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Serum gamma-glutamyltransferase, oxidized LDL and mortality in the elderly
Serum gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT) is a liver enzyme involved in the metabolism of glutathione (GSH), a major antioxidant in humans. GGT is a risk factor for mortality in young and middle-aged individuals b...
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Erratum to: The quality of reporting in clinical research: the CONSORT and STROBE initiatives
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The quality of reporting in clinical research: the CONSORT and STROBE initiatives
Inaccurate reporting of data hampers the generalizability and the correct interpretation of results of scientific medical papers. The Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) and Strengthening the ...
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An overview on standard statistical methods for assessing exposure-outcome link in survival analysis (Part II): the Kaplan-Meier analysis and the Cox regression method
The Kaplan-Meier and the Cox regression methods are the most used statistical techniques for performing “time to event analysis” in epidemiological and clinical research. The Kaplan-Meier analysis allows to bu...
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An overview of standard statistical methods for assessing exposure-outcome link in survival analysis (Part I): basic concepts
The occurrence of a given disease in a population is measured by prevalence and incidence. Prevalence reflects the burden of a given disease in a specific population and is calculated as point prevalence or pe...
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Circulating Progenitor Cells after Cold Pressor Test in Hypertensive and Uremic Patients
Endothelium was initially considered an inert lining of the blood vessels. Recently, it was suggested that damaged cells are continuously replaced by novel cells, hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs), which are dir...
