Rotavirus Vaccination Protects Against Diabetes Mellitus Type 1 in Children in Developed Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Chrysoula Kosmeri, Achilleas Klapas, Nikolas Evripidou, Evanthia Kantza, Anastasios Serbis, Ekaterini Siomou, Fani Ladomenou

“…The analysis pooled hazard ratios (HRs) from selected studies using a fixed-effects model, with statistical significance set at <i>p</i> < 0.05 and heterogeneity evaluated using the I² statistic. …”
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Regional Arterial Stiffness in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease by V. V. Genkel, R. G. Portnova, T. V. Antipina, I. I. Shaposhnik

“…The muscular and elastic regional arterial stiffness was not statistically significantly different between IBD patients and the comparison group.…”
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Prevalence and determinants of unhealthy feeding practices among young children aged 6-23 months in five sub-Saharan African countries. by Berhan Tekeba, Tadesse Tarik Tamir, Belayneh Shetie Workneh, Mulugeta Wassie, Bewuketu Terefe, Mohammed Seid Ali, Enyew Getaneh Mekonen, Alebachew Ferede Zegeye, Gebreeyesus Abera Zeleke, Agazhe Aemro

“…The level of statistical significance was declared with p-value < 0.05.<h4>Result</h4>This study found that overall, 62.4% (95% CI: 61.62-63.17) of children aged 6-23 months in five SSA countries had unhealthy feeding practices. …”
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Knowledge, attitude, practices, and associated factors toward cervical cancer among female health sciences students of Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by Sisay Endale, Kalkidan Delelegn, Zenebe Negash

“…Results were presented using descriptive statistics and bivariate analysis was conducted to look at the existence of significant associations and determine adjusted odds ratio. Statistical significance was declared at p -value ⩽0.05. Results: The majority of the study participants were within the age range of 18–24 years. …”
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Analysis of Climate Variability and Trends for Climate-Resilient Maize Farming System in Major Agroecology Zones of Ethiopia by Abebe Zeleke, Kindie Tesfaye, Tilahun Tadesse, Teferi Alem, Dereje Ademe, Enyew Adgo

“…Mann–Kendall’s and Sen’s slope estimator trend tests were used to detecting the statistical significance of changes in rainfall and temperature. …”
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Low-density Lipoproteins and Degrees of Cardiovascular Risk in Adults over 40 Years of Age: Case-control Study by Abel Pérez Pavón, Francisco Sánchez Hernández, Karla Doriam Gámez Ávalos, Donovan Casas Patiño, Alejandra Rodríguez Torres

“…Lipid variables such as total cholesterol and LDL-C presented statistical significance in relation to cardiovascular risk.…”
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Association of Asthma Control and Metered-Dose Inhaler Use Technique among Adult Asthmatic Patients Attending Outpatient Clinic, in Resource-Limited Country: A Prospective Study by Bezie Kebede, Girma Mamo, Abebaw Molla

“…Independent predictors of outcome were identified, strength of association between dependent and independent variables was determined by using ordinal logistic regression analysis, and statistical significance was considered at P<0.05. One hundred forty patients were included in the analysis. …”
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Detection of opioid growth factor in Multiple Sclerosis Patients by Khamael Abdulla Taha, Mayada N. Iqbal, Gheyath Abd Ali Shalal

“…While the mean concentration of OGF in saliva was (960.158 ± 91.684 ng/ml) for patients with multiple sclerosis (early diagnosis group without treatment  and the  treatment group), its concentration was higher than the control group (880.059 ± 87.700 ng/ml) with a large statistical significance (P <0.01). The current study showed  an important correlation between the body mass index and serum OGF level at (p = 0.022) in the early diagnosis group for multiple sclerosis patients with treatment,  , while in the early diagnosis group for multiple sclerosis patients without treatment, a very significant association was found between BMI and serum OGF level at (p = 0.009).   …”
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Trends and determinants of home delivery in Ethiopia: further multivariate decomposition analysis of 2005–2016 Ethiopian Demographic Health Surveys by Malede Mequanent Sisay, Ayenew Molla Lakew, Sofonyas Abebaw Tiruneh, Seblewongel Tigabu Yigizaw, Zemenu Tadesse Tessema

“…Multivariate decomposition logistic regression analysis was employed to identify significant factors that have been contributed to the change in home delivery. Level of statistical significance was declared at a two-sided p value &lt;0.05.Outcome measure Trends of home delivery.Participants A total of 33 482 women were included.Results Home delivery has been decreased by 21% over the last decade in Ethiopia. …”
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Strong volcanic-induced climatic shocks on historical Moselle wine production by F. C. Ljungqvist, F. C. Ljungqvist, F. C. Ljungqvist, B. Christiansen, L. Schneider, L. Schneider, P. Thejll

“…To this end, we applied superposed epoch analysis – an appropriate method for detecting episodic signals in non-stationary time series – in combination with a bootstrap procedure to estimate the statistical significance. We also assessed the long-term relationship between different annual and seasonal climate parameters and wine production in the Moselle Valley. …”
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Age and Sex Variation in the Duration of Action and Corneal Touch Threshold (CTT) following Instillation of 0.5% Topical Ophthalmic Proparacaine and Tetracaine Hydrochlorides by Samuel Kyei, Nana Yaw Abaka Dadzie, Ebenezer Zaabaar, Kwasi Antwi Asamoah Dwomoh, Kofi Asiedu

“…CTT and duration of action of the ophthalmic solutions were tested for statistical significance using repeated measures ANOVA. Results. …”
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Comparative Evaluation of Plaque Inhibitory and Antimicrobial Efficacy of Probiotic and Chlorhexidine Oral Rinses in Orthodontic Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial by Shreya Shruthi Shah, Supriya Nambiar, Deepa Kamath, Ethel Suman, Bhaskaran Unnikrishnan, Asavari Desai, Sanchit Mahajan, Kushan Kishore Dhawan

“…However, greater improvement was seen in the gingival indices than plaque indices with better results in the probiotic group than the chlorhexidine group. No statistical significance was observed in the streptococcus count of probiotic and chlorhexidine groups at the end of the intervention period. …”
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Evaluation of The Effect of Pre-Operative Informed Consent Form on Pre-Operative Anxiety by Sultan Zortul

“…The difference between the two groups regarding the presence of anxiety was statistically significant (P = .04). Group 2 showed a lower anxiety level compared to Group 1. …”
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Stigma of People Affected by Leprosy and its determinants: a cross-sectional study in Sri Lanka by Udhishtran Arudchelvam, Thayaparan Pulendran, Maheshi Sirimanne, Sandali Pabasara, Indira Kahawita, Nadeeka Chandraratne

“…Spearman’s correlation and Mann-Whitney U tests were used to analyze associations, with statistical significance set at 0.05. Results The dataset showed a non-normal, right-skewed distribution. …”
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Pre-injection of exosomes can significantly suppress ovarian cancer growth by activating the immune system in mice by Yuanyuan Wang, Changyi Zhang, Huimin Zeng, Liangliang Wang, Zanhong Wang, Zhiqiang Han

“…However, although the combination group showed complete tumor regression, this difference did not reach statistical significance. But in general, we emphasize that in the case of pre-injection, exosomes have great potential to combat the famous “cold tumor”, ovarian cancer, via targeting omentum and activating anti-tumor immunity, offering a novel avenue for overcoming ovarian cancer.…”
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Retrospective analysis of patients with immediate decannulation in severe acquired brain injury (RAPID-SABI) by Robbert-Jan van Hooff, Mette Lindelof, Emma Ghaziani, Trine Hørmann Thomsen, Christina Kruuse, Christian Gunge Riberholt, Charlotte Rath

“…Results: No statistical significance in survival rate within the first 12 months from discharge was found. …”
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Tissue-friendly dentin treatments as a potential element in revascularization protocol (ex-vivo study) by Hala Fayek Khalil, Nadia Ezz El Din Metwalli, Sara Magdy, Mohamed Shamel

“…Data were presented as mean and standard deviation (SD) values and statistical significance was set at p < 0.05 for all tests. …”
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Ovario- protective effect of Moringa oleifera leaf extract against cyclophosphamide-induced oxidative ovarian damage and reproductive dysfunction in female rats by Seham Samir Soliman, Ahmed A. Suliman, Khaled Fathy, Ahmed A. Sedik

“…For evaluation of statistical significance between different groups; One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) with Tukey’s post hoc test was adopted. …”
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Exploring the use, perceptions, and challenges of mini-implants in orthodontic practice: a survey study by Tinela Panaite, Carina Balcos, Carmen Savin, Nicolae Daniel Olteanu, Nikolaos Karvelas, Cristian Romanec, Raluca-Maria Vieriu, Alice Chehab, Irina Zetu

“…Data collected from the survey were analyzed using descriptive statistics and multivariate logistic regression in SPSS software (Version 28), with a statistical significance threshold set at p &lt; 0.05.Resultsthrough a comprehensive analysis of survey data, the study investigates factors influencing specialists' perceptions, challenges encountered in practice, training engagement, material preferences, treatment outcomes, and indications for mini-implant usage. …”
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Study of Predictive Value of Middle Ear Risk Index on Hearing Improvement in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media by Bipin Kishore Prasad, Nitya Singh, Ramesh AV

“…Compared to cases with AB gap closure ≤ 12, those with AB gap closure > 12 showed statistically significant gain in BC by 0.2dB. Each unit increase in risk index score was associated with statistically significant increase of 0.64 dB in BC. …”
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