Clinical Effect of Teucrium polium Extract Ointment on Post Pilonidal Sinus Excision Wound Healing: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Reza Hosseinpour, Nuruddin Hosseini, Seyedeh Fatemeh Hekmatzadeh, Saadat Mehrabi, Hossein Sadeghi Mansourkhani, Marita Mohamadshahi

“…Results: The results indicated that the mean changes in wound size were statistically significant across all three groups over time (P <0.001). …”
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Evaluation of Modified Frailty Index-5 as a Predictor of 60-day Perioperative Morbidity and Mortality in Geriatric Patients Presenting for Orthopaedic Surgery: A Prospective Cohort... by Aparna Ashay Nerurkar, Amreen Fatima

“…Age (p-value=0.315), gender (p-value=0.635), scheduling (p-value=0.530), site (p-value=0.077) and nature of surgery (p-value=0.172) were not statistically significant, while mFI scores ≥3 (p-value <0.001), American Society of Anaesthesiologists (ASA) grades (p-value=0.016), surgical duration (p-value=0.012), CHF (p-value=0.003) and DM (p-value=0.002) were statistically significant. …”
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Effect of Scalp-acupuncture Treatment on Language Reorganization in Poststroke Aphasia：A Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy by LIN Bingbing, NI Jinglei, XIONG Xiao, HUANG Yunshi, HUANG Jia

“…Results （1）ABC，CFCP and verbal fluency scores：Compared with the pre-treatment period，the ABC，CFCP and verbal fluency scores of the two groups increased significantly after treatment，and the difference was statistically significant （<italic>P</italic>&lt;0. 05）. Compared with the control group，the differences in ABC and CFCP scores of the observation group were not statistically significant after treatment （<italic>P</italic>&gt;0. 05），and the verbal fluency scores were significantly higher after treatment （<italic>P</italic>&lt;0. 05），and the differences in the scores before and after the treatment of ABC，CFCP and verbal fluency were significantly higher，and the differences were all statistically significant （<italic>P</italic>&lt;0. 05）. （2）Brain area activation β-value during the verbal fluency task：compared with the control group，the observation group had significantly higher activation β-value in the left posterior part of the middle temporal gyrus （<italic>P</italic>=0. 037），and significantly lower activation β- value in the right inferior frontal gyrus deltoid part of the brain area （<italic>P</italic>=0. 022） and in the right posterior part of the middle temporal gyrus （<italic>P</italic>=0. 05）. （3） Correlation between the activation β-value of brain regions during the verbal fluency task and the verbal fluency score differentials：the verbal fluency score differentials of the observation group were negatively correlated with the activation β-value of the posterior portion of the right middle temporal gyrus （<italic>r</italic>=-0. 408，<italic>P</italic>=0. 020），and the activation β-value of the right pars triangularis gyri frontalis inferioris （<italic>r</italic>=-0. 423，<italic>P</italic>=0. 016）. …”
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Assessment of various etiological factors for oral squamous cell carcinoma in non-habit patients- a cross sectional case control study by Mudiyayirakkani Muthusamy, Pratibha Ramani, Paramasivam Arumugam, Parthiban Rudrapathy, Boopathi Kangusamy, Vishnu Priya Veeraraghavan, Selvaraj Jayaraman, Balachander Kannan, Anitha Pandi

“…The binary logistic regression showed patients with HSV1 infection have 2.667 odds (2.667 OR, CI, 1.589- 4.484) of getting NHOSCC and it was found to be statistically significant (p < 0.001).The dental analysis revealed that patients with regressive changes have 4.432 odds (4.432 OR, CI, 2.807- 6.998) of getting NHOSCC and it was found to be statistically significant (p < 0.001). …”
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The initial results of using brolucizumab (Beovu®), an angiogenesis inhibitor, for choroidal neovascularization in patients with age-related macular degeneration by N.S. Zhayvoronok, O.V. Kolenko, L.P. Danilova, E.L. Sorokin

“…By month 4, a statistically significant increase in the best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) vs. that at the baseline was achieved: from 0.3 (0.2; 0.45) to 0.6 (0.4; 0.6) (p&lt;0,001). …”
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THE EFFECT OF SUPPORT FROM ORGANIZATIONS AND TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP ON AFFECTIVE COMMITMENT OF EMPLOYEES OF INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES OF VIETNAM by V. N. Knyazev, Le Thi Minh Loan, Pham Minh Son

“…He result of a survey of 547 workers at Vietnamese industrial enterprises shows that the organizational support and the transformation leadership have a positive and statistically significant correlation with emotional commitment. …”
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Improvement of anal sphincter function before preventive stoma closure: modern options by O. Yu. Fomenko, S. I. Achkasov, A. Yu. Titov, D. V. Aleshin, A. I. Kalashnikova, S. V. Belousova, D. V. Yegorova

“…After treatment profilometry revealed statistically significant increase of mean resting pressure, while sphincterometry — at conation as well.Conclusions. …”
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Evaluation of willingness to pay and challenges to community empowerment in urban drinkable water by N.I.D. Arista, H.A. Negoro, D.E. Purba

“…This research used a sample of 503 households in Jakarta.FINDINGS: The coefficient values of the control variables, namely, daily income (0.448), education level (4.344), and age (628.1), exhibited a positive correlation and statistically significant impact. Results indicate a positive and statistically significant association between the coefficient values of the variables of interest, namely, water quality (8.663) and water source (21.248), in willingness to pay for drinkable water. …”
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The Difference in Translaminar Pressure Gradient and Neuroretinal Rim Area in Glaucoma and Healthy Subjects by Lina Siaudvytyte, Ingrida Januleviciene, Arminas Ragauskas, Laimonas Bartusis, Indre Meiliuniene, Brent Siesky, Alon Harris

“…ICP was lower in NTG (7.4(2.7) mmHg), compared with HTG (8.9(1.9) mmHg) and healthy subjects (10.5(3.0) mmHg); however, the difference between groups was not statistically significant (P>0.05). The difference between TPG for healthy (5.4(7.7) mmHg) and glaucomatous eyes (NTG 6.3(3.1) mmHg, HTG 15.7(7.7) mmHg) was statistically significant (P < 0.001). …”
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Improving 10-year cardiovascular risk prediction in patients with type 2 diabetes with metabolomics by Ruijie Xie, Teresa Seum, Sha Sha, Kira Trares, Bernd Holleczek, Hermann Brenner, Ben Schöttker

“…In internal validation with 30% of the UKB, adding the selected metabolites to the SCORE2-Diabetes model increased the C-index statistically significantly (P = 0.037) from 0.660 to 0.678 in the total sample. …”
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A Comparative Study between Ultrasound-guided Concomitant Infraclavicular Plus Distal Median, Radial, and Ulnar Nerve Blockade Versus Infraclavicular Block Alone by T Jaya Priya, TG Sivathangavel, K. Soundarya Priyadharsini, T. Krishna Prasad

“…The difference between the two groups’ block performance minutes was statistically significant (P < 0.001). The difference in the onset of the sensory block between the two groups was statistically significant (P < 0.001). …”
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The effectiveness of non-exposure to incarceration in preventing COVID-19 and mitigating associated events: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Elida Lucia Carvalho Martins, Patrícia Constantino, Gustavo Laine Araújo de Oliveira

“…Despite differences in age distribution and presence of comorbidities among the hospitalized GP and IP, we did not find any statistically significant differences between the two populations across most of the hospital-related outcomes. …”
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Maternal and foetal risks associated with teenage pregnancy - a comparative retrospective study in Turkey by Mehmet Nuri Duran, Eren Pek, Süreyya Sarıdaş Demir, Kübra Özkan Karacaer, Bülent Demir

“…Among the considered risk factors, preeclampsia (2.9% vs. 0.8%) and smoking (29.8% vs. 9.8%) were statistically significantly more common in the adolescent group. …”
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Prediction of Liver Steatosis and Fibrosis Based on Clinical Variables Using a Large National Survey Database by Yanal Alnimer, Touleen Alnimer

“…An increase in age, serum triglyceride, and body mass index were associated with a statistically significant increase in liver steatosis; in contrast, females had statistically significantly lower values for liver steatosis by 15 points in the multivariable linear regression model. …”
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Effects of a 12-week aerobic dance programme on diastolic blood pressure in stage one hypertensive adults by Lucy-joy Wachira, Mshilla Maghanga, Constance Adron Nakayiza Nsibambi, Edwin Kiptolo Boit, Loyce Nahwera

“…Paired sample t-test results confirmed no statistically significant effects (t(17)=1.129, p=.275) for experimental group as well as the control group (t(17)=.257, p=.800). …”
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Radiofrequency ablation as a method of choice for the treatment of lower extremity varicose veins disease by O. Yu. Atamaniuk, V. D. Skrypko, V. M. Atamaniuk

“…Regression of clinical symptoms with a statistically significant difference in the VCSS score (p < 0.001) was observed 6 months after RFA. …”
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Human Defence Factors in Different Gestational Week Placenta: A Pilot Study by Andris Kamergrauzis, Mara Pilmane, Anna Junga

“…The high number of statistically significant positive and negative correlations between positive cells show a strong network to sustain distressed placental growth and therefore pregnancy.…”
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Nutrient removal efficiency by floating macrophytes; Lemna minor and Azolla pinnata in a constructed wetland by F.M. Muvea, G.M. Ogendi, S.O. Omondi

“…The decrease in concentration for these nutrients between the sampling occasions was statistically significant (ammonia: F=195.57, <em>p= 0.00</em>; total phosphorous: F= 56.50, <em>p= 0.00</em>; soluble reactive phosphorous: F= 37.11, <em>p= 0.00</em>; total phosphorous: F= 104.025, <em>p= 0.00</em>). …”
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Efficacy and influencing factor analysis of high-intensity focused ultrasound therapy for abdominal wall endometriosis: a case series by Hui Cheng, Xiaogang Zhu, Yuyin He, Mengying Liu, Min Xue, Xin Sun

“…Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that the AWE lesion diameter and sonication intensity had statistically significant effects on the 3-month and 12-month efficacy of HIFU therapy for AWE, while age, BMI, disease duration, average sonication power and grey-scale changes did not have statistically significant effects. …”
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Perivascular Invasion: A Promising Prognostic Parameter for Breast Cancer by Begüm Çalım GÜRBÜZ, Tuçe Söylemez AKKURT, Handan EREN, Hazal İzol ÖZMEN, Ebru ŞEN, Burçin PEHLİVANOĞLU

“…A p-value of &lt;0.05 was regarded as statistically significant. Results: All patients were female. …”
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