Premorbid body mass index and risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
O'Reilly ÉJ, Wang H, Weisskopf MG, Fitzgerald KC, Falcone G, McCullough ML, Thun M, Park Y, Kolonel LN, Ascherio A. Premorbid body mass index and risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis And Frontotemporal Degeneration 2012, 14: 205-211. PMID: 23134505, PMCID: PMC3615420, DOI: 10.3109/21678421.2012.735240.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexHealthy body mass indexPremorbid body mass indexALS ratesMass indexCohort-specific Cox proportional hazard modelsLower premorbid Body Mass IndexLower body mass indexCox proportional hazards modelAmyotrophic lateral sclerosis riskProportional hazards modelAmyotrophic lateral sclerosisRandom-effects modelOngoing cohortUnhealthy weightLateral sclerosisHazards modelUndiagnosed diseaseCurrent weightWeight lossObeseALSAssociationMalesFemalesConfounding by Indication in Retrospective Studies of Intracerebral Hemorrhage: Antiepileptic Treatment and Mortality
Battey TW, Falcone GJ, Ayres AM, Schwab K, Viswanathan A, McNamara KA, DiPucchio ZY, Greenberg SM, Sheth KN, Goldstein JN, Rosand J. Confounding by Indication in Retrospective Studies of Intracerebral Hemorrhage: Antiepileptic Treatment and Mortality. Neurocritical Care 2012, 17: 361-366. PMID: 22965324, PMCID: PMC3707622, DOI: 10.1007/s12028-012-9776-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntroductionIntracerebral hemorrhageAED treatmentAntiepileptic drugsCohort of patientsAntiepileptic treatmentRankin scoreICH locationIntracerebral hemorrhageRetrospective studyHemorrhage locationClinicians' decisionsResultsMultivariate analysisRetrospective analysisSupratentorial regionFatal diseaseConclusionThese resultsMortalityPatientsConflicting resultsTreatmentTreatment effectsHemorrhageCohortAssociationAdequate power