Implementing narrow banding imaging with dual focus magnification for histological prediction of small rectosigmoid polyps in Vietnamese setting by Tien Manh Huynh, Quang Dinh Le, Nhan Quang Le, Huy Minh Le, Duc Trong Quach

“…WLE + NBI + NBI‐DF demonstrated high sensitivity (90.1%), specificity (95.5%), and negative predictive value (93.4%) in high‐confidence predictions, enabling the implementation of the “diagnose‐and‐leave” strategy. …”
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Association between the non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio (NHHR) and cognitive impairment in patients with acute mild ischemic... by Huiting Wang, Jingru Wang, Depeng Feng, Lin Wang, Jingjing Zhang

“…Multivariate logistic regression was performed to analyze the association between NHHR and cognitive impairment, and Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve (ROC) analysis were performed to evaluate the predictive value. Results Patients were classified into cognitive impairment group (n = 473) and normal cognition group (n = 344). …”
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Association between atherogenic index of plasma and hypertension combined with diabetes mellitus in United States adults: an analysis of the NHANES surveys from 2011 to 2016 by Xiuqing Chen, Qinyi Li, Zhoufei Fang, Linjing Huang, Peiwen Wu

“…The Extreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost) machine learning algorithm was utilized to evaluate the predictive value of various variables for the presence of HTN and DM. …”
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Deep learning-based fully automated detection and segmentation of pelvic lymph nodes on diffusion-weighted images for prostate cancer: a multicenter study by Zhaonan Sun, Pengsheng Wu, Tongtong Zhao, Ge Gao, Huihui Wang, Xiaodong Zhang, Xiaoying Wang

“…The performance for suspicious metastatic LN detection (short diameter > 8 mm) was evaluated using sensitivity, positive predictive value (PPV), and per-patient false-positive rate (FP/vol) at the LN level and sensitivity, specificity, and PPV at the patient level. …”
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Enhancing risk stratification in diabetic gastric cancer: muscle-fat ratio from photon-counting CT as a predictor of postoperative complications by Shuangxiang Lin, Yuchen Jin, Mengxi Xu, Shuyue Wang, Weisheng Yao, Jiaxing Wu, Xinhong Wang, Jianzhong Sun

“…MFR demonstrates strong predictive value for adverse surgical outcomes, reinforcing its role in perioperative risk stratification. …”
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Inflammatory markers as predictors of liver fibrosis in type 2 diabetes patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease by Yange Tang, Yulong Deng, Gengliang Zhang, Yanjun Wang, Jing Wang, Jie Wu, Mengjin Gu

“…Logistic regression identified factors affecting liver fibrosis, while ROC analysis assessed the predictive value of NLR, SIRI, PLR, and PHR for liver fibrosis in T2DM-MAFLD patients.ResultsThe Experimental group showed higher BMI, FPG, TG, TC, LDL-C, ALT, AST, ALB, GGT, and SUA, but lower age, diabetes duration, MPV, and HDL-C (P< 0.05). …”
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Assessment of functional safety of blood forming organs in research of toxicological properties of medicinal products (Review). Part 1. Features of the hematopoietic organs of labo... by N. M. Faustova, A. E. Saloponova, M. V. Miroshnikov, M. N. Makarova, V. G. Makarov

“….), these data are insufficient and the use of additional markers is necessary in order to increase the predictive value of preclinical studies and the comparability of data with clinical studies.…”
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Radiological indicators and a novel combined predictive model for anticipating difficult laryngoscopy in cervical spondylosis patients: a prospective cohort study by Jiao Li, Yang Tian, Mingya Wang, Jingchao Fang, Hua Zhang, Feng Yue, Mao Xu, Jun Wang, Min Li, Xiangyang Guo, Yongzheng Han

“…A binary logistic regression model was developed to identify independent predictive factors. The predictive value of the indicators was evaluated with the area under the curve (AUC). …”
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Testing for HIV infection in the emergency departments of 2 hospitals in the Southeastern United States by Rachel Safeek, Tamsey Hill, Arthur Hendricks, David Underwood, Mary Washington, Jessica Guidici, Tammy Wong, Charles Gerardo, Charles Hicks, Mehri McKellar

“…There were 8 false–positive rapid oral HIV tests (positive predictive value = 46.7%). Conclusions Although the number of new HIV diagnoses was low, implementation of this rapid, non‐targeted ED screening program was feasible with high acceptance rates, particularly after introducing the opt‐out oral consent approach.…”
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Predictive modeling of multidrug resistance in female genital infections: implications for early urinary tract infection detection by Francis Chukwuebuka Ihenetu, Chinyere I. Okoro, Emeka Henry Okechukwu, Makuochukwu Maryann Ozoude, Farirai Melania Farirai

“…This study explores the predictive value of HVS specimens in identifying MDR organisms and their role in the early detection of UTIs. …”
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Prognostic Significance of Modified Shine and Lal Index in Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Undergoing Surgical Resection by Soomin An, Wankyu Eo, Sookyung Lee

“…<b>Conclusions</b>: mSLI was an independent prognostic marker for OS in stage I–IIIA NSCLC, enhancing risk stratification and providing incremental predictive value beyond that of traditional models. Incorporating mSLI into prognostic frameworks may improve clinical decision-making. …”
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The association of systemic immune-inflammation index with incident breast cancer and all-cause mortality: evidence from a large population-based study by Yu Li, Yu Li, Meng Yu, Ming Yang, Jingqi Yang

“…The Systemic Immune-Inflammation Index (SII), a novel marker derived from routine blood counts, has been suggested as a predictor of all-cause mortality and cardiovascular mortality. However, its predictive value in a nationwide representative population, particularly for breast cancer incidence and mortality, is not well-established.MethodsThis study aimed to assess the association of SII and the risk of breast cancer incidence and all-cause mortality in breast cancer patients within the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) from 1999 to 2018. …”
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Variation in dementia screening outcomes: the influence of primary care providers’ occupations and knowledge, attitudes, skills by Yanglin Qiu, Xinyu Fan, Yanjuan Wu, Shibin Wang, Wenyan Tan, Jing Liao

“…Screening outcomes included the positive rate of screening, and positive predictive value (PPV). PCPs’ knowledge was assessed by the Dementia Knowledge Assessment Scale, attitudes by the Dementia Care Attitudes Scale, and skills by a validated self-designed questionnaire. …”
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Cardiac Function Index as a Possible Target Parameter Hemodynamic Correction in Abdominal Sepsis (Pilot Study) by S. A. Rautbart, I. N. Tyurin, A. A. Alexandrovskiy, I. A. Kozlov

“…Aim of the study: to determine the predictive value of central hemodynamic parameters in relation to mortality and evaluate their potential acceptability for goal-directed therapy during days 1-4 of treatment in patients with sepsis.Material and methods. …”
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Influencing factors for hyporesponsiveness to erythropoiesis-stimulating agents in patients on maintenance hemodialysis and construction of a predictive model by YIN Jiaming, LUO Congjuan, SHEN Bing, YUAN Nan, SUN Lijie, CHAI Yalin

“…The calibration curve showed a good degree of fitting between the actual value and the predictive value, and the decision curve analysis showed a high net benefit in predicting hyporesponsiveness to ESAs in MHD patients within a range of 0.4-0.6 for threshold probability. …”
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Relationship Between Fat-to-Muscle Ratio and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Middle-Aged and Older Adults with Type 2 Diabetes: Cross-Sectional Study by Zhang L, Sun Y, Zhao Y, Wu X, Han X

“…FMR was established as an independent predictor of fatty liver through multifactorial regression modeling, revealing a risk ratio of 28.171 (95% CI 7.008– 113.248, p&lt; 0.001) in males, while the risk ratio for females was 3.259 (95% CI 1.221– 8.700, p=0.018), indicating higher predictive value in males.Conclusions: FMR was significantly and independently linked to an increased risk of NAFLD in middle-aged and elderly individuals with T2DM, a discovery that underpins the rationale for enhancing targeted interventions and prognostic management for patients with diabetes mellitus and fatty liver disease.Keywords: type 2 diabetes mellitus, fat-to-muscle ratio, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, body composition…”
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[18F]FDG PET/CT to reduce the need for sentinel lymph node biopsy in early-stage oral cancer: PETN0-study protocol. by Roosmarijn S Tellman, Dominique N V Donders, Anne I J Arens, Koos Boeve, Adrienne H Brouwers, Simone E J Eerenstein, Sylvia L van Egmond, Thomas J W Klein Nulent, W Martin C Klop, Martin Lacko, Jochem A J van der Pol, Daphne D D Rietbergen, Robert P Takes, Joris Tim, Wouter V Vogel, Gerben J C Zwezerijnen, Bart de Keizer, Remco de Bree

“…The aim of the PETN0 study, a prospective Dutch multicenter cohort study (registration number NL83442.041.22), is to reduce the need for SLNB by developing scoring criteria for [18F]FDG PET/CT with a high positive predictive value (PPV) in patients with early-stage OSCC. …”
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Multiparameter MRI-based model integrating radiomics and deep learning for preoperative staging of laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma by Kai Xie, Huan Jiang, Xinwei Chen, Youquan Ning, Qiang Yu, Fajin Lv, Rui Liu, Yuan Zhou, Lin Xu, Qiang Yue, Juan Peng

“…Moreover, the combined model demonstrated great prognostic predictive value in patients with LSCC, achieving a C-index of 0.624 for PFS. …”
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Exploring metabolomics for colorectal cancer risk prediction: evidence from the UK Biobank and ESTHER cohorts by Teresa Seum, Rafael Cardoso, Joshua Stevenson-Hoare, Bernd Holleczek, Ben Schöttker, Michael Hoffmeister, Hermann Brenner

“…Abstract Background While metabolic pathway alterations are linked to colorectal cancer (CRC), the predictive value of pre-diagnostic metabolomic profiling in CRC risk assessment remains to be clarified. …”
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Community childhood obesity assessment in elementary school, anthropometric indices as screening tools: a community cross-sectional study in Indonesia by Iche Andriyani Liberty, Indri Seta Septadina, Muhammad Qurhanul Rizqie, Mariana Mariana, Pariyana Pariyana, Resy Amalia, Hamzah Hasyim

“…This study aims to conduct community childhood obesity assessment in elementary school based on anthropometric measurements and evaluate its predictive value.Methods This cross-sectional study was carried out in Palembang, Indonesia, and involved 1180 elementary school students. …”
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