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Gastroenterology Fellowship and Postdoctoral Training in Omics and Statistics—Part II: How Can It Be Achieved?
Data are being generated, collected, and aggregated in massive quantities at exponentially increasing rates. This “big data,” discussed in depth in...
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Inferring Causal Relationships Between Metabolites and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Using Summary Statistics from Genome‑Wide Association Studies
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a disorder characterized by hyperandrogenism, ovulatory dysfunction, and polycystic ovarian morphology. Previous...
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Subjective expectation of reaching age 85: agreement with population statistics and association with behavioral and psychological factors
BackgroundIt is not clearly known how well Danes estimate their chances of reaching the average life expectancy and whether identifiable population...
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Cost of illness for colorectal cancer in Japan - a time trend and future projections (1996–2035) based on governmental statistics
BackgroundIn Japan, the crude mortality rate of colorectal cancer is the second highest among men and highest among women by site. We aimed to...
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A comprehensive gene-centric pleiotropic association analysis for 14 psychiatric disorders with GWAS summary statistics
BackgroundRecent genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have revealed the polygenic nature of psychiatric disorders and discovered a few of...
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Hospitalisation for degenerative cervical myelopathy in England: insights from the National Health Service Hospital Episode Statistics 2012 to 2019
PurposeDegenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) is the most common cause of adult spinal cord dysfunction worldwide. However, the current incidence of...
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Epidemiology of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair in Brazil from 2008 to 2019 and Comprehensive Review of Nationwide Statistics Across the World
IntroductionStudying epidemiology of abdominal aortic aneurysms repairs is essential to prevent related deaths. Although outcomes are influenced by...
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Generating age-specific mortality statistics from incomplete death registration data: two applications of the empirical completeness method
BackgroundThe study aims to assess two approaches that apply the empirical completeness method to generate age-specific mortality statistics from...
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Temporal Association Between Interracial Couples and Odds of Low Birth Weight Infants: Trends in National Vital Statistics Data from 1971 to 2016
Our study explores the temporal association between low birth weight (LBW) infants and the increasing population prevalence of interracial...
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Risk factors and prognostic nomogram for patients with second primary cancers after lung cancer using classical statistics and machine learning
Previous studies have revealed an increased risk of secondary primary cancers (SPC) after lung cancer. The prognostic prediction models for SPC...
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Popularity of Surgical and Pharmacological Obesity Treatment Methods Searched by Google Users: the Retrospective Analysis of Google Trends Statistics in 2004–2022
PurposeMany individuals search for obesity treatment options on the Internet. We aimed to analyze the popularity of pharmacological and surgical...
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Lies, Damn Lies, and Bad Statistics?
A wide spectrum of research such as experimental, randomized trials, cohort or epidemiological studies, technical or control case reports, systematic...
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Cross-sectional survey in Central African Republic finds mortality 4-times higher than UN statistics: how can we not know the Central African Republic is in such an acute humanitarian crisis?
BackgroundCAR is one of the poorest countries in the world. While UN statistics suggest that there is no health emergency in the country, two...
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Motor vehicle crashes on tribal reservations: map** and statistics
BackgroundMotor vehicle crashes (MVC’s) in the American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities account for 43% of unintentional injury deaths. This...
