Search Results - "PFEIFFER, Karl P"

Serum uric acid is an independent predictor for all major forms of cardiovascular death in 28,613 elderly women: A prospective 21-year follow-up study by Strasak, Alexander M, Kelleher, Cecily C, Brant, Larry J, Rapp, Kilian, Ruttmann, Elfriede, Concin, Hans, Diem, Günter, Pfeiffer, Karl P, Ulmer, Hanno

“…Abstract Background The role of serum uric acid (SUA) as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains controversial. Little is known about its…”
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Insufficient protection for healthy elderly adults by tetanus and TBE vaccines by Hainz, Ursula, Jenewein, Brigitte, Asch, Esther, Pfeiffer, Karl-P., Berger, Peter, Grubeck-Loebenstein, Beatrix

“…Little information is available on post-vaccination antibody concentrations and the duration of protection in persons of more than 20 years of age. We,…”
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Screening for NPHS2 Mutations May Help Predict FSGS Recurrence after Transplantation by JUNGRAITHMAYR, Therese C, HOFER, Katrin, PAGEL, Philipp, PFEIFFER, Karl P, SCHÄFER, Franz, SCHÖNERMARCK, Ulf, SEEMAN, Tomas, TOENSHOFF, Burkhard, WEBER, Stefanie, WINS, Michelle P, ZSCHOCKE, Johannes, ZIMMERHACKL, Lothar B, COCHAT, Pierre, CHERNIN, Gil, CORTINA, Gerard, FARGUE, Sonja, GRIMM, Paul, KNUEPPEL, Tanja, KOWARSCH, Andreas, NEUHAUS, Thomas

“…Steroid-resistant focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) often recurs after renal transplantation. In this international survey, we sought to identify…”
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Costs of illness and care in Parkinson's Disease: An evaluation in six countries by von Campenhausen, Sonja, Winter, Yaroslav, Rodrigues e Silva, Antonio, Sampaio, Christina, Ruzicka, Evzen, Barone, Paolo, Poewe, Werner, Guekht, Alla, Mateus, Céu, Pfeiffer, Karl-P, Berger, Karin, Skoupa, Jana, Bötzel, Kai, Geiger-Gritsch, Sabine, Siebert, Uwe, Balzer-Geldsetzer, Monika, Oertel, Wolfgang H, Dodel, Richard, Reese, Jens P

“…Abstract We investigated the costs of Parkinson's Disease (PD) in 486 patients based on a survey conducted in six countries. Economic data were collected over…”
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Social and clinical determinants of quality of life in Parkinson’s disease in Austria: a cohort study by Winter, Yaroslav, von Campenhausen, Sonja, Gasser, Julia, Seppi, Klaus, Reese, Jens-P., Pfeiffer, Karl-P., Bötzel, Kai, Oertel, Wolfgang H., Dodel, Richard, Poewe, Werner

“…Parkinson’s disease (PD) is associated with a reduction of health-related quality of life (HrQoL). Demographic and clinical determinants of HrQoL in PD have…”
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Strategy for Deployment of Integrated Healthy Aging Regions Based Upon an Evidence-Based Regional Ecosystem—The Styria Model by Borrmann, Marcus, Lindner, Sonja, Hofer-Fischanger, Kathrin, Rehb, Robert, Pechstädt, Katrin, Wiedenhofer, Roswitha, Schwarze, Gabriele, Adamer-König, Eva-Maria, Mischak, Robert, Pfeiffer, Karl P., Harer, Johann, Weinzerl, Katharina, Hartmann, Christian, Rupp, Bernhard, Roller-Wirnsberger, Regina E.

“…In 2013, the European Commission founded the platform European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Aging as a communication and innovation network in…”
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How bispectral index compares to spectral entropy of the EEG and A-line ARX index in the same patient by Tiefenthaler, Werner, Colvin, Joshua, Steger, Bernhard, Pfeiffer, Karl P., Moser, Patrizia L., Walde, Janette, Lorenz, Ingo H., Kolbitsch, Christian

“…Bispectral index (BIS) monitoring of depth of anesthesia has pioneered the field for more recent monitoring devices like the A-line ARX Index (AAI) or the…”
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Use of Penalized Splines in Extended Cox-Type Additive Hazard Regression to Flexibly Estimate the Effect of Time-varying Serum Uric Acid on Risk of Cancer Incidence: A Prospective, Population-Based Study in 78,850 Men by Strasak, Alexander M., PhD, Lang, Stefan, PhD, Kneib, Thomas, PhD, Brant, Larry J., PhD, Klenk, Jochen, MSc, Hilbe, Wolfgang, MD, Oberaigner, Willi, PhD, Ruttmann, Elfriede, MD, Kaltenbach, Lalit, Concin, Hans, MD, Diem, Günter, MD, Pfeiffer, Karl P., PhD, Ulmer, Hanno, PhD

“…Purpose We sough to investigate the effect of serum uric acid (SUA) levels on risk of cancer incidence in men and to flexibly determine the shape of this…”
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Association of gamma-glutamyltransferase and risk of cancer incidence in men: a prospective study by Strasak, Alexander M, Rapp, Kilian, Brant, Larry J, Hilbe, Wolfgang, Gregory, Martin, Oberaigner, Willi, Ruttmann, Elfriede, Concin, Hans, Diem, Günter, Pfeiffer, Karl P, Ulmer, Hanno

“…Although several epidemiologic studies have shown that gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT) is independently associated with cardiovascular disease and all-cause…”
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Longitudinal Change in Serum Gamma-Glutamyltransferase and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality: A Prospective Population-Based Study in 76 113 Austrian Adults by Strasak, Alexander M, Kelleher, Cecily C, Klenk, Jochen, Brant, Larry J, Ruttmann, Elfriede, Rapp, Kilian, Concin, Hans, Diem, Günter, Pfeiffer, Karl P, Ulmer, Hanno

“…OBJECTIVE—The purpose of this study was to investigate the association of longitudinal change in serum γ-glutamyltransferase (GGT) with mortality from…”
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Prospective study of the association of gamma‐glutamyltransferase with cancer incidence in women by Strasak, Alexander M., Pfeiffer, Ruth M., Klenk, Jochen, Hilbe, Wolfgang, Oberaigner, Willi, Gregory, Martin, Concin, Hans, Diem, Günter, Pfeiffer, Karl P., Ruttmann, Elfriede, Ulmer, Hanno

“…Although several epidemiologic studies have shown that gamma‐glutamyltransferase (GGT) is associated with cardiovascular disease and all‐cause mortality, its…”
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The Use of Statistics in Medical Research: A Comparison of The New England Journal of Medicine and Nature Medicine by Strasak, Alexander M, Zaman, Qamruz, Marinell, Gerhard, Pfeiffer, Karl P, Ulmer, Hanno

“…There is widespread evidence of the extensive use of statistical methods in medical research. Just the same, standards are generally low and a growing body of…”
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Prospective Study of the Association of Serum γ-Glutamyltransferase with Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia III and Invasive Cervical Cancer by STRASAK, Alexander M, GOEBEL, Georg, GRUBER-MOESENBACHER, Ulrike, OFFNER, Felix, POMPELLA, Alfonso, PFEIFFER, Karl P, ULMER, Hanno, CONCIN, Hans, PFEIFFER, Ruth M, BRANT, Larry J, NAGEL, Gabriele, OBERAIGNER, Willi, CONCIN, Nicole, DIEM, Günter, RUTTMANN, Elfriede

“…Epidemiologic studies indicate that elevated levels of gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT), a key enzyme of glutathione metabolism, might be associated with…”
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Low serum LDL cholesterol in patients with type 2 diabetes An analysis on two different patient populations by SAELY, Christoph H, EBER, Bernd, PFEIFFER, Karl P, DREXEL, Heinz

“…Patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) typically exhibit a pattern of dyslipidemia with high triglycerides, low HDL cholesterol, and small LDL particles. We…”
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Serum uric acid and risk of cancer mortality in a large prospective male cohort by Strasak, Alexander M, Rapp, Kilian, Hilbe, Wolfgang, Oberaigner, Willi, Ruttmann, Elfriede, Concin, Hans, Diem, Günter, Pfeiffer, Karl P, Ulmer, Hanno

“…Objective To examine the prognostic role of serum uric acid (SUA) for cancer mortality in apparently healthy men across a wide age range. Methods Prospective…”
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Statistical errors in medical research - a review of common pitfalls by Strasak, Alexander M, Zaman, Qamruz, Pfeiffer, Karl P, Göbel, Georg, Ulmer, Hanno

“…Standards in the use of statistics in medical research are generally low. A growing body of literature points to persistent statistical errors, flaws and…”
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Actual state and perspectives of e-health in Austria and international--an overview by Pfeiffer, Karl P

“…eHealth will influence the development of the Austrian health and social care significantly. The main part will be the implementation of an electronic health…”
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Proposal for a new content model for the Austrian Procedure Catalogue by Neururer, Sabrina B, Pfeiffer, Karl P

“…The Austrian Procedure Catalogue is used for procedure coding in Austria. Its architecture and content has some major weaknesses. The aim of this study is the…”
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Low serum LDL cholesterol in patients with type 2 diabetes by Saely, Christoph H, Eber, Bernd, Pfeiffer, Karl P, Drexel, Heinz

“…Abstract Background Patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) typically exhibit a pattern of dyslipidemia with high triglycerides, low HDL cholesterol, and small…”
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Circulating cytotoxic CD8(+) CD28(-) T cells in ankylosing spondylitis by Schirmer, Michael, Goldberger, Christian, Würzner, Reinhard, Duftner, Christina, Pfeiffer, Karl-P, Clausen, Johannes, Neumayr, Günther, Falkenbach, Albrecht

“…Circulating CD8(+) CD28(-) T cells were found to be expanded more in patients with ankylosing spondylitis than in an age-matched healthy population (41.2 +/-…”
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