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Statistics, epidemiology and research design

Research letter

Mortality among middle-aged Australians, 1960–2010: implications for prevention policy

Andrea J Curtis, Richard Ofori-Asenso, Manoj Gambhir and John J McNeil

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (10): 444-445 Free

Study protocol

Hyperglycaemia in early pregnancy: the Treatment of Booking Gestational diabetes Mellitus (TOBOGM) study. A randomised controlled trial

David Simmons, William M Hague, Helena J Teede, N Wah Cheung, Emily J Hibbert, Christopher J Nolan, Michael J Peek, Federico Girosi, Christopher T Cowell, Vincent W-M Wong, Jeff R Flack, Mark McLean, Raiyomand Dalal, Annette Robertson and Rohit Rajagopal

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (9): 405-406 Free

Medical education / Key research skills

Understanding statistical principles in linear and logistic regression

Alice M Richardson, Grace Joshy and Catherine A D'Este

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (8): 332-334

Letters

Clinical quality registries for clinician-level reporting: strengths and limitations

Susannah Ahern, Sue M Evans, Ingrid Hopper and Arul Earnest

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (7): 323

Letters

Clinical quality registries for clinician-level reporting: strengths and limitations

Matthew P Sypek, Matthew D Jose and Stephen P McDonald

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (7): 322-323

Book/media/app review

An accessible overview of epidemiology

John R Attia

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (5): 201

Research letter

Angioedema in Australia: hospital admission rates and fatalities, 2000–2013

Raymond J Mullins, Brynn K Wainstein, Elizabeth H Barnes and Dianne E Campbell

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (7): 308 Free

Medical education / Key research skills

Guided by the research design: choosing the right statistical test

Alissa Beath and Michael P Jones

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (4): 163-165

Book/media/app review

Understanding epidemiology and its contribution to public health

Lisa Hall

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (3): 109

Medical education / Key research skills

Standard deviation and standard error: interpretation, usage and reporting

Petra Macaskill

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (2): 63-64

Medical education / Key research skills

Distributions and what to do when they are non-normal

Alan Taylor

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (1): 1013

Letters

Cortisone injections for tennis elbow should be an “avoid”, rather than a recommended procedure

John W Orchard and Bill Vicenzino

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (10): 453

Systematic review

Determining the contribution of Streptococcus pneumoniae to community-acquired pneumonia in Australia

J Kevin Yin, Sanjay H Jayasinghe, Patrick G Charles, Catherine King, Clayton K Chiu, Robert I Menzies and Peter B McIntyre

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (9): 396-400

Research

The prevalence of monogenic diabetes in Australia: the Fremantle Diabetes Study Phase II

Timothy ME Davis, Ashley E Makepeace, Sian Ellard, Kevin Colclough, Kirsten Peters, Andrew Hattersley and Wendy A Davis

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (8): 344-347 Free

Medical education / Key research skills

Statistical and clinical significance

Ian A Scott

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (5): 187-189

Medical education / Key research skills

Understanding statistical hypothesis tests and power

Michael P Jones, Alissa Beath, Christopher Oldmeadow and John R Attia

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (4): 148-150

Medical education / Key research skills

Understanding statistical principles in correlation, causation and moderation in human disease

Michael P Jones, Marjorie M Walker and John R Attia

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (3): 104-106

Short Report

Risks of using medical record and administrative data for prognostic models

Marliese Alexander, Sue M Evans, Rory Wolfe, David L Ball and Kate Burbury

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (3): 126 Free

Research

Progress in closing the gap in life expectancy at birth for Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory, 1967–2012

Nick Georges, Steven L Guthridge, Shu Qin Li, John R Condon, Tony Barnes and Yuejen Zhao

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 25-30 Free

Short reports

The general health of a cohort of Aboriginal children (0–7 years) in Sydney

Elizabeth J Comino, Emma Elcombe, Bin B Jalaludin, Lynn A Kemp, Darryl Wright and Mark F Harris

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 37-38 Free

Editorials

Including minority populations in research: we must do better

Annette J Braunack-Mayer and Odette R Gibson, for the CREATE Methods Group

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 22-23 Free

Editorials

The disparity between changes in the prevalence of mental illness and disability support rates in Australia

Harvey A Whiteford

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (11): 486-487

Medical education / Key research skills

Deconfounding confounding part 2: using directed acyclic graphs (DAGs)

John R Attia, Christopher Oldmeadow, Elizabeth G Holliday and Michael P Jones

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (11): 480-483

Research

Trends in New South Wales infant hospital readmission rates in the first year of life: a population-based study

Samantha J Lain, Christine L Roberts, Jennifer R Bowen and Natasha Nassar

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (1): 40-43 Free

Research

Geographic variation in prostate cancer survival in New South Wales

Xue Qin Yu, Qingwei Luo, David P Smith, Dianne L O’Connell and Peter D Baade

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (10): 586-590 Free