First-Trimester Threatened Abortion: Can Red Blood Cell Distribution Width-Standard Deviation Predict Miscarriage? by Sebnem Karagun, Yusuf Dal, Hamza Yildiz, Sefanur Gamze Karaca, Ahmet Zeki Nessar, Ayhan Coskun

“…RESULTS: The analysis revealed a statistically significant decline in RDW-SD within the miscarriage cohort compared to the control group. …”
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Efficacy Perceived by Patients of Post-infarction Cardiovascular Rehabilitation Strategies by María Gabriela Balarezo García, Carlos Antonio Escobar Suárez, Becker Neto Mullo

“…The Friedman test showed statistically significant differences (p < 0.01) between the evaluations of each of the strategies. …”
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Odontogenic tumors: A retrospective study from a tertiary-level hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh by A. F. M. Shakilur Rahman, Tamiral Jannat, Ismat Ara Haider

“…The mean age of the patients was 27.85 years, and there was no statistically significant relationship between tumor type and age group (P = 0.84). …”
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Bimanual Microincision Cataract Surgery versus Coaxial Microincision Cataract Surgery: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials and Cohort Studies by Chenxi Fu, Naipin Chu, Xiaoning Yu, Ke Yao

“…There were no statistically significant differences in other intraoperative and postoperative outcomes between the B-MICS group and the C-MICS group. …”
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Evaluation of Salivary Nickel, Chromium and Iron Ions in Patients Treated with Fixed Orthodontic Appliances in Vivo Study by Dilpak Khursheed Hamad, Bayan Abdulla Hassan

“…Results: Level of Nickel, Chromium and Iron ions in saliva were highest in group B and lowest in group A. on a pairwise comparison between different groups, it was statistically significant for all groups (< 0.05) except for Iron levels between group A and group C which was not statistically significant. …”
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Infant and young children’s mother profile related to breastfeeding practices during and after the flash floods disaster in Agam, West Sumatra, 2024 by Rahmi Nitari, Amelin Fitrisia

“…Breastfeeding during disaster is important to reduce any disease, but fatigue, stress, lack of sleep, loss of appetite and anxiety has statistically significant correlate with decrease of breastmilk production.…”
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Growth Promotion of Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Seedlings Using Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) Isolated from Northwest Ethiopia by Zewdu Teshome Awlachew, Gebeyehu Yibeltie Mengistie

“…Bacterial isolates B3 and B5 showed the highest mean value and statistically significant difference (P<0.05) in most of the root and shoot parameters of cultivars Jegna and Getachew, respectively, as compared to other bacterial isolates. …”
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Long-term outcomes of LDR-brachytherapy for localized prostate cancer by Lauri Mäkelä, Anssi Pétas, Arto Mikkola, Harri Visapää

“…There was no statistically significant difference in bRFS or OS between different risk groups. …”
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A Comparative Study of Dorsal Buccal Mucosa Graft Substitution Urethroplasty by Dorsal Urethrotomy Approach versus Ventral Sagittal Urethrotomy Approach by Mrinal Pahwa, Sanjeev Gupta, Mayank Pahwa, Brig D. K. Jain, Manu Gupta

“…Though ventral sagittal urethrotomy preserves the blood supply of urethra and intraoperative time was less than dorsal urethrotomy technique, there was no statistically significant difference in final outcome using either technique.…”
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Influence of Community-Based Interventions on Routine Immunization Uptake among Children Under Five Years in Ntungamo District-Uganda by Topher, Byamukama, Margaret, Keraka, Eliphas, Gitonga

“…There was also a statistically significant difference in immunization coverage between the intervention and control groups (97.5%) and (75.1%) for the intervention and control groups, respectively. …”
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Perioperative outcomes of video-assisted versus right anterior thoracotomy mitral valve replacement: an observational study by Gehad Awad, Fetoh Alaaeldin Fetoh, Noureldin Noaman Gwely, Usama Hamza, Sameh Amer, Yomna Mohammed Yehya, Amr Abdellateef

“…There was a statistically significant decrease in left ventricular end-systole in the VAMVR group in the 3-month postoperative ECHO in comparison to the preoperative ECHO (P < 0.001). …”
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Effect of Modified Compound Xiaozhang Powder for Patients with Shoulder-Hand Syndrome after Cerebral Infarction by Using Fumigation and Washing combined with Acupuncture by Dujuan GE, Liyu WU, Sanfeng SUN, Xiangshu LI

“…The upper limb motor function was evaluated by the Fugl-Meyer motor function rating scale (FMA-U), the activities of daily living was evaluated by the Modified barthel index (MBI), the pain degree of the affected limbs was evaluated by the pain visual analogue scale (VAS), the shoulder range of motion (ROM) was measured by protractor, and the degree of hand edema was measured by drainage method.Results:Compared with before treatment, FMA-U, MBI and shoulder range of motion in the two groups after treatment for one month increased significantly, while VAS score and the degree of hand edema difference decreased significantly, and the difference was statistically significant (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05). Compared with the control group, the FMA-U, MBI, shoulder ROM of the observation group after treatment for one month were significantly higher, the VAS score and the degree of hand edema difference in the observation group were significantly lower, and the difference was statistically significant (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05). …”
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Comparative Results of “Epi-Off” Conventional versus “Epi-Off” Accelerated Cross-Linking Procedure at 5-year Follow-Up by Cristina Ariadna Nicula, Dorin Nicula, Anca Maria Rednik, Adriana Elena Bulboacă

“…The BCVA values were statistically significantly higher than the preoperative values in both groups at all time points (p<0.05). …”
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Evaluation of Lacrimal Punctal Changes by Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography after Punctal Dilation Versus Punctal Plug Insertion in Cases of Inflammatory Punctual Steno... by Islam Awny, Elshimaa A Mateen Mossa, Tasneem Mohammed Bakheet, Hany Mahmoud, Amr Mounir

“…However; both groups show improvement with the statistically significant difference in both groups by using AS-OCT. …”
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Critical Appraisal of Materials and Methods in Observational Studies Published in Pathology Journals: A Cross-sectional Study by Supriya Siddavatam, BN Kumarguru

“…However, these values were not statistically significant (p=0.443). Conclusion: Without a doubt, both National and International pathology journals significantly contribute to the knowledge databases. …”
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Effects of sexual counseling and education based on self-efficacy theory on the sexual function of women with breast cancer by Azadeh Jamshidi, Farzaneh Noroozi, Razieh Bagherzadeh, Tayebeh Gharibi

“…The two groups did not have statistically significant differences in demographic and disease-related variables (P > 0.05). …”
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Intelligent measurement of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis x-ray coronal imaging parameters based on VB-Net neural network: a retrospective analysis of 2092 cases by Jinlong Liu, Haoran Zhang, Pei Dong, Danyang Su, Zhen Bai, Yuanbo Ma, Qiuju Miao, Shenyu Yang, Shuaikun Wang, Xiaopeng Yang

“…Results The differences in CA, CBD, CV, RSH, TI tilt, PT, LLD and SS were statistically significant between male and female genders (p < 0.05); Differences in CA, CBD, T1 Tilt, PT, SS, AVT and TS were statistically significant in patients with AIS of different severity (p < 0.001), and T1 Tilt, AVT, TS were risk factors; Differences in CA, CBD, CV, RSH, T1 Tilt, PT, LLD, SS, AVT and TS were statistically significant (p < 0.05) in patients with AIS of different curve types, and TS was a risk factor; Analyzing the correlation between parameters revealed a highly linear correlation between CV and RSH (r = 0.826, p < 0.001), and a significant linear correlation between CBD and TS, and PT and SS (r = 0.561, p < 0.001; r = 0.637, p < 0.001). …”
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Clinical Efficacy of Extracorporeal Shock Wave in the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis： A Meta-analysis by GU Jinyu, LI Kaiming, ZHANG Qing, LI Linghui, BAI Zixing, WANG Shangquan

“…The results of meta-analysis showed that the overall efficiency of the observation group was significantly higher than that of the control group, and the difference was statistically significant [<italic>RR</italic>=1.13, 95% <italic>CI</italic>(1.05, 1.22), <italic>P</italic>=0.000 8]; the Lequesne index score of the observation group decreased more significantly after treatment than that of the control group, and the difference was statistically significant [<italic>SMD</italic>=0.68, 95% <italic>CI</italic>(0.47, 0.90), <italic>P</italic>&lt;0.000 01]; the VAS scores of the observation group were significantly lower than those of the control group after 1, 2 and 3 months of treatment, and the differences were statistically significant (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.000 01); the decrease of WOMAC score in the observation group after 0.5, 1, 2 and 3 months treatment was more significantly than that of the control group (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.01); there was no significant difference in the incidence of adverse reactions between the two groups [<italic>RR</italic>=0.42, 95% <italic>CI</italic>(0.13, 1.33), <italic>P</italic>=0.14].ConclusionExtracorporeal shock wave therapy is safe and efficient in the treatment of patients with KOA, and is recommended for clinical application. …”
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Comparison of clinical efficacy of different internal fixation methods in older adult patients with osteoporotic fractures of proximal humerus by Zongpu Wang, Tienan Wang, Song Qin, Jianchuan Wang, Jianchuan Wang

“…At the final follow-up, there were no significant differences in shoulder flexion and rotation among the three groups (P &gt; 0.05). However, a statistically significant difference in abduction was observed between Group A and Group C (P &lt; 0.05). …”
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Rehabilitation Efficacy of Gait Induced Functional Electrical Stimulation Combined with Body-Weight Supported Treadmill Training on Children with Spastic Cerebral Palsy by SONG Wei, ZHONG Yue, KE Xiaohua, HUANG Dunbing, ZHANG Anren, DONG Xiaoli

“…Compared with the BWSTT group, the GMFM-D, GMFM-E scores, 6MWT, stride length and stride speed were significantly higher, and PCI and stride width were significantly lower in the combined intervention group after treatment, and the differences were statistically significant (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05).ConclusionGait-induced FES combined with BWSTT can improve motor function, correct abnormal gait, and improve walking efficiency in children with SCP, which is recommended for clinical application.…”
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