Trans Fatty Acids in the Hong Kong Food Supply by Stephen W. C. Chung, S. K. Tong, Violette F. P. Lin, Melva Y. Y. Chen, Janny K. M. Ma, Y. Xiao, Y. Y. Ho

“…On a per 100 grams of food basis, the highest mean TFA content among the 18 food subgroups was the doughnuts/French toast subgroup (0.95 g), followed by the other pastries subgroup (0.49 g) and the bread with filling/topping subgroup (0.44 g). …”
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Impact of Comprehensive Health Insurance affiliation on mortality in children under one year: an analysis of the Demographic and Health Survey 2010–2022 in Peru by Marcos Espinola-Sánchez, Marcos Espinola-Sánchez, Andres Campaña-Acuña, Diego Urrunaga-Pastor, Diego Urrunaga-Pastor, Jorge L. Maguiña, Manuel Jumpa, Oscar Ugarte-Ubillus

“…The ATET analysis as an exogenous treatment of CHI showed a significant reduction in infant mortality in the overall population of children by 12.6% (95% CI: 12.1 to 13.1%), in the poverty subgroup by 15.6% (95% CI: 14.9 to 16.3%), and in the non-poverty subgroup by 6% (95% CI: 5.5 to 6.4%). …”
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Dynamics of endothelial function in patients with arterial hypertension with different cardiovascular risk against the background of antihypertensive therapy by N.O. Pertseva, T.S. Turlyun, N.A. Sanina

“…Each group of patients was randomized into two subgroups by blood pressure (BP) medication. In patients of subgroup 1a (n=29) and subgroup 2a (n=35) – the main subgroups – the therapy necessarily included the angiotensin II receptor antagonist losartan potas­sium in a dosage of 50-150 mg/day, depending on the blood pressure level. …”
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Breast Cancer Suspicion in a Transgender Male-to-Female Patient on Hormone Replacement Therapy Presenting with Right Breast Mass: Breast Cancer Risk Assessment and Presentation of... by Krystina Tongson, Victoria Konovalova, Naveen Dhawan, Steffi Sharma, Jaya Bahl, Mohammad Masri

“…This long-term hormone replacement therapy (HRT) renders MtF individuals a unique patient subgroup in terms of breast cancer risk. This case describes a MtF transgender who presented with a breast lesion concerning for malignancy following hormonal replacement therapy. …”
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A single source theorem for primitive points on curves by Maleeha Khawaja, Samir Siksek

“…By the Galois group of P we mean the Galois group of the Galois closure of $K(P)/K$ which we identify as a transitive subgroup of $S_n$ . We say that P is primitive if its Galois group is primitive as a subgroup of $S_n$ . …”
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Correlations between Age, Pain Intensity, Disability, and Tactile Acuity in Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain by Juan Wang, Kangyong Zheng, Jinlong Wu, Rui Wang, Xiao Zhuang, Xueqiang Wang

“…The correlations between age, pain intensity, disability, and tactile acuity were characterized with Pearson’s correlation coefficients. Subgroup analyses according to the median values of age, pain intensity, and disability were used to compare the intergroup difference in tactile acuity. …”
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Skipping Breakfast Is Associated with Hypertension in Adults: A Meta-Analysis by Zishuo Li, Hongli Li, Qin Xu, Yanli Long

“…Sensitivity by excluding one study at a time showed consistent results (OR: 1.18 to 1.22, all P <0.01). Subgroup analyses showed that the association between skipping breakfast and hypertension in adults was consistent in the general population and in patients with type 2 diabetes, in studies from different countries, in cohort and cross-sectional studies, in breakfast skippers defined as taking breakfast ≤3 days/week and as self-reported habitual breakfast skipping, and in studies with and without adjustment of body mass index (Pfor subgroup difference, all P>0.10). …”
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An Improved Genetic-Shuffled Frog-Leaping Algorithm for Permutation Flowshop Scheduling by Peiliang Wu, Qingyu Yang, Wenbai Chen, Bingyi Mao, Hongnian Yu

“…The crossover mechanism is applied to both the subgroup and the global group to avoid the local optimal solutions and accelerate the evolution. …”
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On nonamenable groups by Su-Shing Chen

“…A sufficient condition is given for a countable discrete group G to contain a free subgroup of two generators.…”
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Preface by P. L. Giorgi, N. Oggiano, A. Kantar, A. Corrias

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Relative Fat Mass and Physical Indices as Predictors of Gallstone Formation: Insights From Machine Learning and Logistic Regression by Deng L, Wang S, Wan D, Zhang Q, Shen W, Liu X, Zhang Y

“…A fully adjusted multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed a robust positive association between RFM and gallstones. Subgroup analysis further indicated that subgroup factors did not alter the positive relationship between RFM and gallstone prevalence.Conclusion: Among the four algorithmic models, logistic regression proved most effective in predicting gallstone occurrence. …”
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Seroprevalence of anti-ToxoplasmaIgG among the human population in Indonesia: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Taufik Mulya Perdana, Alfin Harjuno Dwiputro, Stefanie Kusuma, Artha Maressa Theodora Simanjuntak, Frengki Prabowo Saputro Wijayanto

“…Study location and detection method were detected as significant sources of heterogeneity by subgroup analysis but not meta-regression. However, subgroup analysis and meta-regression identified the study population and population risk level as significant sources of heterogeneity. …”
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Dietary index for gut microbiota and its protective role against kidney stones: evidence of diabetes as a mediator from NHANES cross-sectional data by Lei Wang, Junjun Wu, Ziwen Jiang, Chao Wang, Fuxiang Lin, Yuxiang Zhong, Pengpeng Zhao, Wei Wei, Jianhua Huang, Zhanping Xu

“…Diabetes mediated 9.27% of this relationship. Subgroup analyses revealed stronger protective effects among females, non-Hispanic Black individuals, and heavy drinkers. …”
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Circulating Irisin Levels in Patients with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Jie Hu, Yani Ke, Fangping Wu, Shan Liu, Conghua Ji, Xiaohong Zhu, Ying Zhang

“…Subgroup analysis including 3 studies from Asia suggested that the irisin levels were higher in mild NAFLD than in moderate-severe NAFLD (WMD=11.68 (9.03, 14.32) ng/ml, P<0.05). …”
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On-Demand Therapy with Proton Pump Inhibitors for Maintenance Treatment of Nonerosive Reflux Disease or Mild Erosive Esophagitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Zubair Khan, Yaseen Alastal, Muhammad Ali Khan, Mohammad Saud Khan, Basmah Khalil, Shreesh Shrestha, Faisal Kamal, Ali Nawras, Colin W. Howden

“…On-demand PPI was superior to daily PPI (pooled OR = 0.50; 95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.35, 0.72). On subgroup analysis in NERD patients only, pooled OR was 0.44 (0.29, 0.66). …”
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Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy versus Other PTSD Psychotherapies as Treatment for Women Victims of War-Related Violence: A Systematic Review by N. Inès Dossa, Marie Hatem

“…The effect size was also significant at a level of 0.01 with the exception of the effect of NET on depression score. The test of subgroup differences was also significant, suggesting CPT is more effective than NET in our population of interest. …”
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Biological correlates associated with high-risk breast cancer patients identified using a computational method by Jung Hun Oh, Fresia Pareja, Rena Elkin, Kaiming Xu, Larry Norton, Joseph O. Deasy

“…In the current study, we characterize the biological features of this subgroup, defined as the high-risk group, using various data sources. …”
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of eribulin versus dacarbazine in patients with advanced liposarcoma by Miaomiao Zhang, Jinlong Huang, Xiaochun Zheng, Ping Huang, Xiuli Yang

“…Clinical data were sourced from a subgroup analysis of a multicenter, randomized, open-label phase 3 trials. …”
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Differences between the Influence of Observing One’s Own Movements and Those of Others in Patients with Stroke by Takeshi Fuchigami, Shu Morioka

“…In the LHL subgroup, changes in imagery times were greater in the SO condition than in the OO condition. …”
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Predictive role of the prognostic nutritional index for long-term prognosis among patients undergoing pancreatoduodenectomy: a meta-analysis by Ying Liu, Keyu Li

“…Hazard ratios (HRs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated, and subgroup analyses by country, type of cancer and source of HR were performed. …”
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