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Comparison and validation of metadta for meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy studies.
estimates in simple and complex diagnostic test accuracy data sets. We expect its availability to stimulate better statistical practice in the evidence synthesis of diagnostic test accuracy studies. Health ...
Spectroscopic approaches for conformity analysis of e-liquids
classify samples according to nicotine and present additives. So, their presence in new suspected samples could be detected. In a second step, PLS regression was applied to estimate the nicotine ...
The health and economic burden of musculoskeletal disorders in Belgium from 2013 to 2018
2019. The economic burden included estimates of direct medical costs and indirect costs, measured by cost of work absenteeism. For this purpose, data of the respondents to the BHIS-2013 were linked with ...
Homologous versus heterologous prime-boost COVID-19 vaccination: impact on clinical severity of Omicron among hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Belgium
systems and administrative sources were leveraged to estimate a causal effect. A Directed Acyclic Graph was formalized to identify confounding factors. The target population consisted of adult COVID-19 ...
Couverture vaccinale et impact épidémiologique de la campagne de vaccination COVID-19 chez les personnes présentant des maladies sous-jacentes en Belgique
Selon nos estimations, environ 30 % de la population belge est atteinte d’au moins une maladie associée à un risque plus élevé de COVID-19 sévère. Parmi ces 30 %, environ la moitié souffre de deux ...
Hepatitis E virus in pork meat products and exposure assessment in Belgium.
processing parameters) and another estimating the overall consumer exposure, taking into account consumption habits in Belgium. Non-thermal-processed ready-to-eat (i.e. ready for consumption without additional ...
Using random-forest multiple imputation to address bias of self-reported anthropometric measures, hypertension and hypercholesterolemia in the Belgian health interview survey
data. With both regression calibration and multiple imputation, adjusted estimation of these variables in the BHIS allowed to generate national prevalence estimates that were closer to their BELHES ...
EBoD-FL. Guidelines for mapping the environmental burden of disease in Flanders
Environmental burden of disease (EBD) studies try to estimate the impact of environmental stressors in terms of mortality or morbidity on a population level. Although environmental risks have been studied in ...
The increasing significance of disease severity in a burden of disease framework
burden of disease severity distribution Years lived with disability YLD Abstract: Recent estimates have reiterated that non-fatal causes of disease, such as low back pain, headaches and depressive ...
Sex differences in diabetic foot ulcer severity and outcome in Belgium
study. Data were collected on demographics, medical history, current DFU and outcome. For data analysis, a Generalized Estimating Equation model and an adjusted Cox proportional hazards regression ...