Glycemic Index and Glycemic Load and Their Association with C-Reactive Protein and Incident Type 2 Diabetes by Geertruida J. van Woudenbergh, Anneleen Kuijsten, Eric J. G. Sijbrands, Albert Hofman, Jacqueline C. M. Witteman, Edith J. M. Feskens

“…The association of GI and GL with diabetes incidence was examined using Cox proportional hazard models. Results. GL, but not GI, was associated with lnCRP at baseline (bGL=0.11 per 50 units; P=.01). …”
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A Novel Platelet Activating Factor Receptor Antagonist Reduces Cell Infiltration and Expression of Inflammatory Mediators in Mice Exposed to Desiccating Conditions after PRK by Salomon Esquenazi, Jiucheng He, Na Li, Nicolas G. Bazan, Isi Esquenazi, Haydee E. P. Bazan

“…Significant decrease of COX-2 and Arginase I expression and reduced alpha SMA cells was observed after PRK and exposure to DE in eyes treated with LAU-0901. …”
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Is insomnia a risk factor for new-onset asthma? A population-based study in Taiwan by Shih-Feng Weng, Chih-Cheng Lai, Yu-Chieh Lin, Chih-Chiang Chien, Chin-Ming Chen, Shyh-Ren Chiang, Chung-Han Ho, Kuo-Chen Cheng

“…The Poisson regression was used to estimate the incidence rate ratios (IRRs) and 95% CIs of asthma. Cox proportional hazard regression was used to calculate the risk of asthma between the two groups.Results After a 4-year follow-up, 424 patients in the insomnia group and 409 in the control group developed asthma. …”
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Association of Habitual Physical Activity Measured by an Accelerometer with High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Levels in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients by Ryota Matsuzawa, Atsuhiko Matsunaga, Toshiki Kutsuna, Akira Ishii, Yoshifumi Abe, Kei Yoneki, Manae Harada, Mio Ishibashi, Yasuo Takeuchi, Atsushi Yoshida, Naonobu Takahira

“…In study 1, 266 hemodialysis patients were monitored prospectively for five years, and Cox proportional hazard regression confirmed the contribution of HDL-C to mortality. …”
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Effect of “Time To Surgery” on the Endometrial Cancer Prognosis by Engin Celik, Harika Yumru Celiksoy, Hamdullah Sozen, Hale Goksever Celik, Semen Onder, Mehmet Yavuz Salihoglu, Samet Topuz

“…Clinical characteristics of the patients were comparable between the groups, except for comorbid conditions and body mass index. Using cox-regression analysis, time to operation did not have a significant effect on both recurrence and cancer-associated death risk. …”
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Macrocytic anemia, kidney dysfunction, and mortality in general population: Japan specific health checkup study by Yoichiro Otaki, Tetsu Watanabe, Tsuneo Konta, Masafumi Watanabe, Koichi Asahi, Kunihiro Yamagata, Shouichi Fujimoto, Kazuhiko Tsuruya, Ichiei Narita, Masato Kasahara, Yugo Shibagaki, Kunitoshi Iseki, Toshiki Moriyama, Masahide Kondo, Tsuyoshi Watanabe

“…The prevalence of normocytic and macrocytic anemia increased with advancing CKD stage. Multivariate Cox proportional hazards regression analysis revealed significant associations between macrocytic anemia and the all-cause, cancer, and cardiovascular mortality rates. …”
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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

“…The 5-year overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival were calculated in relation to these markers and the Cox proportional hazards model was used to determine the hazard ratio (HR) of variables in univariate and multivariate analysis. …”
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FHL1 as a prognostic biomarker and therapeutic target in acute promyelocytic leukaemia by Bo Luo, Wei Li, Jingyuan Zeng, Yingyu Mao, Shuang He, Nan Hu, Qulian Guo, Xiaoli Zheng

“…Based on the Gene Expression Omnibus database, Kaplan–Meier survival analysis and univariate Cox regression analysis were used to select the genes that had the most significant influence on the prognosis of patients with AML. …”
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Risk factors for all-cause mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic compared with the pre-pandemic period in an adult population of Arkhangelsk, Russia by Ekaterina Krieger, Alexander V. Kudryavtsev, Ekaterina Sharashova, Olga Samodova, Vitaly A. Postoev

“…Mortality rates per 1000 person-years were calculated for men and women in the pre-pandemic and pandemic periods. Cox regression models were used to investigate demographic, lifestyle, and health characteristics associated with increased risk of death in both periods. …”
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The association between type 2 diabetes and asthma incidence: a longitudinal analysis considering genetic susceptibility by Fei Chen, Ying Yang, Liping Yu, Lulu Song, Cong Zhang, Yifan He, Lili Wu, Wanlu Ma, Bo Zhang

“…A polygenic risk score (PRS) for asthma was derived from genome-wide association studies summary. Cox regression models were used to assess the association between T2D and asthma, incorporating the asthma PRS. …”
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Identifying ADME-related gene signature for immune landscape and prognosis in KIRC by single-cell and spatial transcriptome analysis by Hongyun Wang, Feizhou Li, Qiong Wang, Xinyuan Guo, Xinbing Chen, Xinrong Zou, Jun Yuan

“…The ARPS, created through Cox regression, LASSO, and stepAIC analyses, identified eight ARGs that stratified patients into high-risk and low-risk groups. …”
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Machine learning potential predictor of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis by Chenchun Ding, Quan Liao, Renjie Zuo, Shichao Zhang, Zhenzhen Guo, Junjie He, Ziwei Ye, Weibin Chen, Sunkui Ke

“…To construct an IPF risk prediction model, we employed LASSO-Cox regression analysis and the SVM-RFE algorithm. …”
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Primary tumor resection might improve outcomes in metastatic thoracic esophageal cancer by Jiayan Wu, Haosheng Zheng, Gengfeng Wang, Fei Qin, Yuzhen Zheng, Junguo Chen, Zui Liu, Bozhu Jian, Xianyu Qin, Hongying Liao

“…In the PSM cohort, the median OS was 11 months (95% CI, 9 to 13 months) for TECDM patients who underwent PTR, compared to 7 months (95% CI, 5 to 9 months) for those who did not. Furthermore, Cox proportional hazards models indicated that PTR was a significantly protective factor for TECDM patients in OS (HR: 0.5529; 95% CI, 0.5196 to 0.7730, P < 0.001) and CSS (HR:0.5869 ; 95% CI, 0.479 to 0.7192, P < 0.001). …”
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Prognostic Value of Residual Disease after Interval Debulking Surgery for FIGO Stage IIIC and IV Epithelial Ovarian Cancer by Marianne J. Rutten, Gabe S. Sonke, Anneke M. Westermann, Willemien J. van Driel, Johannes W. Trum, Gemma G. Kenter, Marrije R. Buist

“…The prognostic value of residual disease after surgery for disease specific survival was assessed using Cox-regression analyses. In total, 462 patients underwent NACT-IDS and 227 PDS. …”
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Association of Neovascular Glaucoma with Risk of Stroke: A Population-Based Cohort Study by Cheng-Wen Su, Yue-Cune Chang, Cheng-Li Lin, Hsin-Yi Chen

“…According to the multivariable Cox regression results, the estimated adjusted hazard ratio (aHR) of stroke was 2.07 (95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.41–3.02) for the NVG cohort. …”
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Weighted gene co-expression network analysis reveals key stromal prognostic markers in pancreatic cancer by G. Mantini, A. Agostini, M. Tufo, S. Rossi, M. Kulesko, C. Carbone, L. Salvatore, G. Tortora, G. Scambia, L. Giacò

“…Subsequently, those genes were further analyzed for survival association through log-rank test and Cox regression. HPGDS and ITGA9-AS1 emerged as significant indicators of favorable prognosis while KCMF1 and YARS1 were implicated in poorer prognostic outcomes. …”
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Investigation of catechin’s anti-inflammatory activity: A bioinformatics and molecular docking study by Nisa Yulianti Suprahman, Bulan Rosita Sari, Riri Fauziyya, Fatimah

“…Results: Bioinformatics analysis predicted that catechin inhibits three pro-inflammatory proteins: COX-2, HSP90, and IL-2. Catechin’s inhibitory potential was indicated by negative binding energies and interactions with amino acid residues critical for target protein activity. …”
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Papillary lesions of the canine mammary gland: description and casuistry by M.C. Flecher, F. R. Souza, N.M. Avelar, T.C.M. Lopes, K.Y. R. Nakagaki, G.D. Cassali

“…Overall survival was estimated using Kaplan-Meier curves and comparisons between groups were performed using the Cox Mantel log-rank test (p < 0.05 were considered significant). …”
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Risk of Dementia in Patients with Depression or Parkinson’s Disease: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Ting-Chun Fang, Yu-Hsuan Wu, Yi-Huei Chen, Ching-Heng Lin, Ming-Hong Chang

“…The incident rate of dementia and hazard ratio (HR) using Cox’s regression analysis were calculated for each group. …”
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Comparison of Mortality between Japanese Peritoneal Dialysis and Hemodialysis Patients: A 5-Year Multicenter Follow-Up Study by Kazuko Suzuki, Tsuneo Konta, Kazunobu Ichikawa, Ami Ikeda, Hiroki Niino, Masato Hoshikawa, Toshiyuki Takahashi, Hiroshi Abiko, Minoru Ito, Ikuto Masakane, Tomohito Matsunaga, Kosuke Kudo, Hiroko Sato, Noriyuki Degawa, Isao Kubota

“…The difference in cardiovascular and non-cardiovascular mortalities between PD and HD was not statistically significant. Multivariate Cox analysis showed that the independent predictors for death were age and serum albumin levels, but not the dialysis modality. …”
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