Association of blood trace minerals and nocturia in young and middle-aged adults: a cross-sectional study based on NHANES by Quanxin Su, Yanyu Zhang, Weiwei Fan, Qizhen Tang, Kenan Wang

“…This study aimed to investigate the association between blood levels of trace minerals and the occurrence of nocturia.MethodsThis cross-sectional study utilized data from the 2021–2023 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). …”
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Role of the collagen scaffold in preventing intrauterine adhesion from recurrence after adhesiolysis: protocol for a multicentre, randomised, controlled, parallel-group, open-label... by Hui Zhu, Biyun Xu, Huiyan Wang, Taishun Li, Yali Hu

“…The 95% CIs for the difference in non-recurrence rates between the two groups will be calculated. …”
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THE ROLE OF FACTORS AFFECTING THE FORMATION OF CHRONIC HEART FAILURE WITH PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTION by M. V. Kurkina, A. G. Avtandilov, I. A. Krutovcev

“…The parameters reflecting the rigidity of large arterial vessels (SI m/s, CAVI m/s) also exceeded the threshold values in each group; significant differences SI were between the first and fourth, second  and fourth groups  (р<0.05), CAVI between the first and third groups  (р<0.05). …”
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The Predictive Capacity of the 3-Meter Backward Walk Test for Falls in Older Adults: A Case–Control Analysis by Luis Polo-Ferrero, Javier Torres-Alonso, María Carmen Sánchez-Sánchez, Ana Silvia Puente-González, Fausto J. Barbero-Iglesias, Roberto Méndez-Sánchez

“…This study assessed the 3-Meter Backward Walk Test (3m-BWT) as a predictor of falls. <b>Methods</b>: A retrospective observational case–control study was conducted with 483 community-dwelling participants (mean age 76.3 ± 6.5 years), including 101 individuals with a history of falls in the previous 12 months. …”
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Efficacy of distal peripheral nerve blocks in lumbar radicular pain: A randomized placebo-controlled triple-blinded study by Vivek Jha, Gaurav Kumar Sharma, Omeshwar Singh, Jatin Aggarwal

“…Design: This was a randomized placebo-controlled triple-blinded study. Methods: One hundred patients of single-level lumbar disc prolapse and unilateral radicular pain were randomized into two equal groups. …”
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Association between the postoperative glycemic variability and mortality after craniotomy: a retrospective cohort study and development of a mortality prediction model by Yuanshuo Ge, Guangdong Wang, Yun Huang, Yaxin Zhang

“…Multivariable Cox regression, restricted cubic splines, threshold effect analysis, and mediation analysis via blood urea nitrogen (BUN) were conducted. …”
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Competency-Based Approach in Teaching Сardiopulmonary Resuscitation by S. A. Perepelitsa

“…The levels of development of additional professional competence «Emergency care in cardiac arrest» differed between the groups. Most students in the control group had a threshold level of competence. …”
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Economic evaluation of Maternal Depression Treatment in HIV (M-DEPTH) for perinatal depression among women living with HIV in Uganda: a cost-effectiveness analysis by Ryan McBain, Adeyemi Okunogbe, Rhoda K Wanyenze, Violet Gwokyalya, Glenn Wagner

“…The intervention is cost-effective at a willingness-to-pay threshold of less than half of median gross domestic product per capita in Uganda.Trial registration number NCT03892915.…”
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Susceptibility to invasive meningococcal disease: polymorphism of complement system genes and Neisseria meningitidis factor H binding protein. by Declan T Bradley, Thomas W Bourke, Derek J Fairley, Raymond Borrow, Michael D Shields, Peter F Zipfel, Anne E Hughes

“…There was no bacterial load (CtrA cycle threshold) difference associated with carriage of this haplotype. …”
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Analysis of Sirolimus Blood Concentration and Influencing Factors in Pediatric Patients: Implications for Individualized Drug Therapy by Xiaolin Xu, Xueting Mao, Bo Liu, Yixin Sun, Xiaoling Cheng, Xiaoling Wang, Huawei Mao

“…Results Analysis of SRL blood concentration monitoring indicated that a majority (60.43%) of patients demonstrated a trough sirolimus concentration (C 0) below the level of the recommended threshold of 5 ng/mL, while approximately 17.7% of patients exceeded 15 ng/mL. …”
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A Neighborhood Approach for Using Remotely Sensed Data to Estimate Current Ranges for Conservation Assessments by Bethany A. Johnson, Gonzalo E. Pinilla‐Buitrago, Robert P. Anderson

“…We determined deforestation tolerance threshold values by matching occurrence records with forest cover data using two methods: (1) extracting the exact pixel value where a record fell; and (2) using the neighborhood value (more likely to characterize conditions within the radius of actual sampling). …”
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Frequency of retinal changes in patients with COVID-19: an observational study by A. R. Illarionova, O. M. Potapova, O. A. Kosareva, Yu. R. Kuznetsova

“…Standard ophthalmological examination and optical coherence tomography (OCT) were performed; visual acuity measurement and threshold static perimetry were used to assess visual functions.Results. …”
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Comparison of Canal Transportation, Separation Rate, and Preparation Time between One Shape and Neoniti (Neolix): An In Vitro CBCT Study by Maryam Kuzekanani, Faranak Sadeghi, Nima Hatami, Maryam Rad, Mansoureh Darijani, Laurence James Walsh

“…The Kolmogorov–Smirnov test for normality was applied, and then, datasets were compared using independent t-tests, with a threshold of P<0.05. Results. Neoniti rotary files caused significantly less canal transportation of the curved canals (P=0.0001). …”
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Indoor Air Quality in Laboratories and Its Relationship with Psychological Performance Among University Students in Malaysia by Muhammad Nazman, Puteri Balqis Mohd Hatta, Nur Faseeha Suhaimi

“…Results and Discussion: Significant differences in IAQ parameters were observed for PM2.5 (p=0.007), PM10 (p=0.020), CO2 (p=0.024) and RH (p=0.043). …”
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Development of a Risk Score to Aid With the Diagnosis of Infections After Spinal Cord Injury: Protocol for a Retrospective Cohort Study by Felicia Skelton, Larissa Grigoryan, Joann Pan, Ashley Collazo, Barbara Trautner

“… BackgroundPatients with spinal cord injury (SCI) who develop urinary tract infection (UTI) present differently than the non-SCI population. UTIs can cause loss of quality of life and even lead to life-threatening complications including urosepsis. …”
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Antiischemic effects of metoprolol and the risk of carbohydrate metabolism disturbances in angina patients by E. V. Bochkareva, O. V. Alexandrovich, P. Yu. Bardybakhin, E. K. Butina, N. G. Kucheryavaya, I. N. Ozerova, V. A. Metelskaya

“…The time of the ST segment depression by ≥1 mm defined the threshold exercise stress time. MP in a selected dose was administered twice a day, for one month. …”
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First molecular evidence of Leishmania parasites in sand flies (Diptera: Phlebotominae) from Slovenia by Gioia Bongiorno, Katja Adam, Ilaria Bernardini, Claudia Mangiapelo, Eleonora Fiorentino, Trentina Di Muccio, Vladimir Ivović

“…The cycle threshold values (Ct 35–37) indicated low parasite DNA loads. …”
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Non-linear relationship between the children’s dietary inflammatory index and asthma risk: identifying a critical inflection point in US children and adolescents by Junyu Xu, Meiping Zhu, Yi Shi, Qian Chen, Yan Zhu

“…This study investigates the association between C-DII and asthma prevalence in US children and adolescents.MethodsData from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2013–2018 and 2021–2023 were utilized. …”
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Sleep disorders as independent predictors of taste dysfunction risk by Rongcai Huang, Quanyi Zheng, Juan Dai, Jinfeng Long, Yansong Wang, Junxin Ni

“…Abstract Objectives This study aimed to investigate the association between sleep disorders and the prevalence of taste dysfunction and the mediation effect of oral microbe in adults over 40 years. Materials and methods Cross-sectional data were utilized from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2011–2014). …”
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Cost-effectiveness of human papillomavirus vaccination among girls aged 9–16 years in China: a meta-analysis by Xiaoya Fu, Yilan Xia, Weiyu Zhou, Yihan Lu

“…INBs were calculated as the difference in incremental effectiveness multiplied by the willingness-to-pay threshold minus the incremental cost and pooled by vaccine type using random-effects or fixed-effects models.Results Sixteen studies involving 61 comparisons were included. …”
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