Predictive factors of pathological complete response after neoadjuvant therapy for locally advanced rectal cancer by LI Hao, LUO Yang, WANG Tingfeng, LIN Haiping, GONG Tingyue, ZHAO Yongheng, ZHONG Ming

“…Factors influencing the achievement of pCR were analyzed, and the patients prognosis of pCR group and non-pCR group was compared. …”
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The Role of Depression in Predicting the Presence of Fatigue in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis by Zahra Noori Kohbnany, Mansoore Azizzade Forouzi, Zahra Ghazanfari, Younes Jahani

“…The validity and reliability of the instruments had been confirmed in Iran. The data was analyzed by using descriptive and analytical statistics (chi-square regression multivariate logistic). …”
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Associations between per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances exposure and renal function as well as poor prognosis in chronic kidney disease patients by Jiayin Wang, Tianyun Gao, Xiaohua Li, Ling Pan

“…Five PFAS were measured and all patients were followed up till 31 December 2019. Multivariate linear, logistic, and Cox regressions were used to evaluate the associations between PFAS exposure and renal function, mortality. …”
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Determinants of Households’ Access to Improved Drinking Water Sources: A Secondary Analysis of Eswatini 2010 and 2014 Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys by Maswati S. Simelane, Mduduzi Colani Shongwe, Kerry Vermaak, Eugene Zwane

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The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Incidence, Severity, and Management of Acute Appendicitis: A Single Center Experience in Thailand by Chompoonut Achavanuntakul, Prasit Mahawongkajit, Saritphat Orrapin, Karikarn Auksornchat, Piyapong Boonyasatid, Nichakarn Waewsri, Alisa Moriguchi, Amonpon Kanlerd

“…Compared to pre-COVID-19, ICU admission rate, the use of a mechanical ventilator, length of stay, and cost increased in the univariate analysis but were not statistically significant in the multivariate analyses. …”
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Effect of Social Sustainability on Supply Chain Resilience Before, During, and After the COVID-19 Pandemic in Mexico: A Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling and Evolu... by Miguel Reyna-Castillo, Alejandro Santiago, Ana Xóchitl Barrios-del-Ángel, Francisco Manuel García-Reyes, Fausto Balderas, José Ignacio Anchondo-Pérez

“…Second-generation predictive statistics, such as the PLS-SEM algorithm, have demonstrated robustness in treating multivariate social information, making it feasible to prepare data for knowledge transfer with mathematical techniques specialized for fuzzy data. …”
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Analysis of clinical characteristics and diagnostic prediction of Qi deficiency and blood stasis syndrome in acute ischemic stroke by Xu Hao, Zhu Xu, Li Bo, Liu Xiaodan, Pan Xihui, Deng Changqing

“…The indicators with statistical difference (P < 0.05) in univariate analysis were included in multivariate logistic regression analysis to evaluate their predictive value for the diagnosis of Qi deficiency and blood stasis syndrome, and the predictive model was constructed by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis. …”
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Determinants of malaria infection among under five children in Gursum district of Somali region, Eastern Ethiopia by Dejene Edessa Gobe, Ahmed Mohammed, Abdurezak Adem, Kebede Deribe, Afona Chernet, Solomon Yared

“…A logistic regression model was employed to analyze the factors affecting the outcome, using statistical software STATA-13/15. …”
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Impact of Treatment Interruption on the Effectiveness of Interleukin (IL)-17A Inhibitors in Plaque Psoriasis: A Retrospective Analysis by Jiang J, Zhang M, Li M

“…Univariate analysis findings showed that duration of IL-17A inhibitor treatment interruption and reasons for interruption had significant statistical significance on treatment effectiveness (all P< 0.05). …”
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MATHEMATICAL MODELING IN THE CONTENT OF STUDENTS-ECOLOGISTS’ TRAINING OF MATHEMATICS by S. I. Toropova

“…The paper is considering in detail the process of constructing by students new scientific knowledge on the basis of mathematical modeling, using methods of multivariate statistical analysis.Results. The information component of the mathematical education content, which includes training in mathematical modeling for students-ecologists, is described. …”
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Shelf life of whole blood samples in a biobank and the yield of deoxyribonucleic acid during genetic testing by O. P. Skirko, A. N. Meshkov, I. A. Efimova, V. A. Kutsenko, A. V. Kiseleva, M. S. Pokrovskaya, O. V. Kurilova, E. A. Sotnikova, M. V. Klimushina, O. M. Drapkina

“…To analyze the association of blood storage time with the logarithm of DNA concentration, a linear regression was used.Results. …”
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The impact of delay in HIV diagnosis on patient survival: analysis of HIV infection trends from 2007 to 2023 by Riyaz A. Shaik, Sharan K. Holyachi, Mohammad S. Ahmad, Mohammed Miraj, Syed Yousaf Kazmi, Mohammad Rehan Asad, Ali Faraz, Mirwais Ramozi, Ritu Kumar Ahmad

“…Delayed diagnosis was defined as CD4 ≤ 350. Statistical analyzes were performed with Cox regression and survival curves (Kaplan-Meier). …”
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Unraveling regional variability in Dengue outbreaks in Brazil: leveraging the Moving Epidemics Method (MEM) and climate data to optimize vector control strategies. by Ayrton Sena Gouveia, Marcelo Ferreira da Costa Gomes, Iasmim Ferreira de Almeida, Raquel Martins Lana, Leonardo Soares Bastos, Lucas Monteiro Bianchi, Sara de Souza Oliveira, Eduardo Correa Araujo, Danielle Andreza da Cruz Ferreira, Dalila Machado Botelho Oliveira, Vinicius Barbosa Godinho, Luã Bida Vacaro, Thais Irene Souza Riback, Oswaldo Gonçalves Cruz, Flávio Codeço Coelho, Cláudia Torres Codeço

“…Statistical outputs from MEM included the mean outbreak onset, duration, and variation of these measurements, pre- and post-epidemic thresholds, and the high-intensity level of cases. …”
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25-hydroxyvitamin D as a predictor of reduced heart rate variability in elderly patients with diabetes mellitus by Tiantian Tang, Xinyu Sun, Xiaoxiang Zhang, Jiaojiao Li, Manjie Wang, Cancan Hui, Yuwei Cheng, Xiaoming Kong, Yan Sun

“…Clinical data collected included age, sex, body mass index (BMI), Diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN), Diabetic peripheral vascular disease (DPVD), Diabetic nephropathy (DN), Diabetic retinopathy (DR), as well as laboratory parameters such as fasting plasma glucose (FPG), glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), creatinine (Cr), glomerular filtration rate (GFR), uric acid (UA), cystatin C (CysC), total cholesterol (TC), triglycerides (TG), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), very-low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (VLDL-C), non-HDL-C, 25-(OH)D, 24-hour urinary total protein (24hUTP), 24-hour urinary uric acid (24hUA), microalbuminuria (MAlb), urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio (UACR), and calculated ratios including TG/HDL-C, UA/HDL-C, and non-HDL-C/HDL-C. Statistical analyses included χ² test, independent t-test, Mann-Whitney U test, and multivariate logistic regression to identify risk factors for HRV reduction. …”
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Association of “a body shape index” with the risk of developing colorectal cancer in U.S. patients with metabolic syndrome: evidence from the NHANES 1999–2018 by Airepati Kurexi, Jingqi Peng, Juyi Yao, Lin Wang, Qisan Wang

“…Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curves were employed to analyze the ability of ABSI compared to traditional metrics in identifying CRC risk. …”
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The relationship between frailty syndrome and quality of life in patients with hypertension: a multidimensional analysis by Bartosz Uchmanowicz, Anna Chudiak, Robbert Gobbens, Grzegorz Kubielas, Piotr Godek, Stanisław Surma, Dorota Bednarska-Chabowska, Izabella Uchmanowicz, Michał Czapla

“…Sociodemographic and clinical data were collected, and statistical analyses were performed to identify correlations between FS and QoL. …”
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Distribution of spinal damage in patients with axial spondyloarthritis as assessed by MRI: a prospective and blinded study by Andreas Haidmayer, Gabriel Adelsmayr, Christopher Spreizer, Eva Valentina Klocker, Franz Quehenberger, Michael Fuchsjaeger, Jens Thiel, Josef Hermann

“…After assessment of spinal mobility and function two blinded radiologists independently evaluated MRIs of 23 vertebral units in every patient. Non-parametric statistical methods, Spearman‘s correlation and linear regression models were used to analyze structural lesion distribution and the relationship with clinical spinal mobility and function parameters. …”
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Selenium intake is associated with gait speed in very old adults by Camila Dias Nascimento Rocha, Gilberto Simeone Henriques, Karine Aglio Vasconcelos, Lucca Ferreira Machado, Maria Aparecida Camargos Bicalho, Rodrigo Ribeiro dos Santos, Ann Kristine Jansen

“…Selenium intake and status in plasma and erythrocytes were evaluated. For statistical analysis. Poisson multivariate analysis was performed, and prevalence ratio used as a measure of effect.ResultsA total of 72 older adults with a median age of 84 years were evaluated. …”
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Percepción de la calidad de vida del adulto mayor en México (Perception of the quality of life of Mexican older adults) by Mario Alberto Villarreal Angeles, José Moncada Jiménez, Paulina Yesica Ochoa Martínez, Javier Arturo Hall López

“…Two dimensions showed statistical significance (p ≤ 0.05), sensory abilities (SAB), and social participation (SOP). …”
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Frailty Predicts Mortality and Procedural Performance in Patients With Non‐Variceal Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding by Ali Jaan, Adeena Maryyum, Hassam Ali, Umer Farooq, Dushyant Singh Dahiya, Qurat Ul Ain Muhammad, Fernando J. Castro

“…NVUGIB hospitalizations were stratified by frailty using the hospital frailty risk score (HFRS) of 5 or more as the cut‐off for frailty. Multivariate regression analyses were conducted to analyze the outcomes. …”
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