Effect of Ursodeoxycholic Acid Alone and Ursodeoxycholic Acid Plus Domperidone on Radiolucent Gallstones and Gallbladder Contractility in Humans by Ilyas Tuncer, Mustafa Harman, Yasar Colak, Ismail Arslan, M. Kursad Turkdogan

“…The difference was statistically significant compared to controls in both treatment groups (𝑃<0.05) but the two groups did not show a difference between each other (𝑃>0.05). …”
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The Association between Diabetic Retinopathy and Levels of Ischemia-Modified Albumin, Total Thiol, Total Antioxidant Capacity, and Total Oxidative Stress in Serum and Aqueous Humor by Kadir Kirboga, Ayse V. Ozec, Mustafa Kosker, Ayhan Dursun, Mustafa I. Toker, Huseyin Aydin, Haydar Erdogan, Aysen Topalkara, Mustafa K. Arici

“…The differences in mean total thiol, TAC, and TOS levels in the aqueous humor and mean TAC levels in the serum were not statistically significant. Conclusion. IMA, total thiol, and TOS levels in the serum might be useful markers in monitoring the risk of DRP development.…”
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Characteristics of Siblings with Familial Mediterranean Fever: A Single-Center Experience by Elif Arslanoglu Aydin, Esra Baglan, İlknur Bagrul, Emine Nur Sunar Yayla, Nesibe Gokce Kocamaz, Semanur Ozdel

“…Fever and abdominal pain were statistically significantly more frequent in group I than in group II (P = .032). …”
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Pegilated interferon α2а in treatment of chronic hepatitis C by P. O. Bogomolov, S. V. Koblov, A. O. Buyeverov, M. V. Matsiyevich, O. S. Kuzmina, N. A. Barsukova, N. V. Dubinina

“…Sustained virologic response (SVR) after the termination of antiviral therapy was achieved in 70,1% of patients. Statistically significant differences by gender, body mass index, virus genotype were revealed between groups which have achieved and not achieved SVRs. …”
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Mydriasis Stability During Cataract Surgery in Patients with Systemic Comorbidities Using a Standardised Combination of Intracameral Mydriatics and Anaesthetic by Joanna Dereń-Szumełda, Mariola Dorecka, Mirosław Dereń, Ewa Mrukwa-Kominek

“…Results: Stable mydriasis was achieved in 90.3% of patients: 97.1% in the C + DM group, 90.6% in the C + PXF group, and 83.3% in the C group, with no statistically significant differences (<i>p</i> = 0.14). Conclusions: SCIMA effectively maintains mydriasis stability during cataract surgery, even in patients with systemic comorbidities, ensuring greater surgical safety.…”
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Role of the IL-6 Gene in the Etiopathogenesis of Idiopathic Scoliosis by Svetla Nikolova, Milka Dikova, Dobrin Dikov, Assen Djerov, Gyulnas Dzhebir, Ventseslav Atanasov, Alexey Savov, Ivo Kremensky

“…Our case-control study revealed a statistically significant association between the IL-6 (-174 G/C) functional polymorphism and susceptibility to IS. …”
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Epidemiological Profile of the Pathologies of the Oral Cavity in a Peruvian Population: A 9-Year Retrospective Study of 18,639 Patients by Ángelo Sabogal, Jhonn Asencios, Ada Robles, Eloy Gamboa, José Rosas, Jorge Ríos, Frank Mayta-Tovalino

“…The study also shows a statistically significant association between sex and gingivitis, periodontal disease, and periodontal abscess and sinus.…”
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Sonoclot Signature Analysis in Patients with Liver Disease and Its Correlation with Conventional Coagulation Studies by Priyanka Saxena, Chhagan Bihari, Archana Rastogi, Savita Agarwal, Lovkesh Anand, Shiv Kumar Sarin

“…The sonoclot signatures demonstrated statistically significant abnormalities in patients with liver disease as compared to healthy controls. …”
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The Relationship between Mental Workload and Job Satisfaction of Faculty Members with their Educational Performance by Neda Mahdavi, Masoud Shafiee Motlagh2, Zahra Cheraghi, Hossein Jafari Mansoorian, Vajihe Ramazani Doroh, Leili tapak, Maryam Afshari, Amin Doosti-Irani

“…However, the relationship between teaching quality and both cognitive workload and job satisfaction was not statistically significant. Conclusion: No significant relationship was observed between cognitive workload, job satisfaction, and teaching quality scores. …”
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Academic self-efficacy as a protective factor for the mental health of university students during the COVID-19 pandemic by Nayeli Lucía Ampuero-Tello, Angel Christopher Zegarra-López, Dharma Ariana Padilla-López, Dafne Silvana Venturo-Pimentel

“…Academic self-efficacy was a moderately statistically significant predictor of the three mental health conditions. …”
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Health-Related Quality of Life among Patients with Coronary Artery Disease: A Post-Treatment Follow-Up Study in Iran by Shahram Tofighi, Aliasghar Ahmad Kiadaliri, Jamil Sadeghifar, Mehdi Raadabadi, Jahanara Mamikhani

“…Moreover, after adjusting for other covariates, receiving PTCA and being at older age were related to lower scores at followup, but these were not statistically significant in most cases. Conclusion. The HRQoL significantly changed from one to three years after treatment in patients with CAD. …”
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Effects of Repetitive Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment in Patients with Acute Cerebral Infarction: A Pilot Study by Cheng-Hsin Chen, Shao-Yuan Chen, Vinchi Wang, Chao-Ching Chen, Kaw-Chen Wang, Chih-Hao Chen, Yi-Chien Liu, Kuo-Cheng Lu, Ping-Keung Yip, Wen-Ya Ma, Chuan-Chieh Liu

“…For early efficacy, there was no difference when comparing changes of NIHSS scores between the two groups (P=0.140) but there was statistically significant difference when comparing changes of NIHSS scores at one month (P≤0.001). …”
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The Comparison of Nailfold Capillaroscopy between Juvenile Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Healthy Controls: Correlation with Laboratory and Clinical Parameters by Seyed-Reza Raeeskarami, Navid Namazi, Raheleh Assari, Seyed-Reza Najafizadeh, Zohreh Hassannejad, Vahid Ziaee

“…Different abnormal NFC changes were observed with abnormal morphology, the increased diameter and abnormal loop densities in 55.1%, 93.9%, and 26.5% of the patients, respectively. No statistically significant differences were depicted between capillaroscopy with age, gender, autoantibodies (APLs, anti-ds DNA), antiphospholipid antibody syndrome, thrombotic angiopathy, renal function tests (Bun, Cr), and abnormal urine analysis. …”
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Staging of Primary Abdominal Lymphomas: Comparison of Whole-Body MRI with Diffusion-Weighted Imaging and 18F-FDG-PET/CT by Alessandro Stecco, Francesco Buemi, Martina Quagliozzi, Mariangela Lombardi, Alberto Santagostino, Gian Mauro Sacchetti, Alessandro Carriero

“…There were no statistically significant differences between the two techniques p=0.05. …”
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Knee Osteoarthritis: Kinesiophobia and Isometric Strength of Quadriceps in Women by Saulo Machado, null Érika Santana, Victor Brito, Leonardo Maciel, Lucindo J. Quintans Júnior, Walderi da Silva Junior, Jader de Farias Neto, Henrique Douglas Melo Coutinho, Bonglee Kim, Valter J. de Santana Filho

“…The maximum isometric strength presents a significant difference, directly interfering with the gait ability; as kinesiophobia does not show a statistically significant difference, it does not directly interfere with the ability to walk. …”
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Estimation of malondialdehyde and catalase activity in pregnant women at IIMS&R Hospital, Lucknow, India by Niharika Singh, Saba Khan, Mohammad Mustufa Khan, Haseeb Ahsan, Roshan Alam

“…A p-value 0.05 was statistically significant. Results: Compared to non-pregnant women, the mean plasma level of MDA was considerably elevated in pregnant women (p<0.0001). …”
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Perceptions of Nigerian Women about Human Papilloma Virus, Cervical Cancer, and HPV Vaccine by Olusola Anuoluwapo Akanbi, Abiodun Iyanda, Folakemi Osundare, Oluyinka Oladele Opaleye

“…A P value >0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results. One hundred and seventy-six (23.9%) of the respondents had knowledge of HPV; 474 (64.3%) are aware of cervical cancer but only 136 (18.5%) know that HPV causes cervical cancer. 200 (27.1%) are aware that there is an HPV vaccine while 300 (40.7%) had knowledge of Pap smear test. …”
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Effect on Intraocular Pressure of Switching from Latanoprost and Travoprost Monotherapy to Timolol Fixed Combinations in Patients with Normal-Tension Glaucoma by Ryoko Igarashi, Tetsuya Togano, Yuta Sakaue, Takaiko Yoshino, Jun Ueda, Takeo Fukuchi

“…This difference was not statistically significant (P=0.463). Conclusions. Switching from PG monotherapy to PG/b fixed combination therapy for NTG resulted in a greater intraocular pressure reduction than PG alone without increasing the number of instillations.…”
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Keratorefractive Effect of High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Keratoplasty on Rabbit Eyes by Zhiyu Du, Pisong Yan, Qiang Luo, Dan Zhang, Yu Zhang

“…The major axis and minor axis of the focal region got longer when the powers of the HIFU got increased; the difference was statistically significant (p<0.05). LM and TEM showed HIFU-induced shrinkage of corneal stromal collagen with little disturbance to the underlying epithelium. …”
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Effects of Curcumin on Parameters of Myocardial Oxidative Stress and of Mitochondrial Glutathione Turnover in Reoxygenation after 60 Minutes of Hypoxia in Isolated Perfused Working... by Ermita I. Ibrahim Ilyas, Busjra M. Nur, Sonny P. Laksono, Anton Bahtiar, Ari Estuningtyas, Caecilia Vitasyana, Dede Kusmana, Frans D. Suyatna, Muhammad Kamil Tadjudin, Hans-Joachim Freisleben

“…Curcumin protected partially against reoxygenation injury without statistically significant differences between the two dosages. …”
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