Depression Following Thrombotic Cardiovascular Events in Elderly Medicare Beneficiaries: Risk of Morbidity and Mortality by Christopher M. Blanchette, Linda Simoni-Wastila, Fadia T. Shaya, Denise Orwig, Jason Noel, Bruce Stuart

“…Time to death and first recurrent TCE were assessed using descriptive and multivariate statistics. Results. Of the elders with a depression claim, 71.6% had a recurrent TCE and 4.7% died within 12 months of their indexed TCE, compared to 67.6% and 3.9% of those elders without a depression claim. …”
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Knowledge and attitudes about human papillomavirus infection and prevention methods among medical science students in Novi Sad, Serbia: a cross-sectional study by Nikola Denda, Nemanja Maletin, Aleksandar Rašković, Dušan Prodanović, Zoran Golušin, Biljana Vučković, Marko Nemet, Milica Paut Kusturica

“…In the past year, only 26% of respondents attended some kind of education about HPV infection/vaccine. Statistical significance was observed in the difference between the responses of students who attended education in comparison to those who did not attend education in the past year (75.5% versus 63.3%, p < 0.001). …”
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Physicians’ and patients’ perceived risks of chronic pain medication and co-medications in Quebec, Canada: a cross-sectional study by Gwenaëlle De Clifford-Faugère, Anaïs Lacasse, Hermine Lore Nguena Nguefack, Marimée Godbout-Parent, Aline Boulanger, Nancy Julien

“…For eight subclasses, the difference in the mean perceived risk score was > 2 points and statistically significant (p < 0.05): non-specific oral NSAIDs, acetaminophen in combination with an opioid, short-acting opioids, long-acting opioids, tricyclic antidepressants, antipsychotics, benzodiazepines, and medical cannabis. …”
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Results of an Intervention for Improving Arterial Hypertension Control in Four Health Areas by Addys Díaz Piñera, Armando Rodríguez Salvá, René García Roche, Isabel Carbonell García, Fernando Achiong Estupiñán

“…It was evaluated the possible association among variables by the existence of the statistic significance (α= 0,05) by the Square-chi Pearson Test. …”
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Spectral specific standardized low-resolution brain electromagnetic tomography default mode connectivity network and plasticity alterations in left vertebral artery stent patients by Yan Lv, Xiangying He, Eryi Zhao, Yidong Deng, Yingliu Huang, AC Chen, Shixiong Huang, Qi Qin, Tao Liu, Guoqiang Wen

“…Serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor did not show statistically significant changes during groups. Conclusion: Electroencephalogram default mode network provided a functional aspect of left vertebral artery stenting patients, and the beta-1 band power and distribution alterations could be candidate measurements for the plasticity alterations and prognosis evaluation.…”
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Scar Healing after Breast Reconstruction: A 5-year Follow-up in Asian Patients by Risa Murakami, Tomohiro Shiraishi, Mikiko Imamura, Akihiko Takushima, Hirotaka Suga

“…We conducted annual follow-up for an additional 4 years, assessing the time until improvement and performing statistical analysis of factors related to the persistence and healing of abnormal scars. …”
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Treatment of Miller I Mandibular Gingival Recessions Using PRF vs. Connective Graft by Hernan S. Garzon, Camilo Alfonso, Francisco J. Vega, Andrea García, Ana Muñoz, Gustavo Jaimes, Katherine Isaza, Katherine Rivera

“…GR, KT, VSTT, extraoral inflammation (EI), and patient discomfort (PaD) were assessed at 45 days. Results. Statistically greater VSTT at 45 days was obtained using CAF + CTG (p < 0.05). …”
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Simultaneous Determination of Pesticides in Fruits by Using Second-Order Fluorescence Data Resolved by Unfolded Partial Least-Squares Coupled to Residual Bilinearization by Mercedes Villar Navarro, Miguel Angel Cabezón, Patricia C. Damiani

“…Besides, results obtained for real samples were statistically compared with those obtained by using HPLC. …”
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Aerosol Opto-physical Properties: Temporal Variation, Aerosol Type Discrimination and Source Identification by Amol R. Kolhe, Gajanan Raghunath Aher, Pawan S. Soyam, Sachin D. Ralegankar, Sumita Kedia, Laxman M. Chaudhari, Vivek V. Antad, Sachin D. Ghude, Pramod D. Safai, Sanjay D. Chakane, Panuganti C. S. Devara

“…However, MODIS AOD550 nm illustrates statistically insignificant increasing trend of about 0.007 year−1. …”
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Influence of maternal level of education and socioeconomic status on maternal knowledge of nutrition, physical activity and children’s bodyweight of Nigerian school pupils by Adebisi I. Hammed, Suleiman O. Usman, Onyemechi Ezekiel, Joy C. Duru, Oluwaseun J. Oladimeji, Ogolo Jirho

“…However, the influence of maternal SES on maternal knowledge of nutrition, physical activities, and children&rsquo;s body weights were analyzed using ANOVA. Statistical significance was accepted for a p-value of &lt;0.05. …”
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The epidemiology of substance use disorders in Saudi Arabia: findings from the Saudi national mental health survey by Yasmin Altwaijri, Corina Benjet, Marya Akkad, Lisa Bilal, Mohammad Talal Naseem, Abdulhameed Al-Habeeb, Abdullah S. Al-Subaie, Nouf K. Al-Saud

“…The survey employed a stratified multistage clustered sampling design and used the WHO CIDI 3.0 to determine diagnoses. Descriptive statistics and multivariate binary logistic regression were used to analyze the data. …”
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Advanced mandibular reconstruction with fibular free flap and alloplastic TMJ prosthesis with digital planning by Justin M. Pyne, Clayton M. Davis, Ryan Kelm, Claudine Bussolaro, Walter Dobrovolsky, Hadi Seikaly

“…There was a median perioperative MIO increase of 15.0 mm, and this was statistically significant (p  =  0.027). Conclusions This study highlights the complexities involved in mandibular reconstruction with involvement of the TMJ. …”
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Systematic development of quality indicators for skin cancer management in primary care: a mixed-methods study protocol by Frances Rapport, Jeffrey Braithwaite, Anne E Cust, David Wilkinson, Andrea Smith, Bela Ines Laginha

“…Qualitative and quantitative data will be collected and analysed using thematic and descriptive statistical analytical methods.Ethics and dissemination Approval was granted by the university’s Research Ethics Committee (HREC no. 520211051532420). …”
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Machine Learning-Based Radiomics Analysis for Identifying KRAS Mutations in Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer from CT Images: Challenges, Insights and Implications by Mirjam Schöneck, Nicolas Rehbach, Lars Lotter-Becker, Thorsten Persigehl, Simon Lennartz, Liliana Lourenco Caldeira

“…Both datasets were analyzed using parametric (<i>t</i> test) and non-parametric statistical tests (Mann–Whitney U test) and dimensionality reduction techniques. …”
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Efficacy and safety of proton radiotherapy in treating choroidal melanoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Yuxin Miao, Tingwei Zheng, Qiuning Zhang, Meixuan Li, Qihang Lei, Qin Liu, Hongtao Luo, Huiling Bai

“…Four publicly accessible databases were searched, and the statistical data were analyzed using STATA 15.0. The outcomes of interest included overall survival (OS), metastasis-free survival, local control rate, and adverse reactions. …”
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General views on treatment technologies for patients with incisional ventral hernia by E. E. Lukoyanychev, S. G. Izmajlov, V. A. Emelyanov, O. S. Kolchina, A. I. Rotkov, M. N. Kiselyov

“…Nowadays, the problem of surgical treatment of incisional ventral hernia (IVH) still remains significant. According to the statistical data, the number of patients with postoperative ventral hernias has increased by more than 9 times over the past 25 years. …”
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Hydration in young water polo players: A bioelectrical impedance vector analysis (BIVA) approach by Sofia Serafini, Andrea Di Blasio, Iris Prestanti, Andrea Di Credico, Andrea Fusco, Jacopo Cilli, Gabriele Mascherini, Ruggero D'Anastasio, Pascal Izzicupo

“…The BIA vector differed statistically between players who achieved growth peaks (PGA: T2 = 9.1, p = 0.013) and those who did not (GPNA, T2 = 28.9, p < 0.001) compared to the reference and also differed between them (T2 = 37.7, p < 0.001). …”
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Trace elements in children with pre-dialysis and end-stage renal disease by Alsalam Asmaa Abd, Ali Ruaa H., Hussain Haider K., Mahdi Montadher Ali

“…Anthropometric data, such as age, body mass index (BMI) and blood pressure, were also collected. The statistical calculations were done by the utilising of SPSS version 25.0. …”
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Effectiveness of a family customised online FOCUS programme aimed on building resiliency in dyad relationship to support dyadic illness management in persons with heart failure and... by Xin Zhang, Xiaonan Zhang, Yongjun Cao, Weiling Yang, Yanting Li, Xuedong Li, Sixuan Jiang, Qingyun LV, Mei Cheng, Xiaoying Zang

“…Dyadic coping, HF somatic perception, self-care, anxiety and depression for patients and family caregivers and all-cause mortality and hospital admission for patients will be measured at baseline, 4 weeks (after the discharge, T1), 12 weeks (after the discharge, T2) and 24 weeks (after the discharge, T3). Statistical analysis will be performed using SPSS V. 22.0 software.Ethics and dissemination The study protocol was approved by the ethics committees of Tianjin Medical University (Reference number TMUHEC2019002) that covers all the centres enrolled in this study. …”
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Determinants of Educational Procrastination among Medical Students at Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences by SOLEIMAN AHMADY, HOSSEIN KARIMI MOONAGHI, ALI KHERADMAND

“…Data were collected using a demographicquestionnaire, Solomon and Rothbloom’s academic procrastination questionnaire, and a researcher-made questionnaire assessing the factors contributing to procrastination. Statistical analyses, including t-tests, chi-square tests, and regression analyses, were performed using SPSS version 24.Results: The study found a high prevalence of severe procrastination among medical students. …”
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