A retrospective propensity-matched study comparing whole-brain radiotherapy with simultaneous integrated boost to whole-brain radiotherapy alone for brain metastases by Zheqing Liu, Xiaojing Du, Meiling Deng, Yuanyuan Chen, Shaoxiong Wu

“…The intracranial control and OS condition were analyzed using Kaplan-Meier method, Log-rank test, and Cox proportional hazard regression model. …”
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Pattern and determinants of self-medication among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in primary health care facilities in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria by Olaniyan Akintunde Babatunde, Ikeola Adejoke Adeoye, Aishat Bukola Usman, Chukwuma David Umeokonkwo, Olufunmilayo Ibitola Fawole

“…A semi-structured, interviewer-administered questionnaire was used to obtain information on the practice of self-medication. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 25; bivariate analysis was done using Chi-square and binary logistic regression was used to identify the predictors of self-medication in pregnancy. …”
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Postnatal Growth Restriction Is Reduced If Birth Weight Is Used for Nutritional Calculations in ELBW Infants by Pradeep Alur, Harithsa Asuri, Jane Cirelli, Ankita Patel, Theodore Bell, Jonathan Liss, Naveed Hussain

“…However, the birth weights were not different between the two periods. When the multiple-regression analysis was done using a discharge weight of >10th percentile as the dependent variable, protein intake before regaining of BW (OR of 4.126 with 95th CI of 2.03-8.36, a P value of 0.00) and AGA status at birth (OR of 8.37 with 95th CI of 2.67-26.24) remained significant factors. …”
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Exploring influenza vaccination coverage and barriers to influenza vaccine uptake among preschool children in Fuzhou in 2022: a cross-sectional study by Haimei Jia, Wenyan Gao, Xun Huang, Qinghua Wang, Yonghan Huang, Liang Chen, Desi Zheng, Yinchuan Zhang, Lifei Xu

“…Chi-square testing and multivariate logistic regression were used to analyze factors that may be associated with influenza.ResultsThe coverage rate of influenza vaccination was 7.38% among preschool children in 2022 in Fuzhou City. …”
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NON-TRADITIONAL LIPID PROFILE AND OBSTRUCTIVE CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE BASED ON CAD-RADS SCORE by Fatihatul Firdaus Munita, Nuraini Yasmin Kusumawardhani, Chaerul Achmad, Astri Astuti, Azizah Muthiah

“…The CAD-RADS score was stratified into three groups: CAD-RADS 0 (no CAD), CAD-RADS 1-2 (stenosis <50%, classified as non-obstructive CAD), and CAD-RADS ≥3 (stenosis ≥50% in ≥1 coronary segment, classified as obstructive CAD). Logistic regression analysis analyzes the association between patients' lipid profiles and CAD-RADS scores. …”
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Alpha and Kappa angle on postoperative visual quality in cataract surgery by Xiao-Na Chen, Ying-Yue Xiong, Jia Wei, Bin Luo, Ya-Li Gao

“…Postoperative visual quality indicators, including high-order aberrations (HOA), modulation transfer function (MTF) and point spread function (PSF), were collected using iTrace. multiple linear regression analysis was used to analyze the correlation of the Kappa angle and the Alpha angle with age, axial length (AL), anterior chamber depth (ACD), keratometry (K), lens thickness (LT) and corneal white to white distance (WTW). …”
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Impact of splenectomy on prognosis in lymphoma with splenic involvement by Li Li, Mengqi Xiong, Lulu Wang, Lixia Zhu, Kui Zhao, Lijun Wang, Jingsong He, Xiujin Ye

“…This study aims to systematically analyze the clinical features, prognostic factors, and outcomes of patients with splenic involvement as the initial presentation of lymphoma. …”
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Gilteritinib maintenance after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia with FLT3-internal tandem duplication mutation by Chen Liang, Donglin Yang, Aiming Pang, Yi He, Rongli Zhang, Weihua Zhai, Sizhou Feng, Mingzhe Han, Suning Chen, Liping Dou, Yu Wang, Xiaojin Wu, Erlie Jiang

“…In multivariate Cox regression analysis, gilteritinib maintenance was the only factor associated with improved OS (HR = 0.395, P = 0.040) and RFS (HR = 0.447, P = 0.030).Conclusions: Our results indicated that gilteritinib maintenance therapy reduced the risk of relapse for FLT3-ITD mutated R/R AML. …”
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An artificial intelligence platform for predicting postoperative complications in metastatic spinal surgery: development and validation study by Weihao Jiang, Juan Zhang, Weiqing Shi, Xuyong Cao, Xiongwei Zhao, Bin Zhang, Haikuan Yu, Shengjie Wang, Yong Qin, Mingxing Lei, Yuncen Cao, Boyu Zhu, Yaosheng Liu

“…External validation of the eXGBM model also demonstrated a favorable prediction performance with an AUC value of 0.880 (95% CI: 0.830–0.929). Feature importance analysis highlighted surgical time, blood transfusion, and the number of surgical segments as the three most critical factors influencing postoperative complications. …”
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Clinical Predictors of Pain Relief with 60-Day Peripheral Nerve Stimulation: A Multicenter Observational Study by Odonkor CA, Oghenesume O, Hirani S, Bohacek S, Gutierrez DE, Sekhar R, McCormick ZL, Poree L, Abd-Elsayed A

“…This study examined patient characteristics that influence response (early and delayed) or nonresponse to 60-day PNS treatment.Patients from multiple health systems completed surveys before treatment to assess pain levels, physical activity, disability, and psychological factors. Our research team analyzed medical records to identify predictors of successful response and nonresponse to a 60-day PNS treatment.The results showed that:Early responders (patients who benefited quickly) had higher physical activity levels, greater confidence in managing pain (pain self-efficacy), and lower pain-related distress (catastrophizing).Delayed responders (patients who improved gradually) had longer histories of chronic pain and more severe baseline pain disability.Non-responders (patients who did not experience significant pain relief) tended to exhibit higher psychological distress, opioid dependence, and morbid obesity.These findings suggest that baseline physical activity, psychological coping, and behavioral factors could help to identify ideal candidates for PNS therapy. …”
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Unraveling the role of GPCR signaling in metabolic reprogramming and immune microenvironment of lung adenocarcinoma: a multi-omics study with experimental validation by Zhaoxuan Wang, Cheng Wang, Cheng Wang, Shilei Zhao, Chundong Gu

“…A prognostic model was developed based on GPCR signaling genes using least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) analysis and Cox regression. Differentially expressed genes were analyzed for metabolic pathway enrichment and immune infiltration. …”
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The role of irregular eating behaviors in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: evidence from a multicenter cross-sectional study in China by Xingxing Ren, Miao Zhang, Xiaoyang Sun, Lili Zheng, Yufang Bi, Qiang Li, Lirong Sun, Fusheng Di, Yushan Xu, Dalong Zhu, Yanyan Gao, Yuqian Bao, Yao Wang, Lanjie He, Xin Gao, Jian Gao, Mingfeng Xia, Hua Bian

“…We employed logistic regression models to calculate the odds ratios (ORs) for MASLD associated with skipping breakfast, late dinner consumption, and their combination, after adjusting for key demographic, lifestyle, and metabolic factors. …”
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Identification of a novel anoikis-related gene signature to predict prognosis and tumor microenvironment in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma carcinoma by Xuan Zhou, Bai Wei, Yan Wang, Mingjie Liu, Xiangru Guo, Yuting Duan

“…Subsequently, we utilized Weighted Gene Co-expression Network Analysis (WGCNA) to identify highly correlated genes and constructed a prognostic risk model based on univariate Cox proportional hazard regression. …”
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Spatial Conflicts in ‘Production, Living, and Ecological Space’ Functions at Urban Fringes: The Case of Zengcheng, Guangzhou by Ziqing Feng, Shaoqiu Long, Yilun Liu

“…This method was chosen over other spatial analysis techniques due to its ability to effectively capture nonlinear relationships and interaction effects between variables, which traditional regression-based or spatial autocorrelation methods often fail to fully address. …”
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Association between multimorbidity and having less than 20 natural teeth among Chinese older adults: a cross-sectional study by Yi Wu, Hui Liu, Yue Qin, HaoRan Chen, Junling Ma, Mei Yin, Lei Shi, Yang Fu

“…The results indicated that factors such as age, education level, exercise, ability to perform daily activities, frequency of brushing teeth, and BMI are associated with having less than 20 natural teeth. …”
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Association of body mass index combined with triglyceride-glucose index in cardiovascular disease risk: a prospective cohort study by Yu Cheng, Shouling Wu, Shuohua Chen, Yuntao Wu

“…After adjusting for confounding factors such as sex, age, smoking, drinking, physical activity, systolic blood pressure, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, uric acid, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, antihypertensive drugs, hypoglycemic drugs, and lipid-lowering drugs, Cox regression analysis showed that the risk of CVD events was 52% higher in the High-BMI/High-TyG group (HR: 1.52; 95% CI 1.42–1.64) compared to the Low-BMI/Low-TyG group. …”
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Association between red cell distribution width-to-albumin ratio and short-term mortality in patients with sepsis-associated delirium: a retrospective study from the MIMIC-IV datab... by ShengJie Yao, Guofen Zhang, Lifeng Ni

“…To mitigate potential confounding factors, a 1:1 propensity score matching (PSM) method was implemented. …”
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Perception of Women regarding Respectful Maternity Care during Facility-Based Childbirth by Pratima Pathak, Bijaya Ghimire

“…Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 16 was used for data analysis. Frequency, percentage, mean score, standard deviation, chi-square test, and binary logistic regression were used to analyze descriptive and inferential statistics. …”
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Association between single nucleotide polymorphisms in EPAS1 and PPARA genes and high altitude polycythemia in Chinese Tibetan population by Ziyi Chen, Zhaomei Dong, Rong Zeng, Mengna Xu, Yuanyuan Zhang, Qu Dan, Guangming Wang

“…Methods We included 78 HAPC patients and 84 healthy controls, and genotyped the EPAS1 gene SNP loci (rs6735530, rs6756667, rs7583392, and rs12467821) and PPARA rs6520015 by using TaqMan polymerase chain reaction. Logistic regression was used to analyze the association between these SNPs and HAPC; interactions between SNPs were also predicted by multifactorial dimensionality reduction (MDR) analysis.ResultsWe found that the PPARA rs6520015 polymorphism was not associated with the risk of HAPC in the Chinese Tibetan population; EPAS1 rs6735530, rs6756667, rs7583392, and rs12467821 increased the risk of HAPC in some models. …”
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Differences between COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 patients’ bloodstream infections: a single-center retrospective study by Çağla Keskin Sarıtaş, Halit Özsüt, Aysun Benli, Seniha Başaran

“…Descriptive statistics were used to analyze differences between the groups. Logistic regression analysis was applied to determine mortality risk factors in BSI patients. …”
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