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View article: Prevention of cardiometabolic risk in European children and adolescents – extended post-intervention follow-up of the IDEFICS/I.Family cohort
Prevention of cardiometabolic risk in European children and adolescents – extended post-intervention follow-up of the IDEFICS/I.Family cohort Open
View article: Data from Occupational Exposure to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Lung Cancer Risk: Results from a Pooled Analysis of Case–Control Studies (SYNERGY)
Data from Occupational Exposure to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Lung Cancer Risk: Results from a Pooled Analysis of Case–Control Studies (SYNERGY) Open
Background:Exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) occurs widely in occupational settings. We investigated the association between occupational exposure to PAH and lung cancer risk and joint effects with smoking within the SYNER…
View article: Supplementary Data from Reproducibility of the Blood and Urine Exposome: A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analysis
Supplementary Data from Reproducibility of the Blood and Urine Exposome: A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analysis Open
Supplementary Data from Reproducibility of the Blood and Urine Exposome: A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analysis
View article: Prenatal exposure to medication and risk of childhood cancer – a systematic review and meta-analysis
Prenatal exposure to medication and risk of childhood cancer – a systematic review and meta-analysis Open
Background The use of medication during pregnancy carries a potential health risk, including childhood cancer, for the unborn child. However, most drugs examined in previous observational studies have shown inconsistent results with the ri…
View article: Cross-ancestral GWAS identifies 29 variants across head and neck cancer subsites
Cross-ancestral GWAS identifies 29 variants across head and neck cancer subsites Open
View article: 8277869 Trajectories of occupational exposure to welding fumes and its impact on lung cancer risks: A latent class modelling approach
8277869 Trajectories of occupational exposure to welding fumes and its impact on lung cancer risks: A latent class modelling approach Open
View article: Corrigendum to "Early life factors and later metabolic syndrome in European children and adolescents" [Nutr Metabol Cardiovasc Dis 2025 35(4):103808]
Corrigendum to "Early life factors and later metabolic syndrome in European children and adolescents" [Nutr Metabol Cardiovasc Dis 2025 35(4):103808] Open
View article: Performance of 8 Smoking Metrics for Modeling Survival in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Performance of 8 Smoking Metrics for Modeling Survival in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Open
Importance: Cigarette smoking is a strong risk factor for mortality in patients diagnosed with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). However, little evidence supports which smoking metric best models the association between smokin…
View article: Self-rated health and mental health before and during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany: the population-based German National Cohort (NAKO) study (Preprint)
Self-rated health and mental health before and during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany: the population-based German National Cohort (NAKO) study (Preprint) Open
BACKGROUND The COVID-19 pandemic and accompanying social distancing measures might have caused adverse health consequences. OBJECTIVE To describe changes in participants’ self-rated health and mental health (depression, anxiety, and str…
View article: Effects of ambient air pollutants and environmental greenness on the incidence of pre-/hypertension in children and adolescents
Effects of ambient air pollutants and environmental greenness on the incidence of pre-/hypertension in children and adolescents Open
Aims This study estimates long-term effects of air pollution and greenness on the incidence of pre-/hypertension in children and adolescents. Methods and results Exposures to particulate matter <2.5 µm (PM2.5), black carbon (BC), and ni…
View article: Corrigendum to ‘Effect of HPV on head and neck cancer patient survival, by region and tumor site: A comparison of 1362 cases across three continents’ [Oral Oncol. 62 (2016) 20–27]
Corrigendum to ‘Effect of HPV on head and neck cancer patient survival, by region and tumor site: A comparison of 1362 cases across three continents’ [Oral Oncol. 62 (2016) 20–27] Open
View article: Effect of long-term air pollution reduction on insulin resistance and fasting glucose in children: A causal analysis
Effect of long-term air pollution reduction on insulin resistance and fasting glucose in children: A causal analysis Open
Observational studies have suggested that air pollution is associated with impaired glucose metabolism; yet randomized controlled trials to confirm the causality of this association are ethically and practically unfeasible. We emulated a h…
View article: Erratum zu: Messung der körperlichen Fitness in der NAKO Gesundheitsstudie – Methoden, Qualitätssicherung und erste deskriptive Ergebnisse
Erratum zu: Messung der körperlichen Fitness in der NAKO Gesundheitsstudie – Methoden, Qualitätssicherung und erste deskriptive Ergebnisse Open
View article: Ultra-Processed Foods Consumption and Metabolic Syndrome in European Children, Adolescents, and Adults: Results from the I.Family Study
Ultra-Processed Foods Consumption and Metabolic Syndrome in European Children, Adolescents, and Adults: Results from the I.Family Study Open
Background/Objectives: Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) constitute a large proportion of the daily energy intake of Europeans, particularly among children and adolescents. High UPFs consumption is associated with poor dietary quality and adver…
View article: Physiological serum uric acid concentrations correlate with arterial stiffness in a sex-dependent manner
Physiological serum uric acid concentrations correlate with arterial stiffness in a sex-dependent manner Open
View article: The baseline examinations of the German National Cohort (NAKO): recruitment protocol, response, and weighting
The baseline examinations of the German National Cohort (NAKO): recruitment protocol, response, and weighting Open
The German National Cohort (NAKO) is the largest population-based epidemiologic cohort study in Germany and investigates the causes of the most common chronic diseases. Between 2014 and 2019, a total of 1.3 million residents aged 20–69 yea…
View article: VOYAGER: an international consortium investigating the role of human papilloma virus and genetics in oral and oropharyngeal cancer risk and survival
VOYAGER: an international consortium investigating the role of human papilloma virus and genetics in oral and oropharyngeal cancer risk and survival Open
Head and neck cancer (HNC) is the sixth most common cancer globally. Incidence and survival rates vary significantly across geographic regions and tumor subsites. This is partly due to differences in risk factor exposure, which includes to…
View article: Vitamin D status and muscle strength in a pan-European cohort of children and adolescents with normal weight and overweight/obesity
Vitamin D status and muscle strength in a pan-European cohort of children and adolescents with normal weight and overweight/obesity Open
This aimed to investigate associations between the vitamin D status and handgrip strength in children and adolescents considering weight status. Participants aged 7 to < 16 years from the European IDEFICS/I.Family cohort were included. Ser…
View article: Transition of clinical biomarker status from childhood into adolescence–A prospective study in children from eight European countries
Transition of clinical biomarker status from childhood into adolescence–A prospective study in children from eight European countries Open
Purpose Understanding factors influencing clinical biomarkers is important for the prevention of chronic disease. This study aimed to estimate transitions of biomarker status from childhood to adolescence and to identify determinants of bi…
View article: Dental and oral health assessments in the German National Cohort (NAKO)
Dental and oral health assessments in the German National Cohort (NAKO) Open
View article: Epidemiology of metabolic syndrome
Epidemiology of metabolic syndrome Open
The global increase of overweight and obesity in children and adults is one of the most prominent public health threats, often accompanied by insulin resistance, hypertension, and dyslipidemia. The simultaneous occurrence of these health p…
View article: Surveillance of Population Health and Well-being (EPHO 1)
Surveillance of Population Health and Well-being (EPHO 1) Open
According to the World Health Organization, public health surveillance is a continuous process of collecting, analyzing, and interpreting health data such that the results can be directly disseminated to responsible actors to take immediat…
View article: Effect of Long-Term Air Pollution Reduction on Insulin Resistance and Fasting Glucose in Children: A Causal Analysis
Effect of Long-Term Air Pollution Reduction on Insulin Resistance and Fasting Glucose in Children: A Causal Analysis Open
View article: Sociodemographics and Digital Health Literacy in Using Wearables for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention: Cross-Sectional Nationwide Survey in Germany
Sociodemographics and Digital Health Literacy in Using Wearables for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention: Cross-Sectional Nationwide Survey in Germany Open
Background Wearable technologies have the potential to support health promotion and disease prevention. However, it remains unclear how the role of social determinants of health (SDoH) and digital determinants of health (DDoH) plays in thi…
View article: Association of ability to rank sweet and fat taste intensities with sweet and fat food propensity ratios of children, adolescents and adults: the I.Family study
Association of ability to rank sweet and fat taste intensities with sweet and fat food propensity ratios of children, adolescents and adults: the I.Family study Open
View article: Early life factors and later metabolic syndrome in European children and adolescents
Early life factors and later metabolic syndrome in European children and adolescents Open
View article: Cross-ancestral GWAS identifies 29 novel variants across Head and Neck Cancer subsites
Cross-ancestral GWAS identifies 29 novel variants across Head and Neck Cancer subsites Open
In this multi-ancestry genome-wide association study (GWAS) and fine mapping study of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) subsites, we analysed 19,073 cases and 38,857 controls and identified 29 independent novel loci. We provide…
View article: Worldwide trends in diabetes prevalence and treatment from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 1108 population-representative studies with 141 million participants
Worldwide trends in diabetes prevalence and treatment from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 1108 population-representative studies with 141 million participants Open
View article: The effects of hypothetical psychological interventions on alcohol use in European young adults
The effects of hypothetical psychological interventions on alcohol use in European young adults Open
Background Low psychosocial well-being (PWB) and high emotion-driven impulsiveness (EDI) are associated with alcohol. Yet, it is unclear whether a hypothetical intervention targeting one or the other in adolescence might be more effective …
View article: Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity modulates the association between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D and bone stiffness in European children and adolescents
Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity modulates the association between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D and bone stiffness in European children and adolescents Open