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• Association of adiponectin with coronary heart disease and mortality: the Rancho Bernardo study.

  Hypoadiponectinemia has been implicated in the development of obesity-related conditions, including dyslipidemia and coronary heart disease (CHD). In …

  Authors: Gail A Laughlin, Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, Susanne May, Claudia Langenberg

  Source: American journal of epidemiology. 2007 Jan 15

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• Sex-specific association of the androgen to oestrogen ratio with adipocytokine levels in older adults: the Rancho Bernardo Study.

  OBJECTIVE: Androgens and oestrogens have opposing effects on some adipocyte functions. Thus, the androgen to oestrogen balance may be as important as …

  Authors: Gail A Laughlin, Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, Susanne May

  Source: Clinical endocrinology. 2006 Oct

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• Nonparametric tests for two-group comparisons of dependent observations obtained at varying time points.

  We propose new tests for two-group comparisons of repeated measures of a response where the repeated measures might be obtained at arbitrary time poin…

  Authors: Susanne May, Victor Degruttola

  Source: Biometrics. 2007 Mar

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• Pooled nucleic acid testing to identify antiretroviral treatment failure during HIV infection.

  BACKGROUND: Pooling strategies have been used to reduce the costs of polymerase chain reaction-based screening for acute HIV infection in populations …

  Authors: Susanne May, Anthony Gamst, Richard Haubrich, Constance Benson, Davey M Smith

  Source: Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999). 2010 Feb 1

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• Predictors of substance use frequency and reductions in seriousness of use among persons living with HIV.

  AIMS: To examine predictors of the current level of substance use and reductions in seriousness of substance use among adults living with HIV. DESIGN:…

  Authors: Marguerita Lightfoot, Tyson Rogers, Risë Goldstein, Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus, Susanne May, Sheri Kirshenbaum, Lance Weinhardt, Cathy Zadoretzky, Lauren Kittel, Mallory Johnson,…

  Source: Drug and alcohol dependence. 2005 Feb 14

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• EuroQol (EQ-5D) measure of quality of life predicts mortality, emergency department utilization, and hospital discharge rates in HIV-infected adults under care.

  BACKGROUND: Health-related quality of life (HR-QOL) is a relevant and quantifiable outcome of care. We implemented HR-QOL assessment at all primary ca…

  Authors: William C Mathews, Susanne May

  Source: Health and quality of life outcomes. 2007

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• The brachial artery-brachial vein fistula: expanding the possibilities for autogenous fistulae.

  OBJECTIVE: The National Kidney Foundation Dialysis Outcomes and Quality Initiative recommends autogenous access for new dialysis procedures. The patie…

  Authors: Joshua I Greenberg, Susanne May, Ahmed Suliman, Niren Angle

  Source: Journal of vascular surgery : official publication, the Society for Vascular Surgery [and] International Society for Cardiovascular Surgery, North American Chapter. 2008 Nov

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• A cautionary note on the use of the Grønnesby and Borgan goodness-of-fit test for the Cox proportional hazards model.

  Grønnesby and Borgan (1996, Lifetime Data Analysis 2, 315-328) propose an omnibus goodness-of-fit test for the Cox proportional hazards model. The tes…

  Authors: Susanne May, David W Hosmer

  Source: Lifetime data analysis. 2004 Sep

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• Modeling nonlinear dose-response relationships in epidemiologic studies: statistical approaches and practical challenges.

  Non-linear dose response relationships pose statistical challenges for their discovery. Even when an initial linear approximation is followed by other…

  Authors: Susanne May, Carol Bigelow

  Source: Dose-response : a publication of International Hormesis Society. 2005

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• Childbearing among daughters of parents with HIV.

  OBJECTIVE: To examine first childbearing and its predictors among daughters of parents with HIV. METHOD: Pairs of parents with HIV and their adolescen…

  Authors: Susanne May, Patricia Lester, Melissa Ilardi, Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus

  Source: American journal of health behavior. 2006 Jan-Feb

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