High acceptability of newborn screening for sickle cell disease among post-natal mothers in Western Kenya. by John Orimbo, Shehu Shagari Awandu, Faith Muhonja, Patrick Owili, Dickens Omondi

“…The acceptability was calculated as percentage of mothers accepting to have their babies screened. Data were analyzed using logistic regression to explore factors associated with acceptability of newborn screening for sickle cell disease. …”
Get full text

Association Between Thyroid Hormone Levels and Disease Prognosis in Guillain–Barré Syndrome: A Retrospective Study by Yangrongzhuo Huang, Yuhan Li, Hailing Zhou, Juan Tang

“…Patients were stratified into two groups: HFGS score < 3 (good prognosis group, n = 66) and ≥ 3 (poor prognosis group, n = 116). Logistic regression identified prognostic risk factors, Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves determined cut‐off values for FT4 and T4, and correlation analyses evaluated relationships between thyroid hormone levels and inflammatory markers. …”
Get full text

The predictive value of uric acid/albumin ratio for no-reflow/slow-flow in patients after PCI for acute non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction by GONG Junrong, LI Yafei, DAI He, ZHU Fuyu, CHEN Wenting

“…Baseline characteristics and lesion characteristics of patients with normal flow and patients with no-reflow/slow-flow were compared.Multivariate logistic regression was used to analyze the independent factors affecting the occurrence of no-reflow/slow-flow in NSTEMI patients.ROC curve was plotted to analyze the predictive value of UAR for the occurrence of no-reflow/slow-flow. …”
Get full text

Helicobacter pylori infection increases the risk of dyslipidemia in Chinese non-obese and non-diabetic population from the perspective of age category: a retrospective cross-sectio... by Huihui Shang, Jiawei Wang, Xinya Zhang, Dingli Zhang, Kai Yue, Song Xu

“…The correlation between H. pylori infection and blood lipid levels was compared between the two groups according to age category. Binary Logistic regression analysis was used to analyze the factors influencing H. pylori infection. …”
Get full text

Disparities in disease burden of congenital heart disease among 150,488 individuals in Western China by Jun Wang, Yang Bai, Hongmei Zhou, Jue Liu

“…Probit regression model was also used in sensitivity analysis. …”
Get full text

A qualitative non-participant observational study of non-prescription counseling in community pharmacies by Helene Marie Haldorsen Gombos, Tonje Krogstad, Marthe Rambøl Bjørknes, Hege Sletvold, Milada Cvancarova Hagen, Karin Svensberg

“…Statistical analysis was performed using Chi-square tests and Logistic regression to evaluate standard compliance and predictive factors. …”
Get full text

The role of artificial intelligence in mobile banking: decoding portuguese consumers’ perceptions and intentions to engage by João M. Lopes, Ilda Massano-Cardoso, Lara Pedrosa

“…The aim of this study is to identify and analyze the main factors that impact the behavioral intentions of Portuguese consumers in the use of artificial intelligence in mobile banking applications. …”
Get full text

The novel triglyceride‒glucose-weighted adjusted waist index as a supplementary diagnostic tool for heart failure: evidence of improved reclassification beyond traditional TyG-rela... by Yuqin Fan, Dan Ye, Kebin Zhou, Lu Cai, Longhui Yu

“…The TyG-WWI was calculated, and its association with HF risk was analyzed via multivariable logistic regression (adjusted for demographics, lifestyle factors, disease history, and medication use), restricted cubic splines (with 4 knots), and subgroup analyses. …”
Get full text

Prognostic significance of FT3 levels in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patients with HFpEF by Zhen-Yu Yang, Zhi-Yuan Zhang, Wei-Jie Zhang, Da Liu, Fu-Shi Piao, Xiangyu Yan, Fang-Tao Shi, Min Yang, Jing Chen, Sheng-song Zhu, Hong-Hou He, Pei-Hong Wu, Cheng Qian, Min Lin, Jun-Qing Feng, Chun-jin Lai

“…Data on demographic and clinical variables, including FT3, were analyzed using univariate and multivariate Cox regression, Kaplan–Meier (KM) survival analysis, and restricted cubic spline (RCS) analysis to explore prognostic factors and FT3's nonlinear predictive value.ResultsAge, atrial fibrillation, and NT-proBNP levels significantly influenced prognosis, while FT3 emerged as an independent predictor of all-cause mortality and cardiac transplantation (P &lt; 0.001). …”
Get full text

The Impact of Maqashid Syariah on the Human Development Index (HDI): The Case of Indonesia by Muhammad Ahsanul Amal, Dedi Gunawan, Miftakhul Choiri, Akhmad Roja Badrus Zaman

“…This study utilises qualitative research methods and incorporates Eviews-12 software for data analysis, notably using panel data regression techniques with selected Common Effect Model (CEM). …”
Get full text

Managerial ability and market performance: an investigation of firms listed on B3 by Rubia Frehner Poffo, Nelson Hein

“…The study employed a sample of 206 firms covering the period from 2019 to 2023. The analysis was conducted using ordinary least squares (OLS) regression with fixed effects for industry and year, utilizing the Stata® software. …”
Get full text

Digital Inclusive Finance and Regional Economic Resilience: Evidence From 279 Cities in China by Ziyun Wang, Hanbin Chen

“…Firstly, the relationship between digital inclusive finance and economic resilience is initially explored through benchmark regression, and regional differences are revealed through heterogeneity analysis. …”
Get full text

In the context of the era of targeted therapy: evaluation of the survival benefits of different local treatment modalities for patients with 1–3 brain metastases from non-small cel... by Liang Sun, Haibin Chen, Zhi Yang, Liwen Li, Zhaohui ying, Yuanyuan Qu, Nanyang Tong, Caixing Sun, Liang Xia

“…For KPS ≥ 90, surgery + postoperative radiotherapy improved OS. Multivariate analysis identified age ≤ 57 (HR: 1.89; p < 0.001), surgery + postoperative radiotherapy (HR: 0.60; p = 0.017), and SRS (HR: 0.57; p = 0.01) as independent protective factors for OS. …”
Get full text

Determinants of waiting times for surgery in older patients with hip fractures: a two-center retrospective study in Japanese acute care hospitals by Yunhan Ji, Takehiro Michikawa, Kenta Zouchi, Kurenai Hachiya, Takumi Taniguchi, Keigo Sato, XiaoJian Ye, Mitsuhiro Morita, Nobuyuki Fujita

“…Poisson regression was used to identify independent factors associated with delayed surgery. …”
Get full text

Impact of the Composite Allocation Score on Lung Transplant Waitlist and Posttransplant Outcomes by Ye In Christopher Kwon, BA, Holly Caboti-Jones, BS, Michael Keller, BS, Andrew Min-Gi Park, BA, Alan Lai, BS, Rachit D. Shah, MD, Zachary Fitch, MD, Vigneshwar Kasirajan, MD, Vipul Patel, MD, Zubair A. Hashmi, MD

“…Using the United Network for Organ Sharing registry (2022–2024), adult patients listed for isolated LT were divided into 2 eras: era 1 (pre-CAS: March 1, 2022–March 8, 2023) and era 2 (post-CAS: March 9, 2023–September 30, 2024). Competing risk regression analyzed waitlist events. Recipient/donor characteristics and mortality risk factors were assessed with Cox models. …”
Get full text

Development and validation of a machine learning model for central compartmental lymph node metastasis in solitary papillary thyroid microcarcinoma via ultrasound imaging features... by Haiyang Han, Heng Sun, Chang Zhou, Li Wei, Liang Xu, Dian Shen, Wenshu Hu

“…Ultrasound radiomic features were extracted from routine thyroid ultrasound images, and multiple feature selection methods were applied to construct radiomic models for each group. Independent risk factors, along with radiomics features identified through multivariate logistic regression analysis, were subsequently refined through additional feature selection techniques to develop combined predictive models. …”
Get full text

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

“…To address this gap, we collected clinical data on the condition and prognosis of MG patients with COVID-19 infection, aiming to investigate factors influencing both the severity of the infection and the occurrence of post-COVID-19 sequelae at 1 and 12 months after recovery.MethodThis was a retrospective analysis of 150 MG patients with COVID-19 infection from November 1, 2022 to March 1, 2023 at the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, including patient demographics, clinical characteristics, and post-COVID-19 sequelae. …”
Get full text

Efficacy and procedural efficiency of mechanical thrombectomy devices in posterior circulation stroke by Linlin Ma, Zhe Cheng, Gary B. Rajah, Gary B. Rajah, Ho Jun Yun, Xiaokun Geng, Xiaokun Geng, Xiaokun Geng, Yuchuan Ding

“…Any association between the devices and favorable clinical outcomes was assessed by logistic regression analysis.ResultsA total of 80 patients were analyzed. …”
Get full text

Weekly Image Guidance in Patients With Cervical Cancer Treated With Intensity‐Modulated Radiation Therapy: Results of a Large Cohort Study by Zheng Zeng, Weiping Wang, Junfang Yan, Dingchao Liu, Fuquan Zhang, Ke Hu

“…For patients with and without positive regional lymph nodes, the 5‐year OS, DFS, LRFS, and DMFS rates were 64.5% and 86.0%, 56.8% and 78.8%, 62.7% and 84.3%, and 58.8% and 81.0%, respectively. Multivariate analysis showed that age, histology, tumor size, cancer stage, pretreatment squamous cell carcinoma antigen level, and para‐aortic metastatic lymph nodes were independent prognostic factors of OS. …”
Get full text

The interplay of body mass index, gestational weight gain, and birthweight over 3800 g in vaginal breech birth: A retrospective study by Henriette Tautenhahn, Anne Dathan‐Stumpf, Noura Kabbani, Holger Stepan, Massimiliano Lia

“…Multivariable logistic regression was used for analysis and adjustment of variables. …”
Get full text