Identification and validation of a prognostic risk model based on radiosensitivity-related genes in nasopharyngeal carcinoma by Yi Li, Xinyi Hong, Wenqian Xu, Jinhong Guo, Yongyuan Su, Haolan Li, Yingjie Xie, Xing Chen, Xiong Zheng, Sufang Qiu

“…Results: A risk model based on six genes (LCN8, IGSF1, RIMS2, RBP4, TBX10, ETV4) was developed. Kaplan-Meier analysis showed significantly shorter progression-free survival (PFS) in the high-risk group. …”
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The association between Chlamydia pneumoniae infection and prognosis in lung cancer patients: a prospective study by Maolin Liu, Hailing Ye, Tao Lin, Zishan Chen, Xinying Xu, Jinman Zhuang, Yongsheng Yang, Xuezhen Chen, Chunting Chen, Mengxin Lin, Fei He

“…Statistical analysis included the χ2 test, Kaplan-Meier method, Log-rank test, and Cox proportional hazards regression model. …”
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Association between triglyceride glucose index and adverse cardiovascular prognosis in patients with atrial fibrillation without diabetes: a retrospective cohort study by Aobo Gong, Ying Cao, Zexi Li, Wentao Li, Fanghui Li, Yao Tong, Xianjin Hu, Rui Zeng

“…The primary outcome, major adverse cardiovascular events, included cardiac death, stroke, and myocardial infarction. Kaplan–Meier curve, Cox proportional hazards regression model, and restricted cubic spline were employed to explore the relationship between the Tyg index and outcomes. …”
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Seven Immune-Related Genes’ Prognostic Value and Correlation with Treatment Outcome in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma by Rui Mu, Yuehong Shen, Chuanbin Guo, Xinyun Zhang, Hongyu Yang, Huijun Yang

“…The median value of RS was utilized as a basis to classify individuals with HNSCC into high- and low-risk groups. The Kaplan-Meier (K-M) survival analysis and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were employed for the identification of the prognostic significance and precision of the IRG signature. …”
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Surgery lengthens survival for collecting duct carcinoma: analysis of hospital-based cancer registry data in Japan by Shuya Kandori, Shuhei Suzuki, Kosuke Kojo, Bunpei Isoda, Takazo Tanaka, Satoshi Nitta, Masanobu Shiga, Yoshiyuki Nagumo, Atsushi Ikeda, Takashi Kawahara, Akio Hoshi, Hiromitsu Negoro, Bryan J. Mathis, Ayako Okuyama, Hiroyuki Nishiyama

“…We further investigated treatment modalities and estimated overall survival (OS) by the Kaplan–Meier method. Results A total of 61 CDC patients were identified. …”
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Combination of Human Leukocyte Antigen and Killer Cell Immunoglobulin-Like Receptor Genetic Background Influences the Onset Age of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Male Patients with He... by Ning Pan, Jie Qiu, Hang Sun, Fengqin Miao, Qian Shi, Jinhuan Xu, Wei Jiang, Hui Jin, Wei Xie, Youji He, Jianqiong Zhang

“…The effect of each KIR locus, HLA ligand, and HLA-KIR combination was examined individually by Kaplan-Meier (KM) analysis. Multivariate Cox hazard regression model was also applied. …”
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Predicting risk on cardiovascular or cerebrovascular disease based on a physical activity cohort: Results from APAC study by Juan Zhao, Ye Yu, Xiaolan Zhu, Yuling Xie, Songwei Ai, H. Immo Lehmann, Xuan Deng, Feifei Hu, Guoping Li, Yong Zhou, Junjie Xiao

“…From calibration among four categories of predicted risks, the predicted risk rates by PA equations were almost identical to the Kaplan–Meier observed rates. Therefore, our developed sex‐specific PA equations have effective performance for predicting CVD for physically active cohorts in the physical activity cohort in Kailuan.…”
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Radiotherapy Combined with Immunotherapy and Chemotherapy Improves Prognosis and Demonstrates Synergistic Effects in Extensive-stage Small Cell Lung Cancer by Huaijun JI, Meiling SUN, Jingyi LI, Ge YU, Yongbing CHEN

“…Methods A retrospective analysis was performed on 145 ES-SCLC patients treated with first-line CT. Kaplan-Meier analysis and Log-rank tests were used to evaluate survival outcomes, while propensity score matching (PSM) was applied to reduce confounding factors. …”
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Comparing survival outcomes of localized tumor destruction, sublobar resection, and pulmonary lobectomy in stage IA non-small cell lung cancer: a study from the SEER database by Lin Cheng, Sheng-Wei Li, Xiao-Guang Li

“…Comparison between groups was performed separately after 1:1 proportional propensity score matching (PSM) with a caliper value of 0.1. Kaplan–Meier analysis was performed to compare survival outcomes between groups. …”
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Prognostic Value of Novel CARWL Score in Stage IIIC Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Patients Undergoing Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy by Erkan Topkan, Ahmet Kucuk, Duriye Ozturk, Emine Elif Ozkan, Ali Ayberk Besen, Berrin Pehlivan, Ugur Selek

“…The created CARWL groups were CARWL-0: CAR < 3.0 and WL ≤ 5.0%; CARWL-1: CAR < 3.0 and WL > 5.0%, or CAR ≥ 3.0 and WL ≤ 5.0%; and CARWL-2: CAR > 3.0 and WL > 5.0%. The Kaplan–Meier curves showed that the PFS (14.2 vs. 11.4 vs. 7.5 months; P<0.001) and OS (37.3 vs. 23.6 vs. 12.8 months; P<0.001) durations were gradually and significantly lowered from the CARWL-0 to CARWL-2 groups. …”
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Mortality risk after clinical management of recurrent and metastatic adenoid cystic carcinoma by Melody J. Xu, Tara J. Wu, Annemieke van Zante, Ivan H. El-Sayed, Alain P. Algazi, William R. Ryan, Patrick K. Ha, Sue S. Yom

“…High-risk disease was defined as skull base involvement (for LRR) or International Registry of Lung Metastases Group III/IV or extrapulmonary site of metastasis (for DM). Kaplan-Meier method, log-rank tests, and Cox proportional hazards were used for time-to-event analysis. …”
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Improved Analgesic Effect of Paravertebral Blocks before and after Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery: A Prospective, Double-Blinded, Randomized Controlled Trial by Lihua Chu, Xiaolin Zhang, Yaping Lu, Guohao Xie, Shengwen Song, Xiangming Fang, Baoli Cheng

“…Patients in Group C pressed less times of PCIA (0 (0–0) times) than patients in Group A (2 (1–6) times, p<0.001) and Group B (2 (1–3) times, p=0.009). Kaplan–Meier analysis showed patients with combination of preoperative and postoperative PVB had a higher PCIA-free rate than patients with either technique alone (p=0.003). …”
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Identification of Five m6A-Related lncRNA Genes as Prognostic Markers for Endometrial Cancer Based on TCGA Database by Li Shan, Ye Lu, Cheng-Cheng Xiang, Xiaoli Zhu, Er-Dong Zuo, Xu Cheng

“…A risk score model was established, and Kaplan–Meier analysis was conducted for investigating overall survival (OS) across two patient groups (high risk and low risk). …”
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Efficacy and retention rate of secukinumab in psoriatic arthritis across different clinical phenotypes: insights from the Italian GISEA Registry by Giuseppe Lopalco, Maria Morrone, Fabiola Atzeni, Chiara Bazzani, Francesco Paolo Bianchi, Francesco Paolo Cantatore, Roberto Caporali, Antonio Carletto, Alberto Cauli, Maria Sole Chimenti, Sergio Colella, Fabrizio Conti, Addolorata Corrado, Ennio Giulio Favalli, Alberto Floris, Marco Fornaro, Rosario Foti, Roberta Foti, Elena Fracassi, Bruno Frediani, Stefano Gentileschi, Roberto Gorla, Elisa Gremese, Emanuela Praino, Roberta Ramonda, Cinzia Rotondo, Marco Sebastiani, Angelo Semeraro, Gianfranco Ferraccioli, Giovanni Lapadula, Florenzo Iannone

“…Drug survival was estimated by Kaplan–Meier analysis. Clinical outcomes, including Disease Activity Index for Psoriatic Arthritis (DAPSA), Psoriasis Area Severity Index (PASI), Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score (ASDAS, C-Reactive Protein (CRP)-based), and Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) measures, were evaluated at baseline and at 6, 12, and 24 months. …”
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Knockdown of NDUFAF6 inhibits breast cancer progression via promoting mitophagy and apoptosis by Shang Wu, Xindi Ma, Xiangmei Zhang, Kaiye Du, Chao Shi, Ahmed Ali Almaamari, Boye Han, Suwen Su, Yunjiang Liu

“…Background While NDUFAF6 is implicated in breast cancer, its specific role remains unclear.Methods The expression levels and prognostic significance of NDUFAF6 in breast cancer were assessed using The Cancer Genome Atlas, Gene Expression Omnibus, Kaplan-Meier plotter and cBio-Portal databases. We knocked down NDUFAF6 in breast cancer cells using small interfering RNA and investigated its effects on cell proliferation and migration ability. …”
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Exploring survival rates in HIV-infected Ethiopian children receiving HAART: a retrospective cohort study by Yimam Getaneh, Yared Dejene, Birhanemeskel T. Adankie, Siti Qamariyah Khairunisa, Dominicus Husada, Kuntaman Kuntaman, Maria Inge Lusida

“…Survival rate and predictors of mortality were estimated using Kaplan-Meier and Cox-proportional hazards, respectively. …”
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Assessment of Treatment Outcomes and Associated Factors Among Pediatric Patients With Burkitt Lymphoma at Kenyatta National Hospital by Divya Kumari Toor, Amsalu Degu, Peter N. Karimi

“…Data analysis of factors associated with treatment and disease progression‐related death was carried out using the SPSS version 29.0 software. Kaplan–Meier survival and Cox regression analyses were employed to determine the survival time and predictors of mortality, respectively. …”
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Tumor Size Is a Critical Factor in Adjuvant Chemotherapy for T3-4aN0M0 Gastric Cancer Patients after D2 Gastrectomy by Shi Chen, Li-Ying Ou-Yang, Run-Cong Nie, Yuan-Fang Li, Jun Xiang, Zhi-Wei Zhou, Ying-Bo Chen, Jun-Sheng Peng

“…Chi-square tests and Kaplan-Meier methods were employed to compare the clinicopathological variables and prognoses. …”
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Efficacy and prognosis of dapagliflozin in the treatment of patients with acute myocardial infarction complicated with type 2 diabetes in Xining area by Jinping Chai, Delian Li, Yanmin Liu, Xiaoling Su

“…However, up to dapagliflozin group of patients after discharge significantly lower than the control group, the incidence of cardiovascular adverse events at dapagliflozin group of 4 cases of heart failure and cardiovascular death in 1 case and control group in heart failure 13 cases, 10 cases of cardiovascular death, cerebral hemorrhage 2 cases died. KaplanMeier survival analysis showed that the primary endpoint of survival was significantly higher in the dapagliflozin group than in the control group (P &lt; 0.05). …”
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Delirium at the intensive care unit and long-term survival: a retrospective study by Ignazio De Trizio, Maria Angeliki Komninou, Jutta Ernst, Reto Schüpbach, Jan Bartussek, Giovanna Brandi

“…The survival analysis was reported using Kaplan-Meier curves and absolute risk differences (ARD). …”
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