Prevalence of depression and associated factors among HIV/AIDS Patients on HAART in Okugu Refugee Camp, Gambella, Ethiopia by Adane Asefa, Belay Hirpesa, Zufan Asaye, Nigusie Shifera, Wegayehu Enbeyle Sheferaw, Wegayehu Enbeyle Sheferaw, Gebremeskel Mesafint

“…Data were coded and entered into EpiData version 4.6.0.6 and analyzed using SPSS version 23. Descriptive statistics and bivariate and multivariable binary logistic regression analysis were performed. …”
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Facemask-wearing behavior to prevent COVID-19 and associated factors among public and private bank workers in Ethiopia. by Seada Hassen, Metadel Adane

“…The collected data were checked, coded and entered to EpiData version 4.6 and exported to Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 25.0 for data cleaning and analysis. Data were analyzed using bivariable (crude odds ratio [COR]) and multivariable (adjusted odds ratio [AOR]) logistic regression model at 95% confidence interval (CI). …”
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Factors associated with the increased consumption of sugary beverages and fast-food during Chile’s first COVID-19 lockdown by Olivia Horna-Campos, Najely Gómez, Marinella Mazzei Pimentel, María Sol Anigstein, Gabriel Gongora-Jercic, Josefa Cid-Vera, Constanza Jacques-Aviño, Rodrigo Villegas Ríos

“…Age 40 years and older was a protective factor for both women and men. Factors associated with the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages included a change in employment status (prevalence ratio 1.26; 95% confidence interval 1.02 to 1.45) and, for fast food consumption, being female (1.18; 1.06 to 1.32). …”
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The impact of social and commercial determinants on the unequal increase of oral disorder disease burdens across global, regional, and national contexts by Yongqiang Lai, Ye Li, Xinwei Liu, Yuanxiang Shi, Fangqi Qu, Xiyu Zhang, Baoguo Shi, Xiaohe Wang, Tao Sun, Xianhong Huang, Dingyun You

“…Among commercial factors, sugar and tobacco consumption significantly increased risk in LMICs—especially in East Asia and Africa—whereas the effects of alcohol consumption were mixed. …”
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Analysis of risk factors for positive margins in robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy with Retzius-sparing (RS-RARP) by Hua Yang, Bo Wu, Xuchang Liu, Kaiyuan Jia, Junyuan Bing, Yangjie Gao, Pengliang Shen, Xiaoming Cao

“…Abstract Objective This study aims to analyze the risk factors for positive surgical margins following robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy with Retzius-sparing (RS-RARP) to provide a basis for clinical preoperative evaluation and intraoperative decision-making. …”
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Postpartum Depression and Its Contributing Factors among Mothers during the COVID-19 Pandemic in North Jakarta, Indonesia by Venna Yaasmiin Aadillah, Irma Nurbaeti

“…Descriptive statistics, t-test, Fisher exact test, one-way ANOVA, and logistic regression were performed to analyze the data. Results: The prevalence of postpartum depression during the pandemic period was 31.82%. …”
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Assessment of the significance of factors associated with the development of long-term adverse cardiovascular events in type 2 diabetes mellitus by D. V. Grazhdankina, I. A. Bondar, A. A. Demin

“…To study the factors associated with the development of long-term major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), 94 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) aged 40-65 years (65% of women) with eGFR > 60 ml/min/1,73 m2 and without manifestations of moderate or severe chronic heart failure (CHF) were examined. …”
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Psychological correlates of eating behavior in overweight/obese adolescents in Taiwan: Psychometric and correlation analysis of the Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire (TFEQ)-R21 by Yu-Wen Lin, Chung-Ying Lin, Carol Strong, Chih-Hsiang Liu, Yi-Ping Hsieh, Yi-Ching Lin, Meng-Che Tsai

“…Background: The Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire (TFEQ) is a self-assessment scale used widely in the studies of eating behavior, but its short form TFEQ-R21 has not been validated in the Taiwanese population. …”
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Assessing the socioeconomic and heterogeneous impacts of noise pollution on food markets in Akure metropolis, Nigeria by Adewale Isaac Olutumise, Lawrence Olusola Oparinde, Modupe Mary Oloruntoba, Soliu Abdulqoyum Oluwafemi, Feyisayo Aderogba Oluwasanmi, Abiodun Festus Akinrotimi, Olanrewaju Peter Oladoyin, Igbekele Amos Ajibefun

“…Unconditional Quantile Regression (UQR) was employed to analyze the heterogeneous impacts of noise pollution on vendors’ income levels. …”
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A framework for modeling county-level COVID-19 transmission by Yida Bao, Iris Huang, Qi Li, Zheng Zhang, Yuan Xing, Dongfang Hou, Jiafeng Ye

“…Ordinary Least Squares regression establishes a baseline for analyzing COVID-19 confirm case counts for each county. …”
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Vaccination Status and Influencing Factors of Delayed Vaccination in Toddlers Born to Hepatitis B Surface Antigen-Positive Mothers by Jinling Gao, Lin Luan, Yiheng Zhu, Jie Zhu, Zhiyuan Zhu, Tian Gong, Juan Xu, Na Liu

“…The vaccination records were obtained from the Jiangsu Province Immunization Service Management Information System. Logistic regression analysis was used to analyze influencing factors of delayed vaccination. …”
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Risk factors for vancomycin resistance in patients with Enterococcus faecium bloodstream infections: an analysis of the Munich Multicentric Enterococci Cohort by Laura Wagner, Milena Wurst, Johanna Erber, Tobias Bachfischer, Bernhard Haller, Sabine Gleich, Karl Dichtl, Roland M. Schmid, Julian Triebelhorn, Florian Voit, Ulrich Seybold, Dirk H. Busch, Patrick C. Rämer, Christoph D. Spinner, Jochen Schneider, Kathrin Rothe

“…Logistic regression was used to identify risk factors for vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium bloodstream infection. …”
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Infections in lower-risk myelodysplastic syndromes - prevalence and risk factors: a report from the European MDS Registry by Bente Houtman, Adele Taylor, Corine van Marrewijk, Alexandra Smith, Pierre Fenaux, Catherine Cargo, Argiris Symeonidis, Moshe Mittelman, Reinhard Stauder, Jaroslav Čermák, Guillermo Sanz, Eva Hellström-Lindberg, Luca Malcovati, Lionel Adès, Thibault Comont, Dominic Culligan, Ioannis Kotsianidis, Theo de Witte, Nicole Blijlevens, Saskia Langemeijer, Marlijn Hoeks, EUMDS Consortium

“…Prevalence of infections and infection-related death was determined. Risk factors for infections and infection-related death, occurring within one year from diagnosis were analyzed in separate multivariable logistic regression models. …”
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MODELING THE INFLUENCE OF CRUDE OIL PRODUCTION AGAINST INDONESIAN SOLAR WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX WITH LEAST SQUARE SPLINE ESTIMATOR APPROACH by Rosidun Nindyo Pratiwi, Nathania Fauziah, Bimo Okta Syahputra, Ahmad Wahyu Firmanda, Dita Amelia

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Spatiotemporal Patterns and Drivers of Urban Traffic Carbon Emissions in Shaanxi, China by Yongsheng Qian, Junwei Zeng, Wenqiang Hao, Xu Wei, Minan Yang, Zhen Zhang, Haimeng Liu

“…This study employs spatial autocorrelation and high-low clustering analyses to analyze the spatial correlation and clustering patterns of urban road traffic carbon emissions in Shaanxi Province. …”
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Analysis of factors affecting dominant acoustic impulse-response frequency of orange fruit based on grey relative theory by HUANG Hui-ming, WANG Jun, HU Gui-xian, LU Qiu-jun, LUO Jian-yi

“…Furthermore, the relationship between these factors and dominant impulse-response frequency are non-linear and it is difficult to analyze the relationship between them using the conventional regression method. …”
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Physical, psychological, and social factors related to help-seeking preferences among older adults living in a community by Tomoya Takahashi, Yuri Yokoyama, Satoshi Seino, Kumiko Nonaka, Hiroki Mori, Mari Yamashita, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Yoh Murayama, Yoshinori Fujiwara, Erika Kobayashi

“…The survey items included a shortened version of the Help-seeking Preference Scale and measures to evaluate basic attributes, physical and mental health, and social relationships, which were predicted to be associated with help-seeking preferences. Multiple regression analysis was used to analyze the participants’ desire for and resistance to help. …”
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Separation Anxiety and Its Related Factors Among Preschool Children in Northern Iran From the Parents’ Point of View by Fatemeh Falahzade, Yasaman Yaghobi, Mahshid Mirzaei, Fatemeh Hosseinzadeh Siboni, Ehsan Kazemnezhad Leili

“…Mann-Whitney U test, Kruskal-Wallis test, Friedman’s test, and multiple regression analysis were used to analyze the data. P<0.05 was considered statistically significant. …”
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Research on the macro-microscopic mechanical characteristics and correlations of warm frozen soil under dynamic and static loads by Hu Zhang, Lijun Xing, Shengjin Zhang, Jintao Hu, Jun Zhao, Lang Dai, Zheng Li, Feng Liu

“…This study uses temperature and load as the primary factors and conducts dynamic and static triaxial compression tests to analyze the mechanical properties and dynamic evolution of pore-water pressure (PWP) in warm frozen soil. …”
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Disproportionality analysis and risk factor assessment of drug-associated thyroid dysfunction adverse events: a study based on the FAERS database by Zhifang Wang, Yan Wang, Tingting Wu, Haibin Zhu, Lin Zhang, Xiaolan Liao

“…Chi-square tests, Bonferroni correction, and LASSO regression were employed to select relevant predictors of TD AEs, which were subsequently analyzed using multivariate logistic regression to assess their independent associations. …”
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