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1. Assessment of assumptions of statistical analysis methods in randomised clinical trials: the what and how: (Publication); When analysing and presenting results ofrandomised clinical trials, trialists rarely report if or how underlying statisticalassumptions were validated. To avoid data-driven biased trial results, it should ...; Created on 29 January 2020
2. Nonparametric estimation of the cumulative incidences of competing risks under double truncation: (Publication); Registry data typically report incident cases within a certain calendar time interval. Such interval sampling induces double truncation on the incidence times, which may result in an observational bias. ...; Created on 21 January 2020
3. Multiscale supervised classification of point clouds with urban and forest applications: (Publication); We analyze the utility of multiscale supervised classification algorithms for object detection and extraction from laser scanning or photogrammetric point clouds. Only the geometric information (the point ...; Created on 22 November 2019
4. The role of the p-value in the multitesting problem: (Publication); Modern science frequently involves the analysis of large amount of quantitative information and the simultaneous testing of thousands or even hundreds of thousands null hypotheses. In this context, sometimes, ...; Created on 22 November 2019
5. Structural, Dermal and Ungual Characteristics of the Foot in Patients with Type II Diabetes: (Publication); Background and Objectives: Diabetes is a chronic and metabolic disease, considered as an important public health problem. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of podiatric pathology ...; Created on 20 November 2019
6. Methylation Assessment for the Prediction of Malignancy in Mediastinal Adenopathies Obtained by Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration in Patients with Lung Cancer: (Publication); The evaluation of mediastinal lymph nodes is critical for the correct staging of patients with lung cancer (LC). Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) is a minimally ...; Created on 26 September 2019
7. Effects of Family History on Relative and Absolute Risks for Colorectal Cancer: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis: (Publication); BACKGROUND & AIMS: Guidelines recommend individuals with familial colorectal cancer (FCC) to undergo colonoscopy surveillance instead of average-risk screening. However, these recommendations vary widely. ...; Created on 26 September 2019
8. Addition of a 161-SNP polygenic risk score to family history-based risk prediction: Impact on clinical management in non- BRCA1/2 breast cancer families: (Publication); Background The currently known breast cancer-associated single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are presently not used to guide clinical management. We explored whether a genetic test that incorporates ...; Created on 26 September 2019
9. The apparent genetic anticipation in PMS2-associated lynch syndrome families is explained by birth-cohort effect: (Publication); Background: PMS2-associated Lynch syndrome is characterized by a relatively low colorectal cancer penetrance compared with other Lynch syndromes. However, age at colorectal cancer diagnosis varies widely, ...; Created on 26 September 2019
10. Time trends in prevalence and incidence rates of childhood overweight and obesity in Portugal: Generation XXI birth cohort: (Publication); Childhood obesity estimates are steadily increasing worldwide. There is strong evidence that overweight children before puberty maintain this nutritional status for life. This study aimed to estimate the ...; Created on 25 September 2019
11. Time trends in prevalence and incidence rates of childhood overweight and obesity in Portugal: Generation XXI birth cohort: (Publication); Childhood obesity estimates are steadily increasing worldwide. There is strong evidence that overweight children before puberty maintain this nutritional status for life. This study aimed to estimate the ...; Created on 25 September 2019
12. Adjusting for bias introduced by instrumental variable estimation in the Cox proportional hazards model: (Publication); ... an endogenous treatment induces an unmeasured covariate, referred to as an individual frailty in survival analysis parlance, which if not accounted for leads to bias. We propose a new procedure that augments ...; Created on 25 September 2019
13. Five-year reintervention after endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair in the Vascular Quality Initiative: (Publication); Objective: Patients who undergo endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair (EVR) remain at risk for reintervention and rupture. We sought to define the 5-year rate of reintervention and rupture after ...; Created on 25 September 2019
14. Dimension reduction estimation for central mean subspace with missing multivariate response: (Publication); Multivariate response data often arise in practice and they are frequently subject to missingness. Under this circumstance, the standard sufficient dimension reduction (SDR) methods cannot be used directly. ...; Created on 25 September 2019
15. Relationship between damage and mortality in juvenile-onset systemic lupus erythematosus: Cluster analyses in a large cohort from the Spanish Society of Rheumatology Lupus Registry (RELESSER): (Publication); Objectives: To identify patterns (clusters)of damage manifestation within a large cohort of juvenile SLE (jSLE)patients and evaluate their possible association with mortality. Methods: This is a multicentre, ...; Created on 24 September 2019
16. Treatment with tenofovir alafenamide fumarate worsens the lipid profile of HIV-infected patients versus treatment with tenofovir disoproxil fumarate, each coformulated with elvitegravir, cobicistat, and ...: (Publication); Two elvitegravir/cobicistat-based therapies combined with emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (EVG/c/FTC/TDF) or emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide fumarate (EVG/c/FTC/TAF) are currently available ...; Created on 24 September 2019
17. Erectile dysfunction in patients with arterial hypertension. Cardiovascular risk and impact on their quality of life: (Publication); Objectives: Estimate the frequency of erectile dysfunction in patients with essential hypertension and associated variables, degree of control, cardiovascular risk and the impact on quality of life. Material ...; Created on 24 September 2019
18. Late HIV Diagnosis but Earlier Antiretroviral Treatment Initiation in Northwest Spain: Impact of Current Treatment Guidelines: (Publication); Background: Current HIV treatment guidelines recommend antiretroviral treatment (ART) initiation for all HIV-infected individuals regardless of CD4 count. This study evaluates the immunological and virological ...; Created on 24 September 2019
19. Prevalence of knee osteoarthritis in a random population sample in people aged 40 and over: (Publication); Introduction: Osteoarthritis is the osteoarticular disease with the highest prevalence worldwide. In industrialized countries, 80% of the population > 65 years suffers from it. Objectives: To determine ...; Created on 24 September 2019
20. Incidence rate and clinicopathological features of 62 atypical fibroxanthomas in a North-Western Spanish population: (Publication); Background/Objectives: Atypical fibroxanthoma (AFX) is a mesenchymal neoplasm of unknown incidence. It has been determined that AFX is a tumour with low aggressiveness as long as it is properly diagnosed. ...; Created on 24 September 2019
21. Discovery of an autoantibody signature for the early diagnosis of knee osteoarthritis: Data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative: (Publication); Objective: To find autoantibodies (AAbs) in serum that could be useful to predict incidence of radiographic knee osteoarthritis (KOA). Design: A Nucleic-acid Programmable Protein Arrays (NAPPA) platform ...; Created on 24 September 2019
22. Cultural differences, language attitudes and tourist satisfaction: a study in the Barcelona hotel sector: (Publication); In most service activities, customer satisfaction depends largely on the direct interaction with service providers. In the case of tourism, this interaction often occurs between people from different countries ...; Created on 24 September 2019
23. A two-sample test for the equality of univariate marginal distributions for high-dimensional data: (Publication); A recurring theme in modern statistics is dealing with high-dimensional data whose main feature is a large number, p, of variables but a small sample size. In this context our aim is to address the problem ...; Created on 23 September 2019
24. Estimation in the progressive illness-death model: a non-exhaustive review: (Publication); Multistate models can be successfully used for describing complex event history data, for example, describing stages in the disease progression of a patient. The so‐called “illness‐death” model plays a ...; Created on 23 August 2019
25. A method for determining groups in multiple survival curves: (Publication); Survival analysis includes a wide variety of methods for analyzing time‐to‐event data. One basic but important goal in survival analysis is the comparison of survival curves between groups. Several nonparametric ...; Created on 23 August 2019
26. Longevity defined as top 10% survivors and beyond is transmitted as a quantitative genetic trait: (Publication); Survival to extreme ages clusters within families. However, identifying genetic loci conferring longevity and low morbidity in such longevous families is challenging. There is debate concerning the survival ...; Created on 23 August 2019
27. Systematic review with meta‐analysis: risk factors for recurrent primary sclerosing cholangitis after liver transplantation: (Publication); Background After liver transplantation primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), the condition returns in the transplanted liver in a subset of patients (recurrent primary sclerosing cholangitis, rPSC). Aim To ...; Created on 23 August 2019
28. The apparent genetic anticipation effect in PMS2-associated Lynch syndrome families is explained by birth-cohort effect: (Publication); Background: PMS2-associated Lynch syndrome is characterized by a relatively low colorectal cancer penetrance compared with other Lynch syndromes. However, age at colorectal cancer diagnosis varies widely, ...; Created on 23 August 2019
29. A comparative analysis of long-term mortality after carotid endarterectomy and carotid stenting: (Publication); Background The value of carotid intervention is predicated on long-term survival for patients to derive a stroke prevention benefit. Randomized trials report no significant difference in survival after ...; Created on 22 August 2019
30. Adverse Events After Atherectomy: Analyzing Long‐Term Outcomes of Endovascular Lower Extremity Revascularization Techniques: (Publication); Background The long-term effectiveness of atherectomy treatment for peripheral arterial disease is unknown. We studied 5-year clinical outcomes by endovascular treatment type among patients with peripheral ...; Created on 22 August 2019
31. Comment on ‘Baseline patients’ characteristics as predictors for therapeutic survival and response in patients with psoriasis on biological treatments': (Publication); Created on 22 August 2019
32. Lectin-like transcript 1 (LLT1) expression is associated with nodal metastasis in patients with head and neck cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma: (Publication); The interaction of lectin-like transcript 1 (LLT1) with CD161 inhibits Natural Killer cell activation. Overexpression of LLT1 contributes to the immunosuppressive properties of tumor cells. However, there ...; Created on 22 August 2019
33. A hybrid ARIMA–SVM model for the study of the remaining useful life of aircraft engines: (Publication); In this research, an algorithm is presented for predicting the remaining useful life (RUL) of aircraft engines from a set of predictor variables measured by several sensors located in the engine. RUL prediction ...; Created on 10 October 2018
34. Serum phosphate optimal timing and range associated with patients survival in haemodialysis: the COSMOS study: (Publication); Background Serum phosphate is a key parameter in the management of chronic kidney disease-mineral and bone disorder (CKD-MBD). The timing of phosphate measurement is not standardized in the current guidelines. ...; Created on 10 October 2018
35. Bootstrap-based testing approaches for the assessment of the diagnostic accuracy of biomarkers subject to a limit of detection: (Publication); Assessment of the diagnostic accuracy of biomarkers through receiver operating characteristic curve analysis frequently involves a limit of detection imposed by the laboratory analytical system precision. ...; Created on 09 October 2018
36. Spatial heterogeneity in Spain for senior travel behavior: (Publication); Travel patterns are becoming more differentiated, influenced by new variables resulting from changes in lifestyle. The relevance of the senior segment for this industry, with the continuous aging population ...; Created on 08 October 2018
37. Diagnostic accuracy of STOP-Bang questionnaire on moderate sleep apnoea in primary care: (Publication); OBJECTIVE: We aimed to compare the diagnostic utility of the STOP-Bang questionnaire for moderate apnoea against the gold standard (type I polysomnography) in a primary care setting. METHOD: Study of ...; Created on 02 October 2018
38. Parametric estimates for the receiver operating characteristic curve generalization for non-monotone relationships: (Publication); Diagnostic procedures are based on establishing certain conditions and then checking if those conditions are satisfied by a given individual. When the diagnostic procedure is based on a continuous marker, ...; Created on 22 May 2018
39. Bayesian nonparametric inference for the covariate-adjusted ROC curve: (Publication); Accurate diagnosis of disease is of fundamental importance in clinical practice and medical research. Before a medical diagnostic test is routinely used in practice, its ability to distinguish between ...; Created on 10 October 2018
40. nsROC: An R package for non-standard ROC curve analysis: (Publication); The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve is a graphical method which has become standard in the analysis of diagnostic markers, that is, in the study of the classiﬁcation ability of a numerical ...; Created on 10 October 2018
41. THU0359 Relationship between damage clustering and mortality in juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus: cluster analyses in a large cohort from the spanish society of rheumatology lupus registry: (Publication); Background/Purpose: To identify patterns (clusters) of damage manifestation within a large cohort of juvenile SLE (jSLE) patients and evaluate their possible association with mortality. Methods: This ...; Created on 08 October 2018
42. Erectile dysfunction in patients with arterial hypertension. Cardiovascular risk and impact on their quality of life: (Publication); OBJECTIVES: Estimate the frequency of erectile dysfunction in patients with essential hypertension and associated variables, degree of control, cardiovascular risk and the impact on quality of life. MATERIAL ...; Created on 08 October 2018
43. Predictive factors of satisfaction and quality of life after immediate breast reconstruction using the BREAST-Q: (Publication); Aims and objectives: To analyse quality of life and satisfaction after immediate breast reconstruction due to cancer and its determining factors. Background: Studying breast reconstruction is important ...; Created on 08 October 2018
44. Comments on "One-tailed asymptotic inferences for the difference of proportions: analysis of 97 methods of inference" by Alvarez Hernandez M, Martin Andres A and Herranz Tejedor I. (2018): (Publication); Two-tailed asymptotic inferences for the difference d = p2 − p1 with independent proportions have been widely studied in the literature. Nevertheless, the case of one tail has received less attention, ...; Created on 03 October 2018
45. Longevity Around the Turn of the 20th Century: Life-Long Sustained Survival Advantage for Parents of Today's Nonagenarians.: (Publication); Members of longevous families live longer than individuals from similar birth cohorts and delay/escape age-related diseases. Insight into this familial component of longevity can provide important knowledge ...; Created on 03 October 2018
46. MUL plus DO: a multicomponent index for the quick diagnosis of peritonitis in peritoneal dialysis patients: (Publication); Peritoneal infection is a common problem that has a negative impact on the survival of patients and the technique. The early administration of peritoneal infection treatment reduces complications. The ...; Created on 01 October 2018
47. Penalized empirical likelihood for quantile regression with missing covariates and auxiliary information: (Publication); Based on the inverse probability weight method, we, in this article, construct the empirical likelihood (EL) and penalized empirical likelihood (PEL) ratios of the parameter in the linear quantile regression ...; Created on 01 October 2018
48. Estimation of monotone bivariate quantile residual life: (Publication); The bivariate quantile residual life function can play an important role in statistical reliability and survival analysis. In many situations assuming a decreasing form for it is recommended. Here, we ...; Created on 28 September 2018
49. A new approach to epigenome-wide discovery of non-invasive methylation biomarkers for colorectal cancer screening in circulating cell-free DNA using pooled samples o: (Publication); Background: Colorectal cancer is the fourth cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide, though detection at early stages associates with good prognosis. Thus, there is a clear demand for novel non-invasive ...; Created on 22 May 2018
50. <span class="highlight">Survival analysis</span> with delayed entry in selected families with application to human longevity ...: (Publication); In the field of aging research, family-based sampling study designs are commonly used to study the lifespans of long-lived family members. However, the specific sampling procedure should be carefully taken ...; Created on 22 May 2018