Endovascular intervention in patients with blunt traumatic thoracic aortic injury: Early results by Hasan Toz, Yusuf Kuserli, Gulsum Turkyilmaz, Saygin Turkyilmaz, Ali Aycan Kavala

“…The most common cause of injury was motor vehicle accidents (81.4%, n=57). No statistically significant difference was found between patients regarding the locations of the landing zones (p>0.05). …”
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How depression impacts on road traffic accidents among older adults and elderly Indians: Evidence from large scale nationally representative survey by Pritam Halder, Immanuel Joshua, Sayan Saha, Abhinav C. S. Kolachala, Risha Gupta, Anshul Mamgai, Sukhmeen Kaur, Ankita Chattopadhyay, Saumyarup Pal, Sayani Bisoi, Shivani Rathor

“…P value <0.05 was considered as statistically significant. Results: Prevalence of RTA was 1.84 (1.74-1.94)% nationally, highest among achiever states (2.04 (1.82–2.30)%). …”
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Biological and Social Predictors of HIV-1 RNA Viral Suppression in ART Treated PWLH in Sub-Saharan Africa by Sindhuri Gandla, Raja Nakka, Ruhul Ali Khan, Eliezer Bose, Musie Ghebremichael

“…Our findings indicated that besides ART treatment status, older age, higher CD4 T-cell count, and longer duration of ART were identified as significant predictors of viral suppression. Though not statistically significant, ART initiation 12 months or more before the survey, urban residence, and wealth index were also associated with VL suppression. …”
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Prevalence and risk factors of gastroesophageal reflux disease among adults attending primary healthcare in Bahrain by Dhuha F. Alqassab, Maryam J. Hasan, Ayman M. AlSaadoon, Aysha J. AlMuqahwi, Farah A. AlAwadhi, Samya A. Bahram, Adel S. Alsayyad

“…The prevalence of GERD was 41.5% which was statistically significant associated with family history of GERD, history of hypertension, sleeping within less than 1 hour after dinner, bariatric surgery and use of NSAIDs or Aspirin regularly (P < 0.05). …”
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Pigment Epithelium-Derived Factor-Loaded PEGylated Nanoparticles as a New Antiangiogenic Therapy for Neovascularization by Feng Zhao, Wenlei Fei, Zhouyue Li, Hanyang Yu, Lei Xi

“…The apoptosis of diabetes-induced HUVECs occurred in a dose-dependent manner, which showed a statistically significant difference compared with the PEDF treatment group. …”
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Assessment of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Women Having Female Pattern Hair Loss by Damini Verma, Vibhu Mendiratta, Taru Garg, Smita Tripathi, Shaili Tomer

“…Correlation of CIMT, anthropometric indices (BMI and WC), biochemical markers (serum cholesterol, triglycerides, FBS, and fibrinogen), and presence of metabolic syndrome with severity of FPHL in terms of Ludwig grade was found to be statistically significant. Conclusions: The determination of metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance and acute phase reactants such as hs-CRP and fibrinogen may be useful screening methods to detect increased cardiovascular risk in women with FPHL.…”
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Efficacy of ursodeoxycholic acid in reducing the necessity of cholecystectomy due to pre-existing and subsequently formed gallstones in patients who underwent laparoscopic sleeve g... by Muhammed Taha Demirpolat, Muhammet Oğuz Celikkaya, Suleyman Cağlar Ertekin, Fatih Basak, Abdullah Sisik

“…At the end of the first year, patients who had newly formed gallstones after LSG had a higher total weight loss percentages (TWL%) (39.8 ± 6.1) compared to those who did not develop gallstones (37.9 ± 7.4), which were statistically significant (p = 0.004). Among patients who developed gallstones postoperatively, UDCA treatment was associated with a significantly lower cholecystectomy rate in patients with newly formed gallstones postoperatively (p = 0.025), while no significant difference was shown in patients with preoperative gallstones (p = 0.631). …”
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Impact of an adaptive environment based on learning analytics on pre-service science teacher behavior and self-regulation by Yousri Attia Mohamed Abouelenein, Shaimaa Abdul Salam Selim, Tahani Ibrahim Aldosemani

“…In academic performance, statistically significant differences were found, with the oriented self-regulation group outperforming the adaptive and minimally self-regulated groups. …”
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Response to induction chemotherapy as a prognostic indicator in locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma by Francesca Huwyler, Roland Giger, Ruben Bill, Daniel Rauch, Simon Haefliger

“…This effect was not statistically significant in tumors of the oral cavity or oropharynx, where it was only observed as a trend. …”
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Effect of Real-Time Environment on Mechanical Properties of Preformed Stainless Steel Archwires: An In Vivo Study by Divya Pai, Arun S. Urala, Kishore Ginjupalli, Kalyana Chakravarthy Pentapati, Gaurav Agrawal

“…At T15, Young’s modulus showed a statistically significant decrease. Changes in yield strength and spring factor were not significant for groups other than American Orthodontics wires. …”
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Sex Differences in the Relation between Comorbidities and Prognosis in Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19 by Noushin Mohammadifard, Fahimeh Haghighatdoost, Maryam Nasirian, Parisa Zakeri, Kamal Heidari, Shaghayegh Haghjooy Javanmard, Nizal Sarrafzadegan

“…There was no statistically significant difference in this regard between men and women. …”
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The effect of reality therapy group counseling on pregnant women’s sexual function: An interventional study by Fatemeh Bahadori, Mahtab Attarha, Fatemeh Mehrabi Rezveh

“…Results: There was no statistically significant difference in the mean score of sexual function between the two groups before the intervention (P=0.573). …”
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Effect of Implementing a Free Delivery Service Policy on Women’s Utilization of Facility-Based Delivery in Central Ethiopia: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis by Ayalneh Demissie, Alemayehu Worku, Yemane Berhane

“…During the study period, there was a statistically significant increase in the number of facility-based deliveries after the 24th and 36th months of intervention (p<0.05). …”
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Changes in stress-related outcomes among graduate students following the Mindfulness Ambassador Program: A pilot study. by Varsha Vasudevan, Benjamin Tran, Shauna M Burke, Patricia Tucker, Jennifer D Irwin

“…Post-intervention themes included better stress management, increased consideration for oneself and others, feelings of connection with others, and overall satisfaction with the MAP. Statistically significant improvements were found from pre- to post-intervention in mean score differences for perceived stress (p = .043), private self-awareness (p = .006), awareness of immediate surroundings (p = .044), and social connectedness (p = .006).…”
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Study on clinically manifested reproductive health problems of dairy cows managed under intensive and semi-intensive production systems in Wondo Genet district, Southern Ethiopia by Amene Fekadu, Yifat Denbarga, Tesfaye Belay, Desie Sheferaw, Fufa Abunna, Kebede Amenu, Rahmeto Abebe, Mesele Abera, Berhanu Mekibib

“…Among the considered host and management related risk factors, only presence of previous reproductive disorder had statistically significant association with the occurrence of reproductive disorder (p<0.05). …”
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Comparison of mediastinoscopy and thoracoscope minimally invasive esophagectomy in the treatment of esophageal cancer: a meta-analysis and system review by Jincheng Wang, Linxian Zhao, Jie Lin, Yating Yu, Ti Tong, Yinghao Zhao

“…In addition, the operative time in the TIME group, 3-day postoperative induced flux, postoperative hospitalization time, number of lymph node dissection, and incidence of pulmonary complications were smaller than those in the TAMIE group, and the differences were all statistically significant. However, in terms of the incidence of recurrent laryngeal nerve injury (including hoarseness), the TIME group was higher than the TAMIE group. …”
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Qualitative and quantitative evaluations of topography for CAD/CAM all ceramic zirconia after different surface treatments by Sazan M. Azeez, Shatha A. Salih

“…While polished specimen appeared smoother and more homogeneity. Statistically significant differences were noted among the experimental groups, in which GB resulted in the highest roughness, GD with the lowest roughness. …”
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Efficacy, safety, and tolerability of lifitegrast 5% eye drops: A randomized, double-blind, active-controlled trial in Indian patients with dry eye disease by Namrata Sharma, Sayan Basu, Rohit Shetty, Pramod Kumar, Anindita Mondal, P Seshu Babu, Richa Srivastava, Ranjana A Pande, Shubashree Karat, Hemaxi P Desai, S Manjula, M Krishna Kumar

“…At week 6, values of all study variables were better in patients treated with lifitegrast compared to CMC; differences between the groups were statistically significant for all except photophobia. This trend was also maintained at week 12. …”
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Do gender disparities in socioeconomic status affect Teff productivity? A comparative analysis in Ethiopia by Nahusenay Teamer Gebrehiwot, Catherine Ndinda

“…Results suggest that, although women were fully engaged in Teff production activities, due to a low level of ownership of productive resources such as land, labour, and oxen, there is a statistically significant difference in Teff production between female and male-headed households which needs the attention of the government and stakeholders. …”
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Evaluation of argon plasma coagulation in healing of a solitary rectal ulcer in comparison with conventional therapy: a randomised controlled trial by Farzad Jassemi Zergani, Ali Akbar Shaiesthe, Eskandar Hajiani, Jalal Hashemi, Rahim Masjedizadeh, Vaheid Sebghatollahei, Pejman Alavinejad, Ahmad Kadkhodaei, Kambeiz Akhavan, Saeid Seyyedian

“…However, the results showed no statistically significant difference between the two groups in terms of pain relief (p < 0.36). …”
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