Clinical profile and risk factors for mortality among COVID-19 inpatients at a tertiary care centre in Bengaluru, India by Yamini Marimuthu, Radhika Kunnavil, NS Anil, Sharath Burugina Nagaraja, N Satyanarayana, Jeetendra Kumar, Bojja Ramya

“…Potential risk factors for COVID-19 mortality were analysed using univariate binomial logistic regression, generalized linear models (GLM) with Poisson distribution. Survival curves were made using the Kaplan-Meier method. …”
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First 2 years of municipal registry of orphan-rare diseases in Cali and identification of some sociode-mographic and clinical variables associated with mortality by Ramírez-Cheyne, Julián, Moreno, Mabel, Mosquera, Solanyi, Duque, Silvio, Holguín, Jorge, Camacho, Alexander

“…The relationship of different sociodemographic and clini-cal variables and mortality risk was evaluated, using Generalized Linear Models, the Poisson distribution family, Logarithmic link function and robust variance models. …”
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Effect modification of consecutive high concentration days on the association between fine particulate matter and mortality: a multi-city study in Korea by Hyungryul Lim, Sanghyuk Bae, Jonghyuk Choi, Kyung-Hwa Choi, Hyun-Joo Bae, Soontae Kim, Mina Ha, Ho-Jang Kwon

“…Generalized additive models (GAMs) with quasi-Poisson distribution and random-effects meta-analyses were used to pool city-specific effects. …”
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Cardiovascular and Respiratory Health Effects of Fine Particulate Matters (PM_2.5): A Review on Time Series Studies by Wan Rozita Wan Mahiyuddin, Rohaida Ismail, Noraishah Mohammad Sham, Nurul Izzah Ahmad, Nik Muhammad Nizam Nik Hassan

“…The main methodology used was Generalized Additive Model (GAM) with Poisson distribution (74.6%). Morbidity was the most common health outcome studied (60.1%), with vulnerable groups (64.5%) often included. …”
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Effect of meteorological factors on influenza-like illness from 2012 to 2015 in Huludao, a northeastern city in China by Ying-Long Bai, De-Sheng Huang, Jing Liu, De-Qiang Li, Peng Guan

“…Multiple Smoothing parameter estimation was made on the basis of Poisson distribution, where the number of weekly ILI cases was treated as response, and the smoothness of weather was treated as covariates. …”
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Association between Daily Hydrogen Sulfide Exposure and Incidence of Emergency Hospital Visits: A Population-Based Study. by Ragnhildur Gudrun Finnbjornsdottir, Hanne Krage Carlsen, Throstur Thorsteinsson, Anna Oudin, Sigrun Helga Lund, Thorarinn Gislason, Vilhjalmur Rafnsson

“…A generalized linear model assuming Poisson distribution was used to investigate the association between emergency hospital visits and H2S exposure. …”
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Applying rainfall threshold estimates and frequency ratio model for landslide hazard assessment in the coastal mountain setting of South Asia by Akhtar Alam, Bayes Ahmed, Peter Sammonds, A.S.M. Maksud Kamal

“…The recurrence probability of the derived antecedent rainfall threshold and likely landslides was determined through the Poisson distribution. Moreover, we assess the landslide susceptibility of the district with a coupled use of Frequency Ratio (FR) statistical measure and Geographic Information System (GIS). …”
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A hybrid machine learning framework to improve prediction of all-cause rehospitalization among elderly patients in Hong Kong by Jingjing Guan, Eman Leung, Kin-on Kwok, Frank Youhua Chen

“…Two temporal offset functions accounted for the associations between exposure time and parameters corresponding to the zero-inflated logistic component and the Poisson distribution’s expected count. tZIP was externally validated with a retrospective cohort’s rehospitalisation events up to 12 months after the discharge date. …”
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The PharmNet Harm Reduction Intervention for Community Pharmacies: Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial by Lori Ann Eldridge, Jon Agley, Beth E Meyerson, Lilian Golzarri-Arroyo

“…The primary analysis will be a generalized linear mixed model with a Poisson distribution with fixed effects for group, time, and their interaction and a random effect for pharmacy ID to account for repeated measures within pharmacies. …”
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Estimation of the reproductive number of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and the probable outbreak size on the Diamond Princess cruise ship: A data-driven analysis by Sheng Zhang, MengYuan Diao, Wenbo Yu, Lei Pei, Zhaofen Lin, Dechang Chen

“…We applied “projections” package in R to simulate the plausible cumulative epidemic trajectories and future daily incidence by fitting the data of existing daily incidence, a serial interval distribution, and the estimated R0 into a model based on the assumption that daily incidence obeys approximately Poisson distribution determined by daily infectiousness. …”
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Bayesian estimation of the effect of health inequality in disease detection by Dinah Jane Lope, Haydar Demirhan, Anil Dolgun

“…The Bayesian estimation used a two-component modelling approach that separates the case detection process and incidence rate using a mixed Poisson distribution while capturing underlying spatio-temporal characteristics. …”
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An Outbreak of Parvovirus B19 in Israel by Tal Patalon, Yaki Saciuk, Daniel Trotzky, Gal Pachys, Amir Ben-Tov, Yaakov Segal, Sivan Gazit

“…A generalized linear model with a Poisson distribution was fit to the data, adjusting for potential confounders. …”
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Optimal Temporal Filtering of the Cosmic-Ray Neutron Signal to Reduce Soil Moisture Uncertainty by Patrick Davies, Roland Baatz, Heye Reemt Bogena, Emmanuel Quansah, Leonard Kofitse Amekudzi

“…Uncertainty of the CRNS-derived soil moisture strongly depends on the CRNS count rate subject to Poisson distribution. State-of-the-art CRNS signal processing averages neutron counts over many hours, thereby accounting for soil moisture temporal dynamics at the daily but not sub-daily time scale. …”
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Spatio-temporal forecasting of future volcanism at Harrat Khaybar, Saudi Arabia by Abdullah Alohali, Daniel Bertin, Shanaka de Silva, Shane Cronin, Robert Duncan, Saleh Qaysi, Mohammed R. Moufti

“…For the whole field, we estimate a long-term average recurrence rate of ~ 2.3 eruptions per 10 kyr assuming a Poisson distribution for inter-event times, which indicates that Harrat Khaybar would belong to a global group of highly active distributed volcanic fields. …”
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Changes in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit statistics during the COVID-19 pandemic by David Rodríguez-Medina, Luis M. Avalos-Huizar, Wendy Bolio-Pontigo, Ma. Guadalupe Soto-Castañeda, Julio C. Cárdenas-Valdez, Claudia K. Medina-Ríos

“…Changes in frequencies between 2019 and 2021 were analyzed using Poisson distribution. Changes in PTNB births, proportion of admissions, and deaths/NICU discharges were analyzed by z-test for two proportions. …”
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Heterogeneity of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors Among Asian Immigrants: Insights From the 2010 to 2018 National Health Interview Survey by Binu Koirala, Ruth‐Alma Turkson‐Ocran, Diana Baptiste, Bibhu Koirala, Lucine Francis, Patricia Davidson, Cheryl Dennison Himmelfarb, Yvonne Commodore‐Mensah

“…Generalized linear models with Poisson distribution were fitted to compare the prevalence of self‐reported hypertension, overweight/obesity, diabetes mellitus, high cholesterol, physical inactivity, and current smoking among Asian immigrants compared with White adults, adjusting for known confounders. …”
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Predictors of timely diagnostic follow-up after an abnormal Pap test among Hispanic women seeking care in El Paso, Texas by Thelma Carrillo, Jane R. Montealegre, Christina G. Bracamontes, Michael E. Scheurer, Michele Follen, Zuber D. Mulla

“…Risk ratios (RR) were calculated by building a generalized linear model fit using a Poisson distribution, log link, and robust variance. Results Overall, 177 of the 270 women (65.6%) received follow-up within an optimal diagnostic interval. …”
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How Postoperative Infection Affects Reoperations after Implant-based Breast Reconstruction: A National Claims Analysis of Abandonment of Reconstruction by Shannon D. Francis, MSc, Kometh Thawanyarat, BA, Thomas M. Johnstone, BS, Pooja S. Yesantharao, MS, MD, Trudy S. Kim, BS, Mallory A. Rowley, BA, Clifford C. Sheckter, MD, Rahim S. Nazerali, MD, MHS, FACS

“…Outcomes were analyzed via multivariate linear regression with Poisson distribution to determine statistical significance at P < 0.00625 (Bonferroni correction). …”
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Plot size matters: Toward comparable species richness estimates across plot‐based inventories by Jeanne Portier, Florian Zellweger, Jürgen Zell, Iciar Alberdi Asensio, Michal Bosela, Johannes Breidenbach, Vladimír Šebeň, Rafael O. Wüest, Brigitte Rohner

“…Models were built using the Conway–Maxell–Poisson distribution to account for the underdispersed SR data. …”
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Time-series analysis of the association between air pollution exposure and outpatient visits for dry eye disease: a case study in Zhengzhou, China by Mengting Xia, Yingrui Yang, Jiali Sun, Ranran Huang, Yonghui Huang, Mengqi Zhang, Xi Yao

“…The relationship between ambient air pollutants and DED outpatient visits was analyzed using a generalized additive model with a Poisson distribution.ResultsAmong the 5,204 DED patients included in the study, 63.76% were female and 36.24% were male. …”
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