Background How to select variables and identify functional forms for continuous variables is
a key concern when creating a multivariable model. Ad hoc 'traditional'approaches to …

Background Long-term exposure to ambient air pollution has been associated with
premature mortality, but associations at concentrations lower than current annual limit …

Wildfires strongly regulate carbon (C) cycling and storage in boreal forests and account for
almost 10% of global fire C emissions. However, the anticipated effects of climate change on …

BACKGROUND The growing scientific evidence for effects of air pollution on health at
concentrations below current air quality standards and the large burden of disease attributed …

Modelling Survival Data in Medical Research, Fourth Edition, describes the analysis of
survival data, illustrated using a wide range of examples from biomedical research. Written …

Regression models have been in use for decades to explore and quantify the association
between a dependent response and several independent variables in environmental …

Importance Kidney transplant is considered beneficial in terms of survival compared with
continued dialysis for patients with kidney failure. However, randomized clinical trials are …

The coronavirus pandemic has rapidly evolved into an unprecedented crisis. The
susceptible-infectious-removed (SIR) model and its variants have been used for modeling …

End-stage kidney disease (ESKD) patients are at high risk of severe COVID-19. We
measured 436 circulating proteins in serial blood samples from hospitalised and non …

Patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) are at high risk of severe COVID-19. Here,
we perform longitudinal blood sampling of ESKD haemodialysis patients with COVID-19 …