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Cost‐Effectiveness of Low‐Dose Colchicine Prophylaxis When Starting Allopurinol Using the “Start‐Low Go‐Slow” Approach for Gout: Evidence From a Noninferiority Randomized Double‐Blind Placebo‐Controlled Trial

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The aim of this study was to investigate the cost‐effectiveness of low‐dose colchicine prophylaxis for preventing gout flares when starting allopurinol using the “start‐low go‐slow” approach. Methods Participants with gout, fulfilling the American College of Rheumatology recommendations for starting urate‐lowering therapy and with serum urate
Yana Pryymachenko, Ross Wilson, Nicola Dalbeth, J. Haxby Abbott, Lisa Stamp   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Data Integration: Techniques and Evaluation

Austrian Journal of Statistics, 2016
Within the DIECOFIS framework, ec3, the Division of Business Statistics from the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration and ISTAT worked together to find methods to create a comprehensive database of enterprise data required for ...
Michaela Denk, Peter Hackl
doaj   +1 more source

Two-stage strategy using denoising autoencoders for robust reference-free genotype imputation with missing input genotypes

Journal of Human Genetics
Widely used genotype imputation methods are based on the Li and Stephens model, which assumes that new haplotypes can be represented by modifying existing haplotypes in a reference panel through mutations and recombinations.
Kaname Kojima, Shu Tadaka, Yasunobu Okamura, Kengo Kinoshita   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Adipokines and Associations With Incident Osteoporotic Fracture in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective We assessed whether circulating adipokines are associated with incident fractures in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods Three adipokines (adiponectin, leptin, and fibroblast growth factor [FGF]‐21) were measured using banked enrollment serum from participants in a longitudinal RA cohort.
Joshua F. Baker, Bryant R. England, Michael D. George, Hannah Brubeck, Brian Sauer, Aleksander Lenert, Punyasha Roul, Geoffrey M. Thiele, Ted R. Mikuls, Katherine D. Wysham   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluating the median p-value method for assessing the statistical significance of tests when using multiple imputation

Journal of Applied Statistics
Rubin’s Rules are commonly used to pool the results of statistical analyses across imputed samples when using multiple imputation. Rubin’s Rules cannot be used when the result of an analysis in an imputed dataset is not a statistic and its associated ...
Peter C. Austin, Iris Eekhout, Stef van Buuren   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Effectiveness and safety of baricitinib for juvenile idiopathic arthritis associated uveitis or chronic anterior antinuclear antibody positive uveitis

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objectives Evaluate the efficacy and safety of baricitinib in paediatric patients with active JIA‐U or chronic anterior ANA‐positive uveitis, who had an inadequate response to MTX or bDMARDs. Methods JUVE‐BRIGHT was an open‐label, active‐controlled, Phase‐3 multicentre trial which utilized a novel design, including 1:1 randomization to an active ...
Athimalaipet V. Ramanan, Catherine M. Guly, Gabriele Simonini, Stuart Keller, Priyanka Sen, Thorsten Holzkaemper, Joana Araújo, Pierre Quartier   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Imputation of spatial air quality data using gis-spline and the index of agreement in sparse urban monitoring networks

Revista Facultad de Ingeniería Universidad de Antioquia, 2015
This paper presents a procedure to address the lack of spatial air quality data in urban areas, based on the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and spatial interpolation techniques as an alternative to conventional methods of statistical ...
Libardo Antonio Londoño-Ciro, Julio Eduardo Cañón-Barriga   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

The impact of misclassifications and outliers on imputation methods

Journal of Applied Statistics
Many imputation methods have been developed over the years and tested mostly under ideal settings. Surprisingly, there is no detailed research on how imputation methods perform when the idealized assumptions about the distribution of data and/or model ...
M. Templ, Markus Ulmer
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Impact of Positive Lifestyle Behaviors on Direct Health Care Cost Savings for Low Back Pain

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective This study aimed to investigate the relationship between a previously purpose‐developed lifestyle behavior scale and health care cost savings related to low back pain (LBP). Methods This longitudinal study used data from the Australian Twin Back (AUTBACK) study. LBP and lifestyle behavior measures were collected at baseline. Physical activity
Ye Tian, Katharine E. Roberts, Michelle Hall, Paula R. Beckenkamp, Angelo Sabag, Karoline Moe, Ana Paula Carvalho‐e‐Silva, Emily J. Callander, Paulo H. Ferreira   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Financial Distress and Its Determinants in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective To quantify the degree of financial distress and identify its determinants in adults with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) given the frequent prolonged use of expensive disease‐modifying therapies. Methods We identified adults enrolled in the FORWARD databank with either RA or noninflammatory musculoskeletal disease (NIMSKD) completing the ...
Amber Brown Keebler, Yunju Im, Sofia Pedro, Ted R. Mikuls, Edward S. Peters, Kaleb Michaud   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source