Disability and pain after lumbar surgery-group-based trajectory analysis. by Konsta Koivunen, Jari Arokoski, Sara Widbom-Kolhanen, Katri Pernaa, Juhani Juhola, Mikhail Saltychev

“…Less is known about these changes in different subgroups. It is self-evident that, while most patients may demonstrate trajectories of these changes close to the average one, some groups may follow more or less different trends. …”
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The Anti-Inflammatory Effect of Chenopodium Murale in Comparison to Salvia Frigida on Atopic Eczema by Zahraa Y. Hassan, Tuka Y. Hassan, Ahmed Y. Kanany

“…Fifty mice were included in the study, subdivided equally into five subgroups [control, induction, Tacrolimus-1%, Phytosterol-3%, and Phenolic-5%]. …”
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Long-term survival in a large cohort of patients with venous thrombosis: incidence and predictors. by Linda E Flinterman, Astrid van Hylckama Vlieg, Suzanne C Cannegieter, Frits R Rosendaal

“…Standardized mortality ratios (SMRs) were calculated for patients compared with control individuals. Several subgroups were studied as well. 736 participants (601 patients and 135 controls) died over a follow-up of 54,948 person-years. …”
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The Obesity Paradox Revisited: Is Obesity Still a Protective Factor for Patients With High Comorbidity Burden or High-Complexity Procedures? by Hyo Jin Son, BSc, Denise W. Gee, MD, David Gomez, MD, PhD, James J. Jung, MD, PhD

“…Then, we investigated the subgroups stratified by procedural complexity and comorbidity burden using a modified Charlson Comorbidity Index (mCCI) and mortality probability. …”
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Association between triglyceride-glucose index and carotid atherosclerosis in Chinese steelworkers: a cross-sectional study by Haoyue Cao, Qinglin Li, Juxiang Yuan

“…The association between TyG and CAS was evaluated across different subgroups, including sex, age, lifestyle, medical history, and the state of occupational exposure. …”
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Thrombin Generation in Acute Ischaemic Stroke by Ibrahim O. Balogun, Lara N. Roberts, Raj Patel, Rohan Pathansali, Lalit Kalra, Roopen Arya

“…The result was reproduced in multiple comparisons between acute ischaemic stroke subgroups and normal healthy volunteers. Endogenous thrombin potential and peak thrombin did not indicate hypercoagulability after acute ischaemic stroke, and thrombolytic therapy did not affect thrombin generation assays. …”
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Expression study of Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway associated lncRNAs in schizophrenia by Fatemeh Manafzadeh, Behzad Baradaran, Seyed Gholamreza Noor Azar, Kamran Javidi Aghdam, Reza Dabbaghipour, Asghar Shayannia, Soudeh Ghafouri-Fard

“…ROC curve analysis revealed that DANCR, PTCSC3, SNHG5, and CCAT2 genes had diagnostic power with specificity and sensitivity of 80% and above in separation between study subgroups. In brief, our data demonstrated dysregulation of Wnt/β pathway related genes and lncRNAs in the peripheral blood of patients with schizophrenia and their potential as biomarkers for this disorder.…”
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Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) inactivation in sporadic clear cell renal cancer: associations with germline VHL polymorphisms and etiologic risk factors. by Lee E Moore, Michael L Nickerson, Paul Brennan, Jorge R Toro, Erich Jaeger, Jessica Rinsky, Summer S Han, David Zaridze, Vsevolod Matveev, Vladimir Janout, Hellena Kollarova, Vladimir Bencko, Marie Navratilova, Neonilia Szeszenia-Dabrowska, Dana Mates, Laura S Schmidt, Petra Lenz, Sara Karami, W Marston Linehan, Maria Merino, Stephen Chanock, Paolo Boffetta, Wong-Ho Chow, Frederic M Waldman, Nathaniel Rothman

“…The aim of this study was to provide a comprehensive analysis of VHL inactivation in clear cell renal tumors (ccRCC) and to evaluate relationships between VHL inactivation subgroups with renal cancer risk factors and VHL germline single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). …”
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High-density lipoprotein cholesterol as a prognostic marker for 90-day transplant-free mortality in hepatitis B virus-related acute-on-chronic liver failure by Ke Shi, Yi Zhang, Yanqiu Li, Xiaojing Wang, Ying Feng, Xianbo Wang

“…In the training cohort, the 90-day TF mortality rates were 8.3%, 15.2%, 24.0%, and 43.2% for the extremely low, low, medium, and high-risk subgroups, respectively, while in the validation cohort, they were 4.5%, 18.5%, 31.2%, and 44.7%, respectively.ConclusionsHDL-C levels < 0.13 mmol/L were associated with increased 90-day transplant-free mortality in patients with HBV-ACLF. …”
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Altered association between cortisol and adrenocorticotropic hormone levels in the early stage of type 2 diabetic ketoacidosis by Liang Wang, Xiaomei Meng, Yuxiao Tang, Yaping Hao

“…Multiple stepwise regression analysis showed that for all DKA patients and for subgroups with and without infection, the cortisol level at admission was independently positively correlated with the ACTH level and negatively correlated with the bicarbonate level (both P<0.01).ConclusionsIn the early stage of DKA, a phenomenon of altered association between cortisol–ACTH occurs and is especially prominent in DKA patients with infection. …”
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THE STRUCTURE OF THE SIBERIAN GEOGRAPHICAL FLORAL ELEMENT IN THE MIDDLE SIBERIAN FOREST STEPPES by E. M. Antipova

“…All types of distribution areas were combined into four large subgroups, namely Siberian, West Siberian, Middle Siberian, and East Siberian. …”
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Is There a Relationship between Serum Anti-Mullerian Hormone Levels and Abortion Rates in Patients Who Received In vitro Fertilisation-Embryo Transfer Cycles? by Pinar Karacin, Serdar Dilbaz, Oya Aldemir, Berna Dilbaz, Yaprak Engin Ustun

“…The same analyses were repeated in two subgroups under 34 years of age and above, and no difference was found in terms of miscarriage rates. …”
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Breast cancer patterns by age groups in Brazil: insights from population-based registries data by Jessé Lopes da Silva, Luiz Claudio Santos Thuler, Andréia Cristina de Melo

“…Mortality rates increased across all subgroups, with the < 40 years group showing the most pronounced increase (AAPC + 1.8%; 95% CI: 1.6 to 2.1; p < 0.001). …”
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Once-weekly semaglutide doubles the five-year risk of nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy in a Danish cohort of 424,152 persons with type 2 diabetes by Jakob Grauslund, Andreas Abou Taha, Laleh Dehghani Molander, Ryo Kawasaki, Sören Möller, Kurt Højlund, Lonny Stokholm

“…Given the irreversible nature of NAION, it is important to acknowledge this risk, and upcoming studies should aim to identify high-risk subgroups.…”
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New‐Occurrence of Postoperative Modic Changes and Its Influence on the Surgical Prognosis After Percutaneous Endoscopic Lumbar Disc Discectomy by Lei Li, Chao Wang, Hao Zhang, Zhiming Liu, Zheng Lian, Han Li, Hao Tao, Xuexiao Ma

“…Univariate analysis explored the relationship between postoperative MCs and pain, while subgroups investigated the associations between postoperative efficacy, recurrence, and MCs type and area. …”
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Peripheral oxygen saturation levels as a guide to avoid hyperoxia: an observational study by Renate Stolmeijer, Jan C. ter Maaten, Jack Ligtenberg, Ewoud ter Avest

“…PaO2 values were compared to (concurrently measured) SpO2 values, and to patient- and treatment characteristics and P/F ratios were calculated in order to investigate the efficacy of SpO2 based oxygen titration for various subgroups. Results Blood gas samples were obtained for 1042 patients, of which 178 (17.1%) had hyperoxia (PaO2 levels > 13.5 kPa). …”
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The value of FDG-PET/CT metabolic parameters and treatment metabolic response in predicting long-term survival of patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma by Abbas Yousefikoma, Mohamad Mehdi Karimy Taha

“…The comparison of the treatment metabolic response state between non-survived and survived subgroups showed no difference. However, regarding the metabolic response status according to the presence or lack of recurrence, those with disease recurrence experienced a higher rate of progressive metabolic disease condition. …”
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Advances in Therapy for Urothelial and Non-Urothelial Subtype Histologies of Advanced Bladder Cancer: From Etiology to Current Development by Whi-An Kwon, Ho Kyung Seo, Geehyun Song, Min-Kyung Lee, Weon Seo Park

“…Nevertheless, the management of rare bladder cancer subgroups remains challenging because they are frequently excluded from clinical trials. …”
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Dynamic Impact of the Sleep Disorder, Depression and Anxiety on the Cognitive Function in the First-Episode Depressive Patients by Zhang W, Zhou N, Li J

“…The comparison among the subgroups in the LGCM indicated that these four dimensions showed consistency in dynamic tendency, demonstrating that cognitive function changes with sleep status.Conclusion: The more severe the sleep disorder in patients with first-episode MDD, the more obvious was the damage to cognition. …”
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Identification of a New Prognostic Risk Signature of Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma Based on N6-Methyladenosine RNA Methylation Regulators by Yan Zhang, Yao Yao, Xiaochen Qi, Jianyi Li, Meihong Liu, Xiangyu Che, Yingkun Xu, Guangzhen Wu

“…Gene distribution between the two subgroups was different; cluster 2 was gender-related and had a worse prognosis. …”
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