V C Arena

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Affiliation: University of Pittsburgh
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Selective nonoperative management of leaks after gastric bypass: lessons learned from 2675 consecutive patients
    Paul A Thodiyil
    Department of Surgery, New York Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, New York 11215, USA
    Ann Surg 248:782-92. 2008
  2. ncbi Issues and findings in the evaluation of occupational risk among women high nickel alloys workers
    V C Arena
    Department of Biostatistics, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
    Am J Ind Med 36:114-21. 1999
  3. ncbi The impact of body mass index on short-term disability in the workplace
    Vincent C Arena
    Department of Biostatistics, University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health, 130 DeSoto Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
    J Occup Environ Med 48:1118-24. 2006
  4. ncbi A retrospective investigation of PM10 in ambient air and cardiopulmonary hospital admissions in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania: 1995-2000
    Vincent C Arena
    Department of Biostatistics, University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
    J Occup Environ Med 48:38-47. 2006
  5. ncbi The utility of structure-activity relationship (SAR) models for prediction and covariate selection in developmental toxicity: comparative analysis of logistic regression and decision tree models
    V C Arena
    Department of Biostatistics, University of Pittsburgh, 318 Parran Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
    SAR QSAR Environ Res 15:1-18. 2004
  6. ncbi Decision tree SAR models for developmental toxicity based on an FDA/TERIS database
    N B Sussman
    Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh, A734 Crabtree Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
    SAR QSAR Environ Res 14:83-96. 2003
  7. ncbi Physical activity levels in American-Indian adults: the Strong Heart Family Study
    Kristi L Storti
    Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA
    Am J Prev Med 37:481-7. 2009
  8. ncbi Augmentation pressure and subendocardial viability ratio are associated with microalbuminuria and with poor renal function in type 1 diabetes
    Catherine T Prince
    Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, 3512 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Diab Vasc Dis Res 7:216-24. 2010
  9. ncbi Occupational medical history taking: how are today's physicians doing? A cross-sectional investigation of the frequency of occupational history taking by physicians in a major US teaching center
    Barry J Politi
    Occupational and Environmental Medicine Division, School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA
    J Occup Environ Med 46:550-5. 2004
  10. ncbi Case-crossover analysis of air pollution and cardiorespiratory hospitalizations: using routinely collected health and environmental data for tracking: science and data
    Xiaohui Xu
    Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA
    J Public Health Manag Pract 14:569-76. 2008

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Publications13

  1. ncbi Selective nonoperative management of leaks after gastric bypass: lessons learned from 2675 consecutive patients
    Paul A Thodiyil
    Department of Surgery, New York Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, New York 11215, USA
    Ann Surg 248:782-92. 2008
    ..To compare outcomes of patients with leaks after primary Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (GBP) managed operatively with those managed nonoperatively and subsequently derive indications for selective nonoperative management...
  2. ncbi Issues and findings in the evaluation of occupational risk among women high nickel alloys workers
    V C Arena
    Department of Biostatistics, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
    Am J Ind Med 36:114-21. 1999
    ..All the plants were located within the United States and cohort eligibility required some work experience within the period of the late 1940s through the mid 1960s...
  3. ncbi The impact of body mass index on short-term disability in the workplace
    Vincent C Arena
    Department of Biostatistics, University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health, 130 DeSoto Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
    J Occup Environ Med 48:1118-24. 2006
    ..The objective of this study was to assess the association between body mass index and short-term disability in a working "white collar" population...
  4. ncbi A retrospective investigation of PM10 in ambient air and cardiopulmonary hospital admissions in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania: 1995-2000
    Vincent C Arena
    Department of Biostatistics, University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
    J Occup Environ Med 48:38-47. 2006
    ..Air quality in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, has improved over the last decade, and we investigated whether the lower concentrations of fine particulate matter (PM10) are still associated with adverse health outcomes...
  5. ncbi The utility of structure-activity relationship (SAR) models for prediction and covariate selection in developmental toxicity: comparative analysis of logistic regression and decision tree models
    V C Arena
    Department of Biostatistics, University of Pittsburgh, 318 Parran Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
    SAR QSAR Environ Res 15:1-18. 2004
    ..Although prediction accuracy was similar in the two modeling approaches, there was inconsistency in the model descriptors...
  6. ncbi Decision tree SAR models for developmental toxicity based on an FDA/TERIS database
    N B Sussman
    Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh, A734 Crabtree Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
    SAR QSAR Environ Res 14:83-96. 2003
    ....
  7. ncbi Physical activity levels in American-Indian adults: the Strong Heart Family Study
    Kristi L Storti
    Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA
    Am J Prev Med 37:481-7. 2009
    ..A limited body of evidence, mostly based on self-report, is available regarding physical activity levels among American-Indian adults...
  8. ncbi Augmentation pressure and subendocardial viability ratio are associated with microalbuminuria and with poor renal function in type 1 diabetes
    Catherine T Prince
    Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, 3512 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Diab Vasc Dis Res 7:216-24. 2010
    ....
  9. ncbi Occupational medical history taking: how are today's physicians doing? A cross-sectional investigation of the frequency of occupational history taking by physicians in a major US teaching center
    Barry J Politi
    Occupational and Environmental Medicine Division, School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA
    J Occup Environ Med 46:550-5. 2004
    ..surgical) admission were all correlated with obtaining an occupational history. Physicians continue to do a poor job of occupational history-taking and medical education must correct the situation...
  10. ncbi Case-crossover analysis of air pollution and cardiorespiratory hospitalizations: using routinely collected health and environmental data for tracking: science and data
    Xiaohui Xu
    Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA
    J Public Health Manag Pract 14:569-76. 2008
    ....
  11. ncbi A resampling approach for adjustment in prediction models for covariate measurement error
    Wei Li
    Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, 318 Parran Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
    Comput Methods Programs Biomed 77:199-207. 2005
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  12. ncbi Cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy, HDL cholesterol, and smoking correlate with arterial stiffness markers determined 18 years later in type 1 diabetes
    Catherine T Prince
    Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
    Diabetes Care 33:652-7. 2010
    ..This association persists after adjustment for potential confounders as well as for baseline HbA(1), HDL cholesterol, and smoking history, which were also associated with these PWA measures...
  13. ncbi Model validation software for classification models using repeated partitioning: MVREP
    Wei Li
    Department of Biostatistics, University of Pittsburgh, 318 Parran Hall, 130 De Soto Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
    Comput Methods Programs Biomed 72:81-7. 2003
    ..An example is presented using a mouse developmental toxicity chemical dataset to illustrate how the software can be used for the assessment of structure-activity relationships models...