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Tanvir Chowdhury Turin

Department of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary …
Verified email at ucalgary.ca
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[HTML][HTML] Variable selection strategies and its importance in clinical prediction modelling

MZI Chowdhury, TC Turin - Family medicine and community health, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Clinical prediction models are used frequently in clinical practice to identify patients who are
at risk of developing an adverse outcome so that preventive measures can be initiated. A …

[HTML][HTML] A multicenter observational study of incretin-based drugs and heart failure

…, JM Paterson, L Targownik, TC Turin… - … England Journal of …, 2016 - Mass Medical Soc
Background There is concern that antidiabetic incretin-based drugs, including dipeptidyl
peptidase 4 (DPP-4) inhibitors and glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) analogues, can increase …

Barriers to access of primary healthcare by immigrant populations in Canada: a literature review

…, N Rumana, GRS Barron, S Wicklum, TC Turin - Journal of immigrant and …, 2016 - Springer
To summarize information obtained from original research about barriers to access of primary
healthcare by Canadian immigrants’ and to identify research gaps. Electronic databases of …

Declining kidney function increases the prevalence of sleep apnea and nocturnal hypoxia

…, BR Hemmelgarn, DY Sola, JM Beecroft, TC Turin… - Chest, 2012 - Elsevier
… Beecroft MSc b , Tanvir C. Turin MBBS, PhD a , Patrick J. Hanly MD a b … Dr Turin:
contributed statistical expertise and reviewed the manuscript for important intellectual content. …

[HTML][HTML] Change in the estimated glomerular filtration rate over time and risk of all-cause mortality

TC Turin, J Coresh, M Tonelli, PE Stevens… - Kidney international, 2013 - Elsevier
Using a community-based cohort we studied the association between changes in the
estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) over time and the risk of all-cause mortality. We …

[HTML][HTML] Web-based interventions for chronic back pain: a systematic review

S Garg, D Garg, TC Turin, MFU Chowdhury - Journal of medical Internet …, 2016 - jmir.org
Background Chronic low back pain is one of the most common presenting complaints to a
physician’s office. Treatment is often challenging and recovery depends on various factors, …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding misinformation infodemic during public health emergencies due to large-scale disease outbreaks: a rapid review

N Chowdhury, A Khalid, TC Turin - Journal of Public Health, 2023 - Springer
Aim The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused hundreds of thousands of
deaths, impacted the flow of life and resulted in an immeasurable amount of socio-economic …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in Bangladesh: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the studies

…, J Fatema, T Akter, TA Tani, M Rahman, TC Turin - BMC public health, 2018 - Springer
Background Metabolic syndrome (MS) is a cluster of health problems that set the stage for
serious health conditions and places individuals at higher risk of cardiovascular disease, …

Incretin based drugs and the risk of pancreatic cancer: international multicentre cohort study

…, M Durand, DN Juurlink, LE Targownik, TC Turin… - bmj, 2016 - bmj.com
Objective To determine whether the use of incretin based drugs compared with sulfonylureas
is associated with an increased risk of incident pancreatic cancer in people with type 2 …

[HTML][HTML] Barriers to cervical cancer screening faced by immigrant women in Canada: a systematic scoping review

…, S Goopy, H Yang, N Rumana, T Abedin, TC Turin - BMC women's …, 2018 - Springer
Background The objective of this scoping study is to review the published literature and
summarize findings related to barriers experienced by immigrant women in Canada while …