Epidemiologic and genetic associations of endometriosis with depression, anxiety, and eating disorders

D Koller, GA Pathak, FR Wendt, DS Tylee… - JAMA network …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Endometriosis is a common chronic gynecologic pathology with a large negative
impact on women's health. Beyond severe physical symptoms, endometriosis is also …

Toward a better understanding about real-world evidence

M Liu, Y Qi, W Wang, X Sun - European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy, 2022 - ejhp.bmj.com
Background There has been an interest in real-world evidence (RWE) in recent years. RWE
is usually generated from data derived from routine healthcare, such as electronic …

Dealing with confounding in observational studies: A sco** review of methods evaluated in simulation studies with single‐point exposure

AN Varga, AE Guevara Morel, J Lokkerbol… - Statistics in …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of this article was to perform a sco** review of methods available for dealing with
confounding when analyzing the effect of health care treatments with single‐point exposure …

Using Mendelian randomisation to assess causality in observational studies

P Pagoni, NL Dimou, N Murphy… - BMJ Ment …, 2019 - mentalhealth.bmj.com
Objective Mendelian randomisation (MR) is a technique that aims to assess causal effects of
exposures on disease outcomes. The paper aims to present the main assumptions that …

Instrumental Variable Analysis of Racial Discrimination and Blood Pressure in a Sample of Young Adults

JA Lawrence, I Kawachi, K White… - American journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Racial inequities in blood pressure levels have been extensively documented. Experiences
of racial discrimination could explain some of this disparity, although findings from previous …

Population-level analyses of alcohol consumption as a predictor of acute atrial fibrillation episodes

S Aung, G Nah, E Vittinghoff, CA Groh… - Nature cardiovascular …, 2022 - nature.com
Studying short-term relationships between acute alcohol consumption and discrete atrial
fibrillation (AF) episodes has proven difficult given the need for AF assessments shortly after …

Efficacy and safety of corticosteroids for septic shock in immunocompromised patients: A cohort study from MIMIC

X Lu, X Wang, Y Gao, S Yu, L Zhao, Z Zhang… - The American journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Corticosteroids have been widely used as adjunct therapy for septic shock for
many decades, but both the efficacy and safety remain unclear. The study was designed to …

[HTML][HTML] Racial discrimination and cognitive function: An instrumental variable analysis

JA Lawrence, YT Hsu, HJ Cory, I Kawachi - Social Science & Medicine, 2024 - Elsevier
Racial inequities in cognitive function persist with mixed evidence regarding the impacts of
racial discrimination on cognitive outcomes. We examined the association between …

Comparison of postoperative outcomes of laparoscopic vs open inguinal hernia repair

J Meier, A Stevens, M Berger, KI Makris, A Bramos… - JAMA …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Advocates of laparoscopic surgery argue that all inguinal hernias, including
initial and unilateral ones, should be repaired laparoscopically. Prior work suggests …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative effectiveness research considered methodological insights from simulation studies in physician's prescribing preference

L Zhang, J Lewsey, DA McAllister - Journal of clinical epidemiology, 2022 - Elsevier
Objective To review comparative effectiveness research (CER) using physician's prescribing
preference as an instrumental variable (PPP IV) in pharmacoepidemiology, and to review …