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Military Service Roles and ALS Among Veterans: A Matched Case–Control Study

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While military service is an established risk factor for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), it remains unclear whether this association is linked to combat. We conducted a matched case–control study comparing 191 ALS patients who were veterans of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) with known military service type and 1910 matched controls. The
Asaf Honig, Roy Dayan, Amir Knaani, Hagai Levine, Marc Gotkine   +4 more
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A Caution on Interpreting Odds Ratios [PDF]

Sleep, 2009
WE READ WITH INTEREST THE PAPER BY VGONTZAS ET AL. “INSOMNIA WITH OBJECTIVE SHORT SLEEP DURATION IS ASSOCIATED WITH A HIGH RISK FOR Hypertension.”1 We found the article to be excellent and highly relevant. However, the article may also serve as a good “teaching moment” to remind researchers of the importance of using caution when interpreting odds ...
Kristin L. Sainani, Gabriela Schmajuk, Vincent Liu   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Phenotyping Healthcare Use 2–3 Decades Before the First Multiple Sclerosis Demyelinating Event

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Phenotype hospital, physician, and emergency department (ED) visits by diagnoses and specialty up to 29 years pre‐multiple sclerosis (MS) onset versus a matched population without MS. Methods We identified people with MS (PwMS) using population‐based administrative data from Ontario, Canada (1991–2020).
Helen Tremlett, Karl Everett, Colleen J. Maxwell, Feng Zhu, Ayesha Asaf, Ping Li, Kyla A. McKay, Yinshan Zhao, Ruth Ann Marrie   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Law of Total Odds [PDF]

, 2014
The law of total probability may be deployed in binary classification exercises to estimate the unconditional class probabilities if the class proportions in the training set are not representative of the population class proportions.
Tasche, Dirk
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Influence of Dystrophin Isoform Deficiency on Motor Development in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective In Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), lack of the shorter dystrophin isoforms Dp140 and Dp71 is associated with increased central nervous system (CNS) involvement. We aimed to investigate how CNS involvement affects motor development in young DMD boys.
Mary Chesshyre, Deborah Ridout, Georgia Stimpson, Laurent Servais, Giovanni Baranello, Adnan Manzur, UK NorthStar Clinical Network, M. Scoto, A. Sarkozy, P. Munot, S. Robb, E. Chan, V. Robinson, W. Girshab, V. Crook, E. Milev, L. Abbott, A. Wolfe, E. O’Reilly, J. Watts‐Whent, N. Burnett, R. Thomas, R. Terespolsky, O. Martinaeu, J. Longatto, V. Straub, C. Bettolo, M. Guglieri, J. Diaz‐Manera, G. Tasca, M. Elseed, R. Muni‐Lofra, M. James, D. Moat, J. Sodhi, K. Wong, E. Robinson, E. Groves, R. Rabb, D. Parasuraman, H. McMurchie, H. Chase, Tracey Willis, C. Rylance, N. Birchall, E. Wright, A. Childs, K. Pysden, C. Martos, D. Roberts, L. Pallant, S. Walker, A. Henderson, R. Madhu, R. Karuvattil, Y. Balla, S. Gregson, S. Clark, E. Wraige, H. Jungbluth, V. Gowda, M. Vanegas, J. Sheehan, A. Schofield, C. Smith, I. Hughes, E. Whitehouse, S. Warner, E. Reading, N. Emery, J. Moustoukas, K. Strachan, M. Ong, M. Atherton, N. Mills, S. Sanchez Marco, A. Saxena, K. Skone, J. TeWaterNaude, H. Davis, C. Wood, A. Majumdar, A. Murugan, I. Guarino, R. Tomlinson, H. Jarvis, L. Wills, C. Frimpong, J. Watson, G. Cobb, G. Robertson, P. Brink, J. Burslem, C. Adams, J. Wong, S. Joseph, I. Horrocks, J. Dunne, M. DiMarco, S. Brown, S. McKenzie, K. Torne, R. Mohamed, V. Velmurugan, M. Prasad, S. Sedehizadeh, A. Schugal, R. Keetley, S. Williamson, K. Payne, E. Dowling, P. Fenty, C. de Goede, A. Parkes, K. Baxter, M. Illingworth, N. Bhangu, S. Geary, J. Palmer, K. Shill, S. Tirupathi, A. Shah, D. O’Donogue, J. McVeigh, J. McFetridge, G. Nicfhirleinn, H. Beattie, T. Leyland, K. Stevenson, N. Hussain, D. Baskaran, Z. Lambat, R. Sullivan, L. Locke, G. Ambegaonkar, D. Krishnakumar, J. Taylor, J. Moores, E. Stephen, J. Tewnion, S. Ramdas, M. Sa, A. Skippen, M. Khries, C. Lilien, H. Ramjattan, F. Taylor, H. English, K. Stewart, F. Flint, E. Bartram, R. Noble, Francesco Muntoni   +152 more
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A Study on Relationship between Domestic Violence and Childhood Mortality in India: Using Weibull frailty Modelling Approach [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2017
Introduction: Domestic violence is not an untold story in India but it often goes unreported. According to United Nation Population Fund Report, around two-third of married Indian women are victims of some form of domestic violence.
Ashish Kumar Yadav, Jeetendra Yadav, Sarvesh Awasthi, Subhash Gautam   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Timing and Predictive Value of Clinical Conditions Preceding Multiple Sclerosis in the UK Biobank

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives Multiple sclerosis (MS) patients often experience a higher incidence of clinical conditions before diagnosis, suggesting a prodromal phase. However, their predictive value and temporal trajectories remain underexplored. We investigated these aspects using the large UK Biobank's population‐based cohort, which provided clinical ...
Andrea Nova, Teresa Fazia, Giovanni Di Caprio, Davide Gentilini, Luisa Bernardinelli, Roberto Bergamaschi   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A simple method for estimating relative risk using logistic regression

BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2012
Background Odds ratios (OR) significantly overestimate associations between risk factors and common outcomes. The estimation of relative risks (RR) or prevalence ratios (PR) has represented a statistical challenge in multivariate analysis and ...
Diaz-Quijano Fredi A
doaj   +1 more source

High‐Efficacy Treatment in Neuromyelitis Optica Specturm Disorder Patients With Seropositive AQP4 Antibodies—A Real‐World Study

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To compare the effectiveness of high‐efficacy treatments (HET) and low‐efficacy treatments (LET) in NMOSD patients with anti‐aquaporin‐4 antibodies (AQP4‐ab). Methods In this multi‐center study, we analyzed 183 AQP4‐ab seropositive NMOSD patients who received immunosuppressive treatments (IST).
Xiang Li, Binbin Xue, Jia Li, Dewei Xie, Juyuan Pan, Lanbing Zhu, Qiaowen Tong, Jing Lin, Xu Zhang, Junhui Xia, Jie Lin   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Application of Multiple-Imputation-Based Generalized Estimating Equations Method to Compare Two Treatment Methods Among Women Aged +50 Years With Knee Osteoarthritis

Sālmand, 2014
Objectives: Elderly people with knee Osteoarthritis are more likely to become disabled than others. The aim of the present study was to explore the association between two treatments and pain severity in women aged 50-75 who suffered from knee ...
Afshar Shahmohammadi, Akbar Biglarian, Enayatollah Bakhshi, khosro Khademi Kalantari   +3 more
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