We therefore applied Conway-Maxwell-Poisson regression which better allows for underdispersion. 29 The e value was calculated for adjusted risks and provides evidence for causality in observational ...

5 Genentech Inc. (a Member of the Roche Group), South San Francisco, California, USA Correspondence to Dr Karl Yen, Genentech Inc, 1 DNA Drive, South San Francisco, CA 94080-4990, USA; ...

We estimated the percentage change in visit rates during the early pandemic period (March 22 to April 25, 2020) and the late pandemic period (October 4 to October 31, 2020) from the prepandemic period ...

3 School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA Correspondence to Professor Dana Loomis, School of Community Health Sciences/MS-274, University of Nevada, ...

2 Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada 3 Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, ...

Objective To investigate the influence of demographic and socioeconomic factors on the COVID-19 case-fatality rate (CFR) globally. Design Publicly available register-based ecological study. Setting ...

Objectives This study is aimed to develop and validate a prediction model for multistate transitions across different stages of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus ...

1 Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Background In ice hockey, body checking is associated with an increased risk of ...

Abstract: Contact measurements of the cardiac pulse using the conventional electrocardiogram equipment requires patients to wear adhesive gel patches or chest straps that can cause skin irritation and ...

mcp does regression with one or Multiple Change Points (MCP) between Generalized and hierarchical Linear Segments using Bayesian inference. mcp aims to provide maximum flexibility for analyses with a ...

Introduction Pesticide self-poisoning accounts for 14%–20% of global suicides. South Korea banned paraquat and eight insecticides commonly involved in suicide in 2011–2012. We investigated the ...

Correspondence to Ms Eileen Relihan, Medication Safety Office, Chief Executive Offices, St James's Hospital, James's Street, Dublin 8, Ireland; erelihan{at}stjames.ie Design and participants Pre- and ...