Effect of pre-conception serum vitamin D level on pregnancy outcomes in women undergoing in vitro fertilization with fresh embryo transfer: a retrospective analysis by Aaron H. Y. Chan, Jennifer K. Y. Ko, Raymond H. W. Li, Tat On Chan, Ernest H. Y. Ng

“…Results A total of 16/306 (5.3%) patients had hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (gestational hypertension and/or pre-eclampsia). The adjusted odds ratio for hypertensive disorders of pregnancy using vitamin D deficiency as a reference was 0.190 (95% CI 0.042–0.852) (p = 0.030). …”
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Physical activities and breast cancer: a Mendelian randomization study by Lishan Ding, Qingliang Chen, Hao Liang, Meng Shen, Ming Zheng, Zhaojun Li

“…Two-sample MR analysis revealed a genetic prediction indicating that walking for pleasure was associated with decreased risk of ER+ BC (odds ratio (OR) = 0.302, 95% CI = 0.105–0.872, p = 0.027), while other physical activities were not significantly correlated with BC, ER+ BC and ER– BC. …”
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Factors associated with, and variations in, COVID-19 hospital death rates in England’s first two waves: observational study by Alex Bottle, Paul Aylin, Stephen Brett, Puji Faitna

“…In multiple multilevel modelling combining HES with hospital-level data from Situational Reports, wave 2 and wave 1 variables significantly associated with death were mostly the same. The median odds ratio for wave 1 was just 1.05 and for wave 2 was 1.07. …”
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A Retrospective Observational Cohort Analysis of Oncology Patients with Febrile Neutropenia in the Emergency Department of a Tertiary Care Hospital in Oman by Badar Al-Aamri, Aisha AL Breiki, Darpanarayan Hazra, Talib Al-Aamri, Manar Al-Shehi

“…Binary logistic regression revealed that male patients had a 60% lower risk of guideline discordance than female patients (odds ratio [OR]: 0.400, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.180-0.891, P = 0.025), whereas diabetic patients had a 75% lower risk than nondiabetic patients (OR: 0.254, 95% CI: 0.069–0.934, P = 0.039). …”
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The Clinical Importance of Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury: Preliminary Report by Burcu AVCI OZBALIK, Tugba BINGOL TANRIVERDI, Hafize Gulsah OZCAN, Melek GURA CELIK

“…It was shown that ONSD ≥6.61 had a 4.3-fold increased risk for in-hospital mortality (odds ratio: 4.35; 95% confidence interval: 1.195-15.865; p<0.05). …”
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Acute dental pain and the different management methods among adults in Taif, Saudi Arabia: A cross-sectional study by Bandar S. Shukr, Ayman Mandorah, Faisal K. Altalhi, Yousef A. Alqurashi, Hassan T. Shawli, Ali A. Alqarni, Mohammed A. Alzubaidi

“…Regarding self-care methods, prescribed drugs were found to be mostly taken by those aged 41–50 years (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 3.38, P = 0.01), whereas nonprescribed drugs and home remedies were mostly taken by those aged 51 years or older (AOR = 2.25, P = 0.02; AOR = 2.65, P = 0.007; respectively). …”
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Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy and Associated Adverse Maternal and Fetal Outcomes: A Retrospective Case-Control Study by Mingjuan Luo, Mengyang Tang, Feng Jiang, Yizhen Jia, Robert Kien Howe Chin, Wei Liang, Hu Cheng

“…Compared with controls, women with ICP were more likely to have preeclampsia (adjusted odds ratio, aOR=16.74, 95% CI 5.29–52.98), cesarean section (aOR=1.76, 95% CI 1.10–2.81), and preterm birth (aOR=24.35, 95% CI 2.74–216.67). …”
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Role of Platelet-rich Plasma in Unexplained Recurrent Implantation Failure – A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomised Control Trials by Harpreet Kaur, Meenakshi Meenu, Shivam Pandey, Anil Chauhan, Mishu Mangla

“…We are uncertain about the effect of PRP due to the very low quality of evidence and we have little confidence that the administration of PRP had any significant effect on improving the live birth rate in women with RIF (odds ratio [OR]: 7.32, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 4.54–11.81, I2 = 40%). …”
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Asociación entre algunos factores de riesgo y el consumo de tabaco o alcohol en adolescentes by Jesús Alberto Roa Saborit, Vianned Beatriz Morales Placencia, Yaumara Hernández Selema, Olga Roselló Salcedo

“…Para el análisis estadístico de los factores de riesgo se midió la asociación con el odds ratio y sus intervalos de confianza (IC 95 %). …”
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Prevalencia y factores de riesgo asociados a las enfermedades de transmisión sexual en bovinos de la provincia de La Pampa, Argentina by Ariel MIRANDA, M. FORT, L. FUCHS, V. BALDONE, H. GIMÉNEZ, L. CARNÉ, A. SAGO, H. OTERMIN, D. DUBIÉ, P. GOYENECHE, C. CAMPERO

“…Los factores de riesgo asociados a la presencia de ETS fueron: traspaso de animales vecinos al establecimiento (Odds Ratio – OR = 1,8; Intervalo de Confianza-IC: 1,5-2,2) realización de servicio continuo (OR=1,3; IC: 1,1-1,6), productores que no realizan el tacto rectal (OR=1,2; IC: 1,0-1,5) y alta relación vaca/toro (χ.=35,1, p=<0,0001). …”
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Prevalence and associated factors of diabetes among adult populations of Hawassa town, southern Ethiopia: A community based cross-sectional study. by Getu Kassa Belete, Hlupheka Lawrence Sithole

“…Being male (Adjusted Odds Ratio (AOR):2.10; 95% CI: 1.34, 3.29), being unable to read and write (AOR: 3.38; 95% CI: 1.09, 10.47), read and write (AOR: 3.38; 95% CI: 1.09, 10.47) and medium cycle (AOR 2.79; 95% CI: 1.02, 7.63) compared to college and above, consume less than 5 servings of fruits on daily base (AOR: 2.80; 95% CI: 1.18, 6.62), having ever chewed khat (AOR 6.50; 95% CI: 4.07, 10.39) and being overweight and obese (AOR: 2.43; 95% CI: 1.54, 3.83) were independently associated with diabetes mellitus (DM).…”
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Impact of electronic AKI alert/care bundle on AKI inpatient outcomes: a retrospective single-center cohort study by Michael Chen-Xu, Christopher Kassam, Emma Cameron, Szymon Ryba, Vivian Yiu

“…All-cause mortality, LOS and improvement in AKI stage, demographic and comorbidity data, medications and AKI order set use were automatically collected from the EHR.Results The AKI order set was used in 9.8% of AKI events and was associated with 28% lower odds of all-cause mortality (multivariable odds ratio [OR] 0.72, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.57–0.91). …”
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Association of Prehypertension with Renin Angiotensin System: A Cross-Sectional Study on Tribal Population of Northern India by Vani Kandpal, Mohinder Pal Sachdeva, Kallur Nava Saraswathy

“…T allele of M235T genetic marker was found to be posing two-fold risk for prehypertension (odds ratio [OR] = 2.9; 95% confidence interval [CI] =1.10–7.72; P = 0.03 in dominant model and OR = 1.83; 95% CI = 1.09-3.09; P = 0.02 in additive model) after adjusting for age and sex. …”
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Emerging Nutritional Problem of Adult Population: Overweight/Obesity and Associated Factors in Addis Ababa City Communities, Ethiopia—A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study by Tsedeke Wolde Hailemariam, Samrawit Solomon Ethiopia, Andamlak Gizaw Alamdo, Haimanot Ewnetu Hailu

“…Data were collected using questionnaires and anthropometric measurements. The adjusted odds ratio (AOR) with a 95% CI was reported to show the strength of association. …”
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Determinants of healthcare insurance coverage among women of reproductive age in Tanzania: A multilevel mixed effect analysis. by Sanun Ally Kessy, Jovin R Tibenderana, Jomo Gimonge, Fabiola V Moshi

“…These results were presented using adjusted odds ratio (AOR) with a 95% confidence interval.<h4>Results</h4>In Tanzania the proportion of health insurance coverage among women of reproductive age was 5.8% whereby majority of women subscribing to employer's insurance (3.9%). …”
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Determinants of Pregnancy-Induced Hypertension among Mothers Attending Public Hospitals in Wolaita Zone, South Ethiopia: Findings from Unmatched Case-Control Study by Yitagesu Belayhun, Yibeltal Kassa, Niguse Mekonnen, Wakgari Binu, Mahilet Tenga, Bereket Duko

“…Unconditional logistic regression analysis was used to identify the independent predictor variables and produced odds ratio (OR) as a measure of association. Results. …”
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Association of HLA Genotype and Fulminant Type 1 Diabetes in Koreans by Soo Heon Kwak, Yoon Ji Kim, Jeesoo Chae, Cue Hyunkyu Lee, Buhm Han, Jong-Il Kim, Hye Seung Jung, Young Min Cho, Kyong Soo Park

“…The HLA-DRB1*04:05–HLA-DQB1*04:01 haplotype was significantly associated with increased risk of fulminant T1DM in Fisher's exact test (odds ratio [OR], 4.11; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.56 to 10.86; p = 0.009). …”
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The association between the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio, and lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio and delirium in ischemic stroke patients by Pangbo Wang, Pangbo Wang, Jing Huang, Liwei Xu, Rong Hu

“…In the multivariate logistic regression analysis, after adjustment for confounders, the patients in the highest quartile of the NLR (odds ratio [OR] 2.080, 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.282–3.375) and LMR (OR 0.503, 95% CI 0.317–0.798) and the patients in the second quartile of the PLR (OR 1.574, 95% CI 1.019–2.431) were significantly associated with delirium. …”
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Risk Factors for Acute Hemorrhagic Rectal Ulcer Syndrome and Its Prognosis: A Density Case-Control Study by Toshihiko Komai, Fumio Omata, Yasutoshi Shiratori, Daiki Kobayashi, Hiroko Arioka

“…Multivariate logistic regression analyses revealed that the significant adjusted odds ratio (95% confidence interval) of hospitalization, antithrombotic drug use, and one gram increase of serum albumin was 15.7 (2.25–108.9), 12.1 (1.53–94.4), and 0.11 (0.02–0.52), respectively. …”
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Pruritus Features in Children with End-Stage Renal Disease Underwent Dialysis: A Cross-Sectional Study by Mehryar Mehrkash, Seyed-javad Golestaneh, Yahya Madihi, Fatemeh Paknazar, Mahdi Hadian, Mojtaba Akbari, Bahareh Abtahi-Naeini

“…In the reduced multiple logistic regression model, the increasing level of serum calcium was associated with increased odds of having total pruritus score≥5 (OR (odds ratio): 4.5; 95% CI 1.12 to 18.05). In addition, an increase in age for one year was found to be associated with 50% higher odds of having total pruritus score≥5 (OR: 1.5; 95% CI 1.03 to 2.18). …”
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