Association between Diurnal Temperature Range, Daily Mean Temperature and Sarcopenia States in Older Adults: Evidence from the CHARLS by Yang Zhong, Suyuan Wang, Doudou Hao, Suyin Zhu, Yanli Chen, Zhiyou Shi, Qing Yang, Yunhong Wu

“…Cross-sectional analysis used generalized additive models with cubic splines to identify non-linear relationships between temperature and sarcopenia states prevalence. …”
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INFLAMMATION CELL-MOLECULAR FEATURES AND SURVIVAL IN PATIENTS WITH OCCUPATIONAL CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE FROM SILICA DUST EXPOSURE by L. I. Aftanas, L. A. Shpagina, O. S. Kotova, I. S. Shpagin, G. V. Kuznetsova, L. A. Panacheva, N. V. Kamneva, S. M. Erikhova

“…Statistical analysis - ANCOVA and multiple linear regression. Survival was analyzed using Kaplan - Meier method and Cox proportional hazard regression. …”
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Digital Health Intervention to Reduce Malnutrition Among Individuals With Gastrointestinal Cancer Receiving Cytoreductive Surgery Combined With Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemoth... by Yu Chen Lin, Ryan Hagen, Benjamin D Powers, Sean P Dineen, Jeanine Milano, Emma Hume, Olivia Sprow, Sophia Diaz-Carraway, Jennifer B Permuth, Jeremiah Deneve, Amir Alishahi Tabriz, Kea Turner

“…Changes in patient-reported outcomes at baseline and follow-up were assessed using linear and ordered logistic regressions. …”
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Key sociodemographic factors and food packaging attributes associated with poor diet quality among rural Americans: a cross-sectional survey study by David C Lee, Christian A Koziatek, Lorna E Thorpe, Leonardo Trasande, Haley L Motola, Karen S Holden, Jill Hubert-Simon, Nathan Wise, Anirudh Prabu, Kelly M Doran

“…The objective of this study was to assess diet quality using the Alternative Healthy Eating Index (aHEI) among residents of a rural New York county with poor health outcomes, and identify geographic and individual-level factors associated with lower diet quality.Design We performed a cross-sectional study using survey data and multivariable linear regression analyses, supplemented by geographic distribution assessment of aHEI scores.Setting Sullivan County, New York, a rural county with poor health outcomes.Participants Households in Sullivan County who responded to a dietary and sociodemographic health survey in 2021–2022.Outcome measures The primary outcome was the aHEI score and its dietary subscores. …”
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Effect of early neuroendovascular team involvement in acute stroke protocol: a retrospective study by Hitoshi Mori, Hitoshi Mori, Masahiro Kashiura, Ichiro Suzuki, Fumiko Ono, Yuya Yoshimura, Takashi Moriya

“…Secondary outcomes were assessed using multiple linear regression.ResultsThis study analyzed 501 patients, with 313 in the protocol group and 188 in the conventional group. …”
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Degradation-aware neural imputation: Advancing decoding stability in brain machine interfaces by Yun-Ting Kuo, Han-Lin Wang, Bo-Wei Chen, Ching-Fu Wang, Yu-Chun Lo, Sheng-Huang Lin, Po-Chuan Chen, You-Yin Chen

“…This study introduces a confidence-weighted Bayesian linear regression (CW-BLR) approach to impute neural signals affected by degradation, enhancing the robustness and consistency of decoding. …”
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DOPPLER SONOGRAPHY RESULTS OF HEMODYNAMICS OF EXTRACRANIAL REGION OF BRACHIOCEPHALIC VESSELS IN CASES OF PERIODONTAL TISSUES DISEASES IN PATIENTS WITH THE LESIONS OF INTERVERBAL DI... by V.M. Kulyhina, T.O. Tepla, B.Y. Komnatskyi

“…(Duplex scanning of extracranial regions of brachiocephalic vessels (external carotid and vertebral arteries and internal jugular veins) was performed using ultrasound scanner of company ESAOTE CARIS PLUS (Italy) with a linear array transducer with the frequency of 3,5-10MHts. …”
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Merits and limits of SWAT-GL: application in contrasting glaciated catchments by T. Schaffhauser, F. Hofmeister, F. Hofmeister, G. Chiogna, F. Merk, Y. Tuo, J. Machnitzke, L. Alcamo, J. Huang, M. Disse

“…We could further show its strong (non-linear) interactions with the existing snow routine, suggesting a simultaneous calibration of the snow components. …”
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Development and validation of machine learning-based diagnostic models using blood transcriptomics for early childhood diabetes prediction by Xin Huang, Xin Huang, Di Ouyang, Weiming Xie, Huawei Zhuang, Siyu Gao, Pan Liu, Lizhong Guo

“…Nine machine learning algorithms (Decision Tree, Gradient Boosting Machine, K-Nearest Neighbors, Linear Discriminant Analysis, Logistic Regression, Multilayer Perceptron, Naive Bayes, Random Forest, and Support Vector Machine) were combined with selected features, generating 45 unique model combinations. …”
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Computational Risk Stratification of Preclinical Alzheimer’s in Younger Adults by Oriehi Anyaiwe, Nandini Nataraj, Bhargava Sai Gudikandula

“…<b>Methods:</b> The model integrates sigmoid-based data generation to simulate non-linear biomarker trajectories reflective of real-world disease progression. …”
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Rice seed integrity evaluation: Developing a rapid onsite system to check seed fraud using a portable NIR spectroscopic device coupled with smartphone technology by Ernest Teye, Charles Lloyd Yeboah Amuah, Vida Gyimah Boadu, Kwadwo Anokye Dompreh, Maxwell Darko Asante, Francis Padi Lamptey, Stephen Narh, Daniel Dzorkpe Gamenyah, George Oduro Nkansah, Selorm Akaba

“…After applying various pre-processing techniques and principal component analysis (PCA), linear discriminant functions 1 and 2 successfully revealed distinct clustering patterns for both the varieties and categories (rice seed and paddy). …”
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The dietary inflammation index and body mass index mediate the association between the dietary index for gut microbiota and sarcopenia in older women: evidence from NHANES 2011–201... by Xiaoyan Zhang, Liangzhi Wu, Yutian He, Shuyao Zhang, Wenfeng Hua, Wenfeng Hua

“…The RCS curves illustrated a non-linear relationship between DI-GM and sarcopenia risk. …”
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Adolescent loneliness as a predictor of adult obesity: a longitudinal analysis from the HUNT study, Norway by Vegar Rangul, Marte Brennsaeter, Trine Tetlie Eik-Nes, Kirsti Kvaløy, Julie Friis

“…Multinomial logistic and linear regression models adjusted for covariates were used to analyze the associations between adolescent loneliness and adult obesity. …”
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Increasing incidence of early-onset kidney cancer in young adults aged <50 years in England: an analysis of the national cancer registration data by age and gender, 1985–2020 by Anjum Memon, Yalda Salari, Manraj Bawa, Paimaun Zakikhani

“…The Average Annual Percentage Change (AAPC, year-on-year increase in incidence rates during 1985–2000) was estimated using the slope of the linear trend line fitted to the incidence rates by year of diagnosis. …”
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Determination of 16 Selected Trace Elements in Children Plasma from China Economical Developed Rural Areas Using High Resolution Magnetic Sector Inductively Coupled Mass Spectromet... by Xiaobing Liu, Jianhua Piao, Zhenwu Huang, Shuang-Qing Zhang, Weidong Li, Yuan Tian, Xiaoguang Yang

“…The method was validated and applied for the determination of 16 selected plasma trace elements (Fe, Cu, Zn, Rb, B, Al, Se, Sr, V, Cr, Mn, Co, As, Mo, Cd, and Pb). The linear working ranges were over three intervals, 0-1 μg/L, 0–10 μg/L and 0–100 μg/L. …”
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Long-term anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody trajectories after neutralizing monoclonal antibody treatment. by Elizabeth S Munroe, Greg A Grandits, Robert C Hyzy, Hallie C Prescott, Thomas W Barrett, Robin L Dewar, Nicole Engen, Anna L Goodman, Timothy J Hatlen, Helene Highbarger, Thomas L Holland, Gareth Hughes, Tomas O Jensen, Muhammad A Khan, Ioannis Kalomenidis, Nayon Kang, Sylvain Laverdure, Prasad Manian, Vidya Menon, Ravi Patel, Srikanth Ramachandruni, Tauseef Rehman, Kathryn Shaw-Saliba, Birgit Thorup Røge, David M Vock, Amy C Weintrob, Barnaby E Young, Anne P Frosch, STRIVE Network and Therapeutics for Inpatients with COVID-19 (TICO) study groups

“…Data are summarized as mean differences in percent binding inhibition (anti-spike) and signal-to-cutoff (S/C) ratio (anti-nucleocapsid). Linear mixed effects models were fit to compare the longitudinal trajectory between treatment and placebo groups.…”
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Primary liver cancer burden and its association with health development in the Western Pacific, 1990–2021 by Teng-Chao Zhou, Teng-Chao Zhou, Dan Qin, Peng Yan, Peng Yan, Bin Lan, Bin Lan, Qing Wang, Qing Wang, Jie Tan, Jie Tan

“…Associations with Human Resources for Health (HRH), Universal Health Coverage (UHC) index, and Sociodemographic Index (SDI) were examined using Spearman correlation and generalized linear models.ResultsBetween 1990 and 2021, age-standardized DALYs rates for LC in the WPR rose from 281.78 to 334.74 per 100,000 population (EAPC: 0.56%). …”
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Investigating the dietary inflammatory index and pro-inflammatory immune dynamics: insights from a cross-sectional study of severe vs. non-severe coronary artery disease patients by Marjan Mahdavi-Roshan, Sara Khoshdooz, Sara Grafenauer, Zeinab Ghorbani, Ali Bonyad, Aseme Pourrajabi, Arsalan Salari

“…Mediation analysis showed that NLR mediated 24.7% [95%CI (15.2%–98.3%)] of the total effect of DII on severe CAD. Non-linear dose–response analysis further demonstrated a persistent risk of severe CAD as DII and NLR levels increased (P for overall trend ≤ 0.003; P for non-linearity ≤ 0.026). …”
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Communicative health literacy and associated variables in nine European countries: results from the HLS19 survey by Salvatore Metanmo, Hanne Søberg Finbråten, Henrik Bøggild, Peter Nowak, Robert Griebler, Øystein Guttersrud, Éva Bíró, Brigid Unim, Rana Charafeddine, Lennert Griese, Zdenek Kucera, Christopher Le, Doris Schaeffer, Mitja Vrdelja, Julien Mancini, The HLS19 Consortium

“…The HLS19 survey was conducted in 2019–2021 including nine countries which measured COM-HL by using a validated questionnaire (HLS19-COM-P-Q6 with a score ranging from 0 to 100). Linear regression models were used to study variables associated with COM-HL globally (multilevel model with random intercepts and slopes and at country level) and in each country. …”
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Exploring the relationship between vitamin B12, methylmalonic acid levels and all-cause mortality in heart failure populations: insights from the NHANES database by Wei Yu, Yao Wang, Yao Wang, Yao Wang, Yulu Zhou, Danyu Wu, Danyu Wu, Danyu Wu

“…Hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of the risk of all-cause mortality were estimated using weighted multivariable Cox proportional hazard models. The non-linear association between MMA levels and all-cause mortality was investigated using restricted cubic spline (RCS) analyses.ResultsAmong 747 HF participants, 481 (57.3%) deaths were recorded during a follow-up period of 7.9 years. …”
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