Prognostic value of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio dynamics in patients with septic acute kidney injury: a cohort study by Wei Wei, Caihong Liu, Guojiao Song, Letian Yang, Jian Li, Bo Wang, Ting Yin, Yingying Yang, Liang Ma, Ling Zhang, Ping Fu, Yuliang Zhao

“…The relationship between the ΔNLR and mortality was evaluated by Kaplan–Meier curves, Cox proportional hazards, and cubic spline analyses. …”
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Low albumin-to-creatinine ratios (ACR) are associated with poor outcomes in cancer patients by Hong Zhao, Xiangrui Li, Xiaoyue Liu, Chenan Liu, Xin Zheng, Yue Chen, Jinyu Shi, Qiteng Liu, Zhaoting Bu, Hanping Shi

“…Correlation analysis, Kaplan–Meier method, and restricted cubic spline analysis were conducted to explore ACR's relationship with overall survival (OS). …”
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The International Vitreoretinal B-Cell Lymphoma Registry: a protocol paper by David J Wilson, Valérie Touitou, Justine R Smith, Manabu Mochizuki, Hiroshi Takase, Steven Yeh, Alexandra L Farrall, H Nida Sen, Daniel V Vasconcelos-Santos, Joke H de Boer, Ninette H ten Dam-van Loon, Janet L Davis, Anthony J Hall, Mark H B Radford

“…Outcomes of the project will include: (1) descriptions of clinical presentations, and diagnostic and therapeutic preferences; (2) associations between clinical presentations, and diagnostics and treatments, and between diagnostics and treatments (assessed by ORs with 95% CIs); and (3) estimations of rates of vision loss, and progression-free and overall survival (assessed by Kaplan-Meier estimates).Ethics and dissemination The registry has received Australia-wide approval by a national human research ethics committee. …”
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Triglyceride-glucose index predicts adverse cardiovascular events in patients with H-type hypertension combined with coronary heart disease: a retrospective cohort study by Changjiang Li, Shun Zhao, Yingkai Li, Songyuan He, Wen Jian, Yanci Liu, Zichao Cheng, Hongyu Peng

“…The TyG index was divided into three groups according to tertiles. Kaplan–Meier curves were used to analyze the cumulative risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs), and ROC curve analysis was performed by the log-rank test. …”
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Concurrent versus sequential immunotherapy with chemoradiotherapy for unresectable stage III non-small-cell lung cancer: a retrospective study by Zhou Meng-Xi, Fan Wen-Jie, Zhang Ning, Zhu Li-Yang, Wang Hong-Yan

“…Survival analysis was performed using the Kaplan–Meier method. Univariate and multivariate analyses were conducted using the log-rank test and Cox proportional hazards model. …”
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Prognostic value of tumor‐infiltrating lymphocytes and PD‐L1 expression in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma by Jie Hu, Takeshi Toyozumi, Kentaro Murakami, Satoshi Endo, Yasunori Matsumoto, Ryota Otsuka, Tadashi Shiraishi, Shinichiro Iida, Hiroki Morishita, Tenshi Makiyama, Yuri Nishioka, Masaya Uesato, Koichi Hayano, Akira Nakano, Hisahiro Matsubara

“…The positive expression rate of PD‐L1 TC and CD8+ TILs was 27.8% (35/126) and 31.7% (40/126), respectively. Kaplan–Meier analysis showed that overall survival (OS) was significantly associated with decreased CD8+ TILs and PD‐L1 TC‐positive expression, which promote ESCC progression and metastasis. …”
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三阴性乳腺癌化疗后骨髓抑制与其预后的相关性分析 by 夏坤健, 王琳, 孙振华

“…采用<italic>χ</italic>²检验分析两组患者的一般临床病理资料，包括年龄、肿瘤病理类型、肿瘤T分期、肿瘤N分期、肿瘤Nottingham分级、脉管内癌栓、化疗方案，采用Kaplan-Meier法对两组患者的无病生存期（DFS）及总生存期（OS）进行分析，采用多因素Cox比例风险回归模型分析化疗后重度骨髓抑制对TNBC患者DFS及OS的影响。…”
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Predicting breast cancer prognosis using PR and PIK3CA biomarkers: a comparative analysis of diagnostic groups by Yuting Feng, Qingzhen Song, Lei Yan, Ruoqi Li, Mengqin Yang, Peng Bu, Jing Lian

“…The prognostic utility of this model was examined via both Kaplan‒Meier (KM) survival curves and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analyses. …”
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Reference values for the 1-minute sit-to-stand test to assess functional capacity and short-term mortality in people with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and fibrotic connective tiss... by Meng-Yun Tsai, Kuo-Tung Huang, Chiann-Yi Hsu, Yi-Hsuan Yu, Pin-Kuei Fu

“…Predictors of 18-month mortality were evaluated using ROC curve and Kaplan-Meier curve. Results Of the 150 F-ILD patients, 37 (24.6%) had idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), and 113 (75.4%) had connective tissue disease-related ILD (CTD-ILD). …”
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The Impact of Cementing Techniques on Implant Longevity in Relation to Keel Length in Persona and NexGen Knee Arthroplasty: A Comprehensive Study by Arash Sharafat Vaziri, MD, Mohammad Naghi Tahmasebi, MD, Hoseinali Hadi, MD, Sina Javidmehr, MD, Sohrab Keyhani, MD, Zahra Vahdati, MD, Hossein Nematian, MD, Yalda Farahmand, MD

“…The modifications applied include better preparation of the bone surfaces and the cancellous bone cavities, pressurizing the cement and interstitial fluid suction at the same time, applying a layer of cement on the surfaces of the tibia and implant, and immobilizing the limb. Kaplan-Meier analyses were performed to estimate survivorship. …”
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Etiology and Prognosis of Cardiogenic Shock in a Secondary Center without Surgical Back-Up by Laurent Bonello, Marc Laine, Etienne Puymirat, Victoria Ceccaldi, Mélanie Gaubert, Franck Paganelli, Pr Franck Thuny, Thibaut Dabry, Guillaume Schurtz, Clement Delmas, Julien Mancini, Gilles Lemesle

“…Etiologies were analyzed, and survival rates derived from Kaplan-Meier estimates were compared with the log-rank test. …”
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Inflammatory burden index as a prognostic marker in patients with advanced gastric cancer treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy and immunotherapy by Jiao-Bao Huang, Zhi-Yong Zhou, Jun Lu, Ji-Yun Zhu, Bin Lai, Sheng-Xun Mao, Jia-Qing Cao

“…Finally, Inflammatory burden index(IBI) was grouped by X-tile software, and Kaplan-Meier method was used to compare the survival difference between groups.ResultsA total of 163 patients were enrolled in this study. …”
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The Change of Systemic Immune-Inflammation Index Independently Predicts Survival of Colorectal Cancer Patients after Curative Resection by Qingqing Chen, Haohao Wu, Xinwei Guo, Ke Gu, Wenjie Wang, Xiaochen Chen, Shengjun Ji, Hui Yang, Jiahao Zhu

“…The relationships between overall survival (OS), disease-free survival (DFS), and ∆SII were analyzed with both univariate Kaplan-Meier and multivariate Cox regression methods. …”
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RBMS3表达与上皮性卵巢癌临床病理特征及预后 by 邢瑞丽, 印天, 范方田, 张颖, 张庆松, 杨波

“…结果在EOC组织与上皮性卵巢良性肿瘤组织中RBMS3均表达，而RBMS3在EOC组织中的表达水平明显低于其在上皮性卵巢良性肿瘤组织中的表达水平（<italic>P</italic> &lt;0.05）；在EOC组织中的表达水平与其国际妇产科联合会的分期（FIGO分期）、组织学分级、CEA水平及生存状况有关（<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05）；Kaplan-Meier生存曲线表明：RBMS3的低表达与EOC患者的无疾病进展期（PFS）和总生存期（OS）的降低均有关（<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05）；单因素分析结果示：RBMS3表达、FIGO分期、残余病灶大小、肠道转移、腹腔种植与EOC患者的OS相关（<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05）；多因素分析示：RBMS3低表达及肠道转移是EOC患者预后不良的独立危险因素（<italic>P</italic> &lt;0.05）。…”
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The Electroanatomic Volume of the Left Atrium as a Determinant of Recurrences in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation After Pulmonary Vein Isolation: A Prospective Study by Amaia Martínez León, David Testa Alonso, María Salgado, Ruth Álvarez Velasco, Minel Soroa, Daniel Gracia Iglesias, David Calvo

“…Cox regression analyses (univariate and multivariate), Kaplan–Meier curves and log-rank tests were used to illustrate freedom from atrial arrhythmia during follow-up. …”
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PRAF2 as a novel biomarker for breast cancer with machine learning and experimentation validation by Zheng Wang, Zilin Bi, Hongguang Bo, Junyi Xu, Rui Sha, Zhaocai Yin, Changsheng Yu, Yufa Xu, Xiaomeng Shi, Wenbo Song, Bin Chen, Yabing Wang, Qian Zhang, Jianping Chen

“…Methods Pan-cancer analysis of PRAF2 was performed in the TIMER, Kaplan‒Meier, UALCAN and GEPIA databases.The prognostic value of PRAF2 in BC was investigated in the GEPIA database. …”
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Parameters Suggesting Spontaneous Passage of Stones from Common Bile Duct: A Retrospective Study by Tawfik Khoury, Mohamed Adileh, Ashraf Imam, Yosef Azraq, Avital Bilitzky-Kopit, Muhamad Massarwa, Ari Benson, Zaher Bahouth, Samir Abu-Gazaleh, Wisam Sbeit, Rifaat Safadi, Abed Khalaileh

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How long does it take to start minimal enteral feeding in preterm Neonates admitted to NICUs in Southern Oromia, Ethiopia? by Anteneh Fikrie, Terefu Yambo, Alo Edin, Miesa Gelchu, Dejene Hailu, Mark Spigt

“…Data were extracted by a pretested structured checklist, entered into Epidata 3.1 and then transferred to Stata version 17 for analysis. Kaplan Meier survival curve and log rank test were used to estimate survival time and a statistical comparison respectively. …”
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Long-term Prospective Comparative Analysis of Ototoxic and Survival Outcomes of Sequential Boost and Simultaneous Integrated Boost of Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy for Head-Neck... by Nidhin Das, Sri Harsha Kombathula, Vidhu Sharma, Puneet Pareek, Kapil Soni, Amit Goyal

“…Survival was assessed with the Kaplan-Meier analysis. Results: The study included 93 patients (186 ears), 40 receiving radiation alone and 53 undergoing chemoradiation. …”
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Evaluation of the Feasibility of Transfusing Leukocyte Depletion Filter–Processed Intraoperative Cell Salvage Blood in Metastatic Spine Tumor Surgery: Protocol for a Non–Randomized... by Naresh Kumar, Si Jian Hui, Renick Lee, Sahil Athia, Joel Yong Hao Tan, Jonathan Jiong Hao Tan

“…Outcomes will be analyzed using 1-way ANOVA and Fisher exact test. The Kaplan-Meier curve and a log-rank test will be used to study overall survival. …”
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