Predictors of 30-day mortality in major lower limb amputations: insights from a five-year retrospective study in a South Asian LMIC by Mohammad Zakriya, Zia Ur Rehman, Muhammad Anees, Hafsa Shaikh, Adnan Qadir Memon, Nadeem Ahmed Siddiqui, Fareed Shaikh

“…Predictive factors for 30-day mortality were assessed using Firth logistic regression. …”
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Do occupations affect the experience of prolonged labour pain? A national study of women in India by Koustuv Dalal, Sayantan Chakraborty, Shukla Mandal, Mikael Nordenmark, Bodil J. Landstad

“…Occupation, age, education, religion, and wealth index were analyzed as predictor variables using cross-tabulation, chi-square tests and multivariate logistic regression. …”
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Outcomes in gestational and non-gestational choriocarcinoma: A retrospective cohort study with nomograms and web tools by Sakhr Alshwayyat, Mahmoud Bashar Abu Al Hawa, Karam Maraqa, Tala Abdulsalam Alshwayyat, Mustafa Alshwayyat, Hamdah Hanifa, Tala Alsaghir

“…Kaplan-Meier curves, log-rank tests, and Cox proportional hazard regression were used to assess overall survival and cancer-specific survival and to determine risk factors. …”
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Evaluating the Characteristics and Outcomes of Acute Pharmaceutical Exposure in Children: 5-Year Retrospective Study by Zhu Yan Duan, Yan Ning Qu, Rui Tang, Jun Ting Liu, Hui Wang, Meng Yi Sheng, Liang Liang Wang, Shuang Liu, Jiao Li, Lin Ying Guo, Si Zheng

“…We compared different exposure events and conducted logistic regression analysis to identify risk factors for hospitalization. …”
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Elucidating the Clinical Outcomes of Very Young (<30 Years) Asian Indians Presenting with ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction – The ETUDES Study by Kamal Sharma, Amit Soni, Rujuta Parikh, Iva Patel, Ravi Dabhi, Abhrajyoti Biswas, Tarang Shah, Nirmal Shah, Pankaj Singh, Maulik Kalyani, Khamir Banker

“…Clinical and angiographic profiles were compared with age-matched normal coronaries patients (control group B, n = 42) and patients with STEMI >30 years of age (control group C, n = 300) and analyzed for conventional, unconventional risk factors and 3-point (Repeat myocardial infarction [Re-MI], stroke, and mortality) and 4-point MACE (Re-MI, stroke, HFH, and mortality). …”
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The moderating role of walking in the association between HDL cholesterol and cognitive function among Korean older adults: a nationwide population-based cross-sectional study by Kyuyoung Cho, Kyuyoung Cho, Hye Won Chai, Hye Won Chai, Min Kyoung Park

“…We conducted a subgroup analysis to explore whether the interaction of these factors differs depending on older adults’ history of chronic conditions.MethodsThis study used cross-sectional Korean National Health Insurance Service data from 2009 that included a sample of older adults who remained qualified for health insurance and medical aid (n = 20,162). …”
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Nutritional and Inflammatory Indicators Aid in Differentiating Benign from Malignant Ovarian Neoplasms: Development and Validation of a Nomogram by Zixuan Song, Xiaoxue Wang, Yuting Wang, Xueting Chen, Dandan Zhang

“…Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were conducted to identify significant clinical and imaging risk factors, along with NPS, SIS, and COUNT. …”
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Dynamic nomogram for predicting long-term survival in patients with brain abscess by Thara Tunthanathip, Rakkrit Duangsoithong, Waranyu Kittirojkasem, Akira Pongweat, Rattiyaphon Khongthep, Benchamat Sutchai, Assama Tohyunuh

“…Demographic, clinical, laboratory, and imaging finding were analyzed. Cox regression was used to identify independent prognostic factors. …”
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Long-term survival outcomes of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in stage II-III HR+/HER2- breast cancer by Jiaxing Liu, Likuan Tan, Hongyu Zhang, Chengzhi Ma, Gang Qin, Shaolong Huang, Yang Long, Feng-hui He, Yao Huang, Miao-Miao Jiao, Yufei Liu, Guanghui Wang

“…Kaplan-Meier survival analysis and Cox proportional hazards regression were used to identify significant prognostic factors. …”
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Determinants of waiting times for surgery in older patients with hip fractures: a two-center retrospective study in Japanese acute care hospitals by Yunhan Ji, Takehiro Michikawa, Kenta Zouchi, Kurenai Hachiya, Takumi Taniguchi, Keigo Sato, XiaoJian Ye, Mitsuhiro Morita, Nobuyuki Fujita

“…Poisson regression was used to identify independent factors associated with delayed surgery. …”
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Effects of single versus bilateral lung transplantation on primary graft dysfunction after lung transplantation by LIU Zijuan，XU Hongyang

“…Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were used to identify factors influencing the development of PGD. …”
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Preoperative Spino Cranial Angle Predicts Adjacent Segment Degeneration After Single-Level Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion by Li Y, Cheng P, Zhang X, Cheng C

“…Multivariate logistic regression and Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis were performed to identify independent predictors of ASD.Results: ASD occurred in 36 patients (36.7%). …”
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Clinical outcomes and management of tibial plateau fractures in Ethiopia: A prospective cohort study. by Adugnaw Bogale Worku, Molla Asnake Kebede, Alemayehu Dagne Abate, Solyana Haileselassie Admassie, Meskerem Girma, Bekalu Wubshet Zewde, Mekuanint Dessie, Hashime Meketa Negatie, Adefris Getachew Techane, Abebe Agegn Wudineh

“…Logistic regression was used to identify factors influencing clinical outcomes.…”
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Mapping the Epidemiologic Features of Endotracheal Tube ObstructionTake-Home Points by Vimal Bhardwaj, MD, FNB(Critical Care), EDIC, Abhishek Samprathi, MD, DrNB, EDIC, Manu M.K. Varma, MD, DM, Kingshuk Saha, MSc, Ross Prager, MD, John Basmaji, MD, Nicolas Orozco, MD, Srirang Ramamoorthy, MSc, Jose Chacko, MD, EDIC, Arjun Alva, MD

“…Multivariable regression analysis showed only Ppeak (β = 1.65 [95% CI, 1.28-2.02]; P < .01), coagulopathy (β = 8.02 [95% CI, 3.26-12.79]; P < .01) and larger number of days receiving invasive mechanical ventilation (β = 0.02 [95% CI, 0.01-0.03]; P < .01) to be significant factors associated with ETB percentage. …”
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Relationship between Th1/ Th2 cytokines and severity of acute lung injury secondary to sepsis by FU Daoliang，CHEN Dejian，REN Lei，HOU Xiaolin

“…IL⁃4 and IL⁃10 were negatively correlated with APACHEⅡ scores（r=-0.720，-0.537，P＜0.01），while IFN⁃γ and TNF⁃α were positively correlated with APACHE Ⅱ scores（r=0.696，0.551，P<0.01）. Logistic regression analysis showed that low oxygenation index（β=-0.202，P<0.01），low IL⁃4 level（β=-0.230，P<0.01），high IFN⁃γ level（β=1.106，P<0.01），and high TNF⁃α level（β =0.012，P<0.05）were independent risk factors for ALI secondary to sepsis. …”
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Pengaruh Biological Asset Intensity, Konsentrasi Kepemilikan Dan Profitabilitas Terhadap Pengungkapan Aset Biologis by Chilma Zufriya, Negina Kencono Putri, Yusriati Nur Farida

“…This research is a type of quantitative research and the data source used is secondary data in the form of annual financial statements of agricultural companies for the period of 2016 to 2018. The data analysis technique used is descriptive statistics and regression analysis. …”
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Anhedonia and depressive symptoms in adolescent university students from china: the mediating role of early perceive stress by Taipeng Sun, Pan Liu, Sulin Shan, Yan Ren, Zhi Zhen, Gang Chen, Lihua Jiang

“…Multiple linear regression analysis was applied to examine the related factors of anhedonia. …”
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Prognostic Value of Inflammatory Markers, CA 19-9, MELD Score, and ECOG in Stage 4 Gastric Cancer with Liver Metastases by Esra Zeynelgil, Serkan Gülcü, Abdülkadir Koçanoğlu, Yakup Düzköprü, Gökşen İnanç İmamoğlu, Tülay Eren

“…There was no difference in survival according to the determined categories of age (p=0.395), gender (p=0.670), smoking status (p=0.764), body mass index (BMI) (p=0.563), carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) (p=0.057), neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) (p=0.359), platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) (p=0.158), monocyte-to-lymphocyte ratio (MLR) (p=0.811), and MELD score (p=0.561). In univariate Cox regression analysis, an ECOG score of 2 and above [hazard ratio (HR) 4.03; p<0.001] and a CA 19-9>37.1 U/mL (HR 1.54; p=0.018) were determined as poor prognostic factors, and BMI, NLR, PLR, MLR, MELD score, and CEA did not show prognostic significance. …”
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Dietary antioxidants and flavonoids are inversely associated with prostate cancer risk and mortality: evidence from NHANES and machine learning by Yanyang Jin, Dong-shan Lv, Li-po Zhou, Li Xiao, Guang-quan Tong, Abdallah Karim, Shuai Xue, Hongyang Tian, Cheng-cai Wang, Kun Feng, Ding-ming Song, You-liang Guan

“…Although flavonoids and antioxidants show promise in experimental models, evidence from population-based studies remains limited.ObjectivesThis research aimed to investigate the relationship between the consumption of antioxidants and flavonoids in the diet and the risk and survival of PCa, as well as to assess the potential of machine learning models in identifying significant dietary factors.MethodsData from 2,629 male participants aged ≥40 years from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2007–2010 were analyzed. …”
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The impact of agricultural farmland scale management on land yield: a perspective based on the adoption of agricultural machinery in different production links by Wenrui Zhang

“…Further analysis indicates that as farm size increases, the total factor productivity index at the farmer level for the three crops shows an upward trend, with the adoption of control-intensive machinery technologies playing an important role. …”
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