Looking for social pragmatic communication disorder in the complex world of Italian special needs: an exploratory study by Ilaria Gabbatore, Agata Marchetti Guerrini, Francesca Marina Bosco

“…Furthermore, for exploratory purposes, we investigate whether it is possible to identify a subgroup of children with undiagnosed SPCD within the BES-NOS group, by performing a cluster analysis. …”
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Primary renal sarcoma in a female patient: case report by Somang Lee, Binnari Kim

“…BCOR-rearranged sarcoma was classified by the World Health Organization in 2020 as a new subgroup of undifferentiated small round-cell sarcoma. …”
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Pathogenic Variants in the ABCA12 Gene Associated to Autosomal Recessive Congenital Ichthyosis: Report of an Attenuated Phenotype by Gabriela Mantilla Beltrán, Ana María Navarro Pinilla, Diego Andrés Padilla Mantilla, Alfonso Suárez Camacho, Mónica Paola Novoa Candia

“… Congenital ichthyosis represents keratinisation disorders characterised by abnormal skin scaling across the entire body, leading to a red, denuded, and scaly appearance. A subgroup of this is the autosomal recessive congenital ichthyosis (ARCI), characterised by a severe phenotype and classified according to the molecular mechanisms that underlie the disease. …”
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Rental Arrears and Perceived Risk of Eviction among U.S. Renter Households by Household Composition, Race, and Ethnicity 2020 to 2024 by Vincent A. Fusaro, K. Megan Collier, Christopher Baidoo, Rebekah Levine Coley

“…These patterns were evident for all demographic subgroups, but there were clear and persistent disparities. …”
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The Practice Innovation and Clinical Excellence Registry and the Eighth Joint National Committee by Ernesto Ledesma Sánchez, Carlos Alberto Hernández Rodríguez, Alexander Miguel Martínez Pérez, Alberto Morales Salinas

“…It showed that approximately 15 % of the hypertensive meet the less stringent treatment goal of the Eighth Joint National Committee, but not the one recommended by the Seven Joint National Committee (<140/90 mmHg) and that this subgroup of hypertensive patients frequently face a high cardiovascular risk. …”
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Differential susceptibility and infectivity epidemic models by James M. Hyman, Jia Li

“…We define the reproductive numberfor each subgroup. Then the reproductive number for the entire populationis a weighted average of those reproductive numbers for the subgroups. …”
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A parametric bootstrap control chart for Lindley Geometric percentiles. by Muthanna Ali Hussein Al-Lami, Hossein Jabbari Khamnei, Ali Akbar Heydari

“…Our findings highlight how subgroup size, percentiles, and significance levels affect control limits, stressing the need for careful parameter selection in monitoring processes. …”
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Biomarkers for Risk Stratification of Neoplastic Progression in Barrett Esophagus by Marjon Kerkhof, Johannes G. Kusters, Herman van Dekken, Ernst J. Kuipers, Peter D. Siersema

“…Several studies have been performed to find additional biomarkers that can be used to detect the subgroup of patients with an increased risk of developing malignancy in BE. …”
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Promising Remission with Reduced Bevacizumab and Pembrolizumab Dosage in a Patient with AT-rich Interaction Domain 1A Mutated Ovarian Clear-cell Carcinoma Refractory to Chemotherap... by Cheng-Wei Huang, Ruo-Han Tseng

“…The phase II KEYNOTE-100 trial revealed that pembrolizumab monotherapy demonstrated a 15.8% objective response in patients with ovarian clear-cell carcinoma in the subgroup analysis, which is much higher than that of other histology subtypes of ovarian cancer. …”
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Anti-AMPA-Receptor Encephalitis Presenting as a Rapid-Cycling Bipolar Disorder in a Young Woman with Turner Syndrome by Giuseppe Quaranta, Angelo Giovanni Icro Maremmani, Giulio Perugi

“…Initially, it was recognised as a paraneoplastic disorder, but recently a subgroup of patients without systemic cancer was identified. …”
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Effects of Exergaming on Morphological Variables, Biochemical Parameters, and Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents with Overweight/Obesity: A Systematic Review with Meta-Anal... by Jordan Hernandez-Martinez, Joaquín Perez-Carcamo, Hassan Melki, Izham Cid-Calfucura, Edgar Vasquez-Carrasco, Pedro Delgado-Floody, Claudio Romero, Tomás Herrera-Valenzuela, Braulio Henrique Magnani Branco, Pablo Valdés-Badilla

“…Using a random effects model, potential sources of heterogeneity were selected, including subgroup analyses (age) and single training factor analysis (program duration, training frequency). …”
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Albumin corrected anion gap and clinical outcomes in elderly patients with acute kidney injury caused or accompanied by sepsis: a MIMIC-IV retrospective study by Yongbin Wang, Lei Zhong, Jie Min, Jianhong Lu, Jinyu Zhang, Jiajun Su

“…The robustness of the findings was subsequently evaluated through subgroup analyses. Results Our study identified a total of 3741 eligible subjects, revealing higher all-cause mortality rates at both 14-day and 30-day intervals in the high ACAG group compared to the normal ACAG group (χ2 = 87.023, P < 0.001; χ2 = 90.508, P < 0.001). …”
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Prognostic significance of albumin corrected anion gap in patients with acute pancreatitis: a novel perspective by Jianjun Wang, Pei Yang, Xintao Zeng, Sirui Chen, Xi Chen, Lan Deng, Ruizi Shi, Chuan Qin, Huiwen Luo, Jianping Gong, Hua Luo, Decai Wang

“…In addition, ACAG showed superior performance, with a larger AUC than the anion gap, albumin, and Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome score and Sequential Organ Failure Assessment at 3, 7, 10, 14, 28, 90, and 180 days and 1 year. Subgroup analysis revealed no significant interaction between ACAG and any subgroups Elevated levels of ACAG were found to be associated with increased short- and long-term ACM in patients with AP, and ACAG may be an independent predictor of ACM at different disease stages.…”
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Antimicrobial resistance profile of Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates from healthcare-associated infections in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Zelalem Asmare, Melese Abate Reta, Yalewayker Gashaw, Ermias Getachew, Assefa Sisay, Muluken Gashaw, Ephrem Tamrat, Atitegeb Abera Kidie, Wagaw Abebe, Tadesse Misganaw, Agenagnew Ashagre, Zelalem Dejazmach, Getinet Kumie, Marye Nigatie, Sisay Ayana, Abdu Jemal, Solomon Gedfie, Woldeteklehaymanot Kassahun, Mulat Awoke Kassa, Selamyhun Tadesse, Biruk Beletew Abate

“…A random effect model was used to determine the pooled resistance to each antibiotic. Subgroup analysis was performed by infection type and year of publication.…”
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Efficacy and safety of acupuncture monotherapy or combined with pelvic floor muscle training for female stress urinary incontinence: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Tong Jiang, Zhi-Yu Dong, Ying Shi, Yang-Qing Zhou, Hong-Bin Zhang, Yi Gong

“…There were significant differences between these subgroups (I2 = 77%, p = 0.04). In the subgroup analysis of intervention types, manual acupuncture showed no significant effect when combined (MD = 1.11, 95% CI -0.61 to 2.83, I2 = 86%).ConclusionThe findings from this meta-analysis indicate that EA is more effective at improving the clinical symptoms and quality of life in patients with SUI compared to placebo EA, and it does not increase the risk of adverse events. …”
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Real-world treatment patterns and clinical characteristics in patients with moderate-to-severe systemic lupus erythematosus: an analysis of the SLE Prospective Observational Cohort... by Raj Tummala, Richard A Furie, Laurent Arnaud, Eric F Morand, Martin Aringer, Stephanie Chen, Barnabas Desta, Alberta Hoi, Bo Ding, Christine Peschken, Jonatan Hedberg, Tina Grünfeld Eén, Alessandro Sorrentino, Danuta Kielar

“…Disease activity (SLE Disease Activity Index 2000 (SLEDAI-2K)), average oral glucocorticoid dose and use of other treatments—specifically antimalarials, biologics and immunosuppressants—were measured over time. Subgroup analyses were stratified by baseline interferon gene signature (IFNGS) status and disease activity (SLEDAI-2K) status.Results Patient demographics and baseline characteristics were similar among subgroups; the majority of patients were on antimalarials (n=670; 81.1%), followed by glucocorticoids (n=537; 65.0%), immunosuppressants (n=453; 54.8%) and biologics (n=175; 21.2%). …”
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Association of T3/T4 ratio with inflammatory indicators and all-cause mortality in stroke survivors by Sheng Zhang, Zhongzhou Su, Xianqiang Wen

“…Restricted cubic spline (RCS) curve was drawn to determine whether there was a linear relationship between T3/T4 ratio and mortality and the best cut-off value. Subgroup analysis showed the difference between the T3/T4 ratio and all-cause mortality among subgroups and a forest plot was drawn. …”
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Pharmacodynamic characteristics and influencing factors of tapentadol for chronic pain relief under dose titration by Liang Xin, Haoxiang Zhu, Haoxiang Zhu, Suping Niu, Xie Han, Hongxian Pang, Jiangfan Li, Ye Hu, Xuhong Wang, Lujin Li, Lujin Li, Yi Fang

“…Potential influencing factors that were clinically significant but not included in the final covariate model were examined for their impact trends on tapentadol analgesia through subgroup analysis.ResultsA total of 16 studies involving 4,508 participants were included in the analysis. …”
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Efficacy and Safety of Ultrasound-Guided Radiofrequency Treatment for Chronic Pain in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Yuzhao Huang, Qiufang Deng, Liuqing Yang, Jiahui Ma, Ziyang Wang, Dong Huang, Ling Luo, Haocheng Zhou

“…Heterogeneity was assessed by I2 statistic and the potential sources of heterogeneity by subgroup and metaregression analyses, respectively. …”
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The effectiveness and risks of Treating people with Idiopathic Pulmonary fibrosis with the Addition of Lansoprazole (TIPAL): study protocol for a randomised placebo-controlled mult... by Toby M Maher, A John Simpson, Anthony Cahn, David Thickett, Luke Vale, Allan B Clark, Nazia Chaudhuri, Ian Forrest, Lisa G Spencer, Christopher Ward, Stephen Jones, Ganesh Raghu, Andrew M Wilson, Helen Parfrey, Megan Jones, Matthew Hammond, Jaclyn Ann Smith, Shajahan Wahed

“…High-resolution CT scoring will be undertaken in a subgroup. The trial is designed to determine whether treating people with IPF with lansoprazole will reduce the reduction in FVC over a year. …”
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