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Propensity score weighting for causal inference with multi-stage clustered data [PDF]

arXiv, 2016
Propensity score weighting is a tool for causal inference to adjust for measured confounders. Survey data are often collected under complex sampling designs such as multistage cluster sampling, which presents challenges for propensity score modeling and estimation. In addition, for clustered data, there may also be unobserved cluster effects related to
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Overweight Is Risking Fate [PDF]

, 1987
George A. Bray
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Text messaging (SMS) as a tool to facilitate weight loss and prevent metabolic deterioration in clinically healthy overweight and obese subjects: a randomised controlled trial

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, 2017
Objective: To examine whether SMS text messaging facilitates a reduction of weight and waist circumference (WC) and favourable changes in lipid profile and insulin levels in clinically healthy overweight and obese subjects.
Vija Silina, Mesfin K. Tessma, Silva Senkane, Gita Krievina, Guntis Bahs   +4 more
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Quintet Volume Projection [PDF]

Automated Trader Magazine, Issue 44, Q1, 2018, 2019
We present a set of models relevant for predicting various aspects of intra-day trading volume for equities and showcase them as an ensemble that projects volume in unison. We introduce econometric methods for predicting total and remaining daily volume, intra-day volume profile (u-curve), close auction volume and special day seasonalities and ...
arxiv  

Associations of moderate and severe overweight with self-reported illness and medical care in Dutch adults. [PDF]

, 1986
Jacob C. Seidell, C.P.G.M. de Groot, J L van Sonsbeek, Paul Deurenberg, J.G.A.J. Hautvast   +4 more
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Implications in Using Monte Carlo Simulation in Predicting Cardiovascular Risk Factors among Overweight Children and Adolescents [PDF]

, 2007
The prevalence of overweight and obesity among children and adolescents has increased considerably over the last few decades. As a result, increasing numbers of American children are developing multiple risk factors for cardiovascular disease, type II ...
Adolescents Public, David S. Freedman, Monte Carlo Simulation, Overweight Children, Overweight Children, Stephen Heimbigner, Stephen Matthew Heimbigner   +6 more
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Obesidad, morfología corporal y presión arterial en grupos urbanos y rurales de Yucatán Obesity, body morphology, and blood pressure in urban and rural population groups of Yucatan

Salud Pública de México, 2007
OBJETIVO: Caracterizar la antropometría y presión arterial de adultos del estado de Yucatán, México. MATERIAL Y MÉTODOS: Se evaluaron diferencias rural-urbanas por grupos sexo-edad en peso, talla, circunferencias de cintura y cadera, y presión arterial ...
Pedro Arroyo, Victoria Fernández, Alvar Loría, Jeannette Pardío, Hugo Laviada, Lizardo Vargas-Ancona, Ryk Ward   +6 more
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Overweight patients. [PDF]

, 1981
P Gibbons
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Economic Growth, Lifestyle Changes, and the Coexistence of Under and Overweight in China: A Semiparametric Approach [PDF]

We investigate the relationship between changes in socioeconomic factors and the emerging coexistence of under and overweight among adults in China during 1991-2000.
Pinstrup-Andersen, Per, Shimokawa, Satoru   +1 more
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Prevalence of obesity in a paediatric outpatient clinic [PDF]

, 2012
This study assessed the rate of overweight and obese children at a general paediatric outpatient clinic, Mater Dei Hospital, Malta, in 2011. This was an observational, prospective study where 220 patients aged 2-14 years attending this clinic, with a ...
Aquilina, Samuel, Mizzi, Joseph, Vella, Cecil   +2 more
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