Molecular subtype of ovarian clear cell carcinoma: an analysis of 80 Chinese patients using the TCGA molecular classification of endometrial cancer by Wei Chen, Lu Yan, Qin Li, Shuling Zhou, Ting Hou, Huijuan Yang, Shuang Ye

“…Further subtyping of the NSMP subgroup is warranted.…”
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Comparison of The Effect of Entrepreneurial Orientation on The Performance of SMES/MSMEs in Indonesia in The Pre-Pandemic Period and Pandemic: A Meta-Analysis Approach by Akhmad Ali Rusdi, Lily Sudhartio

“…According to Cohen’s classification, these effects are small to moderate but significant. Subgroup analysis revealed no significant difference between the two periods (p=0.71,>0.05p = 0.71, > 0.05). …”
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The association between Planetary Health Diet Index (PHDI) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): the mediating role of dietary inflammatory index (DII) by Hongyang Gong, Kaifeng Zhang, Seok Choi, Shaoqun Huang

“…This study examines the association between PHDI and COPD and assesses whether DII mediates this relationship. Methods We used subgroup analysis, smooth curve fitting, and multivariable logistic regression to investigate the connection between PHDI and the occurrence of COPD. …”
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Clinical Characteristics, Intraoperative Findings, and Surgical Outcomes of Canalicular Laceration Repair with Monocanalicular Stent in Asia by Chun-Hsien Lin, Chun-Yuan Wang, Ying-Cheng Shen, Li-Chen Wei

“…The most common etiology was motorcycle accident (41.7%), and all traffic accident injuries accounted for 68.75% of cases. Subgroup classification revealed 64.6% of patients (n=31) were categorized in the deep laceration group, and lower anatomical and functional outcomes were noted in deep laceration. …”
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The influence of previous preterm birth with singleton pregnancy on the risk of recurrence in subsequent twin pregnancy: a meta-analysis by Pinghua Shen, Wenjun Wu, Yehui Jiang

“…The analysis of incidence revealed an event rate of 9.5% (95% CI, 4.4–19.5%) for a history of preterm singleton birth in the cohort of women with subsequent twin pregnancies. Subgroup analyses focused on the risk of preterm twin births (<37 weeks, <34 weeks and <32 weeks) in women with prior preterm singleton births. …”
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Oral Health Differences Between Middle-Aged and Older Adults in South Korea by Yoonjung Ji, Wonhee Baek

“…This study identifies the various factors associated with oral health among middle-aged and older adults through a subgroup analysis by age group of data representative of the South Korean population. …”
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy versus chemotherapy in untreated advanced pleural mesothelioma in the Chinese healthcare system by Wenwang Lang, Yulong He, Changchun Hou, Hua Li, Qinling Jiang, Liuyong Mei

“…This was not favorable compared to China’s willingness-to-pay (WTP) threshold of $38,042.49/QALY, with an INHB of −0.25 QALYs and an INMB of $-9,605.00. Subgroup analyses showed ICERs for pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy versus chemotherapy of $33,917.61 and $99,536.73 in non-epithelioid and epithelioid patients, respectively. …”
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Diagnostic accuracy of MRI-based radiomic features for EGFR mutation status in non-small cell lung cancer patients with brain metastases: a meta-analysis by Yuqin Long, Rong Zhao, Xianfeng Du

“…The AUC for the receiver operating characteristic analysis was 0.91 (95% CI: 0.88-0.93). Subgroup analysis indicated that deep learning models and studies conducted in Asian showed higher diagnostic accuracy compared to their respective counterparts.ConclusionsMRI-based radiomic features demonstrate a high potential for accurately detecting EGFR mutations in NSCLC patients with brain metastases, particularly when advanced deep learning techniques were employed. …”
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Female Gender Remains a Significant Barrier to Access Cataract Surgery in South Asia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Qunru Ye, Yanxian Chen, William Yan, Wei Wang, Jingxian Zhong, Cong Tang, Andreas Müller, Bo Qiu

“…The values of population attributable risk percentage at a per-person and per-eye basis at visual acuity <3/60 were 6.28% and 7.48%, respectively. Subgroup analyses by design and location types attained similar results as the primary analyses. …”
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Clinical Significance of the Peripheral Blood Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio in Predicting Chemotherapy Outcomes for Small Cell Lung Cancer by Gao L, Liu B

“…After two cycles of chemotherapy, there were no statistically significant differences in plasma NLR in SCLC patients compared to pre-chemotherapy levels (P > 0.05). However, in the subgroup of patients with a partial response (PR) to treatment, the NLR decreased to 2.625 (95% CI: 1.900, 3.625), down from a pre-chemotherapy level of 3.430 (2.688, 4.800) (Z = − 3.127, P = 0.002). …”
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Functional and Radiological Outcome Analysis of Osteoperiosteal Decortication Flap in Nonunion of Tibia by Vineet Kumar, Shah Waliullah, Sachin Avasthi, Swagat Mahapatra, Ajai Singh, Sabir Ali

“…There were 22 males (64.7%) and 12 females (35.3%) with a mean age of 34.17 ± 10.3 years. Subgroup analysis based on the complexity of nonunion (NUSS score) revealed 14 cases in group A, 10 cases in group B, 10 cases in group C, and 0 cases in group D. …”
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Mitotane-Induced Hyperlipidemia: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Hassan Shawa, Ferhat Deniz, Hadil Bazerbashi, Mike Hernandez, Rena Vassilopoulou-Sellin, Camilo Jimenez, Mouhammed Amir Habra

“…Similar changes were noticed in subgroup analysis after excluding patients who were using lipid-lowering agents. …”
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Venetoclax added to CLAG regimen might improve the outcome of patients with relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia by Yu Zhang, Zhao Yin, Zurong Yao, Dan Xu, Xuejie Jiang, Xiaqi Nie, Dandan Chen, Hongsheng Zhou, Pengcheng Shi, Hui Liu, Qifa Liu, Guopan Yu

“…In the CLAG + Ven group, 24 (77.4%) patients acquired response, including 22 (71.0%) with composite complete remission (CRc) and 15 (48.4%) MRD-negative CRc, which was significantly higher than those (CRc 47.4%, p = 0.048; MRD-negative CRc 18.4%, p = 0.008) in the CLAG group. Subgroup analysis showed that patients without response after two courses of induction therapy, or patients with FLT3 mutations seemed to benefit more from CLAG ± Ida/Mito + Ven than CLAG ± Ida/Mito in acquiring CRc. …”
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Normative values of spinal and peripheral proprioception in position sense among healthy adolescents and young adults by Kenney Ki Lee Lau, Kenny Yat Hong Kwan, Jason Pui Yin Cheung, Karlen Ka Pui Law, Arnold Yu Lok Wong, Daniel Hung Kay Chow, Kenneth Man Chee Cheung

“…We found that only spinal proprioception was associated with chronological age, whereas peripheral proprioception was not. Subgroup analyses revealed that subjects aged 10 to 13 years had the poorest proprioceptive performance. …”
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Body height in adult women and men in a cross-sectional population-based survey in Geneva: temporal trends, association with general health status and height loss after age 50 by Silvia Stringhini, Idris Guessous, Kaspar Staub, Julia Schäppi, Katarina L Matthes

“…Objective On the one hand, trends in average height in adulthood mirror changes in living standard and health status of a population and its subgroups; on the other hand, height in general, as well as the loss of height in older age in particular, are associated in different ways with outcomes for health. …”
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Association between remnant cholesterol and depression in middle-aged and older Chinese adults: a population-based cohort study by Yang Zhou, Yan Lin, Yanhui Yang, Wang Lei, Juan Xu, Yuanzeng Zhu

“…Following adjustment for confounding factors, individuals in the higher RC level quartile exhibited a higher depression risk (Q3: odds ratio [OR]: 1.75, 95% confidence intervals [CI]: 1.29–2.39; Q4: OR: 2.68, 95% CI: 1.96–3.68, P for trend &lt; 0.001), with a linear correlation between RC levels and depression (P for nonlinearity = 0.108). And the subgroup analysis yielded results consistent with the primary findings.ConclusionThis study revealed that in China, in middle-aged and older individuals, elevated RC levels were associated with a higher depression risk, suggesting RC is a promising target for depression prevention and treatment.…”
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Association between metabolic score for insulin resistance and stroke: a nationally representative cross-sectional study from NHANES 2007–2018 by Lingtian Weng, Yuqiu Lu, Hanning Song, Jiayi Xu, Xuhong Jiang, Xuhong Jiang

“…We utilized weighted multivariate regression to explore the relationship between METS-IR and stroke, performing subgroup analyses as well.ResultsA total of 14,794 participants were included, with an average METS-IR of 43.44 ± 12.68. …”
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Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter in Predicting the Neurological Outcomes of Cardiac Arrest Survivors: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis by Parisa Jafari Khouzani, Erfan Rahmani, Mehdi Rezaei, Sasan Pohrbagher Benam, Atousa Moghadam Fard, Reza Amani-Beni, Maziar Daneshvar, Faezeh Jalayer Sarnaghy, Naghme Masoomi Goodarzi, Ramila Abedi Azar, Amirhossein Mirbolook, Peyman Bashghareh, Elham Bibak, Babak Goodarzi, Zahra Salarinezhad, Reza Zahedpasha, Marzieh Hajizaman, Negar Pourhossein Rahmani, Azam Darvishi, Alireza Hadizadeh, Fatemeh Zandi, Ashkan Azizi, Armin Naderi, Sepideh Shah Hosseini, Asie Sanjary, Mozhdeh Mohammadi Virsoudi, Habibollah Afshang, Seyedsaber Mirabdali, Navid Fathalian, Pouria Momeni, Mahsan Valizade, Fateme Nozari, Hamed Ghorbani, Sanam Mohammadzadeh, Seyed Kiavash Sajadi, Azam Abdollahi, Mehrdad Farrokhi

“…Meta-regressions were performed for subgroup analysis. Results: The pooled sensitivity and specificity of ONSD for predicting the neurological outcomes were 0.56 (95% CI, 0.35–0.74) and 0.92 (95% CI, 0.85–0.96), respectively. …”
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Safety and Efficacy of Bleb Needling with Antimetabolite after Trabeculectomy Failure in Glaucoma Patients: A Systemic Review and Meta-Analysis by Xuhao Chen, Lingge Suo, Ying Hong, Chun Zhang

“…The success and complication rates were estimated based on the results. Subgroup analysis, sensitivity analysis, and metaregression were applied to explore the origination of heterogeneity. …”
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Effectiveness of Acupuncture for Lateral Epicondylitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials by Yumei Zhou, Yuebao Guo, Rui Zhou, Ping Wu, Fanrong Liang, Zhuoxin Yang

“…For the analyses of the visual analog scale, acupuncture outperformed sham acupuncture (two RCTs, n = 92, P=0.18), medicine therapy (two RCTs, n = 144, P<0.00001), and blocking therapy (two RCTs, n = 132, P=0.03). The subgroup analyses comparing acupuncture with sham acupuncture therapy revealed heterogeneities. …”
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