This study used national data from the VHA Corporate Data Warehouse hosted at VHA Informatics and Computing Infrastructure (VINCI) to emulate a hypothetical target clinical trial
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These effects may affect nutritional status, which in turn can influence hormone metabolism and overall wellbeing
By focusing on legal blindness, a definitive endpoint less vulnerable to diagnostic misclassification, we aimed to reduce noise introduced by ambiguous coding
Angina pectoris Angina pectoris is chest pain that occurs when the coronary blood supply is insufficient to meet the metabolic needs of the heart muscle (as with ischemic heart disease
Bolontrade, MF, Worth LL, Marini FC, Andreeff M , Kleinerman ES