Tobias Kurth

Prospective Study of Trichomonas vaginalis Infection and Prostate Cancer Incidence and Mortality: Physicians' Health Study (2009)

Stark, Jennifer R., Judson, Gregory, Alderete, John F., Mundodi, Vasanthakrishna, Kucknoor, Ashwini S., Giovannucci, Edward L., ...

Background A recent nested case–control study found that the presence of antibodies against Trichomonas vaginalis, a common nonviral sexually transmitted infection, was positively associated with...

Blood pressure measures and risk of chronic kidney disease in men (2008)

Schaeffner, Elke S., Kurth, Tobias, Bowman, Thomas S., Gelber, Rebecca P., Gaziano, J. Michael

Background. High blood pressure (BP) has been associated with a decrease in kidney function. However, it remains unclear which BP measure best predicts impaired kidney function. Methods. We compared...

Results of Multivariable Logistic Regression, Propensity Matching, Propensity Adjustment, and Propensity-based Weighting under Conditions of Nonuniform Effect (2006)

Kurth, Tobias, Walker, Alexander M., Glynn, Robert J., Chan, K. Arnold, Gaziano, J. Michael, Berger, Klaus, ...

Observational studies often provide the only available information about treatment effects. Control of confounding, however, remains challenging. The authors compared five methods for evaluating the...

Results of Multivariable Logistic Regression, Propensity Matching, Propensity Adjustment, and Propensity-based Weighting under Conditions of Nonuniform Effect (2005)

Kurth, Tobias, Walker, Alexander M., Glynn, Robert J., Chan, K. Arnold, Gaziano, J. Michael, Berger, Klaus, ...

Observational studies often provide the only available information about treatment effects. Control of confounding, however, remains challenging. The authors compared five methods for evaluating the...

Results of Multivariable Logistic Regression, Propensity Matching, Propensity Adjustment, and Propensity-based Weighting under Conditions of Nonuniform Effect (2005)

Kurth, Tobias, Walker, Alexander M., Glynn, Robert J., Chan, K. Arnold, Gaziano, J. Michael, Berger, Klaus, ...

Observational studies often provide the only available information about treatment effects. Control of confounding, however, remains challenging. The authors compared five methods for evaluating the...

Aspirin and Decreased Adult-Onset Asthma: Randomized Comparisons from the Physicians' Health Study

Barr, R. Graham, Kurth, Tobias, Stampfer, Meir J., Buring, Julie E., Hennekens, Charles H., Gaziano, J. Michael

Rationale: In an observational cohort study, women who self-selected for frequent aspirin use developed less newly diagnosed asthma than women who did not take aspirin.

Migraine, vascular risk, and cardiovascular events in women: prospective cohort study

Kurth, Tobias, Schürks, Markus, Logroscino, Giancarlo, Gaziano, J Michael, Buring, Julie E

Objectives To evaluate whether the association between migraine with aura and increased risk of cardiovascular disease is modified by vascular risk groups as measured by the Framingham risk score for...

Incidence of cardiovascular disease and cancer in advanced age: prospective cohort study

Driver, Jane A, Djoussé, Luc, Logroscino, Giancarlo, Gaziano, J Michael, Kurth, Tobias

Objective To investigate the influence of increasing age on the incidence and remaining lifetime risk of cardiovascular disease and cancer in a cohort of older men.

Migraine and cardiovascular disease: systematic review and meta-analysis

Schürks, Markus, Rist, Pamela M, Bigal, Marcelo E, Buring, Julie E, Lipton, Richard B, Kurth, Tobias

Objective To evaluate the association between migraine and cardiovascular disease, including stroke, myocardial infarction, and death due to cardiovascular disease.