… We are fortunate that David Freedman finished this new edition before his death in late
2008. We are deeply saddened by his passing, and we greatly admire the energy and cheer he …

Regression models have been used in the social sciences at least since 1899, when Yule
published a paper on the causes of pauperism. Regression models are now used to make …

Background. Although overweight and obesity in childhood are related to dyslipidemia,
hyperinsulinemia, and hypertension, most studies have examined levels of these risk factors …

Background. Obese children may be at increased risk of becoming obese adults. To examine
the relationship between obesity in childhood and obesity in adulthood, we reviewed the …

A. Course and Hydrology 1. White Nile. The sources of the Nile lie 6,671 km from the river's
mouths, in the Kagera river system in Central Africa which empties into Lake Victoria, the …

Public health measures were decisive in controlling the SARS epidemic in 2003. Isolation is
the separation of ill persons from non-infected persons. Quarantine is movement restriction, …

Efron's "bootstrap" method of distribution approximation is shown to be asymptotically valid
in a large number of situations, including $t$-statistics, the empirical and quantile processes, …

OBJECTIVE: To explore the accuracy of various body mass index (BMI) cutpoints in identifying
children who have excess adiposity (based on skinfold thicknesses), adverse levels of …

Background. Childhood obesity is related to adult levels of lipids, lipoproteins, blood pressure,
and insulin and to morbidity from coronary heart disease (CHD). However, the importance …

We assessed the relation of risk factors for cardiovascular disease to early atherosclerotic
lesions in the aorta and coronary arteries in 35 persons (mean age at death, 18 years). Aortic …