Publications

A selection of recent papers, abstracts, and presentations authored by members of our team

Peer-Reviewed Manuscript Publications


Integrating expert knowledge for dementia risk prediction in individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI): a study protocol

Authors: Wang M, Smith EE, Forkert ND, Chekouo T, Ismail Z, Ganesh A, Sajobi T

Location: BMJ Open

Repeated measures discriminant analysis using multivariate generalized estimating equations

Authors: Brobbey A, Wiebe S, Nettel-Aguirre A, Josephson CB, Williamson T, Lix LM, Sajobi T.

Location: Statistical Methods in Medical Research

Malnutrition modifies the response to multimodal prehabilitation: a pooled analysis of prehabilitation trials

Authors: Gillis C, Fenton TR, Gramlich L, Keller HH, Sajobi TT, Culos-Reed N, Richer L, Awasthi R, Carli F

Location: Appl Physiol Nutr Metab.

Measurement invariance of the Seattle angina questionnaire in coronary artery disease

Authors: Lawal OA, Awosoga O, Santana MJ, James MT, Wilton SB, Norris CM, Lix LM, Sajobi TT; APPROACH Investigators

Location: Qual Life Res.

EEG patterns and outcomes after hypoxic brain injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Authors: Perera K, Khan S, Singh S, Kromm J, Wang M, Sajobi T, Jetté N, Wiebe S, Josephson CB

Location: Neurocrit Care

Quality of life in epilepsy: same questions, but different meaning to different people

Authors: Sajobi TT, Josephson CB, Sawatzky R, Wang M, Lawal O, Patten SB, Lix LM, Wiebe S

Location: Epilepsia

Predictive modeling of spread in adult-onset isolated dystonia: key properties and effect of tremor inclusion

Authors: Wang M, Sajobi T, Morgante F, Adler C, Agarwal P, Bäumer T, Berardelli A, Berman BD, Blumin J, Borsche M, Brashear A, Deik A, Duque K, Espay AJ, Ferrazzano G, Feuerstein J, Fox S, Frank S, Hallett M, Jankovic J, LeDoux MS, Leegwater-Kim J, Mahajan A, Malaty IA, Ondo W, Pantelyat A, Pirio-Richardson S, Roze E, Saunders-Pullman R, Suchowersky O, Truong D, Vidailhet M, Shukla AW, Perlmutter JS, Jinnah HA, Martino D.

Location: Eur J Neurol.

The brain in motion II study: study protocol for a RCT of an aerobic exercise intervention for older adults at increased risk of dementia

Authors: Krüger RL, Clark CM, Dyck AM, Anderson TJ, Clement F, Hanly PJ, Hanson HM, Hill MD, Hogan DB, Holroyd-Leduc J, Longman RS, McDonough M, Pike GB, Rawling JM, Sajobi T, Poulin MJ

Location: Trials

Colorectal cancer patients with malnutrition suffer poor physical and mental health before surgery

Authors: Gillis C, Richer L, Fenton TR, Gramlich L, Keller H, Culos-Reed SN, Sajobi TT, Awasthi R, Carli F

Location: Surgery

Quantifying the contribution of modifiable risk factors to socio-economic inequities in cancer morbidity and mortality: a [...] cohort study

Authors: Nejatinamini S, Godley J, Minaker LM, Sajobi TT, McCormack GR, Cooke MJ, Nykiforuk CIJ, de Koning L, Olstad DL

Location: Int J Epidemiol.

Association of a shortened duration of adjuvant chemotherapy with overall survival among individuals with stage III colon cancer

Authors: Boyne DJ, Cheung WY, Hilsden RJ, Sajobi TT, Batra A, Friedenreich CM, Brenner DR

Location: JAMA Netw Open

Use of a clinical electrocardiographic database to enhance atrial fibrillation/atrial flutter identification algorithms based on administrative data

Authors: Liu H, Collins R, Miller RJH, Southern DA, Arena R, Aggarwal S, Sajobi T, James MT, Wilton SB

Location: J Am Heart Assoc. 

Treatment preferences for cardiac procedures of patients with chronic kidney disease in acute coronary syndrome: [...] a discrete choice experiment

Authors: Wilson T, Javaheri P, Finlay J, Hazlewood G, Wilton SB, Sajobi T, Levin A, Pearson W, Connolly C, James MT

Location: Can J Kidney Health Dis.

Psychometric evaluation of a Canadian version of the Seattle angina questionnaire (SAQ-CAN)

Authors: Lawal OA, Awosoga O, Santana MJ, James MT, Southern DA, Wilton SB, Graham MM, Knudtson M, Lu M, Quan H, Ghali WA, Norris CM, Sajobi T; APPROACH Investigators

Location: Health Qual Life Outcomes

Genetic risk, vascular function, and subjective cognitive complaints predict objective cognitive function [...] the brain in motion study

Authors: Tyndall AV, Longman RS, Sajobi TT, Parboosingh JS, Drogos LL, Davenport MH, Eskes GA, Hogan DB, Hill MD, Poulin MJ.

Location: Front Integr Neurosci.

Third-variable effects: tools to understand who, when, why, and how patients benefit from surgical prehabilitation

Authors: Gillis C, Gramlich L, Culos-Reed SN, Sajobi TT, Fiest KM, Carli F, Fenton TR.

Location: J Surg Res.

Development of a model for predicting early discontinuation of adjuvant chemotherapy in stage III colon cancer

Authors: Boyne DJ, Brenner DR, Sajobi TT, Hilsden RJ, Yusuf D, Xu Y, Friedenreich CM, Cheung WY

Location: JCO Clin Cancer Inform.

White matter tract microstructure and cognitive performance after transient ischemic attack

Authors: Tariq S, Tsang A, Wang M, Reaume N, Carlson H, Sajobi TT, Longman RS, Smith EE, Frayne R, d'Esterre CD, Coutts SB, Barber PA

Location: PLoS One

Older frail prehabilitated patients who cannot attain a 400 m 6-min walking distance before colorectal surgery suffer more postoperative complications

Authors: Gillis C, Fenton TR, Gramlich L, Sajobi TT, Culos-Reed SN, Bousquet-Dion G, Elsherbini N, Fiore JF Jr, Minnella EM, Awasthi R, Liberman AS, Boutros M, Carli F

Location: Eur J Surg Oncol

Functional outcome prediction in ischemic stroke: a comparison of machine learning and logistic regression models

Authors: Alaka SA, Menon BK, Brobbey A, Williamson T, Goyal M, Demchuk A, Hill MD, Sajobi TT

Location: Frontiers in Neurology

Development and validation of a clinical prediction score for poor postoperative pain control following elective spine surgery.

Yang, MMH, Riva-Cambrin J, Cunningham J, Jette N, Sajobi TT, Sorocreanu A, Lewkonia P, Jacobs B, Casha S

Location: Journal of Neurosurgery Spine

Impact of a farmers' market nutrition coupon programme on diet quality and psychosocial well-being among low-income adults:[...] investigation

Authors: Aktary ML, Caron-Roy S, Sajobi T, O'Hara H, Leblanc P, Dunn S, McCormack GR, Timmins D, Ball K, Downs S, Minaker LM, Nykiforuk CI, Godley J, Milaney K, Lashewicz B, Fournier B, Elliott C, Raine KD, Prowse RJ, Olstad DL.

Location: BMJ Open

PrEvention of posttraumatic contractuRes with Ketotifen 2 (PERK 2) – protocol for a multicenter randomized clinical trial

Authors: Ademola AA, Hildebrand KA, Schneider PS, Mohtadi NGH, White NJ, Bosse MJ, Garven A, Walker REEA, Sajobi TT.

Location: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Prognostic factors of adjuvant chemotherapy discontinuation among stage III colon cancer patients: a survey [...] and meta-analysis

Authors: Boyne DJ, O’Sullivan DE, Heer EV, Hildsen RJ, Sajobi TT, Cheung WY, Brenner DR, Friedenreich CM

Location: Cancer Medicine


Peer-Reviewed Abstracts


Impact of a farmers’ market healthy food subsidy on diet quality of low-income adults in British Columbia, Canada: A randomized controlled trial

Authors: Aktary ML, Dunn S, Caron-Roy S, Sajobi T, O'Hara H, Leblanc P, McCormack GR, Ball K, Nejatinamini S, Downs S, Minaker LM, Nykiforuk CIJ, Godley J, Raine KD, Prowse RJL, Olstad DL

Location: Abstract book for the ISBNPA 2021 Annual Meeting. Int. J. Behav. Nutr

Repeated measures discriminant analysis using multivariate generalized estimation equations

Authors: Brobbey A, Wiebe S, Nettel-Aguirre A, Williamson T, Josephson CB, Lix LM, Sajobi T

Location: Annual meeting of the Statistical Society of Canada, 2021

Modifiable risk factors mediate associations between socioeconomic position and cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality

Authors: Nejatinamini S, Campbell DJT, Godley J, Minaker LM, Sajobi TT, McCormack GR, Cooke MJ, Nykiforuk CIJ, de Koning L, Olstad DL

Location: Current Developments in Nutrition, 2021

Sex differences in the mediating effects of modifiable risk factors in associations between socioeconomic [...] disease morbidity and mortality

Authors: Nejatinamini S, Campbell DJT, Godley J, Minaker LM, Sajobi TT, McCormack GR, Cooke MJ, Nykiforuk CIJ, de Koning L, Olstad DL

Location: Current Developments in Nutrition, 2020

Low fruit and vegetable intake does not mediate associations between low socioeconomic position and cancer morbidity and mortality: [...] cohort study

Authors: Nejatinamini S, Godley J, Minaker LM, Sajobi T, McCormack G, Cooke MJ, Nykiforuk CIJ, de Koning ABL, Olstad DL

Location: Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism, 2020

A meta-analysis of response shift effects in patient-reported outcomes studies

Authors: Sajobi T, Anota A, Awosoga O, Lawal O, Oomen C, Brobbey A, Verdam M.G.E., Sawatzky R, Lix L

Location: S2. Presentation - Cutting Edge Plenary. in Quality of Life Research, 29(S1), 1-196

Objectively measured physical activity, sedentary behaviour and cardiometabolic measures [...] from the Canadian Health Measures Survey (2007-2017)

Authors: Booth JE, Leung AA, Benham JL, Rabi DM, Goldfield GS, Sajobi TT, Sigal RJ

Location: Can J Diabetes. 44(7):S16

Abstract 13284: Cardiac rehabilitation, cardiorespiratory fitness, and risk of incident atrial fibrillation in patients with coronary artery disease

Authors: Liu H, Southern DA, Arena R, Sajobi T, Aggarwal S, Wilton S

Location: Circulation

Development and validation of aclinical prediction score for poor postoperative pain control following elective spine surgery

Authors: Yang M, Riva-Cambrin J, Cunningham J, Jette N, Sajobi TT, Casha S.

Location: Neurosurgery


Conference Presentations


Cardiac rehabilitation, cardiorespiratory fitness, and risk of incident atrial fibrillation in patients with coronary artery disease.

Authors: Liu H, Southern DA, Arena R, Sajobi T, Aggarwal S, James MT, Wilton SB

Conference: American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions 2020 virtual conference

Individualized risk prediction to support shared decision-making for management of heart disease in patients with chronic kidney disease

Authors: Wilson T, Hazlewood G, Wilton S, Sajobi T, Javaheri P, James M

Conference: Virtual Alberta Provincial Project for Outcome Assessment in Coronary Heart Disease (APPROACH 2020) annual meeting

Statistical methods to estimate change in incomplete multivariate ordinal responses from patient reported outcome measures

Authors: Ayilara OF, Sajobi TT, Barclay R, Jafari Jozani M, Lix LM

Conference: Joint statistical meeting, virtual conference

Risk prediction to support shared decision-making for managing heart disease (in patients with CKD)

Authors: Wilson T, Hazlewood G, Wilton S, Sajobi T, Javaheri, James M

Conference: Libin Cardiovascular Institute Research Update Seminar Series

Item-level response shift detection using item response theory analyses with the graded response model

Authors: Ayilara OF, Lix LM, Sajobi TT, Russell L, Sawatzky R, Bohm E

Conference: 13th international conference on Health Policy Statistics

Development and validation of a clinical prediction score for poor postoperative pain control following elective spine surgery

Authors: Yang M, Riva-Cambrin J, Cunningham J, Jette N, Sajobi TT, Casha S

Conference: 36th annual meeting of the Section on Disorders of Spine & Peripheral Nerves

Machine learning versus traditional statistics: identifying neural correlates of agitation, [...] in preclinical and prodromal dementia

Authors: Gill S, Mouches P, Wang M, Rajashekar D, Sajobi T, MacMaster F, Smith E, Forkert N, Ismail Z

Conference: 10th Canadian conference on Dementia

Patients’ perceived relevance of patient-reported outcomes items in colorectal surgery

Authors: Gillis C, Gill M, Sajobi TT, Culos-Reed N, Nelson G, Gramlich L, Fenton T

Conference: International Society for Quality of Life 2019

Psychometric evaluation of the Canadian version of the Seattle angina questionnaire (SAQ-CA)

Authors: Lawal OA, Awosoga O, Santana MJ, Southern DA, James MT, Norris CN, Sajobi TT

Conference: International Society for Quality of Life 2019

Accuracy of latent class item response theory models for examining heterogeneity in patient-reported outcomes data

Authors: Sajobi TT, Russell L, Lix LM, Lawal O, Lowerison M, Schulz D, Liu J, Zumbo BD, Sawatzky R

Conference: International Society for Quality of Life 2019