diseases and injuries, including cardiovascular diseases, cancers, mental and neurological disorders, as…”
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Should Patients with Chronic Disease Be Told to Gain Weight? The Obesity Paradox and Selection Bias by Lajous, Martín, MD, Banack, Hailey R., MA, Kaufman, Jay S., PhD, Hernán, Miguel A., MD

“…Obesity is associated with lower mortality in individuals with chronic disease. This counterintuitive inverse association--the "obesity paradox"--has been…”
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Social inequalities in tooth loss: A multinational comparison by Elani, Hawazin W., Harper, Sam, Thomson, William Murray, Espinoza, Iris L., Mejia, Gloria C., Ju, Xiangqun, Jamieson, Lisa M., Kawachi, Ichiro, Kaufman, Jay S.

“…Objectives To conduct cross‐national comparison of education‐based inequalities in tooth loss across Australia, Canada, Chile, New Zealand and the United…”
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Uncovering the impact of COVID-19 on the place of death of cancer patients in South America by Durán, Doris, Anyosa, Renzo Calderon, Nicolau, Belinda, Kaufman, Jay S

“…The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted healthcare systems worldwide, especially on the management of chronic diseases such as cancer. This study…”
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Effects of Hypothetical Interventions on Ischemic Stroke Using Parametric G-Formula by Mokhayeri, Yaser, Hashemi-Nazari, Seyed Saeed, Khodakarim, Soheila, Safiri, Saeid, Mansournia, Nasrin, Mansournia, Mohammad Ali, Kaufman, Jay S, Naimi, Ashley I

“…BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE—Standard analytic approaches (eg, logistic regression) fail to adequately control for time-dependent confounding and, therefore, may…”
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