Characteristics of adherent and non-adherent patients with hypertension in a Norwegian cross-sectional study by Eirik Olsen, Lene V. Halvorsen, Stine Rognstad, Arleen Aune, Karl Marius Brobak, Ola Undrum Bergland, Vibeke N. Kjær, Knut Liestøl, Marit D. Solbu, Rune Mo, Eva Gerdts, Morten Rostrup, Sverre E. Kjeldsen, Aud Høieggen, Mimi S. Opdal, Anne Cecilie K. Larstorp, Camilla L. Søraas

“…We found the non-adherent patients to be younger (56.9 vs. 63.7 years, p < 0.001), with higher systolic and diastolic office BP (150.4/91.4 vs. 143.2/82.0 mmHg, p < 0.01) and less likely to be of European ethnicity (82.9% vs. 95.8%, p < 0.001). Factors associated with non-adherence in logistic regression analysis were age, number of antihypertensive pills, non-European ethnicity, and inversely the use of angiotensin receptor blockers. …”
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Optimization of Magnetic Finishing Process and Surface Quality Research for Inner Wall of MP35N Cobalt–Chromium Alloy Vascular Stent Tubing Based on Plasma-Fused Al₂O<su... by Yusheng Zhang, Yugang Zhao, Qilong Fan, Shimin Yang, Shuo Meng, Yu Tang, Guiguan Zhang, Haiyun Zhang

“…A special MAF system for the inner wall of the bracket was designed and constructed. The four-factor and three-level Box–Behnken response surface method was adopted to analyze the influences and interactions of tube rotational speed, magnetic pole feed rate, abrasive filling amount, and processing clearance on surface roughness (Ra). …”
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The value of triglyceride–glucose index–related indices in evaluating migraine: perspectives from multi–centre cross–sectional studies and machine learning models by Zixuan Yan, Lincheng Duan, Hong Yin, Muchen Wang, Jingwen Li, Chenghua Li, Xiao Wang, Dingjun Cai, Fanrong Liang, Wenchuan Qi

“…In addition, age was an important interaction factor between TyG–BMI and TyG–WHtR and migraine. …”
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Predictors of Recurrence After Curative Surgery for Stage I Colon Cancer: Retrospective Cohort Analysis of the Italian Society of Surgical Oncology Colorectal Cancer Network Collab... by Giulia Turri, MD, Luigi Martinelli, MD, Daniela Rega, MD, Nicolò Tamini, MD, Lucia Paiano, MD, Simona Deidda, MD, QuocRiccardo Bao, MD, Laura Lorenzon, MD, PhD, Raffaele De Luca, MD, Caterina Foppa, MD, PhD, Valentina Mari, MD, Giovanni Taffurelli, MD, Arcangelo Picciariello, MD, PhD, Patrizia Marsanic, MD, Leandro Siragusa, MD, Francesco Bagolini, MD, Riccardo Nascimbeni, MD, Gianluca Rizzo, MD, PhD, Sara Vertaldi, MD, Michele Zuolo, MD, Giorgio Bianchi, MD, Lisa Marie Rorato, MD, Rossella Reddavid, MD, PhD, Gaetano Gallo, MD, PhD, Lorenzo Crepaz, MD, Alberto Di Leo, MD, Mario Trompetto, MD, Enrico Potenza, MD, Mauro Santarelli, MD, Nicola de’Angelis, MD, PhD, Francesco Ciarleglio, MD, Marco Milone, MD, PhD, Claudio Coco, MD, Guido Alberto Tiberio, MD, Gabriele Anania, MD, Giuseppe S. Sica, MD, PhD, Andrea Muratore, MD, Donato Francesco Altomare, MD, Isacco Montroni, MD, PhD, Maurizio De Luca, MD, Antonino Spinelli, MD, PhD, Michele Simone, MD, Roberto Persiani, MD, Gaya Spolverato, MD, Angelo Restivo, MD, Nicolò de Manzini, MD, Marco Braga, MD, Paolo Delrio, MD, Giuseppe Verlato, MD, PhD, Corrado Pedrazzani, MD, Adriana Gioia, Cristina Vacca, Dario Parini, Giovanni Tomasicchio, Marcello Calabrò, Bruno Sensi, Filomena Misuriello, Carlo Alberto Schena, Silvia Picotto

“…Recurrences peaked between 10 and 18 months after surgery and declined over time. Adjusted Cox regression analysis identified tumor diameter, carcinoembryonic antigen level, lymphovascular invasion, male gender, and less than 12 analyzed lymph nodes as significant risk factors for worse recurrence-free survival. …”
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Association of cardiovascular disease and cardiovascular health with disability status in a nationally representative sample of US adults by G.J. Jerome, C.L. Lilly

“…CVD was dichotomous based on self-report and CVH was assessed using American Heart Association Life's Essential 8 (LE8) comprised of four health behaviors (diet, physical activity, nicotine exposure, and sleep health) and four health factors (body mass index, blood lipids, blood glucose, and blood pressure) with higher scores indicating better CVH. …”
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Unheard and unused: why students reject teacher and peer feedback by Anastasiya A. Lipnevich, Carolina Lopera-Oquendo, Ligia Tomazin, Jonathan Gutterman, Carmen Florentin

“…Peer feedback is commonly rejected because of a perceived lack of peer expertise, ambiguous messages, and negative emotional responses. Multiple logistic regressions found that gender and educational level are significant predictors of reasons for not utilizing feedback, with distinct patterns observed among male students and undergraduates.ConclusionThis study underscores the need for feedback strategies addressing individual student characteristics and contextual factors. …”
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Independent predictors of quality of life in patients with chronic heart failure by Lyda Z Rojas, Laura M Cabeza, Adriana M Jurado, Luis E Echeverría, Juliana Alexandra Hernández-Vargas, Silvia Juliana Trujillo-Cáceres

“…Simple and multiple linear regressions were performed to establish predictors, considering statistical significance at p < 0.05. …”
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Rapid diagnosis of stress-related states to guide health-enhancing physical activity for university students by Olena Andrieieva, Nataliia Byshevets, Mykhailo Dudko, Ihor Synihovets, Nataliia Korzh

“…Statistically significant (p<0.05) generalized regression models were constructed that establish relationships between students’ stress-related states and multidirectional stress-related factors (gender, psychophysiological indicators, physical condition, mental state, etc.). …”
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RNF213 Variant and Infectious Burden Associated With Intracranial Artery Stenosis in Moyamoya Disease by Chaofan Zeng, Peicong Ge, Zihan Yin, Junlin Lu, Xiaofan Yu, Junsheng Li, Yuanren Zhai, Chenglong Liu, Qiheng He, Wei Liu, Jia Wang, Xingju Liu, Xun Ye, Qian Zhang, Rong Wang, Yan Zhang, Dong Zhang, Jizong Zhao

“…The degree of intracranial artery stenosis was measured by using the Willis narrowing score (WNS), which was then dichotomized as mild and severe. Multivariate regression analyses were performed to analyze variables associated with severe WNS. …”
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Individual and community-level social determinant impact on HPV-differentiated nasopharyngeal carcinoma disparities in the USA by David Fei-Zhang, Shravan Asthana, Stephanie Smith, Karthik Rajasekaran, Urjeet Patel, Daniel Chelius, Anthony Sheyn, Nosayaba Osazuwa-Peters, Jeffrey Rastatter

“…NPC-patients with confirmed-HPV status between 2010 and 2018 from the Surveillance-Epidemiology-End Results (SEER) database were analyzed by cox-proportional and logistic regressions of age, sex, race-ethnicity, census-level rurality-urbanicity, and census-level Yost-Socioeconomic Status (SES)-Index measures to assess mortality, staging, and delayed-treatment differences. …”
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What is the contribution of two genetic variants regulating VEGF levels to type 2 diabetes risk and to microvascular complications? by Amélie Bonnefond, Pierre-Jean Saulnier, Maria G Stathopoulou, Niels Grarup, Ndeye Coumba Ndiaye, Ronan Roussel, Mohsen Azimi Nezhad, Aurélie Dechaume, Olivier Lantieri, Serge Hercberg, Torsten Lauritzen, Beverley Balkau, Julia S El-Sayed Moustafa, Torben Hansen, Oluf Pedersen, Philippe Froguel, Guillaume Charpentier, Michel Marre, Samy Hadjadj, Sophie Visvikis-Siest

“…Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a key chemokine involved in tissue growth and organ repair processes, particularly angiogenesis. …”
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Metabolic obesity phenotypes and the risk of cancer: a prospective study of the Kailuan cohort by Xin Zheng, Xin Zheng, Xin Zheng, Xin Zheng, Yiming Wang, Yue Chen, Yue Chen, Yue Chen, Yue Chen, Yue Chen, Tong Liu, Tong Liu, Tong Liu, Tong Liu, Chenan Liu, Chenan Liu, Chenan Liu, Chenan Liu, Shiqi Lin, Shiqi Lin, Shiqi Lin, Shiqi Lin, Shiqi Lin, Hailun Xie, Hailun Xie, Hailun Xie, Hailun Xie, Xiangming Ma, Ziwen Wang, Ziwen Wang, Ziwen Wang, Ziwen Wang, Jinyu Shi, Jinyu Shi, Jinyu Shi, Jinyu Shi, Heyang Zhang, Heyang Zhang, Heyang Zhang, Heyang Zhang, Ming Yang, Ming Yang, Ming Yang, Ming Yang, Xiaoyue Liu, Xiaoyue Liu, Xiaoyue Liu, Xiaoyue Liu, Li Deng, Li Deng, Li Deng, Li Deng, Qingsong Zhang, Hanping Shi, Hanping Shi, Hanping Shi, Hanping Shi

“…BackgroundObesity is as an important risk factor for chronic diseases. Metabolically healthy obesity (MHO) is considered a benign state. …”
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A Predictive Model of Cardiovascular Aging by Clinical and Immunological Markers Using Machine Learning by Madina Suleimenova, Kuat Abzaliyev, Madina Mansurova, Symbat Abzaliyeva, Almagul Kurmanova, Guzel Tokhtakulinova, Akbota Bugibayeva, Diana Sundetova, Merei Abdykassymova, Ulzhas Sagalbayeva, Raushan Bitemirova, Zhadyra Yerkin

“…<b>Methods:</b> This paper analyzes the relationships between immunological markers, clinical parameters, and lifestyle factors in individuals over 60 years of age. …”
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Oropharyngeal adverse drug reactions: knowledge, attitudes, and practice (KAP) among Italian healthcare professionals and students by Gaetano La Mantia, Gaetano La Mantia, Gaetano La Mantia, Giulia Marcon, Martina Coppini, Martina Coppini, Martina Coppini, Fortunato Buttacavoli, Fortunato Buttacavoli, Vera Panzarella, Giuseppe Colella, Annalisa Capuano, Liberata Sportiello, Gaspare Parrinello, Ilaria Morreale, Giacomo Oteri, Giuseppe Bellavia, Vittorio Fusco, Vittorio Fusco, Rodolfo Mauceri, Rodolfo Mauceri, Monica Bazzano, Giuseppe Seminara, Giuseppe Seminara, Olga Di Fede, Giuseppina Campisi

“…The study employed descriptive statistics, Kruskal-Wallis tests, and logistic regression to analyze factors affecting KAP and reporting behaviors.ResultsSignificant gaps in KAP were identified. …”
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Knowledge, attitudes, and referral practices regarding animal bites and prevention of human rabies among Traditional Health Practitioners in the eThekwini District in KwaZulu-Natal... by Maxwell Mabona, Maxwell Mabona, Maxwell Mabona, Thembekile Zwane, Babongile Mhlongo, Lazarus Kuonza, Lazarus Kuonza, Poncho Phafane, Poncho Phafane

“…Multivariable logistic regression was used to analyze factors associated with knowledge, attitudes, and referral practices. …”
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A Remote Patient Monitoring System With Feedback Mechanisms Using a Smartwatch: Concept, Implementation, and Evaluation Based on the activeDCM Randomized Controlled Trial by Reto Wettstein, Farbod Sedaghat-Hamedani, Oliver Heinze, Ali Amr, Christoph Reich, Theresa Betz, Elham Kayvanpour, Angela Merzweiler, Christopher Büsch, Isabell Mohr, Birgit Friedmann-Bette, Norbert Frey, Martin Dugas, Benjamin Meder

“…Descriptive statistics using box plots and bootstrapped multiple linear regression with 95% CIs were used for evaluation analyzing the influence of age, sex, device experience, and intervention group membership. …”
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Development and validation of a nomogram for predicting the incidence of infectious events in patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies by Luwei Yang, Guihua Fan, Lijuan Zhang, Binbin Zhou, Xiaomin Dai, Zongfei Ji, Lingying Ma, Zhuojun Zhang, Huiyong Chen, Qiang Yu, Lili Ma, Lindi Jiang, Ying Sun

“…Univariate and multivariate Cox regression identified independent risk factors for severe infection, and the Akaike information criterion (AIC) was applied for model selection. …”
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Gender Differences in Predictors of Physical Functioning Limitations Among the Elderly Population in Serbia: A Population-Based Modeling Study by Dejan Nikolic, Natasa Mujovic, Milena Santric-Milicevic, Sindi Mitrovic, Nevena Krstic, Ana Radic, Diana Radovic, Ardak Nurbakyt, Dinara Sukenova, Milena Kostadinovic

“…<i>Background and Objective:</i> Active aging is influenced by various factors, including chronic diseases, multimorbidity, functional limitations, and disabilities. …”
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Birth Order and Chinese Adolescent Mental Health within the Context of the Three-Child Policy: The Roles of Parenting Styles and Parental Company by Qi Y, Qiu J, Zhang Y, Shi Y, Xie C, Zhou J, Wu Y, Gao Y

“…Hierarchical multiple regression analysis analyzes the relationships among these factors.Results: Compared with only-child adolescents, first-borns had higher scores of total SDQ (β= 0.74, p&lt; 0.01), emotional symptoms (β= 0.22, p&lt; 0.05), conduct symptoms (β= 0.18, p&lt; 0.01), and peer relationship symptoms (β= 0.29, p&lt; 0.001). …”
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Variation of continued breastfeeding by age of the child among children aged 12–23 months: evidence from 21 sub-Saharan African countries by Enyew Getaneh Mekonen

“…Software for statistical analysis, STATA/SE version 14.0, was used to clean, recode, and analyze data. Utilizing multilevel mixed-effects logistic regression, the factors associated with the outcome variable were identified. …”
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