The Impact of Socioeconomic Inequalities on the Risk of Hypertension in Bangladesh: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis by Kabir Hossain, Tonmoy Alam Shuvo, Asma‐Ul Hosna, Dipu Rani Dey

“…The analyses indicated that females had a significantly higher risk of developing hypertension compared to males, with a pooled odds ratio (OR) of 1.15 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.02–1.27). …”
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Lower serum magnesium level is an important risk factor for erythropoiesis-stimulating agents hypo-responsiveness in hemodialysis patients by Hayam Hebah, Shaimaa Abdelmegied, Dina Osman, Lina Khedr

“…Multivariate analysis revealed that low serum magnesium has been an independent risk for ERI 5 times with odds ratio (OR = 5.159 and p-value < 0.001). Conclusion Lower serum magnesemia is an important risk factor for ESAs hypo-responsiveness with more dialysis-associated symptoms.…”
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Association between Serum Uric Acid to HDL-Cholesterol Ratio and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Lean Chinese Adults by Ya-Nan Zhang, Qin-Qiu Wang, Yi-Shu Chen, Chao Shen, Cheng-Fu Xu

“…Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that UHR was independently associated with an increased risk of NAFLD (odds ratio: 1.105; 95% CI: 1.076–1.134; P<0.001). Sensitivity analysis showed that UHR remained significantly associated with NAFLD in lean participants with normal range of serum uric acid and HDL-cholesterol levels. …”
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Association between the systemic immunity-inflammation index and stroke: a population-based study from NHANES (2015–2020) by Rui Shi, Ye Tian, Junbiao Tian, Qiming Liu, Jiayun Zhang, Zhe Zhang, Yaping Sun, Zhanwei Xie

“…In a multivariate linear regression analysis, we found a significant positive association between SII and stroke, and the odds ratio (OR) [95% CI] of SII associating with prevalence of stroke was [1.02 (1.01, 1.04)] (P < 0.01). …”
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Association between weekend catch-up sleep and chronic kidney disease: insights from NHANES 2017–2020 by Sheng Chen, Ting Zhang, Hongjun Gao, Jianqiang Zhang

“…To evaluate CKD risk across various WCS durations, participants were categorized into four groups based on WCS length: < 1 h (reference group), ≥ 1 h and < 2 h, ≥ 2 h and < 3 h, and ≥ 3 h.Results In the fully adjusted multivariate logistic regression model, the odds ratio (OR) of CKD to WCS response was 0.86 (95% CI = 0.61-1.22; p = 0.31). …”
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Serum Levels of Irisin and Omentin-1 in Breast Neoplasms and Their Association with Tumor Histology by Grigorios Panagiotou, Sofia Triantafyllidou, Basil C. Tarlatzis, Eleni Papakonstantinou

“…Further adjustment for omentin-1 levels showed that age (odds ratio (OR) = 1.05, 95% confidence interval (95% CI) = (1.02, 1.08), p<0.01) and irisin levels (OR = 5.30, 95% CI = (1.24, 22.38), p=0.03) were independent predictors of the presence of malignancy. …”
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Pharmacist-led medication reviews: A scoping review of systematic reviews. by Miriam Craske, Wendy Hardeman, Nicholas Steel, Michael James Twigg

“…Other lower-quality reviews reported evidence supporting intervention effectiveness for some clinical outcomes (odds ratio: achieving diabetes control = 3.11 95% prediction intervals (PI), 1.48-6.52, achieving blood pressure target = 2.73, 95% PI, 1.05-7.083.50).…”
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EARLY REFEEDING AFTER COLORECTAL CANCER SURGERY REDUCES COMPLICATIONS AND LENGTH OF HOSPITAL STAY by Eliani Frizon, José Eduardo de Aguilar-Nascimento, Júlio Cesar Zanini, Mariah Steinbach Roux, Bruna Caroline de Lima Schemberg, Pamela Luiza Tonello, Diana Borges Dock-Nascimento

“…Of these, 199 (75.4%) were refed early. Late refeeding (odds ratio — OR=2.1; p=0.024), the use of nasogastric tube (OR=2.72; p=0.038) and intra-abdominal drain (OR=1.95; p=0.054) increased the chance of infectious complication. …”
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Associations between Sleep-Disordered Breathing and Metabolic Risk Factors beyond Obesity by Yusuke Wakabayashi, Rie Oka, Masako Nakaya, Shigehiro Karashima, Mitsuhiro Kometani, Masaru Sakurai, Kenichi Yoshimura, Takashi Yoneda

“…Of these, 451 participants took an oral glucose tolerance test to assess homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) and Matsuda insulin sensitivity index (ISI). Results. The odds ratio (OR) of the highest category of the AHI (≥15 episodes per hour) compared to the lowest one (<5 episodes per hour) was significantly elevated for hypertension, for hypertriglyceridemia, and for low HDL-cholesterolemia when adjusted for age, sex, and alcohol and smoking status (p<0.05). …”
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Strategies to Improve Inpatients’ Quality of Bowel Preparation for Colonoscopy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Paraskevas Gkolfakis, Georgios Tziatzios, Ioannis S. Papanikolaou, Konstantinos Triantafyllou

“…Adequacy rates were measured using inverse variance, and the size effect of different interventions was calculated using random effects model and expressed as odds ratio (OR). Results. Seventeen studies enrolling 2733 inpatients were included. …”
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The Polymorphism rs2725220 Is Associated with Hyperuricemia in the Korean Population by Jae Woong Sull, Seung-Ju Yang, Soriul Kim, Sun Ha Jee

“…The association with ABCG2 was much stronger in male subjects with body mass index (BMI) ≥ 26.4 (odds ratio, 5.09; 95% confidence interval, 2.41 to 10.8) than in male subjects with BMI < 26.4. …”
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Preoperative Retinal Detachment Variables Causing Macular Detachment by Nishimura S, Okuda T, Higashide T, Sugiyama K

“…Superior and temporal retinal breaks significantly increased and superior nasal retinal breaks significantly decreased the odds ratio of macular detachment (P = 0.018, P < 0.001, and P < 0.001, respectively).Conclusion: Previous cataract extraction, shorter axial length, and superior and temporal retinal breaks are important risk factors for macular detachment.Keywords: axial length, high myopia, macular detachment, rhegmatogenous retinal detachment, scleral buckling, vitrectomy…”
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Association between Parathyroid Hormone Levels and Inflammatory Markers among US Adults by Shih-Ping Cheng, Chien-Liang Liu, Tsang-Pai Liu, Yi-Chiung Hsu, Jie-Jen Lee

“…After extensively adjusting for covariates, CRP and RDW increased linearly and across PTH categories (all P<0.001), while PLR marginally increased (P=0.190 and P=0.095 using PTH as a categorical and continuous variable, resp.). The odds ratio of increased mGPS was 1.11 and 1.31 across PTH categories and with increasing PTH levels continuously. …”
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Puntaje de riesgo de diabetes mellitus tipo 2 en pacientes mayores de 45 años by Maurio González Hernández, Juan Bruno Ruiz Nápoles, Sandra Velásquez Almaguer

“…Las variables predictoras se obtuvieron a través de análisis univariado, mediante regresión logística binaria y cálculo del odds ratio, con un nivel de significación de p= 0,05. …”
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Endometriosis does not impact aneuploidy rates of products of conception in IVF population by Huijuan Kong, Wenqian Fan, Tian Ye, Linqing Du

“…There was no significant difference in the chromosomal aberration rate of POCs between EMS and non-EMS groups (35.29% vs. 43.54%; odds ratio (OR) = 1.03, 95% confidence intervals (CIs) 0.79–1.35). …”
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Association between composite dietary antioxidant indices and anemia: NHANES 2003-2018. by Qian Wu, Zhiyu Wang, Jieyu Xia, Hui Xu, Gang Huang, Guangyong Feng, Xiaoxia Gou

“…The unadjusted model showed negative association between CDAI and anemia (odds ratio [OR]: 0.94; 95% confidence interval [95%CI]: 0.93-0.96; P < 0.001). …”
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Risk factors for bloodstream infection in COVID-19 patients in intensive care units: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Jun Wang, Ting Jiang

“…Data were reported as combined odds ratio (OR) for categorical variables and weighted mean difference (WMD) for continuous variables. …”
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Extracranial carotid plaque calcification and its association with risk factors for cerebrovascular events: insights from the ANTIQUE study by David Pakizer, Dana Šalounová, David Školoudík

“…Statistical data were assessed using the χ2-test, Fisher’s exact test, t-test, and Mann–Whitney test to investigate the calcification risk factors.ResultsCompared to the absence of calcifications, spotty calcifications were associated with male sex [odds ratio (OR): 3.72, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.06–13.05], while large calcifications were associated with older patients (OR: 1.60 per 5 years of age, 95% CI: 1.20–2.13). …”
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Analysis of Clinically Symptomatic Patients to Differentiate Inflammatory Breast Cancer from Mastitis in Asian Women by Han Song Mun, Ha Yeun Oh

“…Logistic regression was used to determine odds ratios. Results: Of the 101 participants, 14 (13.9%) were diagnosed with IBC and 87 (86.1%) were diagnosed with mastitis. …”
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Data mining and analysis of adverse events of Vedolizumab based on the FAERS database by Qinyun Xu, Jing Zhang, Weihong Tang, Minhong Zhou, Xiaoling Zhang, Pu Yuan

“…Data from the second quarter of 2014 to the third quarter of 2023 were collected, employing various signal mining methods such as Reporting Odds Ratio (ROR), Proportional Reporting Ratio (PRR), Bayesian Confidence Propagation Neural Network (BCPNN), and Empirical Bayesian Geometric Mean (EBGM). …”
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