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161. Screening for Obesity in Children and Adolescents: USPSTF Recommendations Statement (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/PdBbRgWKPMbHfeQeHkM242
     February 01, 2010 - Clinicians and policy makers should understand the evidence but individualize decision-making to the specific … Overweight = age- and gender-specific BMI at ≥85th to 94th percentile Obesity = age- and gender-specific … BMI be- tween the 85th and 95th percentiles, and obesity is defined as an age- and gender-specific BMI … Research Needs and Gaps Areas for further research include in- vestigations to determine the specific … Because BMI changes with age, per- centile scores based on age- and gender-specific norms are used to

162. Archived: Final Evidence Review: Gonorrhea: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-review40/gonorrhea-screening-2005
     May 15, 2005 - A specific search on neonatal preventive medication was also performed. … Specific studies of individual risk factors.   … Test:  test for both infections, treat women with positive tests for their specific infections. … Not rated Limited to specific urban populations 2C. … STD clinic population; unknown symptom status; sensitivity/specificity data not provided by sex or specific

163. USPSTF Analytic Framework for Child and Adolescent Health Topics | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     October 01, 2017 - The population that is the focus of the evidence for a specific preventive service appears at the left-hand … Are there accurate (i.e., sensitive and specific) screening tests available?

164. Archived: Final Research Plan: Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan98/statin-use-in-adults-preventive-medication-november-2016
     May 02, 2014 - An arrow from the population indicates CVD risk assessment, resulting in identification of specific cardiovascular … vary by subgroups defined by demographic (e.g., age, sex, race) or clinical characteristics (e.g., specific … Criteria are overarching as well specific to each of the KQs.   … increased risk for CVD events based on 10-year or lifetime individualized CVD risk level or presence of specific

165. Overdiagnosis in Prostate Cancer Screening Decision Models: A Contextual Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2018 - Preventive Services Task Force on the magnitude of overdiagnosis using prostate-specific antigen screening … As early as the 1980’s, before the use of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) for early detection of prostate … Publications about overdiagnosis based on modeling should provide specific guidance to reconcile the … Overdetection, overtreatment and costs in prostate-specific antigen screening for prostate cancer. … Quality-of-life effects of prostate-specific antigen screening. N Engl J Med. 2012;367(7):595-605.

166. Archived: Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/obesity-in-children-and-adolescents-screening-2010
     January 15, 2010 - Overweight = age- and gender-specific BMI at ≥85th to 94th percentile Obesity = age- and gender-specific … to 18% of 2- to 19-year-old children and adolescents are obese (defined as having an age- and gender-specific … following terms to define categories of increased BMI: overweight is defined as an age- and gender-specific … BMI between the 85th and 95th percentiles, and obesity is defined as an age- and gender-specific BMI … Research Needs and Gaps Areas for further research include investigations to determine the specific

167. Recommendation: Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 14, 2025 - Clinicians should understand the evidence but individualize decision-making to the specific patient or … Clinicians should understand the evidence but individualize decision-making to the specific patient or … Country-specific versions of FRAX are available that have been calibrated using country-specific fracture … calculators (eg, FRAX) but that use fixed fracture risk treatment thresholds not specific to race and … Applying ethnic-specific bone mineral density T-scores to Chinese women in the USA.

168. Archived: Chlamydial Infection: Screening, 2001 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 2001 - Specific risk-based screening protocols need to be tested at the local level. … More targeted screening may be indicated in specific settings as better prevalence data become available … The choice of specific screening technique is left to clinical judgment. … Until recently, culture has been accepted as the most specific test but it requires specialized handling … at risk need to balance feasibility and specificity: more detailed risk assessments may yield more specific

169. Recommendation: Lipid Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 18, 2023 - to assist primary care professionals in promoting cardiovascular health and identifying and managing specific … recommends interventions promoting physical activity and healthy eating across the lifespan, including specific … Clinicians should understand the evidence but individualize decision-making to the specific patient or … The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) makes recommendations about the effectiveness of specific … Clinicians should understand the evidence but individualize decision-making to the specific patient or

170. Skin Cancer Screening: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     April 18, 2023 - each study was independently assessed as “good,” “fair,” or “poor” by 2 reviewers using USPSTF design-specific … When available, results for specific populations (eg, by age, sex, race, and ethnicity) were reported … Both melanoma and keratinocyte carcinoma 7 0 7 2 692 603 Other 1j 0 1j 45 Outcomes reported for specific … Little data on specific population groups were available; this may represent a missed opportunity to … Ap- plicability to US settings is difficult to assess, particularly with respect to specific population

171. Evidence Summary: Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/latent-tuberculosis-infection-screening
     May 02, 2023 - TST and IGRAs were moderately sensitive and highly specific. … Are harms associated with screening for LTBI, including among specific populations of interest? … TST and IGRAs were moderately sensitive and highly specific. … Sensitivity of C-Tb: a novel RD-1-specific skin test for the diagnosis of tuberculosis infection. … Evaluation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis –specific antibody responses for the discrimination of active

172. Task Force Resources | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     April 09, 2025 - includes: Patient Pages (in English and Spanish when available) Podcasts Related Resources and Tools For specific … Discussion guides Resources from partner organizations Videos Additional Resources General Resources Topic-Specific

173. Recommendation: Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Adolescents and Adults: Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     November 13, 2018 - Effective behavioral counseling interventions vary in their specific components, administration, length … The USPSTF was unable to identify specific intervention characteristics or components that were clearly … Clinicians should understand the evidence but individualize decision making to the specific patient or … Although the USPSTF found limited specific evidence for pregnant women, it determined that available … Some comments expressed concerns about the lack of discussion of specific populations.

174. Evidence Summary: Hypertension in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/hypertension-in-adults-screening
     April 27, 2021 - was assigned a quality rating of “good,” “fair,” or “poor,” according to the USPSTF’s study design–specific … Participants received their risk profile, risk-specific educational materials, and local community resource … Indication-specific 6-h systolic blood pressure thresholds can approximate 24-h determination of blood … Gender specific profiles of white coat and masked hypertension impacts on arterial structure and function … Age- and gender-specific awareness, treatment, and control of cardiovascular risk factors and subclinical

175. Clinical Summary: Screening for Prostate Cancer (pdf file)
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     comorbid medical conditions, patient values about the benefits and harms of screening and treatment-specific … Screening Tests Screening for prostate cancer begins with a test that measures the amount of prostate-specific

176. Final Research Plan: Healthy Diet and Physical Activity for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Adults Without Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors: Behavioral Counseling Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/healthy-lifestyle-and-physical-activity-for-cvd-prevention-adults-without-known-risk-factors-behavioral-counseling
     June 04, 2020 - Criteria are overarching as well as specific to each of the key questions.   … assessing effects of exercise, or controlled diets) Dietary counseling solely focused on increasing specific … English Languages other than English Study quality Fair or good Poor (according to design-specific

177. Final Research Plan: Autism Spectrum Disorder in Young Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/autism-spectrum-disorder-young-children-1
     June 10, 2021 - Criteria are overarching as well as specific to each of the key questions (KQs).   … Additionally, the term “ASD-specific” was removed from the description of included interventions for

178. Procedure Manual Section 5. Modeling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 05, 2017 - review alone to estimate the number of persons in a hypothetical population who would be affected in specific … Decision models incorporate evidence about natural history, disease-specific epidemiology, and other … Searching for existing decision models is most efficient if it is focused on the specific decision problem … six questions frame the considerations around adding a decision model to the systematic review for a specific … constraints, the USPSTF Chairs make the final decision about whether to add decision modeling to a specific

179. Final Research Plan: Folic Acid Supplementation to Prevent Neural Tube Defects: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     October 21, 2021 - Criteria are overarching as well as specific to each of the Key Questions.   … framework with a more general term—“folate levels in the body”—to reflect the uncertainty around the specific

180. Screening for Ovarian Cancer: Review (pdf file)
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     July 01, 1994 - Published mathematical models simulating screening for ovarian cancer in specific populations were … and risks of screening, evaluate available screen­ ing techniques, and address the effectiveness of specific … We provide specific recommenda­ tions about current techniques for screening for ovarian cancer and … cer: 1) Hereditary ovarian cancer syndromes refer to a pattern of clusters of ovarian cancer (site-specific … CA 125 shows promise as a screening test that may be simpler, less expensive, and more specific than