Association between biomass cooking fuels and prevalence of tuberculosis among households: a cross-sectional study from 2019 - 2021 in India by Baikunth Kumar Yadav, Pranveer Singh, Prakasini Satapathy, Ponnusamy Thillai Arasu

“…Results The use of biomass-based solid fuel for cooking and other household environmental factors are measured by adjusted odds ratio (aOR: 1.171; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.107–1.238; P-value < 0.001), daily household smoking inside the house (aOR: 1.501; 95% CI: 1.407–1.601; P < 0.001), semi pucca house type (aOR: 1.886; 95% CI: 1.717–2.073; P < 0.001), and using tobacco (aOR: 1.144, 95% CI: 1.078–1.214; P < 0.001) were significantly associated with the prevalence of TB among household members. …”
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Carcinoma epidermoide intraoral y factores de riesgo asociados: un estudio de casos y controles by Ibraín Enrique Corrales-Reyes, Vanesa Cruz-Sánchez, Christian R. Mejia

“…Para el análisis estadístico de los factores de riesgo se midió la fuerza de la asociación con el odds ratio y sus intervalos de confianza (IC 95 %) y luego se realizó un análisis multivariado. …”
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Impact of Resuscitated Cardiac Arrest in the Brain-dead Donors on the Outcome of Liver Transplantation: A Retrospective and Propensity Score Matching Analysis by Shengmin Mei, MD, Jie Xiang, MD, Li Wang, MD, Yuan Xu, MD, Zhiwei Li, MD

“…CAT positively correlated with EGF [odds ratio (OR) = 1.03, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.02–1.04, P < 0.001], with a sensitivity and specificity of 73% and 86% at a cutoff of 30 minutes. …”
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Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients with Bicycle-Related Injuries at a Regional Trauma Center in Korea by Yoonhyun Lee, Min Ho Lee, Dae Sang Lee, Maru Kim, Dae Hyun Jo, Hyosun Park, Hangjoo Cho

“…In addition, only 13 of 125 patients (10.4%) with head/neck/face injuries were wearing helmets, and patients with injuries in this region who were not wearing helmets had a 3.9-fold increased odds ratio of severe injury (AIS ≥2). Conclusions We suggest that comprehensive accident prevention measures, including safety training and expansion of safety facilities, should be implemented at the governmental level, and that helmet wearing should be more strictly enforced to prevent injuries to the head, neck, and face.…”
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Correlation of dietary inflammation index with sarcopenia in patients with chronic kidney disease based on the NHANES database by Ma Xiao-yan, Yao Rui, Ni Lin, Dai Jing-jing

“…Compared with the DII Q1 group， CKD patients in the DII Q3 （OR=1.467， 95%CI： 1.106-1.948， P=0.008）， and DII Q4 groups （OR=1.876， 95%CI： 1.405-2.511， P<0.001） had a significantly higher risk of developing sarcopenia， with an increasing odds ratio （OR） （Pfor trend < 0.001）. After stratification， DII remained positively associated with the risk of sarcopenia in female CKD patients （P=0.024）.ConclusionDII is strongly associated with the risk of sarcopenia in CKD patients， with higher DII scores associated with a higher risk of developing sarcopenia.…”
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Association of race and ethnicity with mortality in adults with SLE: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis by Sam Norton, Chris Wincup, Patrick Gordon, Kate Bramham, James Galloway, Zijing Yang, Samir Patel, Maryam Adas, Deepak Nagra, Mark Russell

“…We used a pairwise meta-analysis to determine the pooled odds ratio (OR) of death for those from underserved groups compared with those of White race and ethnicity.Results Thirty-seven studies, comprising 85 578 patients with SLE, were included. …”
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Shared Medical and Environmental Risk Factors in Dry Eye Syndrome, Sjogren’s Syndrome, and B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma: A Case-Control Study by Hadas Ben-Eli, Doron J. Aframian, Eldad Ben-Chetrit, Dror Mevorach, Geffen Kleinstern, Ora Paltiel, Abraham Solomon

“…Compared to controls, alcohol consumption was inversely associated with NHL, DES, and SS (odds ratio OR=0.47, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.31-0.71; OR=0.54, 95% CI: 0.33-0.88; and OR=0.26, 95% CI: 0.14-0.49, respectively), while a previous history of infection requiring hospitalization was positively associated with all three conditions: NHL (OR=1.92; 95% CI: 1.23-2.99), DES (OR=3.29; 95% CI: 1.97-5.47), and SS (OR=4.74; 95% CI: 2.66-8.44). …”
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Preoperative Blood Glucose Level Predicts Postsurgical Gastroparesis Syndrome after Subtotal Gastrectomy: Development of an Individualized Usable Nomogram by Chenchen Mao, Xin Liu, Yunshi Huang, Mingming Shi, Weiyang Meng, Libin Xu, Weisheng Chen, Yuanbo Hu, Xinxin Yang, Xiaodong Chen, Xian Shen

“…The predictors of PGS included preoperative hyperglycemia (odds ratio (OR) 2.3, P=0.03), body mass index (BMI; OR 0.21, P=0.14 for BMI<18.5 and OR 3.0, P=0.004 for BMI>24), and the anastomotic method (OR 7.3, P=0.001 for Billroth II and OR 5.9, P=0.15 for Roux-en-Y). …”
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Emergency Medical Services Provider-Perceived Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias in the Prehospital Setting by Esmeralda Melgoza, Valeria Cardenas, Hiram Beltrán-Sánchez

“…Among females, EMS provider-perceived ADRD was higher among Hispanics (odds ratio [OR] 1.30, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.11–1.52), Blacks (OR 1.20, 95% CI 1.03–1.40), Asians (OR 1.18, 95% CI 1.06–1.31), and Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders (OR 1.48, 95% CI 1.05–2.08]), while among males, only Asians (OR 87, 95% CI .76–.99) had lower odds, all compared to Whites. …”
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Real-World Assessment of Weight Change in African American Females and Hispanics with HIV-1 After Initiating Integrase Strand-Transfer Inhibitors or Protease Inhibitors by Yen-Wen Chen, David Anderson, Christopher D. Pericone, Prina Donga

“…Among female African Americans, INSTI initiators had a 1.5 kg greater mean weight gain (2.1 kg vs 0.6 kg; P = 0.033), and a higher proportion with ≥5% weight gain (32% vs 29%; odds ratio \[OR]=1.2; 95% CI \[1.0-1.4]) than PI initiators. …”
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Minimum acceptable diet and contributing factors among children aged 6–23 months in Afghanistan: insights from the 2022–2023 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey by Essa Tawfiq, Muhammad Haroon Stanikzai, Massoma Jafari, Ghulam Mohayuddin Mudaser, Zainab Ezadi, Sayed Ali Shah Alawi, Abdul Wahed Wasiq, Omid Dadras

“…The likelihood of receiving MAD was higher in children aged 13–18 months [adjusted odds ratio (AOR) 2.01 (95%CI: 1.63–2.48)] and 19–23 months [2.11 (95%CI: 1.68–2.66)], in children belonging to households with higher wealth status [1.39 (95%CI: 1.04–1.87), 2.06 (95%CI: 1.51–2.82), and 3.07 (95%CI: 2.14–4.40) for the 3rd, 4th, and 5th quintile of wealth status, respectively], and in children living in rural areas [1.56 (95%CI: 1.21–2.01)]. …”
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Antimicrobial Therapy as a Risk Factor of Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter Infection in COVID-19 Patients Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit by P. Mihalov, J. Hodosy, A. Koščálová, M. Čaprnda, M. Kachlíková, J. Jurenka, M. Bendžala, P. Sabaka

“…Prior exposure to ceftriaxone (odds ratio (OR) 4.1; 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.4–11.9; P<0.05), tocilizumab therapy (OR 4.7; 95% CI 1.3–15.0; P< 0.05), and ICU length of stay exceeding 11 days (OR 3.7; 95% CI 1.3–10.3; P< 0.05) were independent predictors of MDR-Ab infection. …”
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Association between cardiovascular health and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: a nationwide cross-sectional study by Lian-Zhen Huang, Ze-Bin Ni, Wei-Feng Huang, Li-Ping Sheng, Yan-Qing Wang, Jin-Yan Zhang

“…Weighted binary logistic regression was employed to calculate the odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) to investigate the association of CVH with MASLD. …”
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Poor COVID-19 Preventive Practice among Healthcare Workers in Northwest Ethiopia, 2020 by Belayneh Ayanaw Kassie, Aynishet Adane, Eskeziaw Abebe Kassahun, Amare Simegn Ayele, Aysheshim Kassahun Belew

“…Both bivariate and multivariable logistic regression analyses were employed to identify associated factors. Adjusted odds ratio (AOR) with 95% confidence interval was used to determine independent predictors of COVID-19 preventive practice. …”
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Prevalencia de hipertrigliceridemia y factores de riesgo cardiovascular en estudiantes de la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas. Holguín, 2014-2015 by Mariela Diéguez Martínez, Pedro Enrique Miguel Soca, Raisa Rodríguez Hernández, Jackeline López Báster, Delmis Ponce de León, José Luis Reyna Carralero

“…Se determinaron las <em>Odds Ratio</em> y sus intervalos de confianza para los factores de riesgo. …”
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Prevalence of Diabetic Foot Ulcer and Associated Factors among Adult Diabetic Patients Who Attend the Diabetic Follow-Up Clinic at the University of Gondar Referral Hospital, North... by Tesfamichael G. Mariam, Abebaw Alemayehu, Eleni Tesfaye, Worku Mequannt, Kiber Temesgen, Fisseha Yetwale, Miteku Andualem Limenih

“…Bivariate and multivariable logistic regression model was fitted to identify factors associated with diabetic foot ulcer. Odds ratio with 95% confidence interval was computed to determine the level of significance. …”
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Efficacy of Shear-Wave Elastography for Detecting Postoperative Cervical Lymph Node Metastasis in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma by Hye Jeong Kim, In Ho Choi, So-Young Jin, Hyeong Kyu Park, Dong Won Byun, Kyoil Suh, Myung Hi Yoo

“…It had a positive likelihood ratio of 25.83 and a diagnostic odds ratio of 150.0. Conclusions. The shear elasticity index of EMax, with higher likelihood ratios for malignant LNs, may help identify postoperative cervical LN metastasis in PTC patients with indeterminate or suspicious LNs.…”
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Association between Interferon-Inducible Protein 6 () Polymorphisms and Hepatitis B Virus Clearance by Geun-Hee Park, Kyoung-Yeon Kim, Sung Won Cho, Jae Youn Cheong, Gyeong Im Yu, Dong Hoon Shin, Kyu Bum Kwack

“…The genotype distributions of rs2808426 (C > T) and rs10902662 (C > T) were significantly different between the SR and HEP groups (odds ratio [OR], 6.60; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.64 to 26.52, p = 0.008 for both SNPs) and between the SR and CLD groups (OR, 4.38; 95% CI, 1.25 to 15.26; p = 0.021 and OR, 4.12; 95% CI, 1.18 to 14.44; p = 0.027, respectively). …”
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Assessment of factors implicated in bone fusion after percutaneous endoscopic lumbar intervertebral fusion by Zheng Huang, Xialin Li, Weihong Yi, Junfeng Gong, Yue Zhou, Yu Tang

“…Multivariate analysis identified osteoporosis (odds ratio (OR)=5.44, 95% CI, P < .05) and end-plate osteochondritis (OR=10.449, 95% CI, P < .05) as independent risk factors for non-fusion. …”
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Factors Associated with Serious Injuries among Adolescents in Ghana: Findings from 2012 Global School Health Survey by Martin Ackah, Mohammed Gazali Salifu, Hosea Boakye

“…Multiple logistic regression was performed to estimate the adjusted odds ratio (AOR) at 95% confidence interval (CI). Results. …”
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