Causal machine learning for predicting treatment outcomes

S Feuerriegel, D Frauen, V Melnychuk, J Schweisthal… - Nature Medicine, 2024 - nature.com
Causal machine learning (ML) offers flexible, data-driven methods for predicting treatment
outcomes including efficacy and toxicity, thereby supporting the assessment and safety of …

Use of statins and the risk of dementia and mild cognitive impairment: A systematic review and meta-analysis

CS Chu, PT Tseng, B Stubbs, TY Chen, CH Tang… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to investigate whether the use of
statins could be associated with the risk of all-caused dementia, Alzheimer's disease (AD) …

Limitations and misinterpretations of E-values for sensitivity analyses of observational studies

JPA Ioannidis, YJ Tan, MR Blum - Annals of internal medicine, 2019 - acpjournals.org
The E-value was recently introduced on the basis of earlier work as “the minimum strength of
association… that an unmeasured confounder would need to have with both the treatment …

Nutritional status according to the mini nutritional assessment (MNA)® as potential prognostic factor for health and treatment outcomes in patients with cancer–a …

G Torbahn, T Strauss, CC Sieber, E Kiesswetter… - BMC cancer, 2020 - Springer
Background Patients with cancer have an increased risk of malnutrition which is associated
with poor outcome. The Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA®) is often used in older patients …

Use of E-values for addressing confounding in observational studies—an empirical assessment of the literature

MR Blum, YJ Tan, JPA Ioannidis - International journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background E-values are a recently introduced approach to evaluate confounding in
observational studies. We aimed to empirically assess the current use of E-values in …

[HTML][HTML] Potential risk factors for constipation in the community

BL Werth, SA Christopher - World Journal of Gastroenterology, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Constipation is a common community health problem. There are many factors that are
widely thought to be associated with constipation but real-world evidence of these …

Randomized trials on non-pharmaceutical interventions for COVID-19: a scoping review

J Hirt, P Janiaud, LG Hemkens - BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine, 2022 - ebm.bmj.com
Objective We aimed at providing a systematic overview of randomised trials assessing non-
pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to prevent COVID-19. Design Scoping review. Methods …

Evaluation of confounding in epidemiologic studies assessing alcohol consumption on the risk of ischemic heart disease

JD Wallach, S Serghiou, L Chu, AC Egilman… - BMC medical research …, 2020 - Springer
Background Among different investigators studying the same exposures and outcomes,
there may be a lack of consensus about potential confounders that should be considered as …

Is there an association between periodontal disease and root caries? A systematic review and meta-analysis

RMF Nazário, DR Frazão, BRR Peinado… - PloS one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Some periodontal diseases can be associated with cariogenic bacterial growth due to
various oral health imbalances. This fact may be linked to a greater development of root …

Causal inference and observational data

I Olier, Y Zhan, X Liang, V Volovici - BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2023 - Springer
Observational studies using causal inference frameworks can provide a feasible alternative
to randomized controlled trials. Advances in statistics, machine learning, and access to big …