Publications by authors named "E J Visser"
Background: We aimed to evaluate the impact of advanced medical therapies (biologicals and small molecules) on time to colectomy and oncological outcomes in UC.
Methods: This cohort study included UC patients who underwent colectomy between 2003 and 2022 at two referral centres in Belgium and the Netherlands. Exposure was use of advanced medical therapies.
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- The text reviews various studies to explore the link between thyroid function and body measurements like BMI and weight in the general population.
- A systematic search of databases yielded 64 studies for qualitative analysis and 21 for quantitative analysis, involving over 107,000 participants, revealing some associations between TSH (Thyroid Stimulating Hormone) and BMI.
- The findings suggest higher TSH levels are linked to higher BMI and weight, while higher FT4 (free thyroxine) levels are associated with lower BMI and weight, but highlight the need for more robust longitudinal studies due to limited evidence.
Introduction: Most studies on recovery of psychotic disorders focus on first-episode populations using premorbid and baseline data to predict recovery. However, many patients experience a long duration of illness and many factors are dynamic and change during life.
Aims: To investigate factors strongest associated with clinical, societal and personal recovery, and recovery change scores in people with a long duration of illness using current data measured at the same assessment.
A Two-Step Framework for Validating Causal Effect Estimates.
Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf
September 2024
Background: Comparing causal effect estimates obtained using observational data to those obtained from the gold standard (i.e., randomized controlled trials [RCTs]) helps assess the validity of these estimates.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Suboptimal Health Status (SHS) is the physical state between health and disease. This study aimed to fill in the knowledge gap by investigating the prevalence of SHS and psychological symptoms among unpaid carers and to identify SHS-risk factors from the perspective of predictive, preventive and personalised medicine (PPPM).
Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 368 participants who were enrolled from Australia, including 203 unpaid carers as cases and 165 individuals from the general population as controls.