A serological household survey on social determinants of the generalized HIV epidemic in southern Brazil by Eliana Wendland, Bruna Angelo Vieira, Gustavo Eidt, Maria Letícia Rodrigues Ikeda, Flávia Moreno Alves de Souza, Maiko Luis Tonini, Pâmela Cristina Gaspar, Ronaldo Campos Hallal, Fábio Moherdaui, Gerson Fernando Mendes Pereira, Augusto Bacelo Bidinotto

“…Adult residents completed electronic questionnaires and provided blood samples for HIV testing, following Brazilian guidelines. Statistical analysis employed survey-weighted methods and hierarchical robust Poisson regression models to investigate factors associated with HIV prevalence. …”
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Association of Bone Metabolism Indices and Bone Mineral Density with Diabetic Retinopathy in Elderly Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Cross-Sectional Inpatient Study in Ch... by Xin Zhao, Lili Huo, Xiaofeng Yu, Xiaomei Zhang

“…In addition, the level of procollagen 1 intact N-terminal (P1NP) in female patients was higher in the PDR and BDR groups than in the NDR group (P<0.05). (2) For men and postmenopausal women, the proportion of vitamin deficiency was higher in the PDR and BDR groups than in the NDR group (P<0.05). (3) The logistic regression analysis in men and postmenopausal women showed that the diabetic duration and lower levels of UACR and 25(OH)D were independent risk factors for DR (P<0.05). (4) The diabetic duration was also an independent risk factor for PDR (P<0.05); however, no independent correlation was found between the level of 25(OH)D and PDR (P>0.05). …”
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Have a place to live? – study on the influence of the living environment on the subjective well-being of older adults by Juan Luo, Ziyi Han

“…Methods Drawing on environmental adaptation theory, socio-emotional selectivity theory, and social support theory, this study utilized 4,298 valid samples from the 2020 China Family Panel Studies (CFPS). A linear regression model was constructed to analyze how differences in living environments—classified into physical, social, and spiritual dimensions—affect older adults’ subjective well-being. …”
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Preliminary study on early warning value and mechanism of interleukin-1β in extremely severe oral and maxillofacial space infections by ZHU Hanyi, SHI Huan, YU Chuangqi, ZHENG Lingyan

“…Objective·To investigate the role of interleukin-1β (IL-1β) in predicting the severity of oral and maxillofacial space infection (OMSI), and to explore the key mechanisms regulating IL-1β release, the critical immune cell subpopulations involved, and the intercellular communication networks among immune cells in OMSI patients.Methods·A total of 62 OMSI patients admitted to the Department of Oral Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, from January to November 2023 were enrolled, including 20 patients with moderate infection, 21 with severe infection, and 21 with extremely severe infection. Logistic regression analysis was performed to identify risk factors for extremely severe infection, and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were constructed to evaluate the ability of the above indicators to predict extremely severe infection. …”
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Predictive value of peripheral blood piR-hsa-2700592 for prognosis of atrial fibrillation patients by YANG Lei, YANG Lei, WU Na, YANG Lanqing

“…Cox proportional hazard regression was used to analyze the correlation between the expression of piR-hsa-2700592 and all-cause death as well as stroke outcome in the patients. …”
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Emergency Surgery Mortality (ESM) Score to Predict Mortality and Improve Patient Care in Emergency Surgery by Sirirat Tribuddharat, Thepakorn Sathitkarnmanee, Pavit Sappayanon

“…Patient data were extracted from medical records and then analyzed using univariate and multivariate logistic regression. …”
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Goals of care discussions among critically Ill patients on vasopressor treatment. by Walid A Alkeridy, Khalid M Alayed, Shadan AlMuhaidib, Mohammed Khalid Alageel, Sarah Ahmed Alqahtani, Shatha Bin Dher, Abdulaziz M Almotairi, Claire Ann Lim, Musa F Alzahrani

“…The study included adult in patients who received dopamine during their hospital stay. Factors associated with GOC documentation were identified using logistic regression analysis. …”
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Investigating the Impact of Ethnic Tourism on Sustainable Tourism in Terms of Tourism Development in Tabriz City by Ali Zeynali Azim, MirSaid Moosavi, Farzad Zarbakhsh, Ayda Mostafazadeh Bazargan

“…The sampling method is random, involving both tourists and residents of the city. For data analysis, Structural Equation Modeling (SEM), correlation, regression, and path analysis methods were employed, and the data were analyzed using Smart PLS and SPSS software. …”
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Phenylephrine and the risk of atrial fibrillation in critically ill patients: a multi-centre study from eICU database by ZhiMing Huang, Weichao Li, WeiXian Xie, Gu xun-hu, Heng Li

“…Notably, this association remained robust across multiple sensitivity analyses employing alternative matching methodologies and covariate adjustments.ConclusionThis evidence positions phenylephrine as a modifiable new AF risk factor in critical care, supporting risk-aware vasopressor selection through benefit-harm analysis.…”
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Development of a risk model for predicting cervical lymph node metastasis in major salivary gland carcinomas utilizing clinicopathological and ultrasound features by Huan-Zhong Su, Ji-Chao Lin, Long-Cheng Hong, Yu-Hui Wu, Feng Zhang, Kun Yu, Xiao-Dong Zhang, Zuo-Bing Zhang

“…Their clinicopathological and US data were documented and analyzed. Independent predictors predicting CLNM in MSGCs were screened through univariate and multivariate analysis. …”
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Internal response of vegetation growth to degrees of permafrost degradation in Northeast China from 2001 to 2020 by Hong Yang, Yanqiu Xing, Xiaoqing Chang, Jiaqi Wang, Yuanxin Li, Jie Tang, Dejun Wang

“…Climatic factors remain the main factors affecting vegetation NPP in NEC, and the results of partial correlation analysis showed that only 9.7% of the regional duration of soil thaw (DOT) had a strong correlation with vegetation NPP. …”
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Single-cell ligand–receptor profiling reveals an immunotherapy-responsive subtype and prognostic signature in triple-negative breast cancer by Chuanzhi Chen, Jiahui Qi, Weichao Lin, Chunlan Fu, Xin Jin

“…Key LR genes were then selected using Lasso regression and stepwise multivariate analysis to build an LR-based prognostic scoring system (LR.score), which was validated using both the METABRIC and GSE58812 datasets (n = 107). …”
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The impact of the grassland ecological compensation policy on the modernization of grassland animal husbandry: evidence from Inner Mongolia by Mei Yong, Lili Xu, Chen Xue, Fulin Du

“…IntroductionAgainst the background of China’s modernization, which emphasizes harmonious coexistence between humans and nature, it is highly important to explore whether the grassland ecological compensation policy (GECP) can protect grassland ecosystems while promoting the modernization of grassland animal husbandry and whether it has spillover effects on rural revitalization.MethodsOn the basis of survey data from 475 herding households in Inner Mongolia, this study constructs an index system for the modernization of grassland animal husbandry, measures the level of modernization via factor analysis, and analyzes the impact of the GECP on the modernization of grassland animal husbandry.Results and discussionThe conclusions are as follows: (1) Through ordinary least squares regression (OLS) and moderation effect models, the GECP can significantly promote the modernization level of grassland animal husbandry. …”
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The Economics of Laurel Harvesting: Socio-Economic Drivers of Non-Timber Forest Product Utilization in Rural Southern Türkiye by Hasan Emre Ünal

“…To achieve this, a household survey with 51 participants involved in laurel harvesting was conducted to identify the socio-economic factors influencing laurel harvesting. Principal component analysis (PCA), Sperman’s correlation analysis, and multiple linear regression modeling were conducted to analyze the relationships between socio-economic factors and laurel harvesting. …”
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The Influence of Muzaki's Trust on the Use of QRIS as an Instant Zakat Payment Tool at Baznas of North Sumatera Province by Ningsih Ningsih, Syahrul Amsari

“…This study uses a quantitative approach with survey and questionnaire methods involving 86 respondents. Data analysis was conducted using simple linear regression to examine the effect of trust dimensions, including integrity, competence, and reliability of digital systems, on muzaki's interest and decision in using QRIS. …”
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Design of English Intelligent Simulated Paper Marking System by Lina Yang, Wei Liu

“…The standard support vector regression algorithm is prone to data skewing problems, so this paper addresses this problem by using a rationality enhancement method that gives a corresponding penalty factor according to the distribution of the dataset. …”
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Treatment of elderly patients with acute myeloid leukemia: personal experience by L. T. Shimanovskaya, E. N. Misyurina, E. A. Baryakh, E. I. Zhelnova, K. V. Yatskov, T. S. Chudnova, T. N. Tolstykh, D. E. Gagloeva

“…A total of 40 patients were analyzed. To determine the risk factors for death, univariate and multivariate regression analyzes were performed using the logistic regression method. …”
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Coexpressed Genes That Promote the Infiltration of M2 Macrophages in Melanoma Can Evaluate the Prognosis and Immunotherapy Outcome by Kexin Yan, Yutao Wang, Yuxiu Lu, Zhangyong Yan

“…These genes are concentrated in antigen treatment and presentation, chemokine, cytokine, the T cell receptor pathway, and the IFN-γ pathway. These factors were analyzed for survival, and factors with significant results were included in a Cox regression analysis. …”
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Association of serum homocysteine levels with acute kidney injury in patients with idiopathic membranous nephropathy by XIE Yi-yi, LI Qiu-lin, PAN Ling, LIAO Yun-hua

“…Objective To investigate the association of serum homocysteine levels with acute kidney injury(AKI)in patients with idiopathic membranous nephropathy(IMN).Methods We retrospectively analyzed 120 participants diagnosed as IMN between March 2011 and October 2015 in the Department of Nephrology,the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University.The patients were divided into high Hcy group(Hcy≥10μmol/L)and normal control group(Hcy<10μmol/L)according to serum Hcy levels.The clinical baseline data of the two groups were collected,such as gender,age,blood pressure,height,weight,blood pressure,renal function,blood lipids,complements C3 and C4,CRP,serum ferritin,serum albumin and 24-h urinary protein.The differences in the clinical baseline data and the incidence of AKI between two groups were analyzed.The related factors of Hcy were analyzed.The clinico-pathological factors of AKI in patients with IMN were analyzed by Logistic regression.Results The proportion of high Hcy in IMN patients was 65.5%,and the proportion of AKI in IMN patients was 26.7%.Moreover,the incidence of AKI in the high Hcy group was significantly higher than in the normal control group(32.9% vs.14.6%,P = 0.046).The Hcy level was positively correlated with SCr level,but negatively with eGFR.Binary logistic regression analysis showed that high Hcy(OR:3.455,95% CI:1.052-11.342,P=0.041)and high blood pressure(OR:4.279,95% CI:1.586-11.544,P=0.004)were independent risk factors for AKI.Conclusions High Hcy may increase the risk of AKI in patients with IMN and controlling the level of Hcy may play an important role in the prevention and treatment of AKI in IMN patients.…”
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Effect of different hemodialysis modalities on resistin and nutritional status by HUANG Jing-jing, ZHANG Jin-ping, WANG Jia, WANG Xin, WANG Wei-wei, YANG Xiao-ping

“…Objective To investigate the level of resistin in the patients with different hemodialysis modalities and its influence on nutritional status.Methods A total of 55 hemodialysis patients were randomly divided into low flux hemodialysis group(LFHD,n=27)and high flux hemodialysis group(HFHD,n=28),and compared with 30 healthy volunteers(normal control group).All of them were selected as the study objects in the First Affiliated Hospital of Shihezi University.The levels of serum resistin before and after dialysis were determined by enzymelinked immunosorbent assay(ELISA).Fasting samples of venous blood were obtained in 55 hemodialysis patients before dialysis and the following biochemical indexes were measured:for nutrition index,total protein(TP),albumin(Alb),prealbumin(PA),hemoglobin(Hb);for inflammation indicators,C reactive protein(CRP),ferritin(Fer);for blood lipids,serum total cholesterol(TC),triglyceride(TG),low density lipoprotein(LDL),high density lipoprotein(HDL);for renal function and electrolyte,renal urea nitrogen(BUN),serum creatinine(SCr),uric acid(UA),kalium(K),calcium(Ca),phosphorus(P),magnesium(Mg).The differences in resistin levels and biochemical indexes were compared between the two groups.All of the patients underwent subjective comprehensive nutritional assessment by specially-assigned person and according to the guidelines,at the same time the clinical data of the subjects were collected.The changes of resistin levels in each dialysis group were analyzed and their relationships with the above biochemical indexes were analyzed.Results(1)As compared with the normal control group,the resistin level in LFHD group and HFHD group was significantly increased.There was no statistically significant difference between LFHD group and HFHD group in the level of pre-dialysis resistance and the level of resistin.There was no significant difference in resistin level between LFHD group and HFHD group before and after dialysis.There were statistically significant differences in the level of resistin before and after dialysis in HFHD group.(2)The differences in Alb,PA and SGA in patients undergoing different hemodialysis methods were statistically significant.As compared with LFHD group,HFHD group had higher Alb and PA but lower SGA scores;(3)Single factor analysis revealed that serum resistin was positively correlated with SCr and CRP(r=0.768,and r=0.473,P<0.05),and negatively correlated with glomerular filtration rate(eGFR)(r=-0.813,P<0.05).Serum resistin was positively correlated with TC,TG,LDL and SGA(r=0.408,r=0.294,r=0.397,and r=0.286 respectively,P<0.05).(4)Multiple linear regression analysis demonstrated that eGFR and CRP had influence on the level of resistin,and the dialysis mode had no significant effect on it.Conclusions High flux dialysis may eliminate some of the resistin.Resistin in hemodialysis patients is closely related to their nutritional status.…”
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