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Can the Obesity Surgery Mortality Risk Score predict postoperative complications other than mortality? [PDF]

, 2016
Introduction : Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) and laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB) are bariatric procedures with acceptable risk of postoperative morbidities and mortalities, but identification of high-risk patients is an ongoing ...
Migaczewski, Marcin, Magdalena Pisarska, Wysocki, Michał, Pędziwiatr, Michał, Pisarska, Magdalena, Budzyński, Andrzej, Piotr Małczak, Major, Piotr, Winiarski, Marek, Marcin Migaczewski, Michał Pędziwiatr, Marek Winiarski, Michał Wysocki, Piotr Major, Andrzej Budzyński, Małczak, Piotr   +15 more
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Exchanging uncertain mortality for a cost [PDF]

, 2013
We analyze a pooled annuity fund from a participant’s perspective by comparing it to a mortality-linked fund, a type of variable payout life annuity, that gives a return linked to the force of mortality but subject to a cost.
Nielsen, Jens Perch, Donnelly, Catherine, Guillen, Montserrat   +2 more
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Competing Risks In Mortality Analysis [PDF]

Annual Review of Public Health, 1991
In this paper we present a brief review of the concept of competing risks and the statistical methods of mortality analysis including estimation of three types of probability of dying with respect to a particular cause of death. We will describe formulas of estimates for cohort studies medical follow-up studies and analyses of mortality data for a ...
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Impaired Glucose Metabolism among Those with and without Diagnosed Diabetes and Mortality: A Cohort Study Using Health Survey for England Data. [PDF]

, 2015
The extent that controlled diabetes impacts upon mortality, compared with uncontrolled diabetes, and how pre-diabetes alters mortality risk remain issues requiring ...
Nicola J Shelton, Vanessa L Z Gordon-Dseagu, Panayotes Demakakos, Demakakos, P, Jennifer S Mindell, Andrew Steptoe, Gordon-Dseagu, VL, Steptoe, A, Jane Wardle, Alison Moody, Moody, A, Mindell, JS, Shelton, NJ, Wardle, J, Mindell Jennifer S., Wardle Jane, Shelton Nicola J., Steptoe Andrew, Demakakos Panayotes, Gordon-Dseagu Vanessa L. Z., Moody Alison   +20 more
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Weight Discrimination and Risk of Mortality [PDF]

Psychological Science, 2015
Discrimination based on weight is a stressful social experience linked to declines in physical and mental health. We examined whether this harmful association extends to risk of mortality. Participants in the Health and Retirement Study (HRS; N = 13,692) and the Midlife in the United States Study (MIDUS; N = 5,079) reported on perceived discriminatory ...
Angelina R, Sutin, Yannick, Stephan, Antonio, Terracciano   +2 more
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Relation between number of siblings and adult mortality and stroke risk: 25 year follow up of men in the Collaborative study [PDF]

, 2003
<b>Study objective</b>: To investigate the relation between number of siblings, mortality risk, and stroke risk. <b>Design</b>: Prospective cohort study. <b>Setting</b>: 27 workplaces in Scotland.
Davey Smith, G., Hart, C.
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Regional and county flows of particulate matter damage in the US

Environmental Research Letters, 2020
Despite several decades of declining emissions, the health costs of particulate matter (PM _2.5 ) in the US remain substantial, with more than $1 trillion in annual damages. We analyze the inter-county impacts of PM _2.5 for 2008, 2011, and 2014 and find
Brian Sergi, Inês Azevedo, Steven J Davis, Nicholas Z Muller   +3 more
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Longevity Risk Management and the Development of a Value-Based Longevity Index

Risks, 2018
The design and development of post-retirement income products require the assessment of longevity risk, as well as a basis for hedging these risks. Most indices for longevity risk are age-period based. We develop and assess a cohort-based value index for
Yang Chang, Michael Sherris
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Obesity and Mortality Risk [PDF]

, 2016
According to the data from many large-scale studies, marked obesity is associated with an increased risk of mortality (Greenberg 2013). A metaanalysis of prospective studies on this subject gave special consideration to the age, sex and smoking status of 894,576 participants (Whitlock et al. 2009).
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Hedging Brevity Risk with Mortality-based Securities [PDF]

, 2006
In 2003, Swiss Re introduced a mortality-based security designed to hedge excessive mortality changes for its life book of business. The concern was apparently brevity risk, i.e., the risk of premature death.
MacMinn, Richard, Richter, Andreas
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