The relationship between the expression of serum asprosin and miR-21 in patients with osteoporosis and delayed healing after OVCF surgery by Gaoming Song, Silong Lin, Xianqi Zhang, Hong Pan

“…A nomogram model was constructed to predict delayed healing, and its predictive value was evaluated using the receiver operating curve (ROC) analysis. …”
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Performance of chest X-ray with computer-aided detection powered by deep learning-based artificial intelligence for tuberculosis presumptive identification during case finding in t... by Nichel Marquez, Erwin John Carpio, Mary Rosary Santiago, Jeremiah Calderon, Ruth Orillaza-Chi, Shawnee Shaine Salanap, Lisa Stevens

“…Results Using a 0.5 abnormality threshold in analyzing 5740 individuals, the AI-CAD model showed high pseudo-sensitivity at 95.6% (95% CI, 95.1–96.1) but low pseudo-specificity at 28.1% (26.9–29.2) and positive predictive value (PPV) at 18.4% (16.4–20.4). The area under the operating characteristic curve was 0.820, whereas the area under the precision-recall curve was 0.489. …”
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Relationship between extracellular matrix metalloproteinase inducer and myocardial ischemic reperfusion injury by WANG Na，CHEN Changzheng，SHI Yankun，YANG Zhihua，FAN Jun，YANG Lixia

“…<b>Conclusion</b> The serum level of EMMPRIN is positively correlated with the degree of MIRI，and it has certain predictive value for the degree of MIRI. …”
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Serum miR-130a-3p and miR-326: Correlation with Airway Inflammation and Prognostic Implications in Pediatric Bronchial Asthma by Liu D, Liao F, Wang H

“…ROC curve was used to analyze the predictive value. Multivariate Logistic regression was used to analyze the influencing factors.Results: Serum miR-130a-3p and miR-326 levels were negatively correlated with serum IL-4, TGF-β 1 and CKLF-1 levels (all P < 0.001), but positively correlated with serum IL-10 levels (r = 0.673 and 0.768; both P < 0.001). …”
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Prevalence of Detecting Unknown Cerebral Metastases in Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography and its Potential Clinical Impact by Boom Kung, T Auyong, C Tong

“…Patients diagnosed with cerebral metastases by PET/CT were further analyzed via the electronic patient record system for relevant clinical and radiological findings. Positive predictive value of PET/CT for the diagnosis of cerebral metastases was calculated with reference to contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or contrast enhanced CT. …”
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Egyptian radiology practice guidelines: palpable breast masses by Samar El-Maadawy, Maha Helal, Rasha Kamal, Wahid Tantawy, Tarek El Diasty, Ragab Hany, Ekram Hamed, Mohamed Ihab Reda, Khaled Matrawy, Mohamed Fawzy, Wael Elshawaf, Rana Khaled, Hebatalla El Kassas

“…When a palpable mass is present, the negative predictive value of mammography with ultrasonography varies from 97.4 to 100%. …”
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Association of heart rate variability with preoperative acute insomnia in patients scheduled for elective surgery by Zhenqiao Zhao, Junchao Liang, Shujie Hou, Guojia Zhu, Ning Liu, Wei Hao, Zhijuan Xu

“…Receiver operating characteristic analysis revealed that the combination of these variables had good predictive value for preoperative acute insomnia, with an area under the curve of 0.750.ConclusionPreoperative acute insomnia is a prevalent issue and is associated with an imbalance in the sympathetic/parasympathetic system. …”
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Branched endovascular aortic aneurysm repair decreases platelet reactivity and platelet-rich thrombus formation – a prospective, cohort study by Aleksandra Gąsecka, Ewelina Błażejowska, Agata Konieczka, Mateusz Leśniewski, Magdalena Ostaszewska, Michał Łomiak, Magdalena Gajewska, Sylwester Rogula, Łukasz Szarpak, Krzysztof J. Filipiak, Mateusz Zawadka, Katarzyna Jama, Paweł Andruszkiewicz, Marcin Grabowski, Tomasz Jakimowicz

“…We aimed to assess the effect of bEVAR on platelet function and the predictive value of preoperative platelet function for postoperative bleeding. …”
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Trimester-specific thyroid function markers and gestational diabetes risk: evidence from a tertile-based cohort of euthyroid pregnancies by Erkan Sağlam, Serenat Eris Yalçın, Mustafa Raşit Özler, Bekır Siddik Yılmaz, Nuray Nerez

“…Objective This study aimed to investigate whether thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), free triiodothyronine (fT3), free thyroxine (fT4), and the fT3/fT4 ratio—measured during the first and second trimesters—are associated with the development of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in euthyroid pregnant women. Their predictive value was evaluated using tertile-based logistic regression.Materials and Methods In this retrospective cohort study, 200 euthyroid pregnant women without thyroid disease or treatment history were included. …”
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Mechanisms of drug resistance to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer by K. A. Aliev, E. Yu. Zyablitskaya, T. P. Makalish, L. E. Sorokina, E. R. Asanova

“…The presented results can serve as the basis for the creation of diagnostic algorithms that have predictive value regarding the effectiveness of NCT, and also to help identify new targets to justify the use of combined breast cancer treatments in the early stage.…”
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Long-term prognostic value of thyroid hormone levels in chronic critical illness patients by Zhaoxiang Li, Liang Wang, Jianling Shi, Weiying Han, Chengrui Zhu, Tingrui Zhang, Xiaochun Ma, Yingjian Liang

“…This study aimed to investigate the predictive value of the nonthyroidal illness syndrome (NTIS) for the prognosis of CCI patients, establish a predictive model for the prognosis of CCI patients, and evaluate the efficacy of the model to provide a theoretical basis for clinical intervention.Methods This was a prospective observational study in which patients ≥18 years old who met the CCI criteria were enrolled. …”
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Applying text-mining to clinical notes: the identification of patient characteristics from electronic health records (EHRs) by Simone ten Hoope, Koen Welvaars, Kylian van Geijtenbeek, Mellanie Klok-Everaars, Sander van Schaik, Fatma Karapinar-Çarkit

“…The primary outcomes were recall, specificity, precision, negative predictive value (NPV) and F1-score. Results Performance of each patient characteristic was evaluated using a separate train/test dataset. …”
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Evaluating the utility of public-facing jail registers to inform public health practice, Washington state 2023 by Steven Erly, Richard J. Lechtenberg, Vasiliki Georgoulas-Sherry, Anna Berzkalns, Allison Moore, Julia C. Dombrowski, Jennifer E. Balkus

“…We compared the sensitivity and positive predictive value (PPV) of the algorithm applied to the reduced datasets and calculated an estimate for the entire dataset weighted by incarcerated population size. …”
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Platelet distribution width as a cost-effective marker for sepsis-associated acute kidney injury: A retrospective cross-section study. by Xuelian Yin, Jiebin Li, Enfeng Ren, Yi Zheng, Hong Zhao, Jing Zhang, Qingxia Du

“…Additionally, receiver operating characteristics (ROC) curve was employed to evaluate the predictive value of these indices for S-AKI in septic patients.…”
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Evaluating the potential of waist-to-BMI ratio, a body shape index, and other anthropometric parameters in predicting cardiovascular disease mortality: evidence from NHANES III by Thung-Lip Lee, Fang-Ju Lin, Chih-Fan Yeh, Yu-Chung Hsiao, Kai-Chien Yang, Chin-Feng Hsuan, Chau-Chung Wu

“…Cox regression, receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis, and the C-index were used to determine the predictive value of the anthropometric parameters for CVD mortality, with follow-up through the end of 2019 via the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) Linked Mortality File. …”
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Circulating tsRNAs serve as potential biomarkers for predicting postoperative delirium in elderly patients receiving lower extremity orthopedic surgery by Angyang Cao, Angyang Cao, Rui Zhao, Rui Zhao, Chunqu Chen, Chunqu Chen, Can Wu, Can Wu, Yiwei Zhang, Yiwei Zhang, Changshun Huang, Changshun Huang, Binbin Zhu, Binbin Zhu

“…Propensity score matching was performed to balance demographic and clinical variables. The predictive value of candidate tsRNAs was assessed using ROC analysis, and their potential functions were explored through bioinformatic analyses.ResultsAmong 128 non-POD and 30 POD patients, two tsRNAs (Other-14: 31-tRNA-Gly-CCC-3 and Other-39: 73-tRNA-Arg-TCG-5) showed significantly elevated preoperative levels in POD patients (p&lt;0.001).ROC analysis revealed strong predictive performance (AUC=0.868 and 0.956, respectively).These differences persisted in the propensity-matched cohort (29 pairs).Bioinformatic analyses indicated enrichment in pathways related to neurotransmission, inflammation, and metabolism.ConclusionThis study identified novel tsRNA biomarkers that robustly predict POD risk and provide insights into its molecular pathogenesis. …”
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TWO MUTATIONS CONCOMITANCE IN FEMALE PATIENT WITH ARRHYTHMIC TYPE OF NONCOMPACTION MYOCARDIUM SYNDROME by M. E. Polyak, A. A. Bukaeva, A. G. Shestak, O. V. Blagova, A. V. Sveshnikov, Yu. A. Lutokhina, A. V. Nedostup, E. V. Zaklyazminakaya

“…There is no consensual approach to classification, diagnostics, as treatment and management of patients with NCM till recently. Predictive value of the observed genetic mutations is not studied good enough too.Aim. …”
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The roles of nasal nitric oxide in diagnosis and endotypes of chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps by Mengdi Zhu, Xuehuan Gao, Zhuang Zhu, Xiaoqing Hu, Hui Zhou, Jisheng Liu

“…For Eos CRSwNP diagnosis, nNO had high predictive value for Eos CRSwNP (AUC: 0.939; sensitivity: 76.74%; specificity: 96.67%; cut-off value: 231 ppb, p < 0.001). …”
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Evaluation of the prenatal diagnostic value of non-invasive prenatal testing for the detection of rare fetal autosomal trisomies: a single center study of 83,842 cases by Yiming Chen, Xiaoxia Wu, Huawei Li, Yixuan Yin, Yanzhen Zhang

“…Trisomy 1, 17 and 19 weren’t screened. The positive predictive value (PPV) for RATs in women at high-risk was 13.06%, and the PPVs for trisomy 9, 16, 15, 10 and 2 were 42.86%, 40.00%, 25.00%, 20.00%, and 16.67%, respectively. …”
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Enhanced tumor suppression in patient-derived temozolomide-resistant glioblastoma cells using a combination treatment of Olaparib and FK866 by Xiaowei Sha, Jiaqian Li, Yunlong Fang, Jingjie Feng, Yasong Feng, Jing Wang, Yang Si, Feng Li, Shan Cheng, Wei Ding

“…In searching for potential marker molecules to indicate the effectiveness from the double inhibition of both NAMPT and PARP activities, we profiled the plasma-detectable circRNA species of cell subjected to the combination treatments, and identified the circPTTG1IP with a negatively of predictive value. Additional investigation suggested that NAMPT expression and cellular NAD + levels were regulated by circPTTG1IP, possibly involved its interaction with NAMPT targeting miRNAs.…”
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