Association between atherogenic index of plasma with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in individuals with Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic syndrome by Qianrong Zheng, Zhenyang Cao, Jiayi Teng, Qian Lu, Pan Huang, Jianghua Zhou

“…As a continuous variable, AIP levels had an approximate positive linear dose-response relationship with all-cause and CVD mortality. …”
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The Association between Body Fluid Rate with Plasma Lipid Profile, Independent of Adiposity in Young Adults by Xin Liu, Junqi Li, Jiawen Xie, Guoqing Ma, Kun Xu, Jiaomei Yang

“…Total body water (TBW) and body fluid rate (BFR) were measured using bioelectrical impendence analysis (TANITA, BC-420). General linear regression was used to evaluate the associations between body fluid rate with plasma lipid profiles. …”
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An upscaling framework for estimating regional-scale fractional cover of Chinese fir (FCCF) by integrating UAV and satellite images by Houxi Zhang, Jianwei Cai, Minghui Cai, Xunlong Chen, Yiming Sun, Kun Chen, Shijiang Cao, Jianling Ren

“…We evaluated the performance of four models, including linear regression (LR), RF, extreme gradient boosting (XGBoost), and light gradient boosting machine (LightGBM). …”
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Age and gender-specific flow-mediated dilation reference values and predictive factors for Chinese children and adolescents by Enoch C. So, Kate C. Chan, Chun T. Au, Ping Chook, Magnum K. Yu, Hung K. So, Michael H. Chan, Kam S. Woo, David S. Celermajer, Albert Martin Li

“…Predictive factors of FMD were identified using linear regression analysis. Results Mean FMD among children and adolescents in the community setting was 8.57 ± 0.90%. …”
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Continuous use of direct oral anticoagulants during and after simple and surgical tooth extractions: a prospective clinical cohort study by Krister Johansson, Jonas P Becktor, Aron Naimi-Akbar, Peter J Svensson, Bengt Götrick

“…The chi-squared test compared dichotomous variables; the two-sample t-test, continuous variables; logistic regressions, dichotomous outcomes; and linear regressions, continuous outcomes. Results In all, 354 teeth were extracted from 160 patients receiving DOACs and 56 patients receiving warfarin. …”
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The Combination of Fat Distribution and BMI Redefines Obesity: Result From NHANES by Liuqing Yang, Yizhong Ge, Qiankun Zhu, Qi Zhang, Lin Wang, Xin Wang, Yun Yang, Hanping Shi

“…Notably, the relationship between centripetal obesity indicators and all‐cause mortality was approximately linear in both sexes. Centripetal obesity was also strongly associated with cardiovascular and cancer‐specific mortality (p < 0.001). …”
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Acceptability of the Expert Standard for Oral Health Care in Older Adult Patients Among Nursing Staff in German Hospitals and Care Facilities: Protocol for a Cross-Sectional Study by Damian Pazdziernik, Harald Stummer

“…Second, repeated measures ANOVA is used to examine mean differences in acceptability between these interventions. Third, linear regression analyses are used to test the impact of nursing competence on acceptability and lastly chi-square tests of independence are used to compare CROM with already published rates in German-speaking countries. …”
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Association analysis between polygenic risk scores and traits: practical guidelines and tutorial with an illustrative data set of schizophrenia by Itziar Irigoien, Patricia Mas-Bermejo, Patricia Mas-Bermejo, Sergi Papiol, Sergi Papiol, Sergi Papiol, Neus Barrantes-Vidal, Neus Barrantes-Vidal, Neus Barrantes-Vidal, Araceli Rosa, Araceli Rosa, Araceli Rosa, Concepción Arenas

“…Afterwards, as a last step, it is generally described that to test a possible association between a PRS and a trait of interest, an analysis through regression models (linear or logistic, depending on data type) should be carried out adjusting for covariates (e.g., sex, age, clinical information, or genetic ancestry-based Principal Components). …”
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A method for testing indoxacarb residues in three vegetables and the dietary risk assessment by Ai Liu, Fengyu Li, Jiacheng Ge, Guodong Si, Xianzheng Han, Yun Gao, Wenli Wang, Li Su, Nan Zou, Wei Mu, Xiaomei Li, Xiuyu Pang

“…The method was rigorously validated through field trials and dietary risk assessment. A strong linear response was observed for indoxacarb at the concentrations of 0.0005 - 0.25 mg/L, with a limit of quantitation of 0.01 mg/kg. …”
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Associations of circulating insulin-like growth factor-1 and insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 with the expression of stem cell markers in benign breast tissue by Lusine Yaghjyan, Yujing J. Heng, Brian R. Sardella, Divya Murthy, Matt B. Mahoney, Bernard Rosner, Kornelia Polyak, Maisey Ratcliff, Rulla M. Tamimi

“…For each core, the IHC expression was assessed using QuPath, and expressed as % of cells that stain positively for a specific marker out of the total cell count. Generalized linear regression was used to examine the associations of plasma IGF-I and IGFBP-3 (continuous log-transformed and quartiles) with log-transformed expression of each marker (in epithelium and stroma), adjusted for BCa risk factors. …”
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Patient companions' knowledge and practice of infection prevention and control measures in health facilities in the city of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso by Arsène Hema, Satouro Arsène Somé, Odilon Kaboré, Soufiane Sanou, Armel Poda, Ziemlé Clément Meda, Abdoul Salam Ouedraogo, Léon Savadogo

“…Data were collected using an anonymous questionnaire and observation grid and analyzed using Stata13® software. A multilevel linear regression model was employed to assess the associations between companion characteristics and their level of knowledge or practice. …”
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Rapid Mental Stress Evaluation Based on Non-Invasive, Wearable Cortisol Detection with the Self-Assembly of Nanomagnetic Beads by Junjie Li, Qian Chen, Weixia Li, Shuang Li, Cherie S. Tan, Shuai Ma, Shike Hou, Bin Fan, Zetao Chen

“…With the rapid attraction of magnets to nanomagnetic beads, the sensing element can be rapidly replaced on the electrode uniformly, which can lead to extreme improvements in detection efficiency. The detected linear response to cortisol was 0–32 ng/mL. With the integrated reverse iontophoresis technique on a flexible printed circuit board, the ISF can be extracted non-invasively for wearable cortisol detection. …”
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Relationship of transforming growth factor β1 with diabetic retinopathy in type 2 diabetes by A.S. Hudz, V.A. Serhiyenko, I.V. Kudryl, V.G. Guryanov, M.I. Kovtun, S.V. Ziablitsev

“…Statistical analysis of the results was performed using the MedCalc software pa­ckage (MedCalc SoftWare bvba, 1993–2013) and a two-layer neural network model with a linear postsynaptic potential function. Results. Using the genetic selection algorithm, 3 features were identified that were associated with DR: diabetes compensation and TGF-β1 content in blood and IOF. …”
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Investigating the Relationship Between Family Caregiver Burden and Health-Related Quality of Life Among Caregivers of Elderly Patients With Gastrointestinal Cancers by Faezeh Shahri, Majideh Heravi-Karimooi, Farid Zayeri

“…Descriptive statistics, one-sample t test, and univariate linear regression were used, and P<0.05 was considered significant in all stages. …”
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Brazil’s experiment to expand its medical workforce through private and public schools: Impacts and consequences of the balance of regulatory and market forces in resource-scarce s... by Mário Scheffer, Paola Mosquera, Alex Cassenote, Barbara McPake, Giuliano Russo

“…To analyze the increasing trend of students and physicians, interrupted time-series analysis was conducted using segmented linear regression, comparing two time periods considering the MML as the start of the intervention. …”
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<i>Candidozyma auris</i> Outbreak and Its Effective Control in a General Hospital by Flora V. Kontopidou, Maria Antonopoulou, Anastasia Votsi, Vassiliki Papoutsaki, Vassiliki Bereri, Evangelia Kourkoulou, Amalia Rompola, Georgia Tsokou, Anna Pavli, Olga Maria Koutantelia, Maria Siopi, Sevasti Leventaki, Joseph Meletiadis, George L. Daikos

“…</i> After implementing screening and enhanced environmental cleaning, the quarterly incidence of hospital-acquired cases decreased from 0.37 to 0.04 cases per 1000 patient-days (slope of linear trend: −0.08; 95% CI: −0.16 to −0.0004; <i>p</i> = 0.05), despite the continuous inflow of already colonized patients. …”
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Assessing health risks and preparedness strategies in mass-gathering religious events: a retrospective observational study by Huan-Ting Chi, Wei-Kai Liao, Ming-Tai Cheng, Wei-Kuo Chou, Chien-Hao Lin

“…The primary outcome was the daily total number of pilgrimage-related ED visits; secondary outcomes were daily counts for specific diagnoses. Multivariable linear regression was used to examine associations between environmental and event-related factors—including whether the day was the start or end day of the pilgrimage (S-or-E-day), daily walking distance, highest temperature, and relative humidity—and the log-transformed daily ED visit and diagnosis-specific counts. …”
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Psychological distress and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among parents of in-school children after the end of the zero-COVID-19 policy: A city-wide survey in South China by Ruiyin Zhang, Fangmei Ren, Yucheng Xu, Jingjie Fan, Wei Lin

“…Multi-variable logistic and linear regression models were applied to detect potential associations. …”
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Banana Flour Adulteration Key Marker Unravelled by Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometry Assisted by Chemometric Tools by Silvio Luiz Fernandes Júnior, Paula Mothé Gonçalves, Diego Barros Batista, Aderval S. Luna, Fernanda Nunes Ferreira, Licarion Pinto, Jefferson Santos de Gois

“…Applying chemometric techniques, such as Principal Component Analysis, Linear Discriminant Analysis, and Partial Least Squares Discriminant Analysis, allowed us to distinguish the authentic samples from the adulterated ones clearly. …”
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The clinical risk and post-COVID-19 sequelae in patients with myasthenia gravis: a retrospective observational study by Chaoyue Zhang, Haocheng Luo, Yufei Deng, Hongjin Li, Xiang Yu, Jiaxin Liu, Linqi Huang, Xiaojun Yang, Qilong Jiang

“…Multivariable binary logistic and linear regression models were employed to ascertain the variables influencing the severity. …”
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