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Pantke A, Kollan C, Gunsenheimer-Bartmeyer B, Jensen BO, Stephan C, Degen O, Schürmann D, Kurth T, Bremer V, Koppe U. AIDS-defining events among people living with HIV who have been under continuous antiretroviral therapy for more than one year, a German cohort study 1999-2018. Infection. 2024 Apr;52(2):637-648. doi: 10.1007/s15010-024-02188-y. Epub 2024 Feb 21. PubMed PMID: 38381307; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10954987.
Kurth T, Rist PM. Migraines and cardiovascular disease: mechanisms and methodological challenges. Nat Rev Cardiol. 2023 Dec;20(12):791-792. doi: 10.1038/s41569-023-00934-7. PubMed PMID: 37723319.
Matthews AA, Young JC, Kurth T. The target trial framework in clinical epidemiology: principles and applications. J Clin Epidemiol. 2023 Dec;164:112-115. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2023.10.008. Epub 2023 Oct 18. PubMed PMID: 37863299.
Schwabauer E, Piccininni M, Freitag E, Ebinger M, Geisler F, Harmel P, Hille A, Lorenz-Meyer I, Rohrpasser-Napierkowski I, Kurth T, Rohmann JL, Endres M, Schlunk F, Weber J, Wendt M, Audebert HJ. Effects of Mobile Stroke Unit dispatch on blood pressure management and outcomes in patients with intracerebral haematoma: Results from the Berlin_Prehospital Or Usual Care Delivery in acute Stroke (B_PROUD) controlled intervention study. Eur Stroke J. 2023 Nov 28;:23969873231213156. doi: 10.1177/23969873231213156. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 38014623.
Chen SY, Lu C, Kurth T. Comments on Study About Bariatric Surgery and Gastroesophageal Cancer. JAMA Surg. 2023 Nov 1;158(11):1225. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2023.1834. PubMed PMID: 37342019.
Rist PM, Buring JE, Manson JE, Sesso HD, Kurth T. History of Migraine and Risk of COVID-19: A Cohort Study. Am J Med. 2023 Nov;136(11):1094-1098. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2023.07.021. Epub 2023 Aug 19. PubMed PMID: 37598921; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10592142.
Zweck E, Kurth T. Methodologic Challenges of Propensity Score-Based Analyses. JACC Heart Fail. 2023 Nov;11(11):1648. doi: 10.1016/j.jchf.2023.08.023. PubMed PMID: 37940219.
Gonçalves ASO, Mayer I, Schulz RS, Flöel A, von Podewils F, Angermaier A, Wainwright K, Kurth T. Protocol for an economic evaluation of a tele-neurologic intervention alongside a stepped wedge randomised controlled trial (NeTKoH). BMC Health Serv Res. 2023 Sep 22;23(1):1021. doi: 10.1186/s12913-023-09985-5. PubMed PMID: 37736723; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10515046.
Barrero Guevara LA, Goult E, Rodriguez D, Hernandez LJ, Kaufer B, Kurth T, Domenech de Cellès M. Delineating the Seasonality of Varicella and Its Association With Climate in the Tropical Country of Colombia. J Infect Dis. 2023 Sep 15;228(6):674-683. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiad244. PubMed PMID: 37384795; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10503957.
Piccininni M, Kurth T, Audebert HJ, Rohmann JL. The Effect of Mobile Stroke Unit Care on Functional Outcomes: An Application of the Front-door Formula. Epidemiology. 2023 Sep 1;34(5):712-720. doi: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000001642. Epub 2023 Jun 30. PubMed PMID: 37462471.
Fehr J, Piccininni M, Kurth T, Konigorski S. Assessing the transportability of clinical prediction models for cognitive impairment using causal models. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2023 Aug 19;23(1):187. doi: 10.1186/s12874-023-02003-6. PubMed PMID: 37598141; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10439645.
Wainwright K, Mayer I, Oliveira Gonçalves AS, Schulz RS, Kiel S, Chenot JF, Flöel A, von Podewils F, Angermaier A, Kurth T. Effect evaluation of a tele-neurologic intervention in primary care in a rural area in Germany-the NeTKoH study protocol of a stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial. BMC Health Serv Res. 2023 Jul 14;23(1):756. doi: 10.1186/s12913-023-09724-w. PubMed PMID: 37452372; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10347790.
Piccininni M, Brinks R, Rohmann JL, Kurth T. Estimation of migraine prevalence considering active and inactive states across different age groups. J Headache Pain. 2023 Jul 11;24(1):83. doi: 10.1186/s10194-023-01624-y. PubMed PMID: 37430201; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10334692.
Wong A, Kramer SC, Piccininni M, Rohmann JL, Kurth T, Escolano S, Grittner U, Domenech de Cellès M. Using LASSO Regression to Estimate the Population-Level Impact of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines. Am J Epidemiol. 2023 Jul 7;192(7):1166-1180. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwad061. PubMed PMID: 36935107; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10326487.
Pantke A, Kollan C, Gunsenheimer-Bartmeyer B, Jensen BO, Stephan C, Degen O, Schürmann D, Kurth T, Bremer V, Koppe U. AIDS in the era of antiretroviral therapy: Changes in incidence rates and predictors of AIDS among people living with HIV under clinical care in Germany, a cohort study 1999-2018. HIV Med. 2023 Jul;24(7):794-806. doi: 10.1111/hiv.13482. Epub 2023 Mar 22. PubMed PMID: 36949726.
Rist PM, Buring JE, Cook NR, Kurth T. Contribution of Migraine to Cardiovascular Disease Risk Prediction. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2023 Jun 13;81(23):2246-2254. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2023.03.429. PubMed PMID: 37286254.
Voelskow V, Meßner C, Kurth T, Busam A, Glatz T, Ebert N. Prospective mixed-methods study evaluating the potential of a voicebot (CovBot) to relieve German health authorities during the COVID-19 infodemic. Digit Health. 2023 Jan-Dec;9:20552076231180677. doi: 10.1177/20552076231180677. eCollection 2023 Jan-Dec. PubMed PMID: 37325074; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10262654.
Oliveira Gonçalves AS, Rohmann JL, Piccininni M, Kurth T, Ebinger M, Endres M, Freitag E, Harmel P, Lorenz-Meyer I, Rohrpasser-Napierkowski I, Busse R, Audebert HJ. Economic Evaluation of a Mobile Stroke Unit Service in Germany. Ann Neurol. 2023 May;93(5):942-951. doi: 10.1002/ana.26602. Epub 2023 Jan 27. PubMed PMID: 36637359.
Grasemann C, Höppner J, Burgard P, Schündeln MM, Matar N, Müller G, Krude H, Berner R, Lee-Kirsch MA, Hauck F, Wainwright K, Baumgarten S, Atinga J, Bauer JJ, Manka E, Körholz J, Kiewert C, Heinen A, Kretschmer T, Kurth T, Mittnacht J, Schramm C, Klein C, Graessner H, Hiort O, Muntau AC, Grüters A, Hoffmann GF, Choukair D. Transition for adolescents with a rare disease: results of a nationwide German project. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2023 Apr 25;18(1):93. doi: 10.1186/s13023-023-02698-2. PubMed PMID: 37098531; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10131406.
Oliveira Gonçalves AS, Werdin S, Kurth T, Panteli D. Mapping Studies to Estimate Health-State Utilities From Nonpreference-Based Outcome Measures: A Systematic Review on How Repeated Measurements are Taken Into Account. Value Health. 2023 Apr;26(4):589-597. doi: 10.1016/j.jval.2022.09.2477. Epub 2022 Nov 10. Review. PubMed PMID: 36371289.
Erdur H, Weber JE, Angermaier A, Kinze S, Sotoodeh A, Gorski C, Bollweg K, Ernst S, Kandil FI, Behrens J, Ganeshan R, Keysers A, Kotlarz-Böttcher M, Peters D, Schlemm L, Stangenberg-Gliss K, Witt C, Hennig B, Reber KC, Schneider U, Franke C, Schmehl I, Straub HB, Flöel A, Theen S, Endres M, Kurth T, Audebert HJ. A Managed Care System with Telemedicine Support for Neurological Emergencies. Ann Neurol. 2023 Mar;93(3):511-521. doi: 10.1002/ana.26556. Epub 2022 Dec 2. PubMed PMID: 36401341.
Rohmann JL, Huerta-Gutierrez R, Audebert HJ, Kurth T, Piccininni M. Adjusted horizontal stacked bar graphs ("Grotta bars") for consistent presentation of observational stroke study results. Eur Stroke J. 2023 Mar;8(1):370-379. doi: 10.1177/23969873221149464. Epub 2023 Jan 13. PubMed PMID: 37021164; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10069225.
Piccininni M, Rohmann JL, Wechsung M, Logroscino G, Kurth T. Should Cognitive Screening Tests Be Corrected for Age and Education? Insights From a Causal Perspective. Am J Epidemiol. 2023 Jan 6;192(1):93-101. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwac159. PubMed PMID: 36068941; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9825732.
Theuring S, Kern M, Hommes F, Mall MA, Seybold J, Mockenhaupt FP, Glatz T, Kurth T. Generalized anxiety disorder in Berlin school children after the third COVID-19 wave in Germany: a cohort study between June and September 2021. Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health. 2023 Jan 3;17(1):1. doi: 10.1186/s13034-022-00552-0. PubMed PMID: 36597131; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9808730.
Kurth T, Rohmann JL. Studying migraine as a risk factor for stroke: The importance of working with an explicit causal framework. Cephalalgia. 2023 Jan;43(1):3331024221132007. doi: 10.1177/03331024221132007. PubMed PMID: 36622875.
Brinks R, Küchenhoff H, Timm J, Kurth T, Hoyer A. Epidemiological measures for assessing the dynamics of the SARS-CoV-2-outbreak: Simulation study about bias by incomplete case-detection. PLoS One. 2022;17(10):e0276311. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0276311. eCollection 2022. PubMed PMID: 36288362; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9604981.
Ibrahimi K, Rist PM, Carpenet C, Rohmann JL, Buring JE, Maassen van den Brink A, Kurth T. Vascular Risk Score and Associations With Past, Current, or Future Migraine in Women: Cohort Study. Neurology. 2022 Oct 17;99(16):e1694-e1701. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000201009. PubMed PMID: 35985832; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9620807.
Schwedt TJ, Tassorelli C, Silberstein SD, Szperka CL, Kurth T, Pozo-Rosich P, Amin FM, Lipton RB, Dodick DW, Ashina M, Diener HC, Terwindt GM. Guidelines of the International Headache Society for Clinic-Based Headache Registries, 1(st) edition. Cephalalgia. 2022 Oct;42(11-12):1099-1115. doi: 10.1177/03331024221099035. Epub 2022 May 6. PubMed PMID: 35514209; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10141527.
Matthews AA, Danaei G, Islam N, Kurth T. Target trial emulation: applying principles of randomised trials to observational studies. BMJ. 2022 Aug 30;378:e071108. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2022-071108. PubMed PMID: 36041749.
Theuring S, van Loon W, Hommes F, Bethke N, Mall MA, Kurth T, Seybold J, Mockenhaupt FP. Psychosocial Wellbeing of Schoolchildren during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Berlin, Germany, June 2020 to March 2021. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Aug 16;19(16). doi: 10.3390/ijerph191610103. PubMed PMID: 36011738; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9407732.
Goei A, Kurth T. Considerations for Use of Propensity Score Matching in Specific Patient Populations. JAMA Surg. 2022 Aug 1;157(8):743-744. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2022.1495. PubMed PMID: 35544286.
Etheridge JC, Heindel PV, Paneitz DC, Kurth T. Probe deeper on intravascular ultrasound for blunt thoracic aortic injury. J Vasc Surg. 2022 Aug;76(2):608-609. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2022.02.062. PubMed PMID: 35870853.
Oliveira Gonçalves AS, Laumeier I, Hofacker MD, Raffaelli B, Burow P, Dahlem MA, Heintz S, Jürgens TP, Naegel S, Rimmele F, Scholler S, Kurth T, Reuter U, Neeb L. Study Design and Protocol of a Randomized Controlled Trial of the Efficacy of a Smartphone-Based Therapy of Migraine (SMARTGEM). Front Neurol. 2022;13:912288. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2022.912288. eCollection 2022. PubMed PMID: 35785344; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9243352.
Kindzierski S, van Loon W, Theuring S, Hommes F, Thombansen E, Böttcher M, Matthes H, Rössig H, Weiger D, Wiesmann C, Kurth T, Kirchberger V, Seybold J, Mockenhaupt FP, Gertler M. SARS-CoV-2 infection among educational staff in Berlin, Germany, June to December 2020. Euro Surveill. 2022 Mar;27(11). doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.11.2100524. PubMed PMID: 35301979; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8971916.
Reichel K, Prigge M, Latza U, Kurth T, Backé EM. Association of occupational sitting with cardiovascular outcomes and cardiometabolic risk factors: a systematic review with a sex-sensitive/gender-sensitive perspective. BMJ Open. 2022 Feb 8;12(2):e048017. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-048017. PubMed PMID: 35135760; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8830241.
Hautakangas H, Winsvold BS, Ruotsalainen SE, Bjornsdottir G, Harder AVE, Kogelman LJA, Thomas LF, Noordam R, Benner C, Gormley P, Artto V, Banasik K, Bjornsdottir A, Boomsma DI, Brumpton BM, Burgdorf KS, Buring JE, Chalmer MA, de Boer I, Dichgans M, Erikstrup C, Färkkilä M, Garbrielsen ME, Ghanbari M, Hagen K, Häppölä P, Hottenga JJ, Hrafnsdottir MG, Hveem K, Johnsen MB, Kähönen M, Kristoffersen ES, Kurth T, Lehtimäki T, Lighart L, Magnusson SH, Malik R, Pedersen OB, Pelzer N, Penninx BWJH, Ran C, Ridker PM, Rosendaal FR, Sigurdardottir GR, Skogholt AH, Sveinsson OA, Thorgeirsson TE, Ullum H, Vijfhuizen LS, Widén E, van Dijk KW, Aromaa A, Belin AC, Freilinger T, Ikram MA, Järvelin MR, Raitakari OT, Terwindt GM, Kallela M, Wessman M, Olesen J, Chasman DI, Nyholt DR, Stefánsson H, Stefansson K, van den Maagdenberg AMJM, Hansen TF, Ripatti S, Zwart JA, Palotie A, Pirinen M. Genome-wide analysis of 102,084 migraine cases identifies 123 risk loci and subtype-specific risk alleles. Nat Genet. 2022 Feb;54(2):152-160. doi: 10.1038/s41588-021-00990-0. Epub 2022 Feb 3. PubMed PMID: 35115687; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8837554.
Oliveira Gonçalves AS, Panteli D, Neeb L, Kurth T, Aigner A. HIT-6 and EQ-5D-5L in patients with migraine: assessment of common latent constructs and development of a mapping algorithm. Eur J Health Econ. 2022 Feb;23(1):47-57. doi: 10.1007/s10198-021-01342-9. Epub 2021 Jul 10. PubMed PMID: 34245392; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8882092.
Daghals I, Sargurupremraj M, Danning R, Gormley P, Malik R, Amouyel P, Metso T, Pezzini A, Kurth T, Debette S, Chasman D. Migraine, Stroke, and Cervical Arterial Dissection: Shared Genetics for a Triad of Brain Disorders With Vascular Involvement. Neurol Genet. 2022 Feb;8(1):e653. doi: 10.1212/NXG.0000000000000653. eCollection 2022 Feb. PubMed PMID: 35128049; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8808356.
Ferrari MD, Goadsby PJ, Burstein R, Kurth T, Ayata C, Charles A, Ashina M, van den Maagdenberg AMJM, Dodick DW. Migraine. Nat Rev Dis Primers. 2022 Jan 13;8(1):2. doi: 10.1038/s41572-021-00328-4. Review. PubMed PMID: 35027572.
Ruf S, Hommes F, van Loon W, Seybold J, Kurth T, Mall MA, Mockenhaupt FP, Theuring S. A Retrospective Outbreak Investigation of a COVID-19 Case Cluster in a Berlin Kindergarten, November 2020. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Dec 21;19(1). doi: 10.3390/ijerph19010036. PubMed PMID: 35010296; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8751229.
Lindner AK, Sarma N, Rust LM, Hellmund T, Krasovski-Nikiforovs S, Wintel M, Klaes SM, Hoerig M, Monert S, Schwarzer R, Edelmann A, Martinez GE, Mockenhaupt FP, Kurth T, Seybold J. Monitoring for COVID-19 by universal testing in a homeless shelter in Germany: a prospective feasibility cohort study. BMC Infect Dis. 2021 Dec 11;21(1):1241. doi: 10.1186/s12879-021-06945-4. PubMed PMID: 34895157; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8665323.
Guo Y, Daghlas I, Gormley P, Giulianini F, Ridker PM, Mora S, Kurth T, Rist PM, Chasman DI. Phenotypic and Genotypic Associations Between Migraine and Lipoprotein Subfractions. Neurology. 2021 Nov 30;97(22):e2223-e2235. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000012919. Epub 2021 Oct 11. PubMed PMID: 34635557; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8641972.
van Loon W, Hommes F, Theuring S, von der Haar A, Körner J, Schmidt M, von Kalle C, Mall MA, Seybold J, Kurth T, Mockenhaupt FP. Renewed Absence of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Infections in the Day Care Context in Berlin, January 2021. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Nov 16;73(10):1944-1945. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciab199. PubMed PMID: 33675648; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7989586.
Siegert K, van Loon W, Gai PP, Rohmann JL, Piccininni M, Näher AF, Boloor A, Shenoy D, Mahabala C, Kulkarni SS, Kumar A, Wedam J, Gai P, Devi R, Jain A, Kurth T, Mockenhaupt FP. The Effect of Socioeconomic Factors and Indoor Residual Spraying on Malaria in Mangaluru, India: A Case-Control Study. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Nov 12;18(22). doi: 10.3390/ijerph182211853. PubMed PMID: 34831610; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8618973.
Platzbecker K, Grabitz SD, Raub D, Rudolph MI, Friedrich S, Vinzant N, Kurth T, Weimar C, Bhatt DL, Nozari A, Houle TT, Xu X, Eikermann M. Development and external validation of a prognostic model for ischaemic stroke after surgery. Br J Anaesth. 2021 Nov;127(5):713-721. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2021.05.035. Epub 2021 Jul 22. PubMed PMID: 34303492.
Thielecke M, Theuring S, van Loon W, Hommes F, Mall MA, Rosen A, Böhringer F, von Kalle C, Kirchberger V, Kurth T, Seybold J, Mockenhaupt FP. SARS-CoV-2 infections in kindergartens and associated households at the start of the second wave in Berlin, Germany-a cross-sectional study. Eur J Public Health. 2021 Oct 26;31(5):1105-1107. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckab079. PubMed PMID: 33956945; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8135989.
Andersen LW, Isbye D, Kjærgaard J, Kristensen CM, Darling S, Zwisler ST, Fisker S, Schmidt JC, Kirkegaard H, Grejs AM, Rossau JRG, Larsen JM, Rasmussen BS, Riddersholm S, Iversen K, Schultz M, Nielsen JL, Løfgren B, Lauridsen KG, Sølling C, Pælestik K, Kjærgaard AG, Due-Rasmussen D, Folke F, Charlot MG, Jepsen RMHG, Wiberg S, Donnino M, Kurth T, Høybye M, Sindberg B, Holmberg MJ, Granfeldt A. Effect of Vasopressin and Methylprednisolone vs Placebo on Return of Spontaneous Circulation in Patients With In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2021 Oct 26;326(16):1586-1594. doi: 10.1001/jama.2021.16628. PubMed PMID: 34587236; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8482303.
Schulz JB, Berlit P, Diener HC, Gerloff C, Greinacher A, Klein C, Petzold GC, Piccininni M, Poli S, Röhrig R, Steinmetz H, Thiele T, Kurth T. COVID-19 Vaccine-Associated Cerebral Venous Thrombosis in Germany. Ann Neurol. 2021 Oct;90(4):627-639. doi: 10.1002/ana.26172. Epub 2021 Aug 23. PubMed PMID: 34288044; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8427115.
van Loon W, Theuring S, Hommes F, Mall MA, Seybold J, Kurth T, Mockenhaupt FP. Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Infections Among Students, Teachers, and Household Members During Lockdown and Split Classes in Berlin, Germany. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Sep 1;4(9):e2127168. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.27168. PubMed PMID: 34581799; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8479578.
Theuring S, Thielecke M, van Loon W, Hommes F, Hülso C, von der Haar A, Körner J, Schmidt M, Böhringer F, Mall MA, Rosen A, von Kalle C, Kirchberger V, Kurth T, Seybold J, Mockenhaupt FP. SARS-CoV-2 infection and transmission in school settings during the second COVID-19 wave: a cross-sectional study, Berlin, Germany, November 2020. Euro Surveill. 2021 Aug;26(34). doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.34.2100184. PubMed PMID: 34448448; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8393892.
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