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Cardiovascular risk factors, global cardiovascular risk, and vascular age in a cohort of Peruvian HIV patients

HIV & AIDS Review. International Journal of HIV-Related Problems
Introduction Data on cardiovascular risk and vascular age in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) from developing countries are scarce. Therefore, the current study aimed to determine the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors, global ...
German Valenzuela-Rodriguez, Jaime A. Collins, Raul Castillo, Luis R. Illescas, Adrian V. Hernandez, Carlos Diaz-Arocutipa   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Global Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease – A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

PLoS ONE, 2016
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a global health burden with a high economic cost to health systems and is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD).
N. Hill, Samuel T. Fatoba, J. Oke, J. Hirst, C. O'Callaghan, D. Lasserson, F. R. Hobbs   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A comparative study of circulating tumor cell isolation and enumeration technologies in lung cancer

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Lung cancer cells were spiked into donor blood to evaluate the recovery rates of the following circulating tumor cell (CTC) enrichment technologies: CellMag™, EasySep™, RosetteSep™, Parsortix® PR1, and Parsortix® Prototype systems. Each method's advantages and disadvantages are described.
Volga M Saini, Ezgi Oner, Mark P. Ward, Sinead Hurley, Brian David Henderson, Faye Lewis, Stephen P. Finn, Gerard J. Fitzmaurice, John J. O'Leary, Sharon O'Toole, Lorraine O'Driscoll, Kathy Gately   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hybrid copula mixed models for combining case-control and cohort studies in meta-analysis of diagnostic tests [PDF]

, 2016
Copula mixed models for trivariate (or bivariate) meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy studies accounting (or not) for disease prevalence have been proposed in the biostatistics literature to synthesize information.
Aas K, Aristidis K Nikoloulopoulos, Brenner H, Chen Y, Chen Y, Chu H, Chu H, Demidenko E, Jerant A, Joe H, Joe H, Joe H, Joe H, Kurowicka D, Leeflang MM, Leeflang MMG, Ma X, Nash J, Nelsen RB, Nikoloulopoulos AK, Nikoloulopoulos AK, Nikoloulopoulos AK, Nikoloulopoulos AK, Sklar M, Stober J, Stroud AH, Varin C, Varin C, Xing Y   +28 more
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Cell‐free and extracellular vesicle microRNAs with clinical utility for solid tumors

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Cell‐free microRNAs (cfmiRs) are small‐RNA circulating molecules detectable in almost all body biofluids. Innovative technologies have improved the application of cfmiRs to oncology, with a focus on clinical needs for different solid tumors, but with emphasis on diagnosis, prognosis, cancer recurrence, as well as treatment monitoring.
Yoshinori Hayashi, Janelle‐Cheri Millen, Romela Irene Ramos, Jennifer A. Linehan, Timothy G. Wilson, Dave S. B. Hoon, Matias A. Bustos   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Meta-Analysis of the Relationship Between Ethnicity, Obesity, and Type 2 Diabetes of Adults in Urban Populations of Central America [PDF]

, 2016
The purpose of this meta-analysis was to examine the impact of ethnicity and obesity as it relates to Type-2 Diabetes (T2D) in specific Central American countries. A meta-analysis was conducted to determine the association of ethnicity, obesity, and T2D.
Humphries, J. (James), Johnson, J. A. (James), Samuel, C. (Cheryl), Wuenstel, W. G. (William)   +3 more
core  

SMAGEXP: a galaxy tool suite for transcriptomics data meta-analysis

, 2018
Bakground: With the proliferation of available microarray and high throughput sequencing experiments in the public domain, the use of meta-analysis methods increases.
Blanck, Samuel, Marot, Guillemette
core   +2 more sources

Effectiveness of non-technical skills training in intensive care units: a systematic review

BMC Medical Education
Background Non-technical skills (NTS) are social, cognitive and psychological skills that are related to safety and efficiency in the healthcare process. These skills have an important role in the intensive care once are closely related to the occurrence
Isac Davidson Santiago Fernandes Pimenta, Ádala Nayana de Sousa Mata, Isaac Newton Machado Bezerra, Rícia Medeiros Palmeira de Araújo, Jorge Lucas Alves Santana, Helaine Carneiro Capucho, Adriana Catarina de Souza-Oliveira, Paloma Echevarría-Pérez, Daniel Guillén-Martínez, Grasiela Piuvezam   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effectiveness of the implementation of a perinatal bereavement care training programme on nurses and midwives: protocol for a mixed-method study

BMJ Open, 2022
Introduction The psychological outcomes for many parents who experience perinatal loss depend on nursing staff’s ability to provide effective bereavement support.
Lu Liu, Man Wang, Jialu Qian, Shiwen Sun, Xiaoyan Yu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

METAL: fast and efficient meta-analysis of genomewide association scans

Bioinform., 2010
Summary: METAL provides a computationally efficient tool for meta-analysis of genome-wide association scans, which is a commonly used approach for improving power complex traits gene mapping studies.
C. Willer, Yun Li, G. Abecasis
semanticscholar   +1 more source