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Healthy and unhealthy plant‐based diets in relation to the incidence of colorectal cancer overall and by molecular subtypes

Clinical and Translational Medicine, 2022
Background Plant‐based foods have been recommended for health. However, not all plant foods are healthy, and little is known about the association between plant‐based diets and specific molecular subtypes of colorectal cancer (CRC).
Fenglei Wang, Tomotaka Ugai, Koichiro Haruki, Yi Wan, Naohiko Akimoto, Kota Arima, Rong Zhong, Tyler S. Twombly, Kana Wu, Kanhua Yin, Andrew T. Chan, Marios Giannakis, Jonathan A. Nowak, Jeffrey A. Meyerhardt, Liming Liang, Mingyang Song, Stephanie A. Smith‐Warner, Xuehong Zhang, Edward L. Giovannucci, Walter C. Willett, Shuji Ogino   +20 more
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High‐Resolution MRI Revealed Different Etiology‐Specific Associations With Cerebral Infarction in Adult Moyamoya Vasculopathy

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective High‐resolution MRI enables detailed assessment of intracranial vessel wall pathology in moyamoya vasculopathy. We aimed to classify adult moyamoya vasculopathy etiologies using high‐resolution MRI and to examine subtype‐specific associations between high‐resolution MRI features and ischemic infarction.
Guangsong Han, Jiachun Pan, Yuehui Hong, Xiaoyuan Fan, Ming Yao, Lixin Zhou, Yicheng Zhu, Feng Feng, Jun Ni   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Doubly Robust Estimation of the Finite Population Distribution Function Using Nonprobability Samples

Mathematics
The growing use of nonprobability samples in survey statistics has motivated research on methodological adjustments that address the selection bias inherent in such samples.
Soonpil Kwon, Dongmin Jang, Kyu-Seong Kim   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Per-protocol analysis of the ZINC trial for HIV disease among alcohol users

Trials, 2021
Background The Zinc for INflammation and Chronic disease in HIV (ZINC) trial randomized person who live with HIV (PLWH) who engage in heavy drinking to either daily zinc supplementation or placebo.
Sara Lodi, Matthew Freiberg, Natalia Gnatienko, Elena Blokhina, Tatiana Yaroslavtseva, Evgeny Krupitsky, Eleanor Murray, Jeffrey H. Samet, Debbie M. Cheng   +8 more
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Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of Inebilizumab Versus Rituximab in AQP4‐IgG‐Positive NMOSD

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Rituximab (anti‐CD20, RTX) and inebilizumab (anti‐CD19, INE) represent B‐cell‐depleting therapies used for aquaporin‐4 antibody‐positive (AQP4‐IgG+) neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD); however, direct comparative evidence remains limited.
Jie Lin, Binbin Xue, Dewei Xie, Jia Li, Juyuan Pan, Lanbing Zhu, Qiaowen Tong, Jing Lin, Ruofan Zhu, Xu Zhang, Junhui Xia, Xiang Li   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Verification Bias

Revstat Statistical Journal, 2014
Sometimes it is not feasible to obtain disease status verification for all study subjects. Analysis of only those with disease ascertainment can result in biased estimates of the accuracy (sensitivity, specificity, ROC curve) of a diagnostic test ...
Todd A. Alonzo
doaj   +1 more source

Moderators of the Effects of Exercise and Manual Therapy for People With Knee and Hip Osteoarthritis: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective This study aimed to investigate potential moderators influencing the effects of manual therapy and exercise therapy on pain and functional outcomes in individuals with knee and/or hip osteoarthritis, using data from the MOA trial. This is a secondary analysis of data from the MOA trial that compares the clinical effectiveness of manual ...
Daniel Cury Ribeiro, Sarah E. Lamb, J. Haxby Abbott   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Risk of Retinopathy Associated with Long‐Term Use of Hydroxychloroquine in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective We aimed to estimate the prevalence and cumulative incidence of hydroxychloroquine retinopathy (HCQ‐R) and its risk factors among patients receiving long‐term HCQ with rheumatic diseases through a systematic review and meta‐analysis of observational studies that used spectral‐domain optical coherence tomography (SD‐OCT) for screening ...
Narsis Daftarian, Chloe Yue, Steve D Levasseur, Hui Xie, J. Antonio Avina‐Zubieta   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Association of smoking with cartilage loss of knee osteoarthritis: data from two longitudinal cohorts

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2023
Background Previous studies have been inconsistent concerning the association between smoking and risk of osteoarthritis (OA). This study aimed to explore the associations of smoking status and change in cartilage volume of OA in two longitudinal cohorts.
Ziyuan Shen, Yining Wang, Xing Xing, Graeme Jones, Guoqi Cai   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Propensity Score Analysis with Matching Weights [PDF]

, 2011
The propensity score analysis is one of the most widely used methods for studying the causal treatment effect in observational studies. This paper studies treatment effect estimation with the method of matching weights.
Li, Liang
core   +2 more sources