Possibilities of prevention of recurrent pterigium after surgical treatment by A.N. Bochkareva, V.V. Egorov, G.P. Smolyakova, E.L. Sorokin, P.A. Banshchikov

“…This approach allowed to achieve a statistically significant increase in transplant vitalization in the main group, against the comparison group. …”
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A Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Study of Esomeprazole Comparing a Dual Delayed-Release Formulation (YYD601) to a Conventional Formulation Following Multiple Administrations in He... by Lee HW, Kang WY, Park JS, Lee JH, Park JJ, Gwon MR, Yoon YR, Seong SJ

“…YYD601 displayed more prolonged plasma concentration-time profiles than the conventional formulation, although the extent of the systemic exposure (AUC values) showed no statistically significant difference between the two formulations. …”
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A Mendelian randomization study of depression and risk of cervical cancer (抑郁和宫颈癌发病风险相关的孟德尔随机化分析) by LIU Yinxia (刘银侠), YU Ping (俞萍), XU Yang (徐阳)

“…The analysis results were shown by odds ratio(OR)and 95% confidence interval(CI), and the effect was statistically significant with P＜0. 05. Results Totally 57 SNPs related to depression were included. …”
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Effect of Cluster Needling of Scalp Acupuncture Combined with Walking Training on Walking Ability of Stroke Patients under Different Task by CHEN Jing, LI Jingge, LI Boning, LIU Xiaomeng, CAO Manting, LI Hui

“…Before and after treatment, the gait parameters (stride, step length, step speed, stride frequency, stride time, support time, swing time) under STW and DTW paradigms were evaluated by the gait detection evaluation and training system; activities of daily living (ADL) were used to assess patients' activities of daily living, including basic activities of daily living (BADL) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADL).Results① Gait parameters: compared with the STW paradigm, stride, step length, stride speed, stride frequency and swing time of the stroke patients were significantly decreased under the DTW paradigm, while stride time and support time were significantly increased, the differences were statistically significant (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05). Under the STW and DTW paradigm, compared with before treatment, stride,step length, step speed, stride frequency and swing time of the two groups after treatment were significantly increased (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05), while stride time and support time were significantly decreased (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05). …”
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Evaluation of the Efficacy of Stem Cell Therapy in Ovariectomized Osteoporotic Rats Based on Micro-CT and Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Zhencheng Xiong, Ping Yi, Jialiang Lin, Shengfeng Qiu, Li Shu, Chi Zhang

“…In the BMSC treatment groups, the trabecular numbers (Tb.N) (SMD=4.28, 95% CI: [0.91, 7.64], P=0.013, I2=94.9%) were significantly higher, whereas the results for trabecular thickness (Tb.Th) (SMD=2.7, 95% CI: [-0.34, 5.73], P=0.081, I2=95.4%) and trabecular spacing (Tb.Sp) (SMD=−3.08, 95% CI: [-6.55, 0.38], P=0.081, I2=96.3%) were not statistically significant compared to those of the OVX group. …”
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Health and school difficulties of children in foster care in the experience of their foster parents by B. Faltová, A. Mojžíšová, J. Holá, L. Shuranová, Z. Čermák

“…In addition, when comparing the groups of respondents with healthy children and children who have health difficulties/mental illness, there was a statistically significantly higher intensity of difficulties in the group of respondents with children with health difficulties when doing prep work for the classes (p-value =0.00075).…”
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Albumin corrected anion gap and clinical outcomes in elderly patients with acute kidney injury caused or accompanied by sepsis: a MIMIC-IV retrospective study by Yongbin Wang, Lei Zhong, Jie Min, Jianhong Lu, Jinyu Zhang, Jiajun Su

“…The application of Kaplan–Meier analysis demonstrated a statistically significant decrease in cumulative survival rates among individuals with high ACAG levels (P < 0.001). …”
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Investigating the Occurrence of Soil-Transmitted Parasites Contaminating Soil, Vegetables, and Green Fodder in the East of Nile Delta, Egypt by Samah H. Yahia, Samia E. Etewa, Abd Allah A. Al Hoot, Salwa Z. Arafa, Nesreen S. Saleh, Mohamed H. Sarhan, Suzan I. Rashad, Shimaa S. Hassan

“…P-values equal to or less than 0.05 were considered to be statistically significant. The difference in parasitic contamination among the different categories was compared using the chi-square test. …”
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Clinical Study of Sentinel Lymph Node Detection to Evaluate Pelvic Lymph Node Metastasis to Determine the Prognosis of Patients with Early Cervical Cancer by Peipei Li, Shuai Feng, Guodong Zhou, Lu Zhang, Xiugui Sheng, Dapeng Li

“…The patient’s tumor size, FIGO stage, lymph node metastasis, and depth of invasion had statistically significant differences in SLN detection rates. …”
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Lenvatinib Therapy in Patients with Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Real Clinical Practice by V. V. Petkau, A. V. Sultanbaev, K. V. Menshikov, A. S. Antipin, M. V. Volkonsky, V. M. Filippova, Yu. V. Vasilyeva, A. A. Tarkhanov, M. R. Mukhitova, M. Zh. Murzalina, A. R. Safarova

“…The levels of ORR and DCR were not statistically significantly different between the patients with stages B and C according to the BCLC staging system, with grades 0 and 1 according to ECOG, with classes A and B according to the Child-Pugh score, with viral and non-viral HCC etiology, with and without extrahepatic spread, and with and without portal vein invasion. …”
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Development of a Comprehensive Fall Risk Assessment Tool for Older People in Elderly Care Institutions and Its Test by LUO Yuan, ZHANG Hua, WANG Sanxiang, ZHANG Mengxi, DENG Yuqian, RAN Haiye, LIU Jiaxin, ZHANG Yi, CHEN Xi, WU Yibo, ZHAO Liping

“…The total Cronbach&apos;s alpha coefficient for sub-instrument (i) was 0.73 and the scorer reliability coefficient was 0.85; the exploratory factor analysis extracted three common factors with a cumulative variance contribution of 57.95%; the fit indices of the confirmatory factor model: Chi-square degrees of freedom ratio (&#x03C7;2/df), Goodness of fit index (GFI), adjusted goodness of fit index (AGFI), standardized moderate index (NFI), comparative fit index (CFI), Tucker-Lewis coefficient (TLI), approximation error (RMSEA) were 2.43, 0.95, 0.91, 0.89, 0.93, 0.91, and 0.07, and discriminant validity is statistically significant (P&lt;0.001). The results of the predictive ability analysis showed an area under the test work characteristic curve (AUC) of 0.87 for Morse Fall Scale (MFS) ≥55 and 0.84 for MFS≤25. …”
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Knowledge, Attitude, and Barriers Influencing Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Uptake by Mazin A. Barry, Khalid I. Aljammaz, Abdulaziz A. Alrashed

“…A P value of <0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results. Our study included 503 participants, with age ranging from 18 to 65 years old and 324 (64%) were females. 100 participants (19.9%) had comorbid conditions, and 223 (44.3%) have been vaccinated against influenza in the past. …”
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Evaluation of primary HPV-based cervical screening among older women: Long-term follow-up of a randomized healthcare policy trial in Sweden. by Qingyun Yao, Jiangrong Wang, K Miriam Elfström, Björn Strander, Joakim Dillner, Karin Sundström

“…We further found that the overall point estimate for the risk of ICC over 10 years of follow-up among women in the primary HPV arm was 0.39 compared to women in the primary cytology arm, but this was not statistically significant (IRR: 0.39; 95% confidence interval, CI [0.14, 1.09]; p = 0.0726). …”
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The effects of TECAR therapy on pain, range of motion, strength and subscale of HAGOS questionnaire in athletes with chronic adductor related groin pain: a randomized controlled tr... by Sara Nazari, Soheil Mansour Sohani, Javad Sarrafzadeh, Hooman Angoorani, Abbas Tabatabaei

“…However, no statistically significant differences were found for other secondary outcomes, with effect sizes ranging from no effect to intermediate. …”
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The efficacy of platelet-rich plasma in ankle disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Qixin Ding, Xu Wang, Yurong Liu, Yuefang Li, Di Zhang, Heling Wang, Shenhong Ma, Qiaohua Han, Weisheng Zhuang

“…Regarding the AOFAS score, a meta-analysis that included five randomized controlled trials (each study extracted the score results at the last follow-up time) showed no statistically significant differences between the platelet-rich plasma intervention group and the control group, and there was a great deal of heterogeneity in the results, with subgroup analyses based on disease type. …”
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Evaluation of CellerateRX Surgical Powder utility in reducing groin complications after femoral exposure by Vy C. Dang, BS, Eric K. Peden, MD, Trisha Roy, MD, PhD, Alan B. Lumsden, MD, Linda Le, MD, Charudatta S. Bavare, MD, Sohaib K. Mhaidi, MD, Maham Rahimi, MD, PhD

“…A two-tailed Fisher's exact test demonstrated no statistically significant association between the presence of complications and the treatment group (P = .49, α = 0.05); however, patients in the experimental cohort were found to be a higher risk group, having significantly higher prevalence of diabetes and surgeries using a prosthetic. …”
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Long-term outcome in people who use drugs successfully treated for hepatitis C infection with glecaprevir/pibrentasvir by Shana Yi, David Truong, Brian Conway

“…Conclusion: Among a population of vulnerable inner-city residents cured of HCV infection within a multidisciplinary program of care at the VIDC, all individuals accepted the offer to remain in long-term follow up, with a statistically significant reduction in fentanyl use over time. …”
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CHANGES IN THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND SEXUAL FUNCTION IN WOMEN WITH PELVIC PROLAPSE AFTER LIGATION OF COLPOPEXY WITH POLYPROPYLENE MESH by A. D. Kaprin, A. A. Kostin, V. B. Filimonov, R. V. Vasin, I. V. Vasina

“…In patients prior to surgical intervention compared with the general population indicators of quality of life statistically significantly reduced for all scales. Physical health component (PHC) reduced by 57.8% in the 1st group and 59.5 per cent in the 2nd group, and psychological health (PsCH) by 42% and 43.5% respectively groups compared with the general population indicators. …”
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Voacanga africana-artesunate and Voacanga africana-amodiaquine combinations as effective anti-plasmodial agents in mice by Daniel Ampomah Frimpong, Aliu Moomin, Samuel Asare Nkansah, Aaron Opoku Antwi, Abubakar Ibn Sidik, Paa Kofi Tawiah Adu-Gyamfi, Kwesi Boadu Mensah

“…The anti-plasmodial effects of VA alone or in combination with artesunate or amodiaquine were compared by ANOVA, and p < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: VA at doses 0 – 300 mg/kg showed no toxicity in the mice, whereas VA at a dose of 3000 mg/kg resulted in the death of mice after 24 h. …”
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Comparing the Therapeutic Impact of Strain-Counterstrain and Exercise on Low Back Myofascial Pain Syndrome: A Randomized Trial by Koura GMR, Elshiwi AMF, Selim MN, Asiri AAM, Alqahtani RHJ, Elimy DA, Alshehri MA, Alnakhli HH, Assiri SM, Ahmad F, Ahmad I

“…Reliability of ROM measurements was ensured using intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC > 0.90).Results: MANOVA revealed statistically significant group, time, and interaction effects for all outcomes (Wilks’ Lambda = 0.065, F (6, 51) = 91.34, p < 0.001). …”
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