Anaesthetics
in Oxford Handbook of Key Clinical Evidence
September 2009; published online August 2010.
Chapter. Subjects: medical statistics and methodology. 5163 words.
Analysing multiple observations per subject
in Oxford Handbook of Medical Statistics
November 2010; published online June 2011.
Chapter. Subjects: medical statistics and methodology. 4851 words.
Analysing multiple variables per subject
in Oxford Handbook of Medical Statistics
November 2010; published online June 2011.
Chapter. Subjects: medical statistics and methodology. 15593 words.
The Anatomy of Trials
in An Insider’s Guide to Clinical Trials
May 2011; published online September 2011.
Chapter. Subjects: medical statistics and methodology. 2946 words.
This chapter describes the elements of a clinical trial. These include the required documents (i.e., study protocol, consent forms, institutional review board approvals, investigator's brochure,...
Anthropometric Measures and Body Composition
in Nutritional Epidemiology
November 2012; published online January 2013.
Chapter. Subjects: medical statistics and methodology. 18541 words.
Anthropometric variables, particularly weight and height, are the most commonly employed measures of nutritional status in epidemiologic studies due to their simplicity and ease of collection. In...
Assessment of Physical Activity in Nutritional Epidemiology
in Nutritional Epidemiology
November 2012; published online January 2013.
Chapter. Subjects: medical statistics and methodology. 11018 words.
This chapter first discusses conceptual definitions and terminologies that are commonly used in the physical activity literature. Next it reviews reference measures of energy expenditure and...
Authorship and Credits
in An Insider’s Guide to Clinical Trials
May 2011; published online September 2011.
Chapter. Subjects: medical statistics and methodology. 2051 words.
This chapter discusses the issues of authorship and credits in clinical trials. People named as authors are required to certify that they made substantial contributions to the conception and design,...
Bayesian statistics
in Oxford Handbook of Medical Statistics
November 2010; published online June 2011.
Chapter. Subjects: medical statistics and methodology. 5105 words.
Biochemical Indicators of Dietary Intake
in Nutritional Epidemiology
November 2012; published online January 2013.
Chapter. Subjects: medical statistics and methodology. 42586 words.
This chapter reviews the relationships between the intake of nutrients and foods and their corresponding biochemical indicators. First, it discusses some general principles of the relation between...
Biostatistics 101
in An Insider’s Guide to Clinical Trials
May 2011; published online September 2011.
Chapter. Subjects: medical statistics and methodology. 4747 words.
This chapter provides a refresher on biostatistics, specific to clinical trials, and a glossary of terms and definitions relevant to the analyses of clinical trials. The question, in the class of...