A comprehensive source on mixed data analysis, Analysis of Mixed Data: Methods &
Applications summarizes the fundamental developments in the field. Case studies are used …

Joint models for longitudinal and survival data have gained a lot of attention in recent years,
with the development of myriad extensions to the basic model, including those which allow …

Objectives Plasma creatinine is a predictor of survival in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
It remains, however, to be established whether it can monitor disease progression and serve …

In March of 2018, the National Kidney Foundation, in collaboration with the US Food and
Drug Administration and the European Medicines Agency, sponsored a workshop in which …

Background: Cardiac troponin concentrations are lower in women than men. We examined
whether age-and risk factor-related changes in cardiac troponin over the life course differ by …

Objective Lung cancer remains the number one cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide,
but less known is that lung cancer patients are among the most psychologically disabled of …

The joint modeling of longitudinal and time-to-event data is an active area of statistics
research that has received a lot of attention in recent years. More recently, a new and …

Introduction In older adults, dementia and depression are associated with individual distress
and high societal costs. Music interventions such as group music therapy (GMT) and …

The time course of topological reorganization that occurs in the structural connectome after
an ischaemic stroke is currently not well understood. We aimed to determine the evolution of …

Aortic gradient and aortic regurgitation are echocardiographic markers of aortic valve
function. Both are biomarkers repeatedly measured in patients with valve abnormalities, and …