Anesthesia and Incident Dementia: A Population-Based, Nested, Case-Control Study

Dementia diagnosis and osteoporosis treatment propensity: a population-based nested case-control study.

AIM Increasing age and a diagnosis of dementia both dramatically increase the risk of serious osteoporosis-related sequela. We sought to examine the factors associated with osteoporosis treatment, in relation to dementia diagnosis, in older adults with osteoporosis. METHODS This was a population-based, retrospective, nested, case-control study utilizing administrative healthcare data from Bri...

Occupation and asthma: a population-based incident case-control study.

The authors assessed the relations between occupation and risk of developing asthma in adulthood in a 1997-2000 population-based incident case-control study of 521 cases and 932 controls in south Finland. The occupations were classified according to potential exposure to asthma-causing inhalants. Asthma risk was increased consistently for both men and women in the chemical (adjusted odds ratio ...

Determinants of Diabetic Complications: A Population-Based Case-Control Study

Background and Objectives: Diabetes is considered as one of the most common endocrine disorders worldwide. The aim of this study was to investigate the factors associated with diabetic complications.   Methods: A case-control study was performed on the data of 70089 diabetic patients (4622 cases and 53613 controls) extracted from the SINA Electronic Health Record (SinaEHR®) in a population co...

Medical Risk factors for dementia; A case-control study

Introduction: Dementia, the fifth cause of death in older adults with the most significant financial, social and caring burden on health systems across the world. Aim: to determine the most common medical risk factors for dementia in the retired population. Methods: A case-control methodology was utilized for this study, within which 180 established dementia patients compared to 371 controls ...

Case–Control Study, Nested