Effectiveness of Electronic Quality Improvement Activities to Reduce Cardiovascular Disease Risk in People With Chronic Kidney Disease in General Practice: Cluster Randomized Trial... by Jo-Anne Manski-Nankervis, Barbara Hunter, Natalie Lumsden, Adrian Laughlin, Rita McMorrow, Douglas Boyle, Patty Chondros, Shilpanjali Jesudason, Jan Radford, Megan Prictor, Jon Emery, Paul Amores, An Tran-Duy, Craig Nelson

“…ResultsOverall, of the 734 eligible patients from 19 intervention practices and 715 from 21 control practices, 82 (11.2%) and 70 (9.8%), respectively, had received appropriate pharmacological therapy (statins alone, ACEI or ARB alone, or both) at 12 months postintervention to reduce CVD risk, with an estimated between-trial group difference (Diff) of 2.0% (95% CI –1.6% to 5.7%) and odds ratio of 1.24 (95% CI 0.85 to 1.81; P=.26). Of the 470 intervention patients and 425 control patients that received a recommendation for statins, 61 (13%) and 38 (9%) were prescribed statins at follow-up (Diff 4.3%, 95% CI 0 to 8.6%; odds ratio 1.55, 95% CI 1.02 to 2.35; P=.04). …”
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Calf immunization protocols with low-virulence isolates of Anaplasma marginale: Analysis of post-inoculation effects and protection against natural challenge by Filipe Lucas de Melo Mendonça, Matheus Figueiredo Coelho, Camila Valgas Bastos, Júlia Angélica Gonçalves da Silveira, Rafael Romero Nicolino, Jose Azael Zambrano Uribe, Múcio Flávio Barbosa Ribeiro, Bruna Torres Silvestre, Rodrigo Melo Meneses, Antônio Último de Carvalho, Tiago Facury Moreira, Elias Jorge Facury-Filho

“…During the natural challenge phase, 13.3 % of animals in group G1 required treatment (odds ratio of 0.108; 0.018-0.635 CI; p = 0.014) compared to 58.8 % of the control group. …”
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Impact of Population-Based Screening for Diabetes and Prediabetes Among 67-Year-Olds Using Point-of-Care HbA1c on Healthcare Ultilisation, Results from the VISP Cohort by Andersen JW, Høgh A, Lindholt JS, Søgaard R, Støvring H, Yderstræde KB, Sandbæk A, Dahl M

“…Screening resulted in increased general physician contacts across all HbA1c groups, the highest increase was seen in the DM group with a pre- vs post-screening odds ratio [OR] of 3.25 (95% CI: 1.06– 9.95) and a relative odds ratio [ROR] of 2.70 (0.87– 8.39). …”
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Associations Between Complement C4, Habitual Constipation, and Sleep Disturbance in Oldest-Old and Centenarian Chinese Adults by Sun Z, Nie Y, Pei J, Gao M, Luan Z, Zhao Y, Li Z, Fu S

“…In the multiple logistic regression models, complement C4 was negatively associated with sleep disturbance (odds ratio: 0.978, 95% CI: 0.963– 0.993, P < 0.05), and habitual constipation was positively associated with sleep disturbance (odds ratio: 1.609, 95% CI: 1.194– 2.168, P < 0.05).Conclusion: The present study provides epidemiological evidence that sleep disturbance is negatively associated with complement C4 and positively associated with habitual constipation in oldest-old and centenarian Chinese adults, which expands the knowledge for the associations between complement C4, habitual constipation, and sleep disturbance in the elderly population and provides new insights and pathways on the treatment of sleep disturbance by regulating immune factors and intestinal function.Keywords: centenarian, complement C4, habitual constipation, oldest-old, sleep disturbance…”
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Evaluating the Impact of Pharmacotherapy in Augmenting Quit Rates Among Hispanic Adults in an App-Delivered Smoking Cessation Intervention: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Contr... by Margarita Santiago-Torres, Kristin E Mull, Brianna M Sullivan, Ana Paula Cupertino, Ramzi G Salloum, Matthew Triplette, Michael J Zvolensky, Jonathan B Bricker

“…In the iCanQuit arm, 12-month missing-as-smoking quit rates were 43.8% (7/16) for pharmacotherapy users versus 28.8% (19/16) for nonusers (odds ratio 2.21, 95% CI 0.66-7.48; P=.20). In the QuitGuide arm, quit rates were 9.1% (2/22) for pharmacotherapy users versus 21.7% (15/69) for nonusers (odds ratio 0.36, 95% CI 0.07-1.72; P=.20). …”
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Epicardial Fat Tissue: A Potential Marker for Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction by Waiel Abusnina, Ilan Merdler, Matteo Cellamare, Kalyan R. Chitturi, Abhishek Chaturvedi, Irwin M. Feuerstein, Cheng Zhang, Sevket Tolga Ozturk, Teshome Deksissa, Vaishnavi Sawant, Kassandra Lopez, Lior Lupu, Dan Haberman, Itsik Ben‐Dor, Lowell F. Satler, Ron Waksman, Hayder D. Hashim, Brian C. Case

“…Univariate regression analysis demonstrated a statistically significant association between EFV index and CMD diagnosis (odds ratio, 1.037 [95% CI, 1.014–1.063]; P=0.003), while no significance was observed for EFV (odds ratio, 1.006 [95% CI, 0.995–1.017]; P=0.292). …”
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Validity, Accuracy, and Safety Assessment of an Aerobic Interval Training Using an App-Based Prehabilitation Program (PROTEGO MAXIMA Trial) Before Major Surgery: Prospective, Inter... by Sara Fatima Faqar Uz Zaman, Svenja Sliwinski, Lisa Mohr-Wetzel, Julia Dreilich, Natalie Filmann, Charlotte Detemble, Dora Zmuc, Felix Chun, Wojciech Derwich, Waldemar Schreiner, Wolf Bechstein, Johannes Fleckenstein, Andreas A Schnitzbauer

“…Regression analysis revealed a significant impact of the BMI (odds ratio 0.90, 95% CI 0.82-0.98, P=.02) and Timed Up and Go Test score (odds ratio 0.12, 95% CI 0.03-0.55, P=.006) on the accuracy of heart rate measurement; 29 (39%) patients experienced adverse events: pain (5/12, 42%), ECG electrode–related skin irritations (2/42, 17%), dizziness (2/42, 17%), shortness of breath (2/42, 17%), and fatigue (1/42, 8%). …”
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Pulmonary artery catheter use in acute myocardial infarction‐cardiogenic shock by Saraschandra Vallabhajosyula, Aditi Shankar, Sri Harsha Patlolla, Abhiram Prasad, Malcolm R. Bell, Jacob C. Jentzer, Shilpkumar Arora, Saarwaani Vallabhajosyula, Bernard J. Gersh, Allan S. Jaffe, David R. Holmes Jr, Shannon M. Dunlay, Gregory W. Barsness

“…In 6200 propensity‐matched pairs, in‐hospital mortality was comparable between the two cohorts (odds ratio 1.01 [95% confidence interval 0.94–1.08]). …”
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Association between PNPLA2 Gene Polymorphisms and the Risk of Diabetic Kidney Disease in a Chinese Han Population with Type 2 Diabetes by Hailing Zhao, Haojun Zhang, Yan Wang, Tingting Zhao, Meihua Yan, Xi Dong, Qian Wang, Jialin Li, Liang Ma, Ping Li

“…Minor allele G of PNPLA2 rs1138714 was associated with a higher risk of DKD in a dominant model adjusted by confounders (AG+GG vs. AA: adjusted odds ratio (aOR), 1.531; 95% CI 1.134-2.067; P=0.005) and in an additive model (AG vs. …”
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Predictors of recurrence of ventricular tachycardia and the effectiveness of endocardial ablation at the patients with sudden cardiac death and history of myocardial infarction by O. M. Grytsay, Ya. V. Skybchyk

“…Atrial fibrillation (ARR – 25.0 %, RR  – 1.58 [0.76–3.25], OR – 2.73 [7.00–17.60], p < 0.05), age younger than 45 years (ARR – 15.0 %, RR – 1.37 [0.60–3.07], OR – 1.78 [7.00–7.47], p < 0.05), and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (ARR – 18.0 %, RR – 1.46 [0.71–2.99], OR – 2.10 [7.00–9.01], p < 0.05) were at the limit of probability with reliable odds ratio. Recurrent VT was recorded more often in patients with partial intraoperative effect than in those with complete effect (26.7 % versus 5.9 % of patients, p < 0.05). …”
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Prognosis of erosions development at gastric metaplasia of esophageal mucosa in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease by Ye. K. Mastykova, M. R. Konorev, M. E. Matveyenko

“…The high diagnostic value of presence of gastric metaplasia of esophageal mucosa for prognosis of erosions in patients with GERD was revealed: sensitivity – was 80,7% (95% CI: 69,8–91,6%); specificity – 83,3% (95% CI: 72,6–94,0%); rate of correct prognoses – 82% (95% CI: 74,4–89,6%); relative risk of prognosticated outcome – 4,2; relative risk of different outcome – 0,2 (95% CI: 0,1–0,39%); odds ratio – 4,5 (95% CI: 1,6–12,7%).Conclusions. For the first time significant value of gastric metaplasia diagnostics in patients with GERD (p&lt;0,001) for the prognosis of erosions of mucosa of the esophagus within 3–10 years it was found.…”
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Associations of CTLA4 Gene Polymorphisms with Graves’ Ophthalmopathy: A Meta-Analysis by Pengfei Du, Xiaojie Ma, Changjiang Wang

“…Studies up to February 29, 2012, were searched by using PubMed. The odds ratio was used to evaluate the strength of the association. …”
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Exploring Influencing Factors of Intercity Mode Choice from View of Entire Travel Chain by Xiaowei Li, Siyu Zhang, Yao Wu, Yuting Wang, Wenbo Wang

“…The effect of significant factors on intercity travel mode choice is quantitatively assessed by the odds ratio (OR) technique. The results show that the Bayesian mixed multinomial logit model outperforms the traditional Bayesian multinomial logit model, indicating that accommodating the unobserved heterogeneity across observations can improve the model fit. …”
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Predicting Length of Hospital Stay in Oral Cavity Cancer Surgery: A Nomogram-based Approach by Sagarika Gopalkrishnan, Hitesh Rajendra Singhavi, Sudhir Nair, Arjun Gurmeet Singh, Rathan Shetty, Sadhana Kannan, Pankaj Chaturvedi

“…Results: The following factors were significantly associated with longer LOS: advanced tumor stage (odds ratio [OR] = 3.21, P < 0.001), type of reconstruction (free flap: OR = 2.43, P < 0.001; regional flap: OR = 1.82, P = 0.002), ASA grade ≥3 (OR = 1.67, P = 0.002), and extensive primary surgery (OR = 1.53, P = 0.012). …”
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Significance of Functional Status Scale in decannulation after pediatric tracheostomy: A single-center, retrospective study by Taylor B. Teplitzky, Nicholas Paul Randolph, Ji Li, Kevin D. Pereira, Mathangi Gopalakrishnan, Adrian Holloway

“…An abnormal 3-year FSS score in the feeding domain was significantly associated with persistent tracheostomy at 3 years, with an odds ratio of 7.4 (95% confidence interval: 1.5–36.6, P = 0.01). …”
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Diagnostic accuracy of high-resolution melting curve analysis for discrimination of oncology-associated mutations: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Shu Yu, Yan Cheng, Chen-Cheng Tang, Yue-Ping Liu

“…Other indicators, including the positive likelihood ratio, negative likelihood ratio, and diagnostic odds ratio, were 144.91 (95% CI: 69.07–304.04), 0.08 (95% CI: 0.04–0.13), and 2405.21 (95% CI: 1231.87–4696.13), respectively. …”
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Association between anti-Helicobacter pylori immunoglobulin G status and coronary artery disease among hypertensives: Myth or fact? by Gowri Subbiah, Anushiya Periyannan, Poongodi Lakshmi Santhanakumarasamy, Surendar Subramanian, Sumathi Ramalingam

“…Results: Among the 90 subjects, 52 (57.8%) were H. pylori IgG positive. The adjusted odds ratio for abnormal ECHO outcome and H. pylori IgG positivity was 2.494. …”
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The Quantified Athlete: Associations of Wearables for High School Athletes by Kwok Ng, Tatiana Ryba

“…Wearables were measured by ownership and usage of apps, fitness trackers, or sports watches. Odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were reported. …”
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GENDER AND SOCIAL FACTORS AS PREDICTORS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF DISORDERS OF THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM IN VETERANS OF THE ANTI-TERRORIST OPERATION* by O.D. Havlovsky, I.A. Holovanova

“…The influence of predictors on the development of disorders of the autonomic nervous system was determined by the method of the odds ratio. As a result of statistical calculations, risk factors for clinical manifestations of disorders of the autonomic nervous system were identified, that unemployment, on the one hand, increases the risk of apathy and reduces efficiency, but on the other - the unemployed have better sleep; in married people, such manifestation as a feeling of "a lump in a throat" is more often observed. …”
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A New Neutrosophic Negative Binomial Distribution: Properties and Applications by Rehan Ahmad Khan Sherwani, Sadia Iqbal, Shumaila Abbas, Muhammad Aslam, Ali Hussein AL-Marshadi

“…Furthermore, the derivation of reliability analysis properties such as survival, hazard rate, reversed hazard rate, cumulative hazard rate, mills ratio, and odds ratio are also presented. In addition, order statistics for the proposed distribution, including wth, joint, median, minimum, and maximum order statistics are part of the paper. …”
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