Assessment of left ventricle myocardial performance index (Tei index) by myocardial tissue Doppler imaging and its correlation with serum thyroid-stimulating hormone levels and ath... by Amratansh Varshney, Satyajit Singh, Amritava Ghosh, Surendra Kumar Naik, Abhishek Kumar, Chandraprakash Thakur, Muneshwar Kumar, Nupur Goyal, Nabodoy Majumder, Rounak Kumar, Muhammad Rihas Rasheed

“…In this study, 48% and 29% of patients had high and intermediate cardiovascular risk, respectively, according to AIP. No statistically significant correlation was observed between the Tei index and atherogenic index of plasma. …”
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The role of multispiral computed tomography in detecting and the assessment of the degree of damage of esophago-gastric junction cancer by V. N. Diomidova, A. N. Dmitrieva

“…The external diameter of the abdominal part of esophagus in the normal condition is 14.2 ± 1.68 mm, in case of esophagitis is 17.96 ± 3.7 mm, EGJ cancer is 27.9 ± 9.48 mm (p < 0.001). The main statistically significant (p < 0.001) qualitative character of esophago-gastric junction canser were: non-visualization of mucic in afflicted areas (96.8 %), bosselated upper and lower contours of narrowing (75.2 %), dissymmetric parries pachymenia (70.4 %), blunt-edged outer contours (58.4 %), cotyloid suprastenotic esophageal distensibility (45.6 %). …”
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Using the Theory of Planned Behavior to Explain Expecting Couples Birth Preparedness Intentions in a Rural Setting: A Cross-Sectional Study from Rukwa, Southern Tanzania by Fabiola V. Moshi, Stephen M. Kibusi, Flora Fabian

“…Among the three domains of intention, attitude and perceived behavior control were statistically significant predictors of birth preparedness intention among pregnant women. …”
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Effects of Dust Storms and Climatological Factors on Mortality and Morbidity of Cardiovascular Diseases Admitted to ED by Behcet Al, Mustafa Bogan, Suat Zengin, Mustafa Sabak, Seval Kul, M. Murat Oktay, Hasan Bayram, Ertan Vuruskan

“…The association of increases in temperature levels and the presence of dust storms with “acute coronary syndrome- (ACS-) related emergency service presentations, inpatient hospitalization, and mortality” were statistically significant. The relationship between the increase in PM10 levels due to causes unrelated to dust storms and the outpatient application, admission, and mortality due to heart failure was not significant. …”
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Investigation of Microbial Quality of Milk and Milk Products and Isolations of Some Major Bacteria in the Central and Northwestern Zones of Tigray, Ethiopia by Dawit Gebremichael, Alem Tadesse, Fsahatsion Hailemariam, Birhane Hailay, Hagos Hadgu, Girmay Kalayu

“…Total bacterial counts exhibited statistically significant differences (p<0.001) among different sampling points. …”
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It takes a ‘spark’. Exploring parent perception of long-term sports participation after a practitioner-led, peer-group sports intervention for ambulant, school-aged children with c... by Georgina Clutterbuck, Mikaila Gent, Daniel Thomson

“…Most parents reported environmental factors as a barrier to ongoing sports participation.Statistically significant improvements in children's relevant sports-focussed activity and participation goals were demonstrated compared to pre-Sports Stars (COPM activity performance mean improvement (MI) ​= ​3.94, p ​= ​0.004, participation performance MI ​= ​4.88, p ​< ​0.001). …”
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Socioeconomic Challenges on Algeria’s Progress toward SDG2 (Zero Hunger): Public Spending, Agriculture, and Economic Resilience by Seyf Eddine Benbekhti, Mohammed Bouknadil, Hadjer Boulila, Ahmed Zeghoudi

“…The findings reveal that increased government spending on agriculture has a statistically significant and positive impact on agricultural productivity and food security in the short term. …”
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Perceived stress and coping strategies used by undergraduate dental students: An observational study. by Saira Atif, Nilofar Mustafa, Sarah Ghafoor

“…P value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. The majority of the undergraduate dental students perceived moderate amount of stress. …”
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Continuity and volume of bone cement and anti osteoporosis treatment were guarantee of good clinical outcomes for percutaneous vertebroplasty: a multicenter study by Zhen Cheng, Guangzong Ren, Ziyi Li, Xianda Gao, Di Zhang, Guiyue Chen

“…Results There were statistically significant differences between two groups in volume of bone cement (p = 0.012), standardized treatment for osteoporosis (p = 0.004) and bone cement continuity (p = 0.006). …”
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Epidemiology of Respiratory Pathogens in Children with Severe Acute Respiratory Infection and Impact of the Multiplex PCR Film Array Respiratory Panel: A 2-Year Study by Asmae Lamrani Hanchi, Morad Guennouni, Meriem Rachidi, Toufik Benhoumich, Hind Bennani, Mounir Bourrous, Fadl Mrabih Rabou Maoulainine, Said Younous, Mohamed Bouskraoui, Nabila Soraa

“…The detection of RSV and influenza A presented a pic in winter, and HMPV was statistically significant in spring (p<0.01). This study described the epidemiology of respiratory pathogens involved in severe respiratory infections in children that were affected by several factors such as season and age group. …”
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Consumption of Nuts at Midlife and Healthy Aging in Women by Tania-Marisa Freitas-Simoes, Maude Wagner, Cecilia Samieri, Aleix Sala-Vila, Francine Grodstein

“…For nut types, we found statistically significantly higher odds of healthy aging across peanuts, walnuts, and other nuts after age adjustment. …”
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High prevalence of p16 staining in malignant tumors. by Noémi De Wispelaere, Sebastian Dwertmann Rico, Marcus Bauer, Andreas M Luebke, Martina Kluth, Franziska Büscheck, Claudia Hube-Magg, Doris Höflmayer, Natalia Gorbokon, Sören Weidemann, Katharina Möller, Christoph Fraune, Christian Bernreuther, Ronald Simon, Christian Kähler, Anne Menz, Andrea Hinsch, Frank Jacobsen, Patrick Lebok, Till Clauditz, Guido Sauter, Ria Uhlig, Waldemar Wilczak, Stefan Steurer, Eike Burandt, Rainer Krech, David Dum, Till Krech, Andreas Marx, Sarah Minner

“…Comparison with clinico-pathological data in 128 vulvar, 149 endometrial, 295 serous ovarian, 396 pancreatic, 1365 colorectal, 284 gastric, and 1245 urinary bladder cancers, 910 breast carcinomas, 620 clear cell renal cell carcinomas, and 414 testicular germ cell tumors revealed only few statistically significant associations. Comparison of human papilloma virus (HPV) status and p16 in 497 squamous cell carcinomas of different organs revealed HPV in 80.4% of p16 positive and in 20.6% of p16 negative cancers (p<0.0001). …”
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Anemia and associated factors among HIV/AIDS patients treated with antiretroviral therapy at Mizan-Tepi University Teaching Hospital, Southwest Ethiopia by Tadesse Adula Duguma, Teshale Worku, Mengistu Abayneh

“…Moreover, female subjects (AOR = 7.379; 95% CI: 2.369-22.985%), patients on HAART for ≤ 6 months (AOR = 6.065; 95% CI: 2.425-15.170%), and those with body mass index of < 18.5 kg/m2 (AOR = 5.283; 95% CI: 1.312-21.267%) were factors showing statistically significant association with anemia. Conclusions A high prevalence of anemia was observed among patients on antiretroviral treatment. …”
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Exploring a Chemotactic Role for EVs from Progenitor Cell Populations of Human Exfoliated Deciduous Teeth for Promoting Migration of Naïve BMSCs in Bone Repair Process by Lin Luo, Steven J. Avery, Rachel J. Waddington

“…However, the results showed that migration of BMSCs driven by different EV groups was not statistically significant even with chemotactic factors contained (P>0.05). …”
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The effect of the implementation of the health transformation plan on the health indicators of pregnant mothers in East Azerbaijan province, Iran: a longitudinal study from 2007 to... by Hossein Jabbari Beirami, Parisa Yoshari, Davood Gharekhani, Elahe Ghorbani, Rahim Khodayari-Zarnaq

“…The number of pregnancies before the reform was 1.39 and after the reform, it was 1.20 which was statistically significant. Examination of the insurance status of pregnant mothers showed that before the reform, 6.4% of rural residents were uninsured, while after the reform, all of them were covered. …”
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Effect of play therapy and storytelling on the anxiety level of hospitalized children: a randomized controlled trial by Fatemeh Abdi, Ali Karamoozian, Mostafa Lotfilou, Fatemeh Gholami, Negin Shaterian, Alireza Abasi Niasar, Ehsan Aghapour, Mohammadamin Jandaghian-Bidgoli

“…Results There is a statistically significant difference between the anxiety score of the children for whom storytelling was used and control group. …”
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Hydrocortisone for Preventing Adverse Drug Reactions to Snake Antivenom: A Meta-Analysis by Jihua Feng, Zimeng Wu, Qiao Yu, Hongyuan Li, Pan Ji, Yanli Yang, Xiaoliang Zeng, Xiaowen Zheng, Chunling Zhao, Jianfeng Zhang

“…The result was not statistically significant when the analysis was restricted to studies using prehydrocortisone alone, or randomized controlled designs, or cohorts. …”
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Comparison of Statistical, Graphical, and Wavelet Transform Analyses for Rainfall Trends and Patterns in Badulu Oya Catchment, Sri Lanka by Ashika M. Ruwangika, Anushka Perera, Upaka Rathnayake

“…The results reveal that the nonparametric Mann–Kendall test is powerful to produce the statistically significant rainfall trends in qualitative and quantitative manner. …”
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Morphological characteristics of regeneration of the lower jaw bone in an experiment using natural collagen with lincomycin by I.V. Chelpanova

“…The data were analyzed using the Student's t-test, and a difference at p<0.05 was considered statistically significant. The research of the surface topography of the experimental bone defect in the rabbit mandible, following the implantation of Col-C material in combination with lincomycin, revealed numerous regenerative changes that occurred after injury and correlated with the dynamic changes in the relative volume of bone tissue, osteoplastic material, and connective tissue within the regeneration. …”
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Application of Fractal Analysis in Detecting Trabecular Bone Changes in Periapical Radiograph of Patients with Periodontitis by Parisa Soltani, Sajad Sami, Jaber Yaghini, Ehsan Golkar, Francesco Riccitiello, Gianrico Spagnuolo

“…However, FD values of the supporting bone in periodontally healthy teeth and teeth with mild periodontitis did not show a statistically significant difference (P>0.05). Conclusion. …”
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