Divergent effects of EDCs on bone maturation: Role of body mass index and puberty by Shurong Huang, Zhuoguang Li, Chushan Wu, Xiu Zhao, Jingfan Xiong, Weimin Xiao, Huiping Su, Rongfei Zheng, Zhongwei Xu, Qiru Su, Xueling Lu, Qi Wang, Zhe Su

“…Statistical analyses included binary logistic regression, weighted quantile sum, Bayesian Kernel Machine Regression, mediation effect analysis, and quantile regression. …”
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Prevalence and risk factors of metabolic associated fatty liver disease in lean patients with bipolar disorder: a retrospective cross-sectional study by Weihong Lei, Weihong Lei, Weihong Lei, Jiahuan Li, Jiahuan Li, Jiahuan Li, Yiyi Liu, Yiyi Liu, Yiyi Liu, Ying Wang, Ying Wang, Qing Wu, Qing Wu, Qing Wu

“…Among lean BD patients, MAFLD-positive and MAFLD-negative subgroups significantly differed in: age, onset age, illness duration, BMI, ALT, key metabolic indices, marital status, diabetes, and hypertension. …”
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The Relationship Between Immune-Inflammatory Indexes and the Severity of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms/Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: A Cross-Sectional Study at a Tertiary Hospital i... by Wu Y, Sheng J, Liu X, Huang Y, Zhang Y, Feng N

“…After adjusting for confounding factors, the NLR, SIRI, and SII were positively correlated with the severity of BPH/LUTS. …”
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Time-dynamic associations between symptom-related expectations, self-management experiences and somatic symptom severity in everyday life: an ecological momentary assessment study... by Bernd Löwe, Yvonne Nestoriuc, Anne Toussaint, Stefanie Hahn, Franz Pauls, Simon Kirchhof

“…Objective The present study investigated the associations between symptom-related expectations, self-management experiences and expectation framing on somatic symptom severity in university students in two conditions (positive or standard expectation framing). We hypothesised that symptom-related expectations are significantly associated with concurrent and subsequent levels of somatic symptom depending on expectation framing.Design A smartphone-based micro-longitudinal ecological momentary assessment study with randomisation to one of two expectation framing groups (positive vs negative) was carried out. …”
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Magnitude of extrapulmonary tuberculosis and its associated factors among TB suspected patients at Wolkite University specialized hospital in central Ethiopia by Asnake Simieneh, Rahel Dereje, Gizachew Ayele Manaye, Admasu Haile Hantalo, Bisrat Fikadu Habtu, Rebie Kedir Negash, Seid Abrar

“…Participants who were HIV positive (AOR = 16.3, 95% CI 8.5–33.0) and those with a prior history of pulmonary TB (AOR = 5.8, 95% CI 2.5–13.2) were more likely to be EPTB positive compared to HIV-negative participants and those without a history of pulmonary TB. …”
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Obesity in the Russian population during the COVID-19 pandemic and associated factors. Data from the ESSE-RF3 study by Yu. A. Balanova, O. M. Drapkina, V. A. Kutsenko, A. E. Imaeva, A. V. Kontsevaya, S. A. Maksimov, G. A. Muromtseva, M. B. Kotova, N. S. Karamnova, S. E. Evstifeeva, A. V. Kapustina, O. A. Litinskaya, M. S. Pokrovskaya, S. O. Kuzyakina, O. E. Ivlev, L. I. Gomanova, Yu. V. Doludin, I. A. Efimova, A. L. Borisova, B. M. Nazarov, E. B. Yarovaya, T. V. Repkina, T. O. Gonoshilova, A. V. Kudryavtsev, N. I. Belova, L. L. Shagrov, M. A. Samotrueva, A. L. Yasenyavskaya, E. N. Chernysheva, S. V. Glukhovskaya, I. F. Levina, T. F. Shirshova, E. B. Dorzhieva, E. Z. Urbanova, N. Yu. Borovkova, V. K. Kurashin, A. S. Tokareva, Yu. I. Ragino, G. I. Simonova, A. D. Khudyakova, V. N. Nikulin, O. R. Aslyamov, G. V. Khokhlova, A. V. Solovyova, A. A. Rodionov, O. V. Kryachkova, Yu. Yu. Shamurova, I. V. Tantsyreva, I. N. Baryshnikova, M, G. Ataev, M. O. Radjabov, M. M. Isakhanova, M. A. Umetov, L. V. Elgarova, E. A. Khakuasheva, E. I. Yamashkina, M. V. Esina, T. A. Kunyaeva, A. M. Nikitina, N. V. Savvina, Yu. E. Spiridonova, E. A. Naumova, A. A. Keskinov, V. S. Yudin, S. M. Yudin, S. A. Shalnova

“…Analysis of associations between factors and a binary variable was carried out using the logistic regression method. …”
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Hypertension in the Russian population during the COVID-19 pandemic: sex differences in prevalence, treatment and its effectiveness. Data from the ESSE-RF3 study by Yu. A. Balanova, O. M. Drapkina, V. A. Kutsenko, A. E. Imaeva, A. V. Kontsevaya, S. A. Maksimov, G. A. Muromtseva, M. B. Kotova, N. S. Karamnova, S. E. Evstifeeva, A. V. Kapustina, O. A. Litinskaya, M. S. Pokrovskaya, E. M. Filichkina, O. E. Ivlev, L. I. Gomanova, Yu. V. Doludin, I. A. Efimova, A. L. Borisova, B. M. Nazarov, E. B. Yarovaya, T. V. Repkina, T. O. Gonoshilova, A. V. Kudryavtsev, N. I. Belova, L. L. Shagrov, M. A. Samotrueva, A. L. Yasenyavskaya, E. N. Chernysheva, S. V. Glukhovskaya, I. A. Levina, E. A. Shirshova, E. B. Dorzhieva, E. Z. Urbanova, N. Yu. Borovkova, V. K. Kurashin, A. S. Tokareva, Yu. I. Ragino, G. I. Simonova, A. D. Khudyakova, V. N. Nikulin, O. R. Aslyamov, G. V. Khokhlova, A. V. Solovyova, A. A. Rodionov, O. V. Kryachkova, Yu. Yu. Shamurova, I. V. Tantsyreva, I. N. Baryshnikova, M. G. Ataev, M. O. Radjabov, M. M. Isakhanova, M. A. Umetov, L. V. Elgarova, I. A. Khakuasheva, E. I. Yamashkina, M. V. Esina, T. A. Kunyaeva, A. M. Nikitina, N. V. Savvina, Yu. E. Spiridonova, E. A. Naumova, A. A. Keskinov, D. A. Kashtanova, V. S. Yudin, S. M. Yudin, S. A. Shalnova

“…Analysis of the association between factors and a binary variable was performed using logistic regression. …”
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Development and initial validation of the implicit internalized sexual orientation stigma affect misattribution procedure by William J. Hall, Hayden C. Dawes, Jason W. Hannay, Denise Yookong Williams, Joseph J. Frey, Ankur Srivastava, Mimi V. Chapman, Ding-Geng Chen, Amy Blank Wilson, Magdelene E. Ramon, B. Keith Payne

“…There was evidence of convergent validity as Internal-SOS-AMP scores showed small positive associations with explicit internalized stigma. …”
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Relationship between fetal-type posterior cerebral artery and basilar artery atherosclerosis by Lijuan Zheng, Lijuan Zheng, Yaozhang Chen, Xin Lin, Shasha Deng, Bin Sun, Bin Sun, Jinmei Zheng, Jinmei Zheng, Fang Zeng, Fang Zeng, Yunjing Xue, Yunjing Xue

“…BA curvature, mean lumen area, mean normalized wall index and the morphology of PCA were accessed with HR-MRI and magnetic resonance angiography. The binary logistic regression analysis was used to identify the risk factors of BA plaque formation. …”
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Different molecular characteristics and antimicrobial resistance profiles of Clostridium difficile in the Asia-Pacific region by Yun Luo, Elaine Cheong, Qiao Bian, Deirdre A. Collins, Julian Ye, Jeong Hwan Shin, Wing Cheong Yam, Tohru Takata, Xiaojun Song, Xianjun Wang, Mini Kamboj, Thomas Gottlieb, Jianmin Jiang, Thomas V. Riley, Yi-Wei Tang, Dazhi Jin

“…C. difficile isolates included 337 toxin A-positive/B-positive/binary toxin-negative (A+B+CDT-), 48 A-B+CDT-, and nine A+B+CDT+. …”
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Exploring adolescents’ experiences navigating the intersection of their gender, sport, and dietary identities: an interpretative phenomenological study by Alysha L. Deslippe, Alysha L. Deslippe, Georgia Middleton, Olivia Y. Wu, Olivia Y. Wu, Coralie Bergeron, Coralie Bergeron, Tamara R. Cohen, Tamara R. Cohen

“…Not all adolescents have positive sport experiences. Research has repeatedly identified ties between unfavorable eating patterns and food beliefs (i.e., a dietary identity) that hinder an athletes’ health and performance. …”
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Association between glucose time-in-range and the severity of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease in Chinese adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus by Chun-Hua Wang, Xuan-Yao Ji, Nian Ji, Qing-Feng Yan, Hong-Qing Xu, Xue-Qin Wang, Xiang-Fan Chen, Chun-Feng Lu

“…Spearman correlation showed negative correlations between CAP, LSM, and TIR (r = -0.824 and − 0.842, p < 0.05) and positive correlations with basal insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) (r = 0.205 and 0.208, p < 0.01). …”
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The application prospect of metagenomic next-generation sequencing technology in diagnosing suspected lower respiratory tract infections by Wei Li, Mingming Zhao, Weiwei Wu, Gang Chen, Yanping Hang, Haixia Zheng, Zhenyun Gao, Jia Liu, Yuguo Zhao

“…The study assessed the pathogenic spectrum of lung infections and compared the performance of patients with mNGS results from conventional microbiological techniques (CMT).ResultsThe overall positivity rate of mNGS was 95.20%, demonstrating superior sensitivity (97.01% vs. 41.79%) and accuracy (75.56% vs. 56.67%) compared to CMT. …”
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Circulating Th1, Th2, Th9, Th17, Th22, and Treg Levels in Aortic Dissection Patients by Jing Ye, Yuan Wang, Zhen Wang, Qingwei Ji, Ying Huang, Tao Zeng, Haiying Hu, Di Ye, Jun Wan, Yingzhong Lin

“…Simple linear regression analysis and binary logistic regression analysis suggested that Th1/IFN-γ, IL-9, Th17/IL-17, and Th22/IL-22 positively regulated the occurrence of AD, while Th2/IL-4 and Treg/IL-35 negatively regulated the occurrence of AD. …”
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From pandemic to endemic: assessing the impact of COVID-19 history and socio-demographic factors on quality of life in tuberculosis patients by Denisa Maria Mitroi, Mara Amalia Balteanu, Ovidiu Mircea Zlatian, Claudia Lucia Toma, Oana Maria Catana, Adina Andreea Mirea, Georgiana Camen, Viorel Biciusca, Viorel Biciusca, Ramona Cioboata, Ramona Cioboata

“…Participants provided socio-demographic and clinical information and completed the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire. Binary logistic regression was used to identify predictors of TB relapse, while structural equation modeling (SEM) assessed factors influencing QOL.ResultsPatients with a confirmed history of COVID-19 exhibited a twofold increase in TB relapse risk (OR = 2.08, p = 0.003). …”
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Proportion and clinical characteristics of metabolic-associated fatty liver disease and associated liver fibrosis in an urban Chinese population by Mengmeng Hou, Qi Gu, Jiawei Cui, Yao Dou, Xiuhong Huang, Jie Li, Liang Qiao, Yuemin Nan, Yuanyuan Ji

“…The fibrosis-4 index score (FIB-4) was employed to evaluate hepatic fibrosis, with a FIB-4 score of ≥1.3 indicating significant fibrosis. Binary logistic regression analyses were used to determine risk factors associated with significant hepatic fibrosis in MAFLD. …”
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Haemoglobin types and variant interference with HbA1c and its association with uncontrolled HbA1c in type 2 diabetes mellitus by Joseph Malaba, Paul Kosiyo, Bernard Guyah

“…Further, haematocrit (HCT) had a negative correlation with HbAO and a positive correlation with HbAS in participants with controlled diabetes. …”
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The exacerbating effects of stable pulmonary tuberculosis on the deterioration of inflammatory response, coagulation function, and pulmonary function in COPD: A propensity score-ma... by Jiangbo Li, Mei Ye, Haiyue Wang, Aidibai Ainiwaier, Ayididar Jumahan, Feng Sun

“…Correlation analysis demonstrated positive associations between ESR/IL-6 levels and D-dimer, PLT, and fibrin(ogen) degradation product (FDP) levels (P < 0.05).Binary logistic regression analysis of 14 significantly different variables identified IL-6 (OR = 1.056), ESR (OR = 1.022), PLT (OR = 1.005), D-Dimer (OR = 1.002), FEV1/FVC (OR = 0.962), FEF50 (OR = 0.534), and FEF75 (OR = 0.089) as independent factors associated with acute exacerbation in COPD patients with stable pulmonary tuberculosis (all P < 0.05). …”
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Herbal medicine use and associated factors among lactating mothers visiting maternal and child health clinic at Woldia comprehensive specialized hospital, North Wollo Zone, Ethiopi... by Teshome Gebremeskel Aragie, Mekbib Afework

“…It was then analyzed using SPSS version 25. A binary logistic regression model was used to identify factors associated with the use of herbal medicine. …”
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Surgical Site Infections: Risk Factors for Multiple Antibiotic Resistance in Abdominal Surgery by D. S. Parshin, M. A. Topchiev, V. A. Astakhin, O. B. Chechukhina, E. O. Smirnyagina, E. N. Ravskiy

“…Single- and multivariate analysis was carried out, binary and multinomial logistic regression was performed. …”
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