Regional risk factors associated with adverse outcomes of COVID-19 infection among the older adult: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Olunike Rebecca Abodunrin, Mobolaji Timothy Olagunju, Xinyi Huang, Jianming Wang, Zhibin Hu, Chong Shen

“…Following Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines, we searched five databases up to December 2023 and conducted meta-analyses of odds ratios for 27 risk factors reported in at least two studies using R software (version 4.3.2). …”
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Risk Factors for Breast Cancer in the Female Population by Yoenny Peña García, Maikel Maceo González, Diamela Ávila Céspedes, Licet Utria Velázquez, Yohandra Más López

“…The variables analyzed were: family history of breast cancer, late menopause, hormonal treatment, nulliparity, smoking, births in advanced age, precocious menarche, alcoholism, obesity, non-breastfeeding, and inadequate diet. Chi2, Odd Ratio (OR) and Pearson's linear correlation coefficient were calculated, the absolute risk and it was stratified by communities. …”
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Discordance in Couples Pregnancy Intentions and Breastfeeding Duration: Results from the National Survey of Family Growth 2011–2013 by Jordyn T. Wallenborn, Gregory Chambers, Elizabeth P. Lowery, Saba W. Masho

“…Multinomial logistic regression, odds ratios, and 95% confidence intervals were calculated. …”
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The Role of Helicobacter pylori Seropositivity in Insulin Sensitivity, Beta Cell Function, and Abnormal Glucose Tolerance by Lou Rose Malamug, Rudruidee Karnchanasorn, Raynald Samoa, Ken C. Chiu

“…We examined data from 4,136 non-Hispanic white (NHW), non-Hispanic black (NHB), and Mexican Americans (MA) aged 18 and over from the NHANES 1999-2000 cohort. We calculated the odds ratios for states of glucose tolerance based on the H. pylori status. …”
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Polymorphisms of Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha in Moroccan Patients with Gastric Pathology: New Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms in TNF-α−193 (G/A) by A. Essadik, H. Jouhadi, T. Rhouda, S. Nadifiyine, A. Kettani, F. Maachi

“…Two SNPs located in the promoter region (positions −308 and −238) in TNF-α gene were genotyped in 244 individuals (170 patients and 74 healthy controls). Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were estimated using logistic regression analysis. …”
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Association between HIV status and Positive Prostate Biopsy in a Study of U.S. Veterans by Wayland Hsiao, Katrina Anastasia, John Hall, Michael Goodman, David Rimland, Chad W. M. Ritenour, Muta M. Issa

“…The adjusted measures of association between HIV status and positive biopsy were expressed as odds ratios (ORs) and corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CI). …”
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The effect of air pollution exposure on foetal growth restriction in pregnant women who conceived by in vitro fertilisation a cross-sectional study by Yanqiong Jiang, Pengfei Liu, Meihong Zeng, Guiying Zhuang, Cuiqing Qiu, Liyun Wang, Weiling Liu, Weiqi Liu

“…After adjusting for confounders, our analysis showed that in the first trimester, high concentrations of PM10 and NO2 in the fourth quartile significantly increased the risk of FGR. Specifically, the odds ratios were 6.430 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.035–39.96) for PM10 and 10.73 (95% CI: 1.230–93.48) for NO2. …”
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Risk factor of postoperative pulmonary complications after colorectal cancer surgery: an analysis of nationwide inpatient sample by Liping Huang, Junli Luo, Yifan Wang, Lu Gan, Nuo Xu, Jinzi Chen, Cai Li

“…Our study found that age, gender, number of comorbidities, type and location of hospital, and certain preoperative comorbidities, such as fluid and electrolyte disorders (odd ratio [OR] 2.53), coagulopathy (OR 2.16), congestive heart failure (OR 1.91), and chronic pulmonary disease (OR 1.57) were the risk factors of PPCs. …”
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Association of Cancer and the Risk of Developing Atrial Fibrillation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Ming Yuan, Zhiwei Zhang, Gary Tse, Xiaojin Feng, Panagiotis Korantzopoulos, Konstantinos P. Letsas, Bryan P. Yan, William K. K. Wu, Huilai Zhang, Guangping Li, Tong Liu, Yunlong Xia

“…PubMed and Web of Science were searched for publications examining the association between cancer and atrial fibrillation risk published until June 2017. Adjusted odds ratios (ORs) or hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% CI were extracted and pooled. …”
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Cannabis Use as Risk or Protection for Type 2 Diabetes: A Longitudinal Study of 18 000 Swedish Men and Women by A. K. Danielsson, A. Lundin, A. Yaregal, C. G. Östenson, P. Allebeck, E. E. Agardh

“…In this population-based cohort study, 17,967 Swedish men and women (aged 18–84 years), who answered an extensive questionnaire in 2002 (including questions on cannabis use), were followed up for new cases of type 2 diabetes (n=608) by questionnaire (in 2010) and in health registers during 2003–2011. Odds ratios (ORs) with 95% CIs were estimated in a multiple logistic regression analysis. …”
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Frequency, Risk Factors, and Adverse Fetomaternal Outcomes of Placenta Previa in Northern Tanzania by Elizabeth Eliet Senkoro, Amasha H. Mwanamsangu, Fransisca Seraphin Chuwa, Sia Emmanuel Msuya, Oresta Peter Mnali, Benjamin G. Brown, Michael Johnson Mahande

“…All women who gave birth to singleton infants were studied. Adjusted odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals for risk factors and adverse fetomaternal outcomes associated with PP were estimated in multivariable logistic regression models. …”
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An Online Tool for Nurse Triage to Evaluate Risk for Acute Coronary Syndrome at Emergency Department by Yuwares Sittichanbuncha, Patchaya Sanpha-asa, Theerayut Thongkrau, Chaiyapon Keeratikasikorn, Noppadol Aekphachaisawat, Kittisak Sawanyawisuth

“…Patients with diabetes, patients with previous history of CAD, and those who had at least one character of ACS chest pain were independently associated with having ACS by multivariate logistic regression. The adjusted odds ratios (95% confidence interval) were 4.220 (1.445, 12.327), 3.333 (1.040, 10.684), and 12.539 (3.876, 40.567), respectively. …”
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Depression after Stroke and Risk of Mortality: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Francesco Bartoli, Nicoletta Lillia, Annamaria Lax, Cristina Crocamo, Vittorio Mantero, Giuseppe Carrà, Elio Agostoni, Massimo Clerici

“…A systematic search of articles using PubMed and Web of Science databases was performed. Odds ratios (ORs) and hazard ratios (HRs) were used as association measures for pooled analyses, based on random-effects models. …”
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Analysis of Contributing Factors to Stunting in Poso Regency: A Perspective from the Special Stunting Handling Index by Nurfatimah Nurfatimah, Sumiaty Sumiaty, Kadar Ramadhan, Taqwin Taqwin, I Putu Suiraoka

“…Univariate analysis, chi-square tests and binary logistic regression were performed with a final report of adjusted odds ratios (AORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CI). …”
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Risk of TB disease in individuals with cancer by T. Diefenbach-Elstob, S. Tabrizi, P. Rivest, A. Benedetti, L. Azoulay, K. Schwartzman, C. Greenaway

“…Conditional logistic regression was used to estimate adjusted odds ratios (aORs) of developing TB among people with cancer overall, by sub-type, and by time from cancer to TB diagnosis. …”
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A lethal disease of the European bison – posthitis is conditionally determined by its genomics by Sazia Kunvar, Sylwia Czarnomska, Cino Pertoldi, Astrid V. Stronen, Iwona Ruczyńska, Małgorzata Tokarska

“…The association results were ranked based on p-values lower than 0.005 and odds ratios (OR) higher than 1. We obtained 30 SNP markers that met these requirements, all located on chromosome 25. …”
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Genetic Polymorphisms of Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte Antigen 4 in Primary Biliary Cholangitis: A Meta-Analysis by Xing-Chen Yang, Masayuki Fujino, Song-Jie Cai, Shao-Wei Li, Chi Liu, Xiao-Kang Li

“…The strength of correlation based on odds ratios (ORs) and its 95% confidence intervals (95%CIs) was computed by STATA. …”
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Circulating Cytokines and Growth Factors in Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension by Mark Duncan, Brandie D. Wagner, Keri Murray, Jenna Allen, Kelley Colvin, Frank J. Accurso, D. Dunbar Ivy

“…Of the twelve proteins, VEGF and IL-6 were significantly, univariately associated with the occurrence of an adverse event, with odds ratios (95% confidence intervals) of 0.56 (0.33–0.98) and 1.69 (1.03–2.77), respectively. …”
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Association between hyperuricemia and dietary retinol intake in Southwest China: a cross-sectional study based on CHNS database by Yi Liang, Tian Qiao, Xiaorong Ni, Lihui Yang, Tianhua Yao, Yiya Liu

“…Logistic regression models were used to estimate odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals, with analyses stratified by gender. …”
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Associations between Overall and Abdominal Obesity and Suicidal Ideation among US Adult Women by Guixiang Zhao, Chaoyang Li, Earl S. Ford, James Tsai, Satvinder S. Dhingra, Janet B. Croft, Lela R. McKnight-Eily, Lina S. Balluz

“…Suicidal ideation was assessed using the Item 9 of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9. Odds ratios with 95% conference intervals were estimated using logistic regression analyses after controlling for potential confounders. …”
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