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211. [BIPS Project] Database study of lenalidomide (Revlimid®) in Germany: Monitoring off-label use

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Date: 10-12-07

Lenalidomide, a derivate of thalidomide, is in combination with dexamethasone indicated for the treatment of multiple myeloma in patients who have received at least one prior therapy. In the USA,…

212. [BIPS Project] Errors in autobiographical memory and their effects in time-to-event analysis (Project in the Priority Programme "Survey Methodology and Statistics")

URL: /en/research/projects/detail-view.html?projID=215&cHash=cdfe24614a6c8b79d2e4f8f6a2de100b
Date: 01-03-08

The aim of this project was the evaluation of the nature and extend of memory errors in retrospectively collected datings in a sociological and an epidemiological survey. The effects of memory errors…

213. [BIPS Project] Interdisciplinary consortium on obesity prevention in children and adolescents; SP2: Genetic factors influencing pathways to obesity

URL: /en/research/projects/detail-view.html?projID=295&cHash=d5c55ae1e396ea619fa545a75c1c0629
Date: 01-08-08

Common obesity is a complex trait that depends on different environmental factors as well as several susceptibility genes with low or at best moderate penetrance. In recent decades, lifestyle changed…

214. [BIPS Project] German population based long-term follow-up of ADHD

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Date: 01-01-09

The German Population Based Long Term Follow-Up of ADHD The central aim of this study is to investigate the course of ADHD from childhood to adulthood considering therapy, comorbidities and…

215. [BIPS Project] Exploitation of claims data of statutory health insurances for health monitoring and reporting

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Date: 01-01-10

Health monitoring describes the state of health of populations and is used to inform politics, researchers, stakeholders and the public. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI), a central federal…

216. [BIPS Project] Epidemiological database study investigating the risk of diabetic complications in type 2 diabetes patients treated with different antidiabetics

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Date: 01-03-10

Cardiovascular diseases are the most common comorbidities in diabetics and account for the high morbidity and mortality among these patients. Several studies emphasised the role of a proper…

217. [BIPS Project] Use of population databases with double sampling for choice-based sample surveys and time-to-event data (Project in the Priority Programme on Survey Methodology)

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Date: 01-03-10

Two-phase or double sampling methods were developed for studies with missing or imprecise covariate information. These methods are typically applied, if information on the event and crude information…

218. [BIPS Project] Validation of mortality related information in the German Pharmacoepidemiological Research Database

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Date: 01-06-10

Death is the most serious, patient relevant endpoint in health care related research. For many questions the cause of death is crucial for the case definition, i.e. to identify insurants with the…

219. [BIPS Project] Cancer risk evaluation after radiation exposure from computed-tomography (CT) diagnostics during childhood (KiCT)

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Date: 01-09-10

Modern radiation protection initiatives acknowledge and particularly discuss possible risks of increasing radiation exposure due to medical diagnostic imaging. To date however, there are few risk…

220. [BIPS Project] Development and statistical discussion of an index to assess the opportunities for physical activity in the neighborhood environment of children

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Date: 01-11-10

The aim of this study was to assess characteristics of the built environment in European regions of the IDEFICS study (Identification and prevention of dietary- and lifestyle-induced health effects…