A Review of Caffeine Adsorption Studies onto Various Types of Adsorbents by Javier Andrés Quintero-Jaramillo, Javier Ignacio Carrero-Mantilla, Nancy Rocío Sanabria-González

“…Tables resume for each subgroup of adsorbents the key information: specific surface area, dose, pH, maximum adsorption capacity, and isotherm models for the removal of caffeine. …”
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Structural Brain Changes Following Left Temporal Low-Frequency rTMS in Patients with Subjective Tinnitus by Astrid Lehner, Berthold Langguth, Timm B. Poeppl, Rainer Rupprecht, Göran Hajak, Michael Landgrebe, Martin Schecklmann

“…At baseline and after the last treatment session high-resolution structural images of the brain were acquired and tinnitus severity was assessed. For a subgroup of 41 patients, additional brain scans were done after a follow-up period of 90 days. …”
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Association of Peripheral Monocyte Count with Soluble P-Selectin and Advanced Stages in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma by Adi Surya Komala, Andhika Rachman

“…Monocyte count was correlated with sP-selectin especially in high monocyte count subgroup.…”
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Effect of Admission Serum Calcium Levels and Length of Stay in Patients with Acute Pancreatitis: Data from the MIMIC-III Database by Dongyan Wang, Xiaoyan Guo, Wenwen Xia, Zhijuan Ru, Yihai Shi, Zhengyu Hu

“…And similar results were found in the subgroup analysis. Conclusion. Our findings suggest that low blood calcium increases the LOS in patients with AP. …”
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Acupuncture for psoriasis: protocol for a systematic review by Lei Wang, Weiming Wang, Haoyu Yang, Nuo Li, Yanping Bai

“…Two researchers will independently undertake selection of studies, data extraction and assessment of the quality of included studies. Data synthesis and subgroup analyses will be performed using special software (Review Manager). …”
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Coffee Consumption, General Obesity and Abdominal Obesity in Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Cross-Sectional Studies by Mohammad Nemati, Sanaz Soltani, Fatemeh Almasi, Asma Salari-Moghaddam, Bagher Larijani, Armin Ebrahimzadeh, Alireza Milajerdi, Ahmad Esmaillzadeh

“…With regards to general obesity, pooling 13 effect sizes from 12 cross-sectional studies showed that coffee intake was not associated with odds of general obesity (overall OR: 1.11; 95% CI: 0.92, 1.33). In subgroup analysis by gender, we found a significant positive association between coffee consumption and odds of general obesity in women (OR: 1.84; 95% CI: 1.51, 2.24). …”
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Demographic and clinical characteristics and effectiveness of treatment of patients with combined ocular pathologies by vitrectomy due to retinal detachment by G.M. Ismailov

“…The collected data were grouped by variants of features, the specific weight of each group and subgroup in the aggregate was calculated. The obtained data showed that in 197 (34.9±2.2%) patients with retinal detachment against the background of combined pathologies who underwent vitrectomy, the gender difference was not significant. …”
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Systemic immune-inflammation index and the short-term mortality of patients with sepsis: A meta-analysis by Lingbo Liang, Qiaoli Su

“…Sensitivity analyses confirmed the robustness of these findings. Subgroup analyses suggested a stronger association in patients younger than 67 years compared to those aged 67 years or older (P = 0.04), but no significant differences were observed based on sex, SII cutoff values, or follow-up duration. …”
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Ventricular Depolarization Abnormalities and Their Role in Cardiac Risk Stratification — A Narrative Review by Maarten Blondeel, Tomas Robyns, Rik Willems, Bert Vandenberk

“…Abnormalities in ventricular depolarization may indicate various pathologies and can be present in all leads if the condition is general, or in a subgroup of anatomically contiguous leads if the condition is limited to the corresponding anatomic location of the heart. …”
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The prevalence and risk factors for peripheral nerve injury following arthroplasty: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Jianchun Qiu, Xiaohong Liao, Ruiming Deng

“…ORs and 95% CIs for identified risk factors were calculated. Subgroup analyses were conducted based on age, study type, sample size, arthroplasty site, region, and others. …”
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Association of CVAI, LAP and SMI with risk of haematological toxicity after immunochemotherapy in patients with DLBCL: a retrospective study by Caifeng Liao, Hurong Lai, Yansong Tu, Ling He, Chuyang Lin, Huaijun Tu, Jian Li

“…The multivariable-adjusted restricted cubic spline curves and subgroup interaction analyses further confirmed the robustness of these findings. …”
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Association between albumin corrected anion gap and in-hospital mortality in critically ill patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by Mohan Giri, Anju Puri, Lan Huang, Shuliang Guo

“…We employed univariable and multivariable logistic regression analyses and Kaplan–Meier (KM) survival curves to assess the relationship between ACAG and the risk of in-hospital mortality. Moreover, subgroup analyses were conducted. Results: A total of 2121 patients (54.7% male) were enrolled in the study. …”
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Effect of Genicular Nerve Block (GNB) on Pain in Lesions of the Knee Joint: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials by Li W, Xu F, Chen F, Cao L, Bao X

“…Analysis of analgesic effects at a visit at 1 month showed [SMD=− 0.79, 95% CI (− 1.55, − 0.02)]. Subgroup analysis for the control group showed [SMD=− 4.07,9 5% CI (− 4.10, − 1.84)]. …”
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Tinzaparin Provides Lower Lipid Profiles in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients: A Cross-Sectional Observational Study by Ming-Hsien Tsai, Yu-Wei Fang, Jyh-Gang Leu

“…The difference in serum total cholesterol level between tinzaparin and UFH became significant (β: −13, 95% CI: −24.5 to −1.56) after adjustment in the multivariate analysis. Moreover, in a subgroup analysis, male diabetic patients showed lower serum triglyceride levels with the use of tinzaparin, while older, nondiabetic, male patients showed significant advantages in total cholesterol levels with the use of tinzaparin. …”
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Predictive Role of Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio in Adnexal Torsion: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Shokoufeh Khanzadeh, Hossein Tahernia, Jairo Hernandez, Camila Sarcone, Brandon Lucke-Wold, Amirhosseinn Salimi, Fatemeh Tabatabaei

“…So, NLR had diagnostic value. In the subgroup analysis according to ethnicity, we found that Caucasian patients with AT had elevated levels of NLR compared to patients who were operated due to adnexal mass and reported as having a benign ovarian cyst, without torsion (SMD=1.12, 95%CI=0.71 to 1.54, p<0.001). …”
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Examining endothelial function and carotid artery disease in patients with inflammatory bowel disease: a systematic review protocol by Hao Wu, Zhenguo Liu, Tingzi Hu, Meihua Xu, Hong Hao, Michael A Hill, Canxia Xu

“…Statistical heterogeneity will be calculated using Higgin’s (I2) tests. Subgroup analyses, conditional number of studies retrieved and their sample size, will be stratified according to participant disease category or gender or disease activity.Ethics and dissemination Formal ethics approval is not required as individual data will not be collected. …”
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The Effect of Educational Intervention on Improvement of Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Azam Maleki, Elham Faghihzadeh, Samaneh Youseflu

“…Results from 40 RCTs showed that educational intervention had a positive effect on the BSE compared with the usual/standard care (pooled SMD = 1.20; 95% CI = 0.75–1.64, p value <0.001). The subgroup analysis indicated that the educational intervention was based on theory, group class format, direct method education, during the first week of postpartum, doing during pregnancy, on primiparous women, and health center setting, and the Asian region has a more effect on BSE than the others. …”
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Granulocyte-Monocyte Apheresis in Steroid-Dependent, Azathioprine-Intolerant/Resistant Moderate Ulcerative Colitis: A Prospective Multicenter Study by Gianni Imperiali, Arnaldo Amato, Maria Maddalena Terpin, Ivo Beverina, Aurora Bortoli, Massimo Devani, Chiara Viganò, Study Group on IBD (GSMII)

“…Apheresis might represent an alternative to biologic therapy or surgery in this specific subgroup of patients. This trial is registered with Clinicaltrial.gov NCT03189888.…”
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The Relationship between Statin and Risk of Age-Related Macular Degeneration: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Ezatollah Memarzadeh, Saeid Heidari-Soureshjani

“…The pooled odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) were calculated using a random-effects model. Subgroup analyses and sensitivity analyses were also conducted. …”
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Hemodynamic Response to Upper Airway Obstruction in Hypertensive and Normotensive Pregnant Women by John Reid, Riley A. Glew, Joe Mink, John Gjevre, Mark Fenton, Robert Skomro, Femi Olatunbosun

“…Additionally, diastolic and systolic blood pressure changes in response to obstructive respiratory events were measured by noninvasive beat-by-beat monitoring. We also assessed a subgroup (n=27) of women with respiratory disturbance indexes <5, for blood pressure responses to very subtle obstructive respiratory disturbances (“airflow reductions”). …”
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