Assessing donor kidney function: the role of CIRBP in predicting delayed graft function post-transplant by Qianghua Leng, Maolin Ma, Zuofu Tang, Weichen Jiang, Fei Han, Zhengyu Huang

“…Furthermore, univariate and multivariate analyses (odds ratio [OR]=1.660; P<0.001) confirmed that donor plasma CIRBP level was an independent risk factor for DGF. …”
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients With Community‐Acquired Pneumonia on Inhaled Corticosteroid Therapy: A Comprehensive Analysis of Risk Factors, Disease Burden, and Pr... by Muhammad Muneeb Hassan, Sheikh Muhammad Sikandar, Farrukh Jamal, Muhammad Ameeq, Alpha Kargbo

“…Using multinomial logistic regression, the odds ratio and relative risk and Kaplan–Meier curves showed time‐to‐death and recovery by COPD status. …”
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Evaluation of hygienic food handling practices and associated factors among food handlers in the Amhara region, Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Lamenew Fenta, Kebadu Tadesse

“…Food handlers who have more than 2 years of food preparation experience [odds ratio (OR) = 3.51; 95% CI (2.64, 4.38)] and who got food preparation training [OR=2.14; 95% CI (1.06, 3.22)] were significantly associated with good food handling practice in the Amhara region. …”
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Relationship between In-Hospital Sepsis Prediction Score and Prevalence of Community-Onset Sepsis: Triage for Sepsis Risk Management by Kyung Hyun LEE, Hyunwoo CHOO, Sungsoo HONG, Sungjun HONG, Ki-Byung LEE, Hochan CHO

“…The low-SEPS group was used as the reference group. The odds ratio (ORs) of sepsis comparing the moderate versus low SEPS group are 1.198 (95%, 1.075-3.654), and the high versus low VC-SEPS group are 8.683 (95%, 4.995-15.095). …”
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Contaminated Pond Water Favors Cholera Outbreak at Haibatpur Village, Purba Medinipur District, West Bengal, India by Dilip Kumar Biswas, Rama Bhunia, Dipankar Maji, Palash Das

“…Attack rate was calculated by age and sex and risk factors were found out by calculating odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence interval (CI). Rectal swabs were taken and water specimens were collected for laboratory test. …”
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Prognostic and Diagnostic Significance of circRNA Expression in Esophageal Cancer: A Meta-analysis by Hong Lin, Jinpeng Yuan, Guoxi Liang, Yanxuan Wu, Liming Chen

“…The diagnostic role of circRNAs was testified by pooled sensitivity and specificity. Pooled odds ratio (OR) and pooled hazard ratio (HR) were computed to appraise the clinicopathological and prognostic value, respectively. …”
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High-Risk Genotypes Associated with Poor Response to Controlled Ovarian Stimulation in Indian Women by Anuradha Udumudi, K. Chaitra Lava, Vandana Hegde

“…Statistical Analysis Used: Statistical analysis using odds ratio was carried out to understand the significance of the results obtained. …”
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Progression of Diabetic Retinopathy and Declining Renal Function in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes by AJin Cho, Hayne Cho Park, Young-Ki Lee, Young Joo Shin, So Hyun Bae, Hakyoung Kim

“…After multivariate analysis, ≥20% decline in eGFR (odds ratio 2.553, 95% CI 1.219-5.348, p=0.013) was an independent risk factor for progression of DR in patients with NPDR. …”
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Chili pepper consumption and duration of fissure symptoms onset are associated with perianal fistula development among patients with anal fissure: a case-control study by Khadije Gorgi, Zahra Ghanbarzadegan, Ali Reza Safarpour, Sara Shojaei-Zarghani, Seyed Vahid Hosseini

“…Our analyses revealed that chili pepper consumption (odds ratio [OR] = 2.96, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.06–8.31, P-value = 0.039) and the duration of fissure symptoms (OR = 1.03, 95% CI: 1.00-1.05, P-value = 0.035) were associated with perianal fistula in patients with fissure, after adjusting for age and sex as potential covariates. …”
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Factors Contributing to Prolonged Time to Extubation After Sevoflurane Anesthesia in Pediatric Patients who Underwent Strabismus Surgery: A Retrospective Study by Kyung Mi Kim, Ki Hwa Lee, Jae Hong Park, Ji Yeon Kwon, Yei Heum Park, Jae Hwan Kim

“…Multiple logistic regression analysis that included intraoperative factors showed that late IV fentanyl administration (odds ratio [OR] = 3.051; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.830–5.086), use of a high (>1 µg/kg) fentanyl dose (OR = 2.61; 95% CI = 1.383–4.910), and a low operation/anesthesia duration ratio (OR = 0.92; 95% CI = 0.904–0.945) were associated with late recovery time. …”
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Predictive Factors, Treatment, and Outcomes of Coagulase-Negative Staphylococcal Peritonitis in Malaysian Peritoneal Dialysis Patients: A Single-Center Study by Siew Yan Lau, Boon Cheak Bee, Hin-Seng Wong, Marhanis Salihah Omar, Norazlah Bahari

“…Patients with concomitant exit-site infection (odds ratio (OR) 0.06, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.01 to 0.40, P<0.01) and history of recent systemic antibiotic use (OR 0.04, 95% CI 0.01 to 0.82, P=0.04) were less likely to achieve primary response. …”
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Latent Tuberculosis Infections in Different Intensity of Exposure within Moroccan Population: Influence of Age and Bacille Calmette–Guérin Vaccination by Chaimae Kadi, Nouhaila Najimi, Sara El Fakihi, Aicha El Allam, Elmahfoud Akil, Noureddine El Mtili, Rajae El Aouad, Jamaleddine Bourkadi, Fouad Seghrouchni

“…Furthermore, we showed within both groups, that LTBI prevalence was positively associated with subjects less covered by BCG vaccination in comparison with subjects likely totally covered by this vaccination (adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 2.783; 95% confidence intervals [CI], 1.180–6.57; P = 0, 01), (aOR, 6.717; 95% CI, 1.254–35.977; P = 0.02). …”
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Association of systemic inflammatory response index and stroke: a cross-sectional study of NHANES, 2005–2018 by Aokai Tian, Yafang Zheng, Jing Jin, Chunyuan Huang

“…In a fully adjusted model, the systemic inflammatory response index displayed a significant and positive correlation with stroke (odds ratio [OR] = 1.09, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.04–1.15, p = 0.0006). …”
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Role of HLA alleles polymorphism in systemic lupus erythematosus: A prospective study from North India by Ranjan S. Rana, Bitan Naik, Mahima Yadav, Usha Singh, Anup Singh, Shailja Singh

“…Results: DRβ1*0301 was significantly increased in SLE patients when compared to controls and had the highest odds ratio. Other risk factor alleles found to be increased were DRβ1*0701, DQβ1*0202, and DQβ1*0301, which had a significant positive association with SLE, suggesting their role in susceptibility to SLE. …”
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Outcomes of Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients by Risk Factors: Results from a United States Hospital Claims Database by Peter J. Mallow, Kathy W. Belk, Michael Topmiller, Edmond A. Hooker

“…Multivariable regression modeling was performed to assess outcomes and utilization. The odds ratio (OR) and incidence rate ratio (IRR) were reported. …”
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The diagnostic performance of mean neutrophil volume in neonatal sepsis: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Alpana Mishra, Pratap Kumar Jena, Santosh Kumar Panda

“…The pooled sensitivity, specificity, diagnostic odds ratio (DOR), and area under the curve (AUC) of the summary receiver operating characteristic (SROC) curve of MNV were estimated with reference blood culture-positive sepsis and clinical sepsis for meta-analysis. …”
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Factors Associated with High Prevalence of Multibacillary Leprosy in West Bengal: A Case–Control Study by Dipta Kanti Mukhopadhyay, Tarun Kumar Sarkar, Supantha Chatterjee, Soumalya Ray, Pritam Roy, Asit Kumar Biswas

“…Gender, marital status, and diagnostic delay (adjusted odds ratio = 2.75 [1.66,4.65]) were associated with developing MB. …”
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Effects of Potentially Inappropriate Medications in Older Patients with Gastrointestinal System Cancer by Melike OZKAN, Irfan KARAHAN, Selim YALCIN, Gozde SENGUL AYCICEK

“…Chemotherapy side effects were more common in PIM group (p&lt;0.001, odds ratio =5.6). PIM had no effect on mortality. Factors associated with mortality were age, stage, albumin, creatinine, operation history, and progression. …”
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Prevalence of Temporomandibular Disorder and its association with anxiety in academics: a cross-sectional study by Bianca Paludo, Paula Comin Trevizan, Nana Abena Asantewaa Boamah, Lilian Rigo

“…In the bivariate analysis, Pearson’s chi-square test was used, and in the multivariate analysis, raw and adjusted binary logistic regressions were used to obtain the odds ratio (OR) and respective 95% confidence intervals. …”
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Association of age at menopause with type 2 diabetes mellitus in postmenopausal women: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Faezeh Zakerinasab, Taif Haiham Al Saraireh, Amirhesam Amirbeik, Rasoul Hossein Zadeh, Fariba Arbab Mojeni, Qumars Behfar

“…The combined analysis of 17 studies demonstrated a significant association between menopausal age and risk of T2DM. The calculated odds ratio (OR) demonstrated that women with menopausal age > 45 had significantly decreased risk of developing T2DM with OR of 0.13 (95% CI: 0.04, 0.22). …”
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