Prognostic value of microRNA assessment in cervical epithelial cells of patients with mild dysplasia by M. S. Knyazeva, Т. S. Prisyazhnaya, L. M. Zabegina, О. A. Smirnova, A. A. Mikhetko, I. V. Berlev, A. V. Malek

“…The expression level of miR-126, miR-21, miR-1246, miR-182 was statistically significantly different in the compared groups, but the predictive value of the analysis of individual molecules was low (AUC <0.65). …”
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Diagnostic value of the combined detection of serum tumor necrosis factor-α and fecal calprotectin in early sepsis-related encephalopathy by Chenghong OuYang, ChunLi Yang, Qi Wu, Fang Liu, Zhenhuan Chen

“…Moreover, they have good predictive value and can serve as prognostic indicators.…”
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Retrospective Evaluation of the Prognostic Utility of Clinical and Laboratory Findings in Hospitalized Cats with Pancreatitis by Yada Siriphanporn, Anuwat Wiratsudakul, Suwicha Kasemsuwan, Piyathip Chuchalermporn, Monchanok Vijarnsorn, Narudee Kashemsant

“…This study aimed to identify prognostic factors in hospitalized cats with pancreatitis and assess the predictive value of hyperlactatemia and metabolic acidosis. …”
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A Modified Fenton’s System Fe²⁺–EGTA–H₂O₂ Reveals That Redox Activities of Simple Polyphenols Are Suppressed in Binary Mixtures by Michał Nowak, Krzysztof Sasak, Anna Wlodarczyk, Izabela Grabska-Kobylecka, Agata Sarniak, Dariusz Nowak

“…These findings suggest that the predictive value of individual redox profiles of phenolics is limited for the calculation of the experimental effect of their binary mixtures on the UPE of the Fe²⁺–EGTA–H₂O₂ system. …”
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Ratio of interventricular septal thickness to global longitudinal strain accurately identifies cardiac amyloidosis by Jignesh Patel, I-Min Chiu, David Ouyang, Michael Abiragi, Louie Cao, Jonathan Le, Chathuri Daluwatte, Piero Ricchiuto, Gloria J Hong, P Ryan Tacon, Lily K Stern

“…We reported discrimination performance with the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) and associated sensitivity, specificity and positive predictive value at the optimal threshold.Results We found that the ratio of end-diastolic interventricular septal thickness (IVSd) to GLS had the highest performance in differentiating CA with an AUC of 0.812. …”
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Up-regulation of blood-circulating TIM-4-expressing monocytes and potential diagnostic biomarker sTIM-4 in primary liver cancer by Yifeng Yang, Yan Wei, Yilian Zhao, Chao Ye, Dan Zeng, Xiaoxing Zhou, Mengru Xie, Xingcai Chen, Jilin Qing, Zhizhong Chen

“…The combined measurement of sTIM-4 and AFP enhances diagnostic sensitivity and offers predictive value for PHC risk stratification.…”
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THE ROLE OF OSTEOPROTEGERIN SYSTEM /RANKL/RANK IN PATHOGENESIS OF AORTIC STENOSIS by O. B. Irtyuga, E. V. Zhiduleva, P. М. Murtazalieva, Yu. S. Sibagatullina, L. P. Kruk, V. N. Solntsev, А. А. Shishkova, А. B. Malashicheva, О. М. Moiseeva

“…Development of AS is related to disorders in OPG/RANKL system, and these revealed changes might have significant diagnostic and predictive value, especially in TAV.…”
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High-performance PBPK model for predicting CYP3A4 induction-mediated drug interactions: a refined and validated approach by Cheng-Guang Yang, Tao Chen, Wen-Teng Si, An-Hai Wang, Hong-Can Ren, Li Wang

“…Future refinements may further enhance its predictive value.…”
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Identification of delayed diagnosis of paediatric appendicitis in administrative data: a multicentre retrospective validation study by Andrea T Cruz, Kenneth A Michelson, Richard G Bachur, Michael C Monuteaux, Jonathan A Finkelstein, Pradip P Chaudhari, Joseph A Grubenhoff, Arianna H Dart, Scott D Reeves

“…The tool had an AUC of 0.892 (95% CI 0.858 to 0.925) in the derivation group and 0.859 (95% CI 0.806 to 0.912) in the validation group. The positive predictive value (PPV) for delay at a maximal accuracy threshold was 84.7% (95% CI 78.2% to 89.8%) and identified 87.3% of delayed cases. …”
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Allelic and epigenetic DNA variation in relation to F1 heterosis manifestation in F1 hybrids of Capsicum annuum L. by M. N. Shapturenko, S. V. Vakula, L. A. Tarutina, T. V. Nikitinskaya, T. V. Pechkovskaya, L. A. Mishin, L. V. Khotyleva

“…According to our data, the total number of polymorphic SSR loci and the ratio of polymorphic and nonpolymorphic loci demonstrate a significant predictive value and can serve as additional prognostic criteria for the selection of promising cross-combinations. …”
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Long-term survival in patients with pancreatic cancer treated with second-line liposomal irinotecan plus 5-fluorouracil/leucovorin: observations from Korea, Italy, and Germany by S. Lonardi, K. Potthoff, L. Procaccio, C. Yoo, T. Macarulla, F. Hedouin-Biville, G.W. Prager

“…In conclusion, this review has shown that while prognostic factors are useful for patient stratification, their predictive value on the efficacy of nal-IRI+5-FU/LV is low, thus this treatment may also result in long-term survival in patients with apparently unfavorable characteristics.…”
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Atypical Lipomatous Tumours vs. Lipomas: A Multimodal Diagnostic Approach by Wolfram Weschenfelder, Katharina Lucia Koeglmeier, Friederike Weschenfelder, Christian Spiegel, Amer Malouhi, Nikolaus Gassler, Gunther Olaf Hofmann

“…This model achieved a sensitivity of 96.4% and a negative predictive value (NPV) of 97.2%. Reducing the number of parameters lowered the accuracy, with contrast enhancement playing a significant role in Model 1. …”
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Nuclear magnetic resonance-based lipid metabolite profiles for differentiation of patients with liver cirrhosis with and without hepatocellular carcinoma by Luigi Nardone, Marianna Alunni-Fabbroni, Regina Schinner, Sabine Weber, Julia Mayerle, Eric Schiffer, Sebastian de Jel, Max Seidensticker, Peter Malfertheiner, Jens Ricke

“…Methods Serum basal levels of metabolites, isolated from a cohort of 90 patients (n = 30 early stage; n = 30 advanced stage; n = 30 liver cirrhosis) were analysed using a nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy platform. To assess the predictive value of nuclear magnetic resonance profiles, we included the magnetic resonance imaging follow up of control patients with liver cirrhosis. …”
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Performance of a Logistic Regression Model Using Paired miRNAs to Stratify Abnormal Mammograms for Benign Breast Lesions by Hideo Akiyama, Lora Barke, Therese B. Bevers, Suzanne J. Rose, Jennifer J. Hu, Kelly A. McAleese, Shellie S. Campos, Satoshi Kondou, Jun Atsumi, Thomas F. Soriano

“…Results The classifier developed using the training set of 174 subjects enrolled at seven investigative sites resulted in a negative predictive value (NPV) and a sensitivity of 96.4% and 91.2%, respectively. …”
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Impact of Treatment Delay and Prognostic Factors in Acute Myelitis of Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disease by Luyao Zhou, Ziyu Liao, Yingming Long, Zhibin Li, Wei Qiu, Zefeng Tan, Tingting Lu

“…Based on the results of the clustered ROC analysis, it has been determined that treatment delay holds significant predictive value for poor prognosis (p = 0.001), with the optimal cut‐off point being 15 days. …”
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PROSPECTS FOR THE USE OF GENOTYPING FOR CHROMOSOME 9p21.3 POLYMORPHISMS FOR MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION RISK STRATIFICATION IN YOUNG PEOPLE by P. A. Shesternya, S. Yu. Nikulina, V. A. Shulman, E. A. Martynova, A. I. Demkina, V. V. Kozlov

“…Multiple logistic regression analysis established that the presence of the C allele of rs1333049 in the genotype was of great predictive value as compared with the high/very high risk of fatal and nonfatal events according to the SCORE scale.Conclusion. …”
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Early photoreceptor assessment as a predictor for visual acuity gain after vitrectomy for macula-off retinal detachment by Lourdes Vidal-Oliver, Jorge Mataix-Boronat, Margot Mangen, Enrique Alfonso-Muñoz, Elena Palacios-Pozo, M. Jesus López-Prats, Carmen Desco

“…This study aimed to assess the predictive value of early outer retinal findings on optical coherence tomography (OCT) for visual acuity outcomes. …”
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Improving the efficiency of bladder cancer diagnostic cystoscopy with 5-ALA hexyl ester by A. D. Kaprin, A. A. Trushin, M. P. Golovachenko, V. I. Ivanova-Radkevich, V. I. Chissov, E. V. Filonenko

“…Compared with the results of standard cystoscopy, fluorescence diagnostics significantly increased diagnostic sensitivity by 24.4% (from 75.1% to 99.5%), diagnostic accuracy – by 15.8% (from 82.4% to 98.2%) and a negative predictive value – by 33.2% (from 65.8% to 99%) (p≤0.05). …”
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Usefulness of Macroscopic On-Site Evaluation Using a Stereomicroscope during EUS-FNB for Diagnosing Solid Pancreatic Lesions by Takuya Ishikawa, Eizaburo Ohno, Yasuyuki Mizutani, Tadashi Iida, Kota Uetsuki, Jun Yashika, Kenta Yamada, Noriaki Gibo, Toshinori Aoki, Kunio Kataoka, Hiroshi Mori, Yoshihisa Takada, Hidekazu Takahashi, Hironori Aoi, Katsuyuki Kato, Takeshi Yamamura, Naomi Kakushima, Kazuhiro Furukawa, Masanao Nakamura, Yoshiki Hirooka, Hiroki Kawashima

“…The agreement between the S-MOSE and the histological diagnosis was 90% (54/60). The positive predictive value of S-MOSE for histological diagnosis was 90.7%, which can be an indicator of when to stop the EUS-FNB procedure. …”
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Lactate-to-albumin ratio index correlates with the occurrence and prognosis of acute kidney injury complicated by cardiac surgery by Congying Wang, Xin Sun, Kun Chen, Yaqing Shi, Lili Wang, Shuxia Chen, Dehua Li, Jian Gu

“…Logistic regression, restricted cubic spline (RCS) analysis, and subgroup analysis were used to assess the predictive value of LAR for AKI occurrence and adverse outcomes. …”
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