Original and Review Articles in 2006

Twardella D, Loew M, Rothenbacher D, Stegmaier C, Ziegler H, Brenner H.
The diagnosis of a smoking-related disease is a prominent trigger for smoking cessation in a retrospective cohort study.
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 2006; 59: 82-89.

Lilla C, Verla-Tebit E, Risch A, Jäger B, Hoffmeister M, Brenner H, Chang-Claude J.
Effect of NAT1 und NAT2 genetic polymorphisms on colorectal cancer risk associated with exposure to tobacco smoke and meat consumption.
Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention 2006; 15: 99-107.

Gondos A, Parkin DM, Chokunonga E, Brenner H.
Calculating age adjusted cancer survival estimates when age specific data are sparse: an empirical evaluation of various methods.
British Journal of Cancer 2006; 94: 450-454.

Twardella D, Rothenbacher D, Hahmann H, Wüsten B, Brenner H.
The underestimated impact of smoking and smoking cessation on the risk of secondary cardiovascular disease events in patients with stable coronary heart disease: prospective cohort study.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2006; 47: 887-889.

Twardella D, Loew M, Rothenbacher D, Stegmaier C, Ziegler H, Brenner H.
The impact of body weight on smoking cessation in German adults.
Preventive Medicine 2006; 42: 109-113.

Houterman S, Janssen-Heijnen MLG, van de Poll-Franse LV, Brenner H, Coebergh JWW.
Higher long-term cancer survival rates in southeastern Netherlands using up-to-date period analysis.
Annals of Oncology 2006; 17: 709-712.

Rothenbacher D, Müller-Scholze S, Herder C, Koenig W, Kolb H.
Differential expression of chemokines, risk of stable coronary heart disease, and correlation with established cardiovascular risk markers.
Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology 2006; 26: 194-199.

Spahr, A, Klein E, Khuseyinova N, Boeckh C, Muche R, Kunze M, Rothenbacher D, Pezeshki G, Hoffmeister A, Koenig W.
Periodontal Infections and Coronary Heart Disease.
Archives of Internal Medicine 2006; 166: 554-559.

Müller H, Brenner H.
Urine markers as possible tools for prostate cancer screening: a review focusing on performance characteristics and practicalness.
Clinical Chemistry 2006; 52: 562-573.

Lietzau S, Hoewner M, von Baum H, Marre R, Brenner H.
Antibiotic resistant fecal isolates of enterococci among unselected patients outside the clinical sector: an epidemiological study from Southern Germany.
Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety 2006; 15: 275-277.

Weyermann M, Adler G, Brenner H, Rothenbacher D.
The mother as source of Helicobacter pylori infection.
Epidemiology 2006; 17: 332-334.

von Eynatten M, Hamann A, Twardella D, Nawroth PP, Brenner H, Rothenbacher D.
Relationship of adiponectin with markers of systemic inflammation, atherogenic dyslipidemia and heart failure in patients with coronary heart disease.
Clinical Chemistry 2006; 52: 853-859.

Twardella D, Merx H, Hahmann W, Wüsten B, Rothenbacher D, Brenner H.
Long-term adherence to dietary recommendations after inpatient rehabilitation: prospective follow up study of patients with coronary heart disease.
Heart 2006; 92: 635-640.

Haug U, Wente MN, Seiler CM, Rothenbacher D, Büchler MW, Brenner H.
Tumor-M2-PK as a stool marker for colorectal cancer: stability at room temperature and implications for application in the screening setting.
Clinical Chemistry 2006; 52: 782-784.

Wang H, Rothenbacher D, Löw M, Stegmaier C, Brenner H, Diepgen TL.
Atopic diseases, immunoglobulin E and risk of cancer of the prostate, breast, lung und colorectum.
International Journal of Cancer 2006; 119: 695-701.

Verla-Tebit E, Lilla C, Hoffmeister M, Brenner H, Chang-Claude J.
Cigarette smoking and colorectal cancer risk in Germany: a population-based case-control study.
International Journal of Cancer 2006; 119: 630-635.

Guech-Ongey M, Brenner H, Twardella D, Rothenbacher D.
Chlamydia pneumoniae, heat shock proteins 60 and risk of secondary cardiovascular events in patients with coronary heart disease under special consideration of diabetes: a prospective study.
BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2006; 6: 17.

Brenner H, Hakulinen T.
Period estimates of cancer patient survival are more up-to-date than complete estimates even at comparable levels of precision.
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 2006; 59: 570-575.

Löw M, Hoffmann MM, Hahmann H, März W, Brenner H, Rothenbacher D.
Genotype combinations of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 and angiotensin converting enzyme genes and risk for early onset of coronary heart disease.
European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation 2006; 13: 449-456.

Ramroth H, Specht-Leible N, König HH, Brenner H.
Hospitalizations during the last months of life of nursing home residents: a retrospective cohort study from Germany.
BMC Health Services Research 2006; 6: 70.

Koenig W, Twardella D, Brenner H, Rothenbacher D.
Lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 predicts future cardiovascular events in patients with coronary heart disease independently of traditional risk factors, markers of inflammation, renal function and hemodynamic stress.
Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology 2006; 26: 1586-1593.

Weck MN, Brenner H.
Prevalence of chronic atrophic gastritis in different parts of the world.
Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention 2006; 15: 1083-1094.

Zumkeller N, Brenner H, Zwahlen M, Rothenbacher D.
Helicobacter pylori infection and colorectal cancer risk: a meta-analysis.
Helicobacter 2006; 11: 75-80.

Rothenbacher D, Rüter G, Brenner H.
Prognostic value of physicians' assessment of compliance regarding all-cause mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes: primary care follow-up study.
BMC Family Practice 2006; 7: 42.

Rothenbacher D, Koenig W, Brenner H.
Life time physical activity patterns and risk of coronary heart disease.
Heart 2006; 92: 1319-1320.

Brenner H, Chang-Claude J, Seiler CM, Stürmer T, Hoffmeister M.
Does a negative screening colonoscopy ever need to be repeated?
Gut 2006; 55: 1145-1150.

Lietzau S, Raum E, von Baum H, Marre R, Brenner H.
Clustering of antibiotic resistance of E.coli in couples: suggestion for a major role of conjugal transmission.
BMC Infectious Diseases 2006; 6: 119 (Epub ahead of print).

Arndt V, Merx H, Stegmaier C, Ziegler H, Brenner H.
Restrictions in quality of life in colorectal cancer patients over three years after diagnosis: a population based study.
European Journal of Cancer 2006; 42: 1848-1857.

Hoffmeister M, Chang-Claude J, Brenner H.
Do older adults using non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs have a reduced risk of colorectal cancer?
Drugs and Aging 2006; 23: 513-523.

Guech-Ongey M, Brenner H, Twardella D, Hahmann H, Rothenbacher D.
Role of cytomegalovirus sero-status in the development of secondary cardiovascular events in patients with coronary heart disease under special consideration of diabetes.
International Journal of Cardiology 2006; 111: 98-103.

Brenner H, Weyermann M, Rothenbacher D.
Clustering of Helicobacter pylori infection in couples: differences between high and low prevalence population groups.
Annals of Epidemiology 2006; 16: 516-520.

Weyermann M, Rothenbacher D, Brenner H.
Duration of breastfeeding and risk of overweight in childhood: a prospective birth cohort study from Germany.
International Journal of Obesity 2006; 30: 1281-1287.

Brenner H, Hakulinen T.
Up-to-date and precise estimates of cancer patient survival: model based period analysis.
American Journal of Epidemiology 2006; 164: 689-696.

Gebhardt K, Brenner H, Stürmer T, Raum E, Richter W, Schiltenwolf M, Buchner M.
The course of high-sensitive C-reactive protein in correlation with pain and clinical function in patients with acute lumbosciatic pain and chronic low back pain – a 6 months prospective longitudinal study.
European Journal of Pain 2006; 10: 711-719.

Brenner H, Hakulinen T.
Up-to-date estimates of cancer patient survival even with common latency in cancer registration.
Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention 2006; 15: 1727-1732.

Ramroth H, Specht-Leible N, König H-H, Mohrmann M, Brenner H.
Inanspruchnahme stationärer Krankenhausleistungen durch Pflegeheimbewohner.
Deutsches Ärzteblatt 2006; 103: A2710-A2713.

Weyermann M, Beermann C, Brenner H, Rothenbacher D.
Adiponectin and leptin in maternal serum, cord blood, and breast milk.
Clinical Chemistry 2006; 52: 2095-2102.

Frank B, Hemminki K, Brenner H, Hoffmeister M, Chang-Claude J, Burwinkel B.
ARLTS1 variants and risk of colorectal cancer.
Cancer Letters 2006; 244: 172-175.

Frank B, Shanmugam KS, Beckmann L, Hemminki K, Brenner H, Hoffmeister M, Chang-Claude J, Burwinkel B.
Death receptor 4 variants and colorectal cancer risk.
Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention 2006; 15: 2002-2005.

Arndt V, Stegmaier C, Ziegler H, Brenner H.
The impact of specific symptoms on quality of life in women with breast cancer one year after diagnosis: a population-based study.
Cancer 2006; 107: 2496-2503.

Rothenbacher D, Koenig W, Brenner H.
Comparison of N-terminal-pro-B-natriuretic peptide, C-reactive protein, and creatinine clearance for prognosis in patients with known coronary heart disease.
Archives of Internal Medicine 2006; 166: 2455-2460.

Dreinhöfer KE, Dieppe P, Stürmer T, Gröber-Grätz D, Flören M, Günther KP, Puhl W, Brenner H.
Indications for total hip replacement: comparison of assessments of orthopaedic surgeons and referring physicians.
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 2006; 65: 1346-1350.