Search Results - "Luta, G."

Parental smoking exposure and adolescent smoking trajectories by Mays, Darren, Gilman, Stephen E, Rende, Richard, Luta, George, Tercyak, Kenneth P, Niaura, Raymond S

“…In a multigenerational study of smoking risk, the objective was to investigate the intergenerational transmission of smoking by examining if exposure to…”
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Statistical mistakes and how to avoid them – lessons learned from the reproducibility crisis by Turkiewicz, A., Luta, G., Hughes, H.V., Ranstam, J.

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One in four people may develop symptomatic hip osteoarthritis in his or her lifetime by Murphy, L.B, Helmick, C.G, Schwartz, T.A, Renner, J.B, Tudor, G, Koch, G.G, Dragomir, A.D, Kalsbeek, W.D, Luta, G, Jordan, J.M

“…Summary Objective To estimate the lifetime risk of symptomatic hip osteoarthritis (OA). Design We analyzed data from the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project…”
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Cigarette packaging and health warnings: the impact of plain packaging and message framing on young smokers by Mays, Darren, Niaura, Raymond S, Evans, W Douglas, Hammond, David, Luta, George, Tercyak, Kenneth P

“…Objective This study examined the impact of pictorial cigarette-warning labels, warning-label message framing and plain cigarette packaging, on young adult…”
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Efficacy of prednisone 1-4 mg/day in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a randomised, double-blind, placebo controlled withdrawal clinical trial by Pincus, T, Swearingen, C J, Luta, G, Sokka, T

“…A randomised double-blind placebo controlled withdrawal clinical trial of prednisone versus placebo in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), treated in…”
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In vitro modulation of the human gastrointestinal microbial community by plant-derived polysaccharide-rich dietary supplements by Marzorati, M., Verhelst, A., Luta, G., Sinnott, R., Verstraete, W., de Wiele, T. Van, Possemiers, S.

“…The use of prebiotics is a possible strategy to manage and steer the complex gut microbial community towards a health-promoting composition (Gastrointestinal…”
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Interpretation of serum C-reactive protein (CRP) levels for cardiovascular disease risk is complicated by race, pulmonary disease, body mass index, gender, and osteoarthritis by Kraus, V.B., M.D., Ph.D, Stabler, T.V., M.S, Luta, G., M.S, Renner, J.B., M.D, Dragomir, A.D., B.S, Jordan, J.M., M.D., M.P.H

“…Summary Objective High-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) in serum is used as a marker of risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD); however CRP is a…”
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Interest in genetic testing for modest changes in breast cancer risk: implications for SNP testing by Graves, K D, Peshkin, B N, Luta, G, Tuong, W, Schwartz, M D

“…Advances in genomics may eventually lead to 'personalized genetic medicine,' yet the clinical utility of predictive testing for modest changes in risk is…”
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P1-35 On the use of empirical likelihood based methods to achieve balance on measured confounders by Luta, G, Dragomir, A, Barbo, A, Loffredo, C

“…IntroductionOne of the limitations of the statistical methods that use propensity scores, such as those involving adjustment for the propensity score,…”
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Identification of an urinary metabolite profile associated with osteoarthritis by Lamers, R.J.A.N., van Nesselrooij, J.H.J., Kraus, V.B., Jordan, J.M., Renner, J.B., Dragomir, A.D., Luta, G., van der Greef, J., DeGroot, J.

“…Osteoarthritis (OA) is one of the most common diseases among the elderly. The main characteristic is the progressive destruction of articular cartilage. We…”
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Cognition in older breast cancer patients prior to systemictherapy: The Thinking and Living With Cancer (TLC) study by Mandelblatt, J, Stern, R, Luta, G, Clapp, J, Hurria, A, Jacobsen, P, Saykin, A, Ahles, T

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Serum cartilage oligomeric matrix protein and clinical signs and symptoms of potential pre-radiographic hip and knee pathology by Dragomir, A.D., Kraus, V.B., Renner, J.B., Luta, G., Clark, A., Vilim, V., Hochberg, M.C., Helmick, C.G., Jordan, J.M.

“…Objective To examine the cross-sectional relationship between serum cartilage oligomeric matrix protein (COMP) and hip and knee clinical signs and symptoms in…”
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On Optimal Correlation-Based Prediction by Bottai, Matteo, Kim, Taeho, Lieberman, Benjamin, Luta, George, Peña, Edsel

“…This note examines, at the population-level, the approach of obtaining predictors of a random variable Y, given the joint distribution of , by maximizing the…”
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Control of confounding in the analysis phase - an overview for clinicians by Kahlert, Johnny, Gribsholt, Sigrid Bjerge, Gammelager, Henrik, Dekkers, Olaf M, Luta, George

“…In observational studies, control of confounding can be done in the design and analysis phases. Using examples from large health care database studies, this…”
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Prevalence of knee symptoms and radiographic and symptomatic knee osteoarthritis in African Americans and Caucasians: the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project by JORDAN, Joanne M, HELMICK, Charles G, KALSBEEK, William D, HOCHBERG, Marc C, RENNER, Jordan B, LUTA, Gheorghe, DRAGOMIR, Anca D, WOODARD, Janice, FANG FANG, SCHWARTZ, Todd A, ABBATE, Lauren M, CALLAHAN, Leigh F

“…OBJECTIVE: To report contemporary estimates of the prevalence of knee-related osteoarthritis (OA) outcomes in African Americans and Caucasians aged > or = 45…”
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D40 CRITICAL CARE: DIAGNOSING AND TREATING BACTERIAL AND VIRAL INFECTIONS IN THE ICU: Modeling Risk For Developing Multidrug Resistant (mdr) Infections In An At Risk, Mdr-Naive, Critically Ill Population by Sonti, R, Conroy, M, Welt, E, Hu, Y, Luta, G, Jamieson, D

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Prevalence of Hip Symptoms and Radiographic and Symptomatic Hip Osteoarthritis in African Americans and Caucasians: The Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project by JORDAN, Joanne M, HELMICK, Charles G, CALLAHAN, Leigh F, KALSBEEK, William D, HOCHBERG, Marc C, RENNER, Jordan B, LUTA, Gheorghe, DRAGOMIR, Anca D, WOODARD, Janice, FANG FANG, SCHWARTZ, Todd A, NELSON, Amanda E, ABBATE, Lauren M

“…Objective. To report contemporary estimates of the prevalence of hip-related osteoarthritis (OA) outcomes in African Americans and Caucasians aged ≥ 45…”
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Abstract P2-11-01: Effects of radiotherapy on breast cancer outcomes among stage I, low-Recurrence risk, hormone-Sensitive breast cancer: Pooled analysis of individual data from phase III trials by Jayasekera, JC, Schechter, C, Jagsi, R, White, J, Chapman, J-AW, Whelan, T, Sparano, JA, Anderson, SJ, Fyles, A, Sauerbrei, W, Zellars, RC, Li, Y, Song, J, Julian, T, Berry, D, Feuer, EJ, Luta, G, Mandelblatt, JS

“…Abstract Purpose: Radiotherapy after breast conservation has become the standard of care. Prior meta-analyses of radiotherapy benefits pre-dated availability…”
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Clinical and Psychological Predictors of Switching from Active Surveillance to Active Treatment among Men with Low-Risk Prostate Cancer: the PREPARE Prospective Cohort Study by Taylor, KL, Luta, G, Zotou, V, Hoffman, RM, Lobo, T, Davis, KM, Potosky, AL, Aaronson, D, Van Den, Eeden S

“…Abstract Numerous observational studies have assessed the clinical predictors of switching from active surveillance (AS) to active treatment (AT), but few have…”
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Predictors of improvement in observed functional ability in patients with fibromyalgia as an outcome of rehabilitation by Amris, Kirstine, Luta, George, Christensen, Robin, Danneskiold-Samsøe, Bente, Bliddal, Henning, Wæhrens, Eva E

“…To investigate predictors of improvement in observed ability to manage activities of daily living as an outcome of rehabilitation in fibromyalgia. Exploratory…”
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