Use of artificial intelligence for gestational age estimation: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Sabahat Naz, Sahir Noorani, Syed Ali Jaffar Zaidi, Abdu R. Rahman, Saima Sattar, Jai K. Das, Jai K. Das, Zahra Hoodbhoy

“…Mean error in GA was estimated using STATA version-17 and subgroup analysis on trimester of GA assessment, AI models, study design, and external validation was performed.ResultsOut of the 1,039 studies screened, 17 were included in the review, and of these 10 studies were included in the meta-analysis. …”
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High serum uric acid levels are associated with increased prevalence of gallstones in adult women: a cross-sectional study based on NHANES by Guozheng Lv, Guozheng Lv, Decai Wang, Decai Wang, Yu Huang, Ruizi Shi, Chuan Qin, Xi Chen, Xintao Zeng, Hua Luo, Pei Yang, Sirui Chen, Jianjun Wang, Jianjun Wang

“…Dose-response curves showed a nonlinear correlation between SUA levels and the prevalence of GS. Subgroup analyses indicated that SUA level was associated with an increased prevalence of GS in most subgroups, although subtle differences existed.ConclusionSUA was positively and non-linearly associated with the prevalence of GS in adult females. …”
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The Effects of Exercise on Inhibitory Function Interventions for Patients With Major Depressive Disorder (MDD): A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis by Zhihui Xu, Cong Liu, Peng Wang, Xing Wang, Yuzhang Li

“…While the overall methodological quality of the literature was good, high heterogeneity existed among studies. Subgroup analysis suggested that sources of heterogeneity included measurement tools, exercise types, exercise intensity, duration, and frequency. …”
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Improving Air Quality and Childhood Respiratory Health in Mongolia: The Impact of the Raw Coal Ban and COVID-19 Restrictions—An Interrupted Time-Series Analysis by Emma Dickinson-Craig, Terkhen Turbat, Karla Hemming, Francis D. Pope, Suzanne E. Bartington, Suvdaa Anjaa, Sumiya Davaa, Rosie Day, Damdindorj Boldbaatar, Chimedsuren Ochir, David Warburton, Graham Neil Thomas, Jargalsaikhan Badarch, Semira Manaseki-Holland

“…Methods: An interrupted time-series analysis was conducted on air quality (PM_2.5, PM₁₀, SO₂, CO) and child (<5 y) severe acute respiratory disease, adjusting for coinciding co-events (COVID-19) where necessary. The subgroup analysis focussed on peak pollution months (November–February). …”
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A meta-analysis of the value of indocyanine green fluorescence imaging in guiding surgical resection of primary and metastatic liver cancer by Dali Xiong, Jiaran Li, Li Li, Fuhao Xu, Tao Hu, He Zhu, Xiaohui Xu, Yawen Sun, Shuanghu Yuan

“…The meta-analysis incorporated overall outcomes and subgroup outcomes based on liver cancer types (primary and metastatic). …”
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High perioperative lactate levels as a potential predictor for severe acute kidney injury following aortic arch surgery by Dongxu Wang, Chen Yang, Han Wang, Mengmeng Ye, Chao Xue, Weiguang Wang, Bo Yu, Kai Ren, Zhenxiao Jin, Shiqiang Yu, Shiqiang Yu, Weixun Duan

“…Uni-and multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed to identify risk factors for severe AKI. Subgroup analysis substantiated the robustness of lactate levels in predicting severe AKI.ResultsIn total, 45.4% of patients developed mild AKI postoperatively and 20.7% developed severe AKI. …”
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ApoB/ApoA-Ι is associated with major cardiovascular events and readmission risk of patients after percutaneous coronary intervention in one year by Jie Zhang, Mengyu Liu, Ju Gao, Xiaowen Tian, Yaru Song, Haibei Zhang, Peng Zhao

“…Predictive nomograms were constructed to forecast MACEs and readmission, with the accuracy of the nomograms assessed using the concordance index. Subgroup analyses were conducted to explore the occurrence of MACEs and readmission. …”
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Prediction of major adverse cardiovascular events following ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction using cardiac obesity marker—epicardial adipose tissue mass index: a prospect... by Zeyan Liu, Jinbo Wang, Yanfang Yang, Jinglin Cheng, Min Yang, Ye Zhang

“…In the validation set, EAMI also demonstrated good predictive performance for MACE. Subgroup analyses suggested that EAMI's predictive ability was consistent across various demographic and clinical characteristics.ConclusionEAMI has high value in predicting MACE in patients 1-year after STEMI, helps identify high-risk patients with poor prognosis in early clinical practice.…”
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Profile of non-invasive physical health indicators associated with cognitive performance in Chinese older adults: evidence from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study by Xiyu Wei, Chao Li, Dongyu Liu, Jieyi Chen, Yumeng Ju, Jin Liu, Bangshan Liu, Yan Zhang

“…Multiple linear regression models were conducted to explore the association between physical health indicators and cognitive performance. Subgroup analysis was conducted to identify sex-specific factors. …”
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The efficacy of core decompression combined with regenerative therapy in early femoral head necrosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis involving 954 subjects by Haiwei Tang, Tingxian Ling, Enze Zhao, Mingke You, Xi Chen, Gang Chen, Kai Zhou, Zongke Zhou

“…Clinical outcomes, including VAS, HHS, WOMAC, and Lequesne index, were secondary measures. Subgroup analyses were performed for variables such as age, BMI, follow-up period, and dosage in the bone marrow aspirate concentrate (BMAC) group, with results depicted in forest plots.ResultsThis study represented a total of seven RCTs (mean follow-up time 36.57 months) and eight cohort trials (mean follow-up time 74.18 months) involving 954 hips. …”
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Efficacy and Safety of Aprocitentan in the Treatment of Hypertension: A Meta-Analysis of Evidence from Randomized Controlled Trials by Li Zheng, Ming Liu, Xiaotong Gu, Yatong Zhang, Yan Wang

“…Results: This meta-analysis included five RCTs, which incorporated 1224 patients, and displayed that aprocitentan can reduce the mean sitting systolic blood pressure (msSBP) [(low dose subgroup: mean difference (MD): –3.85 mmHg; 95% confidence interval (CI): –7.47 to –0.23; p = 0.040; medium dose group: MD: –5.56 mmHg; 95% CI: –10.69 to –0.44; p = 0.030)], mean sitting diastolic blood pressure (msDBP) (low dose subgroup: MD: –3.95 mmHg; 95% CI: –4.06 to –3.85; p < 0.001; medium dose group: MD: –4.75 mmHg; 95% CI: –5.91 to –3.60; p < 0.001), 24-hour ambulatory systolic blood pressure (maSBP) (low dose group: MD: –4.18 mmHg; 95% CI: –4.32 to –4.04; p < 0.001; medium dose group: MD: –5.89 mmHg; 95% CI: –6.03 to –5.75; p < 0.001), and 24-hour ambulatory diastolic blood pressure (maDBP) (low dose group: MD: –4.33 mmHg; 95% CI: –4.42 to –4.24; p < 0.001; medium dose group: MD: –5.82 mmHg; 95% CI: –5.91 to –5.73; p < 0.001). …”
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Association between renal mean perfusion pressure and prognosis in patients with sepsis-associated acute kidney injury: insights from the MIMIC IV database by Yipeng Fang, Aizhen Dou, Hui Xie, Yunfei Zhang, Weiwei Zhu, Yingjin Zhang, Caifeng Li, Yanchao Su, Ying Gao, Keliang Xie

“…MPP > 60 mmHg was significantly associated with reduced 90-d mortality (HR 0.65, 95%-CI 0.55–0.77). Subgroup and PSM analyses supported these findings.Conclusions Dynamic MPP trajectory serves as a valuable prognostic biomarker for SA-AKI. …”
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Correlation between the white blood cell/platelet ratio and 28-day all-cause mortality in cardiac arrest patients: a retrospective cohort study based on machine learning by Huai Huang, Guangqin Ren, Shanghui Sun, Zhi Li, Yongtian Zheng, Lijuan Dong, Shaoliang Zhu, Xiaosheng Zhu, Wenyu Jiang

“…The Cox proportional hazards model assessed the impact of WPR on mortality outcomes, while Kaplan-Meier survival curves and restricted cubic spline (RCS) analysis further validated the findings. Subgroup analyses stratified the prognostic value of WPR by demographic and clinical factors.ResultsWPR demonstrated the highest prognostic significance among the variables studied, showing a strong association with 28-day all-cause mortality. …”
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Validation of the role of apolipoproteins in coronary artery disease patients with impaired kidney function for prognosis: a prospective cohort study in China by Zixiang Ye, Enmin Xie, Zhangyu Lin, Chenxi Song, Rui zhang, Haoyu Wang, Yongbao Zhang, Kefei Dou

“…ROC curve analyses indicated comparable predictive performances to traditional risk factors like LDL cholesterol. Subgroup analysis revealed that the above association was not statistically significant in the moderate-to-severe renal impairment CAD patients (eGFR < 45 mL/min/1.73 m2). …”
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Efficient and Adaptively Secure Attribute-Based Proxy Reencryption Scheme by Huixian Li, Liaojun Pang

“…The proposed scheme is constructed in composite order bilinear groups and proven secure under the complexity assumptions of the subgroup decision problem for 3 primes (3P-SDP). Analyses show that our proposal provides higher computational efficiency compared with the existing schemes.…”
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Reducing Multidimensional Poverty of Elderly: The Role of the New Rural Pension Scheme in China by Yaqian Hu, Hao Han, Pei Liu

“…In addition, we found that as age increases, pension income can effectively alleviate the insured subgroup’s multidimensional experience of poverty.…”
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The role of exogenous histamine in atopic dermatitis flare-ups by Zofia Kowalska, Joanna Narbutt

“…This review explores the complex relationship between exogenous histamine and AD flare-ups, evaluating evidence for implementing low-histamine diets and diamine oxidase enzyme supplementation as a potential therapeutic intervention in a subgroup of AD patients. Histamine’s diverse physiological functions, its involvement in AD pathophysiology, and the potential implications of histamine intolerance and histamine overlay syndrome are examined. …”
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Thesaurus Exemplorum Medii Aevi : une base de données collaborative sur les exempla médiévaux by Jean-Paul Rehr, Marie-Anne Polo de Beaulieu

“…Long considered a class of dogmatic, religious, and moral texts, they were mostly studied as a subgroup of folktales and fables in literary studies. …”
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A Fibroid or Cancer? A Rare Case of Mixed Choriocarcinoma and Epithelioid Trophoblastic Tumour by Wan Yu Luk, Michael Friedlander

“…A mixed choriocarcinoma (CC) and epithelioid trophoblastic tumour (ETT) is an extremely rare subgroup of GTN, which is a highly curable but aggressive form of malignancy. …”
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Clinical Aspects of Dermatitis Associated with Dirofilaria repens in Pets: A Review of 100 Canine and 31 Feline Cases (1990–2010) and a Report of a New Clinic Case Imported from It... by Walter Tarello

“…The opportunistic role of D. repens might explain the presence of asymptomatic carriers, the concurrent observation of nondermatological signs, and the development of dermatitis in a subgroup of parasitized dogs.…”
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