A community-based study of young sexually active women aged 18 25 years found a chlamydia prevalence of 3.7%95%5% CI 1.2%to8.4%4%), which is lower than the 6% chlamydia positivity in our clinic-based sample.
Our results are in line with earlier studies with older individuals (all mean age <85 years) [ 16, 17], and also comparable with another community based study with younger participants (mean age of 75 years) [ 18].
To study the distribution of retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness by ocular and demographic variables in a population-based study of young children.
Our data comes from a large population-based study of young children.
In this population-based study of young adults, a poorer ventilatory function was associated with many CVD risk factors.
However, another well powered population-based study of young adults from New Zealand reported no association between IBS and symptoms of mental disorder [ 13].
A population-based study of young, white British women published online 10 July 2008 ahead of print in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology suggests that vacationing but not necessarily living in hotter or higher-altitude locations than one's home is associated with a greater whole-body number of nevi (benign moles) in women aged 18 29 who normally live in temperate climates.
In many parts of the world, sexual coercion has been linked to risky sexual behavior, implying that there may be common causal pathways in the psychological reaction to serious violations of an individual's integrity: A population-based study of young people in Kenya showed that the risk of having multiple partners was doubled among those who had experienced sexual coercion [ 10].
A more recent (year 2005 2006) clinic based study among adults with young-onset diabetes (onset < 40 years) demonstrated an overall DR prevalence of 18.1% [ 23].
This was a community based study, which consisted of 186 young lean healthy males aged 20 to 35 years.
The population based, case control study of young women (age at diagnosis < 45 years) presented here does not identify any of the 1100delC, R145W, and I175T variants as major factors in breast cancer susceptibility in western Washington.
