In this absence of observed data on the effects of treatment on PSA-detected disease, Parker et al (2006) utilised data on the 15-year survival of patients diagnosed at a later stage of their disease and managed conservatively (Albertsen et al, 1998), and data on the effect of radical vs conservative treatment on survival in men detected clinically (Bill-Axelson et al, 2005).
In these analyses, we used data on 31 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that have recently been shown to be associated with BMI in a meta-analysis utilising data on 249 796 individuals.
We utilised data on prices paid for England only, for the years 2001-02 to 2009, a sample of 227 933 purchasing transactions.
Coronary risk scores, which utilise data on multiple risk factors, are ideal for making rational decisions regarding the distribution of scarce health service resources.
Of these deaths, an estimated 7.3 million were due to coronary heart disease (CHD) and 6.2 million were due to stroke. 1 In Korea, CVD is now one of the leading preventable causes of death in Korea, causing 22% of all deaths in 2011. 2 CHD risk scores, which utilise data on multiple risk factors, are ideal for making rational decisions regarding the distribution of scarce health service resources.
Prior to this study, most evidence utilised data based on the 2001 census.
A case-control study on cancers of the oral cavity was conducted by utilising data from the population based cancer registry.
However, as data were only available from children who were referred from vision screening, analysis of NPV, sensitivity and specificity relied on utilising data from both eyes of each child, taking into account the correlation between the two eyes.
A large data set is being collected, including injury mechanism, orthopaedic and soft tissue injury characteristics, preinjury health status, other injuries, surgical and ancillary therapies utilised, as well as data on the hyperbaric therapy, and all the outcome measures detailed above.
We utilised data from the International Agency for Research on Cancer to retrieve age-standardised rates of country-specific prostate cancer incidence and mortality in 2008.
