Use of artificial intelligence for gestational age estimation: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Sabahat Naz, Sahir Noorani, Syed Ali Jaffar Zaidi, Abdu R. Rahman, Saima Sattar, Jai K. Das, Jai K. Das, Zahra Hoodbhoy

“…Mean error in GA was estimated using STATA version-17 and subgroup analysis on trimester of GA assessment, AI models, study design, and external validation was performed.ResultsOut of the 1,039 studies screened, 17 were included in the review, and of these 10 studies were included in the meta-analysis. …”
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The Effects of Exercise on Inhibitory Function Interventions for Patients With Major Depressive Disorder (MDD): A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis by Zhihui Xu, Cong Liu, Peng Wang, Xing Wang, Yuzhang Li

“…While the overall methodological quality of the literature was good, high heterogeneity existed among studies. Subgroup analysis suggested that sources of heterogeneity included measurement tools, exercise types, exercise intensity, duration, and frequency. …”
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Improving Air Quality and Childhood Respiratory Health in Mongolia: The Impact of the Raw Coal Ban and COVID-19 Restrictions—An Interrupted Time-Series Analysis by Emma Dickinson-Craig, Terkhen Turbat, Karla Hemming, Francis D. Pope, Suzanne E. Bartington, Suvdaa Anjaa, Sumiya Davaa, Rosie Day, Damdindorj Boldbaatar, Chimedsuren Ochir, David Warburton, Graham Neil Thomas, Jargalsaikhan Badarch, Semira Manaseki-Holland

“…Methods: An interrupted time-series analysis was conducted on air quality (PM_2.5, PM₁₀, SO₂, CO) and child (<5 y) severe acute respiratory disease, adjusting for coinciding co-events (COVID-19) where necessary. The subgroup analysis focussed on peak pollution months (November–February). …”
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A meta-analysis of the value of indocyanine green fluorescence imaging in guiding surgical resection of primary and metastatic liver cancer by Dali Xiong, Jiaran Li, Li Li, Fuhao Xu, Tao Hu, He Zhu, Xiaohui Xu, Yawen Sun, Shuanghu Yuan

“…The meta-analysis incorporated overall outcomes and subgroup outcomes based on liver cancer types (primary and metastatic). …”
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Prediction of major adverse cardiovascular events following ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction using cardiac obesity marker—epicardial adipose tissue mass index: a prospect... by Zeyan Liu, Jinbo Wang, Yanfang Yang, Jinglin Cheng, Min Yang, Ye Zhang

“…In the validation set, EAMI also demonstrated good predictive performance for MACE. Subgroup analyses suggested that EAMI's predictive ability was consistent across various demographic and clinical characteristics.ConclusionEAMI has high value in predicting MACE in patients 1-year after STEMI, helps identify high-risk patients with poor prognosis in early clinical practice.…”
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Profile of non-invasive physical health indicators associated with cognitive performance in Chinese older adults: evidence from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study by Xiyu Wei, Chao Li, Dongyu Liu, Jieyi Chen, Yumeng Ju, Jin Liu, Bangshan Liu, Yan Zhang

“…Multiple linear regression models were conducted to explore the association between physical health indicators and cognitive performance. Subgroup analysis was conducted to identify sex-specific factors. …”
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Efficacy and Safety of Aprocitentan in the Treatment of Hypertension: A Meta-Analysis of Evidence from Randomized Controlled Trials by Li Zheng, Ming Liu, Xiaotong Gu, Yatong Zhang, Yan Wang

“…Results: This meta-analysis included five RCTs, which incorporated 1224 patients, and displayed that aprocitentan can reduce the mean sitting systolic blood pressure (msSBP) [(low dose subgroup: mean difference (MD): –3.85 mmHg; 95% confidence interval (CI): –7.47 to –0.23; p = 0.040; medium dose group: MD: –5.56 mmHg; 95% CI: –10.69 to –0.44; p = 0.030)], mean sitting diastolic blood pressure (msDBP) (low dose subgroup: MD: –3.95 mmHg; 95% CI: –4.06 to –3.85; p < 0.001; medium dose group: MD: –4.75 mmHg; 95% CI: –5.91 to –3.60; p < 0.001), 24-hour ambulatory systolic blood pressure (maSBP) (low dose group: MD: –4.18 mmHg; 95% CI: –4.32 to –4.04; p < 0.001; medium dose group: MD: –5.89 mmHg; 95% CI: –6.03 to –5.75; p < 0.001), and 24-hour ambulatory diastolic blood pressure (maDBP) (low dose group: MD: –4.33 mmHg; 95% CI: –4.42 to –4.24; p < 0.001; medium dose group: MD: –5.82 mmHg; 95% CI: –5.91 to –5.73; p < 0.001). …”
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Validation of the role of apolipoproteins in coronary artery disease patients with impaired kidney function for prognosis: a prospective cohort study in China by Zixiang Ye, Enmin Xie, Zhangyu Lin, Chenxi Song, Rui zhang, Haoyu Wang, Yongbao Zhang, Kefei Dou

“…ROC curve analyses indicated comparable predictive performances to traditional risk factors like LDL cholesterol. Subgroup analysis revealed that the above association was not statistically significant in the moderate-to-severe renal impairment CAD patients (eGFR < 45 mL/min/1.73 m2). …”
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Efficient and Adaptively Secure Attribute-Based Proxy Reencryption Scheme by Huixian Li, Liaojun Pang

“…The proposed scheme is constructed in composite order bilinear groups and proven secure under the complexity assumptions of the subgroup decision problem for 3 primes (3P-SDP). Analyses show that our proposal provides higher computational efficiency compared with the existing schemes.…”
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Reducing Multidimensional Poverty of Elderly: The Role of the New Rural Pension Scheme in China by Yaqian Hu, Hao Han, Pei Liu

“…In addition, we found that as age increases, pension income can effectively alleviate the insured subgroup’s multidimensional experience of poverty.…”
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The role of exogenous histamine in atopic dermatitis flare-ups by Zofia Kowalska, Joanna Narbutt

“…This review explores the complex relationship between exogenous histamine and AD flare-ups, evaluating evidence for implementing low-histamine diets and diamine oxidase enzyme supplementation as a potential therapeutic intervention in a subgroup of AD patients. Histamine’s diverse physiological functions, its involvement in AD pathophysiology, and the potential implications of histamine intolerance and histamine overlay syndrome are examined. …”
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A Fibroid or Cancer? A Rare Case of Mixed Choriocarcinoma and Epithelioid Trophoblastic Tumour by Wan Yu Luk, Michael Friedlander

“…A mixed choriocarcinoma (CC) and epithelioid trophoblastic tumour (ETT) is an extremely rare subgroup of GTN, which is a highly curable but aggressive form of malignancy. …”
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Clinical Aspects of Dermatitis Associated with Dirofilaria repens in Pets: A Review of 100 Canine and 31 Feline Cases (1990–2010) and a Report of a New Clinic Case Imported from It... by Walter Tarello

“…The opportunistic role of D. repens might explain the presence of asymptomatic carriers, the concurrent observation of nondermatological signs, and the development of dermatitis in a subgroup of parasitized dogs.…”
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Pathogenic Variants in the ABCA12 Gene Associated to Autosomal Recessive Congenital Ichthyosis: Report of an Attenuated Phenotype by Gabriela Mantilla Beltrán, Ana María Navarro Pinilla, Diego Andrés Padilla Mantilla, Alfonso Suárez Camacho, Mónica Paola Novoa Candia

“… Congenital ichthyosis represents keratinisation disorders characterised by abnormal skin scaling across the entire body, leading to a red, denuded, and scaly appearance. A subgroup of this is the autosomal recessive congenital ichthyosis (ARCI), characterised by a severe phenotype and classified according to the molecular mechanisms that underlie the disease. …”
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The Practice Innovation and Clinical Excellence Registry and the Eighth Joint National Committee by Ernesto Ledesma Sánchez, Carlos Alberto Hernández Rodríguez, Alexander Miguel Martínez Pérez, Alberto Morales Salinas

“…It showed that approximately 15 % of the hypertensive meet the less stringent treatment goal of the Eighth Joint National Committee, but not the one recommended by the Seven Joint National Committee (&lt;140/90 mmHg) and that this subgroup of hypertensive patients frequently face a high cardiovascular risk. …”
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Differential susceptibility and infectivity epidemic models by James M. Hyman, Jia Li

“…We define the reproductive numberfor each subgroup. Then the reproductive number for the entire populationis a weighted average of those reproductive numbers for the subgroups. …”
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A parametric bootstrap control chart for Lindley Geometric percentiles. by Muthanna Ali Hussein Al-Lami, Hossein Jabbari Khamnei, Ali Akbar Heydari

“…Our findings highlight how subgroup size, percentiles, and significance levels affect control limits, stressing the need for careful parameter selection in monitoring processes. …”
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Biomarkers for Risk Stratification of Neoplastic Progression in Barrett Esophagus by Marjon Kerkhof, Johannes G. Kusters, Herman van Dekken, Ernst J. Kuipers, Peter D. Siersema

“…Several studies have been performed to find additional biomarkers that can be used to detect the subgroup of patients with an increased risk of developing malignancy in BE. …”
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Promising Remission with Reduced Bevacizumab and Pembrolizumab Dosage in a Patient with AT-rich Interaction Domain 1A Mutated Ovarian Clear-cell Carcinoma Refractory to Chemotherap... by Cheng-Wei Huang, Ruo-Han Tseng

“…The phase II KEYNOTE-100 trial revealed that pembrolizumab monotherapy demonstrated a 15.8% objective response in patients with ovarian clear-cell carcinoma in the subgroup analysis, which is much higher than that of other histology subtypes of ovarian cancer. …”
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Anti-AMPA-Receptor Encephalitis Presenting as a Rapid-Cycling Bipolar Disorder in a Young Woman with Turner Syndrome by Giuseppe Quaranta, Angelo Giovanni Icro Maremmani, Giulio Perugi

“…Initially, it was recognised as a paraneoplastic disorder, but recently a subgroup of patients without systemic cancer was identified. …”
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