Biomedical Statistics and Informatics

Volume 6, Issue 2, June 2021

  • Determination of Causal Relationship Between Bilirubin and Other Liver Biomarker in Case of Hepatitis C

    Proloy Banerjee, Anirban Goswami, Shreya Bhunia, Sudipta Basu

    Issue: Volume 6, Issue 2, June 2021
    Pages: 23-31
    Received: 25 March 2021
    Accepted: 12 April 2021
    Published: 26 April 2021
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    Abstract: Background: Liver works as one of the most versatile organs in the human body. But any kind of disturbance occurs in the liver may cause the liver disease. One of the most common liver infections is hepatitis C which is caused by the Hepatitis C Virus (HCV). It is well known that liver is the largest solid organ in the human body and also it is cal... Show More
  • Bias Adjustment Methods for Analysis of a Non-randomized Controlled Trials of Right Heart Catheterization for Patients in ICU

    Yi Xu, Yeqian Liu

    Issue: Volume 6, Issue 2, June 2021
    Pages: 32-41
    Received: 21 June 2021
    Accepted: 7 July 2021
    Published: 19 July 2021
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    Abstract: Kaplan-Meier estimate or proportional hazards regression is commonly used directly to estimate the effect of treatment on survival time in randomized clinical studies. However, such methods usually lead to biased estimate of treatment effect in non-randomized or observational studies because the treated and untreated groups cannot be compared direc... Show More