• A new approach to study the relative age effect with the use of additive logistic regression models: a case of study of FIFA football tournaments (1908-2012) 

      Saavedra-García, Miguel A.; Matabuena, Marcos; Montero-Seoane, Antonio; Fernández Romero, Juan J. (Filipe Manuel Clemente, Instituto Politecnico de Viana do Castelo, PORTUGAL, 2019-07-16)
      [Abstract]: The relative age effect plays an important role in the pursuit of excellence, providing advantage to athletes born at the beginning of the year or near the cut-off date. This phenomenon has been observed in ...
    • Application of Functional Data Analysis for the Prediction of Maximum Heart Rate 

      Matabuena, Marcos; Vidal, Juan C.; Hayes, Philip R.; Saavedra-García, Miguel A.; Huelin Trillo, Fernando (IEEE-Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2019-08-29)
      [Abstract]: Maximum heart rate (MHR) is widely used in the prescription and monitoring of exercise intensity, and also as a criterion for the termination of sub-maximal aerobic _tness tests in clinical populations. Traditionally, ...
    • LIPG endothelial lipase and breast cancer risk by subtypes 

      Gago-Domínguez, Manuela; Redondo, Carmen M.; Calaza, Manuel; Matabuena, Marcos; Bermúdez, María A.; Pérez-Fernández, Román; Torres-Español, María; Carracedo, Ángel; Castelao, J. Esteban (Springer Nature, 2021-05-17)
      [Abstract] Experimental data showed that endothelial lipase (LIPG) is a crucial player in breast cancer. However, very limited data exists on the role of LIPG on the risk of breast cancer in humans. We examined the LIPG-breast ...