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The use of the 'reverse Cornfield inequality' to assess the sensitivity of a non-significant association to an omitted variableBinbing Yu
Information Management Services, Inc, 12501 Prosperity Dr Suite 200, Silver Spring, MD 20904, USA
Stat Med 22:3383-401. 2003..The study was motivated by an analysis of the studies concerning with the possible effect of spermicide use on birth defects that were cited in a legal decision...
A class of transformation covariate regression models for estimating the excess hazard in relative survival analysisBinbing Yu
Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography and Biometry, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Am J Epidemiol 177:708-17. 2013..For illustration purposes, the sex difference in relative survival for lung and bronchus cancer patients is examined using data from population-based cancer registries (1973-2003)...
Joint modeling for cognitive trajectory and risk of dementia in the presence of deathBinbing Yu
Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography and Biometry, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
Biometrics 66:294-300. 2010..Using data from the Honolulu Asia Aging Study, we show the trajectories of cognitive function and the effect of education, apolipoprotein E 4 genotype, and hypertension on cognitive decline and the risk of dementia...
Estimating the personal cure rate of cancer patients using population-based grouped cancer survival data- Binbing Yu
Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography and Biometry, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Stat Methods Med Res 20:261-74. 2011....
Combining multiple continuous tests for the diagnosis of kidney impairment in the absence of a gold standardBinbing Yu
Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography and Biometry, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Stat Med 30:1712-21. 2011..The proposed method is applied to data from a population-based aging study to compare the accuracy of three screening tests for kidney function and to estimate the prevalence of moderate kidney impairment...
A minimum version of log-rank test for testing the existence of cancer cure using relative survival dataBinbing Yu
Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography and Biometry, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Biom J 54:45-60. 2012..Performance of the proposed test is evaluated by simulation. Relative survival data from population-based cancer registries in SEER Program are used to examine patients' survival after diagnosis for various major cancer sites...
A frailty mixture cure model with application to hospital admission data [corrected]Binbing Yu
Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography and Biometry, National Institute on Aging, Gateway Building, Suite 3C309, 7201 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Biom J 50:386-94. 2008..Maximum likelihood estimates can be obtained using the Expectation Maximization algorithm and standard errors are calculated from the Bootstrap method. The model is applied to hospital readmission data among colorectal cancer patients...
Multiple imputation for estimating the risk of developing dementia and its impact on survivalBinbing Yu
Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography and Biometry, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Biom J 52:616-27. 2010..Data from the Honolulu Asia Aging Study are analyzed to estimate the age-specific and cumulative risks of dementia and to examine the effect of major risk factors on dementia onset and death...
A method of assessing the sensitivity of the Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel test to an unobserved confounderBinbing Yu
Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography and Biometry, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci 366:2377-88. 2008..The computer code performing the sensitivity analysis is provided in appendix A...
Estimating relative risks for common outcome using PROC NLPBinbing Yu
Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography and Biometry, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Comput Methods Programs Biomed 90:179-86. 2008..The sample SAS macro for calculating relative risk is provided in the appendix...
Prolongevity effects of a botanical with oregano and cranberry extracts in Mexican fruit flies: examining interactions of diet restriction and ageSige Zou
Laboratory of Experimental Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
Age (Dordr) 34:269-79. 2012..This also suggests a positive interaction between non-genetic interventions in promoting longevity and provides guidance for using botanicals as aging interventions in humans...
Bias associated with self-report of prior screening mammographyKathleen A Cronin
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, Statistical Research and Applications Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 7344, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 18:1699-705. 2009..We examine self-report bias in mammography screening rates overall, by age, and by race/ethnicity...
Lowering midlife levels of systolic blood pressure as a public health strategy to reduce late-life dementia: perspective from the Honolulu Heart Program/Honolulu Asia Aging StudyLenore J Launer
Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography, and Biometry, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Hypertension 55:1352-9. 2010....
Dopamine D2 receptor polymorphisms and adenoma recurrence in the Polyp Prevention TrialGwen Murphy
Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program, Office of Preventive Oncology, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Int J Cancer 124:2148-51. 2009..Increased risk of adenoma recurrence as conferred by DRD2 genotypes may be related to difference in alcohol and fat intake across genotypes...
Prolongevity effects of an oregano and cranberry extract are diet dependent in the Mexican fruit fly (Anastrepha ludens)Sige Zou
Functional Genomics Unit, Laboratory of Experimental Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, 251 Bayview Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 65:41-50. 2010..This study reveals the prolongevity effects of OC and supports the emerging view that benefits of botanicals on aging depend on diet composition and gender...
Red cell distribution width and mortality in older adults: a meta-analysisKushang V Patel
Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography, and Biometry, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 9205, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 65:258-65. 2010..Whether RDW is prognostic in more representative community-based populations is unclear...
Modeling the dissemination of mammography in the United StatesKathleen A Cronin
Statistical Research and Applications Branch, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, Applied Research Branch, National Cancer Institute NIH, MSC 8317, Suite 504, 6116 Executive Boulevard, Bethesda, MD 20892 7359, USA
Cancer Causes Control 16:701-12. 2005..This paper presents a methodology for piecing together disparate data sources to obtain a comprehensive model for the use of mammography screening in the US population for the years 1975-2000...
The polyp prevention trial continued follow-up study: no effect of a low-fat, high-fiber, high-fruit, and -vegetable diet on adenoma recurrence eight years after randomizationElaine Lanza
Laboratory for Cancer Prevention, Centre for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, 6116 Executive Boulevard, Room 7206, Bethesda, MD 20892 8325, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 16:1745-52. 2007..04 (0.98-1.09). This study failed to show any effect of a low-fat, high-fiber, high-fruit and -vegetable eating pattern on adenoma recurrence even with 8 years of follow-up. (Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007;16(9):1745-52)...
Inflammatory cytokine gene polymorphisms, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug use, and risk of adenoma polyp recurrence in the polyp prevention trialLeah B Sansbury
Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Department of Health and Human Services, Suite 702, 6116 Executive Boulevard, MSC 8235, Bethesda, MD 20892 8325, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 15:494-501. 2006..Furthermore, common variants in cytokine genes may modify the anti-inflammatory effect of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in the prevention of colorectal cancer...
Lung cancer chemoprevention: a randomized, double-blind trial in Linxian, ChinaFarin Kamangar
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, 6120 Executive Boulevard, Room 3034, Bethesda, MD 10892 7232, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 15:1562-4. 2006..Supplementation with combinations of vitamins and minerals at nutrient-repletion levels for 5.25 years did not reduce lung cancer mortality in this nutrient-inadequate population in Linxian, China...
Haemoglobin concentration and the risk of death in older adults: differences by race/ethnicity in the NHANES III follow-upKushang V Patel
Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography, and Biometry, National Institute on Aging, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892 9205, USA
Br J Haematol 145:514-23. 2009..In conclusion, the haemoglobin threshold below which mortality rises significantly is a full g/dl lower in non-Hispanic blacks than in non-Hispanic whites and Mexican Americans...
Age-related disease association of endogenous γ-H2AX foci in mononuclear cells derived from leukapheresisShepherd H Schurman
Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
PLoS ONE 7:e45728. 2012..Our results support a role for increased DNA damage in the morbidity of age-related diseases. γ -H2AX may be a biomarker for human morbidity in age-related diseases...
Benefit/risk assessment for breast cancer chemoprevention with raloxifene or tamoxifen for women age 50 years or olderAndrew N Freedman
Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, 6130 Executive Blvd, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
J Clin Oncol 29:2327-33. 2011..There is a need to summarize the risks and benefits of these agents...
The prolongevity effect of resveratrol depends on dietary composition and calorie intake in a tephritid fruit flySige Zou
Functional Genomics Unit, Laboratory of Experimental Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, 251 Bayview Blvd, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
Exp Gerontol 44:472-6. 2009..Coupled with a recent study indicating that resveratrol does not extend lifespan of mice fed the standard diet, our findings further question the ability of resveratrol to increase lifespan in organisms under normal conditions...
CANSURV: A Windows program for population-based cancer survival analysisBinbing Yu
Information Management Services, Inc, 12501 Prosperity Dr. Suite 200, Silver Spring, MD 20904, USA
Comput Methods Programs Biomed 80:195-203. 2005..of the National Cancer Institute, NIH is used to demonstrate the use of CANSURV program...
Cure fraction estimation from the mixture cure models for grouped survival dataBinbing Yu
Information Management Services, Inc, 12501 Prosperity Dr Suite 200, Silver Spring, MD 20910, U S A
Stat Med 23:1733-47. 2004..Several cautions on the general use of cure model are advised...
Comparability of segmented line regression modelsHyune Ju Kim
Department of Mathematics, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244 1150, USA
Biometrics 60:1005-14. 2004..The tests are applied to compare female lung cancer mortality rates between two registry areas and also to compare female breast cancer mortality rates between two states...
Multiple imputation methods for modelling relative survival dataBinbing Yu
Information Management Services, Inc, 12501 Prosperity Dr Suite 200, Silver Spring, MD 20904, USA
Stat Med 25:2946-55. 2006..National Cancer Institute: Bethesda, 2002) is used as an illustration. The results are compared with those obtained from the likelihood-based relative survival analysis methods. A sample SAS macro for the MI method is provided...
Chemoprevention of primary liver cancer: a randomized, double-blind trial in Linxian, ChinaChen Xu Qu
Cancer Institute, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
J Natl Cancer Inst 99:1240-7. 2007..We examined the effects of supplementation with four different combinations of vitamins and minerals on primary liver cancer mortality among 29450 initially healthy adults from Linxian, China...
Does nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug use modify the effect of a low-fat, high-fiber diet on recurrence of colorectal adenomas?Terryl J Hartman
Department of Nutritional Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, 5A Henderson Building, University Park, PA 16802, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 14:2359-65. 2005..Nevertheless, our results suggest that adopting a low-fat, high-fiber diet rich in fruits and vegetables may lower the risk of colorectal adenoma recurrence among individuals who do not regularly use NSAIDs...
A marginal regression model for multivariate failure time data with a surviving fractionYingwei Peng
Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Queen s University, Kingston, ON, Canada
Lifetime Data Anal 13:351-69. 2007..It reveals new findings that are not available from previous analyses of this study that ignored the potential correlation between patients within the same institution...
Sensitivity analysis for trend tests: application to the risk of radiation exposureBinbing Yu
Information Management Services, Inc, 12501 Prosperity Dr Suite 200, Silver Spring, MD 20904, USA
Biostatistics 6:201-9. 2005..When the data for the confounder U are not observed, an approach for assessing the sensitivity of test results to U is provided. Its use is illustrated by examining data from a study of mutation rate after the Chernobyl accident...
