HIV Risk Perception, Sexual Behavior, and HIV Prevalence among Men-Who-Have-Sex-with-Men at a Community-Based Voluntary Counseling and Testing Center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia by Kwee Choy Koh, Lit Sin Yong

“…There were no statistically significant differences between medium risk and unsure risk clients compared to low risk clients. …”
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Investigation of Effects of Local Vitamin C Application on Inflammatory Response and Periodontal Tissue Destruction in Rat Periodontitis Model by Kübra Karaçam, Ayşe Toraman, Zeliha Aytekin

“…Results: The numeric density of 8-OHdG and MMP-8 immunopositive cells were found to be statistically significantly lower in the Vtc group than in the EP group. …”
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Effects of soil bund and landscape positions on selected soil physico-chemical properties at Anole watershed, Rift Valley Basin, Ethiopia by Markos Mathewos, Mesfin Lukas

“…Whereas, for slope positions, sand, clay, BD, CEC, TN, and available phosphorus in the Anole watershed were found to be statistically significant (P < 0.05). In steep, middle, and lower slopes, contents of OC and exchangeable potassium were greater in fields with soil bunds than without. …”
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Reproductive Risk Factors Associated with Female Infertility in Sonepat District of Haryana: A Community Based Cross-Sectional Study by Deepika Kataria, Babita Rani, Anita Punia, S. K. Jha, M. Narendran, Jagmohan Singh

“…The difference of occurrence of infertility in relation to genital discharge (P = 0.049), genital ulcer/sores (P ≤ 0.001), groin swelling (P ≤ 0.001), warts (P = 0.015), menstrual cycle duration (P ≤ 0.001) and menstrual flow amount (P = 0.048) was statistically significant. The mean age of menarche for the female with infertility was 14.34 years (standard deviation = 1.40). …”
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Characteristics of abdominal herniation and its associations among patients operated in a Sudanese tertiary hospital: a retrospective review by Ahmed Abdellateef Hassan Bakry, Khabab Abbasher Hussien Mohamed Ahmed, Mohammed Mahmoud Fadelallah Eljack, Ghassan E. Mustafa Ahmed

“…The association between sociodemographic variables, PMH, chronic medical conditions, and the diagnosis was found to be statistically significant. The rate of recurrence was found to be 10.1%. …”
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Medullary breast carcinoma: a pathogenic review and immunohistochemical study using tissue microarray by Ming Lee, Ana Richelia Jara-Lazaro, Poh Yian Cheok, Aye Aye Thike

“…Clinicopathological parameters, including ethnicity, age, tumour size and concurrent ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), showed no statistically significant correlation with review diagnoses and immunohistochemical findings. …”
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Incidence of excess oxygen use in critically ill children and its impact on clinical outcomes: A single-center, retrospective study from Pakistan by Rubab Naz, Sahira Ahmed, Muhammad Irfan, Safa Alam, Anwarul Haque

“…The median CEOE was 32.46 (interquartile range = 21.08–42.75). 50.3% were in higher CEOE quartiles (>32.46). No statistically significant differences were observed in multiorgan dysfunction syndrome (MODS) and mortality rates between the lower quartiles (first and second) and the higher quartiles (third and fourth). …”
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Evaluation of the significance of tumor stromal patterns and peri-tumoral inflammation in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma with special reference to the Yamamoto–Kohama classi... by Geet Bhuyan, Prabir Hazarika, Anju M. Rabha

“…P-value less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: Immature SR was not observed in any of the well-differentiated squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) cases. …”
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Treatment compliance of liver cirrhosis patients by Ye. R. Olevskaya, A. I. Dolgushina, A. N. Tarasov, D. S. Mikhaylova, A. R. Molchanova, A. S. Kuznetsova

“…The etiology of LC had no statistically significant impact on treatment compliance degree. …”
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Role of Traditional Cardiovascular Risk Factors after Initiation of Statin Therapy: A PharmLines Inception Cohort Study by Dennis Steenhuis, Stijn de Vos, Jens Bos, Eelko Hak

“….), though not statistically significant. Conclusion. Drug treatment for CVEs after statin initiation is increased in patients with diabetes type 2, in aged patients, males, smokers, and those with poor adherence, while there was no association with baseline cholesterol levels and blood pressure. …”
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Histological risk score and its role in predicting recurrence in early-stage oral squamous cell carcinomas by Daphne Fonseca, Rashmi Khemani, Mohan K. Pasam, Ravindranath Tagore, B. Vishal Rao, Suseela Kodandapani, Chandrasekhara Rao, K. V. V. N. Raju, T Subramanyeshwar Rao

“…Univariate analysis identified LVI (P < 0.00001), DOI (P < 0.00001), nodal involvement (P < 0.00001), worst pattern of invasion (WPOI) (P < 0.00001), lymphocytic host response (LHR) (P = 0.004), perineural invasion (PNI) (P = 0.012) as strong statistically significant risk factors for LRR. Conclusion: Adequate assessment of simple parameters on routine H and E by incorporating Brandwein-Gensler histological risk scoring model at the initial presentation can help prognosticate and predict LRR and select patients for post-surgical adjuvant therapy.…”
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Geographic Variations of Stroke Hospitalization across France: A Diachronic Cluster Analysis by Yacine Lachkhem, Étienne Minvielle, Stéphane Rican

“…We identify statistically significant clusters with high or low rates in the zip code level using the Getis-Ord statistics. …”
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Evaluation of the Potential Prognostic Value of Tumor Budding in Laryngeal Carcinoma by Conventional and Immunohistochemical Staining by Nermine M. Abd Raboh, Ossama M. Mady, Sarah A. Hakim

“…Tumor budding shows high statistically significant relations (p=0.0001 for each) with important clinicopathological parameters of laryngeal carcinoma (site, grade, tumor stage, lymph node stage, lymph node extracapsular invasion, and vascular invasion). …”
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Impact of digital breast tomosynthesis on screening performance and interval cancer rates compared to digital mammography: A meta-analysis. by Xuewen Liu, Ting Yang, Juan Yao

“…In comparison to DM, the screening sensitivities of DBT, DM/DBT, and SM/DBT were increased by 4.33% (95% CI: 1.52, 7.13), 6.29% (95% CI: 2.55, 10.03), and 5.22% (95% CI: 1.35, 9.10), respectively; however, the difference in the ICR was not statistically significant.<h4>Conclusion</h4>DBT offers advantages in enhancing the sensitivity of breast cancer screening; however, its impact on ICR remains uncertain. …”
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Ultrasound and 3D Skin Imaging: Methods to Evaluate Efficacy of Striae Distensae Treatment by Mariella Bleve, Priscilla Capra, Franca Pavanetto, Paola Perugini

“…Statistical analysis of skin roughness demonstrated a statistically significant reduction of Rp value only in a treated group. …”
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NT-Pro-B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Levels in Infants with Failure to Thrive due to Caloric Deprivation by L. B. Mänhardt, K. Norozi, C. Müller, C. Willaschek, B. Kostuch, R. Buchhorn

“…N-BNP values in this CD group are comparable to the median value of infants with severe HF (n=12) 673 (408–11310) pg/mL. There is no statistical significant difference in age. Conclusion. Nutritional state has an important impact on N-BNP levels in infants with FTT. …”
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Caregivers’ Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice towards Pressure Injuries in Spinal Cord Injury at Rehabilitation Center in Bangladesh by Niraj Singh Tharu, Monzurul Alam, Shristi Bajracharya, Gautam Prasad Chaudhary, Jitendra Pandey, Mohammad A. Kabir

“…A Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient (r) was utilized to assess the relationships between caregivers’ KAP, with a p value of 0.05 or less considered statistically significant. The study findings indicate that caregivers had a moderate level of knowledge (M = 73.68%, SD = 6.43), a neutral attitude (M = 70.32%, SD = 6.89), and a moderate level of practice (M = 74.77%, SD = 9.08). …”
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Awareness and utilization of Swedish youth clinics among migrants enrolled in Swedish language programmes: a cross-sectional study by Amanda Lundberg, Anna-Karin Hurtig, Faustine Kyungu Nkulu-Kalengayi

“…However, in multivariate analyses, only the associations between awareness and year of arrival, and YCs’ utilization and year of arrival and type of residence permit, remained statistically significant. Conclusion This study highlights the level of awareness of YCs among migrants attending Swedish language programmes and their utilization by those aged 15−25 years, potentially impacting their access to crucial services and resources. …”
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Investigation of The Effect of Smoking on Some Blood Parameters and Respiratory Functions in Wrestlers by Kürşat Hazar

“…In conclusion, it was determined that smoking in wrestlers has statistically significant but negative effects on some blood parameters and respiratory functions. …”
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Look-alike modelling in violence-related research: A missing data approach. by Estela Capelas Barbosa, Niels Blom, Annie Bunce

“…The variance is higher, resulting in fewer statistically significant estimates. Our approach reinforces the possibility of combining administrative with survey datasets using look-alike methods to overcome existing barriers to data linkage.…”
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