2015
Alcohol-Related Diagnoses and All-Cause Hospitalization Among HIV-Infected and Uninfected Patients: A Longitudinal Analysis of United States Veterans from 1997 to 2011
Rentsch C, Tate JP, Akgün KM, Crystal S, Wang KH, Ryan Greysen S, Wang EA, Bryant KJ, Fiellin DA, Justice AC, Rimland D. Alcohol-Related Diagnoses and All-Cause Hospitalization Among HIV-Infected and Uninfected Patients: A Longitudinal Analysis of United States Veterans from 1997 to 2011. AIDS And Behavior 2015, 20: 555-564. PMID: 25711299, PMCID: PMC4550577, DOI: 10.1007/s10461-015-1025-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlcohol-related diagnosesHospitalization ratesUnited States veteransUninfected patientsCause hospitalizationHIV infectionStates veteransUninfected individualsMultivariable Cox proportional hazards modelsCox proportional hazards modelOverall hospitalization rateProportional hazards modelCancer admissionsAntiretroviral therapyMultivariable adjustmentHIV serostatusComorbidity variablesHospitalization trendsRelative riskHigh riskHazards modelHIVHospitalizationDisease categoriesPatients
2014
Combining Epidemiologic and Biostatistical Tools to Enhance Variable Selection in HIV Cohort Analyses
Rentsch C, Bebu I, Guest JL, Rimland D, Agan BK, Marconi V. Combining Epidemiologic and Biostatistical Tools to Enhance Variable Selection in HIV Cohort Analyses. PLOS ONE 2014, 9: e87352. PMID: 24489902, PMCID: PMC3906149, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087352.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVariable selectionVariable selection approachSignificance testsParsimonious modelInformation theoryBayesian argumentInformation criterionPosterior probabilityBiostatistical proceduresAveraging modelBiostatistical toolsThird methodSelection procedureBest fitSelection approachModelSurvival modelsDifferent methodsTheoryApproachStepwise selection procedureRegression modelsProbabilityStatistical PackageMultivariate regression model