Pro–Con Debate: Pro–con debate: cohort studies vs the randomized clinical trial methodology in pediatric anesthesia[J] . TOM G.HANSEN,STEEN W.HENNEBERG,NEIL S.MORTON,KAARECHRISTENSEN,ANDREW J.DAVIDSON,KATHERINE J.LEE,POLLYANNAHARDY,ANDREWWOLF.Pediatric Anesthesia . 2010 (9)...
In previous studies10,13,14, the CV of FPG was observed a significant predictor for all-cause mortality in type 2 diabetes patients. The Taichung Diabetes Study10 measured glycemic variability by computing annual CV of all FPG measurements within each year, and showed that annual CV of FPG ...
Prospective cohort studies are conducted by enrolling a large, homogenous group of individuals that are then followed over a long period of time to ascertain the occurrence of death and/or disease. From: Mutation Research/Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis, 2012 ...
Background Some studies suggested that human papillomavirus (HPV) infection could reduce the clinical pregnancy rate and double the spontaneous abortion ra... R Yang,Y Wang,J Qiao,... - 《中华医学杂志(英文版)》 被引量: 19发表: 2013年 The immunotherapy during in vitro fertilization and embryo...
Moreover, the 3-year DFS rate for patients in the NSA group was similar to the results in the RESOLVE [21] and PRODIGY [22] studies (64.6% vs 62.0 vs 66.3%). However, the 5-year OS rate for patients in the NSA group was higher than that in the MAGIC trial [6] and FNLCC/...
Only a few of the studies reviewed were prospective or longitudinal, thus limiting the conclusions that can be drawn. Further, there is little consensus regarding the diagnosis of opioid dependence in the context of chronic opioid treatment for chronic pain [33]. Little is known about the ...
In contrast with an RCT, in a cohort study thisexposure is not randomly assigned. Instead, exposure status is acquired by chance (e.g. genetic polymorphisms) or by choice (e.g. smoking). Cohort Studies: A Brief Overview Do cohort studies have a control group?
There are no studies of this relationship which have included repeated measures of activity. This is important as it is not clear if change in physical behaviours are associated with muscle mass, independent of baseline activity levels. Thirdly, these cross-sectional studies have largely relied on ...
Given the considerable number of patients on combination therapy, the unclear benefit of combination therapy versus monotherapy, and the high costs of these drugs, there is a need for larger studies, with longer follow-up, to determine the optimal treatment regimen for patients with a variety of...
There are only two previous studies reported ON of femoral head after paraquat intoxication, but both are case reports18,19. There is no retrospective study for paraquat intoxication related ON of femoral head till this date. In this study, we investigated the predictors of ON of femoral head ...