Institute of Public Health: Recent submissions
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Circulating Fetuin-A and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: A Mendelian Randomization Analysis.
(American Diabetes Association, 2018-06)Fetuin-A, a hepatic-origin protein, is strongly positively associated with risk of type 2 diabetes in human observational studies, but it is unknown whether this association is causal. We aimed to study the potential causal ... -
Handbook of Applied Modelling: Non-Gaussian and Correlated Data; Jamie D. Riggs and Trent L. Lalonde; 2017; Cambridge University, University Printing House, Shaftesbury Road, Cambridge CB2 8BS; 236 pp; Hardback £79.99, Paperback £25.99 eBook £23.99; ISBN-13: 978-1316601051.
This first edition seeks to aid applied practitioners or analysts to explore wider classes of models for their data. It explains the processes of data examination, model selection and diagnostics in an accessible style, ... -
TELEMONITORING AND/OR SELF-MONITORING OF BLOOD PRESSURE IN HYPERTENSION (TASMINH4): A RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL
(Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2018-06)Studies evaluating titration of antihypertensive medication using self-monitoring give contradictory findings and the precise place of telemonitoring over self-monitoring alone is unclear. The TASMINH4 trial aimed to assess ... -
Nutritional labelling for healthier food or non-alcoholic drink purchasing and consumption.
(Wiley, 2018-02-27)BACKGROUND: Nutritional labelling is advocated as a means to promote healthier food purchasing and consumption, including lower energy intake. Internationally, many different nutritional labelling schemes have been introduced. ...
