Increased risk of mortality from COVID-19 in people with obesity by Ana Cristina Ribeiro, Priscila Poli, Silvia Carla da Silva André Uehara

“… Objective: to analyze the risk of mortality from COVID-19 in people with obesity. …”
Get full text

Status and influencing factors of pre-hospital delay in young and middle-aged Chinese patients with acute ischemic stroke by Dan Liu, Dan Liu, Dan Liu, Yuqi Fang, Zhuan Yin, Qingxiang Zhu, Chaofeng Li, Chaofeng Li

“…The results showed that 534 patients with pre-hospital delay occurred, with an incidence of 79.6%. Binary logistic regression analysis showed that the factors that extended the pre-hospital time of patients were: The onset place was at home (OR = 4.997, p = 0.011), the first symptoms were numbness and weakness of limbs (OR = 3.500, p = 0.027), avoidance coping style (OR = 1.298, p = 0.027) and submission coping style (OR = 1.721, p < 0.001). …”
Get full text

Innovation Ecosystems and Economic Performance in Latin America: A Multivariate and Plithogenic Neutrosophic Approach to the Global Innovation Index, by Héctor Fernández, Purification Galindo-Villardón, Marcelo Ruiz, Alexis Matheu Pérez

“…The Principal Components Analysis (PCA) assesses the factors constituting the GII creation to reveal invisible dimensions of innovation, while k-means clustering divides the observations into three clusters relevant to structural ability and innovative achievements. …”
Get full text

Risk factors for prolonged surgical duration of tracheobronchial foreign body removal in children: a single-center retrospective study by Zhe Su, Jianmin Zhang, Zhengzheng Gao, Fang Wang, Lijing Li, Zenghua Xu, Heqi Liu, Fuzhou Zhang

“…Statistical analysis utilized both univariate and multivariate linear regression models to assess factors influencing the surgical duration of tracheobronchial foreign body removal in children.ResultsThe mean age of children with tracheobronchial foreign body was 1.59 years (1.32, 2.04). …”
Get full text

Role of serum fibroblast growth factor-23 and Klotho level in COVID-19 infection-related mortality: a prospective study by Davut Akin, Burcu B Aydogan, Nilufer Emre, Gulsah Gundogdu, Sehmus Ozmen, Ozgen K Erkek, Mehmet Alpua

“…FGF23 was significantly elevated in non-survivors (301 ± 20 pg/mL), compared to survivors (160 ± 36 pg/mL; p < 0.0001). Factors with significant differences (p < 0.001) between the two groups were investigated as independent mortality predictors using logistic regression analysis. …”
Get full text

Do Long-Acting Injectable Antipsychotics Influence Serum Levels of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor in People With Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorder? by Mirko Manchia, Ulker Isayeva, Roberto Collu, Diego Primavera, Luca Deriu, Edoardo Caboni, Maria Novella Iaselli, Davide Sundas, Massimo Tusconi, Clement C. Zai, Maria Scherma, Alessio Squassina, Donatella Congiu, Pasquale Paribello, Federica Pinna, Claudia Pisanu, Anna Meloni, Walter Fratta, Paola Fadda, Bernardo Carpiniello

“…Four tag single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within the BDNF gene (rs1519480, rs11030104, rs6265 [Val66Met], and rs7934165) were selected using standard parameters and analyzed with polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Mixed-effects linear regression models (MLRMs) were used to analyze longitudinal data. …”
Get full text

Ultrasonographic abdominal visceral fat thickness as an independent predictive factor of mortality in COVID-19 patients; a prospective cohort study by Siavash Mehran, Babak Salevatipour, Hooman Bahrami-Motlagh

Get full text

The role of sex, age, and BMI in treatment decisions for knee osteoarthritis: conservative management versus total knee replacement by Fabiola Ojeda, Laura Tío, Francisco Castro-Domínguez, Simone Tassani, Jerome Noailly, Jordi Monfort

“…The study employed multivariate analysis of variance for continuous variables at both patient and knee levels, followed by univariate analysis of variance for significant factors, while logistic and linear regression analyses were used to calculate odds ratios, with Bonferroni corrections applied to adjust p-values for multiple comparisons. …”
Get full text

Impact of Livelihood Diversification on Rural Households’ Food and Nutrition Security: Evidence from West Shoa Zone of Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia by Firafis Haile, Jema Haji Mohamed, Chanaylew Seyoum Aweke, Terefe Tolessa Muleta

“…Descriptive statistics (frequencies, percentages, and cross-tabs) and econometric models [multinomial logit model and multinomial endogenous switching regression (MESR) model] were employed to analyze the quantitative data. …”
Get full text

Expression of Insulin-like growth factor 2 mRNA-binding protein 3 and its diagnostic value in breast cancer by Chao-Qun Wang, Jun-Kang Shao, Yan Wang, Shi-Ping Lu, Li-Jing Jiang, Zhi-Qun Du, Bi-Fei Huang

“…In a multiple logistic regression analysis, the independent predictors of IGF2BP3 expression in breast cancer were TNBC status (odds ratio = 3.408; 95% confidence interval: 1.026–11.321; P=0.045) and axillary lymph node metastasis (0.200; 0.068–0.593; P=0.004). …”
Get full text

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 social factors, higher income and urbanization were associated with reduced burden in LMICs, while dentist density was more effective in high-income countries (HICs). …”
Get full text

Optimization research on inductor structural parameters for post-weld electromagnetic induction heating pulsation aging treatment of large aluminum components by Fei Xue, Diqiu He, Haibo Zhou, Hua Zhou, Youqing Sun

“…The optimization strategy combines finite element (FE) simulations, large-scale EIHPA experiments, orthogonal designs, partial least squares (PLS) regression analysis and grid search approach. A magnetothermal bi-directional coupling FE model is developed to predict the temperature fields under different structural factors. …”
Get full text

Prevalence and association of self-medication practices with personal and educational factors among university employees of Saudi Arabia: A cross-sectional study by Syed Shahid Habib, Thamir Al-khlaiwi, Abdullah Almushawah, Abdulaziz Alsomali, Abdulrahman Abdulaziz A. Bin Ateeq, Faisal Abdulkader Aljarrah, Saleh Husam Aldeligan, Faisal Soud Alfwzan, Syed Abubakar Habib, Syed Mohammad Habib

“…The participants received an online survey on self-medication practices. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and regression analysis. …”
Get full text

¿Qué atributos busca el consumidor en prendas de vestir? Un análisis aplicado al mercado de la indumentaria en Argentina. What does the consumer look for? An analysis of clothing m... by Andrea Belmartino, Natacha Liseras, Miriam Berges

Get full text

Divergent trajectories in pancreatic cancer burden among older adults (55+): a GBD 2021 analysis revealing China’s dual epidemic of aging and population growth (1990–2045) by Hui Dong, Heng Wang, Wenping Han, Haigang Niu

“…Socioeconomic disparities were assessed via the Socio-demographic Index (SDI), and risk factor contributions were quantified using decomposition analysis.ResultsIn 2021, Finland, Germany, and Japan exhibited the highest age-standardized PC prevalence (ASPR: 64.42–66.17 per 100,000 population), contrasting sharply with Mozambique (ASPR: 2.85 per 100,000 population). …”
Get full text

The relationship between waist-to-height ratio, health-related physical fitness, and metabolic disease factors in middle-aged men in South Korea by Jung-Wook Lee, Gi-Chul Ha, Tae-Jin Kwak

“…Background: The purpose of this study was to analyze the correlation between waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), health-related physical fitness, and metabolic disease risk factors in middle-aged men and to evaluate the impact of WHtR on these variables to validate its utility as an obesity index. …”
Get full text

Expression and prognostic value of serum Nrf2, NLRP3 and IL-18 in elderly patients with sepsis complicated with acute kidney injury by Zhao Liang, Guo Wenjuan, Wang Huangsuo, Su Huimei

“…Multivariate logistic regression was used to analyze the influencing factors of 28 d death in the concurrent group; ROC curve was used to analyze the predictive value of serum Nrf2 mRNA, NLRP3 mRNA and IL-18 expression for 28 d death in the concurrent group. …”
Get full text

Risk factors for Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii contamination on hospital surfaces: a multi-year environmental monitoring study in Shanghai, China by Xing Zhang, Liang Tian, Jiaying Wu, Taiyao Chen, Tingting Shi, Yilin Ge, Renyi Zhu, Jian Chen

“…For nominal categorical variables, intergroup differences were analyzed using Pearson’s chi-squared (χ2) test. In addition, logistic regression analysis was employed to identify risk factors associated with CRAB-positive environmental samples.ResultsA total of 10,268 samples were included in this study, among which 391 tested positive for CRAB. …”
Get full text

Prevalence of abnormal bone mineral density and its influencing factors among adult residents in Jiangsu province: a cross-sectional survey by Weihao WANG, Huijing HE, Yaoda HU, Xingming CHEN, Tan XU, Ji TU, Ang LI, Binbin LIN, Qihang LIU, Zhiming LU, Tianshu XI, Haibo HUANG, Da XU, Zhili CHEN, Zichao WANG, Guangliang SHAN

“…A multifactorial unconditional logistic regression model was used to analyze the main factors influencing abnormal BMD in the participants. …”
Get full text

Spatial evolution and mechanism of influence of the transition from old to new economic drivers in resource-based cities by YAN Mingtao, LI Jiangsu, YAN Mingyue

“…[Methods] This study comprehensively applied geospatial analysis techniques and Markov chains to study the spatial evolution characteristics of the TONED in 109 resource-based cities in China from 2011 to 2021, and analyzed the mechanism of influence of the TONED in terms of internal factors and external factors by applying obstacle models, optimal parameter geodetectors, and spatiotemporal geographically-weighted regression methods. …”
Get full text