• Burden of hip fracture using disability-adjusted life-years: a pooled analysis of prospective cohorts in the CHANCES consortium 

      Papadimitriou, Nikos; Tsilidis, Konstantinos K.; Orfanos, Philippos; Benetou, Vassiliki; Ntzani, Evangelia E.; Soerjomataram, Isabelle; Künn-Nelen, Annemarie; Pettersson-Kymmer, Ulrika; Eriksson, Sture; Brenner, Hermann; Schöttker, Ben; Saum, Kai-Uwe; Holleczek, Bernd; Grodstein, Francine D.; Feskanich, Diane; Orsini, Nicola; Wolk, Alicja; Bellavia, Andrea; Wilsgaard, Tom; Jørgensen, Lone; Boffetta, Paolo; Trichopoulos, Dimitrios; Trichopoulou, Antonia (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-04-11)
      <p><i>Background</i>: No studies have estimated disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) lost due to hip fractures using real-life follow-up cohort data. We aimed to quantify the burden of disease due to incident hip fracture using DALYs in prospective cohorts in the CHANCES consortium, and to calculate population attributable fractions based on DALYs for specific risk factors.</p> <p><i>Methods</i>: ...
    • Pooled analysis of active cigarette smoking and invasive breast cancer risk in 14 cohort studies 

      Gaudet, Mia M.; Carter, Brian D.; Brinton, Louise A.; Falk, Roni T.; Gram, Inger Torhild; Luo, Juhua; Milne, Roger L.; Nyante, Sarah J.; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Freeman, Laura E. Beane; Sandler, Dale P.; Robien, Kim; Anderson, Kristin E.; Giles, Graham G.; Chen, Wendy Y.; Feskanich, Diane; Braaten, Tonje; Isaacs, Claudine; Butler, Lesley M.; Koh, Woon-Puay; Wolk, Alicja; Adami, Hans Olov; White, Emily; Margolis, Karen L.; Thun, Michael J.; Gapstur, Susan M. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-12-19)
      <p><i>Background</i>: The 2014 US Surgeon General’s report noted research gaps necessary to determine a causal relationship between active cigarette smoking and invasive breast cancer risk, including the role of alcohol consumption, timing of exposure, modification by menopausal status and heterogeneity by oestrogen receptor (ER) status.</p> <p><i>Methods</i>: To address these issues, we pooled ...