Browsing by Author "Musa, O.A.H."
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An evidence base for school health policy during the covid-19 pandemic
Badran, S.; Musa, O.A.H.; Al-Maadeed, S.; Toft, E.; Doi, S.A. ( Paris Scholar Publishing , 2021 , Article)Objective: Children represent a small fraction of confirmed COVID-19 cases, with a low case fatality rate (CFR). In this paper, we lay out an evidence-based policy for reopening schools. Methods: We gathered age-specific ... -
Core outcomes in gestational diabetes for treatment trials: The Gestational Metabolic Group treatment set
Bashir, M.; Syed, A.; Furuya-Kanamori, L.; Musa, O.A.H.; Mohamed, A.M.; Skarulis, M.; Thalib, L.; Konje, J.C.; Abou-Samra, A.-B.; Doi, S.A.R.... more authors ... less authors ( John Wiley and Sons Inc , 2021 , Article)Aims With the rising number of outcomes being reported following gestational diabetes (GDM), the outcomes in existing studies vary widely making it challenging to compare and contrast the effectiveness of different ... -
Impact of Smoking on COVID-19 Symptoms in Non-Vaccinated Patients: A Matched Observational Study from Qatar
Haider, M.Z.; Al-Mannai, A.; Al-Sirhan, S.; Elsabagh, A.; Nasser, N.; Al-Quraishi, N.; Ouda, A.; Erradi, K.; Ashour, A.A.; Gupta, I.; Abdulmajeed, J.; Al-Romaihi, H.E.; Bansal, D.; Musa, O.A.H.; Farag, E.A.B.A.; Al-Thani, M.H.J.; Al Moustafa, A.-E.... more authors ... less authors ( Dove Medical Press Ltd , 2022 , Article)Purpose: Predisposition to acute illness from COVID-19 is suggested to correlate with cigarette smoking as it augments the risk of developing cardiovascular and respiratory illnesses, including infections. However, the ... -
The Odds Ratio is "portable" across baseline risk but not the Relative Risk: Time to do away with the log link in binomial regression
Doi, S.A.; Furuya-Kanamori, L.; Xu, C.; Chivese, T.; Lin, L.; Musa, O.A.H.; Hindy, G.; Thalib, L.; Harrell, F.E.; Jr.... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier Inc. , 2022 , Article)Objectives: In a recent paper we suggest that the relative risk (RR) be replaced with the odds ratio (OR) as the effect measure of choice in clinical epidemiology. In response, Chu, and colleagues raise several points that ...