Overweight and obesity trends and associated factors among reproductive women in Ethiopia by Ermias Tadesse Beyene, Seungman Cha, Yan Jin

“…For instance, the odds of becoming overweight and obese among women aged 35–49 were higher than those among women aged 15–24 (odds ratio [OR] = 3.62, 95% Confidence Interval [CI]:2.64–4.97). …”
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Impact of Topically Administered Steroids, Antibiotics, and Sodium Hyaluronate on Bleb-Related Infection Onset: The Japan Glaucoma Society Survey of Bleb-Related Infection Report 4 by Hideto Sagara, Tetsuya Yamamoto, Kimihiro Imaizumi, Tetsuju Sekiryu

“…Multiple logistic regression analysis revealed that infections were severe in the steroid-administered eyes (odds ratio: 4.57). No infections developed within 16 weeks postoperatively. …”
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CT scan-derived pectoralis muscle parameters are closely associated with COVID-19 outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Zhang Wen, Tao Wang, Sha Luo, Yiwen Liu

“…Specifically, patients with higher pectoralis muscle density (PMD) exhibited a lower mortality risk, with an odds ratio (OR) of 0.95 (95% CI: 0.92-0.99). The rate of intubation was lower in COVID-19 patients with a high pectoralis muscle index (PMI) (OR =  0.96, 95% CI: 0.92-1.00).…”
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Risk Factors for Preterm Labor in Pregnant Women from Ciego de Ávila Municipality by Silvia Estelbina Retureta Milán, Lainys María Rojas Álvarez, Marta Estelbina Retureta Milán

“…The point estimate for the association was obtained through the odds ratio. Additionally, the Chi-square test was applied, considering that the association was significant at P<0.05.…”
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Recapitulation of Candidate Systemic Lupus Erythematosus-Associated Variants in Koreans by Ki-Sung Kwon, Hye-Young Cho, Yeun-Jun Chung

“…Through the replication study with 656 cases and 622 controls, rs1801274 in FCGR2A was found to be significantly associated with SLE in Koreans (odds ratio, 1.26, 95% confidence interval, 1.06 to 1.50; p = 0.01 in allelic model). …”
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Risk Prison and Hepatitis B Virus Infection among Inmates with History of Drug Injection in Isfahan, Iran by Daneshmand Dana, Nokhodian Zary, Adibi Peyman, Ataei Behrooz

“…For data analysis, odds ratio and logistic regression were used. Results. …”
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Do Pathologic Fractures in Long Bone Following Bony Malignancy Increase the Risk of Venous Thromboembolism? A Comparative Study by Sanjay Kumar Rai, Tej Pratap Gupta, Bhavya Sirohi, Surbhi Rajauria, Nitish Khandelwal

“…Results: There were 12 patients (17.64%) in the study group and 8 (5.71%) patients in the control group that developed DVT after performing risk ratio and Student’s t-test and calculating odds ratio (P < 0.031). There was a statistically significant correlation found between the development of DVT with the type of implant used, the presence of neoplastic lesions, and the presence of metastases. …”
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Outdoor activity time and depression risk among adults aged 40 years and older: a cross-sectional analysis of NHANES 2011–2018 data by Kai Liu, Cheng Guo, Juan Xie, Liming Cheng

“…Statistical analysis, accounting for various demographic and lifestyle factors, was employed to assess the relationship between outdoor activity and depression risk.ResultsSpending more time outdoors was associated with a 51% lower risk of depression (odds ratio: 0.51, 95% CI: 0.40–0.64). Subgroup analysis revealed that this association was particularly pronounced among adults aged 40 and older, as well as non-Hispanic whites and non-Hispanic blacks.ConclusionEncouraging outdoor activities may represent an effective public health strategy to reduce depression risk, particularly among middle-aged and older adults and specific ethnic populations. …”
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Associations between nonrestorative sleep and suicidal ideation: a Japanese general population survey by Kouju Yamada, Yoshiyuki Kaneko, Chisato Konno, Ryuji Furihata, Yuichiro Otsuka, Yoshitaka Kaneita, Makoto Uchiyama, Masahiro Suzuki

“…In the multivariate analysis adjusting for the confounding effects of other sleep-related factors, in addition to psychiatric, sociodemographic, and lifestyle factors, only NRS showed a positive association with suicidal ideation (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] = 2.266). These findings suggest the importance of focusing on NRS for suicide prevention in the general population.…”
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Nutritional Value and Utilization of Yams (Dioscorea steriscus) by Residents of Bindura Town High Density Suburbs, Zimbabwe by S. Washaya, J. F. Mupangwa, E. Muranda

“…Irrespective of gender of respondent, suburb of residence, size of family, period of stay, education level, employment status, and source of income, respondents will grow D. steriscus for use as food supplement (odds ratio = 0.475). The period of stay (r=0.08) and education level (r=0.08) positively affect the growing of D. steriscus. …”
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Association between the Triglyceride-Glucose Index and the Risk of Large Artery Atherosclerotic Stroke by Mingfei Jiang, Huan Wu, Huiping Zhang, Fan Su, Lei Cao, Xia Ren, Grace Tatenda, Jian Hu, Mingjia Cheng, Yufeng Wen

“…Based on age stratification, three models to evaluate the odds ratio (OR) and the 95% confidence interval (95% CI) were employed to determine the correlation between the TyG index and the risk of LAA stroke. …”
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Prevalence of Postoperative Infection after Tooth Extraction: A Retrospective Study by Elaine Kueh Yue Yi, Annabelle Lai Siew Ying, Mandakini Mohan, Rohit Kunnath Menon

“…A binary logistic regression analysis was performed to assess the odds ratio of a patient having a postoperative infection or not, comparing it with each variable. …”
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Investigating causal relationships between plasma proteins and lung adenocarcinoma: result from proteomics and Mendelian randomization study by Ruoya Lv, Jiabin Chen, Xiaoyu Wu, Kequn Chai, Jiadong Yan, Sheng Wang

“…The MR study revealed that IL20RB (odds ratio (OR) = 1.600, 95% Confidence Interval (CI) [1.098, 2.331], P = 0.014) and SAA2 (OR = 1.048, 95%CI [1.012, 1.081], P = 0.017) were highly related to LUAD. …”
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New Keratoconus Risk Factors: A Cross-Sectional Case—Control Study by Eloi Debourdeau, Gabriel Planells, Chloe Chamard, David Touboul, Max Villain, Pascal Demoly, Fanny Babeau, Pierre Fournie, Vincent Daien

“…Multivariate analysis revealed significant associations of keratoconus with family history (odds ratio [OR] = 22.2, p<0.001), rubbing eyes (OR = 10.9, p<0.001), allergy (any kind) (OR = 3.80, p<0.001), smoking exposure (OR = 2.08, p=0.017), and dry eyes (OR = 1.77, p=0.045f). …”
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Relationship between serum lipids and depression: A cross sectional survey among adults in Haryana, India by Rubina Mulchandani, Tanica Lyngdoh, Ria Nangia, Sukriti Singh, Sandeep Grover, JS Thakur

“…The association of total cholesterol (odds ratio [OR] 0.99, P = 0.84), LDL-cholesterol (OR = 1.00, P = 0.19), HDL-cholesterol (OR = 0.99, P = .76), and triglycerides (OR 1.00, P = .12) with depressive symptoms was not significant. …”
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NCK2 Is Significantly Associated with Opiates Addiction in African-Origin Men by Zhifa Liu, Xiaobo Guo, Yuan Jiang, Heping Zhang

“…By employing both SNP- and gene-based methods of analysis, we identified a strong (odds ratio = 13.87) and significant (P value = 1.33E−11) association of an SNP in the NCK2 gene on chromosome 2 with opiates addiction in African-origin men. …”
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Markers of Sleep Disordered Breathing and Diabetes Mellitus in a Multiethnic Sample of US Adults: Results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2005–2008) by Charumathi Sabanayagam, Srinivas Teppala, Anoop Shankar

“…Compared to those without any sleep disturbance, the multivariable odds ratio (OR) (95% confidence interval (CI)) of diabetes among those with ≥3 sleep disturbances was 2.04 (1.46–2.87). …”
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GSTP1, GSTM1 and GSTT1 genetic polymorphisms and total serum GST concentration in stable male COPD by Žuntar Irena, Petlevski Roberta, Dodig Slavica, Popović-Grle Sanja

“…COPD showed a statistical difference (p < 0.05). The odds ratio of CC/CT+TT (wild type GSTP1 exon 6 vs. joint heterozygous and mutant homozygous GSTP1 exon 6) was 10.000 and statistically different (p = 0.002). …”
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The Association of Prepregnancy Body Mass Index with Pregnancy Outcomes in Chinese Women by Jing Zhang, Wensheng An, Li Lin

“…Logistic regression analysis was used to analyze the association between prepregnancy BMI and pregnancy outcomes, and odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence interval (95% CI) was calculated. …”
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Association Analysis of Reactive Oxygen Species-Hypertension Genes Discovered by Literature Mining by Ji Eun Lim, Kyung-Won Hong, Hyun-Seok Jin, Bermseok Oh

“…The most significant SNP was rs2889611 within MAPK8 (p = 2.70 × 10-5; odds ratio, 0.82; confidence interval, 0.75 to 0.90). …”
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