“…Three main motivations for CO were also identified, namely religious, moral/secular, and emotional/psychological motivations. …”
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“…Hypotheses were made about the lack of a secular trend in body height and weight, the deterioration of motor efficiency and the lack of conditioning of the examined changes by social factors. …”
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“…For a detailed understanding of the effect of the ZFS, a theoretical description for LaserIMD and LiDEER is derived, taking into account the non-secular terms of the ZFS. Simulations based on this model show that the effect of the ZFS is not that pronounced in LiDEER for experimentally relevant conditions. …”
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“…Further studies are needed to understand secular trends in herpes zoster before and after use of varicella vaccine in the United States and other countries.…”
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“…A three-arm trial of A, B, and C would protect against this problem and should be considered when the sequential trials are performed in the context of changing secular trends in important omitted variables such as therapy in cancer screening trials.…”
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“…BACKGROUND: Population-based secular trends in survival of patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) are central to public health research on the burden of the syndrome. …”
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“…It is concluded that the rising breast cancer incidence in Sweden is explained chiefly by birth cohort effects, which indicate persistent secular changes in largely unknown risk factors associated with life style. …”
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“…Hong Kong has the highest breast cancer incidence in Asia and studying secular changes in its rates may lead to hypotheses regarding disease aetiology and also predictions of future trends for China. …”
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“…RESULTS—After adjustment for observable patient characteristics and secular time trends, the intervention was consistently associated with lower average glucose levels and a trend toward shorter LOS, lower costs, and lower mortality. …”
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“…We used the Joinpoint regression program to identify changes in secular trends, while the GLOBOCAN 2002 software was used to project future incidence and mortality. …”
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“…RESULTS: Total projected LTC expenditure as a proportion of GDP reflected secular trends in the elderly dependency ratio, showing a shallow dip between 2004 and 2011, but thereafter yielding a monotonic rise to reach 3.0% by 2036. …”
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“…Given the impact of change in age at menarche on health conditions, this study sought to examine secular trends in age at menarche among women living in Navarre (Northern Spain) who participated in a population-based breast cancer screening programme. …”
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“…Population-based prospective studies are needed to investigate secular trends in male reproductive disorders.…”
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“…METHODOLOGY AND PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Secular trend analysis of ADR-related hospital admissions in patients ≥60 years between 1981 and 2007, using the National Hospital Discharge Registry of the Netherlands. …”
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“…Updated growth references for Polish school-aged children and adolescents were compared with Polish growth references from the 1980s, the Warsaw 1996–1999 reference, German, and 2000 CDC references. A positive secular trend in height was observed in children and adolescents from 7 to 15 years of age. …”
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“…CONTEXT: The age of puberty has fallen over the past 130 years in industrialized, western countries, and this fall is widely referred to as the secular trend for earlier puberty. The current study was undertaken to test two evolutionary theories: (a) the reproductive system maximizes the number of offspring in response to positive environmental cues in terms of energy balance, and (b) early puberty is a trade-off response for high mortality rate and reduced resource availability. …”
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“…BACKGROUND: Few studies have addressed the secular trend of malignancies in developing countries such as Iran. …”
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“…RESULTS: After taking into account age effects and ubiquitous secular changes, cohorts born in the 1980s had increased propensity to obesity versus those born in the late 1960s. …”
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“…Subgroups were small, but the same secular trends were generally noted in groups with or without coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABGS) and in those with or without mitral leaflet disease. …”
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“…Main outcome measure Three composite measures of maternal complication rates per physician year from vaginal and cesarean births separately and combined, adjusted for secular trends. Results Obstetricians’ maternal complication rates declined during the first three decades after completion of residency. …”
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