Scholars@Duke
Yue Jiang

Yue Jiang

Assistant Professor of the Practice of Statistical Science
Statistical Science
yue.jiang@duke.edu
Box 90251, Durham, NC 27708-0251

Selected Publications

Quantile regression in the field of liver transplantation: A case study-based tutorial.

Journal Article Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society · February 2025 We present a tutorial on quantile regression, an underutilized yet valuable class of multivariable linear regression models that allows researchers to understand more fully the conditional distribution of response as compared to models based on conditional ... Full text Cite

Psychiatric diagnoses are common after liver transplantation and are associated with increased health care utilization and patient financial burden.

Journal Article Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society · November 2024 Psychiatric disorders after liver transplantation (LT) are associated with worse patient and graft outcomes, which may be amplified by inadequate treatment. We aimed to characterize the burden of psychiatric disorders, treatment patterns, and associated fi ... Full text Cite

The financial burden after liver transplantation is significant among commercially insured adults: A large US National Cohort.

Journal Article Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society · September 2024 Liver transplantation (LT) is lifesaving for patients with cirrhosis; however, the resultant financial burden to patients has not been well characterized. We aimed to provide a nationally representative portrayal of patient financial burden after LT. Adult ... Full text Cite

SentHYMNent: An Interpretable and Sentiment-Driven Model for Algorithmic Melody Harmonization

Conference Proceedings of the ACM SIGKDD International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining · August 24, 2024 Music composition and analysis is an inherently creative task, involving a combination of heart and mind. However, the vast majority of algorithmic music models completely ignore the "heart"component of music, resulting in output that often lacks the rich ... Full text Cite

SentHYMNent: An Interpretable and Sentiment-Driven Model for Algorithmic Melody Harmonization

Journal Article Proceedings of the ACM SIGKDD International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining · August 24, 2024 Music composition and analysis is an inherently creative task, involving a combination of heart and mind. However, the vast majority of algorithmic music models completely ignore the "heart" component of music, resulting in output that often lacks the rich ... Full text Link to item Cite

Psychiatric disorders in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: A large US cohort of commercially insured individuals.

Journal Article Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics · August 2024 Background/aimsPatients with hepatocellular cancer (HCC) are vulnerable to psychological distress given a new cancer diagnosis superimposed on pre-existing chronic liver disease. We aimed to characterise the psychiatric burden in HCC, risk factors ... Full text Cite

Financial burden in a US cohort of patients with HCC.

Journal Article Hepatology communications · June 2024 BackgroundHigh financial burden for patients has been reported for multiple types of cancer, but there are limited data in those with HCC. We aimed to describe the financial burden for patients diagnosed with HCC and identify correlates of high fi ... Full text Cite

Safety of Immunosuppression in a Prospective Cohort of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients With a HIstoRy of CancEr: SAPPHIRE Registry.

Conference Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association · May 2024 Background & aimsIn patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and a history of cancer, retrospective studies have suggested that exposure to immunosuppressive agents does not increase the risk of incident (recurrent or new) cancer compared wi ... Full text Cite

Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes in Vedolizumab- and Ustekinumab-Exposed Pregnancies: Results From the PIANO Registry.

Journal Article The American journal of gastroenterology · March 2024 BackgroundPregnancy outcomes in patients with inflammatory bowel disease with quiescent disease are similar to those in the general population. Data from the Pregnancy Inflammatory bowel disease And Neonatal Outcomes registry have demonstrated the ... Full text Cite

Changes in Therapy Are Not Associated With Increased Remission in Patients With Crohn's Disease of the Pouch.

Journal Article The American journal of gastroenterology · March 2024 IntroductionThere is a paucity of data on the real-world effectiveness of therapies in patients with Crohn's disease of the pouch.MethodsThis was a prospective multicenter study evaluating the primary outcome of remission at 12 months of ... Full text Cite

Step type is associated with loading and ankle motion in tap dance.

Journal Article PloS one · January 2024 Tap dance generates forces and joint motions that can lead to injury; however, little is known about the magnitude of load across different tap steps. The purpose of this study was to calculate peak vertical forces, average vertical foot velocities, and ma ... Full text Open Access Cite

An Interpretable, Flexible, and Interactive Probabilistic Framework for Melody Generation

Conference Proceedings of the ACM SIGKDD International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining · August 4, 2023 The fast-growing demand for algorithmic music generation is found throughout entertainment, art, education, etc. Unfortunately, most recent models are practically impossible to interpret or musically fine-tune, as they use deep neural networks with thousan ... Full text Cite

An Interpretable, Flexible, and Interactive Probabilistic Framework for Melody Generation

Journal Article Proceedings of the ACM SIGKDD International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining · August 4, 2023 The fast-growing demand for algorithmic music generation is found throughout entertainment, art, education, etc. Unfortunately, most recent models are practically impossible to interpret or musically fine-tune, as they use deep neural networks with thousan ... Link to item Cite

Development of the Endoscopic Pouch Score for Assessment of Inflammatory Conditions of the Pouch.

Journal Article Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association · June 2023 Pouchoscopy provides a critical objective measure in the evaluation of patients with suspected inflammatory conditions of the pouch; however, there remain significant gaps in the reliability of the endoscopic scales used in the assessment of these conditio ... Full text Cite

Representation of Female Speakers at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meetings Over Time.

Journal Article J Am Acad Orthop Surg · March 15, 2023 BACKGROUND: In the United States, women comprise 16% of orthopaedic surgery residents, 4% of fellows, and 6% of practicing orthopaedic surgeons. The underrepresentation of women in surgical subspecialties may be because of lack of early exposure to female ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis on the Effects of Lactulose and Rifaximin on Patient-Reported Outcomes in Hepatic Encephalopathy.

Journal Article The American journal of gastroenterology · February 2023 IntroductionPatients with hepatic encephalopathy (HE) suffer from significant symptoms and impaired quality of life. Improved understanding on the potential benefits of first-line HE therapies may aid patient-provider discussions regarding expecte ... Full text Cite

Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease Mortality Increased From 2017 to 2020 and Accelerated During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Journal Article Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association · September 2022 Alcohol consumption has risen substantially in the United States in the past 2 decades.1,2 Alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD) represents a greater inpatient financial burden than all other etiologies of cirrhosis combined3 and is ... Full text Cite

Antiplatelet Medications Are Associated With Bleeding and Decompensation Events Among Patients With Cirrhosis.

Journal Article Journal of clinical gastroenterology · August 2022 BackgroundIn an aging population with cardiovascular comorbidities, anticoagulant (AC), antiplatelet (AP), and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) use are increasing. It remains unclear whether these agents pose increased bleeding risk in ... Full text Cite

Treatment Patterns and Standardized Outcome Assessments Among Patients With Inflammatory Conditions of the Pouch in a Prospective Multicenter Registry.

Journal Article Crohn's & colitis 360 · July 2022 BackgroundMuch of our understanding about the natural history of pouch-related disorders has been generated from selected populations. We designed a geographically diverse, prospective registry to study the disease course among patients with 1 of ... Full text Cite

Serum Ammonia in Cirrhosis: Clinical Impact of Hyperammonemia, Utility of Testing, and National Testing Trends.

Journal Article Clinical therapeutics · March 2022 PurposeAmmonia is central to the pathophysiology of hepatic encephalopathy (HE) in cirrhosis. Serum ammonia levels have prognostic value and have been implicated in sarcopenia, hepatotoxicity, and immune dysfunction. Studies indicate that clinicia ... Full text Cite

Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Is Associated With Increased Hazard for De Novo Alcohol-related Complications and Liver Disease.

Journal Article Journal of clinical gastroenterology · February 2022 GoalThe goal of this study was to determine if bariatric surgeries are associated with de novo alcohol-related complications.BackgroundBariatric surgery is associated with an increased risk of alcohol use disorders. The effect of bariatri ... Full text Cite

Home Infusions for Inflammatory Bowel Disease Are Safe: US Experience and Patient Perspectives.

Journal Article Crohn's & colitis 360 · July 2021 BackgroundHome infusions (HIs) for biologic medications are an option for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients in the United States. We aimed to describe the population receiving HIs and report patient experience with HIs.MethodsWe c ... Full text Cite

Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Are at Higher Risk for Meningitis.

Journal Article Journal of clinical gastroenterology · April 2021 BackgroundThe epidemiology of meningitis is unknown in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients.GoalsWe aimed to determine the incidence of and risk factors for meningitis in IBD patients.StudyWe conducted a retrospective cohort ... Full text Cite

Decreasing Colectomy Rate for Ulcerative Colitis in the United States Between 2007 and 2016: A Time Trend Analysis.

Journal Article Inflammatory bowel diseases · July 2020 BackgroundImproved treatment approaches for ulcerative colitis (UC), including novel medications, might reduce the need for colectomy. We performed a retrospective cohort study of adult patients (age 18-64) with UC in the United States to examine ... Full text Cite

Opioid prescriptions are associated with hepatic encephalopathy in a national cohort of patients with compensated cirrhosis.

Journal Article Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics · March 2020 BackgroundOpioids are often prescribed for pain in cirrhosis and may increase the risk of hepatic encephalopathy (HE).AimTo assess the association between opioids and HE in patients with well-compensated cirrhosis.MethodsWe used ... Full text Cite

In inpatients with cirrhosis opioid use is common and associated with length of stay and persistent use post-discharge.

Journal Article PloS one · January 2020 BackgroundPrevious studies have demonstrated that opioids are often prescribed and associated with complications in outpatients with cirrhosis. Less is known about opioids among hospitalized patients with cirrhosis. We aimed to describe the patter ... Full text Cite

The Early Experience With Vedolizumab in the United States.

Journal Article Crohn's & colitis 360 · October 2019 BackgroundPost-marketing studies of new inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) therapies are needed to establish clinical effectiveness and safety in clinical practice. We aimed to describe the U.S. experience with vedolizumab in a commercially insured ... Full text Cite

Charges for Alcoholic Cirrhosis Exceed All Other Etiologies of Cirrhosis Combined: A National and State Inpatient Survey Analysis.

Journal Article Digestive diseases and sciences · June 2019 BackgroundInpatient charges for patients with cirrhosis are substantial. We aimed to examine trends in inpatient charges among patients with cirrhosis to determine the drivers of healthcare expenditures. We hypothesized that alcoholic cirrhosis (A ... Full text Cite

The impact of post-transplant diabetes mellitus on liver transplant outcomes.

Journal Article Clinical transplantation · June 2019 BackgroundPost-transplant diabetes mellitus (PTDM) is common after liver transplantation (LT). Yet, how PTDM relates to graft outcomes and survival needs elucidation as more individuals are transplanted for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) ... Full text Cite

Use of detailed family history data to improve risk prediction,with application to breast cancer screening.

Journal Article PloS one · January 2019 BackgroundAs breast cancer represents a major morbidity and mortality burden in the U.S., with about one in eight women developing invasive breast cancer over her lifetime, accurate low-cost screening is an important public health issue. First-deg ... Full text Cite

Competing Risk of Death With End-Stage Renal Disease in Diabetic Kidney Disease.

Journal Article Advances in chronic kidney disease · March 2018 The concept of competing risks is particularly relevant to survival analyses of diabetic ESRD given the high likelihood of death prior to ESRD. Approaches such as Kaplan-Meier curves and Cox regression models operate on the assumption that there are no com ... Full text Cite

Persistent Pulmonary Embolism Rates Following Total Knee Arthroplasty Even With Prophylactic Anticoagulants.

Journal Article The Journal of arthroplasty · December 2017 BackgroundSymptomatic pulmonary embolism (PE), a significant and life-threatening complication following total knee arthroplasty (TKA), has been described as a "never event." Despite a number of advancements in care, PE continues to occur followin ... Full text Cite

The impact of pre-injury controlled substance use on clinical outcomes after trauma.

Journal Article The journal of trauma and acute care surgery · November 2016 BackgroundA disproportionately high percentage of trauma patients use controlled substances, and they often co-ingest multiple drugs. Previous studies have evaluated the effect of individual drugs on clinical outcomes after trauma. However, the im ... Full text Cite