Ringold, Sarah, Seidel, Kristy D., Koepsell, Thomas D., Wallace, Carol A.
Objectives. To describe the achievement of inactive disease (ID) and remission in polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and to measure the associations among patient characteristics,...
Kenneth G. Schellhase, Thomas D. Koepsell, Thomas E. Norris
Background: Automated health maintenance reminder (HMR) systems embedded in electronic medical records systems have been found to improve utilization of preventive services, but underuse persists....
Commentary Assessing Cervical Cancer Risk in Hispanics 1 (2008)
Gloria D. Coronado, Thomas D. Koepsell, Beti Thompson, Stephen M. Schwartz, Rebecca S. Wharton, Julia E. Grossman
Population-based cancer registries rely on various methods to assign Hispanic ethnic identifiers to patients in the registry. The methods may result in misclassification of patient ethnic identities....
Custer, Brian, Longstreth, WT, Phillips, Leslie E, Koepsell, Thomas D, Van Belle, Gerald
Abstract Background The role of exogenous hormone exposures in the development of meningioma is unclear, but these exposures have been proposed as one hypothesis to explain the over-abundance of such...
Epidemiology of Musculoskeletal Injuries among High School Cross-Country Runners (2006)
Rauh, Mitchell J., Koepsell, Thomas D., Rivara, Frederick P., Margherita, Anthony J., Rice, Stephen G.
To determine the incidence of lower-extremity injury among high school cross-country runners and to identify risk factors for injury, the authors prospectively monitored a cohort of 421 runners...
Epidemiology of Musculoskeletal Injuries among High School Cross-Country Runners (2005)
Rauh, Mitchell J., Koepsell, Thomas D., Rivara, Frederick P., Margherita, Anthony J., Rice, Stephen G.
To determine the incidence of lower-extremity injury among high school cross-country runners and to identify risk factors for injury, the authors prospectively monitored a cohort of 421 runners...
Epidemiology of Musculoskeletal Injuries among High School Cross-Country Runners (2005)
Rauh, Mitchell J., Koepsell, Thomas D., Rivara, Frederick P., Margherita, Anthony J., Rice, Stephen G.
To determine the incidence of lower-extremity injury among high school cross-country runners and to identify risk factors for injury, the authors prospectively monitored a cohort of 421 runners...
Nicolaidis, Christina, Ko, Cynthia W, Saha, Somnath, Koepsell, Thomas D
Abstract Background The role of paternal factors in determining the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes has received less attention than maternal factors. Similarly, the interaction between the...
Characteristics of Telephone Survey Respondents According to Willingness to Participate (2003)
Voigt, Lynda F., Koepsell, Thomas D., Daling, Janet R.
When conducting epidemiologic case-control studies, some investigators include only controls who can be interviewed within a certain time after contact and/or do not recontact potential participants...
Villaveces, Andrés, Cummings, Peter, Koepsell, Thomas D., Rivara, Frederick P., Lumley, Thomas, Moffat, John
The authors compared US motor vehicle and motorcycle mortality rates during periods when each of several alcohol-related laws were in effect with mortality rates during other periods. During the...
International Variation in Screening Mammography Interpretations in Community-Based Programs (2003)
Elmore, Joann G., Nakano, Connie Y., Koepsell, Thomas D., Desnick, Laurel M., DOrsi, Carl J., Ransohoff, David F.
Background: Variations in mammography interpretations may have important clinical and economic implications. To evaluate international variability in mammography interpretation, we analyzed published...
Calcium channel blocker use and gastrointestinal tract bleeding among older adults (2002)
Kaplan, Robert C., Heckbert, Susan R., Koepsell, Thomas D., Rosendaal, Frits R., Furberg, Curt D., Cooper, Lawton S., ...
US Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Care System as a Resource to Epidemiologists (2000)
Boyko, Edward J., Koepsell, Thomas D., Gaziano, J. Michael, Horner, Ronnie D., Feussner, John R.
Epidemiologists have utilized several health care systems with large numbers of enrollees and centralized databases to achieve their research aims. Although containing many of the features that have...
Gibson, P. Joseph, Koepsell, Thomas D., Diehr, Paula, Hale, Christiane
Mailing surveys to low-income populations is often avoided because of concern about low response rates. In this study, the authors used a mailed survey of a low-income population to test whether...
Multiple Outcomes in Health Services Research: Hypothesis Tests and Power (1997)
Martin, Donald C., Diehr, Paula, Koepsell, Thomas D., Fihn, Stephan D.
Health services research often is directed towards making small improvements in a number of outcomes that reflect many aspects of the patient's life rather than a large improvement in a single well...
Multiple Outcomes in Health Services Research: Hypothesis Tests and Power (1997)
Martin, Donald C., Diehr, Paula, Koepsell, Thomas D., Fihn, Stephan D.
Health services research often is directed towards making small improvements in a number of outcomes that reflect many aspects of the patient's life rather than a large improvement in a single well...
Multiple Outcomes in Health Services Research: Hypothesis Tests and Power (1997)
Martin, Donald C., Diehr, Paula, Koepsell, Thomas D., Fihn, Stephan D.
Health services research often is directed towards making small improvements in a number of outcomes that reflect many aspects of the patient's life rather than a large improvement in a single well...
Multiple Outcomes in Health Services Research: Hypothesis Tests and Power (1997)
Martin, Donald C., Diehr, Paula, Koepsell, Thomas D., Fihn, Stephan D.
Health services research often is directed towards making small improvements in a number of outcomes that reflect many aspects of the patient's life rather than a large improvement in a single well...
McGuire, Valerie, Longstreth, W. T., Nelson, Lorene M., Koepsell, Thomas D., Checkoway, Harvey, Morgan, Michael S., ...
This population-based case-control study was conducted in three counties in western Washington State to evaluate associations between workplace exposures and the risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis...
Evidence for a Non-linear Relationship between Leg Strength and Gait Speed (1996)
BUCHNER, DAVID M., LARSON, ERIC B., WAGNER, EDWARD H., KOEPSELL, THOMAS D., DE LATEUR, BARBARA J.
Although the relationship between strength and physical performance in older adults is probably non-linear, few empirical studies have demonstrated that this is so. In a population-based sample of...
Koepsell, Thomas D., McGuire, Valerie, Longstreth, W. T., Nelson, Lorene M., Belle, Gerald Van
To determine whether leaving messages on answering machines would aid control recruitment via random-digit telephone dialing, a randomized trial was conducted during 1992–1994 involving 1,323...
Invited Commentary: Symposium on Community Intervention Trials (1995)
Koepsell, Thomas D., Diehr, Paula H., Cheadle, Allen, Kristal, Alan
Psaty, Bruce M., Cheadle, Allen, Koepsell, Thomas D., Diehr, Paula, Wickizer, Thomas, Curry, Susan, ...
The purpose of this study was to describe race- and ethnicity-specific characteristics of subjects lost to follow-up. For a study of community-based health interventions, adult subjects from 11 US...
Non-Contraceptive Hormones and the Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Menopausal Women (1994)
KOEPSELL, THOMAS D, DUGOWSON, CARIN E, NELSON, J LEE, VOIGT, LYNDA F, DALING, JANET R
Background Several reproductive factors appear to affect a woman's risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis. This study's purpose was to determine whether use of non-contraceptive hormones is among...
Motor Vehicle Collision Injuries and Sensory Impairments of Older Drivers (1994)
McCLOSKEY, LON W., KOEPSELL, THOMAS D., WOLF, MARSHA E., BUCHNER, DAVID M.
To determine whether ocular disease, impaired vision, or diminished hearing might increase the risk of motor vehicle collision injuries in older drivers, we conducted a population-based case-control...
Birth Weight and Smoking During Pregnancy-Effect Modification by Maternal Age (1994)
Fox, Steven H., Koepsell, Thomas D., Daling, Janet R.
Cigarette smoking during pregnancy is an important, avoidable factor associated with low birth weight. Maternal age is also associated with variations in birth weight. Using birth certificate data...
Diehr, Paula, Martin, Don C., Koepsell, Thomas D., Cheadle, Allen D.
There is considerable interest in community interventions for health promotion, where the community is the experimental unit. Because such interventions are expensive, the number of experimental...
Diehr, Paula, Martin, Don C., Koepsell, Thomas D., Cheadle, Allen D.
There is considerable interest in community interventions for health promotion, where the community is the experimental unit. Because such interventions are expensive, the number of experimental...
Diehr, Paula, Martin, Don C., Koepsell, Thomas D., Cheadle, Allen D.
There is considerable interest in community interventions for health promotion, where the community is the experimental unit. Because such interventions are expensive, the number of experimental...
Diehr, Paula, Martin, Don C., Koepsell, Thomas D., Cheadle, Allen D.
There is considerable interest in community interventions for health promotion, where the community is the experimental unit. Because such interventions are expensive, the number of experimental...
Association of Smoking and Alcohol Drinking with Residential Fire Injuries (1992)
Ballard, Jane E., Koepsell, Thomas D., Rivara, Frederick
To investigate whether tobacco, alcohol, and their combined use are important risk factors for fire injuries, the authors analyzed data from a population-based case-control study in King County,...
Antigenic Stimulation and the Occurrence of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (1991)
Rosenblatt, Karin A., Koepsell, Thomas D., Daling, Janet R., Lyon, Joseph L., Swanson, G. Marie, Greenberg, Raymond S., ...
Data from a population-based case-control study of chronic lymphocytic leukemia were analyzed to assess the possible etiologic role of chronic antigenic stimulation. The study, conducted in four...
Psaty, Bruce M., Cheadle, Allen, Curry, Susan, McKenna, Thomas, Koepsell, Thomas D., Wickizer, Thomas, ...
A study of health behaviors in four communities in the western United States in 1988 provided the opportunity to compare two methods of sampling elderly respondents for a telephone interview. The...
THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN HEAD TRAUMA AND ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE (1990)
GRAVES, AMY BORENSTEIN, WHITE, EMILY, KOEPSELL, THOMAS D., REIFLER, BURTON V., VAN BELLE, GERALD, LARSON, ERIC B., ...
The relation between head trauma and Alzheimer's disease was one of four major risk factors explored in a case-control study of 130 matched pairs; cases were clinically diagnosed between January 1980...
PROXY RESPONDENTS IN EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH (1990)
NELSON, LORENE M., LONGSTRETH, W. T., KOEPSELL, THOMAS D., VAN BELLE, GERALD
CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA IN RELATION TO CHEMICAL EXPOSURES (1989)
MALONE, KATHLEEN E., KOEPSELL, THOMAS D., DALING, JANET R., WEISS, NOEL S., MORRIS, PETER D., TAYLOR, JOHN W., ...
As part of a population-based case-control study carried out in four areas of the United States, 427 cases of chronic lymphocytic leukemia diagnosed between July 1, 1977, and December 31, 1981, and...
ANTIGENIC STIMULATION AND THJ OCCURRENCE OF MULTIPLE MYELOMA (1987)
KOEPSELL, THOMAS D., DALING, JANET R, WEISS, NOEL S., TAYLOR, JOHN W., OLSHAN, ANDREW F., LYON, JOSEPH L., ...
To evaluate whether potent or prolonged stimulation of the immune system increases the risk of multiple myeloma, the authors compared 698 myeloma cases which occurred between July 1, 1977 and June...
MEASURES OF GAIN IN CERTAINTY FROM A DIAGNOSTIC TEST (1985)
KOEPSELL, THOMAS D., CONNELL, FRED A.
The authors propose several measures for quantifying the change in the clinical estimate of a patient's chances of having a disease that occurs as a result of diagnostic testing. Under most...
LOGLINEAR MODELING WITH INEXPENSIVE COMPUTING EQUIPMENT (1984)
Loglinear models are finding increasing application in the analysis of data from epidemiologic studies and increasing attention in statistics courses taken by epidemiologists in training. This paper...
Kitahata, Mari M, Van Rompaey, Stephen E, Dillingham, Peter W, Koepsell, Thomas D, Deyo, Richard A, Dodge, Wayne, ...
Delivery of Primary Care to Women: Do Women's Health Centers Do It Better?
Phelan, Elizabeth A, Burke, Wylie, Deyo, Richard A, Koepsell, Thomas D, LaCroix, Andrea Z
Journal Reading Habits of Internists
Saint, Sanjay, Christakis, Dimitri A, Saha, Somnath, Elmore, Joann G, Welsh, Deborah E, Baker, Paul, ...
We assessed the reading habits of internists with and without epidemiological training because such information may help guide medical journals as they make changes in how articles are edited and...
Prevalence of Prior Hysterectomy in the Seattle- Tacoma Area
Koepsell, Thomas D., Weiss, Noel S., Thompson, Donovan J., Martin, Diane P.
Hysterectomy is the most common major surgical procedure performed in the United States. The frequency of hysterectomy among women in the general population is of interest because it affects the...
Kitahata, Mari M, Van Rompaey, Stephen E, Dillingham, Peter W, Koepsell, Thomas D, Deyo, Richard A, Dodge, Wayne, ...
Delivery of Primary Care to Women: Do Women's Health Centers Do It Better?
Phelan, Elizabeth A, Burke, Wylie, Deyo, Richard A, Koepsell, Thomas D, LaCroix, Andrea Z
Journal Reading Habits of Internists
Saint, Sanjay, Christakis, Dimitri A, Saha, Somnath, Elmore, Joann G, Welsh, Deborah E, Baker, Paul, ...
We assessed the reading habits of internists with and without epidemiological training because such information may help guide medical journals as they make changes in how articles are edited and...
Prevalence of Prior Hysterectomy in the Seattle- Tacoma Area
Koepsell, Thomas D., Weiss, Noel S., Thompson, Donovan J., Martin, Diane P.
Hysterectomy is the most common major surgical procedure performed in the United States. The frequency of hysterectomy among women in the general population is of interest because it affects the...
Strong, Larkin L., Thompson, Beti, Koepsell, Thomas D., Meischke, Hendrika
Background Farmworkers and their families are exposed to pesticides through multiple pathways. Few studies have examined the frequency with which farmworkers engage in pesticide safety practices and...
Association of the Built Environment With Physical Activity and Obesity in Older Persons
Berke, Ethan M., Koepsell, Thomas D., Moudon, Anne Vernez, Hoskins, Richard E., Larson, Eric B.
Objective. We examined whether older persons who live in areas that are conducive to walking are more active or less obese than those living in areas where walking is more difficult.