Prevalence and Predictors of Stunting among Primary School Children in Northeast Ethiopia by Getaw Walle Bazie, Mohammed Seid, Gudina Egata

“…Binary logistic regression analysis was used to see the association between independent variables and the outcome variable. Odds ratio along with 95% confidence interval was estimated to measure the strength of the association. …”
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Identification of PANoptosis associated lncRNAs associated with clinical prognosis and immune infiltration microenvironment in colon adenocarcinoma by Yangyang Wang, Shihui Zhao, Songtao Du, Tianyi Xia, Liqiang Song, Mingyu Xia, Bomiao Zhang

“…We subsequently constructed PAL score model based on prognostic characteristics and verified its independent prognostic value for COAD. The nomogram diagnostic model was established to confirm the prognostic value of PAL scoring system again. …”
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Risk Predictors for Mortality in Inpatients with Cancer and Coronavirus Disease 2019 during the Omicron Wave by Kuan-Yu Chen, Chih-Cheng Lai, Chien-Tai Huang, Yin-Hsun Feng

“…However, only nosocomial infection (P = 0.021) and qSOFA score ≥2 (P < 0.001) were independent predictors of inhospital mortality in the multivariate logistic regression analysis. …”
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Attributable Costs of Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation among Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery by Pattamawan Kosuma, Sitichok Wachirasrisirikul, Arom Jedsadayanmata

“…Patients with POAF utilized more resources than those without POAF. POAF was an independent predictor and increased cost by 23% in linear regression model. …”
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Transfusional Malaria and Associated Factors at the National Blood Transfusion Center of Niamey-Niger by Aminata Iro, Moustapha Mahamane Lamine, Ramatoulaye Hamidou Lazoumar, Ibrahim Alkassoum, Daou Maman, Harouna Amadou Mahaman Laouali, Mahamadou Doutchi, Seydou Maiguizo, Ibrahim Maman Laminou

“…The transmission of transfusional malaria during the rainy season is a fact in Niger. Such risks were independent of the ABO blood type and positivity for the rhesus antigen. …”
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Biomarkers of Oxidative Stress and Personalized Treatment of Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Emerging Role of Gamma-Glutamyltransferase by Etienne Mokondjimobe, Benjamin Longo-Mbenza, Jean Akiana, Ulrich Oswald Ndalla, Regis Dossou-Yovo, Joseph Mboussa, Henri-Joseph Parra

“…During day 0–day 60, there was a significant, negative, and independent association between GGT and AST. Conclusion. …”
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Residual β-Cell Function in Type 1 Diabetes Followed for 2 Years after 3C Study by Kun Lin, Xiaoping Yang, Yixi Wu, Shuru Chen, Qiong Zeng

“…COX regression analysis indicated that the age of diagnosis, HbA1C level, and duration were independent factors of residual β-cell function in individuals with ≤5 years duration, but in those with duration ≥5 years, only the age of diagnosis was a predictor. …”
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PTR-ToF-MS VOC Profiling of Raw and Cooked Gilthead Sea Bream Fillet (<i>Sparus aurata</i>): Effect of Rearing System, Season, and Geographical Origin by Iuliia Khomenko, Valentina Ting, Fabio Brambilla, Mirco Perbellini, Luca Cappellin, Franco Biasioli

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Hyperuricemia prevalence and its risk factors in uremic patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis by Meng Zhang, Gaoqiankun Huang, Xiaorong Bao, Qingmei Yang

“…Elevated levels of Scr, albumin and plasma potassium were independent associated factors for hyperuricemia.…”
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Gender differences in the prognostic impact of uric acid in patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction by Xuefeng Wu, Jianming Li, Zhaoyan Xu, Yingqing Feng

“…Abstract Background Uric acid has been identified as an independent predictor of poor outcomes in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). …”
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Immunohistochemical evaluation of P53 in squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus by Kala K, Sarumathy G, Nithya I, Prathiba A

“…Conclusion: In conclusion, the expression of p53 in ESCC patients significantly correlates with age, betel nut chewing and histological grade. p53 play an important role in tumor progression and an independent variable affecting the survival. Keywords: esophageal squamous cell carcinoma; immunohistochemistry; p53; cancer…”
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More than just staffing? Assessing evidence on the complex interplay among nurse staffing, other features of organisational context and resident outcomes in long-term care: a syste... by Matthias Hoben, Megan Kennedy, Katharina Choroschun

“…Two reviewers will independently screen titles/abstracts and full texts for inclusion. …”
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Acute Diverticulitis in the Young: The Same Disease in a Different Patient by Adolfo Pisanu, Valentina Vacca, Isabella Reccia, Mauro Podda, Alessandro Uccheddu

“…Male gender, body mass index ≥25, and assumption of alcohol were independent risk factors for the occurrence of an acute diverticulitis in the young. …”
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Pioglitazone Attenuates Vascular Fibrosis in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats by Dengfeng Gao, Ning Ning, Guanghua Hao, Xiaolin Niu

“…The results indicate that pioglitazone attenuated vascular fibrosis in SHRs by inhibiting CTGF expression in a TGF-β-independent mechanism.…”
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Prevalence and social determinants of smoking among men in Mauritius: a cross-sectional study by Miguel San Sebastián, Tuomilehto Jaakko, Stefan Söderberg, Paul Zimmet, Bhushan Ori, Jaysing Heecharan, Osvaldo Fonseca-Rodríguez, Sudhirsen Kowlessur

“…Daily smoking was the outcome and a series of sociodemographic and socioeconomic factors were included as independent variables. Prevalence ratios (PR) and their 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) were estimated to fulfill the study objective. …”
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The role of chest X-ray in the diagnosis of neonatal respiratory distress syndrome: a systematic review concerning low-resource birth scenarios by Gabriela Silveira Neves, Zilma Silveira Nogueira Reis, Roberta Maia de Castro Romanelli, Jannine dos Santos Nascimento, André Dias Sanglard, James Batchelor

“…Methods A review of studies with NRDS diagnostic criteria was conducted across six databases (MEDLINE, EMBASE, BVS, Scopus-Elsevier, Web of Science, Cochrane) up to 3 March 2023. Independent reviewers selected studies, with discrepancies resolved by a senior reviewer. …”
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Efficacy and Safety of Low-Dose Peginterferon Alpha-2a Plus Ribavirin on Chronic Hepatitis C by Zehui Yan, Ke Fan, Xiaohong Wang, Qing Mao, Guohong Deng, Yuming Wang

“…The received peg-IFN α-2a dose was not the independent factor-related SVR in our population (OR, 1.31; 95% CI, 0.94–1.81; P=0.106). …”
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Male Gender Is Associated with Lymph Node Metastasis but Not with Recurrence in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma by Jiang Zhu, Rui Huang, Ping Yu, Haoyu Ren, Xinliang Su

“…Moreover, currently, there is insufficient evidence to justify that male gender is an independent prognostic factor for recurrence.…”
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The design of experiments for the transcriptome studies by high-throughput sequencing methods by P. N. Menshanov, N. N. Dygalo

“…The relative cost for the sequencing of the control samples could be reduced by increasing the number of experimental groups in the experiment or by combining several independent experiments with similar control groups. …”
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Predicting Cognitive Decline in Parkinson’s Disease with Mild Cognitive Impairment: A One-Year Observational Study by Pei-Hao Chen, Fang-Yu Cheng, Shih-Jung Cheng, Jin-Siang Shaw

“…For predicting the occurrence of cognitive decline in PD-MCI, the prediction accuracy increased from the reduced model (AUC = 0.822, p<0.001) to the full model (a total of five independent variables, AUC = 0.974, p<0.001). Given the potentially modifiable predictor, our findings also highlight the importance of identifying sleep quality and the ability to perform IADL.…”
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