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  1. Evaluating short-term forecast accuracy across COVID-19 waves using penalized spline models

    Article • International Journal of Medical Informatics, December 2025, Elsevier

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  2. Impact of outdoor air pollution on severity and mortality in COVID-19 pneumonia

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, October 2023, Elsevier

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  3. Multidimensional beta-binomial regression model: A joint analysis of patient-reported outcomes

    Article • Statistical Modelling, April 2023, SAGE Publications

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  4. Extracting relevant predictive variables for COVID-19 severity prognosis: An exhaustive comparison of feature selection techniques

    Article • PLOS One, April 2023, PLOS

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  5. Automated location of orofacial landmarks to characterize airway morphology in anaesthesia via deep convolutional neural networks

    Article • Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, April 2023, Elsevier

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  6. Estimation of the ROC curve and the area under it with complex survey data

    Article • Stat, January 2023, Wiley

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  7. Variable selection with LASSO regression for complex survey data

    Article • Stat, January 2023, Wiley

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  8. Changes in health-related quality of life as a marker in the prognosis in COPD patients

    Article • ERJ Open Research, November 2021, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr Cristobal Esteban, Inmaculada Arostegui

  9. Jarduera fisikoaren, obesitatearen eta ezaugarri soziodemografikoen arteko erlazioa unibertsitateko langileetan

    Article • EKAIA Euskal Herriko Unibertsitateko Zientzi eta Teknologi Aldizkaria, October 2021, UBC Press

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  10. Facilitators and barriers to participation in population‐based colorectal cancer screening programme from the perspective of healthcare professionals: Qualitative research study

    Article • European Journal of Cancer Care, August 2021, Wiley

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  11. Risk scores to predict mortality 2 and 5 years after surgery for colorectal cancer in elderly patients

    Article • World Journal of Surgical Oncology, August 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  12. To be or not to be a target: that is the question to manage mixed fisheries

    Article • ICES Journal of Marine Science, July 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  13. Selecting the number of categories of the lymph node ratio in cancer research: A bootstrap-based hypothesis test

    Article • Statistical Methods in Medical Research, November 2020, SAGE Publications

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  14. Predictive factors over time of health-related quality of life in COPD patients

    Article • Respiratory Research, June 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  15. Type and Consequences of Short-Term Complications in Colon Cancer Surgery, Focusing on the Oldest Old

    Article • Clinical Colorectal Cancer, March 2020, Elsevier

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  16. Robust combination of the Morris and Sobol methods in complex multidimensional models

    Article • Environmental Modelling & Software, December 2019, Elsevier

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  17. Predictors of readmission and reoperation in patients with colorectal cancer

    Article • Supportive Care in Cancer, September 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  18. Anxiety and depressive symptoms are related to core symptoms, general health outcome, and medical comorbidities in eating disorders

    Article • European Eating Disorders Review, April 2019, Wiley

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  19. A Computer Application to Predict Adverse Events in the Short-Term Evolution of Patients With Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

    Article • JMIR Medical Informatics, April 2019, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  20. COPD classification models and mortality prediction capacity

    Article • International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, March 2019, Dove Medical Press

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  21. A beta‐binomial mixed‐effects model approach for analysing longitudinal discrete and bounded outcomes

    Article • Biometrical Journal, November 2018, Wiley

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  22. CCR-CARESS score for predicting operative mortality in patients with colorectal cancer

    Article • BJS, August 2018, Wiley

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  23. Predictors of one and two years' mortality in patients with colon cancer: A prospective cohort study

    Article • PLOS One, June 2018, PLOS

    NEREA GONZÁLEZ, Inmaculada Arostegui

  24. Cost-effectiveness analysis of laparoscopic versus open surgery in colon cancer

    Article • Surgical Endoscopy, June 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    NEREA GONZÁLEZ, Javier Mar, Inmaculada Arostegui

  25. Cytotoxicity and cellular mechanisms of toxicity of CuO NPs in mussel cells in vitro and comparative sensitivity with human cells

    Article • Toxicology in Vitro, April 2018, Elsevier

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  26. Different statistical techniques adapted to colon cancer surgery

    Article • Clinical Epidemiology, March 2018, Dove Medical Press

    Inmaculada Arostegui, NEREA GONZÁLEZ

  27. Validity of the CR-POSSUM model in surgery for colorectal cancer in Spain

    Article • BMC Health Services Research, January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    NEREA GONZÁLEZ, Inmaculada Arostegui

  28. Acute toxicity, bioaccumulation and effects of dietary transfer of silver from brine shrimp exposed to PVP/PEI-coated silver nanoparticles to zebrafish

    Article • Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C Toxicology & Pharmacology, September 2017, Elsevier

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  29. Comparison of beta-binomial regression model approaches to analyze health-related quality of life data

    Article • Statistical Methods in Medical Research, February 2017, SAGE Publications

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  30. Sample Size Impact on the Categorisation of Continuous Variables in Clinical Prediction

    Article • January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  31. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Subtypes. Transitions over Time

    Article • PLOS One, September 2016, PLOS

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  32. Colorectal cancer health services research study protocol: the CCR-CARESS observational prospective cohort project

    Article • BMC Cancer, July 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  33. Determinants of change in physical activity during moderate-to-severe COPD exacerbation

    Article • International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, February 2016, Dove Medical Press

    Dr Cristobal Esteban, Inmaculada Arostegui

  34. A Computer-Aided SAS Macro for the Evaluation of the Simulation Performances in Missingness Settings

    Article • December 2015, MDPI AG

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  35. Categorisation of continuous variables in a logistic regression model using the R package CatPredi

    Article • December 2015, MDPI AG

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  36. A decision tree to assess short-term mortality after an emergency department visit for an exacerbation of COPD: a cohort study

    Article • Respiratory Research, December 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  37. Short-term effects on antioxidant enzymes and long-term genotoxic and carcinogenic potential of CuO nanoparticles compared to bulk CuO and ionic copper in mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis

    Article • Marine Environmental Research, October 2015, Elsevier

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  38. Emergency Hospital Care for Exacerbation of COPD: Is Inhaled Maintenance Therapy Modified?

    Article • COPD Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, September 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  39. A new approach to categorising continuous variables in prediction models: Proposal and validation

    Article • Statistical Methods in Medical Research, September 2015, SAGE Publications

    IRANTZU BARRIO, Inmaculada Arostegui

  40. Is it possible to improve the prediction ability of the BODE index?

    Article • September 2015, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  41. Assessment of the Performance of Imputation Techniques in Observational Studies with Two Measurements

    Article • International Journal of Statistics in Medical Research, August 2015, Lifescience Global

    Lifescience Global Inc., Inmaculada Arostegui

  42. Effect of various dietary regimens on oral challenge with Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in a rabbit model

    Article • Research in Veterinary Science, August 2015, Elsevier

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  43. Appropriateness of diagnostic effort in hospital emergency room attention for episodes of COPD exacerbation

    Article • Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, July 2015, Wiley

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  44. Mechanisms of Toxicity of Ag Nanoparticles in Comparison to Bulk and Ionic Ag on Mussel Hemocytes and Gill Cells

    Article • PLOS One, June 2015, PLOS

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  45. Cytotoxicity of Au, ZnO and SiO2NPs usingin vitroassays with mussel hemocytes and gill cells: Relevance of size, shape and additives

    Article • Nanotoxicology, May 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  46. The Use of Pulse Oximetry to Determine Hypoxemia in Acute Exacerbations of COPD

    Article • COPD Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, March 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  47. Inputazio tekniken errendimenduaren ebaluazioa bi neurketako luzeranzko datuetan

    Article • EKAIA Euskal Herriko Unibertsitateko Zientzi eta Teknologi Aldizkaria, January 2015, UBC Press

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  48. Eredu aurresaleetako aldagai jarraituen kategorizaziorik hoberena lortzeko metodologia proposamena: aplikazio zehatza medikuntzan

    Article • EKAIA Euskal Herriko Unibertsitateko Zientzi eta Teknologi Aldizkaria, January 2015, UBC Press

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  49. Predictors of Hospital Length of Stay in Patients with Exacerbations of COPD: A Cohort Study

    Article • Journal of General Internal Medicine, December 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  50. Prognostic severity scores for patients with COPD exacerbations attending emergency departments

    Article • The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, December 2014, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  51. Cytotoxicity of TiO2nanoparticles to mussel hemocytes and gill cellsin vitro: Influence of synthesis method, crystalline structure, size and additive

    Article • Nanotoxicology, September 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  52. Cytotoxicity and cellular mechanisms involved in the toxicity of CdS quantum dots in hemocytes and gill cells of the mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis

    Article • Aquatic Toxicology, August 2014, Elsevier

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  53. Subtypes of Patients Experiencing Exacerbations of COPD and Associations with Outcomes

    Article • PLOS One, June 2014, PLOS

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  54. Predictive score for mortality in patients with COPD exacerbations attending hospital emergency departments

    Article • BMC Medicine, April 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  55. Validity of criteria for hospital admission in exacerbations of COPD

    Article • International Journal of Clinical Practice, February 2014, Wiley

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  56. Influence of changes in physical activity on frequency of hospitalization in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

    Article • Respirology, February 2014, Wiley

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  57. Factors affecting cataract surgery complications and their effect on the postoperative outcome

    Article • Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology, February 2014, Elsevier

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  58. Predictors of Hospital Admission Two Months after Emergency Department Evaluation of COPD Exacerbation

    Article • Respiration, January 2014, Karger Publishers

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  59. Predictors of hospital admission in exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

    Article • The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, December 2013, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  60. Use of generalised additive models to categorise continuous variables in clinical prediction

    Article • BMC Medical Research Methodology, June 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  61. Application of appropriateness criteria for hospitalization in COPD exacerbation

    Article • Internal and Emergency Medicine, March 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  62. On the recoding of continuous and bounded indexes to a binomial form: an application to quality-of-life scores

    Article • Journal of Applied Statistics, March 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  63. What mechanism of niche segregation allows the coexistence of sympatric sibling rhinolophid bats?

    Article • Frontiers in Zoology, November 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  64. Amino acid signatures in the Ovar-DRB1 peptide-binding pockets are associated with Ovine Pulmonary Adenocarcinoma susceptibility/resistance

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, November 2012, Elsevier

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  65. Impact of clinical and patient-reported outcomes on patient satisfaction with cataract extraction

    Article • Health Expectations, July 2012, Wiley

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  66. Foraging Ecology in Mehely's Horseshoe Bats: Influence of Habitat Structure and Water Availability

    Article • Acta Chiropterologica, June 2012, Museum and Institute of Zoology at the Polish Academy of Sciences

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  67. Headwater reservoirs weaken terrestrial‐aquatic linkage by slowing leaf‐litter processing in downstream regulated reaches

    Article • River Research and Applications, January 2012, Wiley

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  68. Microsatellites in immune-relevant regions and their associations with Maedi-Visna and ovine pulmonary adenocarcinoma viral diseases

    Article • Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology, January 2012, Elsevier

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  69. Leaf-litter decomposition in headwater streams: a comparison of the process among four climatic regions

    Article • Journal of the North American Benthological Society, December 2011, University of Chicago Press

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  70. The IRYSS-COPD appropriateness study: objectives, methodology, and description of the prospective cohort

    Article • BMC Health Services Research, November 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  71. The health, activity, dyspnea, obstruction, age, and hospitalization: Prognostic score for stable COPD patients

    Article • Respiratory Medicine, November 2011, Elsevier

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  72. Use of the Patient Acceptable Symptom State and the Minimal Clinically Important Difference to Evaluate the Outcomes of Cataract Extraction

    Article • American Journal of Ophthalmology, August 2011, Elsevier

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  73. A Comparison of Standard Scoring versus Rasch Scoring of the Visual Function Index-14 in Patients with Cataracts

    Article • Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, June 2011, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  74. Development of a decision tree to assess the severity and prognosis of stable COPD

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, May 2011, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  75. Development and Validation of Clinical Scores for Visual Outcomes after Cataract Surgery

    Article • Ophthalmology, January 2011, Elsevier

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  76. Statistical approaches to analyse patient-reported outcomes as response variables: An application to health-related quality of life

    Article • Statistical Methods in Medical Research, September 2010, SAGE Publications

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  77. Interhospital variation in appropriateness of cataract surgery

    Article • Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, September 2010, Wiley

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  78. Decision Trees for Indication of Cataract Surgery Based on Changes in Visual Acuity

    Article • Ophthalmology, August 2010, Elsevier

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  79. Effect of hospital on variation in visual acuity and vision‐specific quality of life after cataract surgery

    Article • Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, July 2010, Wiley

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  80. MHC class II DRB1 gene polymorphism in the pathogenesis of Maedi–Visna and pulmonary adenocarcinoma viral diseases in sheep

    Article • Immunogenetics, January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  81. Validation of priority criteria for cataract extraction

    Article • Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, July 2009, Wiley

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  82. Assessment of HRQoL in patients with eating disorders by the beta‐binomial regression approach

    Article • International Journal of Eating Disorders, June 2009, Wiley

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  83. Validity of Newly Developed Appropriateness Criteria for Cataract Surgery

    Article • Ophthalmology, March 2009, Elsevier

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  84. Prevalence of Knee and Hip Osteoarthritis and the Appropriateness of Joint Replacement in an Older Population

    Article • Archives of Internal Medicine, July 2008, American Medical Association (AMA)

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  85. Validation of a screening questionnaire for hip and knee osteoarthritis in old people

    Article • BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, August 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  86. Responsiveness and clinically important differences for the WOMAC and SF-36 after total knee replacement

    Article • Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, March 2007, Elsevier

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  87. Development of appropriateness explicit criteria for cataract extraction by phacoemulsification

    Article • BMC Health Services Research, December 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  88. Analysis of the short form‐36 (SF‐36): the beta‐binomial distribution approach

    Article • Statistics in Medicine, June 2006, Wiley

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  89. Health-Related Quality of Life and Appropriateness of Knee or Hip Joint Replacement

    Article • Archives of Internal Medicine, January 2006, American Medical Association (AMA)

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  90. Influence of age and gender on quality-of-life outcomes after cholecystectomy

    Article • Quality of Life Research, April 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  91. Translation and psychometric testing of the Basque version of the SF-36 Health Survey

    Article • Quality of Life Research, March 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  92. Erratum to: Quality-of-life outcomes with laparoscopic vs open cholecystectomy

    Article • Surgical Endoscopy, June 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  93. Predictors of improvement in health-related quality of life in patients undergoing cholecystectomy

    Article • BJS, November 2003, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  94. Quality-of-life outcomes with laparoscopic vs open cholecystectomy

    Article • Surgical Endoscopy, May 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  95. Evaluation of the psychometric characteristics of the Spanish version of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale

    Article • Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, February 2003, Wiley

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  96. Changes in health related quality of life among patients treated for eating disorders

    Article • Quality of Life Research, September 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  97. Use of explicit criteria for total hip joint replacement fixation techniques

    Article • Health Policy, April 2002, Elsevier

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  98. Evaluación de la calidad de vida en pacientes con cáncer de pulmón

    Article • Gaceta Sanitaria, January 2001, Elsevier

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  99. Calidad de vida de los pacientes afectados de trastornos de la alimentación

    Article • Gaceta Sanitaria, January 2001, Elsevier

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  100. Evaluation of explicit criteria for total hip joint replacement

    Article • Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, December 2000, Elsevier

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  101. The health-related quality of life in eating disorders

    Article • Quality of Life Research, June 2000, Springer Science + Business Media

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  102. EVALUATION OF THE APPROPRIATENESS OF HIP JOINT REPLACEMENT TECHNIQUES

    Article • International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, January 2000, Cambridge University Press

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  103. Uso apropiado de los mecanismos de fijación en la prótesis de cadera

    Article • Gaceta Sanitaria, January 2000, Elsevier

    Inmaculada Arostegui

  104. Uso del PMC en el estudio de la variabilidad de la estancia media hospitalaria en tres procesos quirúrgicos

    Article • Gaceta Sanitaria, January 1998, Elsevier

    Inmaculada Arostegui