A distributional approach to obtain adjusted comparisons of proportions of a population at risk [0.03%]
分布调整风险人口比例比较的统计分析方法研究
Odile Sauzet,Jürgen Breckenkamp,Theda Borde et al.
Odile Sauzet et al.
Background: Dichotomisation of continuous data has statistical drawbacks such as loss of power but may be useful in epidemiological research to define high risk individuals. ...
Is Middle-Upper Arm Circumference "normally" distributed? Secondary data analysis of 852 nutrition surveys [0.03%]
中上臂围呈"正态"分布吗?852份营养调查数据的二次分析结果
Severine Frison,Francesco Checchi,Marko Kerac et al.
Severine Frison et al.
Background: Wasting is a major public health issue throughout the developing world. Out of the 6.9 million estimated deaths among children under five annually, over 800,000 deaths (11.6 %) are attributed to wasting. Wasti...
Maximising follow-up participation rates in a large scale 45 and Up Study in Australia [0.03%]
最大化澳大利亚大规模45和以上研究的随访参与率
Adrian Bauman,Philayrath Phongsavan,Alison Cowle et al.
Adrian Bauman et al.
Background: The issue of poor response rates to population surveys has existed for some decades, but few studies have explored methods to improve the response rate in follow-up population cohort studies. ...
Dimension reduction and shrinkage methods for high dimensional disease risk scores in historical data [0.03%]
基于历史数据的高维疾病风险评分的降维和收缩方法研究
Hiraku Kumamaru,Sebastian Schneeweiss,Robert J Glynn et al.
Hiraku Kumamaru et al.
Background: Multivariable confounder adjustment in comparative studies of newly marketed drugs can be limited by small numbers of exposed patients and even fewer outcomes. Disease risk scores (DRSs) developed in historica...
Veronica Tuffrey,Andrew Hall
Veronica Tuffrey
Background: In 1974 a joint FAO/UNICEF/WHO Expert Committee met to develop methods for nutrition surveillance. There has been much interest and activity in this topic since then, however there is a lack of guidance for pr...
Hypertension and diabetes in Africa: design and implementation of a large population-based study of burden and risk factors in rural and urban Malawi [0.03%]
非洲的高血压和糖尿病:马拉维农村地区和城市地区负担及危险因素的大规模人群研究的设计与实施
Amelia Catharine Crampin,Ndoliwe Kayuni,Alemayehu Amberbir et al.
Amelia Catharine Crampin et al.
Background: The emerging burden of cardiovascular disease and diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa threatens the gains made in health by the major international effort to combat infectious diseases. There are few data on distri...
The obese gut microbiome across the epidemiologic transition [0.03%]
肥胖人群的肠道微生物组 Epidemiologic 词典中没有该单词,应使用流行病学一词,同时也要注意该短语的主被动关系,尽量符合原意。
Lara R Dugas,Miles Fuller,Jack Gilbert et al.
Lara R Dugas et al.
The obesity epidemic has emerged over the past few decades and is thought to be a result of both genetic and environmental factors. A newly identified factor, the gut microbiota, which is a bacterial ecosystem residing within the gastrointe...
Modelling subject-specific childhood growth using linear mixed-effect models with cubic regression splines [0.03%]
使用线性混合效应模型和三次回归样条拟合具有个性的儿童成长数据
Laura M Grajeda,Andrada Ivanescu,Mayuko Saito et al.
Laura M Grajeda et al.
Background: Childhood growth is a cornerstone of pediatric research. Statistical models need to consider individual trajectories to adequately describe growth outcomes. Specifically, well-defined longitudinal models are e...
Satellite-aided survey sampling and implementation in low- and middle-income contexts: a low-cost/low-tech alternative [0.03%]
卫星辅助调查抽样及在中低收入国家中的应用:低成本/低技术替代方案
Marco J Haenssgen
Marco J Haenssgen
Background: The increasing availability of online maps, satellite imagery, and digital technology can ease common constraints of survey sampling in low- and middle-income countries. However, existing approaches require sp...
County-level hurricane exposure and birth rates: application of difference-in-differences analysis for confounding control [0.03%]
县级台风暴露与生育率的关系:应用双重差分法控制混杂因素的影响
Shannon C Grabich,Whitney R Robinson,Stephanie M Engel et al.
Shannon C Grabich et al.
Background: Epidemiological analyses of aggregated data are often used to evaluate theoretical health effects of natural disasters. Such analyses are susceptible to confounding by unmeasured differences between the expose...