• Author: Matthew Lane
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Risk of urinary tract infections in male Veterans with diabetes prescribed sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors versus sulfonylureas across the Veterans Health Administration

Abstract: Background: Due to their mechanism of action, sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2is) carry a presumed increased risk of urinary tract infection (UTI) which …

High dimensional predictions of suicide risk in 4.2 million US Veterans using ensemble transfer learning

Abstract: We present an ensemble transfer learning method to predict suicide from Veterans Affairs (VA) electronic medical records (EMR). A diverse set of base models was trained …

Risk of pancreatitis with incretin therapies versus thiazolidinediones in the Veterans Health Administration

Abstract: Background: Incretin therapies, comprised of the dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors (DPP-4i) and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs), have been …

Erectile Dysfunction Medications and Skin Cancer: An Analysis in US Veterans

Abstract: Objective: To examine the relationship between phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitor drugs (PDE5i) and skin cancers in a large-scale study of Veterans. Methods: This was a …