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Sequence models reveal diagnosis accumulation pathways beyond comorbidity burden in population-scale hospital data
Katharina Ledebur, Mitja Devetak, Peter Klimek
Aging trajectories vary among individuals of similar age and disease burden. Comorbidity indices, e.g. the Elixhauser index, summarize conditions cross-sectionally, but discard the…
Cultural evolution of human beauty standards
Louis Boucherie, Sagar Kumar, Katharina Ledebur +2
Beauty standards shape self-perception and health through social comparison and objectification, while exposure to idealized imagery exacerbates body-image concerns. Media and fash…
Generalizing Multimorbidity Models Across Countries: A Comparative Study of Austria and Denmark
Johanna Einsiedler, Katharina Ledebur, Peter Klimek +1
Chronic diseases frequently co-occur in patterns that are unlikely to arise by chance, a phenomenon known as multimorbidity. This growing challenge for patients and healthcare syst…
Projecting Multimorbidity and Mortality under Demographic Change and Preventive Interventions
Katharina Ledebur, Alexandra Kautzky-Willer, Stefan Thurner +1
As populations age, the rise of multimorbidity poses a significant healthcare challenge. However, our ability to quantitatively forecast the progression of multimorbidity remains l…
Characterization Of Diseases In Temporal Comorbidity Networks
Yuri Gardinazzi, Roger Gonzaléz March, Suprabhath Kalahasti +7
Comorbidity networks, which capture disease-disease co-occurrence usually based on electronic health records, reveal structured patterns in how diseases cluster and progress across…