Johan Lindbäck

An Empirical Assessment of the Cost of Dichotomization of the Outcome of Clinical Trials We have studied 21 435 unique randomized controlled trials (RCTs) from the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR). Of these trials, 7224 (34%) have a continuous (numerical) outcome and 14 211 (66%) have a binary outcome. We find that trials ...

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Clinical research? Why not use responder dichotomies?

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Stop the count!

Tycker det låter som både och

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Fin avslutning på säsongen #ifkgbg. Längtar redan till nästa - även om den blir utan Gurra.

Vore kul att se utvecklingen av simulerad sannolikhet för fjärdeplats över säsongen, @magnusx71.bsky.social

Dina simuleringar har blivit så mycket trevligare att läsa i jämförelse med de senaste årens simuleringar. Bra jobbat får man lov att säga... #ifkgbg

Inte förrän nu, men nu kan jag inte sluta tänka på det... Tack!

Drug-coated devices do not improve outcomes in patients with peripheral artery disease Your access to the latest cardiovascular news, science, tools and resources.

Very proud to be part of the team delivering the results of the SWEDEPAD RRCT trials www.escardio.org/The-ESC/Pres... published in @thelancet.com (SWEDEPAD 1 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... and SWEDEPAD 2 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...) presented at #ESCCongress @escardio.bsky.social

Rubrik från Aftonbladet: Då ska du söka vård för farliga streptokocker

Direkt?

Här vill jag ju svara ja men det är väl möjligen ett av undantagen som bekräftar regeln. Men skulle inte förvåna mig om det finns tillfällen när det faktiskt är så.

Jodå, i Norrland finns det garanterat. Inte minst som adjektiv. Oljust = inte mörkt men inte heller ljust, trots att det skulle kunnat vara ljust. Oljus (subst.) borde då vara det man ser just då när det är oljust. 🤷

Can't tell if this is a rant about rants or a rant about (old) rules about rants, and even if the proposed new rule is followed in this rant. #notarant

NEW PAPER in @bmj.com "Dealing with continuous variables and modelling non-linear associations in healthcare data: practical guide"

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i'm no stephen hawking but i think what happens is that they cancel each other out

Thanks for reminding us. It's easy to take all these wonderful things for granted.

As scientists it is difficult to stay in love with the questions once you fall in love with the answers

Bra vecka ändå. Liverpool vinner PL och Luleå SHL. Upp till Blåvitt att fullborda det perfekta året! #lfc #ynwa #luleåhockey #lhf #ifkgbg

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New chapter in Regression Modeling Strategies #rms: ordinal regression generalizes Wilcoxon, log-rank, Kaplan-Meier, Cox PH model, and all common survival time analyses. Semiparametric regression is a unifying concept. #StatsSky #EpiSky #RStats #statistics hbiostat.org/rmsc/ordsurv

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Modeling Survival Data: Extending the Cox Model

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Was working with Johan Giesecke and Johan Carlsson at Smittskyddsinstitutet. Obviously, I was third in "rank" among the Johans and the reference to the 16th century Swedish King Johan III was then also obvious. At one point johaniii was taken so I switched to iiijohan.

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Let us start 2025 in a positive mood: here are 10 methods things researchers can worry *less* about in 2025