Clinical Features and Visual Outcomes of Optic Neuritis in Chinese Children by Huanfen Zhou, Wei Wang, Quangang Xu, Shaoying Tan, Shuo Zhao, Mo Yang, Chunxia Peng, Shihui Wei

“…Children aged ≤ 10 years had better predicted visual outcomes when compared to children over 10 years (odds ratio = 2.73, 95% confidential interval: 1.05–7.07, and P=0.039). …”
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Determinants of Preterm Birth among Women Who Gave Birth in Amhara Region Referral Hospitals, Northern Ethiopia, 2018: Institutional Based Case Control Study by Abebayehu Melesew Mekuriyaw, Muhabaw Shumye Mihret, Ayenew Engida Yismaw

“…Finally, the statistical significance of the study was claimed based on the Adjusted Odds Ratio (AOR) with 95% Confidence Interval (CI) and its p-value <0.05. …”
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Associations between Driving Status, Frequency of Transport use after Driving Cessation, and Social Frailty among Middle-Aged and Older Adults by Tatsuya Fukuei, Shoma Akaida, Yoshiaki Taniguchi, Daijo Shiratsuchi, Yuto Kiuchi, Mana Tateishi, Yukari Aishita, Ryota Kuratsu, Hyuma Makizako

“…The current non-driver/transport user group showed no association with social frailty compared with the current driver group. The odds ratio for the social frailty rate for The current non-driver/transport non-user group was 2.14 (95% confidence interval, 1.25–3.73). …”
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Longitudinal association between hemoglobin and lung function with insights into the incidence of airflow obstruction: an observational study by Jihoon Kim, Yun Tae Kim, Ah Young Leem, Ji Ye Jung, Young Sam Kim, Youngmok Park

“…Additionally, we used a generalized estimating equation to calculate the odds ratio (OR) of airflow obstruction (AO) according to the Hb level. …”
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Investigation of the relationship between air pollution and gestational diabetes by Sima Nazarpour, Afshin Shokati Poursani, Maryam Mousavi, Fahimeh Ramezani Tehrani, Samira Behboudi-Gandevani

“…Exposure to air pollutants during the three months preceding pregnancy and the first, second and third trimesters of pregnancy for each participant was estimated. The odds ratio was calculated based on logistic regression in three adjusted models considering different confounders. …”
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Cognitive Functions and Cognitive Reserve in Relation to Blood Pressure Components in a Population-Based Cohort Aged 53 to 94 Years by Nunzia Giordano, Valérie Tikhonoff, Paolo Palatini, Anna Bascelli, Giovanni Boschetti, Fabia De Lazzari, Carla Grasselli, Bortolo Martini, Sandro Caffi, Antonio Piccoli, Alberto Mazza, Patrizia Bisiacchi, Edoardo Casiglia

“…Lower MMSE, MI-10, and CLOX were predicted by higher systolic (odds ratio, OR, 0.97, P=0.02; OR 0.98, P<0.005; OR 0.95, P<0.001) and higher pulse blood pressure (BP) (OR 0.97, P=0.02; OR 0.97, P<0.01; and 0.95, P<0.0001). …”
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Understanding barriers to veterinary involvement in dairy calf health management by Kristen Y. Edwards, Angel Abuelo, Stephen J. LeBlanc, Trevor J. DeVries, Michael A. Steele, Joao H. C. Costa, David L. Renaud

“…Female veterinarians were more likely than male veterinarians to frequently review calf health records (Odds ratio – OR: 2.9, 95% CI: 1.2–7.3). Additionally, the odds of frequently reviewing records increased with the amount of time spent working with calves (OR: 10.2 per 10% increment, 95% CI: 10.0–10.5). …”
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Shaping the future of primary healthcare: Factors influencing medical students’ preference for family medicine specialty in Qatar by Maryam A. Al-Rashid, Muna T Abed Alah, Areej S. Al-Hamad, Michail Nomikos, Marwan F. Abu Hijleh

“…Being in the clerkship phase of medical education (adjusted odds ratio [AOR]=2.18, 95% CI: 1.12–4.23, P = 0.022) and possessing a personal connection to Family Medicine (AOR= 3.46, 95% CI: 1.65–7.29, P = 0.001) significantly predicted the selection of Family Medicine between students’ top two choices. …”
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Assessment of Bendopnea and Its Association With Clinical and Para‐Clinical Findings in Systolic Heart Failure: A Cross‐Sectional Study by Elmira Javanmardi, Tara Reshadmanesh, Sepehr Gohari, Amir Hossein Behnoush, Hassan Ahangar

“…Symptoms of HF such as dyspnea of exertion (DOE) and orthopnea were significantly related to the presence of bendopnea (p = 0.001, odds ratio (OR): 6.87, and p = 0.016, OR: 3.18, respectively). …”
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Chronic Kidney Disease Preventive Attitude, Practice, and Associated Factors among Type 2 DM Patients in Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study by Addisu Dabi Wake MSc, Sena Babsa Dinsa BSc

“…Age (50–59 years) (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 0.351, 95% CI: 0.125–0.988, p  = .047), married (AOR = 4.423, 95% CI: 1.366–14.314, p  = .013), urban residents (AOR = 0.321, 95% CI: 0.152–0.680, p  = .003), and governmental employed (AOR = 0.269, 95% CI: 0.076–0.954, p  = .042) were significantly associated with CKD preventive attitude. …”
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Magnitude of telemedicine utilization and associated factors among health professionals working at selected public hospitals in Southern Ethiopia. by Anteneh Fikrie, Dawit Daniel, Samrawit Ermiyas, Hawa Hassen, Wongelawit Seyoum, Seyoum Kebede, Wako Golicha Wako

“…A P-value<0.05 and Adjusted odds ratio (AOR) together with 95% Confidence Interval (CI) was used to declare statistical significance. …”
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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Children and Adolescents by George K. Siberry, Toni Frederick, Patricia Emmanuel, Mary E. Paul, Beverly Bohannon, Travis Wheeling, Theresa Barton, Mobeen H. Rathore, Kenneth L. Dominguez

“…In multivariate analysis, independent risk factors were Maryland care site (adjusted odds ratio (aOR) = 9.0), VL >1000 copies/mL (aOR = 5.9), and black race (aOR undefined). …”
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Weekend effect on in-hospital outcomes of transcatheter aortic valve replacement: insights from a propensity-matched national analysis by Guangzhi Cong, Bo Shi, Xueping Ma, Congyan Ye, Rui Yan, Shizhe Fu, Kairu Wang, Haowei Li, Ru Yan, Shaobin Jia, Israel Gitangaza, Abdul Rehman

“…Results Multivariable regression, adjusted for propensity score, revealed that weekend admission was associated with 45% higher odds of in-hospital mortality (adjusted odds ratio: 1.45; 95% confidence interval: 1.13–1.85). …”
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Association between inflammatory indices and preoperative deep vein thrombosis in patients undergoing total joint arthroplasty: a retrospective study by Xiaojuan Xiong, Peng Hu, Ting Li, Shuang Yu, Qingxiang Mao

“…Multivariate binary regression analysis revealed that the risk of preoperative DVT in TJA patients with SII ≥ 470*109/L, MLR ≥ 0.306, PLR ≥ 127, and NLR ≥ 2.08 increased by 2.26 (P < 0.001, 95% confidence interval (CI) [1.52–3.37]), 1.92 (P = 0.002, 95% CI [1.28–2.9]), 2.1 (P < 0.001, 95% CI [1.4–3.16]), and 1.94 (P = 0.002, 95% CI [1.29–2.92]) times, respectively. Age, P < 0.001, odds ratio (OR) = 1.08, 95%CI [1.05–1.10]; corticosteroid use, P = 0.002, OR 3.8, 95% CI [1.94–9.22]). …”
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Exploring the association between statins use or HMG-CoA reductase inhibition and migraine: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Hamdy A. Makhlouf, Amr K. Hassan, Nereen A. Almosilhy, Ahmed S.A. Osman, Shrouk Ramadan, Moaz Elsayed Abouelmagd

“…Mendelian Randomization (MR) studies revealed that expression of HMGCR was associated with an increased risk of migraine with odds ratio (OR) ranging from 1.38 to 1.55 (P < 0.001). …”
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Association between weight-adjusted-waist index and the prevalence of gallstone disease in Minhang District, Shanghai: a cross-sectional study by Jian Wang, Zixuan Zheng, Hongyu Tan, Shan Wei, Yufeng Gu, Yingsheng Cheng, Chengyan Xu, Wei Wang

“…The highest tertile of WWI was associated with an increased odds ratio for GSD (OR = 1.23, 95% CI: 1.13–1.35 in the fully adjusted model). …”
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Pretreatment level of circulating tumor cells is associated with lymph node metastasis in papillary thyroid carcinoma patients with ≤ 55 years old by Ming Yu, Jiaqin Deng, Yihua Gu, Yeqian Lai, Yuedong Wang

“…Logistic regression analysis showed that multifocality (odds ratio (OR): 1.821, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.230–2.698, p = 0.003), tumor size > 1 cm (OR: 3.444, 95% CI: 2.296–5.167, p < 0.001), invaded capsule (OR: 1.699, 95% CI: 1.167–2.473, p = 0.006), and positive CTCs level (OR: 1.469, 95% CI: 1.019–2.118, p = 0.040) were independently associated with CLNM; and multifocality (OR: 2.373, 95% CI: 1.389–4.052, p = 0.002), tumor size > 1 cm (OR: 5.344, 95% CI: 3.037–9.402, p < 0.001), and invaded capsule (OR: 2.591, 95% CI: 1.436–4.674, p = 0.002) were independently associated with LLNM. …”
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Cardiovascular disease and its risk factors among people living with HIV: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Min Du, Shimo Zhang, Min Liu, Jue Liu

“…Among the 14 risk factors analyzed, the most prevalent was a history of CVD (odds ratio [OR]=3.47), followed by age (per 10-year increase) (OR=1.79), current smoking (OR=1.76), hypertension (OR=1.57), smoking (OR=1.53), diabetes (OR=1.50), previous smoking (OR=1.30), and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection (OR=1.18). …”
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Sexual Abuse and Neglect during Childhood are Associated with an Increased Prevalence of Mental Health Problems among University Students in Surakarta, Indonesia by Ni Putu Dian Apriandary, Muthmainah Muthmainah, Rohmaningtyas Hidayah Setyaningrum, Debree Septiawan

“…The analysis of the sexual abuse variable revealed a statistically significant value of p=0.03, an odds ratio (OR) of 1.39, and a 95% confidence interval (CI) of 1.03-1.88. …”
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The Influence of Monoamine Oxidase Variants on the Risk of Betel Quid-Associated Oral and Pharyngeal Cancer by Ping-Ho Chen, Bin Huang, Tien-Yu Shieh, Yan-Hsiung Wang, Yuk-Kwan Chen, Ju-Hui Wu, Jhen-Hao Huang, Chun-Chia Chen, Ka-Wo Lee

“…Moreover, we determined that MAO-A single nucleotide polymorphism variants are significantly linked with oral and pharyngeal cancer patients in comparison to OPMDs patients [rs5953210 risk G-allele, odds ratio = 1.76; 95% confidence interval = 1.02-3.01]. …”
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