Kristina P Vatcheva

Biographic Data

ID72868
NAMEKristina P Vatcheva
GIVEN NAMESKristina P
FAMILY NAMEVatcheva
SIGNATUREVATCHEVA K P
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Brownsville Regional Campus, USA
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS3
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR3
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2014
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2016
H-INDEX0

  • Multicollinearity in Regression Analyses Conducted in Epidemiologic Studies

    Open AccessKristina P Vatcheva, Kristina Vatcheva et al.ARTICLEEpidemiology: Open Access2016

    The adverse impact of ignoring multicollinearity on findings and data interpretation in regression analysis is very well documented in the statistical literature. The failure to identify and report multicollinearity could result in misleading interpretations of the results. A review of epidemiological literature in PubMed from January 2004 to December 2013, illustrated the need for a greater attention to identifying and minimizing the effect of m…

  • Liver and Other Gastrointestinal Cancers Are Frequent in Mexican Americans

    Open AccessAriana L Garza, Ariana Garza et al.ARTICLEJournal of Racial and Ethnic…2016References: 18

  • Anxiety, Depression, and Smoking Status Among Adults of Mexican Heritage on the Texas-Mexico Border

    Open AccessAnna V Wilkinson, Kristina P Vatcheva et al.ARTICLEHispanic Journal of Behavioral…2014References: 19

    The goal of the current analysis is to examine relationships between smoking status and anxiety and depression among adults of Mexican heritage to inform the development of culturally relevant smoking cessations efforts. Mexican heritage residents ( N = 1,791) of the city of Brownsville, Texas, aged 18 years or older, enrolled in the Cameron County Hispanic Cohort, were selected through two stage cluster sampling of randomly selected census tract…