The impact of pre-pregnancy overweight/obesity on the birth weight of offspring born from women with polycystic ovarian syndrome by Jiejing Jiao, Yiyuan Zhang, Jiayi Zhou, Rui Lv, Linlin Cui

“…Restricted cubic spline (RCS) logistic regression was used to analyze the non-linear associations between pre-pregnancy BMI and infants BW. …”
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Long-term exposure to PM1 and liver cancer mortality: Insights into the role of smaller particulate fractions by Ting Gan, Jie Chu, Hilary Bambrick, Xiaolei Guo, Wenbiao Hu

“…Classification and Regression Tree (CART) models were applied to evaluate the importance of factors in regions with various PM1 concentrations. …”
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Determinants of the low use of Thailand’s Universal Coverage Scheme: a national cross-sectional study by Seung Chun Paek, Seung Chun Paek, Ning Jackie Zhang

“…Descriptive analysis and multinomial logistic regression were performed to analyze associations between patterns of healthcare use and socio-demographic factors chosen based on Aday and Andersen’s access to medical care model.ResultsOf the study sample (n = 5,636), about 46.1% used healthcare services outside the UCS delivery system, of whom 33.8 and 12.3% used self-medication and private healthcare providers, respectively. …”
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Association between Lactate dehydrogenase and 28-day all-cause mortality in patients with non-traumatic Intracerebral hemorrhage: A retrospective analysis of the MIMIC-IV database by Jiahui Feng, Renjie Liu, Xuan Chen

“…The primary outcome of interest was the 28-day mortality rate. To analyze these associations and assess the consistency of interactions, subgroup analyses, Cox regression analysis, Kaplan-Meier (KM) curves, and nonlinear analysis were conducted. …”
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Validation of a Portable Ionized Calcium Detection Device and Changes in the Ionized-to-Total-Calcium Ratio in the Blood of Postpartum Holstein Cows by Zhongming Cao, Yan Zhao, Bo Zhang, John P. Kastelic, Mengjie Hu, Jia Cheng, Mingchao Liu, Jian Gao

“…In addition, 885 blood samples were collected from 102 dairy cows between calving and 9 days postpartum, with iCa concentrations measured using a Horiba LAQUAtwin Ca-11C and tCa concentrations determined by a fully automated biochemical analyzer. The Horiba LAQUAtwin Ca-11C and Abbott i-STAT 1 had significant consistency in the measurement of ionized calcium concentration in whole blood (the frequency of differences between the measured values was within ±20% of the average, reaching 95.53%), and the measurement results of the two instruments were correlated (Deming regression analysis R² = 0.87). …”
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Indicators of Obesity and Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Croatian Children by Marko Badrić, Leona Roca, Vladan Pelemiš, Dragan Branković, Vladimir Živanović

“…The findings will emphasize the need to determine CRF and BMI as important factors that should be addressed from early school years in order to prevent future cardiovascular diseases. …”
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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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The impact of precipitation, temperature, and soil moisture on wheat yield gap quantification: evidence from Morocco by Lahcen Ousayd, Terence Epule Epule, Salwa Belaqziz, Victor Ongoma, Abdelhakim Amazirh, Abdelghani Chehbouni

“…This study quantifies the wheat yield gap in Morocco's five major wheat production regions. It analyzes the historical sensitivity of wheat yield to temperature, precipitation, and soil moisture, which are important factors affecting agricultural productivity. …”
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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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Enhancing understanding of endometrial function in patients with PCOS: clinical and immunological insights by Yaxin Guo, Jingfei Yang, Hong Chen, Yueping Zhou, Yan Yang, Biao Wang, Luyang Zha, Dijia Bai, Wenxuan Li, Xiaojuan Tang, Zishui Fang, Fei Li, Lei Jin

“…Multiple logistic regression models were employed to adjust for confounding factors impacting pregnancy-related outcomes. …”
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Research progress in globular fruit picking recognition algorithm based on deep learning by LI Hui, ZHANG Jun, YU Shuochen, LI Zhixin

“…When traditional fruit detection algorithms process images in complex environments, their limited expression ability and robustness are easily affected by illumination, occlusion and other factors, resulting in a decline in recognition accuracy. …”
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Increased circulating levels of SP-D and IL-10 are associated with the development of disease severity and pulmonary fibrosis in patients with COVID-19 by Xin Pan, Zhisheng Huang, Zhisheng Huang, Ningning Tao, Chuanjun Huang, Shanshan Wang, Zuowang Cheng, Ruyue Fan, Shuai Liu, Shuai Liu

“…Among the biomarkers indicative of macrophage polarization, compared to non-ARDS patients, a significant increase in IL-10, Inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), and Arginase-1 (Arg-1) were observed in ARDS patients, while Tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) was decreased. The plasma level of IL-10 was also elevated in patients with fibrotic changes on CT, and was positively correlated with ACE2 and Arg-1. …”
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Antibodies to cyclic citrullinated peptide and angiopoietin-like protein type 4 as markers of immune inflammation and osteoporotic processes in rheumatoid arthritis patients by G. Ya. Osmanova, V. A. Aleksandrov, A. V. Aleksandrov, L. N. Shilova, E. G. Cherkesova, N. V. Aleksandrova, I. A. Zborovskaya

“…Among all presented variables, the disease duration was the only significant factor for ANGPTL4 in the total group of RA patients (b = 0.31, p = 0.039). …”
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Role of visual function and performance of activities of daily living in cognitive function in patients with mild cognitive impairment: a cross-sectional study by Chunhui Zhou, Ganfeng Yang, Marc Theeboom, Hua Yang, Ruiting Zhu, Zijian Zhou, Dong Zhu

“…Additionally, the study aims to examine the role of ADLs as a potential moderating factor in this relationship. By analyzing how ADL performance influences the strength and direction of the association between visual impairments and cognitive function, this research intends to identify key areas where visual deficits may contribute to cognitive decline in MCI.MethodsThis is a cross-sectional study. …”
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Left ventricular segmental strain based on speckle tracking echocardiography versus indications of immune inflammation in patients after COVID-19 pneumonia by Nikita E. Shirokov, Elena I. Yaroslavskaya, Dmitry V. Krinochkin, Nadezhda A. Osokina, Natalia A. Musikhina, Tatyana I. Petelina

“…Group II in the concentrations of interleukin 6 (3.1 [2.4;3.9] pg/mL vs. 2.5 [3.8;4.7] pg/mL; p=0.009), C-reactive protein (4.7 [2.9;8.3] mg/L vs. 3.0 [1.5; 5.3] mg/L; p<0.001), and tumor necrosis factor α (6.0 [4.8;4.1] pg/ml vs. 5.0 [4.0;6.4] pg/ml; p=0.001). …”
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Percepción de la relación deporte-política desde las funciones de la economía política (Perception of the sport-politics relationship from the functions of political economy) by José Ramón Sanabria Navarro, Yahilina Silveira Pérez, William Alejandro Niebles Núñez

“…For data analysis, the statistical package SPSS 28.0 was used, applying descriptive statistics, factor analysis, and linear regression. The Cronbach's Alpha coefficient was found to be 0.815, indicating good reliability of the scale used. …”
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Mechanisms of the Effect of Starvation Duration on the Regulation of Feeding Rhythm and Metabolic Physiology of Cultured Large Yellow Croaker (<i>Larimichthys crocea</i>) by Xiaomeng Wang, Huang Liu, Chenglin Zhang, Chen Zhu, Huiyi Liu

“…Each replicate group had 50 large yellow croakers as test subjects, for a total of 750 large yellow croakers. Analyzing the linear regression equations of S0 with S2, S4, S8, and S16 groups, it was found that the trend of rate of change in feeding duration was consistent with the total duration of feeding, i.e., it decreased during 8 days and increased at 16 days. …”
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Complex primary total knee arthroplasty with constrained condylar knee in post-traumatic arthritis: a retrospective comparison between 3D-printed patient-specific instrumentation a... by Weikun Zheng, Junfen Tang, Junhao Li, Jieying Huang, Jianwei Wang, Wende Xiao, Xinliang Wang

“…A notable prevalence of severe preoperative valgus deformity was observed (26/55, 47.27%), and regression analysis identified a history of lateral compartment fracture as an independent risk factor for the development of valgus deformity (OR 6.28, 95% CI 1.40–28.30, P = 0.017). …”
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Association Between Triglyceride–Glucose Index and Carotid Plaque Stability in Different Glycemic Status: A Single‐Center Retrospective Study by Guijun Huo, Jin Zheng, Junjie Cao, Lili Zhang, Zhichao Yao, Yuqi Zeng, Yao Tang, Zhanao Liu, Ziyi Tan, Dayong Zhou

“…Carotid ultrasound was used to determine the stability of carotid plaque. Logistic regression was used to analyze the relationship between the TyG index and unstable carotid plaque. …”
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RNF31 induces paclitaxel resistance by sustaining ALYREF cytoplasmic–nuclear shuttling in human triple‐negative breast cancer by Shumei Huang, Dongni Shi, Shuqin Dai, Xingyu Jiang, Rui Wang, Muwen Yang, Boyu Chen, Xuwei Chen, Lingzhi Kong, Lixin He, Pinwei Deng, Xiangfu Chen, Chuyong Lin, Yue Li, Jun Li, Libing Song, Yawei Shi, Weidong Wei

“…The present study aimed to determine whether paclitaxel treatment impairs Aly/REF export factor (ALYREF) cytoplasmic–nuclear shuttling, its mechanism, and the role of ubiquitinated ALYREF in paclitaxel resistance. …”
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