Exploring postpartum women’s experiences, perspectives, and expectations in maternal health care at a Chinese maternity care center: a qualitative study by Xiaoqian Zhang, Yang Liu, Tang Li, Frank Buntinx, Mieke Vermandere

“…Practical recommendations include enhancing personalized care models and strengthening support networks within healthcare systems to better meet mothers’ needs. …”
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Decreasing hepatitis B seroprevalence in pregnant women in Taiwan between 2016 and 2021: a claim-based cohort study by Li-Nien Chien, Juan C. Vargas-Zambrano, Meng-Yun Ku

“…Patient medical records were reviewed to collect information on demographic characteristics and other health conditions. Logistic regression models were used to identify risk factors associated with HBsAg and HBV e antigen (HBeAg) positivity. …”
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Efficacy of Simple Eye Ointment, Polyethylene Cover, and Eyelid Taping in Prevention of Ocular Surface Disorders in Critically Ill Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial by Mehdi Ahmadinejad, Esmat Karbasi, Yunes Jahani, Maryam Ahmadipour, Maryam Soltaninejad, Zahra Karzari

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Hantavirus Cardiopulmonary Syndrome and Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage in the Era of COVID-19 by Khizar Hamid, Swaminathan Perinkulam Sathyanarayanan, Touba Naim, Muhammad Hamza, Mirza Omer Mahmood Baig, Emad Abu Sitta

“…Treatment is mainly supportive; however, patients are usually treated with broad-spectrum antibiotics while workup is underway. In animal models, ribavirin and favipiravir are only effective when administered in the prodromal phase. …”
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Association between body mass index and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in young individuals: a nationwide population‑based cohort study by Chiwook Chung, Hajeong Kim, Kyu Na Lee, Dong Wook Shin, Sei Won Lee, Kyungdo Han

“…We performed multivariate Cox proportional hazards models to estimate the adjusted hazard ratio (aHR) of risk factors for COPD development. …”
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Host Factors in the Natural History of Chronic Hepatitis B: Role of Genetic Determinants by null Turyadi, Billy Witanto, Korri E. El-Khobar, M. Luthfi Parewangi, M. Rezki Rasyak, Dhita P. Wibowo, Meta D. Thedja, Irawan Yusuf, Muh. Nasrum Massi, Ilhamjaya Patellongi, Din Syafruddin, David H. Muljono

“…No significant association was found between IL-10 -592A/C polymorphism and progression of IT and IC to LR, IT and IC to ENH, and LR to ENH phases in all the gene models. IL-10 rs1800896 and TNF-α rs1800629 could not be analyzed using logistic regression. …”
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Des mains à la bouche dans l'épouillage mutuel des chimpanzés sauvages de Fongoli : Latéralité, synchronisation mains‑lèvres et origine du langage by Adrien Meguerditchian, Marie Plouvier, Mélissa Berthet, Jill Pruetz, William D Hopkins

“…Dans une perspective phylogénétique, étant nos plus proches cousins dans l'histoire de l'évolution, les chimpanzés constituent un modèle idéal pour étudier ses liens potentiels mains/bouche. …”
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Effectiveness of a personal health coaching intervention (diabetescoach) in patients with type 2 diabetes: protocol for an open-label, pragmatic randomised controlled trial by Oliver Faude, Fiona Streckmann, Lukas Zahner, Markus Gerber, Vivien Hohberg, Jan-Niklas Kreppke, Jan Kohl, Eleonora Seelig, Daniel König

“…Linear mixed-effects models will be applied for each outcome variable to analyse the intervention effects.Ethics and dissemination This study was approved by the Ethics Committee North-western and Central Switzerland in February 2021 (ref: 2020-02755). …”
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Differential attainment at national selection for higher surgical training: a retrospective cohort study by Amanda Lee, Jennifer Cleland, John Hines, Peter Brennan, Ricky Ellis, Yasin Al-Tawarah

“…Univariate analysis identified differences in success rates at first application. Logistic regression models identified sociodemographic predictors of success after adjusting for prior academic attainment (Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons (MRCS) performance).Results Of all applications to HST (n=2875), 66.5% were successful at the first attempt. …”
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Comparative and Correlational Evaluation of the Phytochemical Constituents and Antioxidant Activity of Musa sinensis L. and Musa paradisiaca L. Fruit Compartments (Musaceae) by Barnabas Oluwatomide Oyeyinka, Anthony Jide Afolayan

“…The free radical scavenging antioxidant capacity of the extracts was tested on DPPH (2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl ethanol), ABTS (2,2′-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulphonic acid)), and FRAP (ferric reducing antioxidant power) assay models. Correlation between phytoconstituents and antioxidant activity was analysed using Pearson’s coefficient. …”
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Diagnostic accuracy of artificial intelligence algorithms to predict remove all macroscopic disease and survival rate after complete surgical cytoreduction in patients with ovarian... by Somayyeh Noei Teymoordash, Hoda Zendehdel, Ali Reza Norouzi, Mahdis Kashian

“…Most studies agree that Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) and Machine Learning (ML) models outperform conventional statistics in predicting postoperative outcomes.…”
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Almajiri health; a scoping review on disease, health literacy and space for participatory research. by Muzzammil Imran Muhammad, Amna Hassana Abdulsalam, Fadhina Petit-Clair, Amber Acquaye, Autumn Nobles, Brian Fleischer, Chigoziri Konkwo, Yusuf Ransome, Elijah Paintsil

“…<h4>Methods</h4>We searched the academic literature for articles concerning almajiri heath using a framework integrating the biopsychosocial and socio-ecological models of health. We included articles in English and French published between 2000 and 2022. …”
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Automated process assessment of primary healthcare for hyperlipidemia: preliminary findings and implications form Anhui, China by Ningjing Yang, Yuning Wang, Ying Li, Dongying Xiao, Ruirui Cui, Nana Li, Rong Liu, Jing Chai, Xingrong Shen, Debin Wang

“…Analysis of these measures employed mainly simple descriptives and linear regression modeling. Results The study revealed interesting findings including: low and varied rates of visits for HL(from 0.01 to 1.43%) and visits by patients with EDHL/CNHL(from 0.13 to 20.54% or from 0.02 to 2.99%) between regions; large differences (5.14 to 22.20 times) between the mean or cumulative proportions of visits by patients with EDHL versus CNHL among clinician groups; consistent increase in the ratio of visits for HL in all cause visits over the study period (from 0.087 to 1.000%) accompanied with relatively stable proportions of patients with CNHL/EDHL; Relatively low scores in the procedure-based measures (ranged from 0.00 to 36.08% for specific procedures by seasons). …”
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Multicomponent intervention for schoolchildren with asthma: Pilot cluster randomized controlled trial by Marina Reznik, MD, MS, Florinda Islamovic, MD, Jill S. Halterman, MD, MPH, Cheng-Shiun Leu, PhD, Jiaqing Zhang, PhD, Philip O. Ozuah, MD, PhD

“…Analyses used generalized linear mixed models with generalized estimating equation adjusting for clustering. …”
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The combined impact of BMI and ABSI on all-cause mortality among American adults with diabetes by Shuwu Wei, Weimin Jiang, Huijuan Zheng, Jiale Zhang, Jie Yang, Yaoxian Wang, Yang Liu, Liqiao Sun, Xinrong Li, Junping Wei, Weiwei Sun

“…Weighted Cox proportional hazards models and restricted cubic splines were applied to evaluate the independent and combined associations of anthropometric indices (BMI, ABSI, WHtR, BRI, and Conicity Index) with all-cause mortality. …”
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Body Mass Index Trajectories during 6–18 Years Old and the Risk of Hypertension in Young Adult: A Longitudinal Study in Chinese Population by Haoyue Teng, Jia Hu, Wenxin Ge, Qiling Dai, Ji Liu, Chengqi Xiao, Jieyun Yin, Xiaoyan Zhu

“…BMI trajectories were explored using latent class growth mixture models, and associations between identified trajectories with hypertension in young adulthood were examined by logistic regression analyses. …”
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Association between chronic respiratory diseases and frailty in Chinese elderly: a population-based longitudinal study by Ting Yang, Ping He, Dawei Zhu, Dan Guo, Ruoxi Ding, Ke Huang, Yanan Zhao, Xiaolong Guan

“…Cox proportional hazard models were used to examine the association between baseline CRDs and subsequent frailty.Results Among participants (mean age 67.07 years, 51.53% male), 497 (15.02%) had CRDs. …”
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Running trends in Switzerland from 1999 to 2019: An exploratory observational study. by Anja Witthöft, Thimo Marcin, Mabliny Thuany, Volker Scheer, Pantelis T Nikolaidis, Matthias Wilhelm, Katja Weiss, Thomas Rosemann, Beat Knechtle

“…We used publicly available data about the athletes and examined total finishing numbers, sex, age and performances (measured in m/s) via descriptive analyses and linear mixed models. Do-not-finishers were excluded.<h4>Results</h4>The most frequented race was the half-marathon (33.1% of finishers), the less frequented was the ultra-marathon distance (8.5% of finishers). …”
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Nutritional Quality of Three Iron-Rich Porridges Blended with Moringa oleifera, Hibiscus sabdariffa, and Solanum aethiopicum to Combat Iron Deficiency Anemia among Children by Brice Ulrich Foudjo Saha, Aphrodite Tchewonpi Choumessi, Alvain Meshi Ayamo, Ronald Blaise Mouafo Kuagny, Ismael Teta, Edouard Akono Nantia, Richard Aba Ejoh

“…Leaf powders contained iron varying between 5.39 and 5.98 mg/100 g. LP models of the three porridges satisfied the nutritional requirements of children aged 6–23 months in terms of iron, lipid, protein, carbohydrate, and caloric daily intake. …”
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Distance to Specialist Medical Care and Diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Rural Saskatchewan by Catherine M. Spagnuolo, Michael McIsaac, James Dosman, Chandima Karunanayake, Punam Pahwa, William Pickett

“…Follow-up occurred until 2015. 6525 adults from 3731 households constituted our sample. Statistical models used log-binomial regression. Rural adults who reported the largest travel distances (≥250 km) to specialist medical care were 1.17 (95% CI: 1.07, 1.29) times more likely to report OSA symptoms in the absence of a sleep apnea diagnosis than those who reported the smallest (<100 km; referent) distances. …”
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