Our study provides epidemiological support for glucose lowering as a strategy to reduce CHD in a large sample size of both white and African American diabetes patients with low socioeconomic status.
The age-specific incidence peak between 2 and 6 years of age characteristic to ALL in the general population has been described for children with DS as well, providing epidemiological support for an environmental contributor to the aetiology of leukaemia in children with DS and supporting Greaves' hypothesis (Robison et al, 1984; Fong and Brodeur, 1987; Greaves, 1997).
These results of the present study provide epidemiological support for the hypothesis that tea, regardless of its temperature when drinking, may protect against cancers of the oesophagus, although results from studies that had shown an effect of drinking scalding hot liquids may indicate that the protective effect of tea could be reduced or eliminated (Gao et al, 1994).
MAB and QS conceived the study, and QS provided epidemiological support.
In conclusion, our meta-analysis provided little epidemiological support for the role of reproductive factors in the incidence of PD.
In the absence of conclusive evidence from randomized intervention trials, our study provides further epidemiological support for glucose lowering as a strategy to reduce amputation in patients with diabetes.
Finally, though still tentative, the possibility of associating strains from diseased pigs and human cases in a given region, as determined based on serotypes and STs, would provide further epidemiological support for the zoonotic potential of this pig pathogen, demonstrating the need for proper hygiene practises in order to reduce the risk of zoonotic infections.
12 The study provides highly relevant epidemiological support for previously published mechanistic studies on Eag1 and might be useful in the development of clinical and therapeutic biomarkers.
By providing clinical and epidemiological support for early warning systems, surveillance systems, such as EuroFlu, help policymakers to understand the projected seasonal burden of influenza in order to optimize resource allocation within prevention and treatment programs.
MML provided epidemiological expertise.
