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Impact of a national dementia research consortium: The Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging (CCNA)

Author(s): Chertkow H; Phillips N; Rockwood K; Anderson N; Andrew MK; Bartha R; Beaudoin C; Bélanger N; Bellec P; Belleville S; Bergman H; Best S; Bethell J; Bherer L; Black S; Borrie M; Camicioli R; Carrier J; Cashman N; Chan S; Crowshoe L; Cuello ...

The Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging (CCNA) was created by the Canadian federal government through its health research funding agency, the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR), in 2014, as a response to the G7 initiative to fight dementia. Two five-year funding cycles ( ...

Article GUID: 39636028


Early family socioeconomic status and asthma-related outcomes in school-aged children: Results from seven birth cohort studies

Author(s): Yang-Huang J; McGrath JJ; Gauvin L; Nikiéma B; Spencer NJ; Awad YA; Clifford S; Markham W; Mensah F; Andersson White P; Ludvigsson J; Faresjö T; Duijts L; van Grieken A; Raat H;

Objective: To examine the associations between maternal education and household income during early childhood with asthma-related outcomes in children aged 9-12 years in the UK, the Netherlands, Sweden, Australia, the USA and Canada. Methods: Data on 31 210 children were obtained from 7 prospect ...

Article GUID: 38849153


Pathways of association between disordered eating in adolescence and mental health outcomes in young adulthood during the COVID-19 pandemic

Author(s): Loose T; Geoffroy MC; Orri M; Chadi N; Scardera S; Booij L; Breton E; Tremblay R; Boivin M; Coté S;

Objectives: The COVID-19 pandemic has been associated with increased mental health problems. We investigated (1) associations between disordered eating in adolescence and mental health problems after one year of the pandemic and (2) the mechanisms explaining associations. Method: We analyzed dat ...

Article GUID: 36482144


Insomnia disorder increases the risk of subjective memory decline in middle-aged and older adults: a longitudinal analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging

Author(s): Zhao JL; Cross N; Yao CW; Carrier J; Postuma RB; Gosselin N; Kakinami L; Dang-Vu TT;

Study objectives: To examine the longitudinal association between probable insomnia status and both subjective and objective memory decline in middle-aged and older adults. Methods: 26 363 participants, =45 years, completed baseline and follow-up (3 years after baseline) self-reported evaluations of sleep and memory, and neuropsychological testing in the ...

Article GUID: 35877203


Household income and maternal education in early childhood and activity-limiting chronic health conditions in late childhood: findings from birth cohort studies from six countries

Author(s): Spencer NJ; Ludvigsson J; You Y; Francis K; Abu Awad Y; Markham W; Faresjö T; Goldhaber-Fiebert J; Andersson White P; Raat H; Mensah F; Gauvin L; McGrath JJ;

Background: We examined absolute and relative relationships between household income and maternal education during early childhood ( Methods: Relative inequality (risk ratios, RR) and absolute inequality (Slope Index of Inequality) were estimated for ALCHC during later childhood by maternal educa ...

Article GUID: 35863874


Associations of neighborhood walkability with moderate to vigorous physical activity: an application of compositional data analysis comparing compositional and non-compositional approaches

Author(s): Bird M; Datta GD; Chinerman D; Kakinami L; Mathieu ME; Henderson M; Barnett TA;

Background: We compared the relation between neighborhood features and moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) using linear regression analysis and the more novel compositional data analysis (CoDA). Compositional data analysis allows us to take the time children allocate to different movement behaviours during a 24-hour time period into account. Me ...

Article GUID: 35585542


Low back pain definitions: effect on patient inclusion and clinical profiles

Author(s): Massé-Alarie H; Angarita-Fonseca A; Lacasse A; Pagé MG; Tétreault P; Fortin M; Léonard G; Stone LS; Roy JS;

Introduction: Numerous definitions of acute low back pain (aLBP) exist. The use of different definitions results in variability in reported prevalence or incidence, conflicting data regarding factors associated with the transition to chronic LBP (cLBP), and hampers comparability among studies. O ...

Article GUID: 35356510


Prenatal exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and cognitive ability in early childhood.

Author(s): Azar N, Booij L, Muckle G, Arbuckle TE, Séguin JR, Asztalos E, Fraser WD, Lanphear BP, Bouchard MF

BACKGROUND: Prenatal exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) has been associated with adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes in children, but evidence remains mixed regarding sex differences in this association. OBJECTIVE: To examine the prospective association between prenatal PBDE expos ...

Article GUID: 33395941


Once online poker, always online poker? Poker modality trajectories over two years

Author(s): Dufour M; Morvannou A; Laverdière É; Brunelle N; Kairouz S; Nolin MA; Nadeau L; Dussault F; Berbiche D;

Online poker is considered more at-risk than land-based poker in terms of intense gambling behaviors and gambling problems. The development of many online gambling sites has raised public health concerns about the potential increase in online poker players. Longitudinal studies are useful to bett ...

Article GUID: 32467840


The Comprehensive Assessment of Neurodegeneration and Dementia: Canadian Cohort Study.

Author(s): Chertkow H, Borrie M, Whitehead V, Black SE, Feldman HH, Gauthier S, Hogan DB, Masellis M, McGilton K, Rockwood K, Tierney MC, Andrew M, Hsiung GR, Camicioli R, Smith EE, Fogarty J, Lindsay J, Best S, Evans A, Das S, Mohaddes Z, Pilon R, ...

Can J Neurol Sci. 2019 Jul 16;:1-13 Authors: Chertkow H, Borrie M, Whitehead V, Black SE, Feldman HH, Gauthier S, Hogan DB, Masellis M, McGilton K, Rockwood K, Tierney MC, Andrew M, Hsiung GR, Camicioli R, Smith EE, Fogarty J, Lindsay J, Best S, Evans A, Das S, Mohaddes Z, Pilon R, Poirier J, Ph ...

Article GUID: 31309917


Association between insomnia disorder and cognitive function in middle-aged and older adults: a cross-sectional analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging

Author(s): Cross NE; Carrier J; Postuma RB; Gosselin N; Kakinami L; Thompson C; Chouchou F; Dang-Vu TT;

Objectives: This study examined the differences in cognitive function between middle-aged and older adults with insomnia disorder, insomnia symptoms only (ISO) or no insomnia symptoms (NIS), in the context of other health and lifestyle factors. Methods: Twenty-eight thousand four hundred eighty- ...

Article GUID: 31089710


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