Comparison of electrical bioimpedance in newborns with electrodes positioned on the right and left sides of the body by Thatyana Ribeiro Medeiros, Camila Barros Melgaço da Silva, Flávia Nunes Benicio de Souza, Hannah Schmidel Kautsky, Luana Martins de Oliveira, Luana Martins de Toledo, Alan Araújo Vieira

“…However, when measured on both sides of the body, resistance and reactance values showed a good correlation (0.98 for both models, p < 0.001). Positioning the electrodes on the left side significantly affected the resistance and reactance values measured by bioelectrical impedance analysis compared with those on the right side. …”
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Lexical associations can characterize clinical documentation trends related to palliative care and metastatic cancer by Hao Yuan Yang, Karthik Raghunathan, Eric Widera, Steven Z. Pantilat, Teva Brender, Timothy A. Heintz, Edie Espejo, John Boscardin, Hunter Mills, Albert Lee, Jacob Berchuck, Julien Cobert

“…We found similar trends when we retrained models just on patients with a diagnosis code for metastatic cancer. …”
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Resilience and traumatic stress among Latinx english language learners: a cross-sectional study of students from an urban school district by Roya Ijadi-Maghsoodi, Sara Rahmanian Koushkaki, Alexandra Klomhaus, Hilary Aralis, Angela Venegas-Murillo, Lauren Marlotte, Sameera Siddiqi, Kungeun Lee, Shirley A. De La Cruz, Sheryl Kataoka

“…We restricted our sample to Latinx students, resulting in a sample of 4,950 students attending 91 middle and high schools. We constructed linear regression models to understand differences in internal and external resilience based on ELL status, traumatic stress risk, and their interaction. …”
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A systematic review and meta-analysis of toxic elements exposure and risk of prostate cancer by Huamei Zhu, Yutao Chen, Hezhen Chen, Yang Ye, Yuan Chi

“…An extensive search was carried out in Scopus, Web of Science, and PubMed to locate relevant English-language articles published up until February 27, 2025. Random-effects linear mixed models (REML) meta-analysis was applied for all evaluated associations. …”
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Combined association of systemic inflammatory response index and prognostic nutritional index with survival among US cancer survivors by Bingqing Luo, Xiaoyan Tan, Lin Chen, Kang Zhou, Shifeng Lou

“…Weighted Cox proportional hazards models quantified independent and joint associations. …”
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The ratio of serum glucose to potassium is associated with poor prognosis in patients with severe acute myocardial infarction by Wen Pan, Teng-fei Ji, Jing Yang, Bing-tao Hu, Lei Lu, Jia-hong Xue

“…Additionally, Cox proportional hazards regression models and restricted cubic spline analyses were performed to investigate the association between the GPR index and clinical outcomes. …”
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Gene × physical activity interactions in obesity: combined analysis of 111,421 individuals of European ancestry. by Shafqat Ahmad, Gull Rukh, Tibor V Varga, Ashfaq Ali, Azra Kurbasic, Dmitry Shungin, Ulrika Ericson, Robert W Koivula, Audrey Y Chu, Lynda M Rose, Andrea Ganna, Qibin Qi, Alena Stančáková, Camilla H Sandholt, Cathy E Elks, Gary Curhan, Majken K Jensen, Rulla M Tamimi, Kristine H Allin, Torben Jørgensen, Soren Brage, Claudia Langenberg, Mette Aadahl, Niels Grarup, Allan Linneberg, Guillaume Paré, InterAct Consortium, DIRECT Consortium, Patrik K E Magnusson, Nancy L Pedersen, Michael Boehnke, Anders Hamsten, Karen L Mohlke, Louis T Pasquale, Oluf Pedersen, Robert A Scott, Paul M Ridker, Erik Ingelsson, Markku Laakso, Torben Hansen, Lu Qi, Nicholas J Wareham, Daniel I Chasman, Göran Hallmans, Frank B Hu, Frida Renström, Marju Orho-Melander, Paul W Franks

“…Multiplicative interactions between the GRS and physical activity on BMI were tested in linear and logistic regression models in each cohort, with adjustment for age, age(2), sex, study center (for multicenter studies), and the marginal terms for physical activity and the GRS. …”
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Associations of daily step counts with depressive symptoms during pregnancy: Ruian birth cohort study by Wenyi Zhang, Qiuqiu Mu, Peijun Chen, Yinyin He, Yexinyi Zhou, Jiawei Fang, Chenjun Tang, Jing Guo, Wenjun Du, Lin Lin, Guangdi Chen

“…Methods Based on 828 pregnant women from the Ruian Birth Cohort Study, daily step counts were averaged over a week from WeChat records in the second trimester. Linear and logistic regression models were used to evaluate associations of daily step counts in the second trimester with Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) scores and clinically significant depressive symptoms (EPDS scores ≥ 10) in the second and third trimesters, respectively. …”
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Nutritional knowledge, sociodemographic, and lifestyle factors as determinants of diet quality – a Polish population-based study by Alicja Kucharska, Beata Irena Sińska, Mariusz Panczyk, Piotr Samel-Kowalik, Filip Raciborski, Aneta Czerwonogrodzka-Senczyna, Iwona Boniecka, Iwona Traczyk

“…Women and older adults had better diets; smoking and alcohol consumption were linked to poorer outcomes. Multivariate models confirmed nutritional knowledge, sex, and age as independent predictors. …”
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Maternal phthalate exposure, gestational length, and preterm birth risk: a prospective cohort study nested within a randomised trial by Karen P Best, Lisa N Yelland, Liu Ge, Zumin Shi, Shalem Leemaqz, Robert Gibson, Maria Makrides, Philippa Middleton

“…Gestational age at birth was determined from medical records. Linear regression models assessed associations between phthalate concentrations and gestational length, adjusting for maternal characteristics including age, BMI, socioeconomic status, education, smoking, and alcohol consumption. …”
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Association between Chinese visceral adiposity index and sarcopenia: a China health and retirement longitudinal study (CHARLS)-based longitudinal analysis by Changbo Sun, Honggang Jiang, Hongmei Zhu, Chengkai Shao, Zhen Luo, Bin Zhang, Xudong Zhang, Shiyi Wang

“…Multivariate logistic regression models were employed to examine the association between CVAI and sarcopenia. …”
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Elucidating associations between technetium pyrophosphate scintigraphy, echocardiography and cardiac biomarkers in transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis by Bennett Di Giovanni, Dakota Gustafson, Priya Arivalagan, Mitchell B Adamson, Julie Vishram-Nielsen, Diego Delgado

“…Despite improvements to diagnostic modalities, the associations between imaging techniques and clinical laboratory metrics remain unclear.Methods A single-centre retrospective cohort study was performed including 183 patients aged 18 years or older diagnosed with transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis (ATTR-CA) in a tertiary care setting. Linear regression and multivariate proportional hazard models were used to examine the associations between established imaging modalities (ie, technetium-99m pyrophosphate (99mTc-PYP) scintigraphy and echocardiography) and cardiac biomarkers (ie, cardiac troponin I and B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP)). …”
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Effects of Lifetime Exposure to Sports-Related Head Impacts on Brain Injury and Inflammatory Blood Biomarkers Among Former Middle-Aged Athletes by Grace O. Recht, Giselle Lima-Cooper, Claire V. Buddenbaum, Sage H. Sweeney, Zachary S. Bellini, Sharlene D. Newman, Dibyadyuti Datta, Keisuke Kawata

“…Blood biomarkers of brain injury, including glial fibrillary acidic protein, ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase L1 (UCH-L1), tau, and neurofilament light (NfL), alongside 18 systemic inflammatory markers, were examined via linear regression models with age and concussion history as covariates. …”
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Assessing the impact of a negative air ionization system on particulate matter and gaseous pollutants in the swine farrowing environment. by Magnus R Campler, Yi-Fan Shen, Leonardo M Klüppel, Andréia G Arruda

“…Each room-specific L-ON treatment was then compared to all other L-OFF rooms using a linear regression model. No statistically significant differences were found between treatments for PM2.5 or PM10 at the pig nor human level. …”
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Interaction between the non-alcoholic fatty liver disease fibrosis score and vitamin D deficiency on left ventricular hypertrophy and impaired diastolic function in patients with t... by Yun-Ming Li, Jia-Yi Huang, Ran Guo, Shi-Ming Li, Cong Chen, Min Wu, Run Wang, Ming-Ya Liu, Kai-Hang Yiu

“…The association between NFS and LV structure and diastolic function was assessed using multivariable linear regression models stratified by vitamin D levels. …”
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Fatigue Enhancement Mechanism and Process Optimization of the Direct Mandrel Cold Expansion Technique on Lightweight and High-Strength Alloys by Hansong Ji, Kanghua Huang, Li He, Zefeng Chen, Mingjun Tang, Pingfa Feng, Jianfu Zhang

“…Furthermore, fatigue life prediction models for two-hole-involved specimens were generated via multiple linear regression, which exhibit, respectively, 13.5% and 33.9% mean prediction errors for Al and Ti alloys. …”
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Decline of kidney function is associated with lower sweat weight in patients with chronic kidney disease by Tarik Shoumariyeh, Florian Logar, Oliver Helk, Johannes Hofer, Klaus G. Schmetterer, Brigitte Mersi, Saskia Gruber, Marcus D. Säemann, Christopher C. Kaltenecker, Johannes J. Kovarik

“…In this cross-sectional feasibility study, we applied pilocarpine iontophoresis to induce sweat testing in 58 patients across various stages of CKD including kidney transplant recipients and a healthy control cohort (n = 6) to investigate possible effects of CKD and transplantation status on sweat weight and sodium concentration. Due to non-linear relationships, we modeled our data using polynomial regression. …”
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Multi-strategy instructional intervention for healthy eating intention among school going adolescents: a quasi-experimental study by Prashamsa Bhandari, Sandip Adhikari, Pratik Bhandari, Shiksha Adhikari, Chiranjivi Adhikari

“…Conclusions The study concluded that multipronged educational intervention may be effective in improving adolescents’ healthy eating intentions, mainly through perceived eating control and attitude. Model-based and construct-oriented health education can be used with caution in schools to promote healthy eating intentions.…”
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Independent prognostic importance of blood urea nitrogen to albumin ratio in critically ill patients with congestive heart failure by Jingxiang Yang, Jiuyi Wang, Kai Wang

“…To explore the relationship between BAR and mortality, Kaplan-Meier survival curves and multivariate Cox proportional hazards models, adjusted for potential confounders, were employed. …”
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Traumatic Brain Injury and Genetic Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease Impact Cerebrospinal Fluid β-Amyloid Levels in Vietnam War Veterans by Jena N. Moody, Erica Howard, Kate E. Nolan, Sarah Prieto, Mark W. Logue, Jasmeet P. Hayes

“…Genetic propensity for AD was assessed using PRSs. Hierarchical linear regression models examined the interactive effects of TBI and PRS for AD on Aβ42/40. …”
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