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SUBMITTER: Sherer EA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3603433 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
CPT: pharmacometrics & systems pharmacology 20121024
There is considerable interindividual variability in the growth of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs), but an individual's growth observations, risk factors, and biomarkers could potentially be used to tailor surveillance. To assess the potential for tailoring surveillance, this study determined the accuracy of individualized predictions of AAA size at the next surveillance observation. A hierarchical Bayesian model was fitted to a total of 1,732 serial ultrasound measurements from 299 men in who ...[more]