Early warning scores for detecting deterioration in adult hospital patients: systematic review and critical appraisal of methodology

S Gerry, T Bonnici, J Birks, S Kirtley, PS Virdee… - bmj, 2020‏ - bmj.com
Objective To provide an overview and critical appraisal of early warning scores for adult
hospital patients. Design Systematic review. Data sources Medline, CINAHL, PsycInfo, and …

Missing data and multiple imputation

P Cummings - JAMA pediatrics, 2013‏ - jamanetwork.com
Missing data can result in biased estimates of the association between an exposure X and
an outcome Y. Even in the absence of bias, missing data can hurt precision, resulting in …

Imputation of missing data in life‐history trait datasets: Which approach performs the best?

C Penone, AD Davidson, KT Shoemaker… - Methods in Ecology …, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
Despite efforts in data collection, missing values are commonplace in life‐history trait
databases. Because these values typically are not missing randomly, the common practice …

Missing data imputation using statistical and machine learning methods in a real breast cancer problem

JM Jerez, I Molina, PJ García-Laencina, E Alba… - Artificial intelligence in …, 2010‏ - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: Missing data imputation is an important task in cases where it is crucial to use
all available data and not discard records with missing values. This work evaluates the …

Inflammatory markers and incident heart failure risk in older adults: the Health ABC (Health, Aging, and Body Composition) study

A Kalogeropoulos, V Georgiopoulou, BM Psaty… - Journal of the American …, 2010‏ - jacc.org
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association between inflammation
and heart failure (HF) risk in older adults. Background: Inflammation is associated with HF …

The effect of multidisciplinary care teams on intensive care unit mortality

MM Kim, AE Barnato, DC Angus… - Archives of internal …, 2010‏ - jamanetwork.com
Background Critically ill patients are medically complex and may benefit from a
multidisciplinary approach to care. Methods We conducted a population-based retrospective …

Population prevalence of edentulism and its association with depression and self-rated health

S Tyrovolas, A Koyanagi, DB Panagiotakos, JM Haro… - Scientific reports, 2016‏ - nature.com
Edentulism is associated with various adverse health outcomes but treatment options in low-
and middle-income countries (LMICs) are limited. Data on its prevalence and its effect on …

Risk factors for relapse of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody–associated vasculitis

M Walsh, O Flossmann, A Berden… - Arthritis & …, 2012‏ - Wiley Online Library
Objective To determine the association between characteristics at diagnosis and the time to
first relapse in a large cohort of patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody–associated …

Association between depression and functional vision loss in persons 20 years of age or older in the United States, NHANES 2005-2008

X Zhang, KMK Bullard, MF Cotch, MR Wilson… - JAMA …, 2013‏ - jamanetwork.com
Importance This study provides further evidence from a national sample to generalize the
relationship between depression and vision loss to adults across the age spectrum. Better …

Exploratory factor analysis with small samples and missing data

D McNeish - Journal of personality assessment, 2017‏ - Taylor & Francis
Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) is an extremely popular method for determining the
underlying factor structure for a set of variables. Due to its exploratory nature, EFA is …