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Stability of neurodevelopmental trajectories in moderately late and early preterm children born 15 years apart
Neurodevelopmental trajectories of preterm children may have changed due to changes in care and in society. We aimed to compare neurodevelopmental trajectories in early and moderately late preterm children, me...
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Open AccessChanges in neonatal morbidity, neonatal care practices, and length of hospital stay of surviving infants born very preterm in the Netherlands in the 1980s and in the 2000s: a comparison analysis with identical characteristics definitions
This study evaluates changes in the neonatal morbidity, the neonatal care practices, and the length of hospital stay of surviving very preterm (VP) infants born in the Netherlands in the 1980s and in the 2000s...
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Open AccessLongitudinal individual predictions from irregular repeated measurements data
Intensive longitudinal data can be used to explore important associations and patterns between various types of inputs and outcomes. Nonlinear relations and irregular measurement occasions can pose problems to...
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Open AccessJoint distribution properties of fully conditional specification under the normal linear model with normal inverse-gamma priors
Fully conditional specification (FCS) is a convenient and flexible multiple imputation approach. It specifies a sequence of simple regression models instead of a potential complex joint density for missing var...
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Open AccessHealth-Related Quality-of-Life Outcomes of Very Preterm or Very Low Birth Weight Adults: Evidence From an Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis
Assessment of health-related quality of life for individuals born very preterm and/or low birthweight (VP/VLBW) offers valuable complementary information alongside biomedical assessments. However, the impact o...
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Open AccessThe effect of high prevalence of missing data on estimation of the coefficients of a logistic regression model when using multiple imputation
Multiple imputation is frequently used to address missing data when conducting statistical analyses. There is a paucity of research into the performance of multiple imputation when the prevalence of missing da...
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Generalizing Univariate Predictive Mean Matching to Impute Multiple Variables Simultaneously
Predictive mean matching (PMM) is an easy-to-use and versatile univariate imputation approach. It is robust against transformations of the incomplete variable and violation of the normal model. However, univar...
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Open AccessNeighbors-based prediction of physical function after total knee arthroplasty
The purpose of this study was to develop and test personalized predictions for functional recovery after Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) surgery, using a novel neighbors-based prediction approach. We used data f...
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Open AccessStrategies for assessing the impact of loss to follow-up on estimates of neurodevelopmental impairment in a very preterm cohort at 2 years of age
Loss to follow-up is a major challenge for very preterm (VPT) cohorts; attrition is associated with social disadvantage and parents with impaired children may participate less in research. We investigated the ...
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Open AccessArtifacts annotations in anesthesia blood pressure data by man and machine
Physiologic data from anesthesia monitors are automatically captured. Yet erroneous data are stored in the process as well. While this is not interfering with clinical care, research can be affected. Researche...
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Open AccessReference chart for knee flexion following total knee arthroplasty: a novel tool for monitoring postoperative recovery
Clinicians and patients lack an evidence-based framework by which to judge individual-level recovery following total knee arthroplasty (TKA) surgery, thus impeding personalized treatment approaches for this el...
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Open AccessGestational weight gain charts for different body mass index groups for women in Europe, North America, and Oceania
Gestational weight gain differs according to pre-pregnancy body mass index and is related to the risks of adverse maternal and child health outcomes. Gestational weight gain charts for women in different pre-p...
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Open AccessTrends in birth weight and the prevalence of low birth weight and small-for-gestational-age in Surinamese South Asian babies since 1974: cross-sectional study of three birth cohorts
South Asian babies born in developed countries are generally lighter than babies from other ethnic groups born in the same country. While the mean birth weight of Caucasian babies in the Netherlands has increa...
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The world’s tallest nation has stopped growing taller: the height of Dutch children from 1955 to 2009
Records show that mean height in The Netherlands has increased since 1858. This study looks at whether this trend in the world’s tallest nation is continuing. We consider the influence of the geographical regi...
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Open AccessThe Terneuzen Birth Cohort. Longer exclusive breastfeeding duration is associated with leaner body mass and a healthier diet in young adulthood
Breastfeeding (BF) is protective against overweight and is associated with dietary behaviour. The aims of our study were to assess the relationship between exclusive BF duration and BMI, waist circumference (W...
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Open AccessAssociation between parenting practices and children's dietary intake, activity behavior and development of body mass index: the KOALA Birth Cohort Study
Insights into the effects of energy balance-related parenting practices on children's diet and activity behavior at an early age is warranted to determine which practices should be recommended and to whom. The...
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Open AccessReturn to Work in a Cohort of Low Back Pain Patients: Development and Validation of a Clinical Prediction Rule
Background From the viewpoint of cost prevention, it is necessary to identify patients that are of high risk for long-term work disability, production loss and sick-leave. Methods Seconda...
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Open AccessScreening rules for growth to detect celiac disease: A case-control simulation study
It is generally assumed that most patients with celiac disease (CD) have a slowed growth in terms of length (or height) and weight. However, the effectiveness of slowed growth as a tool for identifying childre...
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Open AccessThe diagnostic work up of growth failure in secondary health care; An evaluation of consensus guidelines
As abnormal growth might be the first manifestation of undetected diseases, it is important to have accurate referral criteria and a proper diagnostic work-up. In the present paper we evaluate the diagnostic w...
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Open AccessVariable selection under multiple imputation using the bootstrap in a prognostic study
Missing data is a challenging problem in many prognostic studies. Multiple imputation (MI) accounts for imputation uncertainty that allows for adequate statistical testing. We developed and tested a methodolog...
