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Survey design and analysis considerations when utilizing misclassified sampling strata by Mitani, Aya A, Mercaldo, Nathaniel D, Haneuse, Sebastien, Schildcrout, Jonathan S

“…Abstract Background A large multi-center survey was conducted to understand patients’ perspectives on biobank study participation with particular focus on…”
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Temporal Trends in the Incidence, Treatment, and Outcomes of Hip Fracture in Older Patients Initiating Dialysis in the United States by Nair, Sumi Sukumaran, Mitani, Aya A, Goldstein, Benjamin A, Chertow, Glenn M, Lowenberg, David W, Winkelmayer, Wolfgang C

“…Patients with ESRD experience a fivefold higher incidence of hip fracture than the age- and sex-matched general population. Despite multiple changes in the…”
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Small Data Challenges of Studying Rare Diseases by Mitani, Aya A, Haneuse, Sebastien

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Differences in Access to Kidney Transplantation between Hispanic and Non-Hispanic Whites by Geographic Location in the United States by Arce, Cristina M, Goldstein, Benjamin A, Mitani, Aya A, Lenihan, Colin R, Winkelmayer, Wolfgang C

“…Hispanic patients undergoing chronic dialysis are less likely to receive a kidney transplant compared with non-Hispanic whites. This study sought to elucidate…”
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Determinants of Peritoneal Dialysis Technique Failure in Incident US Patients by Shen, Jenny I, Mitani, Aya A, Saxena, Anjali B, Goldstein, Benjamin A, Winkelmayer, Wolfgang C

“…Switching from peritoneal dialysis (PD) to hemodialysis (HD) is undesirable, because of complications from temporary vascular access, disruption of daily…”
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Coapplication of Lidocaine and the Permanently Charged Sodium Channel Blocker QX-314 Produces a Long-lasting Nociceptive Blockade in Rodents by BINSHTOK, Alexander M, GERNER, Peter, MITANI, Aya A, GING KUO WANG, BEAN, Bruce P, WOOLF, Clifford J, BAE, Seog, PUOPOLO, Michelino, SUZUKI, Suzuko, ROBERSON, David P, HERBERT, Teri, WANG, Chi-Fei, KIM, Donghoon, CHUNG, Gehoon

“…Nociceptive-selective local anesthesia is produced by entry of the permanently charged lidocaine-derivative QX-314 into nociceptors when coadministered with…”
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Trends in Relative Mortality Between Hispanic and Non-Hispanic Whites Initiating Dialysis: A Retrospective Study of the US Renal Data System by Arce, Cristina M., MD, MS, Goldstein, Benjamin A., PhD, MPH, Mitani, Aya A., MPH, Winkelmayer, Wolfgang C., MD, ScD

“…Background Hispanic patients undergoing long-term dialysis experience better survival compared with non-Hispanic whites. It is unknown whether this association…”
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Safety of Intravenous Iron in Hemodialysis: Longer-term Comparisons of Iron Sucrose Versus Sodium Ferric Gluconate Complex by Winkelmayer, Wolfgang C., MD, MPH, ScD, Goldstein, Benjamin A., PhD, Mitani, Aya A., MPH, Ding, Victoria Y., MSc, Airy, Medha, MD, Mandayam, Sreedhar, MD, MPH, Chang, Tara I., MD, MSc, Brookhart, M. Alan, PhD, Fishbane, Steven, MD

“…Background Controversy exists about any differences in longer-term safety across different intravenous iron formulations routinely used in hemodialysis (HD)…”
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Hispanic Ethnicity and Vascular Access Use in Patients Initiating Hemodialysis in the United States by Arce, Cristina M, Mitani, Aya A, Goldstein, Benjamin A, Winkelmayer, Wolfgang C

“…Hispanics are the largest minority in the United States (comprising 16.3% of the US population) and have 1.5 times the age-, sex-, and race-adjusted incidence…”
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Longer-term Outcomes of Darbepoetin Alfa Versus Epoetin Alfa in Patients With ESRD Initiating Hemodialysis: A Quasi-experimental Cohort Study by Winkelmayer, Wolfgang C., MD, MPH, ScD, Chang, Tara I., MD, MSc, Mitani, Aya A., MPH, Wilhelm-Leen, Emilee R., MD, MSc, Ding, Victoria, MSc, Chertow, Glenn M., MD, MPH, Brookhart, M. Alan, PhD, Goldstein, Benjamin A., PhD

“…Background Adequately powered studies directly comparing hard clinical outcomes of darbepoetin alfa (DPO) versus epoetin alfa (EPO) in patients undergoing…”
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Near-Term Prediction of Sudden Cardiac Death in Older Hemodialysis Patients Using Electronic Health Records by Goldstein, Benjamin A, Chang, Tara I, Mitani, Aya A, Assimes, Themistocles L, Winkelmayer, Wolfgang C

“…Sudden cardiac death is the most common cause of death among individuals undergoing hemodialysis. The epidemiology of sudden cardiac death has been well…”
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Modelling time‐varying risk factors of tooth loss: Results from joint model compared with extended Cox regression model by Mitani, Aya A., Feng, Xinyang, Kaye, Elizabeth K.

“…Aim To illustrate the use of joint models (JMs) for longitudinal and survival data in estimating risk factors of tooth loss as a function of time‐varying…”
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Applying survey weights to ordinal regression models for improved inference in outcome-dependent samples with ordinal outcomes by Mitani, Aya A, Espin-Garcia, Osvaldo, Fernández, Daniel, Landsman, Victoria

“…Researchers often use outcome-dependent sampling to study the exposure-outcome association. The case-control study is a widely used example of…”
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Marginal clustered multistate models for longitudinal progressive processes with informative cluster size by Feng, Sean Xinyang, Mitani, Aya A.

“…Informative cluster size (ICS) is a phenomenon where cluster size is related to the outcome. While multistate models can be applied to characterize the…”
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Psychological Distress After Inpatient Noncardiac Surgery: A Secondary Analysis of the Measurement of Exercise Tolerance Before Surgery Prospective Cohort Study by Gandotra, Sakshi, Daza, Julian F, Diep, Calvin, Mitani, Aya A, Ladha, Karim S, Wijeysundera, Duminda N

“…To describe the incidence and natural progression of psychological distress after major surgery. The recovery process after surgery imposes physical and mental…”
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Summary measures of agreement and association between many raters' ordinal classifications by Mitani, Aya A., Freer, Phoebe E., Nelson, Kerrie P.

“…Interpretation of screening tests such as mammograms usually require a radiologist's subjective visual assessment of images, often resulting in substantial…”
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The diagnostic accuracy of community spine radiology for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis brace candidates by Kim, Dorothy J., Dermott, Jennifer A., Mitani, Aya A., Doria, Andrea S., Howard, Andrew W., Lebel, David E.

“…Purpose The study aims to establish the diagnostic accuracy of community spine x-rays for brace candidates. Methods A review of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis…”
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Joint models inform the longitudinal assessment of patient-reported outcomes in clinical trials: a simulation study and secondary analysis of the restrictive Vs. liberal fluid therapy for major abdominal surgery (RELIEF) randomized controlled trial by Daza, Julian F., Mitani, Aya A., Alibhai, Shabbir M.H., Smith, Peter M., Kennedy, Erin D., Shulman, Mark A., Myles, Paul S., Wijeysundera, Duminda N.

“…Evaluate the utility of a joint model when analysing a patient-reported endpoint as part of a randomized controlled trial (RCT) in which censoring occurs when…”
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Marginal analysis of ordinal clustered longitudinal data with informative cluster size by Mitani, Aya A., Kaye, Elizabeth K., Nelson, Kerrie P.

“…The issue of informative cluster size (ICS) often arises in the analysis of dental data. ICS describes a situation where the outcome of interest is related to…”
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Assessing the influence of rater and subject characteristics on measures of agreement for ordinal ratings by Nelson, Kerrie P., Mitani, Aya A., Edwards, Don

“…Widespread inconsistencies are commonly observed between physicians' ordinal classifications in screening tests results such as mammography. These…”
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