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161. USPSTF Seeks Comment on its Draft Recommendation Statement on Hepatitis B Screening for High-Risk Adults (pdf file)
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     March 10, 2014 - factors for hepatitis B: • • • • People who were born in countries and regions with a high prevalence … -born persons not vaccinated as infants whose parents were born in regions with a high prevalence of

162. Archived: Risk Factors and Other Epidemiologic Considerations for Cervical Cancer Screening: A Narrative Review for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: Cervical Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     October 15, 2011 - In a study of 9657 U.S. women, the prevalence of high-risk HPV decreased from 35% among women aged 14 … The prevalence of positivity for high-risk HPV was lower for women with normal smears than those with … One rationale for using HPV testing in older women is that the prevalence of HPV decreases with age, … The results demonstrated that the prevalence of high-risk HPV decreased from 35% among women aged 14 … The authors found that the prevalence of high-risk HPV was greatest in women aged 15 to 19 years (20%

163. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Issues Final Recommendation Statement on Screening for Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Adolescents and Adults (pdf file)
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     December 15, 2020 - They include people born in regions of the world with a high prevalence of hepatitis B, and people born … in the United States who did not get vaccinated at birth and have parents from regions with a high prevalence

164. Secyfgzqgdoqdd8J4Ccvuy (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2008 - No information on yield (prevalence), sensitivity, specificity, or reliability 6. … Prevalence outside United States 14. Prevalence-only articles 15. Natural history–only articles 16. … [PMID: 15735191] Prevalence-only data Dang K, Homko C, Reece EA. … The prevalence of gestational diabetes in a Sri Lankan antenatal clinic. … [PMID: 15172859] Prevalence-only data Young C, Kuehl TJ, Sulak PJ, Allen SR.

165. Archived: Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD): Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     August 08, 2005 - for PAD among asymptomatic adults in the general population would have few or no benefits because the prevalence … Screening for PAD in asymptomatic adults in the general population has few or no benefits, because the prevalence … Specifically, the prevalence of lower-extremity PAD based on ankle brachial blood pressure ratios is … hypertension, and (possibly) genetic factors. 1 There are no significant gender differences in the overall prevalence … Edinburgh Artery Study: prevalence of asymptomatic and symptomatic peripheral arterial disease in the

166. Archived: Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD): Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     August 08, 2005 - for PAD among asymptomatic adults in the general population would have few or no benefits because the prevalence … Screening for PAD in asymptomatic adults in the general population has few or no benefits, because the prevalence … Specifically, the prevalence of lower-extremity PAD based on ankle brachial blood pressure ratios is … hypertension, and (possibly) genetic factors. 1 There are no significant gender differences in the overall prevalence … Edinburgh Artery Study: prevalence of asymptomatic and symptomatic peripheral arterial disease in the

167. Archived: Lung Cancer: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 1996 - detection. 6 Furthermore, the yield of screening chest radiography is low, largely due to the low prevalence … National Cancer Institute Cooperative Early Lung Cancer Detection Program: results of the initial screen (prevalence … Early lung cancer detection: results of the initial (prevalence) radiologic and cytologic screening in … Early lung cancer detection: results of the initial (prevalence) radiologic and cytologic screening in … Early lung cancer detection: results of the initial (prevalence) radiologic and cytologic screening in

168. Screening for Glaucoma: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2005 - Older African Americans have a higher prevalence of glaucoma and perhaps a more rapid disease progression … Epidemiologic Survey (NHANES) would potentially assist in gathering important information on the prevalence … glaucoma prevalence and incidence in the United States. Invest. … Mitchell P, Smith W, At Prevalence of open-angle glaucoma in Australia. … Racial variations in the prevalence of primary open-angle glaucoma. The Baltimore Eye Survey.

169. Archived: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     March 15, 2008 - However, even in groups with the greatest prevalence of airflow obstruction, hundreds of patients would … However, even in groups with the greatest prevalence of airflow obstruction, hundreds of patients would … spirometric airflow obstruction in representative samples of a general U.S. population. 1 , 2 The prevalence … updated and supplemented a previous systematic review that had examined high-quality evidence on the prevalence … Patients identified through screening do not recognize or report symptoms, and, on the basis of prevalence

170. Screening for Syphilis Infection in Pregnant Women: Evidence for the Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2009 - Does screening for syphilis in pregnancy reduce the prevalence of congenital syphilis in neonates? … To determine whether prenatal screening reduces the prevalence of congenital syphilis in neonates, we … Prevalence, 3.84% (CI, 3.5%–4.3%). POC sensitivity, 91.8% (CI, 88.4%–94.5%). … POC prevalence, 442 (5%) cases (CI, 4.8%–5.2%). Specificity: POC, 98.5%; hospital RPR, 99.0%. … OFC prevalence, 1 case per 750 births.

171. Screening for Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Nonpregnant Adolescents and Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Service Task Force (pdf file)
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     July 25, 2016 - Screening strategies that focused on risk factors such as ever having immigrated from high-prevalence … In 1 study (n = 21 008), only screening immigrants from high-prevalence countries would miss approximately … T he overall prevalence of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) in-fection in the US has been estimated at … Fourth, studies conducted in countries where the prevalence, characteristics, and natural history of … Prevalence of elevated ALT values, HBsAg, and anti-HCV in the primary care setting and evaluation of

172. Screening and Interventions to Prevent Dental Caries in Children Younger Than 5 Years (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2021 - • Assessment of Risk: Higher prevalence and severity of dental caries are found among specific racial … Prevalence is higher in Mexican American children (33%) and non-Hispanic Black children (28%) than in

173. USPSTF Clinician Summary of USPSTF Recommendation: Screening for Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Adults (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2023 - • Populations at increased risk for LTBI, based on increased prevalence of active disease and increased … of exposure, include persons who were born in, or are former residents of, countries with high TB prevalence

174. Draft Recommendation: Eating Disorders in Adolescents and Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     October 19, 2021 - According to several large U.S. cohort studies, the lifetime prevalence of eating disorders ranges from … Prevalence and correlates of DSM-5-defined eating disorders in a nationally representative sample of … The prevalence and correlates of eating disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication. … Prevalence of eating disorders in elite athletes is higher than in the general population. … Comparative prevalence, correlates of impairment, and service utilization for eating disorders across

175. Final Research Plan: Latent Tuberculosis Infection: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     September 25, 2014 - increased risk for developing active tuberculosis (TB) disease (e.g., persons in populations with a high prevalence … What are the estimated prevalence rates of LTBI and active TB disease in adult populations at increased … homeless shelters, former prisoners, persons born in or former residents of countries with high TB prevalence … time in the United States for persons who were born in or former residents of countries with high TB prevalence

176. Screening for Hepatitis B Virus Infection: A Brief Evidence Update (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2004 - However, McQuillan and colleagues showed that the prevalence of HBV infection has not significantly decreased … descriptive analysis in Taiwan showed that since the universal vaccination program began in 1984, the prevalence … area hyperendemic for HBV infection and may not be generalizable to the United States, where the true prevalence … Prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection in the United States: the National Health and Nutrition Examination

177. Final Research Plan: Weight Loss to Prevent Obesity-Related Morbidity and Mortality in Adults: Behavioral Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     March 31, 2016 - maintenance may have an effect on intermediate outcomes (including weight loss and the incidence or prevalence … maintenance interventions lead to weight loss, weight loss maintenance, or a reduction in the incidence or prevalence … activities of daily living) KQ 2: Weight outcomes (required for inclusion) and incidence or prevalence … adiposity (e.g., waist circumference, waist-to-hip circumference ratio) Weight maintenance Incidence or prevalence

178. Archived: Final Research Plan: Latent Tuberculosis Infection: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan105/latent-tuberculosis-infection-screening-september-2016
     September 25, 2014 - increased risk for developing active tuberculosis (TB) disease (e.g., persons in populations with a high prevalence … What are the estimated prevalence rates of LTBI and active TB disease in adult populations at increased … homeless shelters, former prisoners, persons born in or former residents of countries with high TB prevalence … time in the United States for persons who were born in or former residents of countries with high TB prevalence

179. Archived: Tuberculosis Infection, Including Bacille Calmette-Guérin Immunization: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     February 11, 2014 - American Indians and Alaska Natives. 2 About 30% of new cases occur in foreign-born immigrants. 2 The prevalence … number of variables, including immunologic status, the size of the hypersensitivity reaction, and the prevalence … with TB persons with medical risk factors associated with TB immigrants from countries with high TB prevalence … Futures guidelines recommend annual testing for persons of low socioeconomic status, those in high prevalence … countries medically underserved, low-income, high-prevalence populations or long-term care facilities

180. Screening for Chlamydial Infection: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2007 - In low- prevalence populations, however, a positive test result is more likely to be false positive than … screening, the USPSTF concluded that the overall benefit of screening would be small, given the low prevalence … African-American and Hispanic women have a higher prevalence of infection than the general popula- tion … Among men and women, increased prevalence rates are also found in incar- cerated populations, military … (The term bounding comprises the severity of the harm, the prevalence of the harm, and how precise the