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41. C-Reactive Protein as a Risk Factor for Coronary Heart Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-analyses for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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    October 01, 2009 - Prospective cohort, case–cohort, and nested case– control studies relevant to the independent predictive ability … Ethnic and racial minority popu- lations were poorly represented in most studies, limiting generaliz- ability … Several previous meta-analyses (17–19) have assessed the possible independent predictive ability of CRP … Because we sought to evaluate the predictive ability of CRP indepen- dent of the Framingham risk factors … Establishing the independent predictive ability of a new risk factor is necessary but not sufficient

42. Screening for Skin Cancer: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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    July 26, 2016 - However, this study design has limitations in the ability to create an appropriate comparison group, … the ability to accurately measure the exposure of interest (because of recall bias and other sources … case of the clinical visual skin examination, this includes linking together information about the ability

43. Archived: Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse of Elderly and Vulnerable Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/intimate-partner-violence-and-abuse-of-elderly-and-vulnerable-adults-screening-2013
    January 15, 2013 - A vulnerable adult is a person age 18 years or older whose ability to perform the normal activities of … Because many elderly and vulnerable adults may not have sufficient physical, mental, or financial abilities … lack of control over a woman's reproductive health, including compromised decision making or limited ability … patients' experiences with interpersonal violence or abuse may adversely affect their health status or ability

44. Nontraditional Risk Factors in Cardiovascular Disease Risk Assessment: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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    July 17, 2018 - mor- bidity and mortality.11-13 Moreover, this research has shown that these factors can improve the ability … Additionally, these reviews did not address the ability of nontraditional risk factors to improve on … the ABI39 and hsCRP level40) were selected based on the applicability of the models evaluated, the ability … Discrimination is the ability to distinguish between individuals who will and will not have an event. … A substantial body of evidence evaluates the ability of the ABI, hsCRP level, or CAC score to improve

45. ahrq12a_Summary_HBP.qxd (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2010 - For each topic for which we performed a comprehensive review (eg, the prognostic ability of home blood … pressure monitoring, the prognostic ability of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, and the adverse … Recent trials have shown, however, that the ability of a pharmacological treatment to reduce undesirable … cardiovascular outcomes may not correspond directly to its ability to lower blood pressure (29,30).

46. Archived: Evidence Summary: High Blood Pressure in Adults, Children, and Adolescents: Screening, 2003 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/high-blood-pressure-adults-children-adolescents-screening-2003
    April 01, 2003 - For each topic for which we performed a comprehensive review (e.g., the prognostic ability of home blood … pressure monitoring, the prognostic ability of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, and the adverse … Recent trials have shown, however, that the ability of a pharmacological treatment to reduce undesirable … cardiovascular outcomes may not correspond directly to its ability to lower blood pressure. 29 , 30

47. Archived: Skin Cancer: Counseling, 2003 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/skin-cancer-counseling-2003
    October 06, 2003 - associated with increased risk for melanoma; chronic exposure was associated with lower risk, as was the ability … Exposure to sunlight, ability to tan, and other risk factors related to ultraviolet light.

48. Archived: Visual Impairment in Children Ages 1-5: Screening, 2004 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/visual-impairment-in-children-ages-1-5-screening-2004
    January 14, 2004 - In children older than age 3 years, stereopsis (the ability of both eyes to function together) can be … of preschool children have refractive errors. 2 Uncorrected amblyopia may harm school performance, ability

49. Recommendation: Speech and Language Delay and Disorders in Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/speech-and-language-delay-and-disorders-in-children-age-5-and-younger-screening
    January 23, 2024 - the mean is often considered a delay. 6 Speech or language disorders refer to speech or language ability … Children’s language ability and psychosocial development: a 29-year follow-up study. … Standardization would greatly strengthen the evidence base and improve the ability to pool data.

50. Recommendation: Cardiovascular Disease: Risk Assessment With Nontraditional Risk Factors | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    July 10, 2018 - stroke]) may improve calibration (agreement between observed and predicted outcomes), discrimination (ability … to distinguish between people who will and will not experience an event), and reclassification (ability … Calibration measures the agreement between observed and predicted outcomes, discrimination measures the ability … distinguish between persons who will and will not have an event, and reclassification measures the ability

51. Screening for Speech and Language Delay and Disorders in Children: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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    January 23, 2024 - Standardization would greatly strengthen the evidence base and improve the ability to pool data. … Children’s language ability and psychosocial development: a 29-year follow-up study.

52. Screening for Iron Deficiency Anemia and Iron Supplementation in Pregnant Women to Improve Maternal Health and Birth Outcomes (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2015 - foods and having a stomach or intestinal disease or taking a medicine that interferes with the body’s ability

53. Microsoft Word - 5As_selfmanagement.doc (pdf file)
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    Benefits of change Agree: Collaboratively set goals Based on patient’s interest and confidence in their ability

54. Archived: Evidence Summary: Speech and Language Delay and Disorders in Children Age 5 and Younger: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary30/speech-and-language-delay-and-disorders-in-children-age-5-and-younger-screening-july-2015
    July 07, 2015 - rate than expected, whereas a speech or language disorder suggests that the child's speech or language ability … would make parents more willing to consent to enrolling their children in a RCT, but it constrains our ability … Utility of the MacArthur-Bates communicative development inventory in identifying language abilities … Linguistic and motor abilities of low-birthweight children as assessed by parents and teachers at 8 years … ; MSCA, McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities; NR, not reported; PLS, Preschool Language Scale; RDLS

55. Counseling to Prevent Skin Cancer - Recommendations and Rationale (pdf file)
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    June 01, 2003 - associated with increased risk for melanoma; chronic exposure was associated with lower risk, as was the ability … Exposure to sunlight, ability to tan, and other risk factors related to ultraviolet light.

56. Screening for Visual Impairment in Children Younger than Age 5 Years - Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/thMRXgCVQmNUsYo6dmXEc3
    May 01, 2004 - In children older than age 3 years, stereopsis (the ability of both eyes to function together) can be … 7% of preschool children have refractive errors.4 Uncorrected amblyopia may harm school performance, ability

57. Screening for Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation (pdf file)
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    January 14, 2025 - fractures are associated with psychological distress, subsequent fractures, loss of independence, reduced ability … fractures are associated with psychological distress, subse- quent fractures, loss of independence, reduced ability … 40% to 60% of persons experiencing a hip fracture re- cover their prefracture level of mobility and ability … fractures are associated with psychological distress, subsequent fractures, loss of independence, reduced ability … only 40% to 60% of persons experiencing a hip fracture recover their prefracture level of mobility and ability

58. Screening for Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse of Elderly and Vulnerable Adults: USPSTF Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/aSTzfuKHZtT8_PjfJjuck5
    March 01, 2013 - A vulnerable adult is a person age 18 years or older whose ability to perform the normal activities of … Because many elderly and vulnerable adults may not have sufficient physical, mental, or financial abilities … lack of control over a woman’s reproductive health, including compromised decision making or limited ability … patients’ experiences with interper- sonal violence or abuse may adversely affect their health status or ability

59. Archived: Speech and Language Delay in Preschool Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/speech-and-language-delay-in-preschool-children-screening-2006
    February 15, 2006 - language development is considered a useful early indicator of a child's overall development and cognitive ability … evaluated brief, formal screening instruments have shown that such instruments vary widely in their ability

60. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Coronary Heart Disease: Screening Using Non-Traditional Risk Factors | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary16/coronary-heart-disease-screening-using-non-traditional-risk-factors-2009
    October 15, 2009 - 2002 4 , 9 recommended against using these factors in the absence of stronger data to support their ability … factor adds to a risk scoring system (such as the Framingham system) cannot be judged solely by its ability … Estimates of the predictive ability of a particular marker vary depending on the pattern and prevalence … Inclusion of such patients could increase the apparent predictive ability of ABI but reduce its relevance … Evaluating the added predictive ability of a new marker: from area under the ROC curve to reclassification