Rapid report on methodology: does loss to follow-up in a cohort study bias associations between early life factors and lifestyle-related health outcomes?

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Rapid report on methodology: does loss to follow-up in a cohort study bias associations between early life factors and lifestyle-related health outcomes? / Osler, Merete; Kriegbaum, Margit; Christensen, Ulla; Holstein, Bjørn; Andersen, Anne-Marie Nybo.

In: Annals of Epidemiology, Vol. 18, No. 5, 2008, p. 422-424.

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Osler, M, Kriegbaum, M, Christensen, U, Holstein, B & Andersen, A-MN 2008, 'Rapid report on methodology: does loss to follow-up in a cohort study bias associations between early life factors and lifestyle-related health outcomes?', Annals of Epidemiology, vol. 18, no. 5, pp. 422-424. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annepidem.2007.12.008

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Osler, M., Kriegbaum, M., Christensen, U., Holstein, B., & Andersen, A-M. N. (2008). Rapid report on methodology: does loss to follow-up in a cohort study bias associations between early life factors and lifestyle-related health outcomes? Annals of Epidemiology, 18(5), 422-424. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annepidem.2007.12.008

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Osler M, Kriegbaum M, Christensen U, Holstein B, Andersen A-MN. Rapid report on methodology: does loss to follow-up in a cohort study bias associations between early life factors and lifestyle-related health outcomes? Annals of Epidemiology. 2008;18(5):422-424. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annepidem.2007.12.008

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Osler, Merete ; Kriegbaum, Margit ; Christensen, Ulla ; Holstein, Bjørn ; Andersen, Anne-Marie Nybo. / Rapid report on methodology: does loss to follow-up in a cohort study bias associations between early life factors and lifestyle-related health outcomes?. In: Annals of Epidemiology. 2008 ; Vol. 18, No. 5. pp. 422-424.

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title = "Rapid report on methodology: does loss to follow-up in a cohort study bias associations between early life factors and lifestyle-related health outcomes?",
abstract = "PURPOSE: To examine the consequences of non-response in a follow-up survey for associations between early-life factors and lifestyle-related health outcomes in adulthood. METHODS: In a cohort of 11532 Danish men born in 1953 we had nearly complete follow-up in the National Patient Register, but only 66% of 9507 eligible cohort members participated in a follow-up survey, in 2004. We examined whether characteristics measured early in life and discharge from hospital for alcohol abuse or tobacco-related lung diseases, were associated with survey response. Associations between the early-life characteristics and these two health outcomes were calculated in the entire cohort and among responders, and the effect of non-response was described by a Relative Odd Ratio (ROR=OR(responders)/OR(entire cohort)). RESULTS: A low response rate at age 50 years was related to having a single mother at birth, low educational attainment at age 18, and low cognitive function at ages 12 and 18. The risk of alcohol overuse and tobacco-related diseases was also highest among non-responders. However, the associations between early-life characteristics and the outcomes were nearly the same in responders as in the entire cohort. CONCLUSIONS: Although non-responders differed from responders in terms of early-life exposures and incidence of the lifestyle-related outcomes, we found no overt effects of this on the exposure-risk associations.",
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AU - Holstein, Bjørn

AU - Andersen, Anne-Marie Nybo

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N2 - PURPOSE: To examine the consequences of non-response in a follow-up survey for associations between early-life factors and lifestyle-related health outcomes in adulthood. METHODS: In a cohort of 11532 Danish men born in 1953 we had nearly complete follow-up in the National Patient Register, but only 66% of 9507 eligible cohort members participated in a follow-up survey, in 2004. We examined whether characteristics measured early in life and discharge from hospital for alcohol abuse or tobacco-related lung diseases, were associated with survey response. Associations between the early-life characteristics and these two health outcomes were calculated in the entire cohort and among responders, and the effect of non-response was described by a Relative Odd Ratio (ROR=OR(responders)/OR(entire cohort)). RESULTS: A low response rate at age 50 years was related to having a single mother at birth, low educational attainment at age 18, and low cognitive function at ages 12 and 18. The risk of alcohol overuse and tobacco-related diseases was also highest among non-responders. However, the associations between early-life characteristics and the outcomes were nearly the same in responders as in the entire cohort. CONCLUSIONS: Although non-responders differed from responders in terms of early-life exposures and incidence of the lifestyle-related outcomes, we found no overt effects of this on the exposure-risk associations.

AB - PURPOSE: To examine the consequences of non-response in a follow-up survey for associations between early-life factors and lifestyle-related health outcomes in adulthood. METHODS: In a cohort of 11532 Danish men born in 1953 we had nearly complete follow-up in the National Patient Register, but only 66% of 9507 eligible cohort members participated in a follow-up survey, in 2004. We examined whether characteristics measured early in life and discharge from hospital for alcohol abuse or tobacco-related lung diseases, were associated with survey response. Associations between the early-life characteristics and these two health outcomes were calculated in the entire cohort and among responders, and the effect of non-response was described by a Relative Odd Ratio (ROR=OR(responders)/OR(entire cohort)). RESULTS: A low response rate at age 50 years was related to having a single mother at birth, low educational attainment at age 18, and low cognitive function at ages 12 and 18. The risk of alcohol overuse and tobacco-related diseases was also highest among non-responders. However, the associations between early-life characteristics and the outcomes were nearly the same in responders as in the entire cohort. CONCLUSIONS: Although non-responders differed from responders in terms of early-life exposures and incidence of the lifestyle-related outcomes, we found no overt effects of this on the exposure-risk associations.

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