Improved survival with second-line hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy after atezolizumab-bevacizumab failure in hepatocellular carcinoma by Ji Yeon Lee, Jaejun Lee, Suho Kim, Jae-sung Yoo, Ji Hoon Kim, Keungmo Yang, Ji Won Han, Jeong Won Jang, Jong Yong Choi, Seung Kew Yoon, Ho Jong Chun, Jung Suk Oh, Pil Soo Sung

“…Survival outcomes were assessed with Kaplan-Meier curves and log-rank tests, and factors associated with survival were identified through Cox regression analysis.ResultsThe post-ate-beva group exhibited longer overall survival (OS) (median OS 12.4 months) compared to the first-line HAIC group (median OS 6.8 months) (p = 0.073). …”
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Predictive value of glucose coefficient of variation for in-hospital mortality in acute myocardial infarction patients undergoing PCI: Insights from the MIMIC-IV database by Zixuan Zhang, Mengmeng Ji, Qingqing Zhao, Luying Jiang, Shilang Fan, Houjuan Zuo

“…Multivariable logistic regression and Restricted cubic spline (RCS) analysis were employed to analyze the relationship between GluCV and in-hospital mortality. …”
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Association between creatinine clearance and mortality in Chinese patients with osteoporotic fractures: a retrospective cohort study by Ming Su, Ming Su, Peng Zhou, Peng Zhou, Min-zhe Xu, Min-zhe Xu, Ya-qin Gong, Ya-qin Gong, Jian Jin, Wen-bin Hu, Ke Lu, Ke Lu, Chong Li, Chong Li, Yi Yin, Yi Yin

“…A multivariate Cox regression analysis was used to evaluate the relationship between CCR and mortality while adjusting for potential confounding variables, including laboratory parameters, clinical characteristics, and lifestyle factors. …”
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An In-Depth Characterization of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Lineages and Clinical Presentation in Adult Population Distinguished by Immune Status by Greta Marchegiani, Luca Carioti, Luigi Coppola, Marco Iannetta, Leonardo Alborghetti, Vincenzo Malagnino, Livia Benedetti, Maria Mercedes Santoro, Massimo Andreoni, Loredana Sarmati, Claudia Alteri, Francesca Ceccherini-Silberstein, Maria Concetta Bellocchi

“…Evaluating the genetic variability, 109 SNPs were identified as being involved in significant positive or negative associations in pairs (phi > 0.70, <i>p</i> < 0.001), with 19 SNPs associated in 3 distinct clusters (bootstrap > 0.96). Multivariate regression analysis showed that hospitalization was positively associated with one specific cluster, including S686R and A694S in Spike and L221F in Nucleocapsid (AOR: 2.74 [95% CI: 1.13–6.64, <i>p</i> = 0.025]), and with increased age (AOR:1.03 [95% CI: 1.00–1.06], <i>p</i> = 0.028). …”
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Cathepsin L in Lung Adenocarcinoma: Prognostic Significance and Immunotherapy Response Through a Multi Omics Perspective by Jianming Lu, Jiaqi Liang, Gang Xiao, Zitao He, Guifang Yu, Le Zhang, Chao Cai, Gao Yi, Jianjiang Xie

“…Kaplan–Meier survival analysis and Cox regression modeling revealed that high CTSL expression is associated with poor overall survival. …”
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Social isolation, healthy lifestyle, and intrinsic capacity among older adults in China: A longitudinal study by Xiao Yue, Quan Yuan, Rong Zhou, Mei Wang

“…A healthy lifestyle was defined based on five factors: smoking, alcohol consumption, physical activity, sleep duration, and body mass index (BMI). …”
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Association between insulin resistance and left ventricular remodeling after STEMI in patients without a history of diabetes mellitus by YANG Chendie, HU Changqing, YUAN He, TAY Guan Poh, AMUTI Abulikemu, ZHANG Ruiyan, WANG Xiaoqun

“…Multivariate regression analysis demonstrated that higher HOMA-IR was independently associated with greater LV dilation after STEMI, even after adjusting for age, gender, traditional risk factors (history of hypertension, body mass index, smoking status, renal function and lipid profiles), pharmacological treatment, baseline LV ejection fraction and peak troponin levels. …”
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Fear of Missing Out and its impact: exploring relationships with social media use, psychological well-being, and academic performance among university students by Hala Abd Ellatif Elsayed

“…Social media use was assessed via a customized questionnaire. Data were analyzed using SPSS, employing correlation analysis, multiple regression, and mediation analysis.ResultsFindings indicated a strong positive association between FoMO and social media use (R2 = 0.633, p &lt; 0.001), suggesting that higher levels of FoMO lead to increased social media engagement (B = 0.834, p &lt; 0.001). …”
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Structural-geometric and functional indicators of the heart in patients with multiple myeloma after anti-tumor treatment and COVID-19 by B. B. Samura, M. O. Panasenko, T. O. Samura, I. V. Chorna

“…During multivariate analysis, the prognostic significance was preserved only for some factors: prior symptomatic COVID-19 (HR = 1.079; 95 % CI = 1.041–1.780, p = 0.025) and reduced longitudinal systolic myocardial strain (HR = 1.078; 95 % CI = 1.021–1.184, p = 0.032). …”
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Neutrophil–Lymphocyte Ratio and KELIM Score as Prognostic Markers in High-Grade Serous Advanced Ovarian Cancer Patients Treated with Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy by Vasilis Theodoulidis, Kalliopi Kissoudi, Kimon Chatzistamatiou, Panagiotis Tzitzis, Dimitris Zouzoulas, Iakovos Theodoulidis, Christos Anthoulakis, Theodoros Moysiadis, Maria Topalidou, Eleni Timotheadou, Grigoris Grimpizis, Dimitris Tsolakidis

“…Clinical outcomes, including PFS and OS were analyzed using Kaplan–Meier survival curves, log-rank tests, and Cox regression models. …”
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Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty in Heterozygous RNF213 p.Arg4810Lys Variant Carriers Diagnosed With Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension by Takatoyo Kiko, Ryotaro Asano, Tomohiko Ishibashi, Hiroyuki Endo, Shinya Fujisaki, Ryo Takano, Mitsumasa Akao, Naruhiro Nishi, Hiroya Hayashi, Akiyuki Kotoku, Hiroki Horinouchi, Jin Ueda, Akihiro Tsuji, Tetsuya Fukuda, Yoshikazu Nakaoka, Takeshi Ogo

“…Multivariate logistic regression analysis indicated a significant association between the RNF213 p.Arg4810Lys variant and BPA complications (adjusted odds ratio, 7.0 [95% CI, 1.1–44.4]; P=0.038). …”
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The World Health Organization Fetal Growth Charts: A Multinational Longitudinal Study of Ultrasound Biometric Measurements and Estimated Fetal Weight. by Torvid Kiserud, Gilda Piaggio, Guillermo Carroli, Mariana Widmer, José Carvalho, Lisa Neerup Jensen, Daniel Giordano, José Guilherme Cecatti, Hany Abdel Aleem, Sameera A Talegawkar, Alexandra Benachi, Anke Diemert, Antoinette Tshefu Kitoto, Jadsada Thinkhamrop, Pisake Lumbiganon, Ann Tabor, Alka Kriplani, Rogelio Gonzalez Perez, Kurt Hecher, Mark A Hanson, A Metin Gülmezoglu, Lawrence D Platt

“…The 8,203 sets of ultrasound measurements were scrutinized for outliers and leverage points, and those measurements taken at 14 to 40 wk were selected for analysis. A total of 7,924 sets of ultrasound measurements were analyzed by quantile regression to establish longitudinal reference intervals for fetal head circumference, biparietal diameter, humerus length, abdominal circumference, femur length and its ratio with head circumference and with biparietal diameter, and EFW. …”
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Effects of Multimedia-based Puberty Health Education on Knowledge, Practice, Self-esteem and Emotion Regulation of Adolescent Girls by Fatemeh Heidari, Fatemeh Mirbagri, Maryam Moridi

“…The collected data were analyzed using independent t-test, chi-square, Fisher’s exact test, repeated measures ANOVA and logistic regression analysis. …”
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Les impacts de la guerre du Việt Nam sur les forêts d’A Lưới by Amélie Robert-Charmeteau

“…The method consists in a regressive diachronic analysis of landscapes. The iconographic sources (satellite images, aerial photographs) are favored because they’re a priori unbiased. …”
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Prognostic significance of C-reactive protein (CRP) and albumin-based biomarker in patients with breast cancer receiving chemotherapy by Susanna Hilda Hutajulu, Yufi Kartika Astari, Meita Ucche, Nyoman Kertia, Yanri Wijayanti Subronto, Dewi Kartikawati Paramita, Lina Choridah, Ericko Ekaputra, Irianiwati Widodo, Suwardjo Suwardjo, Mardiah Suci Hardianti, Kartika Widayati Taroeno-Hariadi, Ibnu Purwanto, Johan Kurnianda

“…The Kaplan-Meier with log-rank test and Cox proportional hazard regression were used to analyze the prognostic role of clinicopathologic factors and biomarkers on disease-free survival (DFS), progression-free survival (PFS), and overall survival (OS). …”
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Integrating CT-based radiomics and clinical features to better predict the prognosis of acute pancreatitis by Hang Chen, Yao Wen, Xinya Li, Xia Li, Liping Su, Xinglan Wang, Fang Wang, Dan Liu

“…The radiomics features were extracted from contrast-enhanced CT. Logistic regression analysis was applied to analyze clinical-radiological features for developing clinical and radiomics-derived models. …”
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Human papillomavirus vaccination coverage among young women in the three sub-Saharan African countries using Demographic and Health Surveys data by Mulugeta Wassie, Alebachew Ferede Zegeye, Enyew Getaneh Mekonen, Berhan Tekeba, Mohammed Seid Ali, Almaz Tefera Gonete, Alemneh Tadesse Kassie, Belayneh Shetie Workneh, Tewodros Getaneh Alemu, Tadesse Tarik Tamir

“…Stata 14 was used to analyze the data. The determinants of the outcome variable were identified using a multilevel mixed-effects logistic regression model. …”
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Improving surgical quality of care: learning from 8,331 surgical medical malpractice cases by Qin Chen, Qin Chen, Xiaoyu Liu, Xiaoyan Liu, Pan Song, Xiaoyan Quan, Huarong Xiong, Dan Wang, Xiaoli Hu, Hua Zhang, Meihong Shi, Meihong Shi

“…Multivariate logistic regression analysis was employed to identify independent risk factors that may contribute to catastrophic compensation.ResultsThis study included a total of 8,331 successfully resolved surgical litigation cases. …”
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Determinants of conventional and contrast-enhanced ultrasound diagnosis of fat-poor angiomyolipoma <5 cm by Xia Liang, Xia Liang, Xia Liang, Xian-Tao Zeng, Xian-Tao Zeng, Xian-Tao Zeng, Zhi-Liang Hong, Zhi-Liang Hong, Zhi-Liang Hong, Miao-Jiao Su, Miao-Jiao Su, Miao-Jiao Su, Jian-Chuan Yang, Jian-Chuan Yang, Jian-Chuan Yang, Song-Song Wu, Song-Song Wu, Song-Song Wu

“…Prior to radical or partial nephrectomy, these patients underwent both CUS and CEUS examinations. We systematically analyzed the features observed in CUS and CEUS, identified independent factors through multifactorial regression analysis, and evaluated diagnostic efficacy by calculating the area under the curve (AUC).ResultsUnivariate analysis revealed significant distinctions in fat-poor AML concerning gender, age, morphology, internal hyperechoic features (starry-sky sign, crescent sign), enhancement uniformity, and delayed enhancement, all displaying significance compared to renal cell carcinoma (RCC) (p &lt; 0.05). …”
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Decrease in reproductive desires among non-parent heterosexual women during the COVID-19 pandemic in Poland: the role of epidemiological stress, socioeconomic status, and reproduct... by Urszula M. Marcinkowska, Krzysztof K. Kasparek, Michał Zabdyr-Jamróz, Marta Kozłowska, Ilona Nenko

“…Participants who were heterosexual, non-parent, and non-pregnant without a diagnosis of infertility completed an online, anonymous survey providing information on sociodemographic variables, COVID-19 exposure, COVID-19-related stress, and changes in their reproductive desires. Multiple logistic regression models were used to analyze the data. Participants were also given the opportunity to provide a descriptive explanation for changes in fertility desires due to the pandemic or the political situation (abortion restrictions coinciding with the pandemic in Poland), which was then used for qualitative analysis.ResultsA total of 706 participants completed the survey (mean age = 28.11, SD = 4.87, min = 19, max = 47). …”
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