Role of Absorbable Polysaccharide Hemostatic Powder in the Prevention of Complications After Axillary Lymph Node Dissection in Breast Cancer Patients: A Multicenter Retrospective A... by Simona Parisi, Francesco Saverio Lucido, Francesca Fisone, Roberto Ruggiero, Salvatore Tolone, Francesco Iovino, Antonio Santoriello, Federico Maria Mongardini, Maddalena Paolicelli, Ludovico Docimo, Claudio Gambardella

“…The duration of axillary drainage placement was shorter in the experimental group (7 ± 3 days) compared to the control group (10 ± 1 days) with a statistically significant difference (0.037). During the US follow-up, on days 7, 15, and 30, the number of patients affected by seroma and the volumes were lower in the experimental group. …”
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Audio-vestibular dysfunction in rheumatoid arthritis associated secondary Sjogren syndrome, and its correlation to serum level of anticardiolipin and muscarinic type 3 receptors an... by Doaa Waseem Nada, Heba Ahmed Almokadem, Rania Elsaied Elkholy, Amani Mohamed El-Gharib, Marwa Ahmed Abdelwahab, Nema Ali Soliman, Alaa Mohamed Alsalawy

“…Also, 20% of our patients experienced a higher frequency of head-shaking nystagmus than they did (p ≤ 0.001). 30% had a statistically significant increase in the frequency of abnormal caloric test results as compared to either controls (0%) or RA patients without sSS (0%); p ≤ 0.001 Finally, all audio-vestibular symptoms and tests exhibit a strong positive correlation with muscarinic receptors type 3 and anticardiolipin antibodies. …”
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Validating a clinically based MS-MLPA threshold through comparison with Sanger sequencing in glioblastoma patients by Halka Lhotska, Karolina Janeckova, Hana Cechova, Jaromir Macoun, Tatiana Aghova, Libuse Lizcova, Karla Svobodova, Lucie Hodanova, Dora Konecna, Jiri Soukup, Filip Kramar, David Netuka, Zuzana Zemanova

“…These patients had statistically significantly better overall survival (p = 0.003). …”
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Can muscle synergies shed light on the mechanisms underlying motor gains in response to robot-assisted gait training in children with cerebral palsy? by Gloria P. Vergara-Diaz, Stefano Sapienza, Jean-François Daneault, Eric Fabara, Catherine Adans-Dester, Giacomo Severini, Vincent C. K. Cheung, Carmen Echevarría Ruiz de Vargas, Donna Nimec, Paolo Bonato

“…However, no statistically significant correlations were identified at the group level. …”
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Identification of alterations in the nucleotide sequence of the chromatin remodeling gene PBRM1 in clear cell renal cell carcinoma patients by E. A. Klimentova, I. R. Gilyazova, A. A. Izmailov, I. M. Sultanov, M. A. Bermisheva, V. N. Pavlov, E. K. Khusnutdinova

“…Analysis of the allelic association for the polymorphic locus rs17264436 showed a statistically significant increase in the risk of developing advanced kidney cancer in carriers of allele rs17264436*A, which can be used in the development of prognostic marker panels. …”
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Study of antifungal susceptibility pattern of various Candida species with reference to conventional and automated methods in a tertiary care hospital by Paulami De, Rehena Sarkar, Raja Ray, Kumkum Bhattacharyya, Hasina Banu, Hirak Jyoti Raj

“…The association between isolated Candida and from which samples they are isolated were statistically significant with ‘P’ value <0.0001 and Chi-square value: 284.4447. …”
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Comparison between 18F-DCFPyL PET/MRI-guided ultrasound fusion targeted biopsy and systematic biopsy for tumor detection and grading in selected patients: A prospective randomized... by Shaoxi Niu, Yachao Liu, Liyan Ao, Xiaohui Ding, Xiao Chang, Jinhang Li, Jiajin Liu, Kan Liu, Nanxing Zou, Baixuan Xu, Yong Xu, Baojun Wang, Xu Zhang

“…Complications (Clavien–Dindo grade of ≤2) occurred in both the TB group (n=11) and control group (n=13). No statistically significant difference was observed between the groups in terms of the positive surgical margin, complications, or 6-week postoperative prostate-specific antigen level. …”
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Incidence and risk of endocrine and metabolic abnormalities linked to PARP inhibitors in solid tumors: a meta-analysis by Shunlian Fu, Pingjin Zou, Zengyi Fang, Xinxiang Zhou, Junyang Chen, Cuicui Gong, Li Quan, Bing Lin, Qiu Chen, Jinyi Lang, Meihua Chen

“…Conversely, rucaparib exhibited a potential ameliorative effect on hyperglycemia (OR = 0.54, 95% CI 0.30–0.97). No statistically significant disparities were observed for other outcomes associated with PARPi utilization. …”
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Impact of Collagenated and Non-Collagenated Deproteinized Bovine Bone Mineral on Schneiderian Membrane Integrity in Rabbits by Rihito Yamada, Samuel Porfirio Xavier, Yasushi Nakajima, Erick Ricardo Silva, Daniele Botticelli, Yuki Teranishi, Shunsuke Baba

“…These perforations were distributed across three sinuses in the collagenated group and two sinuses in the non-collagenated group. No statistically significant differences were found between the groups. …”
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Kyphoplasty is not Superior to Vertebroplasty in Restoring Vertebral Height in the Long Term by Alim Can Baymurat, Ferid Abdulaliyev, Asim Ahmadov, Muhammed Furkan Tosun, Mustafa Melik Can, Cem İsmail Güngör, Alpaslan Şenköylü

“…In addition, there were no statistically significant differences in Oswestry scores, EQ-5D index, and VAS scores between the two groups. …”
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Understanding regular exercise behavior in frail older adults: a structural equation model based on social-cognitive variables by Shiqi Yu, Jie Lin, Siping Song, Shuqi Huang, Fan Liu, Mingzhao Xiao

“…Results The percentage of regular exercise behavior was 29.1% among participants. There were statistically significant differences in the regular exercise behavior for demographic characters of occupation, disposable monthly income, frail phenotype of fatigue, resistance and weight loss (p < 0.05). …”
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Comparative Sensitivity of MRI Indices for Myelin Assessment in Spinal Cord Regions by Philip Kyeremeh Jnr Oppong, Hiroyuki Hamaguchi, Maho Kitagawa, Nina Patzke, Kevin C. Wakeman, Khin Khin Tha

“…Corrected <i>p</i> < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. <b>Results:</b> All indices except σ differed significantly between GM and all WM columns. …”
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The Influence of Ficus deltoidea in Preserving Alveolar Bone in Ovariectomized Rats by N. I. Omar, B. Baharin, S. F. Lau, N. Ibrahim, N. Mohd, A. Ahmad Fauzi, N. Muhammad, N. M. Fernandez

“…The results showed that no statistically significant differences among the groups p>0.05 for bone morphometric assessment. …”
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Risk Factors of Post-Tonsillectomy Bleeding and Differences Between Children and Adults: Implications for Risk Assessment by Bülent Öcal, Mehmet Murat Günay, Kemal Keseroğlu, Murad Mutlu, İlker Akyıldız, Cem Saka, Emel Çadallı Tatar, Mehmet Hakan Korkmaz

“…Age, surgical indication, tonsils’ grade, and postoperative use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) were risk factors found to be statistically significant for PTH in univariate analysis (p<0.05). …”
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Potential biomarkers for cerebral small vessel disease with cognitive impairment: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Libin Liao, Weiquan Huang, Rongchao Ma, Xuan He, Xuan He, Moxi Su, Dujuan Sha, Dujuan Sha, Dujuan Sha

“…The results revealed that patients in the CSVD-related cognitive impairment group had significantly higher levels of Hcy and hs-CRP than those in the CSVD-without cognitive impairment group, whereas there was no statistically significant difference in Lp-PLA2 and NfL between the two groups. …”
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The cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase gene family is involved in the response to Fusarium oxysporum in resistant and susceptible flax genotypes by R. O. Novakovskiy, L. V. Povkhova, G. S. Krasnov, T. A. Rozhmina, A. A. Zhuchenko, L. P. Kudryavtseva, E. N. Pushkova, P. Kezimana, A. V. Kudryavtseva, A. A. Dmitriev, N. V. Melnikova

“…When plants were grown under the same conditions, the expression levels were similar in all studied flax genotypes for most CAD genes, and statistically significant differences in expression between resistant and susceptible genotypes were only observed for CAD1A. …”
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Prioritization of potential pharmacological targets for the development of anti-hepatocarcinoma drugs modulating the extrinsic apoptosis pathway: the reconstruction and analysis... by P. S. Demenkov, E. A. Antropova, A. V. Adamovskaya, E. I. Mishchenko, T. M. Khlebodarova, T. V. Ivanisenko, N. V. Ivanisenko, A. S. Venzel, I. N. Lavrik, V. A. Ivanisenko

“…The list of the top 100 gene targets ranked according to the prioritization rating was statistically significantly (p-value = 0.0002) enriched for known pharmacological targets approved by the FDA, indicating the correctness of the prioritization method. …”
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Benefits and Risks of Clopidogrel vs. Aspirin Monotherapy after Recent Ischemic Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Maurizio Paciaroni, Birsen Ince, Bo Hu, Jiann-Shing Jeng, Kursad Kutluk, Liping Liu, Min Lou, Vladimir Parfenov, Ka Sing Lawrence Wong, Babak Zamani, Dara Paek, Jung Min Han, Michael del Aguila, Shalini Girotra

“…Pairwise meta-analysis showed a statistically significant risk reduction in the occurrence of major adverse cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events (risk ratio 0.72 [95% CI, 0.53–0.97]), any ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke (0.76 [0.58, 0.99), and recurrent ischemic stroke (0.72 [0.55, 0.94]) in patients who received clopidogrel versus aspirin. …”
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Electrocardiogram-gated cardiac computed tomography-based patient- and segment-specific cardiac motion estimation method in stereotactic arrhythmia radioablation for ventricular ta... by Jingyang Xie, Alicia S. Bicu, Melanie Grehn, Mustafa Kuru, Adrian Zaman, Xinyu Lu, Christian Janorschke, Luuk H.G. van der Pol, Martin F. Fast, Jens Fleckenstein, Marcus Both, Stephan Hohmann, Egor Borzov, Peter Winkler, Roland R. Tilz, Dirk Rades, Frank A. Giordano, Daniel Buergy, Boris Rudic, David Duncker, Roland Merten, Tomer Charas, Mahmoud Suleiman, Thomas Brunner, Daniel Scherr, Evgeny Lian, Achim Schweikard, Oliver Blanck, Judit Boda-Heggemann, Lena Kaestner

“…The PCC showed a strong positive motion correlation between the ICD tip and CTV in 3D (0.84), while the p-values indicated statistically significant differences in the right-left, anterior-posterior and 3D directions. …”
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Autoantibodies in type 1 diabetes: Prevalence and clinical profiles by Raja Hazime, Saad Lamjadli, Morad Guennouni, Mounir Belkrachni, Fatima-Ezzohra Eddehbi, Ider Oujamaa, Lahcen Elmoumou, Aicha Bourrahouate, Imane Ait Sab, Hicham Baizri, Nawal El Ansari, Brahim Admou

“…Additionally, 45,67 % of patients had one a-Abs, 28.36 % had a two, 21.15 % had three, and 4.8 % had all four a-Abs.A statistically significant difference was observed between the seropositive and seronegative groups regarding the presence of associated autoimmune diseases (p = 0.005). …”
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