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Ashrafi-Asgarabad A, Behroozi A, Safiri S. The predictive value of plasma catestatin for all-cause and cardiac deaths in chronic heart failure patients: Methodological issues. Peptides 2019; 118:169738. [PMID: 28185816 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2017.01.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2016] [Revised: 12/12/2016] [Accepted: 01/30/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
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- Managerial Epidemiology Research Center, Department of Public Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Maragheh University of Medical Sciences, Maragheh, Iran
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- Managerial Epidemiology Research Center, Department of Public Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Maragheh University of Medical Sciences, Maragheh, Iran; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Hemoglobin and Change in Hemoglobin Status: Comments on Methodology. Am J Med 2018; 131:e127. [PMID: 29454432 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2017.07.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2017] [Revised: 07/28/2017] [Accepted: 07/28/2017] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Khazaei S, Hanis SM, Mansori K. Comments on: Prognostic impact of anemia and iron-deficiency anemia in a contemporary cohort of patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation. Int J Cardiol 2018; 254:344. [PMID: 29407119 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2017.07.062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2017] [Accepted: 07/18/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Salman Khazaei
- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran
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- School of Public Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Social Development & Health Promotion Research Center, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran; Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Safiri S, Ayubi E. Body mass index and all-cause mortality among type 2 diabetes mellitus patients: Methodological issues. Eur J Intern Med 2018; 47:e27. [PMID: 28822605 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2017.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2017] [Accepted: 08/07/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Saeid Safiri
- Managerial Epidemiology Research Center, Department of Public Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Maragheh University of Medical Sciences, Maragheh, Iran
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Ashrafi-Asgarabad A, Safiri S. Prognostic value of lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 mass for all-cause mortality and vascular events within one year after acute ischemic stroke: Methodological issues. Atherosclerosis 2018; 268:231-232. [DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2017.10.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2017] [Accepted: 10/19/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Safiri S, Ayubi E. Presenting hypertension, burn injury, and mortality in combat casualties: Methodological issues. Burns 2017; 44:1372-1373. [PMID: 29258728 DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2017.09.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2017] [Accepted: 09/27/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Saeid Safiri
- Managerial Epidemiology Research Center, Department of Public Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Maragheh University of Medical Sciences, Maragheh, Iran; Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Body Mass Index >35 as Independent Predictor of Mortality in Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: Statistical and Methodologic Issues. World Neurosurg 2017; 109:508. [PMID: 29232815 DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2017.09.069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2017] [Accepted: 09/11/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Safiri S, Ashrafi-Asgarabad A. Comments on "Low bone mineral density may be associated with long-term risk of cancer in the middle-aged population: A retrospective observational study from a single center". J Formos Med Assoc 2017; 117:454-455. [PMID: 29100743 DOI: 10.1016/j.jfma.2017.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2017] [Accepted: 10/17/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Saeid Safiri
- Managerial Epidemiology Research Center, Department of Public Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Maragheh University of Medical Sciences, Maragheh, Iran; Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Department of Epidemiology, Bam University of Medical Sciences, Bam, Iran.
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Qorbani M, Safiri S. Severe aortic arch calcification predicts mortality in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis: Methodological issues. J Formos Med Assoc 2017; 117:85-86. [PMID: 28988889 DOI: 10.1016/j.jfma.2017.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2017] [Accepted: 09/21/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Mostafa Qorbani
- Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran
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- Managerial Epidemiology Research Center, Department of Public Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Maragheh University of Medical Sciences, Maragheh, Iran; Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Safiri S. Predictive value of procalcitonin for intestinal ischemia and/or necrosis in pediatric patients with adhesive small bowel obstruction (ASBO): Statistical and methodological issues. J Pediatr Surg 2017; 53:S0022-3468(17)30618-8. [PMID: 29079314 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2017.08.071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2017] [Revised: 08/18/2017] [Accepted: 08/27/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Saeid Safiri
- Managerial Epidemiology Research Center, Department of Public Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Maragheh University of Medical Sciences, Maragheh, Iran; Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Safiri S, Ayubi E. Ten-year all-cause mortality and its association with vision among Indigenous Australians within central Australia: methodological issues. Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2017; 46:307. [PMID: 28949434 DOI: 10.1111/ceo.13078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2017] [Accepted: 08/18/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Saeid Safiri
- Managerial Epidemiology Research Center, Department of Public Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Maragheh University of Medical Sciences, Maragheh, Iran
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.,Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Pakzad R, Ashrafi-Asgarabad A, Safiri S. The prognostic impact of uric acid in patients with severely decompensated acute heart failure; Methodological issues. J Cardiol 2017; 70:199. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2017.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2016] [Accepted: 01/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Ayubi E, Sullman MJM, Safiri S. J-shaped relationship between habitual coffee consumption and 10-year (2002-2012) cardiovascular disease incidence: methodological issues. Eur J Nutr 2017; 56:2211-2212. [PMID: 28653178 DOI: 10.1007/s00394-017-1486-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Erfan Ayubi
- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.,Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Managerial Epidemiology Research Center, Department of Public Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Maragheh University of Medical Sciences, Maragheh, Iran.
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Ayubi E, Safiri S. Dietary isoflavone intake and all-cause mortality in breast cancer survivors: The Breast Cancer Family Registry-methodological issues. Cancer 2017. [PMID: 28621819 DOI: 10.1002/cncr.30852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Erfan Ayubi
- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Managerial Epidemiology Research Center, Department of Public Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Maragheh University of Medical Sciences, Maragheh, Iran.,Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Safiri S, Ayubi E. Blood pressure and all-cause mortality by level of cognitive function in the elderly: Results from a population-based study in rural Greece: Methodological issues. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 2017; 19:922. [PMID: 28560750 DOI: 10.1111/jch.13034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Saeid Safiri
- Managerial Epidemiology Research Center, Department of Public Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Maragheh University of Medical Sciences, Maragheh, Iran
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.,Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Karamzad N, Safiri S. Body mass index and the risk of all-cause mortality among patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation: a multicenter prospective observational study in China; methodological issues. Eur J Clin Nutr 2017; 71:1019. [PMID: 28466849 DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2017.69] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- N Karamzad
- Department of Biochemistry and Diet Therapy, Nutrition Research Center, School of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Public Health, Managerial Epidemiology Research Center, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Maragheh University of Medical Sciences, Maragheh, Iran.,Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Ayubi E, Safiri S. Association of urinary metals levels with type 2 diabetes risk in coke oven workers: Methodological issues. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2017; 224:820. [PMID: 28202266 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.01.073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2017] [Accepted: 01/27/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Erfan Ayubi
- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Managerial Epidemiology Research Center, Department of Public Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Maragheh University of Medical Sciences, Maragheh, Iran; Road Traffic Injury Research Center, Department of Statistics & Epidemiology, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
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Pakzad R, Safiri S. Dose-dependent association between muscle-strengthening activities and all-cause mortality: Methodological issues. Arch Cardiovasc Dis 2017; 110:273. [PMID: 28395959 DOI: 10.1016/j.acvd.2017.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2017] [Accepted: 02/22/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Reza Pakzad
- Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Health, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran
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- Managerial Epidemiology Research Center, Department of Public Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Maragheh University of Medical Sciences, Maragheh, Iran; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Comments on the associations of systolic and diastolic blood pressure night-to-day ratios with atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases. Hypertens Res 2017; 40:846. [PMID: 28356574 DOI: 10.1038/hr.2017.47] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Pakzad R, Safiri S. Comment on Effect of Resting Heart Rate on All-Cause Mortality and Cardiovascular Events According to Age. J Am Geriatr Soc 2017; 65:1627-1628. [PMID: 28295132 DOI: 10.1111/jgs.14850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Reza Pakzad
- Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Health, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran
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- Managerial Epidemiology Research Center, Department of Public Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Maragheh University of Medical Sciences, Maragheh, Iran.,Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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