Blood Pressure Control among Hypertensive Diabetic Patients on Follow-Up at Chronic Clinic of Nekemte Referral Hospital in West Ethiopia by Mohammed Gebre Dedefo, Dureti Bayisa Gemechu, Ginenus Fekadu, Tesfa Tekle Dibessa

“…The level of statistical significance was declared at p value <0.05 levels. …”
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A Comparison between Two Different Remineralizing Agents against White Spot Lesions: An In Vitro Study by Hassan Alsubhi, Mohammad Gabbani, Abdulsalam Alsolami, Mohammed Alotaibi, Jameel Abuljadayel, Waleed Taju, Omair Bukhari

“…Clinpro 5000 improved the surface hardness by 12.7 (P value 0.012), and Colgate Sensitive Pro-Relief improved surface hardness by 18.2 (P value <0.0001), However when both treatments are compared with each other, there was no statistical significance among them. When compared to the control group, both treatments “Clinpro™ 5000 and Colgate Sensitive Pro-Relief” have significantly improved enamel’s SMH.…”
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Work-related temporary hearing loss and associated factors among textile industry workers in Amhara region, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study by Giziew Abere, Eshetu Abera Worede, Atalay Tadele Yirdaw, Azanaw Asega Belay, Beletu Kinfe

“…Adjusted OR with 95% CI and p-value&lt;0.05 were used to determine statistical significance.Results A total of 413 workers participated in the study with a response rate of 97.9%. …”
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Predictors of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among biomedical students of Rivers State University by Moore Ikechi Mike-Ogburia, Gift Mibilanyeofori Hart, Barynem Vito-Peter, Aisha Dio, Victory Chidinma Nwogu

“…Descriptive statistics and Fisher’s exact tests were conducted using GraphPad Prism 9 software, with statistical significance set at p ≤ 0.05. Vaccine hesitancy was highly prevalent at 91.8% (95% CI: 87.4–94.8). …”
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Predictors of Neonatal Sepsis in Hospitals at Wolaita Sodo Town, Southern Ethiopia: Institution-Based Unmatched Case-Control Study, 2019 by Atkuregn Alemayehu, Mihiretu Alemayehu, Aseb Arba, Hanna Abebe, Abraham Goa, Kebreab Paulos, Mohammed Suleiman Obsa

“…The odds ratio with 95% confidence interval was used to measure the association’s strength. p<0.05 was the cut-off point for declaration of statistical significance for the multivariate analysis. Results. …”
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Analgesic Efficacy of Intravenous Ibuprofen in the Treatment of Postoperative Acute Pain: A Phase III Multicenter Randomized Placebo-ControlledDouble-Blind Clinical Trial by Hong-Su Zhou, Ting-Ting Li, Yu Pi, Ting-Hua Wang, Fei Liu, Liu-Lin Xiong

“…RTF was slightly higher in the placebo group than IVIB 400 mg group and 800 mg group, and no statistical significance (P < 0.690). PSS in the IVIB 400 mg (P = 0.0092) and the IVIB 800 mg groups (P = 0.0011) was higher than the placebo group for pain management, there was also no significant difference between the IVIB 400 mg and IVIB 800 mg groups (P = 0.456). …”
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The evaluation of internal adaptation of glass ionomer restorations applied after the use of different cavity conditioners in primary teeth: an in-vitro study by Sümeyye Gürler, Akif Demirel, Arda Buyuksungur

“…IA values was recorded as % and data were analyzed with Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal-Wallis H tests. Statistical significance level was set as 5%. Results 35% phosphoric acid showed the lowest mean internal voids (between the cavity-restoration interface) for both restorative materials (for GHR = 0.180% and for CGIR = 0.936%). …”
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Impact of exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation on cardiopulmonary function and prognosis in ST elevation myocardial infarction after PCI patients in extremely cold regions by Shenglong Hou, Li Liu, Jing Yao, Qi Zhao, Wei Feng, Qingqing Liu, Mou Zou, Ruoxi Zhang, Hongtao Yin, Huimin Xian

“…The cardiopulmonary test indicators for patients in CR group showed significant improvement over one year, including Power, HR, VCO₂, VO₂, VE, VD/VT, PetCO₂, CHO, CO, and SV, all with statistical significance. Multivariate COX regression analysis showed that CR was independently associated with heart failure in follow up. …”
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The Effects of Three Methods of Luteal Phase Support on Pregnancy Outcomes in Poor Ovarian Responders: A Randomized Clinical Trial by Tahereh Madani, Arezoo Arabipoor, Fariba Ramezanali, Shabnam Khodabakhshi, Zahra Zolfaghary

“…The twinpregnancy rate in the hCG-only group was higher than in the other two groups, although this difference did notreach statistical significance (P=0.060).Conclusion: Similar pregnancy and live birth rates were observed among different LPS regimens. …”
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Comparison of Healthcare Encounters and Drug Persistence in Patients With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Receiving Oral Selexipag, Inhaled Iloprost, or Parenteral Treprostinil: A... by Ci Song, Peter Kunovszki, Amélie Beaudet

“…Trends toward lower risk of emergency room visits did not attain statistical significance. Drug discontinuation risk was 16% and 36% lower with selexipag vs parenteral treprostinil and inhaled iloprost, respectively. …”
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Comparison of the Efficacy and Safety of Intravitreal Conbercept with Intravitreal Ranibizumab for Treatment of Diabetic Macular Edema: A Meta-Analysis by Xiaolei Sun, Jingjing Zhang, Jingyi Tian, Shijiu Chen, Fanxing Zeng, Gongqiang Yuan

“…IVC was superior to IVR in reducing central retinal thickness (CRT at 1 mo (p<0.0001), 3 mo (p=0.025), and 6 mo (p=0.019)) from baseline with statistical significance. For AEs, the pooled results showed that no significant difference in the risk of intraocular pressure increased (OR = 1.71; 95% CI: 0.55 to 5.25; p=0.352) or conjunctival hemorrhage (OR = 0.89; 95% CI: 0.34 to 2.34; p=0.65) between two groups. …”
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Electroencephalogram-Based Brain Connectivity Analysis in Prolonged Disorders of Consciousness by Yuzhang Wu, Zhitao Li, Ruowei Qu, Yangang Wang, Zhongzhen Li, Le Wang, Guangrui Zhao, Keke Feng, Yifeng Cheng, Shaoya Yin

“…The PTE of the delta band (Z=−42.68, P<0.01), theta band (Z=−56.79, P<0.01), the alpha band (Z=−35.11, P<0.01), and beta band (Z=−63.74, P<0.01) had statistical significance. Conclusion. Brain connectivity analysis based on EEG has the advantages of being noninvasive, convenient, and bedside. …”
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Analysis of respiratory pathogens in pediatric acute respiratory infections in Lanzhou, Northwest China, 2019-2024 by Qian Wang, Yunyan Pan, Hongwei Gao, Youli Zhao, Xinzhe Gao, Yichen Da, Shaomin Niu, Chongge You

“…Pearson’s chi-square test, ANOVA, and Fisher’s exact test were used to evaluate statistical significance in variable differences, with P &lt; 0.05 considered significant.ResultsA total of 29,659 children diagnosed with ARTIs were included in the study, with 13030(43.93%) test positive for at least one pathogen. …”
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Excessive daytime sleepiness and its predictors among type 2 diabetes mellitus patients at central ethiopia by Alemayehu Wondie, Mitiku Mammo Taderegew, Betemariam Girma, Atsede Getawey, Zufan Tessema, Ambaw Abebaw Emrie, Tamene Fetene Terefe

“…Binary and multiple logistic regression analysis was used to assess factors associated with excessive daytime sleepiness and statistical significance was set at P-value < 0.05. The prevalence of Excessive daytime sleepiness among type 2 diabetes mellitus was 27.1%. …”
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Neonatal near miss and associated factors among neonates delivered at East Gojjam zone public health hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia by Melesse Tesfa, Tadesse Yirga Akalu, Bewket Yeserah Aynalem

“…Bivariable and multivariable logistic regression analyses were performed using a backward stepwise approach method, and statistical significance was declared at a 95% confidence interval with a p-value < 0.05. …”
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Partial weight bearing and long-term survival outcomes in extracapsular hip fractures treated with trochanteric Gamma3 nails by Carlos Hernández-Pascual, José Ángel Santos-Sánchez, Jorge Hernández-Rodríguez, Carlos Fernando Silva-Viamonte, Carmen Pablos-Hernández, Pablo Alonso-Rodríguez, José Antonio Mirón-Canelo

“…Results Survival improved in IPWB earlier than in EPWB, although there was no statistical significance. The final FMS was significantly favourable only in EPWB. …”
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Patient-derived xenografts from circulating cancer stem cells as a preclinical model for personalized pancreatic cancer research by Benedikt J. Wagner, Andreas Ettner-Sitter, Nicolas A. Ihlo, Merle Behr, Sebastian Koelbl, Stefan M. Brunner, Florian Weber, Bettina M. Rau, Hans J. Schlitt, Christoph Brochhausen, Rebecca Schoenmehl, Annalena Artinger, Dorothea Schott, Monika Pizon, Katharina Pachmann, Thiha Aung, Silke Haerteis, Christina Hackl

“…While overall correlations of CETCs/CTCs with clinicopathological parameters did not reach statistical significance, a significant difference in the number of tumorspheres was observed between patient subgroups with lower and higher UICC stages. …”
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Exploring Machine Learning Classification of Movement Phases in Hemiparetic Stroke Patients: A Controlled EEG-tDCS Study by Rishishankar E. Suresh, M S Zobaer, Matthew J. Triano, Brian F. Saway, Parneet Grewal, Nathan C. Rowland

“…Among ensemble methods, low gamma frequency (30–50 Hz) achieved the highest accuracy (74.5%), although this result did not achieve statistical significance for actively stimulated chronic stroke participants. …”
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Exploring Score-Level and Decision-Level Fusion of Inertial and Video Data for Intake Gesture Detection by Hamid Heydarian, Marc T. P. Adam, Tracy L. Burrows, Megan E. Rollo

“…Pairwise comparisons using bootstrapped samples confirm the statistical significance of these differences in model performance (<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$p \lt $ </tex-math></inline-formula>.001).…”
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Assessing paramedic performance and background factors in emerging disease outbreak by Karim Javanmardi, Abbas Dadashzadeh, Hossein Feizollahzadeh, Neda Gilani, Mansour Ghafourifard, Javad Dehghannejad

“…The level of statistical significance was considered less than 0.05. Results: The average age of the paramedics was 32.81 years (71.3% were 35 years old or younger). …”
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