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leading-causes

109 studies tagged leading-causes, dated 1964-11-01 to 2026-10-29. Bibliography: BibTeX (.bib) · RIS (.ris)

Newest in this topic

  1. Evaluating a primary care pharmacist-led intervention to reduce opioid use for persistent non-cancer pain: the PROMPPT cluster randomised controlled trial protocol 2026-10-29
  2. Heat-related mortality by comorbidity and cause of death: a time-stratified case-crossover study of 3.7 million deaths in Brazil, 2014–2025 2026-10-22
  3. Feature harmonization reveals that apparent cross-cohort differences in tau-positivity prediction reflect variable availability and cohort stage structure 2026-10-21

Studies

109 studies carry this tag.

Date range

1964 to 2026

Top journals

  • PubMed 7
  • medRxiv 6
  • Annals of Internal Medicine 5
  • Lancet (London, England) 5
  • National vital statistics reports : from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System 5

74 journals in all.

Newest first, then by address. Each study has a usefulness score out of 100 (rubric version 4.0); tap a score to see what makes it up. Tags were assigned automatically from each study's title and summary. The same studies as a filter in the library.

  1. Deaths: preliminary data for 2000

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. PubMed 2001-10-09 Disparities

    The age-adjusted death rate for the United States decreased from 832.7 deaths per 100,000 population in 2003 to 801.0 deaths per 100,000 population in 2004.

  2. Accuracy of administrative data to assess comorbidity in patients with heart disease. an Australian perspective

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Journal of clinical epidemiology 2001-07-01 Digital health tools

    The objective of this study was to determine the accuracy of administrative data (by use of hospital discharge codes) for measuring comorbidity in patients with heart disease.

  3. Healthy centenarians do not exist, but autonomous centenarians do: a population-based study of morbidity among Danish centenarians

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2001-07-01 Biomarkers

    Because they have a high prevalence of several common diseases and chronic conditions, Danish centenarians are not healthy.

  4. Lower extremity performance in nondisabled older persons as a predictor of subsequent hospitalization

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 62 out of 100. The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences 2000-11-01 Costs and economics

    Even in persons who are currently nondisabled, a simple measure of lower extremity performance is predictive of subsequent hospitalization, especially for geriatric conditions.

  5. Guide to Preventive Cardiology for Women

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. Circulation 1999-05-11 Prevention and risk

    C oronary heart disease (CHD) is the single leading cause of death and a significant cause of morbidity among American women. 1 Risk factors for CHD in women are well documented. 2 Compelling data from epidemiological studies and randomized clinical trials show that CHD is largely preventable.

  6. Utility scores for chronic conditions in a community-dwelling population

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. PharmacoEconomics 1999-04-01 Disease mechanisms

    This study provides health economists, researchers and policy-makers with a reference for health utilities of various chronic conditions, different age groups, gender and comorbidities.

  7. The Canadian Study of Health and Aging

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. Stroke 1997-03-01 Risk factors

    Risk of VaD was associated with history of arterial hypertension (OR, 2.08; 95% confidence interval, 1.29 to 3.35).

  8. Postmenopausal Estrogen and Prevention Bias

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 67 out of 100. Annals of Internal Medicine 1991-09-15 Clinical trials

    Brief Report15 September 1991Postmenopausal Estrogen and Prevention BiasElizabeth Barrett-Connor, MDElizabeth Barrett-Connor, MDAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-115-6-455 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn the last decade many investigators reported that postmenopausal women taking estrogen were at reduced risk for cardiovascular disease compared with women not taking estrogen (1).

  9. Risk Factors in Coronary Heart Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 53 out of 100. Annals of Internal Medicine 1964-11-01 Drug development

    The factors associated with excess risk that have been identified are: serum cholesterol level, blood pressure, cigarette smoking, vital capacity,...References1.

From across this tag

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