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University of Ioannina
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About: University of Ioannina is a education organization based out in Ioannina, Greece. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Large Hadron Collider. The organization has 7654 authors who have published 20594 publications receiving 671560 citations. The organization is also known as: Panepistimio Ioanninon.
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TL;DR: Lithium should remain the first-line treatment when prescribing a relapse-prevention drug in patients with bipolar disorder, notwithstanding its tolerability profile, according to the better quality of the supporting evidence.
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TL;DR: The addition of a polygenic risk score for CAD to pooled cohort equations was associated with a statistically significant, yet modest, improvement in the predictive accuracy for incident CAD and improved risk stratification for only a small proportion of individuals.
Abstract: Importance The incremental value of polygenic risk scores in addition to well-established risk prediction models for coronary artery disease (CAD) is uncertain. Objective To examine whether a polygenic risk score for CAD improves risk prediction beyond pooled cohort equations. Design, Setting, and Participants Observational study of UK Biobank participants enrolled from 2006 to 2010. A case-control sample of 15 947 prevalent CAD cases and equal number of age and sex frequency–matched controls was used to optimize the predictive performance of a polygenic risk score for CAD based on summary statistics from published genome-wide association studies. A separate cohort of 352 660 individuals (with follow-up to 2017) was used to evaluate the predictive accuracy of the polygenic risk score, pooled cohort equations, and both combined for incident CAD. Exposures Polygenic risk score for CAD, pooled cohort equations, and both combined. Main Outcomes and Measures CAD (myocardial infarction and its related sequelae). Discrimination, calibration, and reclassification using a risk threshold of 7.5% were assessed. Results In the cohort of 352 660 participants (mean age, 55.9 years; 205 297 women [58.2%]) used to evaluate the predictive accuracy of the examined models, there were 6272 incident CAD events over a median of 8 years of follow-up. CAD discrimination for polygenic risk score, pooled cohort equations, and both combined resulted in C statistics of 0.61 (95% CI, 0.60 to 0.62), 0.76 (95% CI, 0.75 to 0.77), and 0.78 (95% CI, 0.77 to 0.79), respectively. The change in C statistic between the latter 2 models was 0.02 (95% CI, 0.01 to 0.03). Calibration of the models showed overestimation of risk by pooled cohort equations, which was corrected after recalibration. Using a risk threshold of 7.5%, addition of the polygenic risk score to pooled cohort equations resulted in a net reclassification improvement of 4.4% (95% CI, 3.5% to 5.3%) for cases and −0.4% (95% CI, −0.5% to −0.4%) for noncases (overall net reclassification improvement, 4.0% [95% CI, 3.1% to 4.9%]). Conclusions and Relevance The addition of a polygenic risk score for CAD to pooled cohort equations was associated with a statistically significant, yet modest, improvement in the predictive accuracy for incident CAD and improved risk stratification for only a small proportion of individuals. The use of genetic information over the pooled cohort equations model warrants further investigation before clinical implementation.
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TL;DR: Prerequisites for exact replication; issues of heterogeneity; advantages and disadvantages of different methods of data synthesis across multiple studies; frequentist vs. Bayesian inferences; and challenges that arise from multi-team collaborations are discussed.
Abstract: Replication helps ensure that a genotype-phenotype association observed in a genome-wide association (GWA) study represents a credible association and is not a chance finding or an artifact due to uncontrolled biases. We discuss prerequisites for exact replication; issues of heterogeneity; advantages and disadvantages of different methods of data synthesis across multiple studies; frequentist vs. Bayesian inferences for replication; and challenges that arise from multi-team collaborations. While consistent replication can greatly improve the credibility of a genotype-phenotype association, it may not eliminate spurious associations due to biases shared by many studies. Conversely, lack of replication in well-powered follow-up studies usually invalidates the initially proposed association, although occasionally it may point to differences in linkage disequilibrium or effect modifiers across studies.
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Western General Hospital1, University of Edinburgh2, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children3, University of Western Australia4, Innsbruck Medical University5, Medical University of Vienna6, Copenhagen University Hospital7, University of Salford8, Boston Children's Hospital9, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health10, Memorial Hospital of South Bend11, University of Ulm12, RWTH Aachen University13, University of Mainz14, University of Ioannina15, University of Thessaly16, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki17, University of Otago18, Daisy Hill Hospital19, National University of Ireland, Galway20, Sahlgrenska University Hospital21, Shupyk National Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education22, Yale University23
TL;DR: The aim was to compare glycaemic control among people with Type 1 diabetes using data gathered in regional or national registries to reduce complications.
Abstract: Aims
Improving glycaemic control in people with Type 1 diabetes is known to reduce complications. Our aim was to compare glycaemic control among people with Type 1 diabetes using data gathered in regional or national registries.
Methods
Data were obtained for children and/or adults with Type 1 diabetes from the following countries (or regions): Western Australia, Austria, Denmark, England, Champagne-Ardenne (France), Germany, Epirus, Thessaly and Thessaloniki (Greece), Galway (Ireland), several Italian regions, Latvia, Rotterdam (The Netherlands), Otago (New Zealand), Norway, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Sweden, Volyn (Ukraine), USA and Wales) from population or clinic-based registries. The sample size with available data varied from 355 to 173 880. Proportions with HbA1c < 58 mmol/mol (< 7.5%) and ≥ 75 mmol/mol (≥ 9.0%) were compared by age and sex.
Results
Data were available for 324 501 people. The proportions with HbA1c 58 mmol/mol (< 7.5%) varied from 15.7% to 46.4% among 44 058 people aged < 15 years, from 8.9% to 49.5% among 50 766 people aged 15–24 years and from 20.5% to 53.6% among 229 677 people aged ≥ 25 years. Sex differences in glycaemic control were small. Proportions of people using insulin pumps varied between the 12 sources with data available.
Conclusion
These results suggest that there are substantial variations in glycaemic control among people with Type 1 diabetes between the data sources and that there is room for improvement in all populations, especially in young adults.
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Hebrew University of Jerusalem1, Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital2, University of Toronto3, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona4, Semmelweis University5, Sapienza University of Rome6, Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli7, Boston Children's Hospital8, University of Messina9, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland10, University of Ioannina11, Queen Mary University of London12, University of Edinburgh13, University of British Columbia14
TL;DR: These guidelines provide a guide to clinicians managing children with UC and IBD-unclassified management to provide modern management strategies while maintaining vigilance around appropriate outcomes and safety issues.
Abstract: Background:The contemporary management of ambulatory ulcerative colitis (UC) continues to be challenging with ∼20% of children needing a colectomy within childhood years. We thus aimed to standardize daily treatment of pediatric UC and inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD)-unclassified through d
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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John P. A. Ioannidis | 185 | 1311 | 193612 |
Kay-Tee Khaw | 174 | 1389 | 138782 |
Elio Riboli | 158 | 1136 | 110499 |
Mercouri G. Kanatzidis | 152 | 1854 | 113022 |
Dimitrios Trichopoulos | 135 | 818 | 84992 |
Gyorgy Vesztergombi | 133 | 1444 | 94821 |
Niki Saoulidou | 132 | 1065 | 81154 |
Apostolos Panagiotou | 132 | 1370 | 88647 |
Ioannis Evangelou | 131 | 1225 | 82178 |
Ioannis Papadopoulos | 129 | 1201 | 85576 |
Nikolaos Manthos | 129 | 1256 | 81865 |
Panagiotis Kokkas | 128 | 1234 | 81051 |
Costas Foudas | 128 | 1112 | 83048 |
Zoltan Szillasi | 128 | 1214 | 84392 |
Matthias Schröder | 126 | 1421 | 82990 |