A Gregory DiRienzo's research while affiliated with University at Albany, The State University of New York and other places

... The rate was low among younger Thais and slightly higher in older individuals. The increasing HCV prevalence with age in Thailand was also similarly observed in U.S. and Spain [32][33]. The relatively high HCV positive rate in the northeastern region (7.0% in individuals between 41-50 years of age) was concordant with a previous study conducted in 1995 on blood donors in the same region. ...

... Seasonal changes in daily TSH values correlating with an increase in the false-positive rate has been reported previously in Iowa [17]. In addition, seasonal variations have been reported in other enzymes (e.g., immunoreactive trypsinogen, the marker for cystic fibrosis) and hormones (e.g., 17-hydroxyprogesterone, the marker for congenital adrenal hyperplasia) that are routinely measured in NBS programs [17][18][19]. ...

... There were 36 studies that did not meet inclusion criteria for T2DM. Of these, five studies included T2DM as one of many undistinguished comorbidities [41], [45], [55], [65], [81] and four studies did not distinguish diabetic from non-diabetic participants [35], [46]- [48]. The remaining studies (n = 27) did not adequately differentiate type 2 diabetes from other diabetes types [33], [34], [37], [38], [41], [50], [52], [56], [58]- [60], [63], [69], [70], [73], [74], [76], [77], [79], [80], [82]- [84], [86], [87], [89], [90]. ...

... Of these, six studies included antidepressant treatment in their case definition for depression [52], [53], [69], [71], [86], [90]. Eleven studies specifically included participants who did not have depression [32], [39], [47], [48], [57], [66], [76], [78], [82], [87], [88]. The remaining studies (n = 12) did not specify whether participants had depression [38], [40], [41], [43], [54], [56], [58], [59], [68], [84], [85], [92]. ...

... Patients were further hampered by large pill burdens. This led to the exploration of an NRTI-sparing treatment strategy: a one-or two-drug regimen that does not include antiretroviral drugs from the NRTI drug class (3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8). ...

... Covariates. Based on the literature and sample size considerations, we identified a parsimonious set of covariates: age, education, marital status, and number of years in sex work (DiRienzo, 2016). ...

... In a recent study by Wang et al. 27 supplementation with vitamin C supplementation led to ferritinophagy, leading to the release of free iron and the released iron rejiggered ROS production resulting in ferroptosis of ATC cells. Davanzo et al. 60 found protection against thyroid cancer in patients receiving vitamin C; however, O'Grady et al. 61 found an increased risk of thyroid cancer in patients with higher vitamin C intake. ...

... In a clinical trial, patients may be more likely to drop out with some specific value of covariate characteristics, and one treatment group may have a higher dropout rate than the others (Mai, 2008). DiRienzo & Lagakos (2001a, 2001b showed that when the distribution of censoring depends on both the treatment group and the covariates, in general, the null asymptotic distribution of the score test is not centred at zero when the model is misspecified, and the tests of treatment group effect can be severely biased. Heinze et al. (2003) showed that if the censoring distributions are not similar in the two comparison groups, the log-rank test and fitting a regression model, such as fitting a proportional hazards model, may not be valid. ...

... The increased use of LDCT has resulted in increased detection of ITNs, which has subsequently made the issues related to reporting these ITNs more pertinent than before [14]. Until now, there have been some papers that reported the prevalence and malignancy rate of ITNs on chest CTs with different CT protocols and various populations [15][16][17]. ...

... Compared to non-Hispanic White individuals, non-Hispanic Blacks were found have older ages in initial evaluation, CK testing, first neurology/ neuromuscular visit, and DNA/ muscle biopsy testing; Hispanics have older ages in CK and DNA/ muscle biopsy testing. Another MD STARnet study showed significantly less corticosteroid use by Hispanic and non-Hispanic Black individuals when compared to their non-Hispanic White counterparts [16]. Using MD STARnet data from a structured interview with 34 primary caregivers of young men with DMD, racial/ethnic differences in the receipt of services were not found, although it was noted that, overall, potentially beneficial health care services were frequently not utilized [17]. ...