Clinical and Molecular Insights Into Anti-MDA5 Antibody-Positive Dermatomyositis: A Single-Center Retrospective and Transcriptomic Study by Ren Y, Wu T, Shi W

“…Prognostic factors were identified using LASSO regression, validated by Cox proportional hazards and Kaplan-Meier survival analyses. …”
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WILLINGNESS TO PAY FOR PEACEFUL CO-EXISTENCE BETWEEN CROP FARMER AND SEDENTARY PASTORALIST’S HOUSEHOLDS IN OYO AND KWARA STATES, NIGERIA by Festus AWOYELU, Kayode IDOWU

“…The effect of the various socioeconomic factors on the respondents’ WTP for coexistence were examined by specifying and estimating the binary choice logit regression model.…”
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Outcomes within 100 days of hematopoietic cell transplantation in pediatric patients: insights from an intensive care unit in Colombia by Rubén E. Lasso-Palomino, Rubén E. Lasso-Palomino, Diego Medina, Diego Medina, Alexis Antonio Franco, Alexis Antonio Franco, María José Soto-Aparicio, Eliana Manzi Tarapues, Eliana Manzi Tarapues, Diana Marcela Muñoz, Edgar Salazar, Jhon López, Angela Devia, Sofía Martínez-Betancur, Jimena Sierra, Anita V. Arias, Inés Elvira Gómez, Inés Elvira Gómez

“…A Kaplan Meier survival curve was performed considering the days from HCT to death during PICU admission and a Cox regression analysis was conducted to analyze the association between PRISM III score and risk of death. …”
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Correlation between abdominal aortic calcification and peripheral blood lymphocyte subsets in patients with peritoneal dialysis by Ren Cai-xia, Han Kun, Liu Yuan, Xing Wen-xiu, Lu En-bang, Gong Xue, Wan Mei-yan

“…Objective To explore the relationship between abdominal aortic calcification（AAC）and peripheral blood lymphocyte subsets in patients on peritoneal dialysis（PD）.Methods The clinical data of 86 patients on PD were collected.Abdominal lateral plain film was taken for determining the occurrence of AAC and abdominal aortic calcification（AAC）score was calculated.Based upon the AAC scores, they were divided into three groups of non/mild calcification（0≤AACs≤4,n=41）,moderate calcification（5≤AACs≤15,n=28）and severe calcification（16≤AACs≤24,n=17）.Flow cytometry was utilized for detecting lymphocyte subsets in peripheral blood.The percentage of CD3⁺,CD3⁺CD4⁺,CD3⁺CD8⁺,CD4⁺/CD8⁺,Treg, CD19⁺,CD16⁺CD56⁺ and CD8⁺DR⁺lymphocyte count and ratio of CD4⁺/CD8⁺were calculated.Spearman’s correlation analysis was performed for analyzing the correlation between AAC and peripheral blood lymphocyte subsets and clinical parameters.Logistic regression was employed for analyzing the risk factors of AAC in PD patients.Results Among three groups, statistically significant differences existed in age, diabetic nephropathy, chronic glomerulonephritis, albumin, blood phosphorus and alkaline phosphatase levels（P<0.05）.Spearman’s correlation analysis indicated that degree of AAC was positively correlated with patient age, dialysis age, parathyroid hormone, blood phosphorus, alkaline phosphatase, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, CD4⁺/CD8⁺,CD16⁺CD56⁺ and CD8⁺DR⁺（r=0.352,0.284,0.226,0.299,0.265,0.285,0.236,0.228,0.292,P<0.05）and negatively correlated with albumin and Treg（r=-0.222,-0.354,P<0.05）.Logistic regression model results implied that age（OR=1.060,95%CI 1.008～1.116,P<0.05）,CD4⁺/CD8⁺（OR=25.441,95% CI1.561～414.659,P<0.05）and Treg（OR=0.427,95%CI 0.255～0.715,P<0.05）were independent risk factors for moderate-to-severe AAC in PD patients.Conclusion The degree of AAC in PD patients has a certain correlation with the changes of lymphocyte subsets in peripheral blood.Lower percentage of Treg cells and higher ratio of CD4⁺/CD8⁺accelerate the progression of AAC.The change of peripheral blood lymphocyte subsets of PD patients may provide a new direction for the prevention and treatment of AAC.…”
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Origin Traceability of Chinese Mitten Crab (<i>Eriocheir sinensis</i>) Using Multi-Stable Isotopes and Explainable Machine Learning by Danhe Wang, Chunxia Yao, Yangyang Lu, Di Huang, Yameng Li, Xugan Wu, Weiguo Song, Qinxiong Rao

“…This analysis highlighted the crucial role of environmental factors, such as water source, diet, and trophic level, in origin discrimination and demonstrated that isotopic characteristics of different tissues provide unique discriminatory information. …”
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The association between gut microbiota composition and cardiometabolic parameters in healthy adults by Seyda Silan Okalin, Nazli Arslan, Ebru Demiray Gürbüz, Mine Arayıcı, Nevin Deniz Kırca, Duygu Ozel Demiralp, Didem Dereli-Akdeniz, Pınar Akan, Ayse Aydan Ozkutuk

“…Taxonomic classification, Firmicutes/Bacteroidetes ratio, and Shannon index were determined using Massbiome Fecal Microbiome Analysis (Massive Bioinformatics, Türkiye). Dominant bacterial genera were also analyzed using the Epi2Me database. …”
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Osteonecrosis of the femoral head in post-COVID-19 patients: a retrospective comparative study by Jichang Seong, Abduaziz Babakulov, Saodat Asilova, Babamukhamedova Shakhnoza, Makhmudova Nodira, Akbarjon Mirzayev

“…Multivariable logistic regression analysis identified cumulative steroid dose as the sole predictor of ONFH severity (OR: 1.015, 95% CI: 1.001–1.028, p = 0.032), with ARCO stage 3 patients receiving higher cumulative steroid doses than stage 2 patients (240 mg vs. 126 mg, p = 0.018). …”
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Remote Sensing-Derived Environmental Variables to Estimate Transmission Risk and Predict Malaria Cases in Argentina: A Pre-Certification Study (1986–2005) by Ana C. Cuéllar, Roberto D. Coello-Peralta, Davis Calle-Atariguana, Martha Palacios-Macias, Paul L. Duque, Liliana M. Galindo, Mario O. Zaidenberg, María J. Dantur-Juri

“…The relationship between reported malaria cases and climatic/environmental variables—including the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), normalized difference water index (NDWI), and land surface temperature (LST)—obtained from Landsat 5 and 7 satellite images was analyzed using multilevel Poisson regression analyses. …”
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Spatial and temporal evolutionary patterns and impact mechanisms of green development in arid zones: Evidence from Xinjiang, China by Haijun Liu, Chenyang Du, Beizi Chen, Junai Zhang, Haijun Yang

“…The findings indicate that: (1) the level of green development in Xinjiang exhibited a fluctuating upward trend from 2001 to 2021; (2) the green development index revealed significant spatial differentiation, characterized by a concentration of development in the north and dispersion in the south; and (3) panel regression model analysis identified nine core factors, including SO2 emissions per 10,000 yuan of GDP and per capita water consumption, as critical drivers of green development. …”
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Cobalt exposure was associated with the risk of hepatic steatosis and advanced liver fibrosis based on a cross-sectional study from NHANES by Ling Zhang, Shijie Ma, Rui Sun, Rui Xie, Peng Shen

“…Background: Although Emerging evidence suggests the association of environmental factors with hepatic steatosis and fibrosis, the relationship between Cobalt exposure and hepatic steatosis and fibrosis was not clear. …”
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Bidirectional Relationship among Cognitive Function, Muscle Mass, and Grip Strength in Older Adults: the BUSAN Study by Du-Ri Kim, Jong-Hwan Park, Ting-Fu Lai, Myung-Jun Shin, Tae Sik Goh, Jung Sub Lee, Eunsoo Moon, Yeong-Ae Yang

“…This study aimed to investigate the relationships among muscle mass, muscle strength, and cognitive function among older adults, with a focus on understanding the bidirectional correlations among these factors. Methods A total of 335 participants aged ≥65 years were analyzed. …”
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Oral Health Among the Elderly: A Cross Sectional study of the PERSIAN Guilan Cohort by Maryam Rabiei, Amir Ghaderi, Saba Masoudirad, Saman Maroufizadeh, Mehrnaz Asgharnezhad, Mohammadreza Naghipour, Farahnaz Joukar, Fariborz Mansour-Ghanaei

“…The multivariate linear regression analysis identified several significant predictors of DMFT index, including gender, marital status, education, employment status, socioeconomic status (SES), body mass index (BMI), cigarette smoking, alcohol use, tooth brushing frequency, and the use of dental floss (P < 0.05). 42.2% of the variance in the DMFT index influenced by demographic and clinical characteristics. …”
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Associations between leisure activities with trajectories of intrinsic capacity among Chinese older adults: the China health and retirement longitudinal study by Xinyi Zhang, Xiao Zheng, Ting Zheng, Mengjie Zhang, Lingli Yang, Benli Xue, Xinru Li, Yanan Wang, Chichen Zhang

“…The impact of social and intellectual activities on intrinsic capacity trajectories was analyzed through multinomial logistic regression, with odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) reported. …”
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Association between the newly proposed dietary index for gut microbiota and thyroid function: NHANES 2007–2012 by Ke Peng, Hanjie Guo, Zhiqiang Zhang, Weidong Xiao

“…Smooth curve fitting analysis confirmed a linear relationship between DI-GM and FT3, FT4, and TT4 levels. …”
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Evaluation of endocan biomarker levels in peri-implant crevicular fluid of healthy and diseased peri-implant sites: a cross-sectional study by Ahmed I. Awad, Maha A. Abou Khadr, Sabah Abdelhady, Rania Abdelaziz

“…Collection of peri-implant crevicular fluid (PICF) utilized paper point methodology, with Endocan quantification performed through enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) techniques. Statistical analysis included multivariable linear regression models to evaluate associations between disease status and Endocan levels, adjusting for demographic factors. …”
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Skin autofluorescence is associated with glycemic variability in type 2 diabetes patients by Eui Seok Shin, Hyun Joo Jung, Jindong Kim, Minhyun Cho, Tae Seon Kim

“…Bivariate and multivariate associations between SAF and GV were examined using Pearson correlation analysis and multiple linear regression. T2DM patients exhibited higher SAF and GV compared to controls. …”
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Glycemic control and prostate antigen levels in individuals with diabetes based on NHANES data by Xiao Huo, Zhi Wang, Nan Huang, Jie Zhang

“…Multivariable regression models were used, adjusting for key demographic, clinical, and lifestyle factors, including age, race/ethnicity, marital status, body mass index (BMI), smoking status, alcohol use, hypertension, coronary artery disease (CAD), and insulin use. …”
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Parameter Optimization Design and Experimental Validation of a Header for Electric Rice Reaper Binders Employed in Hilly Regions by Jinbo Ren, Difa Bao, Zhi Liang, Chongsheng Yan, Junbo Wu, Xinhui Wu, Shuhe Zheng

“…Subsequently, we designed a quadratic regression orthogonal rotation combination experiment with three factors, i.e., the stem-lifting speed ratio coefficient, the cutter installation position, and the header tilt angle, using the stem-lifting angle as the evaluation metric. …”
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Incidence, predictors, and prognostic impact of reperfusion-related ventricular arrhythmias in STEMI patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention by Xi Wu, Mingxing Wu, Haobo Huang, Zhe Liu, He Huang, Lei Wang

“…Methods We retrospectively analyzed 736 STEMI patients who underwent PPCI between 2018 and 2023. …”
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COVID-19 in patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia by T.   S. Chudnova, E. N. Misyurina, E. A. Baryakh, T. N. Tolstykh, L. T. Shimanovskaya, D. E. Gagloeva, E. I. Zhelnova, A. B. Makeshova, K. V. Yatskov, E. N. Zotina, D. D. Ivanova, M. A. Mingalimov, O. L. Kochneva, E. Yu. Grishina, V. N. Yakimets

“…When analyzing the impact of chemotherapy administered a month before or during hospitalization due to coronavirus infection, statistically significant values were not obtained for any of the factors.Conclusion. …”
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