Low ITN utilization among households in SWEPR Ethiopia: challenge for malaria elimination, a mixed design approach by Wondwossen Niguse, Bezuayehu Alemayehu, Tadesse Gebremedhin, Mathewos Alemu, Girma Mamo, Ephrem Negeri, Ibrahim Temam, Haile Zewdie, Tamirat Bogale, Erkyihun pawulos, Endale Sahlie

“…In the multivariable analysis, an adjusted odds ratio (AOR) with a corresponding 95% confidence interval (CI) was used to measure the strength of the association and the statistically significant association was declared at a P-value less than 5%. …”
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Endothelial Dysfunction and Oxidative Stress in Patients with Severe Coronary Artery Disease: Does Diabetes Play a Contributing Role? by Alexandra Maria Boieriu, Cezar Dumitrel Luca, Carmen Daniela Neculoiu, Alina Bisoc, Diana Țînț

“…Also, in the studied population, T2DM was correlated with serum 5-HT levels (764.78 ± 201 ng/mL vs. 561.06 ± 224 ng/mL; <i>p</i> < 0.001; <i>r</i> = 0.423), with higher plasma circulating levels of 5-HT in patients with T2DM. No statistically significant differences for oxidative stress markers (SOD-1 and LOX-1) were obtained when comparing T2DM and non-T2DM patients with severe CAD. …”
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Secular trends of physical fitness for college students in Anhui Province over the past decade by Jianzhong Sun, Hui Liang, Lei Wang, Zhongju Chen, Cunjian Bi, Feng Zhang

“…There was a statistically significant difference in physical fitness scores between the periods of 2015–2022 and 2023 (p < 0.05). …”
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Analysis of the safety and efficacy of flow diverter device in the treatment of tandem aneurysms in the internal carotid artery by Jun Wan, Jun Wan, Ligang Xu, Yeqing Jiang, Lei Zhang, Zhenyu Wang, Xiaolong Zhang, Shengzhang Wang, Shengzhang Wang

“…The complete occlusion rate of intracranial aneurysm in the whole study was 81.6%, including 85.7% in the PED group and 76.5% in the TFD group, and there was no significant statistical difference between the two groups. Statistically significant variables were not found in univariate logistic regression analysis.ConclusionFDD is safe and effective in treating tandem aneurysms in the internal carotid artery with a high occlusion rate and few complications. …”
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Secondary aphakic glaucoma in children: a 15-year retrospective study by N.N. Sadovnikova, V.V. Brzheskiy, M.A. Zertsalova, A.Yu. Baranov

“…In 57.4% of cases, glaucoma was controlled with medications, and surgery was performed on 20 eyes, including sinus trabeculectomy and Ahmed valve implantation. Statistically significant risk factors for the development of secondary glaucoma encompassed cataract extraction in children younger than 1 year of age, microcornea, additional intraocular surgical interventions, and aphakia. …”
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Comparative study of arthroscopic autologous cancellous bone grafting and medial malleolar osteotomy combined with autologous periosteal iliac bone grafting for the treatment of os... by Xinyu Tang, Xinkun Han, Haitao Fu, Youliang Shen, Dongfang Zhang, Qinwei Guo, Chao Qi

“…At 3 months postoperatively, Group A had significantly higher AOFAS scores and ankle joint mobility than Group B (P < 0.05), while there was no statistically significant difference in VAS scores between the two groups (P > 0.05). …”
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Corneal hysteresis as a predictor of glaucomatous optic neuropathy progression by N.I. Kurysheva, E.O. Shatalova, L.V. Lepeshkina

“…It was found that the groups statistically significantly differ by the following indicators: corneal hysteresis (AUC 0.640±057, p=0.006), age (AUC 0.612±0.051, p=0.006), MD (AUC 0.710±0.066, p=0.001), PSD (AUC 0.681±0.066, p=0.006), RNFL (AUC 0.620±0.041, p=0.007) and FLV (AUC 0.617±0.050, p=0.008).…”
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Clinical Characteristics of COVID-19 in Neonates and Infants Younger Than 3 Months by Fatemeh Varshoei, Mohammad Sadegh Rezai, Roya Farhadi, Azin Hajialibeig, Saeid Mohammadi, Masoud Moradi, Fatemeh Hosseinzadeh

“…Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS software, version 22, and P<0.05 were considered statistically significant. Results: This study evaluated 152 children, including 34 neonates (22.4%) and 118 infants (77.6%), with a median age of 49.5 [interquartile range (IQR): 33-66] days. …”
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The Application of Three-dimensional Shear Wave Elastography in the Detection of Inguinal Lymph Node Metastasis in Gynecological Malignancies by Yuping Shen, Jiulong Dai, Jiami Li, Man Lu

“…The differences between these AUC values were not statistically significant (p > 0.05). Furthermore, Emax values consistently surpassed Emean values in terms of characterization accuracy across modalities. …”
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Proportion, quality of life and factors associated with perinatal urinary incontinence among pregnant women attending at Muhimbili national hospital by Geofrey P. Chiloleti, Fransia Arda Mushi, Aboud Muhsin, Ally Mwanga

“…P value of < 0.5 was considered to be statistically significant. Quality of life (QoL) was assessed by ICIQ-UI SF tool. …”
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Efficacy analysis of pancreatic duct stenting in treating severe acute pancreatitis: a retrospective study by Liangping Chen, Ning Wang, Weijie Yao, Chengsi Zhao, Jiahang Tao, Gubai Ma, Chengwang Ma, Zuozheng Wang

“…Mortality rates were 3 (10.7%) in the control group and 4 (17.4%) in the stent group, with no statistically significant difference (P > 0.05). Furthermore, significant differences were noted in new-onset respiratory failure, single OF, sepsis, abdominal hypertension, time of analgesic administration, oral refeeding, length of enzyme inhibitor use, and hospitalization expenses (χ2 = 3.94, 4.37, 5.79, 4.79; Z = − 2.008, − 4.176, − 4.165, − 2.309; P < 0.05). …”
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Hubungan Infeksi Soil Transmitted Helminth dengan Status Gizi pada Murid SDN 29 Purus Padang by Reshka Renanti M, Selfi Renita Rusdji, Elmatris SY

“…It can be concluded that there is no statistically significant relationship soil transmitted helminth infections and nutritional status (p&gt; 0.05).…”
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Long-term effects of orthognathic surgery on masticatory function in individuals with cleft lip and palate: A prospective study by Patricia Martins Bueno, Paulo Alceu Kiemle Trindade, Laís Hollara Medeiros, Leide Vilma Fidélis da Silva, Ivy Kiemle Trindade-Suedam

“…Furthermore, 45 % of CLP participants reported P/R MC before surgery, while none reported this after surgery, a statistically significant improvement. The POST-ORTHOG MC results for CLP participants were comparable to the CON group, with 100 % reporting G/O MC after surgery. …”
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Real-World Experience with CDK4/6 Inhibitors in the First-Line Palliative Setting for HR+/HER2− Advanced Breast Cancer by Ram Patel, John Mathews, Caroline Hamm, Swati Kulkarni, Rasna Gupta, Tarquin Opperman, John Dean Chiong, Abdullah Nasser

“…The ribociclib-treated patients had a numerically longer PFS and OS compared with those treated with palbociclib, but the differences were not statistically significant. The discontinuation rates were similar between the two groups.…”
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Correlation of muscle strength, information processing speed and cognitive function in the elderly with cognitive impairment——evidence from EEG by Xin Xin, Qing Liu, Shuqi Jia, Shufan Li, Peng Wang, Xingze Wang, Xing Wang

“…Additionally, EEG signals were recorded for 5 min to capture neural activity.ResultsThe difference in information processing speed among elderly individuals with varying degrees of cognitive impairment was statistically significant (p &lt; 0.001). A significant negative correlation was observed between the MoCA score and the time consumption of TMT-A (r = −0.402, p &lt; 0.01), and a significant positive correlation was found between the MoCA score and the SDMT score (r = 0.609, p &lt; 0.01). …”
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The Modulation of Laser Refractive Surgery on Sensory Eye Dominance of Anisometropia by Hongting Liu, Qi Chen, Fangfang Lan, Yan Luo, Enwei Lin, Wuqiang Luo, Ming Kong, Jiangxia Wang, Fengju Zhang

“…In the nonanisometropic LASIK group, there were no statistically significant differences of ODI changes among preoperative, post-one-week and post-one-month visits. …”
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The Correlation between Time in Range and Diabetic Microvascular Complications Utilizing Information Management Platform by Xia Sheng, Guo-Hui Xiong, Peng-Fei Yu, Jian-Ping Liu

“…With the decrease of TIR, HbA1C increased significantly, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.01, R2 = 0.458). The correlation coefficient of mean TIR with mean HbA1C was −0.626. (2) There were 836 patients diagnosed with diabetic nephropathy (DN). …”
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Long-term results of irritable bowel syndrome treatment by A. I. Ulyanin, Yu. M. Poluektov, Ye. A. Poluektova, Ch. S. Pavlov, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Of IBS-C patients 20, 33 and 20% of patients respectively maintained clinical remission. No statistically significant differences between groups of patients with IBS-D and IBS-C were revealed (р>0.05). …”
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Prevalence and determinants of full vaccination coverage according to the national schedule among children aged 12–35 months in Ghana by Berhan Tekeba, Tadesse Tarik Tamir, Alebachew Ferede Zegeye

“…Factors with a p-value of < 0.05 are declared statistically significant. In this study, the full coverage of vaccination according to the national schedule among children aged 12–35 months in Ghana was 56.45% (95% CI 51.77–56.17). …”
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Factors influencing waist circumference among urban bank employees in Northeast Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study by Woynshet Yimer, Lakew Asmare, Fikre Bayu Gebeyehu, Tihtna Alemu, Anisa Mehamed, Fanos Yeshanew Ayele

“…Normality, homoscedasticity, significant outliers, and multicollinearity were assessed, and a p-value of less than 0.05, along with a 95% confidence interval, was considered statistically significant.ResultsA total of 345 participants were included in the final analysis, with a 95% response rate. …”
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