Investigating the Effect of Testosterone Supplement on Heart and Muscle Damage in Rats Applied with Swimming Exercise by Ömer Kulaksız, Sefa Lök

“…When between-groups values of troponin I, ck-MB, and LDH, which are indicators of heart damage, and enzyme CK, which is an indicator of muscle damage,for control, exercise, testosterone, and testosterone+exercise groups were compared, a statistically significant difference was determined between control, exercise, testosterone, and testosterone+exercise groups (p lt;0.05). …”
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Adequately Iodized Salt Utilization and Associated Factors among Households in Tach Armachio District, Northwest Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study by Worku Mamo, Terefe Derso, Solomon Gedlu Nigatu

“…P values less than 0.05 were considered statistically significant in the multivariable analysis. Results. …”
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The Impact of Prenatal Diagnosis and Treatment on Early Neonatal Problems by Selcan Sinaci, Gulsum Kadioglu Simsek, Bedri Sakcak, Izzet Ozgurluk, Fuat Emre Canpolat, Dilek Sahin

“…A p-value <0.05 was determined statistically significant. RESULTS: Among the 686 infants analyzed, 94 (13.7%) had early neonatal death, 264 (38.5%) had bronchopulmonary dysplasia, 259 (37.8%) had early neonatal sepsis, and 424 (61.9%) had feeding intolerance. …”
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Real-World Evidence Evaluation on the Lipid Profile, Therapeutic Goals, and Safety of the Fixed-Dose Combination of Rosuvastatin/Ezetimibe (Trezete®) in Dyslipidemia Patients by Joel Rodríguez-Saldaña, Francisco Padilla-Padilla, Ernesto G. Cardona-Muñoz, Yulia Romero-Antonio, María Marcela Arguedas-Núñez, José G. Sander-Padilla, Alberto Martínez-Muñoz, Laura A. Lugo-Sánchez, Ileana C. Rodríguez-Vazquez, Jorge González-Canudas

“…Regarding LDL concentrations, 72.8% of the patients achieved therapeutic goals according to cardiovascular risk (CVR), which was statistically significant. Similarly, 94.1% achieved goals for total cholesterol (<200 mg/dL) and 56.0% for triglycerides (<150 mg/dL), a p value <0.001. …”
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Analysis of Mortality and Survival Rate of Liver Cancer in Zhejiang Province in China: A General Population-Based Study by Fang-Rong Fei, Ru-Ying Hu, Wei-Wei Gong, Jin Pan, Meng Wang

“…It was shown that the male overall survival rate was higher than the female one and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). Conclusions. Both lower mortality and better survival rates were observed in urban areas, compared to rural areas. …”
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Disparities in Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Admissions in the United States by Peter J. Mallow, Michael Mercado, Michael Topmiller

“…Within Cincinnati, there was not a statistically significant difference in the likelihood of waiting time to receive treatment by race. …”
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Postanesthetic Cold Sensibility Test as an Indicator for the Efficacy of Inferior Alveolar Nerve Block in Patients with Symptomatic Irreversible Pulpitis of Mandibular Molars by Mohamed El Sayed, Kamis Gaballah

“…There was no statistically significant difference between male and female patients regarding their responses to cold testing and the gold standard test (P>0.05). …”
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Cognitive functions and their relation to balance and agility in athletes from different sports branches by Dilara Özen Oruk, Kılıçhan Bayar, Özcan Saygın, Banu Bayar

“…When the AES at 8mph was compared, the only statistically significant difference was between tennis players and sedentary (p=0.008). …”
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Evaluation Frequency of Human Papillomavirus and Its Related Genotypes in Women of the General Population Living in 11 Provinces of Iran by Somayeh Hassani, Proshat Sadat Nadji, Anita Mohseni, Marjan Rahnamaye Farzami, Siamak Mirab Samiee, Makan Sadr, Seyed Alireza Nadji

“…The prevalence of HPV was statistically significant among different provinces. Hormozgan province with 22 cases (5.9%) had the highest and Isfahan province with 6 cases (2.2%) had the lowest incidence of HPV. …”
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The Relationship between C-Reactive Protein/Albumin Ratio and Disease Activity in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Yi-Han Chen, Li Wang, Shu-Yi Feng, Wei-Min Cai, Xiao-Fu Chen, Zhi-Ming Huang

“…Multivariable logistic analysis revealed that after adjusting for these inflammatory markers (ESR, NLR, PLR, and LMR), the CRP/ALB ratio was a statistically significant parameter capable of differentiating the disease activity of UC and CD. …”
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Sex-specific differences in recurrence and progression following cytostatic intravesical chemotherapy for non-muscle invasive urothelial bladder cancer (NMIBC) by Laila Schneidewind, Bernhard Kiss, Thomas Neumann, Jennifer Kranz, Friedemann Zengerling, Sebastian Graf, Annabel Graser, Annemarie Uhlig

“…Results The pooled analysis demonstrated no statistically significant gender-specific differences in RFS (HR = 1.0625, 95% CI 0.8094–1.0526) or PFS (HR = 1.0861, 95% CI 0.7038–1.6760). …”
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Nonlinear effect of body mass index on postoperative survival following isolated heart transplantation by Reid Dale, PhD, Nataliya Bahatyrevich, MD, MS, Matthew Leipzig, BSc, Maria Elizabeth Currie, MD, PhD

“…The nonlinear spline terms for recipient BMI were statistically significant (p < 0.01). The hazard ratio (HR) appeared to grow linearly in BMI at an inflection point of BMI = 26. …”
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Assessment of long-term changes in subvalvular aortic stenosis in patients following transcatheter aortic valve implantation by Vladlen V. Bazylev, Andrey B. Voevodin, Alexey S. Masyutin

“…CONCLUSION: There was a statistically significant decrease in hypertrophy of IVS in patients who underwent TAVI. …”
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Analysis of the body composition of rats with experimental diabetes mellitus type 1 and its correction by Yu. M. Kolesnyk, M. I. Isachenko

“…The development of streptozotocin-induced type 1 diabetes mellitus in rats in 6 weeks resulted in a statistically significant loss of body weight, mostly due to fat mass decrease with a violation of its ratio to fat-free mass. …”
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Cataract surgery in Australia: a review of the regional literature and outcomes from 5018 cases at a tertiary teaching hospital by Chameen Samarawickrama, Muhammad A Khan, Brendon W H Lee, Lauren Sartor

“…PCR rates between consultants (3.1%, n=56), trainees (2.6%, n=61) and fellows (2.1%, n=16) showed no statistically significant difference (p≥0.355). The key risk factors for PCR were advanced cataract, alpha-antagonist use, small pupil size and the presence of glaucoma.Conclusion We present visual and surgical outcomes from the largest study on phacoemulsification cataract surgery in Australia and New Zealand, acknowledging the study’s retrospective nature preventing inter-eye correlations, subdivision of cataract subspecialist versus not and trainee rank, and the minority of missing data. …”
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BDNF Levels and Cognitive Function in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Treated with SGLT2 Inhibitors by Betül SÜMBÜL ŞEKERCİ, Şeymanur DEMİRHAN, Esra ÇALIŞICI, Abdüsselam ŞEKERCİ

“…Although BDNF levels were relatively higher in the SGLT2 inhibitor group, the difference was not statistically significant. Significant correlations were observed between BDNF levels and the levels of microalbumin, microalbumin/creatinine, estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), lymphocytes, According to linear regression analysis, effect of eGFR levels in predicting BDNF levels was significant. …”
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Correlation among blastocoel fluid DNA level, apoptotic genes expression and preimplantation aneuploidy by Fattaneh Khajehoseini, Zahra Noormohammadi, Poopak Eftekhari-Yazdi, Hamid Gourabi, Reza Pazhoomand, Shirzad Hosseinishenatal, Masood Bazrgar

“…BF-DNA levels were significantly higher in the MA vs SE group (P = 0.01), while these were not statistically significant differences between the MA and FSDA groups or between the FSDA and SE groups, P = 0.17 and P = 0.38, respectively. …”
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Functional Outcome of Lateral Extraarticular Tenodesis with Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Using Modified Lemaire's Procedure: A Prospective Study by Varrdhaman H Dhariwal, Mathan C Kumar, Elayaraja Mani, Sukumaran S Subramanian

“…Results: All 30 patients who have undergone modified Lemaire's procedure have improved post-op Tegner–Lysholm scores and IKDC scores and reduced pivot shift scores. A statistically significant difference in mean between pre-op Lysholm and at 6 months Lysholm, at 1- and 2-year Lysholm with a <i>p</i>-value of <0.05. …”
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Lifestyle factors and determination of optimal cut-off values for forward head posture in young adults with neck pain: a cross-sectional analysis by Jaeho Lee, Kyoungsik Jeong, Sujeong Mun, Siwoo Lee, Younghwa Baek

“…At the 6-month follow-up, the craniovertebral angle was closer to the diagnosis of forward head posture, with increasing lying time and lower physical activity level score; however, the association was not statistically significant. Conclusions The findings indicate that lying time and physical activity level scores are important lifestyle-related predictors of forward head posture. …”
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Screen time among kindergarten children in the Australian Capital Territory (including a comparison of First Nations and non-Indigenous children) by Kathleen O’Brien, Clair Bannerman, Karen Ciszek, Kirsty A Douglas

“…None of these associations were statistically significant amongst First Nations children. Conclusions Screen time of more than two hours per day is associated adverse health outcomes in non-Indigenous children, including overweight/obesity, respiratory problems, developmental concerns, and reduced wellbeing. …”
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