Linking health survey data with health insurance data: methodology, challenges, opportunities and recommendations for public health research. An experience from …

F Berete, S Demarest, R Charafeddine… - Archives of Public …, 2023 - Springer
In recent years, the linkage of survey data to health administrative data has increased. This
offers new opportunities for research into the use of health services and public health …

Trends in polypharmacy and potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) in older and middle‐aged people treated for diabetes

MP Oktora, SD Alfian, HJ Bos… - British Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Polypharmacy is common in people with diabetes and is associated with the use of
potentially inappropriate medication (PIM). This study aimed to assess trends in the …

Trends in polypharmacy and dispensed drugs among adults in the Netherlands as compared to the United States

MP Oktora, P Denig, JHJ Bos, CCM Schuiling-Veninga… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background and purpose Polypharmacy is becoming increasingly common owing to the
ageing population, which can pose problems for patients and society. We investigated the …

Lack of Association Between Genetic Variants at ACE2 and TMPRSS2 Genes Involved in SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Human Quantitative Phenotypes

EA Lopera Maya, A Van der Graaf, P Lanting… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) shows a wide variation in expression and severity of
symptoms, from very mild or no symptoms, to flu-like symptoms, and in more severe cases …

Cigarette smoking is associated with higher thyroid hormone and lower TSH levels: the PREVEND study

EG Gruppen, J Kootstra-Ros, AM Kobold, MA Connelly… - Endocrine, 2020 - Springer
Purpose The extent to which smoking is associated with thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH),
free thyroxine (FT4), and free triiodothyronine (FT3) when taking account of clinical variables …

Association of plasma concentration of vitamin B12 with all-cause mortality in the general population in the Netherlands

JL Flores-Guerrero, I Minović, D Groothof… - Jama network …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Higher plasma concentrations of vitamin B 12 have been associated with
mortality in elderly and hospitalized populations, including patients with chronic kidney …

Epidemiology of thyroid disorders in the Lifelines Cohort Study (the Netherlands)

HJCM Wouters, SN Slagter, AC Muller Kobold… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background Thyroid hormone plays a pivotal role in human metabolism. In epidemiologic
studies, adequate registration of thyroid disorders is warranted. We examined the …

Chronic use of hydrochlorothiazide and risk of skin cancer in caucasian adults: a pharmlines initiative inception cohort study

MS Haisma, N Greven, M Logendran… - Acta dermato …, 2023 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Photosensitizing properties of hydrochlorothiazide may increase skin cancer risk. To date,
study findings on the association between hydrochlorothiazide use and skin cancer risk are …

Glucose-lowering therapy in patients with postpancreatitis diabetes mellitus: a nationwide population-based cohort study

R Viggers, MH Jensen, HVB Laursen… - Diabetes …, 2021 - Am Diabetes Assoc
OBJECTIVE Postpancreatitis diabetes mellitus (PPDM) is a type of secondary diabetes that
requires special considerations for management. The main objective was to examine …

Comparison of an online-only Parkinson's disease research cohort to cohorts assessed in person

LM Chahine, I Chin, C Caspell-Garcia… - Journal of …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Online tools for data collection could be of value in patient-oriented research.
The Fox Insight (FI) study collects data online from individuals with self-reported Parkinson's …