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Autor:
Mirte A G Kuipers, Kaidi Kang, Anca D Dragomir, Karin Monshouwer, Elisa Benedetti, Gabriele Lombardi, George Luta, Anton E Kunst
Publikováno v:
American Journal of Epidemiology.
We describe a new method for presenting and interpreting linear trends in health inequalities, and present a proof-of-concept analysis of inequalities in smoking among adolescents in Europe. We estimated the regression line of the assumed linear rela
Publikováno v:
International Journal of Epidemiology. 50:1772-1777
Motivation Directed acyclic graphs (DAGs) are causal diagrams that can be used to identify confounding or selection bias in observational studies, and are increasingly used in many areas of medical research. In the add-on package dagR for the statist
Publikováno v:
International Journal of Epidemiology. 50:2091-2097
Directed acyclic graphs (DAGs) are increasingly used in epidemiology to identify and address different types of bias. The present work aims to demonstrate how DAG-based data simulation can be used to understand bias and compare data analytical strate
Publikováno v:
Social Research Reports. 11:9-17
Smoking is a very significant public health problem. Quitting smoking will greatly reduce related morbidity and mortality. The purpose of this study was to examine the association between seeing a medical doctor during the past 12 months and seriousl
Publikováno v:
Tobacco Control. 25:413-421
Introduction The WHO established the MPOWER policy package to boost the implementation of the WHO Framework Convention for Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) in 2008 and to provide practical guidance on policies effective at reducing smoking rates. An easily
Autor:
Subha Madhavan, Peter B. McGarvey, David M. Tanenbaum, Erin K Hedlund, Mauricio Oberti, Baris E. Suzek, Sweta A. Ladwa, Anca D. Dragomir
Publikováno v:
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 19:e125-e128
Quality control and harmonization of data is a vital and challenging undertaking for any successful data coordination center and a responsibility shared between the multiple sites that produce, integrate, and utilize the data. Here we describe a coor
Autor:
Andrew F. Olshan, Donna D. Baird, AnnaMarie Connolly, Deborah Cousins, Larry L. Kupper, Jane C. Schroeder, Anca D. Dragomir
Publikováno v:
Journal of Women's Health. 19:245-250
To investigate the association between the presence and characteristics of uterine leiomyomata (UL) and self-reported stress urinary incontinence (SUI).The study included 836 premenopausal participants (474 African American and 362 Caucasian) in the
Autor:
Lauren M. Abbate, Leigh F. Callahan, Joanne M. Jordan, Charles G. Helmick, Jordan B. Renner, Janice Woodard, Anca D. Dragomir, William D. Kalsbeek, Marc C. Hochberg, Todd A. Schwartz, Gheorghe Luta, F. Fang, Amanda E. Nelson
Publikováno v:
The Journal of Rheumatology. 36:809-815
Objective.To report contemporary estimates of the prevalence of hip-related osteoarthritis (OA) outcomes in African Americans and Caucasians aged ≥ 45 years.Methods.Weighted prevalence estimates and their corresponding 95% confidence intervals for
Autor:
Virginia B. Kraus, Thomas Stabler, Gheorghe Luta, Joanne M. Jordan, Charles G. Helmick, Marc C. Hochberg, Alan L. Elliott, Janice Woodard, Anca D. Dragomir, Jordan B. Renner
Publikováno v:
Arthritis & Rheumatism. 52:105-111
Objective Serum hyaluronan (HA) has been proposed as a potential biomarker of osteoarthritis (OA). We examined associations between serum HA and radiographic OA in an ethnically diverse, population-based sample. Methods Participants were selected fro
Autor:
Thomas Stabler, Charles G. Helmick, Gheorghe Luta, Virginia B. Kraus, Jordan B. Renner, Joanne M. Jordan, Marc C. Hochberg, Vladimir Vilim, Anca D. Dragomir
Publikováno v:
Arthritis & Rheumatism. 48:675-681
Objective Previous descriptions of potential biomarkers of osteoarthritis (OA) have been limited to Caucasians. In the present study, we examined associations between serum levels of cartilage oligomeric matrix protein (COMP) and ethnicity (African A