[HTML][HTML] Multicollinearity in regression analyses conducted in epidemiologic studies

KP Vatcheva, MJ Lee, JB McCormick… - Epidemiology …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The adverse impact of ignoring multicollinearity on findings and data interpretation in
regression analysis is very well documented in the statistical literature. The failure to identify …

Type 2-diabetes is associated with elevated levels of TNF-alpha, IL-6 and adiponectin and low levels of leptin in a population of Mexican Americans: a cross-sectional …

S Mirza, M Hossain, C Mathews, P Martinez, P Pino… - Cytokine, 2012 - Elsevier
The goal of the study was to determine the association between diabetes and inflammation
in clinically diagnosed diabetes patients. We hypothesized that low-grade inflammation in …

The definition of insulin resistance using HOMA-IR for Americans of Mexican descent using machine learning

HQ Qu, Q Li, AR Rentfro, SP Fisher-Hoch… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Objective The lack of standardized reference range for the homeostasis model assessment-
estimated insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) index has limited its clinical application. This study …

[HTML][HTML] Cross-sectional assessment reveals high diabetes prevalence among newly-diagnosed tuberculosis cases

BI Restrepo, AJ Camerlin, MH Rahbar… - Bulletin of the World …, 2011 - SciELO Public Health
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the contribution of clinically-confirmed diabetes mellitus to
tuberculosis (TB) rates in communities where both diseases are prevalent as a way to …

Gut microbiome features associated with liver fibrosis in Hispanics, a population at high risk for fatty liver disease

SY Kwan, J Jiao, A Joon, P Wei, LE Petty… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background and Aims Hispanics are disproportionately affected by NAFLD, liver
fibrosis, cirrhosis, and HCC. Preventive strategies and noninvasive means to identify those …

Undiagnosed diabetes and pre-diabetes in health disparities

SP Fisher-Hoch, KP Vatcheva, MH Rahbar… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Globally half of all diabetes mellitus is undiagnosed. We sought to determine the extent and
characteristics of undiagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus and pre-diabetes in Mexican …

Gut microbiome alterations associated with diabetes in Mexican Americans in South Texas

SY Kwan, CM Sabotta, A Joon, P Wei, LE Petty… - Msystems, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Mexican Americans have a high prevalence of diabetes and burden of diabetes-related
complications, highlighting the need for novel preventive strategies and noninvasive …

Sex and age differences in prevalence and risk factors for prediabetes in Mexican-Americans

KP Vatcheva, SP Fisher-Hoch, BM Reininger… - diabetes research and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Aims Over 1/3 of Americans have prediabetes, while 9.4% have type 2 diabetes.
The aim of our study was to estimate the prevalence of prediabetes in Mexican Americans …

The power of TOPMed imputation for the discovery of Latino-enriched rare variants associated with type 2 diabetes

A Huerta-Chagoya, P Schroeder, R Mandla… - Diabetologia, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Aims/hypothesis The Latino population has been systematically underrepresented
in large-scale genetic analyses, and previous studies have relied on the imputation of …

[HTML][HTML] Forecasting COVID-19 hospital census: A multivariate time-series model based on local infection incidence

HM Nguyen, PJ Turk… - JMIR Public Health and …, 2021 - publichealth.jmir.org
Background COVID-19 has been one of the most serious global health crises in world
history. During the pandemic, health care systems require accurate forecasts for key …