Time to Benefit of Surgery vs Targeted Medical Therapy for Patients With Primary Aldosteronism: A Meta-analysis

S Samnani, I Cenzer, GA Kline, SJ Lee… - The Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Context Primary aldosteronism (PA) is one of the most common causes of secondary
hypertension, but the comparative outcomes of targeted treatment remain unclear …

Statistical confounding in observational research and center performance evaluations in organ transplantation

JD Schold, J Malamon, B Kaplan - Current Transplantation Reports, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review To describe statistical confounding and the impact of
observational research in transplantation. Further, to evaluate potential confounding factors …

The M-value: A simple sensitivity analysis for bias due to missing data in treatment effect estimates

MB Mathur - American Journal of Epidemiology, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Complete-case analyses can be biased if missing data are not missing completely at
random. We propose simple sensitivity analyses that apply to complete-case estimates of …

[HTML][HTML] Neighborhood-level housing affordability and maternal depression

ME McGovern, S Rokicki, A Von Jaglinsky… - SSM-Mental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Housing affordability is a growing public health crisis, with lower-income families
disproportionately affected. At the individual-level, measures of housing affordability have …

Exploring a Potential Interaction Between the Effect of Specific Maternal Smoking Patterns and Comorbid Antenatal Depression in Causing Postpartum Depression

AJ Kondracki, JR Attia, MJ Valente… - Neuropsychiatric …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose To explore a potential interaction between the effect of specific maternal smoking
patterns and the presence of antenatal depression, as independent exposures, in causing …

Prevalence of motoric cognitive risk syndrome among older adults in Brazil and evaluation of effect modification by race

JP Martins, FB Fukushima, LN Benatti… - Journal of …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Motoric cognitive risk syndrome (MCRS) is a pre-dementia syndrome of
growing interest, yet it remains understudied in Latin America with a significant lack of …

Heterogeneity in the effect of type 2 diabetes on dementia incidence in a diverse cohort of Asian American and non-Latino White older adults

E Hayes-Larson, Y Zhou, Y Wu… - American Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Dementia incidence is lower among Asian Americans than among Whites, despite higher
prevalence of type 2 diabetes, a well-known dementia risk factor. Determinants of dementia …

Sensitivity analysis for the interactive effects of internal bias and publication bias in meta‐analyses

MB Mathur - Research synthesis methods, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Meta‐analyses can be compromised by studies' internal biases (eg, confounding in
nonrandomized studies) as well as publication bias. These biases often operate …

Breast cancer resistance protein polymorphism ABCG2 c.421C>A (rs2231142) moderates the effect of valproate on lamotrigine trough concentrations in adults with …

I Šušak Sporiš, N Božina… - Fundamental & …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background Valproate inhibits clearance of lamotrigine and greatly increases its
concentrations. We assessed whether this effect was moderated by a polymorphism …

Variation in Long-Term Postoperative Mortality Risk by Race/Ethnicity After Major Non-cardiac Surgeries in the Veterans Health Administration

SE Sharath, CJ Balentine, DH Berger, M Zhan… - Journal of Racial and …, 2024 - Springer
Background Few large sample studies have examined whether disparities, as measured by
the proxy of race/ethnicity, are observed in long-term mortality after high-risk operations …