Rafiqul I. Chowdhury
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View article: Human Leukocyte Antigen B27 (HLA-B27) and Its Association with Spondyloarthritis: Clinical Implications from a Tertiary Healthcare Center in Bangladesh
Human Leukocyte Antigen B27 (HLA-B27) and Its Association with Spondyloarthritis: Clinical Implications from a Tertiary Healthcare Center in Bangladesh Open
Background: Spondyloarthritis (SpA) comprises a group of inflammatory rheumatic diseases characterized by axial and peripheral joint involvement and a strong association with the Human Leukocyte Antigen B27 (HLA-B27). Despite global recogn…
View article: Haemoglobin Electrophoresis Patterns and Their Clinical Interpretation in a Tertiary Healthcare Setting
Haemoglobin Electrophoresis Patterns and Their Clinical Interpretation in a Tertiary Healthcare Setting Open
Background: Hemoglobinopathies and thalassemia’s are among the most common inherited disorders globally, particularly prevalent in South and Southeast Asia. In Bangladesh, conditions such as Hb E trait, Hb E disease, and beta thalassemia t…
View article: User experience with pregnancy tracker mobile apps: Findings from comment-based qualitative study
User experience with pregnancy tracker mobile apps: Findings from comment-based qualitative study Open
Background Worldwide, millions of pregnant women use pregnancy-related apps to monitor their baby’s growth and development. While most of the apps are user-friendly, not all of them are equally appealing. This study aimed to explore the us…
View article: Value-Based Healthcare in Practice: IDEATE, a Collaboration to Design and Test an Outcomes-Based Agreement for a Medicine in Wales
Value-Based Healthcare in Practice: IDEATE, a Collaboration to Design and Test an Outcomes-Based Agreement for a Medicine in Wales Open
The design of an OBA is a complex process that requires a multi-disciplinary approach. By assessing solutions to data, outcomes and contracting challenges, IDEATE provides a strong foundation for future success of OBAs in the UK. Outcome-b…
View article: POS0877 A COMPARISON OF PSA AND RA PATIENT PROFILES REQUIRING ADVANCED THERAPIES: PSA PATIENTS ACCESS TO THE ADVANCED THERAPIES EARLIER THAN RA
POS0877 A COMPARISON OF PSA AND RA PATIENT PROFILES REQUIRING ADVANCED THERAPIES: PSA PATIENTS ACCESS TO THE ADVANCED THERAPIES EARLIER THAN RA Open
Background International guidelines recommend switching to advanced therapy (AT) in patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) and Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA), when conventional synthetic disease modifying antirheumatic drugs (csDMARD) fail. Th…
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View article: Regressive Class Modelling for Predicting Trajectories of COVID-19 Fatalities Using Statistical and Machine Learning Models
Regressive Class Modelling for Predicting Trajectories of COVID-19 Fatalities Using Statistical and Machine Learning Models Open
View article: Risk prediction for repeated measures health outcomes: A divide and recombine framework
Risk prediction for repeated measures health outcomes: A divide and recombine framework Open
We propose a machine learning framework for risk prediction for binary response sequence observed over time, creating a trajectory for disease progression and regression. The proposed framework employs a divide and recombine technique usin…
View article: 240P A real-world data analysis: The first United Kingdom experience of cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6 inhibitor in advanced breast cancer in the National Health Service within an access program
240P A real-world data analysis: The first United Kingdom experience of cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6 inhibitor in advanced breast cancer in the National Health Service within an access program Open
View article: Analyzing the effect of duration on the daily new cases of COVID-19 infections and deaths using bivariate Poisson regression: a marginal conditional approach
Analyzing the effect of duration on the daily new cases of COVID-19 infections and deaths using bivariate Poisson regression: a marginal conditional approach Open
The whole world is devastated by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The socioeconomic and other effects of COVID-19 on people are visible in all echelons of society. The main goal of countries is to stop the spreading of this pandemic by…
View article: Effect of routine iron–folic acid supplementation among rural pregnant women living in low- and high-groundwater-iron areas in Bangladesh – CORRIGENDUM
Effect of routine iron–folic acid supplementation among rural pregnant women living in low- and high-groundwater-iron areas in Bangladesh – CORRIGENDUM Open
Original text and correction: The authors mistakenly used mg/dl instead of g/dl to express Haemoglobin concentration; please see corrections below. ORIGINAL TEXT (page 1, Abstract) After supplementation, the mean changes in Hb concentratio…
View article: Effect of routine iron–folic acid supplementation among rural pregnant women living in low- and high-groundwater-iron areas in Bangladesh
Effect of routine iron–folic acid supplementation among rural pregnant women living in low- and high-groundwater-iron areas in Bangladesh Open
Objective: The present study investigated the risks and benefits of routine Fe–folic acid (IFA) supplementation in pregnant women living in low- and high-groundwater-Fe areas in Bangladesh. Design: A case-controlled prospective longitudina…
View article: Anemia and iron deficiency in rural Bangladeshi pregnant women living in areas of high and low iron in groundwater
Anemia and iron deficiency in rural Bangladeshi pregnant women living in areas of high and low iron in groundwater Open
View article: A generalized right truncated bivariate Poisson regression model with applications to health data
A generalized right truncated bivariate Poisson regression model with applications to health data Open
A generalized right truncated bivariate Poisson regression model is proposed in this paper. Estimation and tests for goodness of fit and over or under dispersion are illustrated for both untruncated and right truncated bivariate Poisson re…
View article: Analyzing dependence in incidence of diabetes and heart problem using generalized bivariate geometric models with covariates
Analyzing dependence in incidence of diabetes and heart problem using generalized bivariate geometric models with covariates Open
For analyzing incidence data on diabetes and health problems, the bivariate geometric probability distribution is a natural choice but remained unexplored largely due to lack of models linking covariates with the probabilities of bivariate…
View article: Zero Truncated Bivariate Poisson Model: Marginal-Conditional Modeling Approach with an Application to Traffic Accident Data
Zero Truncated Bivariate Poisson Model: Marginal-Conditional Modeling Approach with an Application to Traffic Accident Data Open
A new covariate dependent zero-truncated bivariate Poisson model is proposed in this paper employing generalized linear model. A marginal-conditional approach is used to show the bivariate model. The proposed model with estimation procedur…
View article: Integrating cervical cancer screening and preventive therapy into reproductive health networks: Notes for the field
Integrating cervical cancer screening and preventive therapy into reproductive health networks: Notes for the field Open
Background: The Cervical Cancer Screening and Preventative Therapy (CCS&PT) partnership brings together Marie Stopes International, Population Services International, the International Planned Parenthood Federation, and Society for Family…