Health-Related Quality of Life and Associated Factors among Women on Antiretroviral Therapy in Health Facilities of Jimma Town, Southwest Ethiopia by Yetnayet Abebe Weldsilase, Melaku Haile Likka, Tolossa Wakayo, Mulusew Gerbaba

“…P values < 0.05 and adjusted odds ratio with 95% of confidence interval were used to determine statistical significance and report associations between the quality of life and independent variables. …”
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Ultrasonic optic nerve sheath diameter as a new predictor for the mortality of patients with large hemispheric infarction by Jie Zhang, Shimeng Zhuang, Ying Zhang, Lisi An, Dongyang Li, Zhen Liu, Lijuan Wang

“…At 90 days, 41.8% of patients died. Ultrasonic ONSD (odds ratio [OR], 7.026; 95% CI, 2.638–18.708; P < 0.001), male (OR, 8.620; 95% CI, 2.962–25.092; P < 0.001), midline shift (OR, 1.207; 95% CI, 1.085–1.342; P = 0.001), and infarction volume (OR, 1.020; 95% CI, 1.012–1.028; P < 0.001) were independent predictors. …”
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Ethnic Differences in Risk Factors for Obesity among Adults in California, the United States by Liang Wang, Jodi Southerland, Kesheng Wang, Beth A. Bailey, Arsham Alamian, Marc A. Stevens, Youfa Wang

“…Females were more likely to be obese among African Americans (odds ratio (OR) = 1.43, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.05–1.94), but less likely among Whites (OR = 0.80, 95% CI = 0.74–0.87). …”
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A real-world pharmacovigilance analysis of potential ototoxicity associated with sacubitril/valsartan based on FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) by Ning Wang, Haijun Wang, Ying Chen, Yanfeng Wang

“…Disproportionality analysis was performed using the Food and Drug Administration Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) database from 2015 to 2023. The reporting odds ratio (ROR) and information components (IC) were used to detect potential ototoxicity associated with sacubitril/valsartan. …”
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Effect of Radiation, Organic Solvents and Vibration Occupational Exposure on the Thyroid Disease: Results from Project ELEFANT by Bibo Yuan, Citlalli Osorio-Yáñez, Junkai Fang, Lei Zhao, Ander Wilson, Marco Sanchez-Guerra, Hongbin Liu, Peng-Hui Li, Liqiong Guo

“…Logistic models adjusted for confounders revealed significant associations between exposure to radiation (odds ratio [OR]: 1.73; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.1–2.7), organic solvents (OR: 2.0; 95% CI: 1.3–2.9) and vibration (OR: 4.4; 95% CI: 2.0–8.75), and an increased risk of thyroid disease. …”
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Longitudinal Assessment of Pain in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Increases in Pain and Their Relationship to Functional Declines and Medication Changes by Hallie M. Altwies, Leah M. Santacroce, Javier Marrugo, Jacklyn Stratton, Jack Ellrodt, Robert S. Rudin, Daniel H. Solomon

“…Using the first five pain interference PRO responses as the baseline, 60 (72%) patients experienced worsening of at least the MCID, with a median duration of 16 days. The odds ratio (OR) relating significantly worsening pain to declines in function over the next 42 days was 2.71 (95% confidence interval [CI] 1.12–6.89). …”
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Longitudinal relationship between internet addiction and psychotic-like experiences among Chinese college students by Pu Peng, Hongyu Zou

“…Higher baseline IADQ scores (Adjusted odds ratio = 1.035; 95 % confidence interval = 1.002–1.069; p = 0.036) were independently associated with an increased risk of PLEs at follow-up, while baseline PQ-16 scores were not linked to later IA. …”
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Assessment of inappropriate use of antibiotics and contributing factors in Awi Administrative Zone, Northwestern Amhara regional State, Ethiopia by Belsti Atnkut, Atalaye Nigussie, Bekele Gebreamanule, Bulti Kumera, Tess Astatkie

“…Descriptive statistics and logistic regression analysis methods were used to identify the variables linked to the incorrect use of antibiotics. The adjusted odds ratio was used to calculate the statistical significance of the correlation at a significance level of 5 %. …”
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Understanding the Association Between Home Broadband Connection and Well-Being Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults in China: Nationally Representative Panel Data Study by Lu Yang, Chris Lynch, John Tayu Lee, Brian Oldenburg, Tilahun Haregu

“…Broadband internet connection at home was positively correlated with social participation (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] 1.34, 95% CI 1.28-1.41) and life satisfaction (AOR 1.30, 95% CI 1.20-1.40), after adjusting for confounding factors, while the absence of broadband internet connection was associated with increased loneliness (AOR 0.81, 95% CI 0.77-0.86). …”
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Ultrasound evaluation of gallbladder wall thickness for predicting severe dengue: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Amirhossein Shahsavand Davoudi, Hamid Harandi, Reza Samiee, Shayan Forghani, Keyhan Mohammadi, Maryam Shafaati

“…There was a significant association between GBWT and severe dengue, according to the odds ratio (OR) of 2.35 (95% CI 1.88–2.82, p < 0.001). …”
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Outcomes among Mothers Who Gave Birth in the Health Facility: Does Birth Preparedness and Complication Readiness Have a Role? by Temesgen Worku Gudayu, Bilen Mekonnen Araya

“…Statistical significance was declared by adjusted odds ratio with a 95% confidence interval and a p value ≤0.05. …”
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ASSOCIAÇÃO ENTRE ATIVIDADE FÍSICA, APTIDÃO CARDIORRESPIRATÓRIA E SÍNDROME METABÓLICA EM CRIANÇAS E ADOLESCENTES. ESTADO DA ARTE. by Fernanda Karina dos Santos, Thayse Natacha Queiroz Ferreira Gomes, Daneil Santos, António Prista, José Antonio Ribeiro Mata

“…Os resultados sugerem que incrementos dos níveis de AF (oddsratio de 1,3 a 5,16, e b = -0.02 a -0.21) e aptidão cardiorrespiratória (odds ratio de 2,42 a 13,0,e b = -0.09 a -0,44) em jovens se apresentam como estratégias para prevenção de fatoresde risco metabólico. …”
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Interleukin-34 as a Robust Predictor of No-Reflow Phenomenon in ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Insights into Inflammatory Mechanisms and Clinical Implications by Mehdi Karasu, Hasan Ata Bolayır, İbrahim Aktaş

“…Logistic regression identified IL-34 as an independent predictor of no-reflow (odds ratio: 1,020, p<0.001). ROC analysis showed IL-34’s significant predictive value (area under the curve: 0.972, p<0.001). …”
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Factors associated with pulmonary complications after hepatectomy and establishment of nomogram: A real-world retrospective study by Kunyu Han, Hui Liu, Ruiping Bai, Jiarui Li, Linjuan Zhang, Rui An, Di Peng, Jiamin Zhao, Mengwen Xue, Xin Shen

“…Logistic regression showed that surgical method [odds ratio (OR) =2.469 (95% CI: 1.665, 3.748); P < 0.001], duration of surgery [OR = 1.003 (95% CI: 1.002, 1.005); P < 0.001], postoperative patient destination [OR = 1.453 (95% CI: 1.115, 1.893); P = 0.006], and postoperative international normalised ratio (INR) [OR = 2.245 (95% CI: 1.287, 4.120); P = 0.007] were independent risk factors of PPCs; the number of clamping [OR = 0.988 (95% CI: 0.980, 0.995); P = 0.001] was an independent protective factor of PPCs. …”
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Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19 at Case Hospital, Uganda by Mirriam Apiyo, Ronald Olum, Amina Kabuye, Betty Khainza, Anne M. Amate, Vittal Byabashaija, Derrick Nomujuni, Kato Sebbaale, Peter Senfuka, Simon Kazibwe, Gurav Sharma, Lindsay Davidson, Felix Bongomin

“…Factors strongly associated with all-cause mortality were as follows: age >50 years (odds ratio [OR]: 8.6, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.1–69.2, and p=0.042), having at least 1 comorbidity (OR: 3.2, 95% CI: 1.1–8.9, and p=0.029), hypertension (OR: 3.2, 95% CI: 1.2–8.6, and p=0.024), diabetes mellitus (OR: 2.9, 95% CI: 1.0–8.5, andp=0.056), and oxygen saturation <92% (OR: 5.1, 95% CI: 1.8–14.4, and p=0.002). …”
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An Inflammatory Polymorphisms Risk Scoring System for the Differentiation of Ischemic Stroke Subtypes by Elena Muiño, Jurek Krupinski, Caty Carrera, Cristina Gallego-Fabrega, Joan Montaner, Israel Fernández-Cadenas

“…We generated a genetic scoring system with the most significant polymorphisms weighted by the odds ratio of every polymorphism and taken into consideration the stroke subtype. …”
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Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome One Year after Delivery in Finnish Women at Increased Risk for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus during Pregnancy by Jatta Puhkala, Tarja I. Kinnunen, Tommi Vasankari, Katriina Kukkonen-Harjula, Jani Raitanen, Riitta Luoto

“…Twenty-seven percent had elevated fasting plasma glucose (≥5.6 mmol/L), and 29% had reduced HDL cholesterol (≤1.3 mmol/L). The odds ratio for the occurrence of MeS at one year postpartum was 3.0 (95% CI 1.0–9.2) in those who were overweight before pregnancy compared to normal weight women. …”
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The Missing Heritability in T1D and Potential New Targets for Prevention by Brian G. Pierce, Ryan Eberwine, Janelle A. Noble, Michael Habib, Hennady P. Shulha, Zhiping Weng, Elizabeth P. Blankenhorn, John P. Mordes

“…Other studies have identified as many as 50 additional susceptibility loci, but the effect of most is very modest (odds ratio (OR) <1.5). What accounts for the “missing heritability” is unknown and is often attributed to environmental factors. …”
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Elevated Transforming Growth Factor-β2 in the Aqueous Humor: A Possible Explanation for High Rate of Capsular Contraction Syndrome in High Myopia by Keke Zhang, Xiangjia Zhu, Minjie Chen, Xinghuai Sun, Jin Yang, Peng Zhou, Yi Lu

“…High myopia was significantly associated with the incidence of capsular contraction syndrome (odds ratio: 14.74, P<0.001, 95% CI: 5.29–41.05). Histopathological analysis revealed proliferation of fibroblast-like lens epithelial cells on the shrunken anterior capsule, labeled with TGF-β2 antibodies. …”
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Early Predictive Values for Severe Rhabdomyolysis in Blunt Trauma by Jung Yun Park, Myoung Jun Kim, Jae Gil Lee

“…On multivariable analysis, male sex (odds ratio [OR] 3.78, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.43 to 10.00), initial base excess (OR 0.85, 95% CI 0.80 to 0.90), initial CK (OR 2.07, 95% CI 1.67 to 2.57), and extremity abbreviated injury scale score (OR 1.78, 95% CI 1.39 to 2.29) were found to predict severe RB. …”
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