Editor’s Choice | International Journal of Statistics in Medical Research

The below articles have been selected by the  Editor in Chief to be the top articles published in the journal. The topic, scientific quality and importance in the field where collectively considered while making this selection

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Volume 4, Number 4Untitled-5
Modeling of the Deaths Due to Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak in Western Africa - Pages 306-321
Robert J. Milletich, Norou Diawara and Anna Jeng
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2015.04.04.1

Open AccessA Natural Experiment for Inferring Causal Association between Smoking and Tooth Loss: A Study of a Workplace Contemporary Cohort - Pages 331-336
Takashi Hanioka, Satoru Haresaku, Nao Suzuki, Kaoru Shimada, Takeshi Watanabe, Miki Ojima, Keiko Fujiie and Masako Watanabe
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2015.04.04.3

Specification of Variance-Covariance Structure in Bivariate Mixed Model for Unequally Time-Spaced Longitudinal Data - Pages 370-377
Melike Bahçecitapar, Özge Karadağ and Serpil Aktaş
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2015.04.04.6

Volume 4, Number 3Untitled-5
Open AccessComparative Analysis of the Effects of Three Antithrombotic Regimens on Clinical Outcomes of Patients with Atrial Fibrillation and Recent Percutaneous Coronary Intervention with Stent. A Retrospective Cohort Study - Pages 260-269
Renato De Vecchis, Cesare Baldi and Francesco Piemonte
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2015.04.03.3

A Contribution to the Genetic Epidemiology of Structured Populations - Pages 277-281
Alan E. Stark
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2015.04.03.5

Application of Generalized Additive Models to the Evaluation of Continuous Markers for Classification Purposes - Pages 296-305
Mónica López-Ratón, Mar Rodríguez-Girondo, María Xosé Rodríguez-Álvarez, Carmen Cadarso-Suárez and Francisco Gude
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2015.04.03.8

Volume 4, Number 2Untitled-5
On the Relationship between the Reliability and Accuracy of Bio-Behavioral Diagnoses: Simple Math to the Rescue - Pages 172-179
Dom Cicchetti
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2015.04.02.2

Open AccessUsing Propensity Score Matching in Clinical Investigations: A Discussion and Illustration
- Pages 208-216
Carrie Hosman and Hitinder S. Gurm
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2015.04.02.7

Examining Biliary Acid Constituents among Gall Bladder Patients: A Bayes Study Using the Generalized Linear Model - Pages 224-239
Puja Makkar, S.K. Upadhyay, V.K. Shukla and R.S. Singh
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2015.04.02.9

Volume 4, Number 1Untitled-5
Open AccessAge Scale for Assessing Activities of Daily Living - Pages 48-56
Rafael Figueroa, Satoshi Seino, Noriko Yabushita, Yoshiro Okubo, Yosuke Osuka, Miyuki Nemoto, Songee Jung and Kiyoji Tanaka
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2015.04.01.5

Open AccessAn Exponential Melanoma Trend Model - Pages 65-71
Örjan Hallberg
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2015.04.01.7

Time Profile of Time-Dependent Area Under the ROC Curve for Survival Data - Pages 103-113
J. Lambert, R. Porcher and S. Chevret
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2015.04.01.12

Open AccessSurvival Functions in the Presence of Several Events and Competing Risks: Estimation and Interpretation Beyond Kaplan-Meier - Pages 121-139
Patrizia Boracchi and Annalisa Orenti
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2015.04.01.14

Volume 3, Number 3Untitled-5
Predicting Risks of Increased Morbidity among Atrial Fibrillation Patients using Consumption Classes - Pages 248-256
Peter Congdon, Qiang Cai, Gary Puckrein and Liou Xu
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2014.03.03.4

Research Article: Survival Analysis of Under Five Mortality in Rural Parts of Ethiopia - Pages 266-281
Yared Seyoum and M.K. Sharma
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2014.03.03.6

Open AccessConditional Two Level Mixture with Known Mixing Proportions: Applications to School and Student Level Overweight and Obesity Data from Birmingham, England - Pages 298-308
Shakir Hussain, Mehdi AL-Alak and Ghazi Shukur
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2014.03.03.9

Volume 3, Number 2Untitled-5
A Bayesian Shared Parameter Model for Analysing Longitudinal Skewed Responses with Nonignorable Dropout - Pages 103-115
M. Ganjali and T. Baghfalaki
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2014.03.02.4

Open AccessAn Independent and External Validation of the ACC NCDR Bleeding Risk Score among a National Multi-Site Community Hospital Registry of Cardiac Interventions - Pages 153-160
David R. Dobies, Kimberly R. Barber and Amanda L. Cohoon
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2014.03.02.9

Open AccessTesting the Equivalence of Survival Distributions using PP- and PPP-Plots - Pages 161-173
Trevor F. Cox
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2014.03.02.10

Volume 3, Number 1Untitled-5
A Bayesian Approach for the Cox Proportional Hazards Model with Covariates Subject to Detection Limit - Pages 32-43
Qingxia Chen, Huiyun Wu, Lorraine B.Ware and Tatsuki Koyama
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2014.03.01.5

Open AccessInterpreting Long-Term Trends in Time Series Intervention Studies of Smoke-Free Legislation and Health- Pages 55-65
Ruth Salway, Michelle Sims and Anna B. Gilmore
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2014.03.01.7

Volume 2, Number 4Untitled-5
Open AccessFactors Affecting Self-Image in Patients with a Diagnosis of Eating Disorders on the Basis of a Cluster Analysis - Pages 263-274
Maciej Wojciech Pilecki, Kinga Sałapa and Barbara Józefik
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2013.02.04.3

Modified Kaplan-Meier Estimator Based on Competing Risks for Heavy Censoring Data - Pages 297-304
Ali Zare and Mahmood Mahmoodi
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2013.02.04.6

Volume 2, Number 3Untitled-5
Observation-Driven Model for Zero-Inflated Daily Counts of Emergency Room Visit Data - Pages 220-228
Gary Sneddon, Wasimul Bari and M. Tariqul Hasan
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2013.02.03.7

The Methodology of Human Diseases Risk Prediction Tools - Pages 239-248
H. Mannan, R. Ahmed, M. Sanagou, S. Ivory and R. Wolfe
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2013.02.03.9

Volume 2, Number 2Untitled-5
Open AccessA Nonparametric Bayesian Approach to Estimating Malaria Prophylactic Effect After Two Treatments - Pages 76-87
Cletus Kwa Kum, Daniel Thorburn, Gebrenegus Ghilagaber, Pedro Gil and Anders Björkman
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2013.02.02.01

Comparison of Post Hoc Multiple Pairwise Testing Procedures as Applied to Small k-Group Logrank Tests - Pages 104-116
Moonseong Heo and Andrew C. Leon
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2013.02.02.04

Volume 2, Number 1Untitled-5
A Dynamical Study of Risk Factors in Intracerebral Hemorrhage using Multivariate Approach - Pages 23-33
Afaq Ahmed Siddiqui, Junaid S. Siddiqui, Mohammad Wasay, S. Iqbal Azam and Asif Ahmed
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2013.02.01.03

Open AccessDevelopment and Validation of Models to Predict Hospital Admission for Emergency Department Patients - Pages 55-66
Bin Xie
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2013.02.01.07

Volume 1, Number 2Untitled-5
Bayesian Analysis of Transition Model for Longitudinal Ordinal Response Data: Application to Insomnia Data - Pages 148-161
S. Noorian and M. Ganjali
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2012.01.02.08

Validation of Gene Expression Profiles in Genomic Data through Complementary Use of Cluster Analysis and PCA-Related Biplots- Pages 162-173
Niccolò Bassani, Federico Ambrogi, Danila Coradini, Patrizia Boracchi and Elia Biganzoli
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2012.01.02.09

Volume 1, Number 1Untitled-5
Enriched-Data Problems and Essential Non-Identifiability- Pages 16-44
Geert Molenberghs, Edmund Njeru Njagi, Michael G. Kenward and Geert Verbeke
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2012.01.01.02

Power Calculations for Two-Wave, Change from Baseline to Follow-Up Study Designs - Pages 45-50
M. Colin Ard and Steven D. Edland
http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2012.01.01.03

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