Experimental pain tolerance is associated with dental anxiety– the Tromsø study 2015–2016 by Hege Nermo, Natalia Petrenya, Ólöf Anna Steingrímsdóttir, Audun Stubhaug, Christopher Sivert Nielsen, Elin Hadler-Olsen

“…Lower experimental pain tolerance was positively associated with MDAS score in fully adjusted models, with p-values for tests of linear trend < 0.001 for both PPT and CPT. …”
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Adult-capture assays as a tool to measure insecticide resistance in Anopheles malaria vectors: a modeling comparison with larval-capture assays by Inga Holmdahl, Inga Holmdahl, Caroline O. Buckee, Caroline O. Buckee, Lauren M. Childs

“…In simulated samples of 100 test mosquitoes, reflecting WHO-recommended sample sizes, we found that adult-capture samples had a 94% positive predictive value (PPV) for resistance at the WHO’s 10% resistance cutoff, and a 97% negative predictive value (NPV), compared to 98% PPV and 19% NPV for larval-captured samples. …”
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Human papillomavirus vaccine uptake and associated factors among adolescent girls in Bona district, Sidama regional state, Ethiopia: a community-based study design by Getahun Tiruye, Getahun Tiruye, Aster Sodo, Abera Kenay Tura, Anteneh Dirar, Anteneh Dirar, Adera Debella, Kasiye Shiferaw

“…The collected data were entered into Epi Data version 4.6 and exported to SPSS version 25 software for final analysis. Binary logistic regression models were used to identify factors associated with HPV vaccine uptake. …”
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Spatial co-distribution of tuberculosis prevalence and low BCG vaccination coverage in Ethiopia by Haileab Fekadu Wolde, Archie C. A. Clements, Beth Gilmour, Kefyalew Addis Alene

“…Parameter estimation was done using binary logistic regression. Prediction maps for the co-distribution of high TB prevalence and low BCG vaccination coverage were created by overlying spatial prediction surfaces of the two outcomes. …”
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Timeliness of the second dose of measles-containing vaccine uptake and its determinants among children aged 24–36 months in Gondar City, Northwest Ethiopia, 2023: Community-based c... by Molalign Aligaz Adisu

“…Structured questionnaires were administered through interviews, and data were collected using the Kobo toolbox and then analyzed using Stata version 17. A binary logistic regression model was utilized to determine factors associated with the outcome, with significance declared at a p-value <0.05. …”
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Factors associated with women’s economic, personal and socio-cultural empowerment: analysis of 2022 Kenya demographic and health survey by Nabimanya, Boaz, Mayanja, Edison, Kyarikunda, Miria, Nkamusiima, Dianah, Kagarura, Willy Rwamparagi, Kiwuwa-Muyingo, Sylvia, Kadengye, Damazo T.

“…Variables with a P-value of less than 0.05 in the multi variable binary logistic regression analysis were considered statistically significant predictors of the outcome variable. …”
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), thyroid hormones, sexual hormones and pubertal development in adolescents residing in the neighborhood of a 3M factory by Nicolas van Larebeke, Bianca Cox, Sylvie Remy, Stefan Voorspoels, Elly Den Hond, Ann Colles, Martine Leermakers, Greet Schoeters, Veerle Verheyen

“…SHBG showed significant positive associations with PFDA, PFNA, PFHxS, PFOS and the sum of the linear forms of PFOS, PFOA, PFNA and PFHxS. …”
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Classifying active and inactive states of growing rabbits from accelerometer data using machine learning algorithms by Mónica Mora, Lucile Riaboff, Ingrid David, Juan Pablo Sánchez, Miriam Piles

“…Different subsets of data containing an increasing number (from 5 to 25 in steps of 5) of the most informative features identified with random forest (RF) were used to train a binary classification model (inactive as a positive class). …”
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The Correlation of Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease with Visceral Fat Area and Thyroid Nodules in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by ZENG Jialing, MENG Yan, DENG Tingting, LI Jinhua, ZHAO Ping

“…Influencing factors for the volume of thyroid nodules were explored as well. Furthermore, binary Logistic regression analysis was used to determine risk factors for both NAFLD and thyroid nodules in T2DM patients. …”
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Evaluation of large language models in generating pulmonary nodule follow-up recommendations by Junzhe Wen, Wanyue Huang, Huzheng Yan, Jie Sun, Mengshi Dong, Chao Li, Jie Qin

“…Performance metrics included sensitivity, specificity, positive/negative predictive values, and F1 score. …”
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Knowledge, attitude and practice towards breast cancer and screening among women in northwestern China: a cross-sectional study by Jinlin Liu, Xizhu Qian, Xiaohan Huang, Zhuqing Duan

“…After adjusting for potential confounding factors, having a higher knowledge score of breast cancer was significantly associated with a more positive attitude towards breast cancer screening among women (b 0.01, t 8.72), and women who had a higher knowledge score of breast cancer (OR 1.01, 95% CI 1.00-1.01) and had a more positive attitude towards breast cancer screening (OR 1.19, 95% CI 1.16-1.21) were more likely to receive breast cancer screening services. …”
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Knowledge, attitudes, and factors associated with vertical transmission of hepatitis B among pregnant women in Gurage Zone, Ethiopia by Aynalem Belay, Abdulaziz Assefa, Fentahun Tamene Zeleke, Mulugeta Animaw, Muche Argaw, Fikremariam Endeshaw, Samrawit Birhanu Alemu, Ayele Sahile, Mangistu Abera

“…Effective prevention requires sufficient knowledge and a positive attitude toward HBV and its modes of transmission. …”
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Fertility intention and its correlates with reproductive-aged married women in Ethiopia: an adapted theory of planned behavior (TPB) by Fitsum Tariku Fantaye, Solomon Abrha Damtew, Kelemua Menegesha Sene

“…Chi-square tests were conducted to evaluate associations and assess sample cell size adequacy across categories. Multilevel binary logistic regression statistical modeling was employed to identify important factors influencing women’s fertility intention. …”
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Associations of circulating omentin-1 levels and long noncoding RNA MALAT1 expression with coronary heart disease in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus by Meimei Tian, Jinchao Cao, Min Li, Pingping Lou, Huijie Ma, Yan Liu, Yukun Li

“…MALAT1 expression was negatively correlated with LVEF but positively correlated with age and DM duration (P < 0.05). …”
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Spatial pattern and predictors of malaria in Ethiopia: Application of auto logistics regression. by Yamral M Warkaw, Aweke A Mitku, Melkamu A Zeru, Muluwerk Ayele

“…The auto logistics spatial binary regression model was used to investigate the predictors of malaria.…”
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Structure of Protein Cage Supercrystals Revealed by Angular X‐ray Cross‐Correlation Analysis by Kuan Hoon Ngoi, Laurin Lang, Young Yong Kim, Niklas Mucke, Gerard N. Hinsley, Dongwon Kim, Michael Rütten, Lars Klemeyer, Maximilian Ruffer, Varnika Yadav, Henrike Wagler, Tobias Katenkamp, Markus Perbandt, Azat Khadiev, Dmitri Novikov, Tobias Beck, Ivan A. Vartanyants

“…The findings confirm the superlattice structures of unitary protein‐nanoparticle composites, binary composites (including homobinary and heterobinary designs), and supercrystals with core‐shell morphologies. …”
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The triglyceride-glucose index mediates associations between dietary inflammation index/Composite Dietary Antioxidant Index and cardiovascular disease incidence: insights from NHAN... by Han Gao, Bo Yan, Fangyuan Cheng, Shishuang Zhang, Pan Liao, Dai Li, Lin Zhang, Fanglian Chen, Ping Lei

“…Results: Significant positive correlations between DII (odds ratio [OR] 1.08, 95 % confidence interval [CI] 1.01–1.16, p = 0.036) and CVD were observed, while CDAI exhibits a nonlinear association with the risk of CVD. …”
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Association of atherogenic index of plasma with early-onset post-stroke depression: a prospective study by Mingzhu Deng, Kangping Song, Guohua He, Wei Zhao, Wei Xu, Tieqiao Feng, Sufen Chen, Yangping Tong, Yanqing Fei, Zhen Wang, Fangyi Li

“…A binary logistic regression model demonstrated that the AIP (odds ratio [OR], 1.843; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.650–2.558, P&lt;0.001) was an independent factor for early-onset PSD. …”
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Association of weight-adjusted-waist index with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Chinese urban adults: a cross-sectional study by Qingzheng Wu, Bing Li, Yuepeng Wang, Yuepeng Wang, Yue Zhang, Qian Wang, Binqi Li, Binqi Li, Wei Jing, Jing Yang, Yiming Mu

“…Pearson correlation analysis and binary logistic regression analysis were conducted to explore the association of WWI with T2DM risk factors and with T2DM risk.ResultsThe prevalence of obesity, central obesity and T2DM was 14.2%, 46.8% and 11.0% respectively, with a median age of 57 years. …”
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Extended sample size calculations for evaluation of prediction models using a threshold for classification by Rebecca Whittle, Joie Ensor, Lucinda Archer, Gary S. Collins, Paula Dhiman, Alastair Denniston, Joseph Alderman, Amardeep Legha, Maarten van Smeden, Karel G. Moons, Jean-Baptiste Cazier, Richard D. Riley, Kym I. E Snell

“…We have reported closed-form solutions to estimate the sample size required to target sufficiently precise estimates of accuracy, specificity, sensitivity, positive predictive value (PPV), negative predictive value (NPV), and an iterative method to estimate the sample size required to target a sufficiently precise estimate of the F1-score, in an external evaluation study of a prediction model with a binary outcome. …”
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