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). …”
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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. …”
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Risk factors and a nomogram model for recurrence of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo: a multicenter cross-sectional study by Qingchun Pan, Bei Li, Kai Zou, Jing Zhang, Yuanling Wang, Xiaoming Tang

“…After organizing the clinical data, the training set’s patients were arranged into recurrent and non-recurrent subgroups based on the recurrence of BPPV within one-year post-treatment. Factors affecting BPPV recurrence were found using LASSO regression; then, multivariate logistic regression (MLR) analysis was used to build a nomogram-style risk prediction model. …”
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Factors influencing quality of life in adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus: A cross-sectional study in South Korea by Hye-Ryeon Park, So-Yeon Park

“…Results: The quality of life of adolescents with type 1 diabetes was significantly correlated with depression (r = -0.31, p <0.001) and diabetes distress (r = -0.42, p <0.001). Stepwise multiple regression analysis identified diabetes distress (β = -0.38, p <0.001) and insulin treatment (β = 0.15, p = 0.048) as factors influencing quality of life. …”
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Risk Factors for Pleural Reaction in CT-Guided Percutaneous Lung Nodule Localization: A Single-Center Retrospective Study by Zhou N, Feng N, Jiao Z, Shi X, Wang T, Zhao G

“…Binary logistic regression was performed to further analyze these factors. …”
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Resource Configuration Efficiency and Influencing Factors of Elderly Care Services Based on a Data-Driven DEA-Tobit Approach by Dongqing Luan, Ziqing Zhao, Yanxi Xie

“…Next, the causes of these problems are analyzed. Then, the regression analysis is performed using Tobit with the influencing factors including GDP, the number of institutions engaged in elderly care, the number of day service centers in the communities, the number of medical service institutions for the elderly, and the density of the elderly population. …”
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Influencing factors of suicide in hospitalized patients with mental disorders: a retrospective study using medical malpractice cases in China by Qiang Wang, Daming Sun, Guangjian Li, Lin Li, Hongyan Li, Yajun Xu

“…The χ2 test was applied to compare group differences, while a binary logistics regression analysis was used to assess factors influencing suicide among hospitalized patients with mental disorders.ResultsA total of 268 finalized medical malpractice judgments were analyzed. …”
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Risk Factors and Prognostic Implications in Synchronous Breast-Thyroid Dual Primary Cancers: A Matched Case-Control Study by Li T, Lu B, Zhang Y, Zhang P, Qi J, Sun Y

“…Multivariate logistic regression analysis identified age, ER positivity, and a family history of breast cancer as independent risk factors for synchronous primary breast and thyroid cancer (P &lt; 0.05).Conclusion: This first matched case-control analysis reveals that synchronous DBTMs represent a unique clinical subgroup with aggressive biological behavior. …”
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Prospective multicenter German study on pulmonary colonization with Scedosporium /Lomentospora species in cystic fibrosis: Epidemiology and new association factors. by Carsten Schwarz, Claudia Brandt, Elisabeth Antweiler, Alexander Krannich, Doris Staab, Sabina Schmitt-Grohé, Rainald Fischer, Dominik Hartl, Anja Thronicke, Kathrin Tintelnot

“…<h4>Material and methods</h4>Clinical, microbiological and laboratory data of 161 patients aged 6-59 years with CF in Germany were analyzed for Sac-Lp distribution and association factors. …”
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Independent risk factors and outcomes for ventilator-associated pneumonia due to multidrug-resistant organisms after cardiac valvular surgery by XiaoLiang Chen, LaiYha Yan, ShunYing Zhao, XiaoYan Hu, GuoFeng Shao, Ni Li, LinWen Zhu

“…Univariable and multivariable logistic regression analyses were performed to identify risk factors for MDRO VAP, and the outcomes of MDRO VAP patients were analyzed. …”
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Exploring the Recurrence Risk Factors and Development of a Nomogram Prediction Model for Uterine Fibroid Patients Post-Myomectomy Based on Patient Medical Records by Li C, Li L, Hu Y

“…Clinical data of both groups were analyzed using univariate analysis, and factors statistically significant in univariate analysis were further evaluated through multivariate logistic regression to identify independent risk factors for recurrence post-laparoscopic myomectomy.Results: Univariate analysis indicated that the proportion of patients with ≥ 2 fibroids, intramural fibroids, and preoperative serum C-reactive protein (CRP) levels ≥ 4.67 mg/L was significantly higher in the recurrence group (all P< 0.05). …”
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Correlation between clinical and pathological nodal status in hepatocellular carcinoma: identifying risk factors for lymph node metastasis via the national cancer database by Huisong Lee, Kyunguk Jung, Michael Luu, Kambiz Kosari, Nicholas Nissen, Ju Dong Yang

“…Clinical LNM (cN1) demonstrated high specificity (99.2%) but low sensitivity (46.2%) in detecting pN1. Logistic regression analysis revealed that younger age, female sex, fibrolamellar histology, combined hepatocellular-cholangiocarcinoma (HCC-CCA), advanced clinical T stage, and higher tumor grade were significant risk factors for pN1. …”
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Risk factors for postoperative pulmonary complications following coronary artery bypass grafting in elderly patients: a retrospective study by Guang Feng, Yitong Jia, Guanxu Zhao, Ying Zhang, Tianlong Wang

“…Based on the occurrence of PPCs, patients were divided into the PPC group and the none-PPC group. Univariate analysis and multivariate logistic regression analysis were employed to determine the independent risk factors of PPCs in elderly patients undergoing CABG. …”
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Impacts of Sociodemographic Factors, Screening, and Organization of Health Services on Breast Cancer Mortality in Brazil: An Ecological Study of 20 Years by Thalita da Luz Costa, Diego Bessa Dantas, Fabiana de Campos Gomes, Cleuma Oliveira Soares, Janielly Reis Castelhano, Laryssa Corrêa Fonseca, Laura Maria Tomazi Neves, Eric Renato Lima Figueiredo, João Simão de Melo Neto

“…Statistical analyses included normality tests, Kruskal-Wallis and one-way ANOVA tests with post hoc comparisons, Pearson and Spearman correlation tests, age-period-cohort analysis, Kaplan-Meier analysis, and Cox regression analysis. …”
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Factors associated with severe bacterial infection in infants between 91- and 120-days old admitted to the pediatric emergency department by Bei-Cyuan Guo, Han-Ping Wu, Yin-Ting Chen, Yu-Jun Chang, Chun-Yu Chen, Wen-Ya Lin, Chung-Hao Su

“…Logistic regression analysis showed that male sex, higher BT, WBC count, and CRP levels were predictors of SBI. …”
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Knowledge and Attitude Towards the Care For Self-harming Adolescents and the Related Factors in Emergency Department Nurses From Northern Iran by Fereshteh Foroughizad, Yasaman Yaghobi, Farzaneh Sheikholeslami, Elnaz Faraji-Nesfechi, Ehsan KazemnezhadLeili

“…The collected data were analyzed using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, Shapiro-Wilks test, Mann-Whitney U test, multiple linear regression analysis, and the Spearman correlation test. …”
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Association between lifestyle-related factors and low back pain: Evidence from a Japanese population-based study. by Soya Kawabata, Noriaki Kurita, Takuya Nikaido, Ryoji Tominaga, Yuji Endo, Nobuyuki Fujita, Shin-Ichi Konno, Seiji Ohtori

“…Multiple LRFs are associated with the prevalence of LBP. Stratified analysis provided deeper insight into specific risk factors for LBP. …”
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Study on the significance and influencing factors of detection of renal tubular injury markers in high-risk patients with chronic renal disease by LIU Hui, SUN Yi, YAO Ying

“…Multivariate stepwise regression analysis suggested that blood uric acid（OR=0.992, P=0.009） was a correlative factor for abnormal increase of renal tubular injury markers. …”
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The Prevalence of Soil-Transmitted Helminths and Associated Risk Factors among School Children at Sekela Primary School, Western Ethiopia by Addisu Tolera, Mebrate Dufera

“…Multivariate logistic regression analysis result indicated that wearing shoes, hand washing practice, family member, and residence were found to be associated risk factors for STH infections. …”
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Factors Predicting the standard precautions for infection control pre-hospital emergency staff of Hamadan based on the Health Belief Model by Masoud Khodaveisi, Mahnaz Mohamadkhani, Roya Amini, Manoochehr Karami

“…However, the results of linear regression analysis were not significant (P>0.05). …”
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