[PDF] Top 20 Olfactory Impairment in an Adult Population: The Beaver Dam Offspring Study

... 2009). The specific SDOIT methods have been previously re- ported (Murphy et ...2010). The SDOIT consists of 8 common ...all the odorants plus 12 distracters is available to aid in ...to ... See full document

... seen in the current study were small (average of a few ...seconds). The limitations of this study include the cross- sectional design, which prohibits determining causality or ... See full document

... of Population Health Sciences, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 610 Walnut Street, Madison, WI 53726 (e-mail: ...changes in health and lifestyle throughout the ... See full document

... with olfactory loss reported feel- ing impaired in their ability to detect smoke, gas leaks, or spoiled ...that olfactory impairment is more common in older age groups and men, but ... See full document

... play an important role in determining diet and nutri- tional status and therefore indirectly impact ...to study the spectrum of taste function and dysfunction in human ...understand ... See full document

... offset the adverse effect of obesity on depression ...down the depression symptoms mea- sured by CES-D Scale into the four domains, we can better understand how obesity may affect different aspects ... See full document

... This study was cross-sectional and could not demon- strate causal ...described in the “Results” section, participants in BOSS had significantly higher odds of a parental history of HI than ... See full document

... differences in severity or treatment of ...tinnitus in the final multivariable model. The first was alcohol ...consumption in the past year was negatively associated with having ... See full document

... our study, carotid IMT was not associated with either TMT test, which might be due to the lack of statistical ...power. The asso- ciations found between carotid plaque and both TMT tests after ... See full document

... by the US Preventive Task Force, research is still needed to determine the health bene fits of hearing ...have an impact on quality of life, a large majority of people do not acquire a hearing aid ... See full document

... determine the factors related to FP density, analysis of variance testing and multiple linear regression modeling was ...models, an exploratory nonparametric regression modeling tool, along with linear ... See full document

... scores. In previous studies the rela- tionship between dry eye symptoms and health-related quality of life has varied, with some showing no correla- tion 18 while others have shown an association ... See full document

... diversity in olfaction has led to many studies that seek a genetic basis for the variation in both the threshold and perception of ...variation in odorant receptor genes may contribute ... See full document

... when the participants underwent a complete physical ...to the participant's monthly household income: NT40000 or less, NT40000 to 100000, and more than ...activity in the previ- ous ... See full document

... seasonality in asthma admissions and the associated seasonality in levels of air pollutants and climatic factors during a 4-year period in ...hospitalizations in Taiwan during 1998-2001 ... See full document

... factors in this ...minimize the infuence of smoking. Second, the study caseswere selected according to ICD-9 codes, potentially causing a misclassifcation bias despite the ability of ... See full document

... dwelling in the least urbanized regions such as the offshore islands and remote areas, aborigines, those with a low income, and those with lower education levels are traditionally considered to be ... See full document

... [34-36]. The study results showed that those with a monthly insured payroll higher than NT $15,840 (except for NT $48,200 to 57,800) have a higher utilization ratio than those earning less than NT 15,840, ... See full document

... setting, the case-spouse and the case-offspring studies are valid designs, even if only one sex can get the disease, even if cases/spouses/offspring all have different risk factor ... See full document

... This study on retrofit of water diversion tunnel to remove silt and sediments, reach for the relationship between the elevation of intake and the sediment removal efficiency with the ... See full document