substance use and recidivism of intimate partner violence in Peru: A cross-sectional study. by Victor Roman-Lazarte Sr., Enrique Moncada-Mapelli, Maryorie K Galeas-Torre, Luz A Roman, Maricela L Marcelo-Armas

“…A relationship was identified between substance use and IPV, with an Odds Ratio of 2.24 for the perpetrator's alcohol consumption and an Odds Ratio of 2.33 for drug use…”
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Relationship between Obesity and Dental Caries in Saudi Male Adolescents by Asim Al-Ansari, Muhammad Nazir

“…No/school education of father (odds ratio 3.54, P=0.011), family history of obesity (odds ratio 3.27, P=0.002), and not performing physical activity (odds ratio 4.37, P=0.002) were significantly associated with an increased likelihood of obesity. …”
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Association between Hyperreflective Foci on Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography and Early Recurrence of Diabetic Macular Edema after Intravitreal Dexamethasone Implantatio... by Kyung Tae Kim, Dong Yoon Kim, Ju Byung Chae

“…Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that a higher number of HRF increased the risk of early recurrence after intravitreal DEX implantation (odds ratio in entire retina: 1.518, p=0.012; odds ratio in inner retina: 2.058, p=0.027; odds ratio in outer retina: 1.610, p=0.029). …”
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Risk of first venous thrombosis by comparing different thrombin generation assay conditions: results from the MEGA case-control study. by Kristien Winckers, Eugenia Biguzzi, Stella Thomassen, Alexandra Heinzmann, Frits R. Rosendaal, Tilman Mathias Hackeng, Astrid van Hylckama Vlieg

“…Results: Under all assay conditions the thrombin peak height was associated with VTE risk: peak height > 75th percentile, at low TF odds ratio (OR) 6.8 (95% confidence interval (CI) 5.5 – 8.3), at high TF, odds ratio 3.0 (95% CI 2.5 – 3.6) and at high TF + APC, OR 3.8 (95% CI 3.2 - 4.5), all compared with a peak height < 25th percentile obtained in controls. …”
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Darker Skin Color Measured by Von Luschan Chromatic Scale and Increased Sunlight Exposure Time Are Independently Associated with Decreased Odds of Vitamin D Deficiency in Thai Ambu... by Nipith Charoenngam, Sutin Sriussadaporn

“…Multivariate analysis showed that darker skin color and increased sunlight exposure time were independently associated with decreased odds of vitamin D deficiency (dark brown vs. light brown: odds ratio, 0.263, 95% CI: 0.081–0.851, p=0.026; medium brown vs. light brown: odds ratio, 0.369, 95% CI: 0.987–1.003, p=0.067; sunlight exposure time odds ratio per 1 minute/day increase 0.955, 95% CI: 0.991–1.000, p=0.037), after adjusting for possible confounders. …”
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Association of Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Nocturnal Hypoxemia With the Circadian Rhythm of Myocardial Infarction by Xiaochen Liu, Bin Wang, Wen Hao, Yuyao Qiu, Qian Guo, Yingying Guo, Qingjie Xin, Jingyao Fan, Bin Que, Wei Gong, Wen Zheng, Xiao Wang, Shaoping Nie

“…Moderate/severe OSA (adjusted odds ratio 1.66 [95% CI, 1.13–2.43]; P=0.01) and nocturnal hypoxemia (oxygen desaturation index ≥15 model, adjusted odds ratio 1.80, [95% CI, 1.21–2.66]; minimum oxygen saturation ≤86% model, adjusted odds ratio 1.70 [95% CI, 1.16–2.47]; P=0.006; total sleep time with saturation <90% ≥2% model, adjusted odds ratio 1.54 [95% CI, 1.04–2.27]; P=0.03) significantly predicted MI occurrence from midnight to 6:00 am. …”
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Seroprevalence and Associated Risk Factors of Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis (IBR) and Animal Owners’ Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) Towards the Disease in Selected Dist... by Abdisa Mitiku Danu, Abriham Kebede Deresa, Chala Guyassa Dinagde

“…The BoHV‐1 virus seropositivity in adult animals increased significantly, with an odds ratio of 1.65 (95% CI 0.705–3.85) compared to young. …”
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Relationship between Periodontitis and Glaucoma: A Cross-Sectional Study by Soo Hwan Byun, Dae Myoung Yoo, Minwook Chang, Hyo Geun Choi, Seok Jin Hong

“…A logistic regression model was created to analyse the odds ratio of having a history of glaucoma among patients with periodontitis. …”
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Folic Acid and Birth Defects: A Case Study (Iran) by Mohammad Bager Hosseini, Zhila Khamnian, Saeed Dastgiri, Bahram Samadi Raad, Yalda Ravanshad

“…Consumption of folic acid prevented NTDs by 79 percent (Odds Ratio = 0.21, CI 95%: 0.12–0.40) and 94 percent (Odds Ratio = 0.06, CI 95%: 0.03–0.15) compared to pregnancies complicated by other anomalies and normal pregnancies, respectively. …”
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The Value of Combined Radial Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Transbronchial Lung Biopsy and Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing for Peripheral Pulmonary Infectious Lesions by Guangsheng Li, Jie Huang, Yuechuan Li, Jing Feng

“…Anechoic areas and luminant areas of ultrasonic image characteristics were correlated with lower positivity rate of mNGS (respectively, P=0.019, odds ratio 17.878; 95% confidence interval, from 1.595 to 200.399; P=0.042, odds ratio 16.745; 95% confidence interval, from 1.106 to 253.479). …”
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Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (OCABG) Surgery Outcome: AKI Incidence, Serum Uric Acid, and Cut-Offs of Variables by Mohamad Reza Zare-Khormizi, Fatemeh Pourrajab

“…Conclusion: SUA levels are independently associated with a higher risk of AKI and outcome complications after off-pump CABG, and confounding factors at specific cutoffs affect the odds ratio of UA for AKI occurrence.…”
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Deforestation and predator species richness as potential environmental drivers for roadkill of wild water deer in South Korea by Obaidul Islam, Ryota Matsuyama, Kyung-Duk Min

“…Conversely, predator species richness is negatively associated with the roadkill events, with an odds ratio of 0.75 (95% confidence interval = 0.69 to 0.80) from the ordinary regression model and 0.76 (95% credible interval = 0.66–0.86) from the spatial regression model.ConclusionThese findings suggest that conservational effort, such as preventing wildlife diversity and mitigating deforestation could reduce the incidence of water deer roadkill events.…”
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Phenotypes of headache in patients with obstructive sleep apnea by Viriya Tripakornkusol, Napassorn Sinsopa, Sittichai Khamsai, Kittisak Sawanyawisuth

“…Dyspnea had the highest adjusted odds ratio at 3.29 (95% confidence interval of 1.25, 8.54), while macroglossia had the lowest adjusted odds ratio at 2.10 (95% confidence interval of 1.01, 4.43). …”
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Mendelian randomization analysis reveals genetic evidence for a causal link between inflammatory bowel disease and uterine cervical neoplasms by Chunge Cao, Xiaorui Sun, Xiaohu Chen, Ying Zhang, Chaoyan Yue

“…The inverse-variance weighted (IVW) method was employed as primary analysis approach.ResultsIBD (IVW odds ratio = 1.127, 95% confidence interval = 1.016–1.251; p = 0.024) and CD (IVW odds ratio = 1.119, 95% confidence interval = 1.023–1.224; p = 0.014) exhibited a significant causal effect on malignant cervical carcinoma. …”
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Clinical Characteristics and Predictors of Mortality in Elderly Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19 in Bangladesh: A Multicenter, Retrospective Study by Md. Asaduzzaman, Z. H. M. Nazmul Alam, Mohammad Zabed Jillul Bari, M. M. Jahangir Alam, Shishir Ranjan Chakraborty, Tasnim Ferdousi

“…Multivariable regression analysis showed an increasing odds ratio of in-hospital death associated with older age (odds ratio 1.05, 95% CI 1.01–1.10, per year increase; p=0.009), thrombocytopenia (OR = 3.56; 95% CI 1.22–10.33, p=0.019), and admission SpO2 (OR 0.91, 95% CI 0.88–0.95; p=0.001). …”
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Brief intervention to enhance cessation of smokeless tobacco use in newly diagnosed patients with head and neck cancers: A randomized controlled trial in patient-relative dyads by Sai Krishna Tikka, Avinash Shukla, Ripu D. Arora, Sharda Singh, Supriya Mahant, Sachin Verma, Lokesh K. Singh

“…Results: Overall for the dyads using SLT, the relative risk of continuing to use SLT was 3.23 times higher (odds ratio = 7.01) if BTCI was not undertaken at one-month follow-up and 4.43 times higher (odds ratio = 8.65) at 3-months follow-up. …”
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Acute correction of electromechanical dyssynchrony and response to cardiac resynchronization therapy by Ghassan Moubarak, Guillaume Viart, Frédéric Anselme

“…Two factors were independently associated with CRT response in multivariate analysis: ischemic cardiomyopathy (odds ratio 0.19, 95% confidence interval 0.04–0.87; P= 0.032) and delta LPEI (odds ratio 1.03 per 1 ms decrease, 95% confidence interval 1.01–1.05; P = 0.007). …”
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Systemic lupus erythematosus organ manifestation and disease activity in children based on Mexican systemic lupus erythematosus disease activity index score at East Java, Indonesia by Zahrah Hikmah, Anang Endaryanto, I Dewa Gede Ugrasena

“…The correlation between organ manifestation and disease activity was analyzed using Spearman's rho correlation. The odds ratio was analyzed using Mantel-Haenszel Common Odds Ratio Estimation. …”
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Occurrence, Risk Factors, and Outcomes of Pulmonary Barotrauma in Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Hasan M. Al-Dorzi, Haifa Almujaydia, Reema Nazer, Yara Alhusaini, Aminah Alhamdan, Ajyad Al Jawad

“…Barotrauma was an independent predictor of hospital mortality (odds ratio: 2.784, 95% confidence interval: 1.310–5.918). …”
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Prevalence and Associated Factors of Peer Victimization (Bullying) among Grades 7 and 8 Middle School Students in Kuwait by Ahmad J. Abdulsalam, Abdullah E. Al Daihani, Konstantinos Francis

“…The logistic regression showed that male gender (adjusted odds ration = 1.671, p=0.004), grade 8 student (adjusted odds ratio = 1.650, p=0.004), and student with physical disabilities (adjusted odds ratio = 1.675, p=0.003), were independently associated with bullying behavior. …”
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