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Risk Factors Associated with Treatment Default Among Tuberculosis Patients in Adamawa State, Nigeria

Galician Medical Journal, 2022
Background. Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by bacteria called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis is complex, costly, and usually has poor outcomes.
Charles Okoro, Olateju Alao Bamigbala, Ayodeji Oluwatobi Ojetunde, Abdulmudallib Ibrahim   +3 more
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The Association between Herpes Zoster and Increased Cancer Risk: A Nationwide Population-Based Matched Control Study

Current Oncology, 2021
Background: Herpes zoster (HZ) is strongly associated with decreased immune function, a factor of cancer development. Previous studies suggested inconsistent results regarding the association between HZ and increased cancer risk.
Ji-Hoon Sim, Hyun-Seok Cho, Young-Do Kim, Juhan Mun, Sung-Bae Kim, Jong-Hyuk Lee, Jeong-Gil Leem   +6 more
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Cardio/Kidney Composite End Points: A Post Hoc Analysis of the EMPA‐REG OUTCOME Trial

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2021
Background Cardio/kidney composite end points are clinically relevant but rarely analyzed in cardiovascular trials. This post hoc analysis of the EMPA‐REG OUTCOME (Empagliflozin Cardiovascular Outcome Event Trial in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients ...
João Pedro Ferreira, Bettina Johanna Kraus, Isabella Zwiener, Sabine Lauer, Bernard Zinman, David H. Fitchett, Audrey Koitka‐Weber, Jyothis T. George, Anne Pernille Ofstad, Christoph Wanner, Faiez Zannad   +10 more
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COX PROPORTIONAL HAZARD REGRESSION SURVIVAL ANALYSIS FOR TYPE 2 DIABETES MELITUS

Barekeng, 2022
One of the most widely used methods of survival analysis is Cox proportional hazard regression. It is a semiparametric regression used to investigate the effects of a number of variables on the dependent variable based on survival time.
Umi Mahmudah, Sugiyarto Surono, Puguh Wahyu Prasetyo, Muhamad Safiih Lola, Annisa Eka Haryati   +4 more
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Factors that influence the recovery of TB patients using Cox proportional hazard regression

Jurnal Natural, 2021
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease which is one of the biggest health problems in the world, including Indonesia. The government, through the National Tuberculosis Control program, has made various efforts to control tuberculosis.
ZURNILA MARLI KESUMA, HIZIR SOFYAN, LATIFAH RAHAYU, WARDATUL JANNAH   +3 more
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Impact of RAS/RAF mutations on clinical and prognostic outcomes in metastatic colorectal cancer [PDF]

BioImpacts, 2021
Introduction: Early-activated RAS/RAF mutation status is a key molecular finding in colorectal cancer (CRC), while these mutations have been proposed as predictive and prognostic biomarkers.
Roya Dolatkhah, Saeed Dastgiri, Amir Taher Eftekhar Sadat, Faris Farassati, Marzieh Nezamdoust, Mohammad Hossein Somi   +5 more
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Blood pressure variability and cardiovascular risk in the PROspective study of pravastatin in the elderly at risk (PROSPER) [PDF]

, 2012
Variability in blood pressure predicts cardiovascular disease in young- and middle-aged subjects, but relevant data for older individuals are sparse. We analysed data from the PROspective Study of Pravastatin in the Elderly at Risk (PROSPER) study of ...
A Frattola, AJ Webb, Anton J. M. de Craen, AV Chobanian, C Geeganage, Christopher J. Packard, David J. Stott, E O'Brien, E Pringle, G Mancia, G Parati, G Parati, I Ford, Ian Ford, J Shepherd, J Shepherd, J. Wouter Jukema, Jacobijn Gussekloo, JS Grove, K Keenan, M Kikuya, M Tozawa, Naveed Sattar, OH Klungel, P Muntner, PM Rothwell, PM Rothwell, PM Rothwell, RJ Havlik, RL Cuffe, Robert Clarke, Rosalinde K. E. Poortvliet, Rudi G. J. Westendorp, S Lewington, SC Howard, Simon P. Mooijaart, Suzanne M. Lloyd, T Marshall, TG Pickering, Wouter de Ruijter, Y Hata, Y Hata   +41 more
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Duration of adjuvant chemotherapy for stage III colon cancer [PDF]

, 2018
BACKGROUND Since 2004, a regimen of 6 months of treatment with oxaliplatin plus a fluoropyrimidine has been standard adjuvant therapy in patients with stage III colon cancer.
Andre, Thierry, Boukovinas, Ioannis, Grothey, Axel, Iveson, Timothy, Kerr, Rachel, Labianca, Roberto, Meyerhardt, Jeffrey A., Meyers, Jeffrey P., Niedzwiecki, Donna, Paul, James, Renfro, Lindsay A., Sargent, Daniel J., Saunders, Mark, Shi, Qian, Shields, Anthony F., Sobrero, Alberto F., Souglakos, John, Taieb, Julien, Torri, Valter, Vernerey, Dewi, Watanabe, Toshiaki, Yamanaka, Takeharu, Yoshino, Takayuki   +22 more
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On Defense of the Hazard Ratio

, 2023
In this short communication, we describe the recent debate on whether the hazard function should be used for causal inference in time-to-event studies and consider three different potential outcomes frameworks (by Rubin, Robins, and Pearl, respectively) as well as use the single-world intervention graph to show mathematically that the hazard function ...
Ying, Andrew, Xu, Ronghui
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Do good health and material circumstances protect older people from the increased risk of death after bereavement? [PDF]

, 2012
This is an open access Article. Copyright @ 2012 The AuthorsAn increased risk of death in persons who have suffered spousal bereavement has been described in many populations.
Bourke, Bowling, Boyle, Buckley, C. R. Victor, Charlson, D. G. Cook, Hart, Holmes, I. M. Carey, Lewis, Manor, Martikainen, Martikainen, Martikainen, Moon, Parkes, Phillips, S. DeWilde, S. M. Shah, Schaefer, Sloggett, Stroebe, T. Harris   +23 more
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