Assessment framework to predict sensitivity of marine calcifiers to ocean alkalinity enhancement – identification of biological thresholds and importance of precautionary principle... by N. Bednaršek, H. van de Mortel, G. Pelletier, G. Pelletier, M. García-Reyes, R. A. Feely, A. G. Dickson, A. G. Dickson

“…Predicted responses were categorized into six different categories (linear positive and negative, threshold positive and negative, parabolic and neutral) to delineate responses per species. The results show that 34.4 % of responses are predicted to be positive (<span class="inline-formula"><i>N</i>=33</span>), 26.0 % negative (<span class="inline-formula"><i>N</i>=25</span>), and 39.2 % (<span class="inline-formula"><i>N</i>=38</span>) neutral upon alkalinity addition. …”
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Research on Carbon Sequestration Capacity of Urban Park Green Space in the Central Urban Area of Beijing and Driving Factors Thereof by Xiuping LIU, Songting ZHAO, Xinyu LI, Jiale LI, Xing WANG

“…Accordingly, the annual average carbon sequestration capacity per unit area was 2.46 tC/hm2, 3.19 tC/hm2, and 3.29 tC/hm2, respectively, showing an increasing trend year by year. 82.15% of park green spaces have significantly improved their carbon sequestration capacity. …”
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Micronutrient dose response (MiNDR) study among women of reproductive age and pregnant women in rural Bangladesh: study protocol for double-blind, randomised, controlled trials by Tahmeed Ahmed, Hasmot Ali, Michael Rosenblum, Daniel J Erchick, Towfida Jahan Siddiqua, Rezwanul Haque, Parul Christian, Sarah Baker, Eleonor Zavala, Kerry J Schulze, SM Tafsir Hasan, Khalid Bin Ahsan, Sulagna Bandyopadhyay, Hasan Mahmud Sujan, Md. Hafizur Rahman, Katherine K Stephenson, Ximing Ge, Ethan K Gough, Brooke Langevin, Lee Shu Fune Wu, Brian Dyer, Anjan Kumar Roy, Mohammad Jubair, Amena Al Nishan, Mathangi Gopalakrishnan, Klaus Kraemer

“…These levels of micronutrients are delivered in the form of a reconstituted (in water) powdered drink, daily, including a placebo drink in the control arm, plus a fortified, balanced energy and protein (BEP) food product containing each micronutrient at ~1 RDA per serving. The supplement duration is 3 months in WRA and~6 months (until birth) in PW, who are enrolled at 12–16 weeks of pregnancy; women are randomised to one of the four arms at enrolment. …”
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Impact de l’évaluation de la sédation sur la durée de ventilation mécanique en réanimation pédiatrique [Impact of sedation assessment on duration of mechanical ventilation in pedia... by Zakaria Zoheir Addou, Nabil Tabet Aoul, Abdessamad DALI ALI Dali-Ali

“…The conditions for which sedation was indicated were traumatic (32%) and Neurological (30%).The average number of CB assessments per day was 11.8±5 "after". The CB score at the "after" phase was adequate sedation in (71.1%); mild sedation (16.9%) and deep sedation (12%). …”
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Evaluating metagenomics and targeted approaches for diagnosis and surveillance of viruses by Sarah Buddle, Leysa Forrest, Naomi Akinsuyi, Luz Marina Martin Bernal, Tony Brooks, Cristina Venturini, Charles Miller, Julianne R. Brown, Nathaniel Storey, Laura Atkinson, Timothy Best, Sunando Roy, Sian Goldsworthy, Sergi Castellano, Peter Simmonds, Heli Harvala, Tanya Golubchik, Rachel Williams, Judith Breuer, Sofia Morfopoulou, Oscar Enrique Torres Montaguth

“…Results Capture with the Twist CVRP increased sensitivity by at least 10–100-fold over untargeted sequencing, making it suitable for the detection of low viral loads (60 genome copies per ml (gc/ml)), but additional methods may be needed in a diagnostic setting to detect untargeted organisms. …”
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Study protocol for an observational cohort study of heat stress impacts in pregnancy in The Gambia, West Africa [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] by Jane E Hirst, Ana Bonell, Abdul Sesay, Leonidas G. Ioannou, Bubacarr Bah, Kris A. Murray, Andy Haines, Sophie E. Moore, David Jeffries, Neil S Maxwell, Ana Vicero-Cabrera, Apolline Saucy, Cally Tan, Emmanuel Okoh, Dorothy Watters, Bakary Sonko, Williams Oluwatosin Adefila, Yahaya Idris, Mam Leigh-Nabou, Jarra Manneh, Andreas Flouris, Sainabou Bojang, Amanda N Sferruzzi-Perri, Andrew Prentice

“…The key objectives of the study are to 1) map exposure to heat stress in the cohort and understand what environmental, social and community factors increase the risk of extreme heat exposure; 2) assess the impact of heat stress on maternal health, e.g. heat strain, subjective psychological well-being, sleep and activity level; 3) evaluate how heat stress impacts placenta structure and function; 4) determine how chronic heat exposure impacts birth outcomes; and 5) explore the epigenetic changes in the placenta and infant by heat stress exposure per trimester. Pregnant women will be recruited from two distinct regions in The Gambia to exploit the naturally occurring heat gradient across the country. …”
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Initial treatment with a single capsule containing half-dose quadruple therapy vs standard-dose dual therapy in hypertensive patients (QUADUAL): a randomized, blinded, crossover tr... by Xiexiong Zhao, Tao Liu, Qiong Yang, Guoping Yang, Xingli Li, Xiaohong Tang, Jingle Li, Zhongshu Liang, Anying Li, Lixiong Zeng, Juan Wen, Xiaoyan Wang, Liping Peng, Wenjuan Wang, Jingjing Cai, Ye Chen, Miao Huang, Ruixuan Li, Ru Fu, Lin Zhao, Xiaogang Li, Weihong Jiang

“…The main outcomes were the reduction of blood pressure and safety outcomes. Analyses were per intention to treat. Results A total of 90 eligible participants were randomized between July 13, 2022, and April 20, 2023. …”
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Identification of reproductive performance in Bali-polled bulls using computer-assisted semen analysis and plasma seminal proteomics by Athhar Manabi Diansyah, Sanstoso Santoso, Herdis Herdis, Muhammad Yusuf, Tri Puji Priyatno, Tulus Maulana, Abdul Latief Toleng, Muhammad Ihsan Andi Dagong, Syahruddin Said, Hikmayani Iskandar, Aeni Nurlatifah, Puji Lestari, Lukman Affandy, Abdullah Baharun

“…Fertility was evaluated through service per conception (S/C) in artificial insemination trials. …”
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Impact of Addition of a Newtonian Solvent to a Giesekus Fluid: Analytical Determination of Flow Rate in Plane Laminar Motion by Irene Daprà, Giambattista Scarpi, Vittorio Di Federico

“…As expected, the flow rate per unit width <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msup><mrow><mi>Q</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>′</mo></mrow></msup></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> is larger than for a Newtonian fluid and decreases as the solvent increases. …”
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“Holding on to Hope”: follow up qualitative findings of a tobacco treatment intervention for people experiencing mental health conditions by Tessa-May Zirnsak, Kristen McCarter, Melissa L. McKinlay, Ashleigh Guillaumier, Nadine Cocks, Catherine Brasier, Laura Hayes, Amanda L. Baker, Donita E. Baird, Billie Bonevski, Ron Borland, Ron Borland, David Castle, Erin Forbes, Peter J. Kelly, Catherine Segan, Catherine Segan, Rohan Sweeney, Alyna Turner, Alyna Turner, Jill M. Williams, Lisa Brophy, Lisa Brophy

“…Connectedness and hope are significant enablers of making and sustaining quit attempts.Trial registrationThe Quitlink trial was registered with ANZCTR (www.anzctr.org.au): ACTRN12619000244101 prior to the accrual of the first participant and updated regularly as per registry guidelines.…”
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Attitudes towards vaccines and intention to vaccinate against COVID-19: a cross-sectional analysis—implications for public health communications in Australia by Leslie Swartz, Jean Bourbeau, Naja Hulvej Rod, Colleen Norris, Molly Byrne, Samir Gupta, Juhee Cho, Amos Laar, Jacqueline Boyle, Eva Suarthana, Mohsen Sadatsafavi, Bronwynè Coetzee, Susan Michie, Richard Fleet, Jason Bantjes, Beate Ditzen, Justin Presseau, Lucie Byrne-Davis, Claudia Gemme, Valeria Raparelli, Alexandra Kautzky-Willer, Sandra Peláez, Hannah Durand, Olivier Drouin, Sze Man Tse, Louise Pilote, Hagai Levine, Richard Ayah, Drieda Zaçe, Paul Poirier, Helena J Teede, Paula Griffiths, Elizabeth W Kimani-Murage, Lisa Kakinami, Angelos Kassianos, Chiwoza Bandawe, Ariane Belanger-Gravel, Lise Gauvin, Ilda Hoxhaj, Stefania Boccia, Jovana Stojanovic, Keven Joyal-Desmarais, Emily Petherick, Joanne Liu, Linda Booij, Joanne Enticott, Ahmed Abou-Setta, Kyle Warkentin, Roland Grad, Michael Vallis, Gary Garber, Mohsen Alyami, Johannes Thrul, Gregory Ninot, Susanne Fischer, Lauren Sherar, Paula Simão, Daniel Akunga, Jackim Nyamari, John Bosco Isunju, Michel Fournier, Francine Ducharme, Sarah Bernard, Shawn Aaron, Susan Bondy, Rizwana Roomaney, Jiyoung Lee, Violet Naanyu, Chris Noone, Abdhalah Ziraba, Eli Puterman, Jaskirath Singh Gill, Simon L. Bacon, Kim L. Lavoie, Daniel S. Epstein, Shrinkhala Dawadi, Zahir Vally, Analía Verónica Losada, Shajedur Rahman Shawon, Arobindu Dash, Marilia Estevam Cornelio, Darlan Lauricio Matte, Angela Alberga, Tracie Barnett, Silvana Barone, Lisa Maureen Birch, Roxane Borgès Da Silva, Rachel Burns, Tavis Campbell, Linda Carlson, Kim Corace, Mohsen Farhadloo, Carl Falk, Jennifer Gordon, Kim Hellemans, Catherine Herba, Heungsun Hwang, Jack Jedwab, Eric Kennedy, Sunmee Kim, Joshua Rash, Paula A B Ribeiro, Paramita Saha Chaudhuri, Nicolás Bronfman Caceres, Manuel Ortiz, Paula Beatriz Repetto, Mariantonia Lemos-Hoyos, Mathieu Beraneck, Thomas Kubiak, Sam Codjoe, Lily Kpobi, Naorem Kiranmala Devi, Sanjenbam Meitei, Suzanne Tanya Nethan, Lancelot Pinto, Kallur Nava Saraswathy, Dheeraj Tumu, Silviana Lestari, Grace Wangge, Jennifer McSharry, Oonagh Meade, Gerry Molloy, Anat Zaidman-Zait, Stefania Paduano, Ala'S Aburub, Chris Barasa, Pamela Miloya Godia, Nicholas Mutuku, Teresa Mwoma, Hildah Oburu, Joyce Olenja, Dismas Ongore, Loh Siew Yim, Andrea Herbert, Daniela Liggett, Ademola Ajuwon, Nisar Ahmed Shar, Bilal Ahmed Usmani, Rosario Mercedes Bartolini Martínez, Hilary Creed-Kanashiro, Pierre Claver Rutayisire, Abu Zeeshan Bari, Iveta Nagyova, Brendon Barnes, Ashraf Khagee, Tebogo Mothiba, Man-gyeong Lee, Anne Berman, Nouha Saleh Stattin, Debbie Hu, Yasin Kara, Ceprail Şimşek, Bilge Üzmezoğlu, James Mugisha, Joanne Hart, Will Johnson, Nicola Paine, Robert M Bilder, Matthew Burg, Susan Czajkowski, Ken Freedland, Sherri Sheinfeld Gorin, Alison Holman, Gilberto Lopez, Sylvie Naar, Michele Okun, Lynda Powell, Sarah Pressman, Tracey Revenson, John Ruiz, Sudha Sivaram, Claudia Trudel-Fitzgerald, Abehaw Yohannes, Rhea Navani, Kushnan Ranakombu, Daisuke Hayashi Neto, Tair Ben-Porat, Anda Dragomir, Amandine Gagnon-Hébert, Vincent Gosselin Boucher, Mahrukh Jamil, Lisa Maria Käfer, Ariany Marques Vieira, Tasfia Tasbih, Maegan Trottier, Robbie Woods, Reyhaneh Yousefi, Tamila Roslyakova, Lilli Priesterroth, Shirly Edelstein, Tanya Goldfrad, Ruth Snir, Yifat Uri, Comfort Sanuade, Olivia Crescenzi, Katya Grinko, Lalita Angne, Jigisha Jain, Nikita Mathur, Anagha Mithe, Sarah Nethan

“…Secondary outcome: analyses of putative drivers of uptake, including vaccine confidence, socioeconomic status and sources of trust, derived from multiple survey questions.Results Seventy-eight per cent reported being likely to receive a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine. …”
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Acute exacerbations in patients with progressive pulmonary fibrosis by Michael Kreuter, Elizabeth A. Belloli, Elisabeth Bendstrup, Stefania Cerri, Kevin R. Flaherty, Shane Shapera, Jin Woo Song, Heiko Mueller, Klaus B. Rohr, Yasuhiro Kondoh, on behalf of the INBUILD trial investigators, S. Quadrelli, M. Otaola, M.A. Bergna, P. Elias, G. Arce, A. Cazaux, J. Guiot, B. Bondue, C. Dahlqvist, L. Homik, S. Shapera, A. Cantin, M. Kolb, M. Salinas Fénero, R. Maturana Rozas, A. Silva Orellana, Z. Xu, Q. Luo, J. Kang, H. Cai, S. Marchand-Adam, E. Bergot, A. Gamez-Dubuis, F. Riviere, R. Kessler, H. Nunes, C. Marquette, L. Wemeau, S. Jouneau, F. Lebargy, B. Crestani, V. Cottin, M. Reynaud-Gaubert, S. Blaas, F. Bonella, W. Randerath, J. Hetzel, D. Koschel, M. Kreuter, A. Prasse, D. Skowasch, S. Stieglitz, R. Refini, S. Cerri, A. Pesci, S. Tomassetti, C. Vancheri, F. Varone, N. Sakamoto, S. Abe, H. Hayashi, T. Saito, T. Suda, H. Kitamura, M. Okamoto, Y. Kondoh, S. Makino, T. Takeuchi, Y. Yamada, C. Kono, Y. Inoue, H. Sugiura, K. Kishi, H. Takaya, H. Yamauchi, K. Ichikado, K. Tomii, H. Takahashi, S. Izumi, T. Kawamura, Y. Nishioka, Y. Miyazaki, J.W. Song, J.S. Park, Y. Kim, E. Jassem, J. Kus, W. Piotrowski, A. Barczyk, D. Ziora, E. Bazdyrev, S. Moiseev, S. Avdeev, M. Ilkovich, V. Yakusevich, C. Valenzuela, O. Acosta, M. Martínez, L. Gómez, M. Molina-Molina, D.M. Castillo Villegas, M. Aburto, J.A. Rodríguez Portal, A. Villar, A. León Jiménez, J. Sauleda, M. Arias, P. Beirne, H. Stone, B. Hope-Gill, N. Hirani, N. Chaudhuri, A. Gifford, L. Jones, L. Morrison, D. Antin-Ozerkis, N. Bhatt, T. Kulkarni, T. Moua, N. Ettinger, L. Pitts, S. Veeraraghavan, M. Padilla, E.R. Fernández Pérez, G. Giessel, M. Strek, S. Danoff, J. Burk, M. Rossman, N. Patel, E. Belloli, D. Hotchkin, S. Weigt, M.B. Scholand, R. Kaner, B. Sigal, Z. Safdar, L. Tolle, R. Martinez, M. Glassberg, R. Hallowell, J. Golden, M. Schwartz, E. Britt, L. Morrow, Y. Mageto, K. Buch, S. Chaaban, H. Poonyagariyagorn, D. Dilling, O. Shlobin, K. Thavarajah, A. Nambiar, I. Rosas, R. Bascom, J. Oldham, S. Schmidt, J. Dematte D'Amico, J. Falk, C. Glazer, G. Criner

“…Lower DLCO % predicted was associated with an increased risk of acute exacerbation with a hazard ratio (HR) of 1.56 (95% CI 1.21–2.02) per 10 units lower (p<0.001). Age ≥65 years was associated with a numerically increased risk (HR 1.55, 95% CI 0.87–2.77; p=0.14). …”
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Activités artisanales sur la rive droite de la Vesle à Reims/Durocortorum by Émilie Jouhet, Michaël Brunet, Pierre Mathelart, Véronique Matterne

“…Even if the function of each room has not been identified, a certain number of recurring equipment items may be linked to metallurgical activity: numerous post holes, several pits that yielded large quantities of charcoal, limestone with a polished and reddened appearance, suggesting their use as anvils, and up to three hearths per space, totaling more than a dozen. Moreover, the use of all these structures is also marked by the presence of an accumulation of blackish-gray silty-clay levels, covering about 70% of the total surface of the building, which contained a large quantity of battitura. …”
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Non-lethal sonodynamic therapy mitigates hypertensive renal fibrosis through the PI3K/AKT/mTORC1-autophagy pathway by DanDan Liu, Hui Wang, Jialong Li, Siqi Sheng, Shu Wang, Ye Tian

“…The pumps were implanted in mice, ensuring constant infusion of Ang II at a dose of 1.0 µg/kg per minute for 4 weeks. The mice were exposed to 0.4 W/cm2 intensity ultrasonic radiation for 15 min at 4 h post injection of sinoporphyrin sodium (DVDMS) (4 mg/kg) into the caudal vein was repeated weekly for 4 treatments. …”
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Application of selection Index for enhancing resistance to Cryptocarya irritans and Vibrio alginolyticus in large yellow croaker by Jiaying Wang, Jiaying Wang, Ji Zhao, Ji Zhao, Bo Liu, Hongshu Chi, Pengxing Jiang, Pengxing Jiang, Junzu Xiao, Junzu Xiao, Zhou Jiang, Zhou Jiang, Lingwei Miao, Lingwei Miao, Qian He, Qian He, Junjia Zeng, Junjia Zeng, Qiaozhen Ke, Qiaozhen Ke, Tao Zhou, Tao Zhou, Peng Xu, Peng Xu

“…Despite the high cost of genotyping and the limited economic return per individual that restricts the use of genome selection technology in aquatic species breeding, integrating multiple traits in a selection index can reduce costs and present a promising direction for fish breeding. …”
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Application of a new highly multiplexed amplicon sequencing tool to evaluate Plasmodium falciparum antimalarial resistance and relatedness in individual and pooled samples from Dsc... by Jacob M. Sadler, Alfred Simkin, Valery P. K. Tchuenkam, Isabela Gerdes Gyuricza, Isabela Gerdes Gyuricza, Abebe A. Fola, Kevin Wamae, Ashenafi Assefa, Ashenafi Assefa, Karamoko Niaré, Kyaw Thwai, Samuel J. White, William J. Moss, Rhoel R. Dinglasan, Sandrine Eveline Nsango, Christopher B. Tume, Jonathan B. Parr, Jonathan B. Parr, Jonathan B. Parr, Innocent Mbulli Ali, Jeffrey A. Bailey, Jeffrey A. Bailey, Jonathan J. Juliano, Jonathan J. Juliano, Jonathan J. Juliano, Jonathan J. Juliano

“…Control samples support that accurate genotyping as low as 1 parasite per microliter is routinely possible.…”
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Global Patterns of Prostate Cancer Incidence, Aggressiveness, and Mortality in Men of African Descent by Timothy R. Rebbeck, Susan S. Devesa, Bao-Li Chang, Clareann H. Bunker, Iona Cheng, Kathleen Cooney, Rosalind Eeles, Pedro Fernandez, Veda N. Giri, Serigne M. Gueye, Christopher A. Haiman, Brian E. Henderson, Chris F. Heyns, Jennifer J. Hu, Sue Ann Ingles, William Isaacs, Mohamed Jalloh, Esther M. John, Adam S. Kibel, LaCreis R. Kidd, Penelope Layne, Robin J. Leach, Christine Neslund-Dudas, Michael N. Okobia, Elaine A. Ostrander, Jong Y. Park, Alan L. Patrick, Catherine M. Phelan, Camille Ragin, Robin A. Roberts, Benjamin A. Rybicki, Janet L. Stanford, Sara Strom, Ian M. Thompson, John Witte, Jianfeng Xu, Edward Yeboah, Ann W. Hsing, Charnita M. Zeigler-Johnson

“…We report a higher proportion of T1 stage prostate tumors in countries with greater percent gross domestic product spent on health care and physicians per 100,000 persons. We also observed that regions with a higher proportion of advanced tumors reported lower mortality rates. …”
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Differentiating the Acceleration Mechanisms in the Slow and Alfvénic Slow Solar Wind by Yeimy J. Rivera, Samuel T. Badman, J. L. Verniero, Tania Varesano, Michael L. Stevens, Julia E. Stawarz, Katharine K. Reeves, Jim M. Raines, John C. Raymond, Christopher J. Owen, Stefano A. Livi, Susan T. Lepri, Enrico Landi, Jasper. S. Halekas, Tamar Ervin, Ryan M. Dewey, Rossana De Marco, Raffaella D’Amicis, Jean-Baptiste Dakeyo, Stuart D. Bale, B. L. Alterman

“…In the corona, plasma is accelerated to hundreds of kilometers per second and heated to temperatures hundreds of times hotter than the Sun's surface before it escapes to form the solar wind. …”
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Type III procollagen peptide level can indicate liver dysfunction associated with volume overload in acute heart failure by Akihiro Shirakabe, Hirotake Okazaki, Masato Matsushita, Yusaku Shibata, Shota Shigihara, Suguru Nishigoori, Tomofumi Sawatani, Nozomi Sasamoto, Kazutaka Kiuchi, Masanori Atsukawa, Norio Itokawa, Taeang Arai, Nobuaki Kobayashi, Kuniya Asai

“…A multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that high PVS (Q4, odds ratio [OR]: 4.702, 95% CI: 2.012–20.989, P < 0.001), high fibrosis‐4 index (Q4, OR: 2.627, 95% CI: 1.311–5.261, P = 0.006), and low estimated glomerular filtration rate per 10 mL/min/1.73 m2 decrease (OR: 1.996, 95% CI: 1.718–2.326, P < 0.001) were associated with high P3P values. …”
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Progression and mortality of patients with cystic fibrosis in China by Wangji Zhou, Yaqi Wang, Yanli Yang, Yanyan Sun, Chongsheng Cheng, Jinrong Dai, Shuzhen Meng, Keqi Chen, Yang Zhao, Xueqi Liu, Dingding Zhang, Song Liu, Weiguo Zhu, Yaping Liu, Kai-Feng Xu, Xinlun Tian

“…According to the mixed-effects model, for patients ≤ 30 years of age at diagnosis, FEV1% predicted decreased 1.17% per year. The generalized linear regression model showed that higher baseline FEV1% predicted and occurrence of pulmonary exacerbations were associated with the progression of patients with CF. …”
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