Search Results - "STRASAK, M"

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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Time-dependent association of total serum cholesterol and cancer incidence in a cohort of 172 210 men and women: a prospective 19-year follow-up study by Strasak, A. M., Pfeiffer, R. M., Brant, L. J., Rapp, K., Hilbe, W., Oberaigner, W., Lang, S., Borena, W., Concin, H., Diem, G., Ruttmann, E., Glodny, B., Pfeiffer, K. P., Ulmer, H.

“…Background: The relationship between serum cholesterol and cancer incidence remains controversial. Patients and methods: We investigated the association of…”
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Prognostic value of admission C-reactive protein in stroke patients undergoing IV thrombolysis by Topakian, R., Strasak, A. M., Nussbaumer, K., Haring, H.-P., Aichner, F. T.

“…Objective To test the hypothesis that pre-treatment Creactive protein (CRP) predicts outcome in stroke patients undergoing intravenous thrombolysis (IVT)…”
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The role of serum uric acid as an antioxidant protecting against cancer: prospective study in more than 28 000 older Austrian women by Strasak, A. M., Rapp, K., Hilbe, W., Oberaigner, W., Ruttmann, E., Concin, H., Diem, G., Pfeiffer, K. P., Ulmer, H.

“…Background: It has been hypothesized that serum uric acid (SUA), via its antioxidant properties may protect against carcinogenesis. However, few…”
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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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Timing of stenting of symptomatic carotid stenosis is predictive of 30-day outcome by Topakian, R., Strasak, A. M., Sonnberger, M., Haring, H.-P., Nussbaumer, K., Trenkler, J., Aichner, F. T.

“…For patients with symptomatic carotid stenosis, benefit from carotid artery stenting (CAS) highly depends on the 30‐day stroke and death rates. Identification…”
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Mobile Phone-assisted Basic Life Support Augmented with a Metronome by Paal, Peter, MD, DESA, Pircher, Iris, MD, Baur, Thomas, MD, Gruber, Elisabeth, MD, Strasak, Alexander M., PhD, Herff, Holger, MD, Brugger, Hermann, MD, Wenzel, Volker, MD, MSc, Mitterlechner, Thomas, MD

“…Abstract Background Basic life support (BLS) performed by lay rescuers is poor. We developed software for mobile phones augmented with a metronome to improve…”
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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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Head position angles to open the upper airway differ less with the head positioned on a support by Mitterlechner, Thomas, MD, Paal, Peter, MD, Kuehnelt-Leddhin, Lukas, MD, Strasak, Alexander M., PhD, Putz, Günther, MD, Gravenstein, Nikolaus, MD, von Goedecke, Achim, MD, MSc, Wenzel, Volker, MD, MSc

“…Abstract Introduction The aim of the study was to assess the effects of positioning the head on a support on “head position angles” to optimally open the upper…”
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Antibody dynamics and spontaneous viral clearance in patients with acute hepatitis C infection in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil by Strasak, Alexander M, Kim, Arthur Y, Lauer, Georg M, de Sousa, Paulo S, Ginuino, Cleber F, Fernandes, Carlos A, Velloso, Carlos E, de Almeida, Adilson J, de Oliveira, Jaqueline M, Yoshida, Clara F, Schulze zur Wiesch, Julian, Paranhos-Baccalá, Gláucia, Lang, Stefan, Brant, Larry J, Ulmer, Hanno, Strohmaier, Susanne, Kaltenbach, Lalit, Lampe, Elisabeth, Lewis-Ximenez, Lia L

“…The anti-HCV antibody response has not been well characterized during the early phase of HCV infection and little is known about its relationship to the…”
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Elevated mRNA expression of CHAC1 splicing variants is associated with poor outcome for breast and ovarian cancer patients by Goebel, G, Berger, R, Strasak, A M, Egle, D, Müller-Holzner, E, Schmidt, S, Rainer, J, Presul, E, Parson, W, Lang, S, Jones, A, Widschwendter, M, Fiegl, H

“…Background: The role of CHAC1 (cation transport regulator-like protein 1), a recently identified component of the unfolded protein response (UPR) pathway, in…”
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Gender differences in the accuracy of time-dependent blood pressure indices for predicting coronary heart disease: A random-effects modeling approach by Brant, Larry J., PhD, Ferrucci, Luigi, MD, Sheng, Shan L., PhD, Concin, Hans, MD, Zonderman, Alan B., PhD, Kelleher, Cecily C., MD, Longo, Dan L., MD, Ulmer, Hanno, PhD, Strasak, Alexander M., PhD

“…Abstract Background: Previous studies on blood pressure (BP) indices as a predictor of coronary heart disease (CHD) have provided equivocal results and…”
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Comparison of low-molecular-weight heparin and antithrombin versus antithrombin alone for the prevention of symptomatic venous thromboembolism in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia by Meister, Bernhard, Kropshofer, Gabriele, Klein-Franke, Andreas, Strasak, Alexander M., Hager, Josef, Streif, Werner

“…Background Children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) have a substantial risk for thromboembolism (TE) that is related to L‐asparaginase‐induced…”
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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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Comparing penalized splines and fractional polynomials for flexible modelling of the effects of continuous predictor variables by Strasak, Alexander M., Umlauf, Nikolaus, Pfeiffer, Ruth M., Lang, Stefan

“…P(enalized)-splines and fractional polynomials (FPs) have emerged as powerful smoothing techniques with increasing popularity in applied research. Both…”
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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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