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Assessing the external validity of algorithms to estimate EQ-5D-3L from the W...
Abstract Background The use of mapping algorithms have been suggested as a solution to predict health utilities when no preference-based measure is included in the study.... -
Kinetic estimated glomerular filtration rate in critically ill patients: beyo...
Abstract Background Although significant advances have been achieved in acute kidney injury (AKI) research following its classification, potential pitfalls can be identified in... -
Prognostic values of the SYNTAX score II and the erythrocyte sedimentation ra...
Abstract Background There is a paucity of evidence on the combination of the SYNTAX score II (SSII) and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) in assessing the long-term prognosis... -
Effects of gestational diabetes mellitus on risk of adverse maternal outcomes...
Abstract Background Gestational diabetes mellitus is a leading medical condition woman encounter during pregnancy with serious short- and long-term consequences for maternal... -
Comparative efficacy and safety of paricalcitol versus vitamin D receptor act...
Abstract Background Secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) is a severe complication for dialysis patients. Vitamin D receptor activators (VDRAs) are used to treat SHPT, but the... -
Analyzing the effects of the choice of model in the context of marginal chang...
Abstract Literature on the choice of model for deriving an input–output table (IOT) from a pair of supply–use tables (SUTs) has focused on the consequences for the IOT and the... -
Feasibility study to identify women of childbearing age at risk of pregnancy ...
Abstract Background Worldwide the rate of unplanned pregnancies is more than 40%. Identifying women at risk of pregnancy can help prevent negative outcomes and also reduce... -
DNA methylation and obesity traits: An epigenome-wide association study. The ...
Obesity is associated with increased risk of several diseases and has become epidemic. Obesity is highly heritable but the genetic variants identified by genome-wide association... -
Epiregulin reprograms cancer-associated fibroblasts and facilitates oral squa...
Abstract Background Local resident normal fibroblasts (NFs) are the major source of cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs), which are distinguishable from NFs by their... -
Multiple imputation of multiple multi-item scales when a full imputation mode...
Abstract Background Missing data in a large scale survey presents major challenges. We focus on performing multiple imputation by chained equations when data contain multiple... -
Validation of the Moroccan arabic version of the low anterior resection syndr...
Abstract Background Sphincter sparing surgery is oftentimes associated with bowel dysfunction complaints, namely the low anterior resection syndrome (LARS). The LARS... -
Adaptive optics optical coherence tomography angiography for morphometric ana...
Histological studies have shown that morphometric changes at the microscopic level of choriocapillaris (CC) occur with aging and disease onset, and therefore may be sensitive... -
A measure of the impact of CV incompleteness on prediction error estimation w...
Abstract Background In applications of supervised statistical learning in the biomedical field it is necessary to assess the prediction error of the respective prediction rules.... -
The EffectLiteR Approach for Analyzing Average and Conditional Effects
We present a framework for estimating average and conditional effects of a discrete treatment variable on a continuous outcome variable, conditioning on categorical and... -
Adverse mental health outcomes in breast cancer survivors compared to women w...
Abstract Background Recent increasing trends in breast cancer incidence and survival have resulted in unprecedented numbers of cancer survivors in the general population. A... -
Migraine, headache, and mortality in women: a cohort study
Abstract Background Migraine carries a high global burden, disproportionately affects women, and has been implicated as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Migraine with... -
Serum levels of interleukin-22, cardiometabolic risk factors and incident typ...
Abstract Aims Interleukin-22 (IL-22) has beneficial effects on body weight, insulin resistance and inflammation in different mouse models, but its relevance for the development... -
Association between tooth loss and hypertension among older Chinese adults: a...
Abstract Background The purpose of the study is to examine the association between tooth loss and hypertension among older community residents in urban China. Methods This study... -
Comparison of weighting approaches for genetic risk scores in gene-environmen...
Abstract Background Weighted genetic risk scores (GRS), defined as weighted sums of risk alleles of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), are statistically powerful for... -
Effect of intra-pregnancy nonsurgical periodontal therapy on inflammatory bio...
Abstract Background The aim of this systematic review with meta-analysis was to analyze the effects of intra-pregnancy nonsurgical periodontal therapy on periodontal...
