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Extracting relevant predictive variables for COVID-19 severity prognosis: An exhaustive comparison of feature selection techniques
(2023)
With the COVID-19 pandemic having caused unprecedented numbers of infections and deaths, large research efforts have been undertaken to increase our understanding of the disease and the factors which determine diverse ...
Predictive factors over time of health-related quality of life in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients
(2020-01)
Background: Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) should be seen as a tool that provides an overall view of the general clinical condition of a COPD patient. The aims of this study were to identify variables associated ...
Anxiety and depressive symptoms are related to core symptoms, general helath outcome and medical comorbidities in eating disorders
(2019-04)
Objective: The goal of this study is to identify potential factors that have a significant effect on anxiety and depression of patients with eating disorders (ED) using the beta-binomial regression (BBR) approach on a broad ...
COPD classification models and mortality prediction capacity
(2019)
Our aim was to assess the impact of comorbidities on existing COPD prognosis scores.
Patients and methods: A total of 543 patients with COPD (FEV1 < 80% and FEV1/ FVC <70%) were included between January 2003 and January ...
Combining statistical techniques to predict post-surgical risk of 1-year mortality for patients with colon cancer
(2018-03-06)
Introduction: Colorectal cancer is one of the most frequently diagnosed malignancies and a common cause of cancer-related mortality. The aim of this study was to develop and validate a clinical predictive model for1-year ...
A Computer Application to Predict Adverse Events in the Short-Term Evolution of Patients With Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
(2018)
Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common chronic disease. Exacerbations of COPD (eCOPD) contribute to the worsening of the disease and the patient’s evolution. There are some clinical prediction ...
Predictors of one and two years’ mortality in patients with colon cancer: a prospective cohort study
(2018)
Tools to aid in the prognosis assessment of colon cancer patients in terms of risk of mortality are needed. Goals of this study are to develop and validate clinical prediction rules for 1-and 2-year mortality in these ...
A new approach to categorize continuous variables in prediction models: Proposal and validation
(2017-12)
When developing prediction models for application in clinical practice, health practitioners
usually categorise clinical variables that are continuous in nature. Although categorisation is not
regarded as advisable from ...
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease subtypes. transitions over time
(2016-10-30)
Background Although subtypes of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are recognized, it is unknown what happens to these subtypes over time. Our objectives were to assess the stability of cluster-based subtypes in patients ...
A decision tree to assess short-term mortality after an emergency department visit for an exacerbation of COPD: A cohort study
(2015-12-31)
Background: Creating an easy-to-use instrument to identify predictors of short-term (30/60-day) mortality after an exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (eCOPD) could help clinicians choose specific measures ...