Robot-assisted PFNA surgery improves clinical outcomes in the treatment of unstable femoral intertrochanteric fractures in elderly patients compared with traditional PFNA surgery by Chaolong Lu, Xiao Wei, Lugen Li, Wenxing Lan, Penghuan Wu, Qingyang Hu, Wenhu Li, Qiang Wu, Yunze Kang, Zhengbo Hu

“…There were no statistically significant differences in general condition between the two groups before surgery. …”
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Isocitrate Dehydrogenase 1 and 2 Mutations in Pediatric Neuroblastoma Patients by Emre LEVENTOGLU, Gurses SAHIN, Sule YESIL, Ceyhun BOZKURT, Nazmiye YUKSEK, Ali FETTAH, Sule TOPRAK, Burcak KURUCU BILGIN, Emre CAPKINOGLU, Nilgun EROGLU, Sibel AKPINAR TEKGUNDUZ, Ayse Ulya ERTEM

“…These mutations showed no statistically significant relationship with age, tumor localization, laboratory results, stage, and prognosis. …”
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Regular Chinese Green Tea Consumption Is Protective for Diabetic Retinopathy: A Clinic-Based Case-Control Study by Qinghua Ma, Dandan Chen, Hong-Peng Sun, Ning Yan, Yong Xu, Chen-Wei Pan

“…When stratified by sex, the protective effect of Chinese green tea consumption on DR was statistically significant in women (P=0.01) but not in men (P=0.63). …”
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Aqueous Levels of Pigment Epithelium-Derived Factor and Macular Choroidal Thickness in High Myopia by Wei Chen, Yubo Guan, Guanghui He, Zhiwei Li, Hui Song, Shiyong Xie, Quanhong Han

“…Macular choroidal thicknesses were significantly decreased in the non-CNV and CNV groups compared with the control (P<0.001) group. A statistically significant difference (P=0.012) was found between the CNV and non-CNV groups. …”
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Experimental approach to obtaining subcutaneous xenograft of non-small cell lung cancer by E. A. Lukbanova, M. V. Mindar, E. A. Dzhenkova, A. Yu. Maksimov, A. S. Goncharova, Yu. S. Shatova, A. A. Maslov, A. V. Shaposhnikov, E. V. Zaikina, Yu. N. Lazutin

“…The analysis of the xenograft sensitivity to cytostatic cisplatin showed a statistically significant decrease in the growth rate in the xenografts obtained from 2 out of 3 patients, in comparison with the control.Conclusions. …”
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Examining the effect of salbutamol use in ozone air pollution by people with exercise‐induced bronchoconstriction by Bennett T. Stothers, Andy Hung, Patric E. O. Gonçalves, Lulu X. Pei, Tessa van deKerkhof, Jem I. Arnold, Owen D. Harris, Nadine Borduas‐Dedekind, Andrew W. Sheel, Michael S. Koehle

“…There was a statistically significant difference between the salbutamol and placebo medication groups for spirometric variables including FEV1 (Estimate = 6.3, 95% CI: 4.23–8.37, p < 0.001). …”
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Comparison between Subjective Sensations during First and Second Phacoemulsification Eye Surgeries in Patients with Bilateral Cataract by Ji-guo Yu, Ting Ye, Qing Huang, Yi-fan Feng, Jue Wang, Xun-an Fu, Yi Xiang

“…However, there was no statistically significant difference for light sensitivity scores between the two surgeries (P=0.555). …”
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Gum Arabic Reduces C-Reactive Protein in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients without Affecting Urea or Indoxyl Sulfate Levels by Sarra Elamin, Mariam J. Alkhawaja, Amina Y. Bukhamsin, Mohamed A. S. Idris, Muntasir M. Abdelrahman, Nasrulla K. Abutaleb, Abdulrahman A. Housawi

“…GA supplementation was associated with a small but statistically significant drop in serum sodium level (138±2 to 136±3 mmol/L, p = 0.002) without affecting other electrolytes, urine volume, or indoxyl sulfate (IS) levels. …”
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Effect of stabilizer pressure biofeedback on post-thyroidectomy neck pain in postmenopausal women: a randomized controlled trial by Elham S Hassan, Afaf M. Botla, Marian Y. Abdou, Abdel Hamid A. Attalla, Khadra Mohamed Ali, Shreen Rashad Aboelmaged

“…However, comparing the two groups post-treatment, group B showed a statistically significant improvement in all outcome measurements. …”
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Effect of yoga exercises on lung volumes, vital capacity, and attention span in school going students by Reema Joshi, Manisha Rathi, Komal Preet Kaur

“…Results Respiratory parameters (FEV1, FVC/FEV1, and PEFR), chest expansion, and the attention span of group A were statistically significant compared to group B with a p -value < 0.05. …”
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Does Anterior Palatoplasty Performed in Addition to Expansion Sphincter Pharyngoplasty During Multilevel Surgery Affect the Results of Surgery in OSAS Patients? by Ayşe İriz, Mehmet Düzlü, Süleyman Cebeci, Recep Karamet, Oğuz Köktürk

“…Results: There was a statistically significant improvement in ESS scores and postoperative PSG findings compared with preoperative means (p<0.001). …”
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Availability of support and quality of life of parents of children with autism spectrum disorders in pandemic conditions by Kovačić Zoran M., Cvijetić-Vukčević Marija M., Nikolić Gordana I.

“…In terms of quality of life, no statistically significant differences were found between the two groups of parents in any of the examined areas, nor in the overall quality of life. …”
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Farmers’ Perceptions of Climate Change Trends and Adaptation Strategies in Semiarid Highlands of Eastern Tigray, Northern Ethiopia by Hailay Tsigab Kahsay, Dawit Diriba Guta, Belay Simane Birhanu, Tagel Gebrehiwot Gidey

“…Furthermore, mean annual temperature increased statistically significant (p<0.001) by about 0.40°C and 0.39°C per decade during the period of analysis cognate with the farmers’ perception. …”
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The Association Between the Presence of Human Facial Mites Demodex (Acari, Demodicidae) and Dermatological Symptoms in Rosacea Patients in Central Anatolia, Türkiye by Merve Kahraman, Zübeyda Akın Polat, Mustafa Esen, Feride Çoban Gül

“…However, no statistically significant associations were observed between Demodex presence and gender, skin dryness, itching, irritation, skin rash or the presence of red/pink bumps on the skin. …”
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Structural and Biomechanical Corneal Differences between Type 2 Diabetic and Nondiabetic Patients by João N. Beato, João Esteves-Leandro, David Reis, Manuel Falcão, Vítor Rosas, Ângela Carneiro, Fernando Falcão Reis

“…There were no statistically significant differences in the CH and the CRF between DM and non-DM groups (p=0.637 and p=0.439, respectively). …”
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Detecting the Early Stage of Phaeosphaeria Leaf Spot Infestations in Maize Crop Using In Situ Hyperspectral Data and Guided Regularized Random Forest Algorithm by Elhadi Adam, Houtao Deng, John Odindi, Elfatih M. Abdel-Rahman, Onisimo Mutanga

“…Results showed that there were statistically significant differences in biochemical concentration between the healthy leaves and leaves that were at an early stage of PLS infestation. …”
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Liquid feather protein hydrolysate as a potential fertilizer to increase growth and yield of patchouli (Pogostemon cablin Benth) and mung bean (Vigna radiata) by Anissa Nurdiawati, Cucu Suherman, Yudithia Maxiselly, Maulana Ali Akbar, Bayu Adji Purwoko, Pandji Prawisudha, Kunio Yoshikawa

“…Results Results showed that the combination of FPH and 50% dose chemical fertilizer on patchouli yielded a statistically significant increase in leaf area, dry weight, and chlorophyll content in comparison to the control, suggesting that the application of FPH along with the inorganic fertilizer can increase fertilizer use efficiency. …”
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Efficacy and safety of the first domestic pegilated interferon alpha-2b «Pegaltevir» at chronic hepatitis C: pilot data of phase III clinical study by V. T. Ivashkin, Ye. N. Bessonova, P. O. Bogomolov, N. I. Geyvandova, K. V. Zhdanov, M. V. Mayevskaya, V. G. Morozov, V. D. Pasechnikov, I. Yu. Khomenko, A. V. Yagoda

“…Comparative analysis has demonstrated absence of statistically significant distinctions of RVR and РВО rates at application of two peginterferon alpha-2b drugs. …”
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Association between atherogenic index of plasma and type 2 diabetic complications: a cross-sectional study by Yue-Yang Zhang, Yue-Yang Zhang, Yue-Yang Zhang, Yue-Yang Zhang, Yue-Yang Zhang, Xiao-Yu Yang, Xiao-Yu Yang, Xiao-Yu Yang, Xiao-Yu Yang, Xiao-Yu Yang, Qin Wan, Qin Wan, Qin Wan, Qin Wan, Qin Wan

“…Furthermore, the AIP was not found to be statistically significantly associated with DA, DR,and DPN.ConclusionsThe AIP may serve as a valuable predictive indicator for evaluating kidney damage in patients with type 2 diabetes, and regular screening of AIP in this population could provide significant benefits in the prevention of DKD.…”
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Fully automatic fossa ovalis segmentation from computed tomography images using deep neural network with atlas-based localization by Gakuto Aoyama, Toru Tanaka, Yukiteru Masuda, Naoki Matsuki, Ryo Ishikawa, Masahiko Asami, Kiyohide Satoh, Takuya Sakaguchi

“…For the segmentation accuracies of our proposed method, the IAS wall thinness-based method and DNN based-method, mean chamfer distances were 2.16 ± 1.43, 3.30 ± 1.37 and 2.66 ± 1.32 respectively, with the difference being statistically significant. Conclusions: These results suggest that our proposed method can automatically segment the FO region more accurately with fewer failures.…”
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