Effects of proton pump inhibitors and histamine-2 receptor antagonists on response to fidaxomicin or vancomycin in patients with Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea by Thomas Louie, Karl Weiss, Mark A Miller, Kathleen Mullane, Derrick W Crook, Sherwood L Gorbach

“…Baseline factors that were statistically significant in univariate analyses were analysed in multivariate analyses of effects on clinical response and recurrence.Results Multivariate analysis showed that leukocytosis, elevated creatinine and hypoalbuminemia, but not PPI or H2RA use, were significant factors associated with poor clinical responses. …”
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Female Gender Remains a Significant Barrier to Access Cataract Surgery in South Asia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Qunru Ye, Yanxian Chen, William Yan, Wei Wang, Jingxian Zhong, Cong Tang, Andreas Müller, Bo Qiu

“…For CSC on a per-eye basis at visual acuity <3/60, the associations were statistically significant, with a pooled OR of 1.40 (95% CI: 1.16–1.70). …”
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Why PD-L1 expression varies between studies of lung cancer: results from a Bayesian meta-analysis by Preston Ngo, Wendy A. Cooper, Stephen Wade, Kwun M. Fong, Karen Canfell, Deme Karikios, Marianne Weber

“…Abstract PD-L1 expression is an important biomarker for the management of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) but has been highly heterogeneous across studies. We developed a statistical model to reconcile conflicting estimates of PD-L1 prevalence by accounting for between-study variation in test sensitivity, specimen age, and laboratory count. …”
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Clinicopathological characteristics and long-term prognosis of triple-negative breast cancer patients with HER2-Low expression: a retrospective propensity score-matched cohort stud... by Xin Liu, Kaihua Zhao, Ziyan Zhang, Meiyan Liu, Hongwu Chu, Xiao Zou

“…HER2-low status was validated as an independent low-risk factor for RFS both pre-PSM (HR 0.354, 95% CI 0.178–0.706, p = 0.003) and post-PSM (HR 0.405, 95% CI 0.185–0.886, p = 0.024). No statistically significant differences in mortality rate and OS were observed, both before and after PSM. …”
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Fish and Marine Omega-3 Polyunsatured Fatty Acid Consumption and Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Ming Zhang, Eliane Picard-Deland, André Marette

“…Publication bias and study heterogeneity were assessed using Egger’s test and I2 statistic. Results. We found no significant association between the intake of fish/seafood (pooled RR: 1.04; P=0.63, 95% CI: 0.9 to 1.2, 549, 955 participants) or marine LC n-3 PUFA (pooled RR: 1.08, P=0.39, 95% CI: 0.90 to 1.30, 346, 710 participants) and T2D risk. …”
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Elicitation of Norwegian EQ-5D-5L values for hypothetical and experience-based health states based on the EuroQol Valuation Technology (EQ-VT) protocol by Knut Stavem, Tonya Moen Hansen, Ylva Helland, Liv Ariane Augestad, Kim Rand, Andrew Garratt

“…The scoring algorithms will be available for widely used statistical software.…”
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Anomaly Detection in High Mobility MDT Traces Through Self-Supervised Learning by J. M. Sanchez-Martin, C. Gijon, M. Toril, S. Luna-Ramirez, V. Wille

“…For this purpose, Minimization of Drive Test (MDT) functionality provides mobile operators with georeferenced network performance statistics to tune radio propagation models in re-planning tools. …”
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Optimization of UAE-NADES green extraction of bioactive compounds from chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) sprouts using simplex lattice mixture design methodology by Waseem Khalid, Hyrije Koraqi, Imed E Benmebarek, Andrés Moreno, Tawfiq Alsulami, Robert Mugabi, Gulzar Ahmad Nayik

“…In the present study, a statistical tool called the simplex lattice mixture design method was used to create a new formulation of Natural Deep Eutectic Solvent (NADES), which is derived from a combination of three compounds (citric acid, glycerol, and water) to extract bioactive compounds from chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) sprouts. …”
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Regional Disparities in Measles Vaccination Coverage and Their Associated Factors: An Ecological Study in Japan by Masaki Machida, Shinji Fukushima, Takahiro Tabuchi, Tomoki Nakaya, Wakaba Fukushima, Shigeru Inoue

“…Methods: In this ecological study, the measles vaccination coverage in FY 2022; population density; area deprivation index (ADI; an indicator of socioeconomic status); proportion of foreign nationals, single-father households, single-mother households, and mothers aged ≥30 years; and number of medical facilities, pediatricians, and non-pediatric medical doctors in 1,698 municipalities were extracted from Japanese government statistics. Negative binomial regression was performed with the number of children vaccinated against measles as the dependent variable, number of children eligible for measles vaccination as the offset term, and other factors as independent variables. …”
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Comparative analysis of ChatGPT and Gemini (Bard) in medical inquiry: a scoping review by Fattah H. Fattah, Fattah H. Fattah, Abdulwahid M. Salih, Abdulwahid M. Salih, Ameer M. Salih, Ameer M. Salih, Saywan K. Asaad, Saywan K. Asaad, Abdullah K. Ghafour, Rawa Bapir, Rawa Bapir, Rawa Bapir, Berun A. Abdalla, Berun A. Abdalla, Snur Othman, Sasan M. Ahmed, Sasan M. Ahmed, Sabah Jalal Hasan, Yousif M. Mahmood, Fahmi H. Kakamad, Fahmi H. Kakamad, Fahmi H. Kakamad

“…However, Gemini outperformed ChatGPT in emergency scenarios (87% vs. 77%) and in renal diets with low potassium and high phosphorus (79% vs. 60% and 100% vs. 77%). Statistical analysis confirms that ChatGPT has greater accuracy and shorter responses than Gemini in medical studies, with a p-value of &lt;.001 for both metrics.ConclusionThis Scoping review suggests that ChatGPT may demonstrate higher accuracy and provide shorter responses than Gemini in medical studies.…”
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Comparison of Penetrating and Blunt Traumatic Diaphragmatic Injuries by Sang Su Lee, Sung Youl Hyun, Hyuk Jun Yang, Yong Su Lim, Jin Seong Cho, Jae Hyug Woo

“…The location of the injury did not show a statistically significant difference between these groups. …”
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Management of Vasoproliferative Tumors of the Retina with Macular Complications by Pars Plana Vitrectomy Combined with Episcleral Cryotherapy by Wenhua Zhang, Zeyuan Qiang, Hao Song, Xiaoli Li, Handong Dan, Keke Ge, Pan Li, Zixu Huang, Dongdong Wang, Feng Chen, Bin Zheng, Zongming Song

“…The difference between the mean values of logMAR BCVA before and after treatment was statistically significant (t = 2.48, P=0.033). The tumor activity was controlled effectively in nine cases. …”
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The feasibility of using liver function indices and FibroScan in combination to predict the occurrence of anti-tuberculosis drug-induced liver injury in Patients with liver disease by Shaoqiang Wu, Qiaohua Yang, Huai Li, Yongzhong Li

“…Logistic regression models and Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curves were used for data analysis. Statistical significance was set at P<0.05. Results: Patients who developed DILI showed significantly higher levels of ALT, AST, total bilirubin, GGT, and LSM, with strong positive correlations between these markers and DILI occurrence. …”
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γ-H2AX: A Novel Prognostic Marker in a Prognosis Prediction Model of Patients with Early Operable Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer by E. Chatzimichail, D. Matthaios, D. Bouros, P. Karakitsos, K. Romanidis, S. Kakolyris, G. Papashinopoulos, A. Rigas

“…This study indicates that neural networks may represent a potentially more useful decision support tool than conventional statistical methods for predicting the outcome of patients with non-small cell lung cancer and that some molecular markers, such as γ-H2AX, enhance their predictive ability.…”
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Features of interethnic trust of various ethnic groups representatives of a multicultural region by Alena V. Alborova, Svetlana V. Dreeva

“…The Students t-test was used in the study to determine the statistical significance of differences in average values. …”
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NAFPD exacerbation by hyperlipidemia combined with hyperuricemia: a pilot rat experiment in lipidomics by Jingyun Li, Jingyun Li, Yongjian Chen, Shilin Li, Guorong Lyu, Guorong Lyu, Furong Yan, Jiajing Guo, Jing Cheng, Yun Chen, Jiaojiao Lin, Yating Zeng

“…Serum samples were analyzed using lipidomics technology, and multivariate statistical analysis was employed to identify differences in lipid metabolism.ResultsSUA levels in the PO group were not significantly different from those in the CON group (p &gt; 0.05). …”
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Development trend of primary healthcare after health reform in China: a longitudinal observational study by Hui Li, Jie Feng, Zuxun Lu, Yanhong Gong, Xuan Zhou, Guopeng Zhang, Xiaoxv Yin, Jianxiong Wu

“…Nevertheless, there have been few studies focusing on the strengthening of primary healthcare in Chinese health system.Design This study was a longitudinal observational study.Primary and secondary outcome measures The data of this study came from China Health Statistical Yearbook (2009–2018). We evaluated the development of primary healthcare based on the absolute values of health resources allocation and health service provision and evaluated the status of primary healthcare throughout the health system based on the composition ratios of the indicators across the health system. …”
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Features of Medical Care Providing to Patients with Digestive Diseases in the Krasnodar Region during the COVID-19 Pandemic by N. V. Korochanskaya, V. M. Durleshter, S. A. Gabriel, O. V. Kovalevskaya, S. N. Serikova, M. A. Basenko

“…The analysis of the features of the DD course in the Krasnodar Region was carried out according to the data of form C 51 “Distribution of the dead by sex, age groups and causes of death” of the Territorial Federal State Statistics Service in the Krasnodar Region, as well as monitoring the quality of medical care for patients with DD for the period from 2019 to 2021 years.Results. …”
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A novel conceptual model for Dansgaard–Oeschger event dynamics based on ice-core data by J. O. Melcher, S. Halkjær, P. Ditlevsen, P. L. Langen, G. Vettoretti, S. O. Rasmussen

“…Through both analytical and numerical methods, we establish a suitable parameter domain within which the newly adjusted models can accurately replicate the palaeoclimatic records of DO events as described by summary statistics derived from ice-core data. The analysis also shows that, without the novel control parameter, the model does not have a suitable parameter domain in which it can reproduce the wide range of event characteristics seen in the ice-core record. …”
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Comparison of the Effectiveness of Educational Perfectionism Schema Based Strategies Training with Cognitive Behavior Training on Test Anxiety and Academic Burnout among Female Stu... by Nasrin Bahreini Moghim Jiroft, Mohsen Golparvar, Asghar Aghaei

“…Present survey has been done with the aim of comparing between educational perfectionism schema based strategies training and cognitive-behavioral training on test anxiety and academic burnout among high school female students with educational perfectionism. the research method was semi-experimental with pretest and posttest design and a control group. Statistical population of study includes female high school students in Giroft province during Fall of year 2021. …”
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