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Mikel Aickin, PhD

Recent Publications

Aickin M (1983) Linear Statistical Analysis of Discrete Data. John Wiley and Sons, New York

Kaye D, Aickin M (eds) (1986) Statistical Evidence of Discrimination, Marcel Dekker, New York

Aickin M. Causal Analysis in Biomedicine & Epidemiology. Marcel Dekker, New York, 2001.

Aickin M. Graphics for the minimal sufficient cause model. Quality & Quantity 2001;35:49-60

Aickin M. Randomization, balance, and the validity and efficiency of design-adaptive allocation methods. Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference 2001;94:97-119

Guise J-M, Mahon SM, Aickin M, Helfand M, Peipert JF, Westhoff C. Screening for bacterial vaginosis in pregnancy. Am J Prev Med 2001;20(3S):62-72.

Haas M, Nyiendo J, Aickin M. One-year trend in pain and disability relief recall in acute and chronic ambulatory low back pain patients. Pain 2002; 95:83-91

Aickin, M. Beyond randomization. Journal of Alternative & Complementary Medicine 2002;8(6):765-772

Maupome G, Wyatt CL, Williams PM, Aickin M, Gullion CM. Oral disorders in institution-dwelling elderly adults: a graphic representation. Special Care in Dentistry 2002;22(5);194-200

Feldstein AC, Nichols GA, Elmer PJ, Smith DH, Aickin M, Herson M. Older women with fractures: patients falling through the cracks of guideline-recommended osteoporosis screening and treatment. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 2003;85-A(12):2294-2302

Haas M, Groupp E, Panzer D, Partna L, Lumsden S, Aickin M. Efficacy of cervical endplay assessment as an indicator for spinal manipulation. Spine 2003;28(11):1091-6

Ritenbaugh C, Teufel NI, Aickin M, Joe JR, Poirier S, Dillingham DC, Johnson D, Henning S, Cole SM, Loretto L, Cockerham D. Lifestyle intervention among Native American high school youth reduces risk factors for Type 2 diabetes. Preventive Medicine 2003;36(3):309-319

Aickin M. Participant-centered analysis in complementary and alternative medicine comparative trials. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine 2003;9(6):949-957

Lin PH, Aickin M, Champagne C, Craddick S, Sacks FM, McCarron P, Most-Windhauser MM, Rukenbrod F, Haworth L. Food group sources of nutrients in the dietary patterns of the DASH-Sodium trial. Journal of the American Dietetic Association 2003;103(4):488-496

Harsha DW, Sacks FM, Obarzanek E, Svetkey LP, Lin PH, Aickin M, Conlin PP, Miller ER, Appel LJ. Effect of dietary sodium intake on blood lipids: results from the DASH-sodium trial. Hypertension 2004;43(2):393-398

Aickin M. Millsian Causation. Quality & Quantity 2004;38(5):533-545

Colbert AP, Hammerschlag R, Aickin M, McNames J. Reliability of the prognos electrodermal device for measurements of electrical skin resistance at acupuncture points. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine 2004;19(4):610-616

Aickin M. Bayes without priors. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 2004;57(1):4-13

Feldstein AC, Nichols G, Orwoll E, Elmer PJ, Smith DH, Herson M, Aickin M. The near absence of osteoporosis treatment in older men with fractures. Osteoporos Int. 2005 Aug;16(8):953-62

DeBar LL, Ritenbaugh C, Vuckovic N, Stevens VJ, Aickin M, Elliot D, Moe E, Orwoll E, Ernst D, Irving LM. YOUTH: decisions and challenges in designing an osteoporosis prevention intervention for teen girls. Prev Med. 2004 Nov;39(5):1047-55.

Vogt, TM, Aickin M, Ahmed F, Schmidt M. The prevention index: using technology to improve quality assessment. HSR Journal 2004;39(3):511-529

Haas M, Groupp E, Aickin M, Fairweather A, Ganger B, Attwood M, Cummins C, Baffes L. Dose response for chiropractic care of chronic cervicogenic and associated neck pain: a randomized study. Journal of Manipulative & Physiological Therapy 2004;27(9):547-553

Haas,M, Goldberg B, Aickin M, Ganger B, Attwood M. A practice-based study of acute and chronic low back pain patients attending primary care and chiropractic physicians: Two-week to 48 month follow-up. Journal of Manipulative & Physiological Therapeutics 2004;27(3):160-169

Aickin M. Separation tests for early-phase CAM research. Evidence-Based Integrative Medicine 2004; 1(4):225-231

Young DR, Aickin M, Brantley P, Elmer PJ, Harsha DW, King AC, Stevens VJ. Physical activity, cardiorespiratory fitness, and their relationship to cardiovascular risk factors in African Americans and non-African Americans with above-optimal blood pressure. J Community Health. 2005 Apr;30(2):107-24.

Ard JD, Skinner CS, Chen C, Aickin M, Svetkey LP. Informing cancer prevention strategies for African Americans: the relationship of African American acculturation to fruit, vegetable, and fat intake. J Behav Med. 2005;28(3):239-47

Aickin M. The end of biomedical journals: there is madness in their methods. J Altern Complement Med. 2005;11(5):755-757

Aickin M, Taetle R. Linksets of tumor chromosome breakpoints related to survival in ovarian adenocarcinoma. Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics 2006;1:22-26

Aickin M. Pure inference and credibility functions. Journal of Scientific Exploration 2006:20(1):23-38

Feldstein A, Elmer PJ, Smith DH, Herson M, Orwoll E, Chen C, Aickin M, Swain MC. Electronic medical record reminder improves osteoporosis management after a fracture: a randomized controlled trial. Journal of the American Geriatric Society 2005;54(3):450-457

Feldstein A, Vogt T, Aickin M, Hu W. Mammography screening rates decline: a person-time approach to evaluation. Preventive Medicine 2006;43(3):178-182

DeBar LL, Ritenbaugh C, Aickin M, Orwoll E, Elliot D, Dickerson J, Vuckovic N, Stevens VJ, Moe E, Irving LM. YOUTH: A Health Plan-Based Lifestyle Intervention Increases Bone Mineral Density in Adolescent Girls. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2006;160:1269-1276.

Elder C, Aickin M, Bell IR, Fonnebo V, Lewith GT, Ritenbaugh C, Verhoef M. Methodological challenges in whole systems research. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine 2006;12(9):843-850

Thomson CA, Arendell LA, Bruhn RL, Maskarinec G, Lopez AM, Wright NC, Moll CE, Aickin M, Chen Z. Pilot study of dietary influences on mammographic density in pre- and postmenopausal Hispanic and non-Hispanic white women. Menopause 2006; in press

Elder C, Aickin M, Bauer V, Cairns J, Vuckovic N. Randomized trial of a whole-system ayurvedic protocol for type 2 diabetes. Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine 2006;12(5):24-30