Association of Body Mass Index with Echocardiographic Parameters and Incidence of Left Atrial Thrombus or Spontaneous Echo Contrast in Patients with Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation... by Yi Qiu, Shu Jiang

“…For each 1-unit increase in BMI, the odds of LAT/SEC increased by 12% (odds ratio (OR): 1.12, 95% CI: 1.02, 1.24). A threshold nonlinear relationship was found using the GAM between BMI and the risk of LAT/SEC. …”
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A Network Meta-Analysis to Compare Effectiveness of Baricitinib and Other Treatments in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients with Inadequate Response to Methotrexate by Walid Fakhouri, Xiaofei Wang, Inmaculada de La Torre, Claudia Nicolay

“…For ACR20, BARI 4 mg + MTX was found to be more effective than adalimumab (ADA) 40 mg + MTX (Odds Ratio [OR] 1.33), abatacept (ABA) 10 mg + MTX (IV/4 weeks) (OR 1.45), infliximab (IFX) 3 mg + MTX (IV/8 wks) (OR 1.63), and rituximab (RTX) 1000 mg + MTX (OR 1.63). …”
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COVID-19 impact on HIV PrEP uptake and retention at selected health facilities in Eswatini by Musa B. Ginindza, Nondumiso Ncube, Renier Coetzee

“…Females initially showed higher retention odds (odds ratio [OR]: 1.50), but this was insignificant after adjusting for confounders. …”
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A Comprehensive 10-Year Nationwide Pharmacovigilance Surveillance on Antibacterial Agents in Korea: Data Mining for Signal Detection of Trends and Seriousness of Adverse Events by Seon Hu Mo, Soo Hyeon Lee, Chang-Young Choi, Yongjun Sunwoo, Sooyoung Shin, Yeo Jin Choi

“…Disproportionality analysis was conducted, and the effect sizes were estimated by reporting odds ratios (ROR), proportional reporting ratio (PRR), and information component (IC). …”
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A meta-analysis on the impact of concurrent or pre-existing cancer diagnosis on acute myocardial infarction outcomes. by Jie Wang, Jia Yu

“…Pooled effect estimates were calculated using random-effects models and reported as odds ratio (OR) or hazards ratio (HR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI). …”
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Antithrombotic Therapy in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome in the Intermountain Heart Collaborative Study by Stacey Knight, Winslow Klaskala, Scott C. Woller, Benjamin D. Horne, T. Jared Bunch, Viet T. Le, Roger M. Mills, Joseph B. Muhlestein

“…DAP compared to SAP was less likely for patients on AC (odds ratio [OR] = 0.30, P<0.0001) after discharge. Placement of a stent increased the likelihood of DAP (bare metal: OR = 54.8, P<0.0001; drug eluting: OR = 59.4, P<0.0001). 923 had atrial fibrillation and 337 had a history of venous thromboembolism; these patients had increased use of AC (29% and 40%, resp.). …”
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Establishment and Validation of a New Predictive Model for Insulin Resistance based on 2 Chinese Cohorts: A Cross-Sectional Study by Shi Zhang, Xin-Cheng Wang, Jing Li, Xiao-He Wang, Yi Wang, Yan-Ju Zhang, Mei-Yang Du, Min-Ying Zhang, Jing-Na Lin, Chun-Jun Li

“…Its value for predicting IR was compared with other surrogate indices by the receiver operating characteristic curve. Results. The odds ratio (OR) of age, visceral fat area (VFA), triglyceride (TG), fasting plasma glucose (FPG), and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) for IR was 1.028 (95% CI, 1.008–1.048) (P<0.01), 1.016 (95% CI, 1.009–1.023) (P<0.001), 1.184 (95% CI, 1.005–1.396) (P<0.05), 1.334 (95% CI, 1.225–1.451) (P<0.001), and 1.021 (95% CI, 1.001–1.040) (P<0.05). …”
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Impact of Out-of-pocket Costs on Varenicline Utilization and Persistence by Aaron Galaznik, Katherine Cappell, Leslie Montejano, Geoffrey Makinson, Kelly H. Zou, Gregory Lenhart

“…Higher out-of-pocket cost was associated with a lower likelihood of varenicline initiation for both the prior authorization (odds ratio [OR]=0.10, p<0.001) and smoking cessation program requirement (OR=0.19, p<0.001) groups, versus the no restriction cohort. …”
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Additive Effect of Sarcopenia and Anemia on the 10-Year Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes by Feihui Zeng, Lingning Huang, Yongze Zhang, Xinyu Hong, Suiyan Weng, Ximei Shen, Fengying Zhao, Sunjie Yan

“…Patients with sarcopenia and without anemia had a 46.2% increased risk of high 10-year cardiovascular disease (CVD) (odds ratio OR=1.462, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.085–1.972, P=0.013), and the risk was twofold higher in patients with sarcopenia and anemia than in those without (OR=3.283, 95% CI 2.038–5.289, P<0.001). …”
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One-day low-residue diet is equally effective as the multiple-day low-residue diet in achieving adequate bowel cleansing: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by Raeni Dwi Putri, Fiki Amalia, Festy Aldina Utami, Yunisa Pamela, Mas Rizky A.A. Syamsunarno

“…No statistically significant differences were observed between the 1-day and >1-day LRD in adequate bowel preparation (odds ratio [OR], 1.03; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.76–1.41; p=0.84; I2=0%), polyp detection rate (OR, 0.91; 95% CI, 0.76–1.09; p=0.29; I2=16%), adenoma detection rate (OR, 0.87; 95% CI, 0.71–1.08; p=0.21; I2=0%), and withdrawal time (mean difference, –0.01; 95% CI, –0.25 to 0.24; p=0.97; I2=63%). …”
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Residual stenosis >30% is an independent predictor of stroke recurrence postendovascular therapy in patients with symptomatic intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis by Jing Liu, Yuchuan Ding, Zhe Cheng, Jie Gao, Fenghai Li, Qianhui Zhao, Xiaokun Geng

“…The residual stenosis rate >30% (odds ratio [OR] 3.95; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.01–15.38; P = 0.048) and MCA or BA lesion (OR 3.85; 95% CI 1.00–14.89; P = 0.050) independently correlated with ischemic events within 1 year. …”
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Airway management and functional outcomes in intubated patients with ischemic stroke by Jae Wook Jung, Ilmo Kang, Jin Park, Sang-Beom Jeon

“…The extubation success group had a higher rate of achieving a favorable functional outcome (modified Rankin Scale 0–4) compared to the extubation failure group at hospital discharge (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 3.93; 95% CI, 1.33–13.1; p = 0.018) and at 3-month (aOR 5.67; 95% CI 1.79–19.8; p = 0.004), but not at 1-year (aOR 2.99; 95% CI 0.96–9.68; p = 0.061). …”
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Psychological Characteristics and Health Behavior for Juvenile Delinquency Groups by Fangbin Song, Ruihua Li, Wei Wang, Shenyu Zhang

“…Through the comparative analysis of the YPPQ test results of the juvenile delinquency groups, the problem youth group, and the normal youth group, it is found that the YPPQ has high reliability and validity, so its detection and evaluation are highly feasible. By comparing the odds ratio (OR) of each question in the YPPQ test between the experimental group and the control group, it is found that the psychological characteristics of the experimental group are significantly affected by family, school, and even society. …”
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Comparisons of CVID and IgGSD: Referring Physicians, Autoimmune Conditions, Pneumovax Reactivity, Immunoglobulin Levels, Blood Lymphocyte Subsets, and HLA-A and -B Typing in 432 Ad... by James C. Barton, Luigi F. Bertoli, J. Clayborn Barton

“…Logistic regression on CVID (versus IgGSD) revealed a significant positive association with autoimmune conditions and significant negative associations with IgG1, IgG3, and IgA and CD56+/CD16+ lymphocyte levels, but the odds ratio was increased for autoimmune conditions alone (6.9 (95% CI 1.3, 35.5)).…”
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Association between osteoarthritis and cognitive function: results from the NHANES 2011–2014 and Mendelian randomization study by Kun Zhao, Liuyan Nie, Jingting Zhao, Yankai Dong, Kaixiu Jin, Song Wang, Xiangming Ye

“…Results: We did not demonstrate a significant association between OA and cognitive performance after adjusting for relevant covariates ( p > 0.05), and the population of individuals with both OA and depression was associated with higher odds of low total word recall cognitive performance (odds ratio (OR) = 4.74, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.09–20.63; p = 0.04). …”
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Exploratory disproportionality analysis of potentially drug-induced eosinophilic pneumonia using United States Food and Drug Administration adverse event reporting system by Ashwin Kamath

“…A disproportionality analysis was performed, with a reporting odds ratio > 2, lower end of the 95% confidence interval > 1, and a minimum of 3 reported cases considered a signal of disproportionate reporting (SDR). …”
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Left Ventricular End-Diastolic Pressure and B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Levels Guidance of Low-Dose Furosemide Treatment to Prevent Contrast-Induced Nephropathy in Patients with Per... by Guoqiang Gu, Demin Liu, Rui Lu, Wei Cui

“…As LVEDP increased, the CIN incidence also increased (odds ratio (OR) 1.038, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.006–1.070). …”
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Borrowing, loss of income and related sociodemographic factors in post-traumatic stress disorder in COVID-19 patients: A cross-sectional study from a government hospital in Mumbai,... by Amit Bhondve, Shruti Vijay Tilak, Nived G. Sudarson, Shermeen Rajesh More, Prashant Harish Saraf, Shreyansh Dinesh Singh, Eeshwari Vinay Lele, Ritu Mohit Shah, Kavya Amitabh Shah, Diya Padam Mehra

“…On multivariable analysis, borrowing (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] 9.45, 95% CI 1.08–82.72) and traveling from outside the state (AOR 35.75, 95% CI 1.46–875.45, P = 0.028) retained significance for subthreshold PTSD. …”
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Imaging the Brainstem Raphe in Medication-Overuse Headache: Pathophysiological Insights and Implications for Personalized Care by Annika Mall, Christine Klötzer, Luise Bartsch, Johanna Ruhnau, Sebastian Strauß, Robert Fleischmann

“…<b>Results</b>: Non-visibility of the brainstem raphe was significantly associated with MOH, with an unadjusted odds ratio (OR) of 6.88 (95% CI: 1.32–36.01, <i>p</i> = 0.02). …”
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The Impact of Intermediate Antidrug Antibodies to Infliximab and Adalimumab on Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Crohn’s Disease or Ulcerative Colitis by Chaoyang Wang, Mazen Tolaymat, Raymond Cross

“…Results: Out of 322 patients with low titres, 271 persisted on their original anti-TNF, compared with nine out the 15 patients with intermediate titres (p=0.026) and one out the 10 patients with high titres (p<0.0001). The odds ratio of persistence when comparing intermediate titres to low titres was 0.26 (0.09–0.80), and when comparing high titres to low titres was 0.02 (0.00–0.14). …”
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