Search Results - "Prentice, R. L."

Competing risks and multivariate outcomes in epidemiological and clinical trial research by Prentice, R. L.

“…Data analysis methods for the study of treatments or exposures in relation to a clinical outcome in the presence of competing risks have a long history, often…”
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Measurement Error and Results From Analytic Epidemiology: Dietary Fat and Breast Cancer by Prentice, R L

“…Background International correlational analyses have suggested a strong positive association between fat consumption and breast cancer incidence, especially…”
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Higher dimensional Clayton—Oakes models for multivariate failure time data by PRENTICE, R. L.

“…The Clayton—Oakes bivariate failure time model is extended to dimensions m > 2 in a manner that allows unspecified marginal survivor functions for all…”
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Pooled results from 5 validation studies of dietary self-report instruments using recovery biomarkers for potassium and sodium intake by Freedman, Laurence S, Commins, John M, Moler, James E, Willett, Walter, Tinker, Lesley F, Subar, Amy F, Spiegelman, Donna, Rhodes, Donna, Potischman, Nancy, Neuhouser, Marian L, Moshfegh, Alanna J, Kipnis, Victor, Arab, Lenore, Prentice, Ross L

“…We pooled data from 5 large validation studies (1999-2009) of dietary self-report instruments that used recovery biomarkers as referents, to assess food…”
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Successful perioperative management of a patient with C1 esterase inhibitor deficiency with a novel bradykinin receptor B2 antagonist by SENARATNE, K. T, COTTRELL, A. M, PRENTICE, R. L

“…We present the case of a 28-year-old female with a previous diagnosis of C1 esterase inhibitor deficiency presenting for dental extractions under general…”
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Health risks and benefits from calcium and vitamin D supplementation: Women's Health Initiative clinical trial and cohort study by Prentice, R. L., Pettinger, M. B., Jackson, R. D., Wactawski-Wende, J., LaCroix, A. Z., Anderson, G. L., Chlebowski, R. T., Manson, J. E., Van Horn, L., Vitolins, M. Z., Datta, M., LeBlanc, E. S., Cauley, J. A., Rossouw, J. E.

“…Summary The Women's Health Initiative (WHI) double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial randomly assigned 36,282 postmenopausal women in the U.S. to…”
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Self-consistent nonparametric maximum likelihood estimator of the bivariate survivor function by PRENTICE, R. L.

“…As usually formulated the nonparametric likelihood for the bivariate survivor function is overparameterized, resulting in uniqueness problems for the…”
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Correlated Binary Regression with Covariates Specific to Each Binary Observation by Prentice, Ross L.

“…Regression methods are considered for the analysis of correlated binary data when each binary observation may have its own covariates. It is argued that binary…”
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The renin-angiotensin aldosterone system and osteoporosis: findings from the Women’s Health Initiative by Carbone, L.D., Vasan, S., Prentice, R.L., Harshfield, G., Haring, B., Cauley, J.A., Johnson, K.C.

“…Summary New users of RAAS inhibitors, including ACE inhibitors and ARBs, have a small increased risk for fracture in the first 3 years of use, with a reduced…”
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Bias-reduced estimators and confidence intervals for odds ratios in genome-wide association studies by Zhong, Hua, Prentice, Ross L.

“…Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) provide an important approach to identifying common genetic variants that predispose to human disease. A typical GWAS…”
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Estimating Equations for Parameters in Means and Covariances of Multivariate Discrete and Continuous Responses by Prentice, Ross L., Zhao, Lue Ping

“…Generalized estimating equations are introduced in an ad hoc fashion for the covariance matrix of a multivariate response. These equations are to be solved…”
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Covariance and survivor function estimation using censored multivariate failure time data by PRENTICE, R. L., CAI, J.

“…SUMMARY The covariance between counting process martingales is used to characterize the dependence between two failure time variates. A representation of the…”
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Risks and Benefits of Estrogen Plus Progestin in Healthy Postmenopausal Women: Principal Results From the Women's Health Initiative Randomized Controlled Trial by Rossouw, Jacques E, Anderson, Garnet L, Prentice, Ross L, LaCroix, Andrea Z, Kooperberg, Charles, Stefanick, Marcia L, Jackson, Rebecca D, Beresford, Shirley A A, Howard, Barbara V, Johnson, Karen C, Kotchen, Jane Morley, Ockene, Judith

“…CONTEXT Despite decades of accumulated observational evidence, the balance of risks and benefits for hormone use in healthy postmenopausal women remains…”
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Estimating equations for hazard ratio parameters based on correlated failure time data by CAI, JIANWEN, PRENTICE, ROSS L.

“…SUMMARY Weighted partial likelihood estimating equations are proposed for the estimation of marginal hazard ratio parameters based on correlated failure time…”
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Use of Recovery Biomarkers to Calibrate Nutrient Consumption Self-Reports in the Women's Health Initiative by Neuhouser, Marian L., Tinker, Lesley, Shaw, Pamela A., Schoeller, Dale, Bingham, Sheila A., Horn, Linda Van, Beresford, Shirley A. A., Caan, Bette, Thomson, Cynthia, Satterfield, Suzanne, Kuller, Lew, Heiss, Gerardo, Smit, Ellen, Sarto, Gloria, Ockene, Judith, Stefanick, Marcia L., Assaf, Annlouise, Runswick, Shirley, Prentice, Ross L.

“…Underreporting of energy consumption by self-report is well-recognized, but previous studies using recovery biomarkers have not been sufficiently large to…”
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A case-cohort design for epidemiologic cohort studies and disease prevention trials by Prentice, R. L.

“…Suppose that a cohort of individuals is to be followed in order to relate failure rates to preceding covariate histories. A design is proposed which involves…”
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The Role of Epidemiology in the Era of Molecular Epidemiology and Genomics: Summary of the 2013 AJE -sponsored Society of Epidemiologic Research Symposium by KULLER, Lewis H, BRACKEN, Michael B, OGINO, Shuji, PRENTICE, Ross L, TRACY, Russell P

“…On June 20, 2013, the American Journal of Epidemiology sponsored a symposium at the Society for Epidemiologic Research's 46th Annual Meeting in Boston,…”
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Dietary Fat and Cancer: Consistency of the Epidemiologic Data, and Disease Prevention That May Follow from a Practical Reduction in Fat Consumption by Prentice, Ross L., Sheppard, Lianne

“…International variations and national time trends in disease rates suggest major associations between dietary fat and several important cancers. In contrast,…”
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Calcium supplements and cardiovascular risk in the Women’s Health Initiative: response to Bolland et al by Prentice, R. L., Jackson, R. D., Rossouw, J. E.

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Biomarker-calibrated Energy and Protein Consumption and Increased Cancer Risk Among Postmenopausal Women by Prentice, Ross L., Shaw, Pamela A., Bingham, Sheila A., Beresford, Shirley A. A., Caan, Bette, Neuhouser, Marian L., Patterson, Ruth E., Stefanick, Marcia L., Satterfield, Suzanne, Thomson, Cynthia A., Snetselaar, Linda, Thomas, Asha, Tinker, Lesley F.

“…The authors previously reported equations, derived from the Nutrient Biomarker Study within the Women's Health Initiative, that produce calibrated estimates of…”
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