Occurrence and influencing factors of cardiovascular diseases in uremic patients after combined blood purification therapy by Shen Yu-xin, Zhang Qian-nan, Yu Ying-ji, Li Jun-hui

“…The general demographic data and clinical data of the two groups were compared. Logistic regression model was used to analyze the influencing factors of CVD occurrence after combined blood purification， and Spearman correlation analysis was used to analyze the correlation between each factor and CVD occurrence.ResultsA total of 122 uremia patients were included in the study， of which 20 had CVD， accounting for 16.39%， and the remaining 102 （83.61%） without CVD were included in the non-CVD group. …”
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Identifying Psychological and Sociological Factors Affecting Job Aspirations in Lower Secondary Students by Farid Ahmadi, Soheila Ahmadi

“…Additionally, Likert-type scales were used to collect data on academic self-concept, parental involvement, academic self-efficacy, socio-economic status, and student-teacher relationships. The data were analyzed using SPSS, utilizing descriptive statistics, correlation coefficients, and hierarchical regression techniques.   …”
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Analysis of clinical characteristics and risk factors of recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection in children by Jin-Yue Huang, Ning Wang, Jing-Yao Wang, Hua-Chu Zuo, Juan Li, Yu Zhao

“…Logistic regression was used to compare clinical data and analyze risk factors for CDI recurrence. …”
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Risk factors for potential drug-drug interactions in a general neurology ward by Kostić Marina J., Živković-Zarić Radica S., Janković Slobodan M.

“…The aim of the study was to analyze risk factors for the occurrence and the number of potential DDIs among patients in a general neurological ward. …”
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Distance professional qualification to promote adequate and healthy eating: factors associated with dropout by Mariana Souza Lopes, Izabela Santana Sathler, Cheila de Sousa Jardim Soares, Nathália Luíza Ferreira, Aline Cristine Souza Lopes

“…Abstract Objective To analyze factors associated with dropout from a distance professional qualification course on promoting adequate and healthy eating in Brazil. …”
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Geographic patterns and environmental factors associated with human yellow fever presence in the Americas. by Patricia Najera Hamrick, Sylvain Aldighieri, Gustavo Machado, Deise Galan Leonel, Luz Maria Vilca, Sonia Uriona, Maria Cristina Schneider

“…The objective of this study was to identify spatial patterns and the relationship between key geographic and environmental factors with the distribution of yellow fever human cases in the Americas.…”
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Interaction of drivers and barriers of sustainable property management practice in shopping malls in Lagos, Nigeria by Lumbani B. Nyirenda, Caleb A. Ayedun, Innocent Musonda, Chukwuemeka O. Iroham, David O. Olukanni, Hilary I. Okagbue, Olugbemisola W. Samuel, Sunday E. Nto

“…The interactions of the latent barrier factors were exposed by the CFA and mediated regression models. …”
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The effect of paternal and maternal factors on the prognosis of live birth in couples with recurrent pregnancy loss by Pirkko‐Liisa Peuranpää, Mika Gissler, Paula Peltopuro, Aila Tiitinen, Hanna Hautamäki

“…The associations between background factors, sperm DNA fragmentation, and cumulative probability of live birth over time were analyzed using cross‐tabulations and age‐adjusted Cox regression. …”
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Factors associated with loss and recovery of smell and taste after COVID‐19 infection by Diego E. Razura, Ido Badash, Bozena Wrobel, Kevin Hur

“…Methods The Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) 2021 National Health Interview Series (NHIS) database was used to analyze factors associated with loss and recovery of smell and taste in respondents who had a previous COVID‐19 infection. …”
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Unveiling Factors Affecting Audit Fees: Characteristics Of Firms And Public Accounting Firms by Irwan Adimas Ganda Saputra, Luqman Hakim, Eko Wahjudi, Vivi Pratiwi, Ni Nyoman Alit Triani

“…Using quantitative analysis, cross-sectional data from 281 companies listed on the IDX in 2022 were analyzed through purposive sampling and multiple linear regressions. …”
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Demographic characteristics and lifestyle related factors of depressive symptoms in Chinese children and adolescents by ZHAO Xia

“…All participants were assessed with the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) and a self-developed questionnaire to collect the factors associated with depressive symptoms and analyze statistically. …”
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Association Between Risk Factors and Major Cancers: Explainable Machine Learning Approach by Xiayuan Huang, Shushun Ren, Xinyue Mao, Sirui Chen, Elle Chen, Yuqi He, Yun Jiang

“…ObjectiveThis study aimed to leverage explainable machine learning models to identify and analyze the key risk factors associated with breast, colorectal, lung, and prostate cancers. …”
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Determinant factors in the use of modern contraception in urban and rural areas in Western Indonesia by Qorinah Estiningtyas Sakilah Adnani, Yuninda Loviana Ersianti, Siti Khuzaiyah, Kadar Ramadhan, Ari Indra Susanti, Rikke Damkjær Maimburg, Kughong Reuben Chia

“…The objective of this study was to analyze the utilisation of modern contraceptives between rural and urban areas in Western Indonesia as well as associated factors. …”
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Variation analysis and influencing factors in different corneal morphologies measured by the Pentacam system by Dong-Qing YUAN, Hua ZHONG, Qin CHEN

“…Spearman rank correlation analysis was used to explore the related influencing factors of BAD-Do (belin/ambrosio enhenced ectasia display-overall deviation of normality), and a multiple linear regression model was established to find the main influencing factors of BAD-Do. …”
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Factors Associated with Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy of Mothers Within 6 Weeks of Delivery by Farzaneh Poorshaban, Sedigheh Pakseresht, Zahra Bostani Khalesi, Ehsan KazemNejad Leili

“…If a subject's score is above average, she has high breastfeeding self-efficacy and vice versa.Descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation) and inferential statistics (chi-square test, Mann-Whitney test, Pearson s correlation coefficient and multiple regressions) were used to analyze the data.The confidence interval of 95% and asignificance level of P<0.05 were considered. …”
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The Estimation of Willingness to Pay and the Influential Factors for Air Quality Improvement in the City of Mashhad by S. Kalhori, L. Abolhasani, M. Sabouhi, M. Sarkhosh

“…The research focused on the certainty level of "definitely yes" and generated 13 different proposals ranging from 10,000 Toman to 200,000 Toman. The ordered logit regression model was employed to analyze the factors influencing the willingness of Mashhad citizens to pay for air quality improvement. …”
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Risk Factors for Sigmoid Colonic Anastomosis: A Comparative and Cross-Sectional Analysis by Talih T, Sonmez G, Sozuer EM, Tombul ST, Kulturoglu MO, Islam DG, Akyıldız HY, Demirtas A, Karaagac M, Dal F

“…Tutkun Talih,1 Gokhan Sonmez,2 Erdogan M Sozuer,1 Sevket Tolga Tombul,3 Mahmut O Kulturoglu,4 Dogan G Islam,1 H&amp;inodot;z&amp;inodot;r Y Aky&amp;inodot;ld&amp;inodot;z,1 Abdullah Demirtas,2 Mustafa Karaagac,1 Fatih Dal1 1Department of General Surgery, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey; 2Department of Urology, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey; 3Department of Urology, Acibadem Hospital, Kayseri, Turkey; 4Department of General Surgery, Etlik City Hospital, Ankara, TurkeyCorrespondence: Gokhan Sonmez, Email gokhans72@hotmail.comObjective: To evaluate the anastomotic leakage (AL) rates in cancerous and non-cancerous intestinal anastomoses and analyze the general risk factors for AL.Methods: The primary endpoint of this study is to investigate whether there is a difference in terms of AL between patients who underwent sigmoid colon resection + colorectal anastomosis due to primary colon cancer (Group 1) and patients with a completely healthy colorectal region who underwent sigmoid colon resection + colorectal anastomosis for use in the orthotopic bladder during radical cystoprostatectomy (Group 2). …”
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Factors Affecting Herd Status for Bovine Tuberculosis in Dairy Cattle in Northern Thailand by Tawatchai Singhla, Sukolrat Boonyayatra, Veerasak Punyapornwithaya, Kimberly L. VanderWaal, Julio Alvarez, Srinand Sreevatsan, Somphorn Phornwisetsirikun, Jamnong Sankwan, Mongkol Srijun, Scott J. Wells

“…Questionnaires were administered for data collection with questions based on epidemiological plausibility and characteristics of the local livestock industry. Data were analyzed using multiple logistic regressions. A significant geographic cluster was identified only in Chiang Mai province (p<0.05). …”
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Factors associated with stillbirths in Kibogora District Hospital catchment area, Rwanda, 2015 by Esperance Niragire, Lawrence Rugema, Eric Noёl Kamayirese, Jared Omolo, Vincent Mutabazi, Jean d’Amour Sinayobye, Joseph Ntaganira

“…Data were extracted from various sources (electronic HMIS reports, patients' files, delivery and operating room registers, and stillbirth audit reports) using a structured data collection tool, and analyzed using Stata version 13 software. Multivariate logistic regressions were performed to ascertain the factors associated with stillbirths and adjusted odds ratios (AOR) with a 95% confidence interval (CI) were computed. …”
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Findings of preoperative patient risk factors to predict dislocation following total hip arthroplasty by Hao Li, Hao Li, Jinwei Xie, Xiaomin Lu, Shuai Li, Weiming Liao, Weiming Liao

“…All readmissions related to postoperative dislocation were recorded, and each patient who dislocated was matched with three patients who did not dislocate according to date of operation, operative time and follow-up time. Patient risk factors were initially analyzed by univariate analyses, and independent risk factors for dislocation were identified by multivariate logistic regression.ResultsA total of 5,133 patients were reviewed and 76 patients were readmitted with postoperative dislocations in follow-up time (1.5%). …”
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