Sökning: "confounders"

Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 203 avhandlingar innehållade ordet confounders.

  1. 21. Peptide and non-peptide biomarkers of mortality in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease

    Författare :Jia Sun; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : Over the last decade, multiple studies have attempted to identify better risk prediction tools specific to the chronic kidney disease (CKD) population. In many cases, these studies have evaluated the use of various peptide biomarkers as prediction tools. LÄS MER

  3. 22. Register-based studies of delivery outcome after maternal use of some common drugs

    Författare :Birgitta Norstedt Wikner; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : This thesis aimed to study neonatal outcome including the presence of congenital malformations and to describe maternal characteristics for women using some common drugs during pregnancy. Drugs used in one benign condition (nausea and vomiting) and one chronic disease (hypothyroidism) and the CNS-active drugs benzodiazepines and hypnotic benzodiazepine receptor agonists were selected. LÄS MER

  4. 23. Methodological challenges in pregnancy pharmacoepidemiology : the case of antiseizure medication and offspring neurodevelopment

    Författare :Viktor H. Ahlqvist; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : This thesis is driven by the overarching aim of elucidating methodological challenges inherent in pharmacoepidemiology during pregnancy, with a particular focus on antiseizure medications. In Study I, a substantial surge in antiseizure medication use in the United Kingdom is observed, notably linked to increases in psychiatric indications. LÄS MER

  5. 24. E-epidemiology : adapting epidemiological methods for the 21st century

    Författare :Christin Bexelius; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : The traditional methods in epidemiological data collection are both costly and time consuming and less convenient for longitudinal large-scale studies. During the last decades, epidemiological studies suffer from low response rates, indicating a need to revise methods used in epidemiological data collection. LÄS MER

  7. 25. Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1 and the Insulin Resistance Syndrome

    Författare :Liisa Byberg; Anders Hamsten; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Medical sciences; PAI-1; insulin sensitivity; physical activity; birth weight; fatty acids; MEDICIN OCH VÅRD; MEDICINE; MEDICIN; Geriatrics; geriatrik;

    Sammanfattning : In this thesis, different aspects of the insulin resistance syndrome in relation to plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) activity are investigated in a longitudinal population-based study. Participants were men investigated at ages 50 and 70 with follow-up data on mortality. LÄS MER