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Association Between Individualized Education for Kidney Replacement Therapy Modality Selection and Peritoneal Dialysis Initiation: A Cross‐Sectional Study

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is an established home‐based kidney replacement therapy (KRT), but its uptake remains low in Japan. We evaluated whether individualized education in a dedicated outpatient clinic was associated with the initiation of PD.
Yasuko Ito, Ryuichi Yoshimura, Takaki Yamauchi, Yuta Funakoshi, Hirotaka Sonoda, Seiji Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Terawaki, Takafumi Ito   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The link between initial cardiac rhythm and survival outcomes in in-hospital cardiac arrest using propensity score matching, adjustment, and weighting

Scientific Reports
The association between the initial cardiac rhythm and short-term survival in patients with in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) has not been extensively studied despite the fact that it is thought to be a prognostic factor in patients with out-of-hospital ...
Yong Han, Haofei Hu, Yuankai Shao, Zhe Deng, Dehong Liu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Estimating Causal Effect of Two-Dose COVID-19 Vaccination on Hospitalization

Journal of Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Objective: To estimate the effectiveness of two-dose COVID-19 vaccination in reducing hospitalization, accounting for complex confounding factors in observational studies.
Mohammad Taghi Shakeri, Mahboobeh Taherizadeh, Saeed Akhlaghi, Ehsan Mosa Farkhani   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Developing and Applying the Propensity Score to Make Causal Inferences: Variable Selection and Stratification

Frontiers in Psychology, 2017
This Monte Carlo simulation examined the effects of variable selection (combinations of confounders with four patterns of relationships to outcome and assignment to treatment) and number of strata (5, 10, or 20) in propensity score analyses.
Jill L. Adelson, D. B. McCoach, H. J. Rogers, Jonathan A. Adelson, Timothy M. Sauer   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Transferrin receptor 1‐mediated iron uptake supports thermogenic activation in human cervical‐derived adipocytes

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
In this study, we found that human cervical‐derived adipocytes maintain intracellular iron level by regulating the expression of iron transport‐related proteins during adrenergic stimulation. Melanotransferrin is predicted to interact with transferrin receptor 1 based on in silico analysis.
Rahaf Alrifai, Mizuki Seo, Gyath Karadsheh, Fachrur Rizal Mahendra, Máté Á Demény, Ferenc Győry, János András Mótyán, László Fésüs, Endre Kristóf, Rini Arianti   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessment of the E-value in the presence of bias amplification: a simulation study

BMC Medical Research Methodology
Background The E-value, a measure that has received recent attention in the comparative effectiveness literature, reports the minimum strength of association between an unmeasured confounder and the treatment and outcome that would explain away the ...
Eric Barrette, Lucas Higuera, Kael Wherry   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Covariate adjusted nonparametric methods under propensity analysis

Frontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statistics
Propensity score is one of the most commonly used score functions in adjusting for covariates effect in statistical inference. It is important to understand the impact with propensity score in case some of the prespecified covariates are severely ...
Jiabu Ye, Dejian Lai
doaj   +1 more source

Utilization of the propensity score method: an exploratory comparison of proxy-completed to self-completed responses in the Medicare Health Outcomes Survey

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2003
Background This research examined the use of the propensity score method to compare proxy-completed responses to self-completed responses in the first three baseline cohorts of the Medicare Health Outcomes Survey, administered in 1998, 1999, and 2000 ...
Drachman David, Shannon Erin, Fowler Brenda M, Cox Jacquilyn, Bannister Wade M, Ellis Beth, Adams Randall W, Giordano Laura A   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Gut microbiome and aging—A dynamic interplay of microbes, metabolites, and the immune system

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Age‐dependent shifts in microbial communities engender shifts in microbial metabolite profiles. These in turn drive shifts in barrier surface permeability of the gut and brain and induce immune activation. When paired with preexisting age‐related chronic inflammation this increases the risk of neuroinflammation and neurodegenerative diseases.
Aaron Mehl, Eran Blacher
wiley   +1 more source

Survival after Abdominoperineal and Sphincter-Preserving Resection in Nonmetastatic Rectal Cancer: A Population-Based Time-Trend and Propensity Score-Matched SEER Analysis

Gastroenterology Research and Practice, 2017
Background. Abdominoperineal resection (APR) has been associated with impaired survival in nonmetastatic rectal cancer patients. It is unclear whether this adverse outcome is due to the surgical procedure itself or is a consequence of tumor-related ...
Rene Warschkow, Sabrina M. Ebinger, Walter Brunner, Bruno M. Schmied, Lukas Marti   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source