Association of ultra-processed food consumption and MRI-based carotid plaque characteristics: results from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study by Shutong Du, Valerie K. Sullivan, Kunihiro Matsushita, Seamus P. Whelton, Lyn M. Steffen, Michael Fang, Lawrence J. Appel, Bruce A. Wesserman, Casey M. Rebholz

“…Weighted multivariable linear and logistic regression models assessed associations between quartiles of ultra-processed food intake and plaque measurements or lipid core presence. …”
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One-Year HbA1c Predicts Long-Term Pancreas Graft Survival Following SPK Transplantation: A US Population Cohort Study by Georgios Kourounis, Georgios Kourounis, Georgios Kourounis, Samuel J. Tingle, Samuel J. Tingle, Samuel J. Tingle, Angeles Maillo-Nieto, Caroline Wroe, Emily R. Thompson, Emily R. Thompson, Emily R. Thompson, Ruth Owen, Leonie van Leeuwen, Matthew Holzner, Vikram Wadhera, Mohammed Zeeshan Akhtar, Sander Florman, James Shaw, James Shaw, James Shaw, Steve White, Steve White, Colin Wilson, Colin Wilson, Colin Wilson

“…Non-linear relationships were modelled with restricted cubic splines (RCS). …”
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Development and validation of scales measuring self-efficacy and behavioral capability in managing common medical emergencies in dental clinics by Yasmine N. Alawaji, Hussam M. Alqahtani, Abdulmohsen Alfadley, Aram Alshehri, Ali Aboalela, Sahr H. Altuwaijri, Farraj Albalawi, Sara A. Kalagi, Abdulrhman Alghamdi, Abdullah Alshibani, Meshal Alharbi, Meshary Binhotan, Nesrin A. Alharthy

“…Using confirmatory factor analysis, the internal structure of self-efficacy scale had a single latent variable and 13 items, and the behavioral capability scale had a single latent variable and 19 items. The final models of both scales had adequate goodness of fit as indicated by the indices including standardized root mean squared residual < 0.08, root mean squared error of approximation (RMSEA) < 0.08, and upper bound of RMSEA 90% confidence interval < 0.10. …”
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Differential associations of dietary inflammatory potential, antioxidant capacity, and Mediterranean diet adherence with biological aging: A UK Biobank study by Cong Zhang, Ren-Fang Han, Song Yin, Yue-Qing Huang

“…Biological age acceleration was quantified by Klemera-Doubal method biological age (KDM-BA) and phenotypic age (PhenoAge). Multivariate linear and logistic regressions, restricted cubic spline models, and mediation analyses were performed, adjusting for extensive confounders. …”
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Audit Quality of The Engagement Partner and Audit Firm by Elfina Astrella Sambuaga, Antonius Herusetya

“…The discretionary accrual and real activities manipulation models are used to assess the audit quality at the engagement partner and public accounting firm levels. …”
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Physiological serum uric acid concentrations correlate with arterial stiffness in a sex-dependent manner by Oliver Thews, Thomas Schmid, Alexander Kluttig, Andreas Wienke, Melanie Zinkhan, Wolfgang Ahrens, Till Bärnighausen, Hermann Brenner, Stefanie Castell, Berit Lange, Wolfgang Lieb, Karin Halina Greiser, Marcus Dörr, Lilian Krist, Stefan N. Willich, Volker Harth, Nadia Obi, Michael Leitzmann, Annette Peters, Börge Schmidt, Matthias B. Schulze, Henry Völzke, Matthias Nauck, Stephanie Zylla, Anke Hannemann, Tobias Pischon, Ilais Moreno Velásquez, Matthias Girndt, Claudia Grossmann, Michael Gekle

“…This correlation was more pronounced in women than in men. In multivariable linear regression models, we observed an association of uric acid (mmol/l) with PWV (m/s) of β = 1.12 (95% confidence interval (CI): 0.78; 1.45) in males and β = 1.35 (1.05; 1.66) in females, independent of other factors known to affect vascular stiffness. …”
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Chinese Fetal Growth: A Multicenter Cohort Study Based on Fetal Ultrasound Measurements by Xiaoli Gong, Tianchen Wu, Xiaoli Wang, Lizhen Zhang, Yiping You, Hongwei Wei, Xifang Zuo, Ying Zhou, Xinli Xing, Zhaoyan Meng, Qi Lyu, Zhaodong Liu, Jian Zhang, Liyan Hu, Junnan Li, Li Li, Chulin Chen, Chunyan Liu, Guoqiang Sun, Aiju Liu, Jingsi Chen, Yuan Lyu, Yuan Wei, Yangyu Zhao

“…The EFW was compared by fetal gender and geographical group. All statistical models were adjusted for maternal sociodemographic characteristics. …”
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Measurement report: Optical and structural properties of atmospheric water-soluble organic carbon in China – insights from multi-site spectroscopic measurements by H. Chen, C. Yan, C. Yan, C. Yan, L. Huang, L. Huang, L. Du, L. Du, Y. Yue, X. Wang, Q. Chen, M. Xie, J. Liu, F. Wang, S. Fang, Q. Yang, H. Niu, M. Zheng, Y. Wu, L. Xue

“…The light absorption factors resolved by light absorption spectra-based positive matrix factorization model and the abundance of aromatic <span class="inline-formula">O−H</span> and <span class="inline-formula">C=C</span> functional groups determined by FTIR both indicate that aromatic compounds are significant light-absorbing substances in WSOC and have a significant impact on fluorophores. …”
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SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence among learners in grades 1–7, their parents and teachers in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: a cross-sectional study by Reshmi Dassaye, Terusha Chetty, Terusha Chetty, Brodie Daniels, Trisha Ramraj, Zakir Gaffoor, Elizabeth Spooner, Ncengani Mthethwa, Duduzile Faith Nsibande, Vuyolwethu Magasana, Khanya Mohlabi, Isaac Singini, Nomonde Gwebushe, Kubashni Woeber, Kubashni Woeber, Ameena Goga, Ameena Goga

“…Statistical methods included descriptive analysis, jackknife-estimated seroprevalence and incidence (unadjusted and sensitivity-adjusted), and logistic regression using generalized linear models.ResultsA total of 645 participants (i.e., 456 learners, 147 parents and 42 teachers) were enrolled into the survey. …”
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Seasonality of host-seeking Ixodes ricinus nymph abundance in relation to climate by Hoch, Thierry, Madouasse, Aurélien, Jacquot, Maude, Wongnak, Phrutsamon, Beugnet, Fréderic, Bournez, Laure, Cosson, Jean-François, Huard, Frédéric, Moutailler, Sara, Plantard, Olivier, Poux, Valérie, René-Martellet, Magalie, Vayssier-Taussat, Muriel, Verheyden, Hélène, Vourc’h, Gwenaël, Chalvet-Monfray, Karine, Agoulon, Albert

“…Seasonal patterns of nymph abundance were established for the six different locations using linear harmonic regression. Model parameters were estimated separately for each location. …”
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The top tier of the Big Five does not predict police decisions in ambiguous and high-pressure situations by Ricardo Tejeiro, David McIlroy, Marek Palace, Rui Paulo, José Luis González Álvarez

“…Whilst the link between personality and decision-making has been studied across various domains, the predictive capability of the Big Five model (openness to experience, extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness and neuroticism) for police decisions in high-risk ambiguous situations under time pressure remains unexplored. …”
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Kinetic rate constant prediction supports the conformational selection mechanism of protein binding. by Iain H Moal, Paul A Bates

“…The prediction of protein-protein kinetic rate constants provides a fundamental test of our understanding of molecular recognition, and will play an important role in the modeling of complex biological systems. In this paper, a feature selection and regression algorithm is applied to mine a large set of molecular descriptors and construct simple models for association and dissociation rate constants using empirical data. …”
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Associations of serum and bronchoalveolar immunoglobulins with lung microbiota diversity, B-cell memory phenotypes, and COPD morbidity and exacerbations by Vickram Tejwani, Nirupama Putcha, Han Woo, Chen Liu, David Lafon, Neil E. Alexis, Antoine Azar, R. Graham Barr, Igor Barjaktarevic, Russell P. Bowler, Alejandro Comellas, David J. Couper, Ashraf Fawzy, MeiLan K. Han, Nadia N. Hansel, Robert J. Kaner, Jerry A. Krishnan, Nathaniel Marchetti, Fernando J. Martinez, Jill Ohar, Wanda O’Neal, Victor E. Ortega, Robert Paine III, Tess D. Pottinger, Martin Stämpfli, Lisa Ruvuna, Prescott G. Woodruff, Christine M. Freeman, Yvonne J. Huang, Jeffrey L. Curtis

“…In some participants, we also analyzed serum and BAL Ig levels by ELISA. We constructed linear regression models including either serum or BAL (albumin-corrected) Ig measurements as the independent variable and separate dependent variables, including B-cell subsets, BAL bacterial diversity metrics (Faith phylogenetic diversity, inverse Simpson, and richness indices), and clinical measures (FEV1% predicted, risk of prospective exacerbations), adjusted by age, sex, race, educational attainment, smoking status, and use of inhaled corticosteroids. …”
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Gender Differences of Final Height Contributed by Parents’ Height Among Healthy Individuals by Pen-Hua Su, Shu-Li Wang, Jia-Yuh Chen

“…Differential contributions from each parent to the tallest/shortest child’s height in the family were then assessed with simple linear regressions with scatter plots by gender. Meanwhile, statistical comparisons with the corrected midparental height method and final height for parental height model were performed. …”
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Sleep quality and the biological stress system during an internet-based intervention for major depressive disorder by Sebastian Laufer, Johannes Bohn, Sinha Engel, Hannah Klusmann, Nadine Skoluda, Urs M. Nater, Christine Knaevelsrud, Sarah Schumacher

“…Hypotheses 1 and 2a were tested using random intercept hierarchical linear models, Hypothesis 2b was tested using linear regressions with age, biological sex, BMI and medication use on the day of sampling as covariates. …”
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Prolonged grief, social contact, community belongingness: A representative study of loneliness among bereaved UK adults by James Cunningham, Eoin McElroy, Mark Shevlin

“…Altogether, the final model explained approximately 24 % of the variance in loneliness. …”
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Exploring the Incidence and Risk Factors of Diabetic Nephropathy in Type 1 Diabetes: Insights from a Retrospective Cohort Study in Northwest China by Du Z, Liu X, Zhang L, Zhao H, Tian L

“…The correlation between predictors (eg, age, serum creatinine (Scr)), and T1DN was assessed with restricted cubic spline curves depending on Cox proportional hazards regression models.Results: The five-year cumulative incidence of T1DN was 29.89%. …”
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Association between frailty index and epigenetic aging acceleration in older adults: Evidence from the health and retirement study by Xuhui Lin, Zhao Hu, Lu Tang, Yiqiang Zhan

“…The longitudinal relationship between EAA at baseline and changes in the frailty index during the 4-year follow-up were examined using a mixed linear model. Results: A single standard deviation (SD) increment in the frailty index was associated with a faster EAA, as indicated by the four clocks in Hannum (b = 0.057; P = 0.015), PhenoAge (b = 0.096; P < 0.001), GrimAge (b = 0.120; P < 0.001), and DunedinPoAm38 (b = 0.062; P = 0.002) in the fully adjusted model. …”
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Maternal feeding practices and its association with obesity in children: a cross-sectional study in Iran by Aida Askari, Zahra Hassanzadeh-Rostami, Nazanin Zolfaghari, Shiva Faghih

“…Unhealthy maternal feeding pattern was positively associated with BMI in unadjusted model (β = 0.35; 95%CI: 0.04—0.67), however it was faded away after controlling for confounders. …”
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Community structure and diversity of soil nematodes in different slope directions of wild cherry plum forests in Xinjiang, China by CAO Jing, CUI Dong, JIANG Zhicheng, YAN Jiangchao, WU Yunhao, LIU Junqi, GUO Jinfeng, HAN Yaxin, HAN Shutong

“…Among them, the number of nodes, edges, edge density, and connectivity of the nematode network in the semi shaded slope soil were the highest, indicating that in this habitat, the nematode collinear network was more complex and had a more stable food web structure inside. The linear regression model showed that the complexity of nematode networks was significantly positively correlated with external soil physicochemical factors (nitrate nitrogen and available phosphorus)(P<0.05), and there was also a significant positive correlation between soil nematode richness index and network complexity (P<0.01). …”
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