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Birth Month and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Association: Is meaningfulness in the eye of the beholder?
In the modern era, with high-throughput technology and large data size, associational studies are actively being generated. Some have statistical and clinical validity and utility, or at least have biologically plausible relationships, while others may not. Recently, the potential effect of birth mo...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5065521/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27752296 http://dx.doi.org/10.5210/ojphi.v8i2.6643 |
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author | Poltavskiy, Eduard Spence, J. David Kim, Jeehyoung Bang, Heejung |
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description | In the modern era, with high-throughput technology and large data size, associational studies are actively being generated. Some have statistical and clinical validity and utility, or at least have biologically plausible relationships, while others may not. Recently, the potential effect of birth month on lifetime disease risks has been studied in a phenome-wide model. We evaluated the associations between birth month and 5 cardiovascular disease-related outcomes in an independent registry of 8,346 patients from Ontario, Canada in 1977-2014. We used descriptive statistics and logistic regression, along with model-fit and discrimination statistics. Hypertension and coronary heart disease (of primary interest) were most prevalent in those who were born in January and April, respectively, as observed in the previous study. Other outcomes showed weak or opposite associations. Ancillary analyses (based on raw blood pressures and subgroup analyses by sex) demonstrated inconsistent patterns and high randomness. Our study was based on a high risk population and could not provide scientific explanations. As scientific values and clinical implications can be different, readers are encouraged to read the original and our papers together for more objective interpretations of the potential impact of birth month on individual and public health as well as toward cumulative/total evidence in general. |
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spelling | pubmed-50655212016-10-17 Birth Month and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Association: Is meaningfulness in the eye of the beholder? Poltavskiy, Eduard Spence, J. David Kim, Jeehyoung Bang, Heejung Online J Public Health Inform Research Article In the modern era, with high-throughput technology and large data size, associational studies are actively being generated. Some have statistical and clinical validity and utility, or at least have biologically plausible relationships, while others may not. Recently, the potential effect of birth month on lifetime disease risks has been studied in a phenome-wide model. We evaluated the associations between birth month and 5 cardiovascular disease-related outcomes in an independent registry of 8,346 patients from Ontario, Canada in 1977-2014. We used descriptive statistics and logistic regression, along with model-fit and discrimination statistics. Hypertension and coronary heart disease (of primary interest) were most prevalent in those who were born in January and April, respectively, as observed in the previous study. Other outcomes showed weak or opposite associations. Ancillary analyses (based on raw blood pressures and subgroup analyses by sex) demonstrated inconsistent patterns and high randomness. Our study was based on a high risk population and could not provide scientific explanations. As scientific values and clinical implications can be different, readers are encouraged to read the original and our papers together for more objective interpretations of the potential impact of birth month on individual and public health as well as toward cumulative/total evidence in general. University of Illinois at Chicago Library 2016-09-15 /pmc/articles/PMC5065521/ /pubmed/27752296 http://dx.doi.org/10.5210/ojphi.v8i2.6643 Text en This is an Open Access article. Authors own copyright of their articles appearing in the Journal of Biocommunication. Readers may copy articles without permission of the copyright owner(s), as long as the author and JBC are acknowledged in the copy and the copy is used for educational, not-for-profit purposes. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Poltavskiy, Eduard Spence, J. David Kim, Jeehyoung Bang, Heejung Birth Month and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Association: Is meaningfulness in the eye of the beholder? |
title | Birth Month and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Association: Is
meaningfulness in the eye of the beholder? |
title_full | Birth Month and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Association: Is
meaningfulness in the eye of the beholder? |
title_fullStr | Birth Month and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Association: Is
meaningfulness in the eye of the beholder? |
title_full_unstemmed | Birth Month and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Association: Is
meaningfulness in the eye of the beholder? |
title_short | Birth Month and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Association: Is
meaningfulness in the eye of the beholder? |
title_sort | birth month and cardiovascular disease risk association: is
meaningfulness in the eye of the beholder? |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5065521/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27752296 http://dx.doi.org/10.5210/ojphi.v8i2.6643 |
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