[PDF] Top 20 Gender-specific estimates of COPD prevalence: a systematic review and meta-analysis

... A systematic review and meta-analysis reporting gender-specific preva- lence of COPD was ...undertaken. Gender-specific prevalence estimates ... See full document

... We can hypothesize that tumor- and/or patient-specific factors other than gender may influence response to anti-CTLA-4 agents in melanoma. In particular, melanoma is known to be a tumor with a very high ... See full document

... moderate COPD compared with 34% in the general ...to COPD that may contribute to a higher pain prevalence in patients with ...with COPD and inactivity may aggravate common age-related ... See full document

... this review. The systematic review from Guo (Guo, 2006), indicates that Chinese medicine is an effective treating measures in stable COPD with better tolerance, and the use of Chinese medicine ... See full document

... This meta-analysis has several ...the prevalence of malaria infection according to the screening methods used in ...this review; that is, the methodology, quality, different diagnostics tests ... See full document

... in COPD patients without a control group [55 – 57, 59, 60, 63], two reported data on population-based prevalence [58, 61] and two were nursing home based [62, ...of COPD participants involved in all ... See full document

... this systematic review are the use of a broad search strategy performed on multiple databases and the involvement of two independent reviewers for the study selection and the data extraction ...the ... See full document

... study-specific estimates will be pooled through a random-effects meta-analysis model to obtain an overall summary ...large estimates on the overall estimate to a minimum, the variance ... See full document

... MetS prevalence in women compared to men ...The prevalence of MetS is highly depended on age has been observed in many studies ...of gender difference in the prevalence of the MetS is observed ... See full document

... developed specific- ally to assess the risk of selection bias, to determine the level of representativeness of the studied population and to judge the strength of the estimates provided by the included ... See full document

... size, gender, specimen type, frequency of esophageal cancers (cases), frequency of non-cancerous esoph- ageal tissues (controls), HPV detection method, HPV genotyping method, overall and type-specific ... See full document

... cost-utility analysis for children, rather than cost-effectiveness analysis where benefits are expressed in terms of natural units (for example, cost per BMI unit ... See full document

... OR COPD OR chronic obstructive lung disease OR chronic obstructive airway disease OR emphysema OR chronic airflow limita- tion OR chronic airway ...this review if they met the following criteria: 1) were ... See full document

... performed meta-analysis with the bivariate random effects model to calculate the sensitivity and spe- ci fi city of the combined diagnostic odds ratio (DOR) and EUS performance from diagnostic test ... See full document

... COPD had effects on not only the lung but also the other organs. In the later phase, the patients usually had the symptoms of low weight, malnutrition and depression. It also can induce pulmonary heart disease, ... See full document

... Three hundred twenty- fi ve publications were found during the initial literature search. Of which, 47 were excluded for duplicate studies and 245 papers were excluded by reading their title and abstract (see the detail ... See full document

... feedback from both providers and patients about the pro- gram, but because the participants suggested that the medical appointments be conducted separately from the group-based lifestyle sessions, they conducted a ... See full document

... the analysis if they satisfied all of the following criteria: ...smoking prevalence was compared with the gender-adjusted, population-based expected prevalence by calculating Prevalence ... See full document

... with COPD than in controls (standardized mean difference ...with COPD when compared with controls ...with COPD had a significantly higher latency than controls ...Conclusion: COPD patients had ... See full document

... the prevalence of hypothyroidism, hypoparathyroidism and the frequency of regular chelation therapy in patients with thalassemia major in ...The prevalence of hypothyroidism was calculated ...The ... See full document