The association between frailty and falls among individuals aged 60 years and older residing in community settings and experiencing hip fractures in China: a cross-sectional study by Lan Jiang, Shulong Ding, Juxia Wang

“…The association between frailty and falls was examined using logistic regression models, restricted cubic splines (RCS), and subgroup analysis. …”
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Phthalates toxicity in vivo to rats, mice, birds, and fish: A thematic scoping review by Mohammad Shah Alam, Zannatul Maowa, Mohammad Nazmol Hasan

“…Original research articles published between 2010 and 2024 describing in vivo toxicity in rat, mouse, bird, and fish models, were included. Conversely, articles that did not meet the above criteria were excluded from this scoping review. …”
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Ovarian Stimulation in Patient-oriented Strategies Encompassing Individualised Oocyte Number-4 Category; Antagonist versus Short-agonist Protocols by Tarek K. Al-Hussaini, Ahmed Aboelfadle Mohamed, Ayman Askar, Ahmed A. Abden, Yousra M. Othman, Reda S. Hussein

“…Multivariate logistic regression models were utilized to adjust for the effect of the different study confounders on live birth rate. …”
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Evaluating a targeted selective speech, language, and communication intervention at scale – Protocol for the Happy Talk cluster randomised controlled trial. [version 3; peer review... by Pauline Frizelle, Darren Dahly, Aoife O'Shea, Aileen Murphy, Cristina McKean

“…Training/coaching includes core interaction skills (modelling, expanding, balancing questions and comments), early literacy and phonological awareness. …”
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CEMP-1 Levels in Periodontal Wound Fluid during the Early Phase of Healing: Prospective Clinical Trial by Claudia Dellavia, Elena Canciani, Giulio Rasperini, Giorgio Pagni, Matteo Malvezzi, Gaia Pellegrini

“…At the analysis, it resulted that there was a significant average difference in CEMP-1 values between the REG and OFD groups at baseline (p=0.041), the CEMP-1-modeled average in the OFD group was lower by 0.45 ng/ml. …”
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ICAM1 blockade improves ischemic muscle reperfusion in diabetic mice by Ninon Foussard, Célia Bourguignon, Virginie Grouthier, Caroline Caradu, Candice Chapouly, Alain-Pierre Gadeau, Thierry Couffinhal, Marie-Ange Renault

“…Results We used three different mouse models of diabetes and found that blood flow recovery in HFD STZ mice is altered only from day 14 post-surgery. …”
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Utilizing Hip Abduction Strength to Body-Weight Ratios in Return to Sport Decision-Making After ACL Reconstruction by Steven Higbie, Jacquelyn Kleihege, Brian Duncan, Walter R. Lowe, Lane Bailey

“…Data were analyzed using univariate general linear models with an alpha level of .05. # Results Of the 528 enrolled patients, 364 (68.9%) demonstrated a low strength to BW ratio. …”
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Racial, socioeconomic, and payer status disparities in utilization of unicompartmental knee arthroplasty in the USA by Suraj A. Dhanjani, Jessica Schmerler, Nauman Hussain, Daniel Badin, Uma Srikumaran, Vishal Hegde, Julius K. Oni

“…Multivariable Poisson regression models adjusted for hospital geographic region and patient characteristics [age, sex, and Elixhauser Comorbidity Index (ECI)] were used to examine the effect of race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and payer status on incidence rate ratio of UKA relative to TKA. …”
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Enhancing heart and circulatory well-being through optimized radial artery techniques: a meta-analysis of hemostasis and patient comfort by Yanru Yang, Hongyan Zhu, Guangyao Zai

“…Data from 13 studies were analyzed using R 4.1.2 with fixed-effects and random-effects models. The Newcastle-Ottawa Scale assessed the risk of bias in observational cohort studies.ResultsIn our meta-analysis, we evaluated data from various studies encompassing different air volumes in transradial band devices across several outcomes including bleeding, hematoma, radial artery occlusion (RAO), Visual Analog Scale (VAS) scores, and compression time. …”
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On Your Mark, Get Set, Choose! A Randomized Cross-Over Study Comparing Fixed and Self-Selected Rest Periods in Interval Running Among Professional Female Soccer Players by Asaf Ben-Ari, Yedidya Silverman, Uri Obolski, Israel Halperin

“…Outcomes were compared using aggregated measures via paired univariate tests, and across the intervals via mixed-effects models. Results We observed comparable results in most outcomes with the exception of higher autonomy (1–15 points) in the SS condition (mean difference = 2.1, 95%CI (0.9, 3.3) points) and a negligibly higher heart rate in the SS condition when comparing the observations across intervals (estimate = 2.5, 95%CI (0.9, 4.2) beats × min−1). …”
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A decomposition analysis of sociodemographic factors and non-cigarette tobacco use as contributors to the change in smoking rates in South Africa between 2017/18 and 2021 by K Kali, O Ayo-Yusuf

“…Chi-square analyses and generalised linear models were used to compare the prevalence of TNP use between the two periods. …”
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Wound Management Property of a Hydroethanolic Leaf Extract of Cnestis ferruginea DC by Jibira Yakubu, G. A. Koffuor, Talent Atsu-Nunyawu, Jeremiah Aboagye, Irene Aasam Aabeinir, Fasilatu Alhassan, Lord Christian Ocran, Philomena Entsie

“…Reduction in thigh oedema and pain threshold, in 7-day-old chicks, were assessed by carrageenan-induced oedema and Randall-Sellito pressure models, respectively. By the Agar diffusion method, bacterial growth inhibition by a 15% w/w CFHE ointment was investigated on Salmonella typhi, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus. …”
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Traumatic dental injuries in the first year of life and related risk factors in three regions of Brazil: a multicenter birth cohort study by Carlos Alberto Feldens, Bruno Antonio Sehn Konzen, Elisa Maria Rosa de Barros Coelho, Alessandra Castro Alves, Eliane Gerson Feldens, Márcia Regina Vítolo, Paulo Floriani Kramer

“…After the first year of life, clinical examinations were performed by trained, calibrated dentists for the assessment of TDI (Andreasen’s criteria). Poisson regression models were used to estimate associations between the independent variables and TDI, with the calculation of crude and adjusted relative risk (RR) and respective 95% confidence intervals (CI). …”
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Social-structural barriers to primary care among sex workers: findings from a community-based cohort in Vancouver, Canada (2014–2021) by Miriam T. H. Harris, Kate Shannon, Andrea Krüsi, Haoxuan Zhou, Shira M. Goldenberg

“…Scale-up of trauma-informed, culturally and linguistically tailored, sex worker-friendly primary care models are needed, alongside structural interventions to decriminalize and destigmatize sex work and substance use.…”
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L-shaped association of dietary inflammatory index (DII) and chronic diarrhea: results from NHANES 2005–2010 by Qing Zhao, Yue Xu, Xiangrui Li, Xiaotian Chen

“…Multivariate logistic regression models examined the causal connection between DII and chronic diarrhea. …”
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Association between dietary patterns and chronic kidney disease in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes: a community-based cross-sectional study by Ling Cao, Peng Yu, Lei Zhang, Qiuming Yao, Fang Zhou, Xiaoying Li, Xiaomu Li

“…CKD was defined as albuminuria, reduced estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), or both. Logistic regression models assessed CKD prevalence across quartiles of dietary pattern scores, expressed as adjusted odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs). …”
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Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, Control, and the Associated Factors of Diabetes in an Iranian Kurdish Population by Roya Safari-Faramani, Fatemeh Rajati, Kamran Tavakol, Behrooz Hamzeh, Yahya Pasdar, Mehdi Moradinazar, Farid Najafi

“…Based on the adjusted models, increased age (p<0.01); obesity or overweight (p<0.01); being ex-smoker (p<0.05); suffering from dyslipidemia (p<0.01), hypertension (p<0.01), or both of them (p<0.01); and positive family history in the first-degree relatives (p<0.01) were strongly associated with a high risk of DM, while engagement in regular physical activity (p<0.05) was a protective factor. …”
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Trend in CT utilisation and its impact on length of stay, readmission and hospital mortality in Western Australia tertiary hospitals: an analysis of linked administrative data 2003... by Rachael Moorin, Max K Bulsara, Jenny Doust, David Youens, Donald Mcrobbie, John Slavotinek, Thi Ninh Ha, Cameron Wright, Sviatlana Kamarova

“…This study examined trends of CT during admission to tertiary hospitals and its associations with length of stay (LOS), readmission and mortality.Design Retrospective observational study from 2003 to 2015.Setting West Australian linked administrative records at individual level.Participants 2 375 787 episodes of tertiary hospital admission in adults aged 18+ years.Main outcome measures LOS, 30-day readmissions and mortality stratified by CT use status (any, multiple (CTs to multiple areas during episode), and repeat (repeated CT to the same area)).Methods Multivariable regression models were used to calculate adjusted rate of CT use status. …”
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Impact of hypertension on liver fibrosis in patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease by Zhifeng Gao, Huan Deng, Bowen Qin, Liang Bai, Jiangwei Li, Jian Zhang

“…Multivariate logistic regression models were employed to control for sociodemographic and metabolic factors to determine the associations between hypertension, MASLD, and fibrosis.ResultsOf the total cohort (N = 5,967) 57.92% had hypertension, 38.8% had MASLD, 25.88% had both MASLD and hypertension. …”
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Age-related changes in DNA methylation in a sample of elderly Brazilians by Hayley Welsh, Caio M. P. F. Batalha, Weili Li, Nadja C. Souza-Pinto, Yeda A. O. Duarte, Michel S. Naslavsky, Esteban J. Parra

“…Methods DNAm profiles were collected approximately nine years apart from 23 elderly Brazilian individuals using the Illumina Infinium MethyationEPIC BeadChip. Using mixed-effects models, we examined changes in DNAm patterns using both quantitative age and binary timepoint (e.g., baseline vs. follow-up) as predictors of interest to identify differentially methylated positions (DMPs). …”
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