Anti-TNF-Alpha-Adalimumab Therapy Had Time Lag of Improvement in Synovial Hypertrophy Compared to Rapid Response in Power Doppler Synovial Vascularity by Ying-Chou Chen, Chi-Hua Ko, Jia-Feng Chen, Chung-Yuan Hsu, Wen-Chan Chiu, Tien-Tsai Cheng

“…Synovial hypertrophy did not change until 3–6 months after, when it started to improve (p=0.017). By multivariate analysis, sex, age, BMI, and DAS28 did not lead to any difference between synovial hypertrophy and PDUS changes (p=0.498). …”
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The Value of a Panel of Autoantibodies for Predicting the Activity of Lupus Nephritis at Time of Renal Biopsy by Gabriella Moroni, Silvana Quaglini, Antonella Radice, Barbara Trezzi, Francesca Raffiotta, Piergiorgio Messa, Renato Alberto Sinico

“…Anti-dsDNA, anti-nucleosome, anti-ribosome P, and anti-C1q antibodies and C3/C4 were measured in 107 patients with LN at the time of renal biopsy and after 6–12 months and were correlated with clinical/histological parameters. At multivariate analysis, high titers of anti-C1q antibodies or of anti-dsDNA antibodies (P=0.005, OR = 8.67, CI: 2.03–37.3) were the independent predictors that discriminate proliferative from nonproliferative LN. …”
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Prevalence and risk factors of the most common multimorbidity among Canadian adults. by Obed Mortey, Gerald Mugford, Kris Aubrey-Bassler, Hensley H Mariathas, Ugochukwu Odimba, Zhiwei Gao

“…The results from multivariate analysis showed that seven factors were significantly associated with increased odds of the MCM, which included increasing age, being retired from work (retired vs not retired), poorer rating of perceived health, (very good, good, poor vs excellent), increasing problems with sleep quality (satisfied, dissatisfied vs neutral), and abnormal body-mass index (underweight, overweight, obese vs normal). …”
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UV Hyperspectral Imaging and Chemometrics for Honeydew Detection: Enhancing Cotton Fiber Quality by Mohammad Al Ktash, Mona Knoblich, Frank Wackenhut, Marc Brecht

“…In conclusion, the integration of hyperspectral imaging with multivariate analysis represents a robust, non-destructive, and rapid approach for real-time detection of honeydew contamination in cotton, offering significant potential for industrial applications.…”
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Survivorship and Severe Complications Are Worse for Octogenarians and Elderly Patients with Pelvis Fractures as Compared to Adults: Data from the National Trauma Data Bank by Amir Matityahu, Joshua Elson, Saam Morshed, Meir Marmor

“…Descriptive statistics and bivariate and multivariate analyses were performed with the adult population as a referent. Results. Multivariate analysis showed 4.7-fold higher odds of death and 4.57 odds of complications in the octogenarian group after a pelvic fracture compared to adults. …”
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TFCP2 Genetic Polymorphism Is Associated with Predisposition to and Transplant Prognosis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Zhikun Liu, Feng Gao, Zhou Shao, Haiyang Xie, Lin Zhou, Xiao Xu, Shusen Zheng

“…Similar results were found in the multivariate analysis adjusted by AFP, tumor size and tumor number, and differentiation. …”
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Assessment of Vitamin D-Binding Protein and Early Prediction of Nephropathy in Type 2 Saudi Diabetic Patients by Manal S. Fawzy, Baraah T. Abu AlSel

“…Receiver operating characteristic analysis of uVDBP levels showed optimum cut-off value of 216.0 ng/mg corresponding to 98.8% sensitivity and 80.0% specificity and an area under the curve of 0.973 to discriminate the normoalbuminuria from the microalbuminuria groups. In multivariate analysis, ordination plot showed obvious demarcation between the study groups caused by the higher levels of uVDBP and albumin/creatinine ratio among other variables. …”
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Prognostic impact of psychoeducation program completion on inpatients with schizophrenia: a pilot cohort study by Hiroki Noguchi, Seiichiro Tarutani, Yoshiki Takei, Koichi Matsumoto, Takehiko Okamura, Hiroshi Yoneda

“…Results DOT was significantly longer in the program completion group than in the noncompletion group (918.2 (174.3) days vs. 225.5 (35.7) days, p = 0.001), and multivariate Cox proportional hazards regression analysis revealed that program noncompliance was associated with a 4.450-fold (p = 0.002) greater risk of discontinuation of outpatient treatment according to multivariate analysis. A significant weak correlation was found for DOT and rates of sessions admitted to the programme (Pearson's r = 0.384, p = 0.030). …”
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Ileostomy Prolapse in Children with Intestinal Dysmotility by Eric A. Sparks, Cristine S. Velazco, Brenna S. Fullerton, Jeremy G. Fisher, Faraz A. Khan, Amber M. Hall, Tom Jaksic, Leonel Rodriguez, Biren P. Modi

“…Primary outcome was pathologic stoma prolapse. Multivariate analysis using a logistic regression model and log-rank test to compare stoma prolapse rates over time between motility groups were used. …”
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Medium- to long-term functional outcomes of artcure diffusional patch therapy for lumbar disc herniation: which herniation is more likely to require surgery? by Zekeriya Ersin Çelen, Furkan Hanege, Soner Sarı, Bülent Özkurt

“…The results of the multivariate analysis showed that ≥ 2 MSU grade of the herniation was a significant predictive factor for operation need (HR: 7.32 (1.87–28.57), p = 0.004). …”
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Associations of Abnormal Sleep Duration and Chronotype with Higher Risk of Incident Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A UK Biobank Prospective Cohort Study by Gan Zhang, Wen Cao, Zhuoya Wang, Kailin Xia, Binbin Deng, Dongsheng Fan

“…<b>Results:</b> Multivariate analysis showed that 6–7 h of sleep was related to the lowest risk for ALS. …”
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Role of the Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio at the Time of Arrival at the Emergency Room as a Predictor of Rhabdomyolysis in Severe Trauma Patients by Jin Chul Bae, Kyung Hoon Sun, Yong Jin Park

“…Results Of the 130 patients with severe trauma, 50 presented with RM. In the multivariate analysis, the NLR (odds ratio [OR], 1.252; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.130–1.386), pH level (OR, 0.006; 95% CI, 0.000–0.198), presence of acute kidney injury (OR, 3.009; 95% CI, 1.140–7.941), and extremity Abbreviated Injury Scale score (OR, 1.819; 95% CI, 1.111–2.980) significantly differed between the non-RM and RM groups. …”
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Factors Affecting the Weaning from Nasal CPAP in Preterm Neonates by Shantanu Rastogi, Hariprem Rajasekhar, Anju Gupta, Alok Bhutada, Deepa Rastogi, Jen-Tien Wung

“…Univariate analysis showed that chorioamnionitis, intubation, surfactant use, PDA, sepsis/NEC, anemia, apnea, GER and IVH were significantly associated with the time to NCPAP wean. On multivariate analysis, among neonates that were intubated, BW was the only significant factor (𝑃<0.001) that was inversely related to time to successful NCPAP wean. …”
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Clinical Features and Risk Factors of Mortality in Patients with Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome by Hong-Wei Cui, Ru-Yi Lei, Bo-Ai Zhang

“…In univariate analysis, patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (P=0.027) and blood transfusion history within 1 month before onset (P=0.027), need for dialysis (P≤0.001), nephritis (P=0.010), stroke (P=0.016), and heart failure (P=0.016) were associated with death. In multivariate analysis, we found that heart failure (OR=0.095, 95% CI 0.020 to 0.441) and stroke (OR=0.033, 95% CI 0.002 to 0.467) were independent risk factors for death in PRES patients, while pregnancy was a protective factor for death in PRES patients (OR=7.978, 95% CI 1.446 to 44.006). …”
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Renal protective effect of a hydration supplemented with magnesium in patients receiving cisplatin for head and neck cancer by Takahiro Kimura, Taijiro Ozawa, Nobuhiro Hanai, Hitoshi Hirakawa, Hidenori Suzuki, Hiroshi Hosoi, Yasuhisa Hasegawa

“…The mean creatinine clearance in the magnesium-supplemented group decreased by 4.9 mL/kg/min, whereas that in the crystalloid-only group decreased by 15.0 mL/kg/min after two courses. In multivariate analysis, only magnesium-supplemented hydration was an independent predictive factor for preventing cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity (odds ratio = 0.157, 95% confidence interval 0.030–0.670, P = 0.0124). …”
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Transversus Thoracis Muscle Plane Block in Paediatric Patients Who Underwent Minimally Invasive Closure of Transthoracic Ventricular Septal Defect: A Retrospective Study by Qiong Ling, Shuhua Zhao, Yongyong Shi, Xiangyu Li, Ping Li, Gaofeng Zhao, Qianqian Zhu

“…Furthermore, the postoperative paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) stay in the TTMPB group was significantly shorter than in the non-TTMPB group (1.04 ± 0.28 d vs. 1.34 ± 1.05 d, p = 0.005). Multivariate analysis demonstrated that TTMPB was significantly associated with shorter time to extubation (p < 0.001) and PACU stay (p = 0.001) but not postoperative PICU stay (p = 0.094). …”
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Factors Related to Significant Improvement of Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rates in Chronic Hepatitis B Patients Receiving Telbivudine Therapy by Te-Fu Lin, Ping-I Hsu, Kung-Hung Lin, Feng-Woei Tsay, Tzung-Jiun Tsai, Yan-Hua Chen, Hsien-Chung Yu

“…According to a multivariate analysis, diabetes mellitus (DM) (p=0.028) and CKD-3 (p=0.043) were both significantly related to such improvement. …”
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Role of Intraoperative Left Ventricular Global Longitudinal Strain in Hemodynamic and Cognitive Outcomes in On-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: A Prospective Observational Stud... by Eric B. Lineburger, Rajesh C. Arya, Celso G. Junior, Fernanda S. Lima, Eduardo M. Búrigo, Gabriel Simoni R. Fermo

“…LVGLSBI did not have a significant correlation with LCOS (mean difference, 1.66; 95% CI, −–3.63 to 3.05; P = 0.862), nevertheless, it was an independent risk factor of in-hospital mortality (OR, 0.74; 95% CI, 0.57–0.95; P = 0.02), 3-month mortality (OR, 0.80; 95% CI, 0.64–0.99; P = 0.05), and delirium (OR, 0.65; 95% CI, 0.43–0.97; P = 0.03) in the multivariate analysis. LVGLSAI was also an independent risk factor for 3-month mortality (OR, 0.78; 95% CI, 0.62–0.99; P = 0.04). …”
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Evaluation of sustainable consumption behavior according to sociodemographic factors in Indigenous communities by Guido Ayay-Arista, Edwin Gustavo Estrada-Araoz, Judith Annie Bautista-Quispe, Manuel Augusto Mantari-Condemayta, George Jhon Cruz-Visa, Yony Abelardo Quispe-Mamani, Carlos Alberto Canelo-Dávila, José Ricardo Pujaico-Espino, José Alberto Carlos-Ramos

“…The conceptual model and hypotheses were tested by multivariate analysis and structural equation modeling, using the principal component analysis method for factor extraction. …”
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White Blood Cell and Granulocyte Counts Are Independent Predictive Factors for Prognosis of Advanced Pancreatic Caner by Lanyun Feng, Shihui Gu, Peng Wang, Hao Chen, Zhen Chen, Zhiqiang Meng, Luming Liu

“…Patients with pretreatment values in the range WBC≥5.8×109/L, granulocyte≥3.7×109/L, neutrophil≥3.9×109/L, lymphocyte<1.4×109/L, and NLR≥2.8 showed significant correlations pointing to poorer overall survival. Multivariate analysis indicated that WBC≥5.8×109/L (HR=1.808; 95% CI=1.055–3.096; p=0.031) and granulocyte≥3.7×109/L (HR=7.346; 95% CI = 1.275–42.321; p=0.026) can be taken to be independent prognostic factors for overall survival in pancreatic patients. …”
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