Hyperleptinemia, Adiposity, and Risk of Metabolic Syndrome in Older Adults by Suruchi Mishra, Tamara B. Harris, Trisha Hue, Iva Miljkovic, Suzanne Satterfield, Nathalie de Rekeneire, Mira Mehta, Nadine R. Sahyoun

“…Among older women, elevated concentrations of leptin may increase the risk of metabolic syndrome independent of adiposity and cytokines.…”
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Exploring the development, evaluation and implementation of complex health interventions to prevent early childhood caries in preschool children: A scoping review protocol. by Peggy C J M van Spreuwel, Milou L C Munk-Overkamp, Linda C Smit, Kirsten A Ziesemer, Cor van Loveren, Geert J M G van der Heijden, Josef J M Bruers, Katarina Jerković-Ćosić

“…A second search of PubMed, Embase, Clarivate Analytics/Web of Science Core Collection, ClinicalTrials.gov, and the Wiley/Cochrane Library will follow. Two independent reviewers will perform title and abstract screening, retrieve and review full-text studies, and extract data. …”
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Prospective Study on Retinal Nerve Fibre Layer Thickness Changes in Isolated Unilateral Retrobulbar Optic Neuritis by Gordon S. K. Yau, Jacky W. Y. Lee, Patrick P. K. Lau, Victor T. Y. Tam, Winnie W. Y. Wong, Can Y. F. Yuen

“…Visual improvement with treatment was independent of RNFL thickness.…”
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HPV Infection in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Its Relationship to the Prognosis of Patients in Northern China by Fangli Cao, Hui Han, Fang Zhang, Baozhong Wang, Wei Ma, Yanwen Wang, Guiming Sun, Miao Shi, Yubo Ren, Yufeng Cheng

“…HPV infection may be one of many factors contributing to the development of ESCC and tumor HPV status is an independent prognostic factor for survival among patients with ESCC.…”
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Outcomes of people with TB reported to the WHO Global Clinical Platform of COVID-19 by M. Bastard, D. Falzon, S. Bertagnolio, R. Silva, S.S. Thwin, C. Siquiera Boccolini, J. Rylance, J. Diaz, M. Zignol

“…CONCLUSION: Current or past TB were independent risk factors for in-hospital mortality regardless of illness severity at admission. …”
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The Resistive Index Is a Marker of Renal Function, Pathology, Prognosis, and Responsiveness to Steroid Therapy in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients by Kikuno Hanamura, Akihiro Tojo, Satoshi Kinugasa, Kensuke Asaba, Toshiro Fujita

“…Of the clinical indices studied, RI≥0.7, hypertension, proteinuria, and low eGFR at diagnosis were independent risk factors for worsening renal dysfunction. …”
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Evaluation of Prognostic Factors Following Flow-Cytometric DNA Analysis after Cytokeratin Labelling: II. Cervical and Endometrial Cancer by Pauline Wimberger, Peter Hillemanns, Thomas Kapsner, Hermann Hepp, Rainer Kimmig

“…Especially DNA‐aneuploidy (DI>1.3) is one of the most important independent molecular biological prognostic factors. …”
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Application of clown care in hospitalized children: A scoping review. by Guo Xin, Fu Yingping, Chen Yue, Wu Jiaming, Hu Xue

“…Every youngster is an independent individual with unique personality traits, and some may experience intense pain along with a terror of the clown role. …”
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Prediction Model of the Coring Asphalt Pavement Performance through Response Surface Methodology by Ekarizan Shaffie, Ramadhansyah Putra Jaya, Juraidah Ahmad, Ahmad Kamil Arshad, Mohd Afiq Zihan, Fiona Shiong

“…The created models between the independent variables and responses revealed a high level of correlation. …”
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Calcium to magnesium ratio as a superior biomarker for nephrolithiasis detection in primary hyperparathyroidism by Nazif Yalçın, Ayşegül Ertınmaz Özkan, Elif Güneş, Nizameddin Koca

“…Elevated Ca/Mg ratios strongly correlated with nephrolithiasis, independent of other demographic factors. Hypomagnesemia was linked to a higher prevalence of kidney stones, reduced BMD, and increased serum calcium and creatinine levels, emphasizing its impact on skeletal and renal health. …”
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Effect of Liraglutide on Serum TSH Levels in Patients with NAFLD and its Underlying Mechanisms by JiaoJiao Ye, Jing Xu, WenJie Wen, Bin Huang

“…After adjusting for all factors with a p-value < 0.05, BMI, HbA1c, LDL, FT4, and TSH were identified as significant independent risk factors for NAFLD in the univariate analysis. …”
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Comparison of the Frontal Plane Projection Angle and the Dynamic Valgus Index to Identify Movement Dysfunction in Females with Patellofemoral Pain by Lori A Bolgla, Haley N Gibson, Daniel C Hannah, Tiana Curry-McCoy

“…The average peak knee FPPA and peak DVI were analyzed. Independent *t*-tests determined between-group peak knee FPPA and peak DVI differences. …”
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Factors Associated with Arkansans’ First Use of Telehealth during the COVID-19 Pandemic by Jennifer A. Andersen, Holly C. Felix, Dejun Su, James P. Selig, Shawn Ratcliff, Pearl A. McElfish

“…Andersen’s Model of Healthcare Utilization allowed the categorization of the independent variables into the following: (1) predisposing factors, including sociodemographic variables and health beliefs; (2) enabling factors, including socioeconomic status and access to care; and (3) need for care, including preexisting or newly diagnosed conditions and reasons to seek out care or to utilize a new mode of care. …”
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Metabolite Profiling of Sorghum Seeds of Different Colors from Different Sweet Sorghum Cultivars Using a Widely Targeted Metabolomics Approach by Yaxing Zhou, Zhenguo Wang, Yan Li, Zhigang Li, Hui Liu, Wei Zhou

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Contribution of women’s development army to maternal and child health in Ethiopia: a systematic review of evidence by Kiddus Yitbarek, Gelila Abraham, Sudhakar Morankar

“…Objective The aim of this review was to identify, appraise and synthesise studies that reported on the contribution of women’s development army (WDA) to maternal and child health development.Setting Studies conducted in Ethiopia 2010 onwards and published in English were considered.Data sources Evidence were searched in MEDLINE, CINAHL and EBSCOhost from 25 March to 10 April 2018.Eligibility criteria Both quantitative and qualitative studies assessing the contribution of WDA to maternal and child health were considered.Data extraction and synthesis Two independent reviewers have extracted data using pre-planned data extraction tool separately for each study design. …”
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A post-hoc analysis of risk factors for poor quality of life after surgical treatment of spondylodiscitis by Krishnan Sircar, Dorothee Jochimsen, Charlotte Meyer-Schwickerath, Norma Jung, Nikolaus Kernich, Peer Eysel, Ayla Yagdiran

“…Multivariate analysis identified a higher preoperative leg pain (odds ratio: 1.2) and the presence of a malignant disease (odds ratio: 1.9) as independent preoperative risk factors for a poor QoL at T1. …”
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Effects of uncut refuge management on grassland arthropods – A systematic review by Kitti Révész, Róbert Gallé, Jean-Yves Humbert, Péter Batáry

“…Results varied across study designs, which often involved sampling arthropods within and outside the refuges, before or after mowing, with or without independent control meadows. Additionally, research primarily focused on orthopterans with no negative responses to refuges, whereas other taxa received less attention. …”
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Identification and validation of hub gene TNFAIP6 of fibroblast-like synoviocytes in rheumatoid arthritis by LEI Lei, LYU Yuxin, ZHANG Jing

“…Objective‍　‍To identify the hub gene of fibroblast-like synoviocytes in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and verify its impact on proliferation, migration and invasion of the cells. Methods‍　‍Four independent synovial tissue microarray transcriptome sequencing datasets and one single cell sequencing dataset were downloaded from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database, and the hub gene of RA fibroblast-like synovial cells was identified by differential gene analysis, weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA) and single-cell sequencing data analysis. …”
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Jordanian parental perception of screen time and its association with psychological distress: A cross-sectional design by Jehad Feras AlSamhori, Ahmad A. Toubasi, Dunia Z. Jaber, Hadeel H. Ghanem, Bayan I. Thainat, Ahmad Feras AlSamhori, Heba Kalbouneh

“…Descriptive analysis, categorical Chi-square test, Independent t-test, and Mann-Whitney U test were used for statistical analysis. …”
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A multi-criteria optimization for a radial heat sink with semicircular fins based on the design of experiments approach by Yousif Hashim Hussein, Tahseen Ahmad Tahseen, Abdulrazzak Akroot, M.A.H. Mithu, Ammar M. Abdulateef

“…Factors were coded and scaled within the range of +1 to −1, accounting for variations in the units of independent variables. This study utilized the Nusselt number and thermal resistance, along with an effective regression analysis, to develop a novel predictive model. …”
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