Risk factor information was collected for the time prior and up to the index date, which was the date of diagnosis for cases and the date of the interview for controls.
Participants were instructed to report their usual intake of the food items in the questionnaire during the six months before diagnosis (for cases) or the date of the interview (for controls).
Smokers were considered current smokers if they smoked up to 1 year before the date of cancer diagnosis for NSCLC patients or before the date of the interview for controls.
Smokers were considered to be current smokers if they smoked up to one year before the date of diagnosis for cases or up to the date of the interview for controls.
This analysis was performed for four life periods: Two years before the conception of the indexed child, during pregnancy, during breastfeeding, and the period after breastfeeding until either diagnosis (for the cases) or until the date of the interview (for the controls).
The responsible research assistants from the Department of Palliative Care in Freiburg will work in close cooperation with the PC physician at each CCC to coordinate logistics and dates for the interviews in each of the four interview studies.
Inclusion of the participants in the cohort was based on the date of the interview for the Cornellà Health Interview Survey performed in 1994 January too December) with face-to-face interviews [ 23].
Smokers were considered current smokers if they had smoked up to 1 year before the date of cancer diagnosis (or up to the date of the interview for controls).
McNamee's lawyer, Earl Ward, said Tuesday that McNamee would testify without a subpoena but had not yet agreed on a date for the interview before the Feb. 13 hearing because Ward has a conflict on Jan . 31
One subsequently was unable to offer a date for the interview, despite repeated contacts.
Patients were then contacted by the researcher to check eligibility and to arrange a time and date for the interview.
