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Showing 1 to 20 of 47 for “"risk-ratio"”.
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Effective Measures of Weight Gain Five Years Post-Kidney Transplantation
… lipoprotein, triglycerides, and coronary risk ratio. Kidney function was monitored via serum creatinine. Manual blood pressure was taken with two resting blood pressures.</p> <p><strong>RESULTS: </strong>The sample size was <em>N </em>= 45 and included 29 (64.4%) African Americans and 16 …
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Maksimalaus pelno-rizikos santykio uždavinys /
… which has the objective to maximise profit-risk ratio by using a methods of the linear algebra and Harry Markowitz modern portfolio theory. By the time world is noticeably modernizing and the global economy prospers rapidly, the size of investment flows and financial budgets is constantly …
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Development of a risk score for constrictive pericarditis using the Investigation of the Management of Pericarditis randomised clinical trial dataset
… in sub-Saharan Africa. Currently, while the risk of constrictive pericarditis in individuals with tuberculous pericarditis does not appear to be uniform, there is no defined risk score available to predict an individual's baseline risk of constrictive pericarditis. Therefore the main aim of …
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The Effect of Injury Prevention Training Programs on Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries in Team Sport Athletes
… by a sensitivity analysis of all the studies (risk ratio = 0.41 [95% CI 0.27 to 0.63]) and only the randomized controlled trials (risk ratio = 0.52 [95% CI 0.34 to 0.80.]) Conclusions: Our meta-analysis showed that neuromuscular training programs are effective for preventing ACL injuries in …
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Homelessness and deprivation in Glasgow: a 5-year retrospective cohort study of hospitalisations and deaths
… hazards models. Hospitalisation rate ratios were compared using an exact Poisson method. Additional proportional hazards models were produced to adjust for morbidity, which was identified in hospital records up to 5 years before death. Results 6323 homeless and 12 625 non-homeless …
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Comparing the risk of Tuberculosis (TB) infection in the households with and without TB patients in Tsumkwe constituency, Otjozondjupa region, Namibia
… high household density. This study compares the risk of transmission of TB among close contacts with the community contacts. A retrospective cohort study was conducted and data, of index cases registered during 2014 and their close and community contacts, was collected using health facility …
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The Role of Teacher Expectation on Disproportionality of African American Males in Special Education in Middle Schools in Richmond County School System
… Georgia. Disproportionality occurs when the risk for being identified in a particular disability category is not proportional to the population being considered. The issue of disproportionality of African American males and other minority students in special education has been studied and …
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Psychiatric disorders as an outcome of neurological insult : a computation of relative risk
… of this study was to examine the relative risk of psychiatric disorders occurring in patients diagnosed with neurological disorders. This study separately computed the relative risk ratios for identified psychiatric disorder (i.e., anxiety, mood disorders, somatization, schizophrenia, …
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Nuove acquisizioni in termini di insufficienza mitralica: complicanze tromboemboliche dopo chirurgia della valvola mitrale: incidenza, predittori e implicazioni cliniche
… surgery for mitral regurgitation (MR) the risk of thrombo-embolic complications, particularly ischemic stroke (IS) compared to that in the general population. Background: MR is frequent, occurs mostly in the elderly and guidelines recommend surgery in asymptomatic patients but IS risks are …
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Impact of Unintended pregnancy on HIV viral load outcomes among postpartum women living with HIV in Cape Town, South Africa: clues from postpartum adherence clubs for antiretroviral therapy trial
… on antiretroviral therapy (ART) are at high risk of viraemia. We examined the association between unintended pregnancy and HIV viral load (VL) at 24 months postpartum in Cape Town, South Africa. Methods: Data are from a randomised trial that compared different ART delivery modalities for …
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Clinical pharmacokinetics of low dose paclitaxel in Asian patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma
… the intent of optimizing therapeutic benefit to risk ratio in clinical use. Chemotherapy, consisting of hydroxyurea, paclitaxel and 5-flourouracil were given concurrently with radiotherapy during the first, fourth and seventh week of the treatment. Plasma paclitaxel concentrations were determined …
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Morbidity and Mortality in small for gestational age very low birth weight infants in a middle-income country
… Results: Mortality (28.9% vs 18.5%, adjusted risk ratio (aRR) 2.1, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.6-2.7), bronchopulmonary dysplasia (14% vs 4.5%, aRR 3.7, 95% CI 2.3-6.1) and late onset sepsis (16.7% vs 9.6%, aRR 2.3, 95% CI 1.6-3.3) were higher in the small for gestational age than in the …
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The performance of tilting strategies for the Toronto stock exchange 300 composite index
… that has a significantly higher reward-to-risk ratio than the Toronto Stock Exchange 300 Composite Index. Passive tilting strategies are used in which the weights of all the stocks in the index are reallocated based on factors which empirical research have identified as being useful in …
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Risk Factors for Vascular Dementia
… number of studies have implicated cardiovascular risks as important factors in the development of dementia. These risks include high-risk behaviors such as smoking and risks related at least partially to health behaviors such as diet and exercise. This study examines a group of cardiovascular risk …
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Gestational diabetes self-management and remote monitoring mobile platform
… intervention group than in the control group (risk ratio = 1.18). It was less likely for new-borns from the intervention group to be diagnosed with hypoglycaemia than new-borns from the control group (risk ratio = 0.67). Based on the research and usability studies conducted, an alpha version of …
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Relationship of HHV8 serum levels and clinical features of Kaposi's sarcoma among patients in South Africa
… clinical extent of Kaposi's sarcoma. Relative risk ratio (RRR) of l.006 (95% CI 0.974-1.006) p=0.174. Serum KSHV levels were not associated with outcome of treatment. however, patients who had poor outcomes had elevated KSHV levels. Conclusion. There was no relationship between KSHV viral load …
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Risk Assessment for Listeria monocytogenes in Ready-to-eat Meat and Poultry Products
… in-plant model served as an input into the risk assessment model developed by the FDA and FSIS in 2003 which predicts the number of deaths and illnesses resulting from the use of each control method. The use of growth inhibitors combined with a post-processing lethality step was estimated to …
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IDENTIFICATION OF RISK OF MAXILLARY SINUS PERFORATION IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE SINUS ANGLE
… wall sinus augmentation technique is perforation of the maxillary sinus schneiderian membrane. Various risk factors such as smoking, sinusitis, sinus septa, sinus pathology, schneiderian membrane thickness, angle of sinus, etc. may lead to increased prevalence. Purpose: This study aims to …
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Effect of Belt Usage Reporting Errors on Injury Risk Estimates
… Data System (NASS-CDS) investigators on injury risk estimates. Current estimates of injury risk are developed under the assumption that NASS-CDS investigators are always accurate at determining seat belt usage. The primary purpose of this research is to determine the accuracy of NASS-CDS …
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The effect of patient warming on perioperative cardiovascular outcomes in interventional clinical trials: A systematic review and meta-analysis
… outcomes. Screening, data extraction and risk of bias assessment were conducted in duplicate. 8782 records were identified. After removing duplicates and screening titles and abstracts, fifty-two full-text articles were assessed for eligibility, fourteen studies with 1711 participants were …
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