Prevalence of Hepatitis B Virus and Associated Factors Among Pregnant Mothers Attending Antenatal Care in Public Hospitals, Afar Region, North Eastern Ethiopia by Hussen Edris, V. SREEMANARAYANA

“…Blood samples were collected from each consenting participant after the interviews to assess their HBV status. The data was analyzed using SPSS, applying bivariate and multivariable logistic regression methods to identify associations and determine statistical significance, with a p-value threshold of less than 0.05. …”
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Risk of Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease: The Link between Gut, Heart, and Kidneys by Avleen Kaur, Syed M. Baqir, Kundan Jana, Kalyana C. Janga

“…Survey statistical methods accounting for strata and weighted data were used for analysis using survey packages in R (version 4.0). …”
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Factors associated with tetanus toxoid vaccine utilization among reproductive-age women in Debre Markos town, Ethiopia, 2021: a cross-sectional study by Yihunnie Dessie Tamiru, Endalew Gemechu Sendo, Jembere Tesfaye Deressa

“…Data were entered into EpiData manager version 4.6.0 and analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 25 software. …”
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Upregulation of mitochondrial function is associated with advanced prostate cancer by Valentin Baumgartner, Thomas Paul Scherer, Ashkan Mortezavi, Niels Rupp, Holger Moch, Peter Wild, Susanne Dettwiler, Miriam Wanner, Dominik Enderlin, Souzan Salemi, Daniel Eberli

“…In this study, we aimed to analyze the expression level of mitochondrial markers TOM20, DRP1 and OPA1 in benign and malignant tissue, to assess if these markers are associated with different grade and stage of PCa. …”
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Down-regulation of serum SIRT6 levels is associated with an increased risk of chronic intestinal inflammation in children exposed to airborne particulate matter and polycyclic arom... by Tengyang Huang, Xijin Xu, Shuqin Chen, Zhiping Liu, Yu Huang, Xia Huo, Guangcan Chen

“…Statistical analyses included Spearman correlations, multivariate regression, and Bayesian kernel machine regression (BKMR) to evaluate pollutant effects on SIRT6 and inflammation. …”
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Integrated plasma and synovial membrane lipidomic profiling revealing the therapeutic effects of moxibustion in collagen-induced arthritis rat models by Jiamin Wen, Rui Zhang, Danwen Wang, Zhiling Sun

“…Meanwhile, ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with Q-Exactive Orbitrap mass spectrometry (UHPLC-Q-Exactive Orbitrap MS) was utilized to analyze the plasma and synovial tissue samples. In addition, multivariate statistical analysis was performed to identify differential lipid metabolites, and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway enrichment analysis was applied to explore metabolic pathways modulated by moxibustion therapy. …”
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Coronary calcium associated with changes in instrumental and humoral markers of sympathetic activity in patients with non-obstructive coronary atherosclerosis by E. V. Grakova, K. V. Kopeva, A. N. Maltseva, A. S. Dasheeva, K. V. Zavadovsky, A. M. Gusakova, A. V. Svarovskaya, I. N. Vorozhtsova, E. L. Antsifirova, Yu. L. Shadrina

“…HRV was studied by means of daily monitoring of electrocardiograms, analyzing the parameters of time and spectral analysis. …”
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The efficacy and safety of a taxane-based chemotherapy regimen combined with a PD-1 inhibitor in HNSCC: a multicenter real-world study by Min Ouyang, Hanquan Sun, Xiaoyu Liu, Haijun Wu, Feilong Deng, Erdong Shen, Guozheng Peng, Hanbing Wu, Yinshan Zhao, Hui Xiong, Bin Liu, Shasha He, Ying Hu, Ping Liu

“…Other factors analyzed did not show a statistically significant effect on PFS and OS. …”
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Impact of Patient-Centered Care on Treatment Outcomes of Multidrug-Resistant/Rifampicin-Resistant Tuberculosis in Xi’an by Luo H, Ma J, He X, Ruan Y, Ren F, Dang L, Xu Y, Zhao A

“…Given the high recurrence rate and treatment challenges of this disease, this study aimed to evaluate the effects of patient-centered care services compared to standard care in improving patient treatment adherence and reducing loss to follow-up.Methods: This single-center retrospective cohort study included multidrug-resistant/rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis patients diagnosed and treated at the Xi’an Tuberculosis Prevention and Treatment Hospital from January 2018 to December 2019. Descriptive statistics, survival analysis, and multivariate Cox regression analysis were used to analyze the impact of patient-centered care services on treatment adherence. …”
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Prediction model of pelvic lymphocysts after cervical cancer surgery based on logistic regression or support vector machine by WANG Jiao, GAO Hui, ZHAO Bo

“…In the training set, univariate and multivariate logistic regression were used to analyze the risk factors for the formation of pelvic lymphocysts within 14 days after cervicalcancer surgery. …”
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Risk factors analysis and defibrotide efficacy in the treatment of children and adults with sinusoidal obstructive syndrome/veno-occlusive liver disease after allogeneic hematopoie... by M. M. Kanunnikov, J. Z. Rakhmanova, M. V. Barabanshikova, N. V. Levkovsky, A. I. Wafina, O. V. Paina, T. A. Bykova, Е. V. Semenova, О. V. Goloshapov, E. V. Morozova, I. S. Mоiseev, L. S. Zubarovskaya

“…According to the results of multivariate analysis of unrelated alloHSCT HR 2.040 (95 %CI 1.112-3.744, р = 0.021), acute GVHD HR 0.496 (95 % CI 0.272-0.903, р = 0.022), moderate/severe SOS/VOD HR 2.423 (95 % CI 1.298-4.524, p = 0.005) statistically significantly influenced the 1-year OS. …”
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NON-TRADITIONAL LIPID PROFILE AND OBSTRUCTIVE CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE BASED ON CAD-RADS SCORE by Fatihatul Firdaus Munita, Nuraini Yasmin Kusumawardhani, Chaerul Achmad, Astri Astuti, Azizah Muthiah

“…Logistic regression analysis analyzes the association between patients' lipid profiles and CAD-RADS scores. …”
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Multicenter Study on Transarterial Chemoembolization Combined with Radiofrequency Ablation for Early-Stage Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Primary versus Recurrent HCC by Chen YT, Chen BWT, Xu JM, You XC, Tang Y, Wu SJ, Fang ZT

“…The ORRs of the primary and recurrent groups were 98.2% and 95.1%, respectively, with no statistically significant difference (χ2= 2.032, &Rgr; = 0.362). …”
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Motivation to continue and the value of care work among French Red Cross volunteers and workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed methods study by Leonardo W. Heyerdahl, Vincent Guillemot, Benedetta Lana, Gaston Bizel-Bizellot, Tamara Giles-Vernick

“…We used a novel analytical approach employing unsupervised clustering with BERTopic—a transformer-based language model—for analyzing open-text survey responses. This method, alongside descriptive statistics and multivariate analyses, illuminated underlying themes in participants’ intentions to continue care work. …”
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Pragmatic Risk Stratification Method to Identify Emergency Department Presentations for Alternative Care Service Pathways: Registry-Based Retrospective Study Over 5 Years by John Rong Hao Tay, Yohei Okada, Gayathri Devi Nadarajan, Fahad Javaid Siddiqui, Tomás Barry, Marcus Eng Hock Ong

“…Multivariable logistic regression was performed to determine the association of characteristics with cluster membership. …”
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Presenting Iran's new economic diplomacy model with an export approach for neighboring countries with an emphasis on cultural and media diplomacy capacities by sekhavat kheirkhah, sayed Ali Tabatabai Panah, Alireza Soltani, Hamid Reza Shirzad

“…Theoretical Foundations Neoliberal institutionalism The theory of neoliberal institutionalism has been used to examine and analyze the framework of this research. Economic diplomacy in the 21st century and theories of communication and media have also been studied and used in analyzing the results. …”
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Concentrations of Delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in oral fluid at different time points after use: An individual participant meta-analysis by Scott Macdonald, Jinhui Zhao

“…Many positive OF THC concentrations were found after 24-h in one study, but most studies did not conduct observations past 24 h. In a multivariate analysis, we found that increased dose, increased frequency of cannabis use, and inhaled (versus ingested) cannabis were statistically related to higher OF THC concentrations. …”
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Adverse birth outcome and associated factors among mothers with antepartum hemorrhage in public hospitals Tigray, northern Ethiopia, 2020 by Tomas Amare Abraha, Gebremedhin Kinfe Gebremariam, Berhane Teklay Asfaha, Tensay Kahsay Weldegebreal, Desta Hailu Aregawi

“…A P-value of less than 0.05 and 95% confidence level was used as a cut-off point for statistical significance in multivariable analysis. …”
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Assessing male involvement in childcare and associated factors among fathers of below two in Toke Kutaye district, Central Ethiopia, 2024: a community-based cross-sectional study by Gemechu Ganfure, Jiregna Darega, Latera Debebe Kitila

“…Data were entered using Epi-data version 3.1 and analyzed using SPSS version 26. Bi-variable and multivariable logistic regression analyses were performed, applying adjusted odds ratios (AOR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) to assess statistical significance, with a p < 0.05. …”
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Association of postpartum medication practices with early breastfeeding cessation among mothers with chronic conditions: A prospective cohort study by Natalie V. Scime, Amy Metcalfe, Alberto Nettel‐Aguirre, Suzanne C. Tough, Kathleen H. Chaput

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