Smokeless tobacco: knowledge, attitudes and usage in Pakistan by Hammad Atif Irshad, Sajjan Raja, Hamzah Jehanzeb, Wamiq Ali Shaikh, Umair Saleem, Shahzil Abdur Rehman Malik, Akmal Shahzad, Mamoon Shaikh, Nousheen Iqbal, Javaid Ahmed Khan

“…A p-value of less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results Data was collected from 1,195 participants among which 85.86% of participants had heard of SLTs prior to the survey. …”
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Segmental analysis of human hair reveals intra-annual variation in 25(OH)D3 concentrations in modern and archaeological individuals by Kate Britton, Orsolya Czére, Eléa Gutierrez, Linda M. Reynard, Eamon Laird, Gary Duncan, Baukje de Roos

“…For the remaining participants, no statistically-significant correlations were determined between mean hair 25(OH)D3 levels and self-reported data, including age, sex, BMI, vitamin D supplementation, frequency of oily fish consumption, and hours spent outside. …”
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Mobile Phone App to Promote Lifestyle Change in People at Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: Feasibility 3-Arm Randomized Controlled Trial by Gyri Skoglund, Gunvor Hilde, Pernille Lunde, Venessa Vera Cruz Naceno, Cecilie Fromholt Olsen, Birgitta Blakstad Nilsson

“…Throughout the intervention period, health care professionals spent on average 3.0 (SD 1.0) minutes per participant per week providing follow-up. Statistically significant reduction in body weight and waist circumference was shown in group 1 and 3. …”
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Efficacy of combined colorectal cancer treatment in senile patients by P. V. Tsarkov, D. R. Markaryan, V. M. Nekoval

“…In group of patients with III and IV stages of CRC who received postoperative adjuvant therapy, the tendency to higher total survival was noted, however only cancer-specific survival scores had statistically significant differences in this subgroup. Conclusions. …”
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Efficacy of Curcumin on Treating Cancer Anorexia-Cachexia Syndrome in Locally or Advanced Head and Neck Cancer: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Randomised Phase IIa Trial (CurCh... by Tawasapon Thambamroong, Kasan Seetalarom, Siriwimon Saichaemchan, Yanisa Pumsutas, Naiyarat Prasongsook

“…There was a statistically significant benefit from curcumin on improving muscle mass compared with placebo (2.16% [95% confidence interval; CI, −0.75 to 5.07] vs. −3.82% [95% CI, −8.2 to 0.57]; P=0.019). …”
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Increased serum ferritin is associated with severity of orbital disease in COVID-19–associated rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis: A quantitative analysis by Shashi Tanwar, Nibha Mishra, Prachi Sharma, Apjit Kaur

“…Mean serum ferritin (μg/l) was 302.67 ± 266.95 in stage 1, 444.19 ± 116.36 in stage 2, 504.85 ± 205.99 in stage 3, and 825.95 ± 777.30 in stage 4. A statistically significant increase in serum ferritin levels with severity of disease (P = 0.005) was noted. …”
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Microbiological profile and antimicrobial susceptibility of bacteria associated with urinary tract infections in Ukrainian adults by K.S. Barannik, O.V. Ishchenko, R.V. Duka, R.M. Molchanov, D.O. Stepanskyi

“…Regarding female/male distribution, the biggest proportion of gram-positive bacteria were isolated from women, statistically significant results were obtained for sex distribution of S. saprophyticus (p<0.05). …”
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Reversal and prevention of deregulated autophagy in cutaneous autoimmune disorders—a pilot study on vitiligo with nutrigenomics based approach of “Maximum Nutrition and Minimum Med... by Suruchi Garg, Murlidhar Rajagopalan, Anupa Mary George, Hemangi Parwani, Titiksha Hans

“…The improvement in VASI scores with conventional treatment and nutritional intervention was found to be statistically significant at 6 months and 1-year interval in group A with paired t test (P = 0.013). …”
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Experience in the Management of Patients with Chronic Vascular Ulcers of the Lower Limbs Using Negatively Charged Polystyrene Microspheres by María Teresa Cacua Sánchez

“…Wound area mean at the start of treatment was 31.6 cm2, and at the end of treatment was 17.85 cm2, which is equivalent to a wound area surface reduction of 54.2%, with a statistically significant p value. The interquartile range showed a reduction of 64.3% in the central means of wounds. …”
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Mental health in children with and without ADHD: the role of physical activity and parental nativity by David Adzrago, Saanie Sulley, Faustine Williams

“…However, the three-way interaction between ADHD status, parental nativity, and physical activity was not statistically significant. Stratified by ADHD diagnosis status, those who engaged in PA (versus did not) for 1 to 3 days, 4 to 6 days, and daily were less often diagnosed with anxiety/depression disorder among those with or without ADHD, especially children without ADHD. …”
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Comparative Efficacy of Esketamine vs Sufentanil with Propofol for Sedation in EUS: A Randomized, Controlled Study by Liu C, Wang Y, Yin Y, Wang P, Ji X, Sun J, Zhao S, Jia Y, Liu S, Zhou Z

“…During the EUS, 9 patients (5.3%) in the esketamine group and 26 (15.5%) in the sufentanil group developed respiratory depression; this difference was statistically significant (P = 0.002). Regarding secondary outcomes, the incidence of body movements, induction dosage, supplemental times, and total dosage of propofol were much higher in the sufentanil group than in the esketamine group (P < 0.05). …”
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Changes in quality of life 5 years after sleeve gastrectomy: a prospective cohort study by Karl Ove Hufthammer, Tone Merete Norekvål, Grethe S Tell, Ronette L Kolotkin, Tone Nygaard Flølo, Anny Aasprang, Villy Våge, John Roger Andersen

“…Although significant (p&lt;0.001) and clinically relevant improvements in HRQOL/overall QOL outcomes were observed at 5 years, scores were still below the general population norms.Conclusion Most patients undergoing SG experience substantial weight loss accompanied by statistically significant and clinically relevant long-term improvements in HRQOL/overall QOL. …”
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“Knowledge was clearly associated with education.” epistemic positioning in the context of informed choice: a scoping review and secondary qualitative analysis by Niamh Ireland-Blake, Fiona Cram, Kevin Dew, Sondra Bacharach, Jeanne Snelling, Peter Stone, Christina Buchanan, Sara Filoche

“…For example, when compared to a high school qualification, a tertiary qualification was a statistically significant characteristic of informed choice. …”
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Improved primary stability and load transfer of a customized osseointegrated transfemoral prosthesis compared to a commercial one by Giulia Galteri, Valentina Betti, Domenico Alesi, Stefano Zaffagnini, Marco Palanca, Emanuele Gruppioni, Luca Cristofolini

“…Similar results were found for the femurs that did not meet the eligibility criteria for the commercial stems and could be implanted with the OsteoCustom. No statistically significant difference was found in the extraction force between the two groups. …”
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Voriconazole Pharmacokinetics Administered at 4 mg/kg IM and IV in Nursehound Sharks (<i>Scyliorhinus stellaris</i>) Under Human Care by Daniela Cañizares-Cooz, Daniel García-Párraga, Sonia Rubio-Langre, Teresa Encinas, Pablo Morón-Elorza

“…The volume of distribution (Vd) after IV and IM administration resulted in 1.39 ± 0.09 L/kg and 1.50 ± 0.18 L/kg, respectively, showing no statistically significant differences between the two routes. …”
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Validity of the Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity 2000-Glucocorticoid Index, its association with the Physician Global Assessment, and potential association with diseas... by Basma M. Medhat, Lobna A. Maged, Doaa A. Teleb, Sally S. Mohamed, Angie Y. Afifi, Dina M. T. Koptan, Walaa Abdelrahman, Dalia Dorgham, Eman Hany Elsebaie, Naglaa Afifi, Sahar A. Ahmed, Mervat E. Behairy, Hala Ramadan

“…The correlation between both the SLEDAI-2 KG (r: 0.96, p < 0.001) and PGA (r: 0.5, p < 0.001) and SLEDAI-2 K was statistically significant. The association’s strength between both the SLEDAI-2 KG and PGA and SLEDAI-2 K declined among low activity-patients (SLEDAI-2 K < 6) [(r = 0,4; p < 0.001) (r = 0.2; p = 0.02), respectively], and the SLEDAI-2 KG and PGA were not associated in this subgroup (r: 0.07, p = 0.4). …”
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An Experience of Jigsaw as a New Educational Method in Dentistry by Atekeh Movaghari pour, Mostafa Sadeghi, Foad Iranmanesh, Fatemeh Sadat Emami, Faezeh Esmaeili Ranjbar

“…P<0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: The experimental and control group obtained a mean pre-intervention score of 6.50±1.16 and 5.80±1.78, respectively (P=0.210). …”
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Effect of ozone oil and non-surgical periodontal treatment in patients with type 2 diabetes. In-vivo and in-vitro studies with fibroblasts and Candida albicans by Raquel Alves do CARMO, Ana Carolina Organista CÖRNER, Eduardo Ferreira MARTINS, Gabriel OUVERNEY, Julio Cesar THURLER JÚNIOR, Bruno Kaufmann ROBBS, Vinicius D’Avila Bitencourt PASCOAL, Elisa ESPOSITO, Luciane Portas CAPELO, Gabriela Alessandra da Cruz Galhardo CAMARGO

“…Results The groups showed no statistically significant differences (paired t-test-p>0.05) regarding hematological parameters, FGL (median - baseline 171.41, 3 months 164mg/dL), and HbA1c (baseline 8%, 3 months 7.5%) (Kruskal-Wallis One-Way Nonparametric-p>0.05) after periodontal therapy. …”
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Effect of proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation on patients with chronic ankle instability: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Yikun Yin, Jialin Wang, Qihan Lin, Yinghang Luo, Yongsheng Liu, Junzhi Sun

“…<h4>Results</h4>① A total of 12 randomized controlled trials were included, encompassing 405 patients with Chronic Ankle Instability, demonstrating a generally high methodological quality of the literature.② Meta-analysis results indicate that compared to the control group, Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF) significantly enhanced the balance ability of patients with Chronic Ankle Instability as measured by the Y Balance Test (YBT) (Weighted Mean Difference (WMD) = 3.61, 95% CI [2.65, 4.56], z = 7.42, P<0.001) and the Star Excursion Balance Test (SEBT) (WMD = 5.50, 95% CI [3.80, 7.19], z = 6.36, P<0.001), with improvement in all eight directions of SEBT balance ability surpassing that of the control group (P<0.05); muscle strength around the ankle (SMD) = 0.19, 95% CI [0.03, 0.36], z = 2.26, P = 0.024), with both Plantar flexion and Dorsal flexion muscle strength improvements exceeding those of the control group (P<0.05); Visual Analog Scale (VAS) (WMD = -1.39, 95% CI [-1.72, -1.06], z = 8.23, P<0.001); Ankle instability questionnaire (WMD = 2.91, 95% CI [1.92, 3.89], z = 5.78, P<0.001).③Descriptive analysis results showed that the differences in Inversion Joint Position Sense and Dorsiflexion range of motion between the PNF and control groups were not statistically significant (P>0.05), however, the effects of PNF training persisted for a certain period even after cessation of treatment.…”
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Examining the association of elevated initial serum lactate with mortality and morbidity in trauma patients: a retrospective study by Pablo Rodríguez-Ortiz, Kyara Berríos-Toledo, Ediel O. Ramos-Meléndez, Lourdes Guerrios-Rivera

“…Both iSL (AUC: 0.59, 95%CI: 0.54–0.64) and ISS (AUC: 0.59, 95%CI: 0.54–0.64) demonstrated limited ability to predict mortality, with no statistically significant difference between them (p > 0.99). …”
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