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1201. Evidence Summary: Cardiovascular Disease: Risk Assessment With Nontraditional Risk Factors | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary--html/cardiovascular-disease-screening-using-nontraditional-risk-assessment
      July 10, 2018 - Main Outcomes and Measures: Cardiovascular events, mortality, risk assessment performance measures ( … evaluated the clinical effect of risk assessment with nontraditional risk factors on patient health outcomes … Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes . 2008;1(2):92-97. 86. Wong ND, Gransar H, Shaw L, et al. … The questions are depicted by linkages that relate interventions and outcomes. … Outcomes: Study did not report required outcomes. Intervention: Intervention was out of scope.

1202. Screening for Osteoporosis: An Update for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/RPB3rmcS9CK_eXPdzXSxZg
      July 01, 2010 - Adverse outcomes from medications are addressed by key question 6. … The trial was considered fair quality because it did not describe blinding of outcomes. … Estrogen alone did not affect these outcomes in the WHI (100, 136, 137). … Therefore, no direct evidence that screening im­ proves outcomes is available. … Multiple Outcomes of Raloxifene Evaluation (MORE) Investigators. JAMA. 1999;282:637-45.

1203. Archived: Evidence Summary: Breast and Ovarian Cancer: BRCA Genetic Testing, September 2005 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/breast-and-ovarian-cancer-brca-testing-screening-2005
      September 15, 2005 - mutations increases (see outcomes for moderate- and high-risk women in Table 6 ). … of benefits and adverse effects for main outcomes. … All estimates in the outcomes table are based on cases of cancer, not mortality. … Multiple Outcomes of Raloxifene Evaluation. JAMA 1999;281:2189-97. 138. … Important outcomes considered.

1204. Archived: Obesity in Adults: Screening and Counseling, 2003 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/obesity-in-adults-screening-and-counseling-2003
      November 03, 2003 - measurement is clear from the established prospective links between BMI and multiple adverse health outcomes … age-dependent and does not account for body fat distribution, an independent risk factor for health outcomes … linked with more dramatic improvements in glycemic control and lipids in limited surgical (non-RCT) outcomes … Associations of general and abdominal obesity with multiple health outcomes in older women: the Iowa … (Senior Director, Outcomes Research and Management, Merck & Company, Inc., West Point, PA); Carolyn Westhoff

1205. Archived: Evidence Summary: Skin Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/skin-cancer-screening-july-2016
      July 26, 2016 - , health outcomes, and harms. … Ecological studies and cardiovascular outcomes research. … The questions are depicted by linkages that relate interventions and outcomes. … A dashed line indicates health outcomes that follow an intermediate outcome. … Outcomes: Study did not have relevant outcomes or had incomplete outcomes.

1206. Archived: Evidence Summary (Pregnant and Postpartum Women): Screening for Depression in Adults | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary-primary-care-screening-for-and-treatment-of/depression-in-adults-screening
      January 26, 2016 - Outcomes had to be reported at a minimum of 6 weeks after randomization. … More common outcomes showed potentially important absolute increases. … Interventions may result in changes in health outcomes as well (KQ4). … Outcomes: study did not have relevant outcomes or had incomplete outcomes. … to ascertain exposure and outcomes.

1207. Archived: Drug Use, Illicit: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/drug-use-illicit-screening-january-2008
      January 15, 2008 - More trials are needed that specifically assess treatment outcomes for adolescents and pregnant women … In most trials, health outcomes were measured by indices of mental or physical health symptoms (e.g., … Evidence of the effect of treatment on social or legal outcomes is sparse and inconsistent, although … Despite the expectation that stopping or reducing drug use will translate into improved health outcomes … Studies of birth outcomes, however, have yielded mixed results with regard to the benefits of reducing

1208. Procedure Manual Appendix VI. Criteria for Assessing Internal Validity of Individual Studies | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/procedure-manual/procedure-manual-appendix-vi-criteria-assessing-internal-validity-individual-studies
      July 01, 2017 - valid (includes masking of outcome assessment) Clear definition of interventions All important outcomes … instruments are used and applied equally to all groups; interventions are spelled out clearly; all important outcomes … instruments are acceptable (although not the best) and generally applied equally; some but not all important outcomes