A "methods primer" article in the journal "BMJ Medicine", titled "Factors associated with: problems of using exploratory multivariable regression to identify causal risk factors"

We wrote an article explaining why you shouldn't put several variables into a regression model and report which are statistically significant - even as exploratory research. bmjmedicine.bmj.com/content/4/1/.... How did we do?

How hazard ratios can mislead and why it matters in practice - European Journal of Epidemiology Hazard ratios are routinely reported as effect measures in clinical trials and observational studies. However, many methodological works have raised concerns about the interpretation of hazard ratios ...

A nice recent article on why you should abandon hazard ratios.

#statssky #episky

Visual abstract

Another cool study from Tammy Brady and colleagues on BP measurement

Does being in the public (aka not an unattended) and/or noise have an effect on blood pressure?

Apparently not, in the @annalsofim.bsky.social www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...

Small N caveat

#hypertension #medsky

Illustrating the structures of bias from immortal time using directed acyclic graphs AbstractBackground. Immortal time is a period of follow-up during which death or the study outcome cannot occur by design. Bias from immortal time has been

Our work on immortal time bias "Illustrating the structures of bias from immortal time using directed acyclic graphs" led by Emma Guoyi Yang @yanggy_hku is out at International Journal of Epidemiology: doi.org/10.1093/ije/.... Brief thread:

NYC Health + Hospitals Nationally Recognized for Hypertension, Diabetes, and Cholesterol Control - NYC Health + Hospitals NYC Health + Hospitals today announced that four of its sites were recognized by Million Hearts, a national initiative co-led by the Centers for

Incredibly proud of all of our @nychealthsystem.bsky.social primary care sites for these accomplishments! We're showing that safety net systems can provide the highest quality primary care for chronic conditions like #hypertension and #diabetes. 🎉

Text message reminders targeting patients who delay refilling their cardiovascular medications did not improve medication adherence based on pharmacy refill data or reduce clinical events at 12 months.

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More than half of all US adults are eligible for semaglutide for diabetes management, weight management, and cardiovascular disease.
#AHA24

Read the JAMA Cardiology study: ja.ma/3YUKDwf

Just joined Bluesky and already feeling at home! 😌 #rstats #tidyverse