Percutaneous ultrasound-guided radiofrequency ablation for patients with liver metastases from gastrointestinal stromal tumors by Li Liu, Bing Wang, Zhong-Yi Zhang, Song Wang, Hao Wu, Hong Wang, Wei Wu, Kun Yan, Wei Yang

“…Survival curves were constructed using the Kaplan–Meier method and compared using the log-rank test. …”
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Association between monocyte-lymphocyte ratio and all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in patients with chronic kidney diseases: A data analysis from national health and nutritio... by Wenwu Liu, Shuwei Weng, Chenghui Cao, Yuting Yi, Yue Wu, Daoquan Peng

“…The results of the cox proportional hazards regression model and Kaplan-Meier curve shown after adjusting for covariates, higher MLR was significantly associated with an increased risk of mortality. …”
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Pembrolizumab hybrid dosing is non-inferior to flat dosing in advanced non-small cell lung cancer: a real-world, retrospective bicenter cohort study by Egbert F Smit, Willemijn S M E Theelen, Michiel M Smeenk, Vincent van der Noort, Jeroen M A Hendrikx, Hanieh Abedian Kalkhoran

“…Overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) were assessed by Kaplan-Meier estimation, compared by log-rank test and HRs were calculated with the Cox proportional hazards model in both unweighted and inverse probability of treatment weighted (IPTW) cohorts. …”
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Validation of the role of apolipoproteins in coronary artery disease patients with impaired kidney function for prognosis: a prospective cohort study in China by Zixiang Ye, Enmin Xie, Zhangyu Lin, Chenxi Song, Rui zhang, Haoyu Wang, Yongbao Zhang, Kefei Dou

“…MACE, defined as a composite of all-cause mortality, cardiovascular death, nonfatal myocardial infarctions, strokes, and unplanned revascularizations, was tracked post-procedure, with statistical analyses including Kaplan–Meier survival curves and Cox regression models to identify associations with apolipoproteins. …”
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The Relationship of Conduction Disorder and Prognosis in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome by Wei-Chieh Lee, Yen-Nan Fang, Tien-Yu Chen, Yun-Yu Hsieh, Yi-Hsuan Tsai, Hsiu-Yu Fang, Po-Jui Wu, Huang-Chung Chen, Ping-Yen Liu

“…After propensity score matching, the Kaplan–Meier curve analysis for HF hospitalization, CV mortality, and all-cause mortality were compared among patients with LBBB, RBBB, and NICD. …”
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Real-world effectiveness of azvudine versus nirmatrelvir-ritonavir in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 and pre-existing diabetes by Guanyue Su, Silin Li, Donghua Zhang, Yongjian Zhou, Ling Wang, Yiqiang Yuan, Guowu Qian, Guotao Li, Na Han, Ming Cheng, Guangming Li, Shixi Zhang, Hong Luo, Mengzhao Yang, Yanyang Zhang, Zhan Song, Jiyuan Xing, Zujiang Yu, Zhigang Ren

“…In this retrospective cohort study, we collected 32,864 hospitalized COVID-19 patients from nine hospitals, among which 636 azvudine recipients and 318 nirmatrelvir-ritonavir recipients were enrolled for final analysis after exclusion and propensity score matching. Kaplan-Meier and multivariate Cox regression analysis results showed that azvudine had a lower risk of all-cause death compared with nirmatrelvir-ritonavir for the treatment of patients with COVID-19 and pre-existing diabetes (log rank: p = 0.044; HR: 0.63; 95% CI: 0.431–0.934). …”
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Associations of healthy lifestyle and family income to poverty ratio with all-cause mortality among people with prediabetes and diabetes: a prospective cohort study by Zhu Li, Lin Zhou, Yongshi Wu, Tao Ding, Yuxin Gan, Xiang Fan

“…Cox proportional hazard models were used to calculate hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals, Kaplan-Meier survival curve was used to analyze the all-cause mortality associated with PIR and lifestyle. …”
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Baseline atherogenic index of plasma and its trajectory predict onset of type 2 diabetes in a health screened adult population: a large longitudinal study by Yongbing Sun, Xinbei Lin, Zhi Zou, Caiwen Zhao, Ao Liu, Jing Zhou, Zhonglin Li, Xiaoling Wu, Shewei Dou, Jiadong Zhu, Tao Li, Xue Lv, Yong Wang, Yongli Li

“…AIP was calculated as the logarithm of the ratio of triglycerides (TG) to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C). The Kaplan-Meier method was employed to analyze the incidence of T2DM across different AIP groups. …”
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Identification of EARS2 as a Potential Biomarker with Diagnostic, Prognostic, and Therapeutic Implications in Colorectal Cancer by Wang L, Deng X, Tang J, Gong Y, Bu S, Li Z, Liao B, Ding Y, Dai T, Liao Y, Li Y

“…Receiver Operating Characteristic analysis, Kaplan-Meier analysis, and the construction of a nomogram model were conducted to assess the diagnostic and prognostic significance of the key lactate metabolism-related gene EARS2. …”
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TP53 Mutation Predicts Worse Survival and Earlier Local Progression in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treated with Transarterial Embolization by Ken Zhao, Anita Karimi, Luke Kelly, Elena Petre, Brett Marinelli, Erica S. Alexander, Vlasios S. Sotirchos, Joseph P. Erinjeri, Anne Covey, Constantinos T. Sofocleous, James J. Harding, William Jarnagin, Carlie Sigel, Efsevia Vakiani, Etay Ziv, Hooman Yarmohammadi

“…Survival analysis was performed using the Kaplan–Meier method. The time to progression with death or the last patient contact without progression as competing risks were used to obtain a cumulative incidence function, and the association with TP53 status was evaluated using the Gray test. …”
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A cost-effectiveness analysis of sotorasib as second-line treatment for patients with KRAS-G12C-mutated metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (mNSCLC) in Switzerland by Tämer El Saadany, Judith Lupatsch, Michael Mark, Michaela Barbier, Tarun Mehra, Matthias Schwenkglenks, Roger von Moos

“…Parametric survival curves were fitted to the published Kaplan-Meier data, and survival was extrapolated. …”
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Bone metastasis in differentiated thyroid cancer: Spanish multicenter study of clinical characteristics, survival and prognostic factors by Suset Dueñas-Disotuar, Ana Piñar-Gutiérrez, Irene de Lara-Rodríguez, Julia Sastre-Marcos, Emma Anda-Apiñániz, Amelia Oleaga-Alday, JC Galofré, Aida Orois, Victoria Alcázar-Lázaro, Laia Martínez-Guasch, Cecilia Sánchez-Ragnarsson, María Ángeles Gálvez-Moreno, Cristina Familiar-Casado, Tomás Martín-Hernández, Ana R. Romero-Lluch

“…A Cox regression analysis was performed to examine prognostic factors for survival. Kaplan-Meier and log-rank tests were performed for survival analysis and comparison between groups.ResultsA total of 133 patients were included with a median follow-up of 40 (17-70) months. …”
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Dexmedetomidine improves clinical outcomes in sepsis-induced myocardial injury: a retrospective cohort study by Yuan Liu, Jianjie Ouyang, Cuicui Zhang, Pingping Niu, Pingping Niu, Baoling Shang, Baoling Shang, Gengzhen Yao, Gengzhen Yao, Yongyong Shi, Yongyong Shi, Xu Zou, Xu Zou

“…The association between DEX use and in-hospital mortality was assessed using Kaplan–Meier analysis and Cox proportional hazards models.ResultsAfter PSM, 373 patients in the DEX group were matched with 579 patients in the non-DEX group to achieve a balanced distribution of the covariates. …”
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Multiparametric cardiovascular magnetic resonance is associated with outcomes in pediatric heart transplant recipients by Andrew A. Lawson, Kae Watanabe, Lindsay Griffin, Christina Laternser, Michael Markl, Cynthia K. Rigsby, Joshua D. Robinson, Nazia Husain

“…Non-cardiac death did not occur. Using Kaplan-Meier analysis, high T1 (≥1061 ms), T2 (≥50.0 ms), and ECV (≥31.4%) were each associated with decreased freedom from the composite outcome in follow-up. …”
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High expression of SULF1 is associated with adverse prognosis in breast cancer brain metastasis by Yitong Li, Tingting Feng, Qinghong Wang, Yue Wu, Jue Wang, Wenlong Zhang, Qi Kong

“…Further investigation related to SULF1 was conducted using online databases such as Kaplan–Meier Plotter and cBioPortal. Thus, expression levels, variations, associations with HER2, biological processes, and pathways involving SULF1 could be analyzed using UALCAN, cBioPortal, GEPIA2, and LinkedOmics databases. …”
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Probiotics Can Boost the Antitumor Immunity of CD8+T Cells in BALB/c Mice and Patients with Colorectal Carcinoma by Jie Mao, Shu-Ze Zhang, Peng Du, Zhi-Bin Cheng, Huan Hu, Shi-Yao Wang

“…The results of flow cytometry also showed that the proportion of CD8+T cells in the probiotics group was higher than that in the nonprobiotics group (P=0.029). Kaplan-Meier survival estimates also showed that the CD8+T cells, TNM stage, pathology grade, lymphatic metastasis, and probiotic treatment were significantly associated with the progression-free survival (PFS) (χ2=9.684, P=0.002 for CD8+T cells; χ2=5.878, P=0.015 for TNM stage; χ2=7.398, P=0.004 for pathology grade; χ2=8.847, P=0.003 for Lymphatic metastasis; and χ2=4.622, P=0.032 for the group (group A was treated with probiotics before surgery; group B was not treated with probiotics)). …”
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Alterations in DNA Damage Repair Genes Before and After Neoadjuvant Cisplatin-based Chemotherapy in Muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer by Ursula Lemberger, Büsra Ernhofer, Sigurd Krieger, Andreas Bruchbacher, André Oszwald, Ekaterina Laukhtina, Andrea Haitl, Melanie R. Hassler, Bernhard Englinger, Eva Compérat, Shahrokh F. Shariat

“…Genetic variants were analyzed along with clinical data and quantitative phospho-H2AX data using the Kaplan-Meier method, Cox regression analysis, and factor analysis of mixed data. …”
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The Multifaceted Roles of Myrrha in the Treatment of Breast Cancer: Potential Therapeutic Targets and Promises by Anwar Shams MD, MSc, PhD, Abdullah Ahmed Alzahrani, Taghreed A Ayash MSc, PhD, Shadi Tamur MD, FRCPC, FAAP, Majed AL-Mourgi MD, FRCS, FCCP, FACS

“…The protein mapping relationship between potential myrrh targets and their partner proteins during breast cancer development was screened and constructed through the STRING and ShinyGO databases. In addition, the Kaplan-Meier plots (KM-plot) prognostic tool was applied to assess the survival rate associated with the expression of the current gene signature in different human cancers, including breast cancer. …”
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Prognostic significance of cell cycle-associated proteins p16, pRB, cyclin D1 and p53 in resected oropharyngeal carcinoma by Michaela Plath, Martina A. Broglie, Diana Förbs, Sandro J. Stoeckli, Wolfram Jochum

“…Associations between cell cycle protein expression and HR-HPV DNA status were evaluated by calculating sensitivity, specificity, predictive values, and diagnostic odds ratios (DOR). Kaplan-Meier and Cox regression analysis were applied to evaluate associations between cell cycle protein expression and patient outcome. …”
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Childhood-Onset Takayasu Arteritis: Clinical Features of Disease and Relapse Risk Factors by Vera Podzolkova, Galina Lyskina, Olga Shpitonkova, Angelina Polyanskaya, Svetlana Chebysheva, Marina Shakhnazarova, Jinbo Zhao, Aleksandr Suvorov, Vera Khudoroshkova, Natalia Geppe

“…<b>Results:</b> The median time to relapse was 18 [IQR: 13; -] months according to the Kaplan–Meier curve. Patients with ITAS.A with a diagnosis of TA ≥ 12 had a higher probability of relapse, according to the log-rank criterion (<i>p</i> = 0.006). …”
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