Impact of statin use on major adverse cardiovascular events in patients with normal stress myocardial perfusion imaging and elevated coronary artery calcium score by Yi Hui To, Xi Min Tan, Cher-Lyn Low, Htet Htet Min, Min Sen Yew

“…On univariate binary logistic regression, post-MPI MHIS use was the only significant predictor for MACE (odds ratio [OR] 0.355 [95% confidence interval (CI) 0.131–0.962], P = 0.042), even after multivariate adjustment (adjusted OR 0.363, 95% confidence interval 0.134–0.984, P = 0.046). …”
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Response to treatment with Interferon beta-1a in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis by Làzaro Aurelio Vàzquez Gòmez, Carlos Hidalgo Mesa, Yunier Broche Pèrez, Yanet Valdés Morales

“…Extended-scale progression of disability status, pretreatment annualized relapse rate, age of disease onset, time since disease progression, and gadolinium-enhancing lesions were significantly associated with the odds ratio of older Probability of non-progression for the study group with respect to the control group for the combined variable progression by extended disability status scale and relapses.…”
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Clinical characteristics and prognosis of patients treated as invasive pulmonary aspergillosis outside of severe immunosuppression by Furui Liu, Wenling Chen, Honglei Qi, Yonghong Yang, Ying Yang, Zhaojun Wang, Jinyuan Zhu

“…Multivariate Cox regression analysis identified glucocorticoid use (odds ratio [OR] = 30.223, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 2.676–341.306), intensive care unit admission (OR = 0.133, 95% CI: 0.023–0.758), and the arterial oxygen partial pressure/fractional inspired oxygen ratio (OR = 0.994, 95% CI: 0.990–0.999) as significant predictors of 28-day mortality. …”
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Serum Lipid and Glycemic Profile in HARRT-Naïve and HARRT-Exposed HIV Patients in Enugu State, Nigeria: A Case–Control Study by Esther A. Ekwe, Birinus A. Ezeala-Adikaibe, Basden Onwubere, Julius Okoye, Collins Ugwu, Chidinma B. Nwatu, Ijoma Chinweuba, Chidimma Orah-Okpala, Raphael Anakwue, Oladipupo O. Fasa, Celestine C. Okwara, Uchechi Q. Arinze, Paschal Njoku

“…Comparing HAART-exposed patients and HAART-naïve patients, significantly more HAART-naïve patients had lower HDL (abnormal), P = 0.04, odds ratio = 1.57, 95% confidence interval, 1.01–2.45. …”
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Association between Metformin Use and Cancer Stage at Diagnosis among Elderly Medicare Beneficiaries with Preexisting Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Incident Prostate Cancer by Amit D. Raval, Malcolm D. Mattes, Suresh Madhavan, Xiaoyun Pan, Wenhui Wei, Usha Sambamoorthi

“…After adjusting for the observed selection bias and other independent variables, metformin use was associated with a 32% reduction in the risk of advanced prostate cancer (adjusted odds ratio, AOR: 0.68, 95% confidence interval, CI: 0.48, 0.97). …”
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The Comparative Efficacy and Safety of Entecavir and Lamivudine in Patients with HBV-Associated Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Jiao Yang, Hang Sun, Qi Liu

“…Publications on entecavir versus lamivudine in HBV-associated ACLF patients were comprehensively identified. Odds ratio and mean difference were used to measure the effect. …”
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Association between Different Types of Edible Oils and Anthropometric Indices Mood, and Appetite among Women by Nahid Kangani, Mohammadreza Mohammadi, Mobina Zeinolabedin, Nick Bellissimo, Leila Azadbakht

“…Participants with a moderate intake of MUFA had greater odds ratio (OR: 3.47; 95% CI: 1.20–10.7; P trend = 0.025) of a high appetite compared to those with a low intake of MUFA. …”
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Factors Influencing Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia: An Eight-Year Study in a Single Tertiary Care Unit in Thailand by Pallapa Moolmai, Prattana Rattanachamnongk, Buranee Yangthara, Punnanee Wutthigate

“…The highest adjusted odds ratio (aOR) was for MV > 42 days at 19.29 (95% CI; 7.22–51.55; p<0.001). …”
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Life Satisfaction Among Individuals with Physical Disabilities in Saudi Arabia: The Impact of Physical Activity, Self-Perceived Health and Fitness, and Sociodemographic Features by Majed M. Alhumaid, Mohamed A. Said, Selina Khoo

“…Poor health and inactivity were linked to a lower LS, while age correlated positively with LS (odds ratio = 1.012). Additional factors, including marital status, income, education level, and mobility assistance usage, significantly impacted LS. …”
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Association of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and growth hormone deficiency: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Tingting Kong, Yunpeng Gu, Lei Sun, Run Zhou, Jie Li, Junping Shi

“…Analyses used random or fixed effects models, including NAFLD prevalence, NASH prevalence, odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI). We included 10 studies with a total of 782 participants. …”
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Severe anaemia in people with HIV: demographic, clinical and renal correlates by Kingsley Kamvuma, Sody Munsaka, Sepiso K. Masenga, John Amos Mulemena, Christopher Newton Phiri, Michelo Miyoba, Benson M. Hamooya

“…In multivariable logistic regression analysis, factors significantly associated with severe anaemia were female sex (Adjusted Odds Ratio (AOR: 14.3, 95% CI: 2.14–126.6), albumin (AOR: 0.93 95% CI: 0.88–0.98) and creatinine levels (AOR: 1.01 95% CI: 1.00-1.03).…”
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Assessing the key factors contributing to non-adherence to pulmonary tuberculosis treatment: a descriptive study by Mariam Lakara, Anil Kumar Patidar, Anil Sharma

“…Discontinuing medication to feel better significantly increased noncompliance risk, especially for those who stopped "most of the time" vs. those who never stopped (odds ratio = 8.693, 95% confidence interval: 3.179-23.77). …”
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Association between smoking status and death from COVID-19 in South Korea: A nationwide cohort study by Jae Woo Choi

“…After adjusting for all potential confounding factors, current smokers (adjusted odds ratio, AOR=3.75; 95% CI: 1.23–11.36) and recent quitters (AOR=3.74; 95% CI: 1.12–12.53) were associated with an increased risk of death from COVID-19 compared to never smokers. …”
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Unveiling the nexus between minimum dietary diversity and anemia among children aged 6–23 months in India: evidence from NFHS-5 (2019–2021) by Koyel Majumder, Mithun Sarkar, Rahul Mallick, Bikash Barman, Pradip Chouhan

“…According to the results, children who consumed MDD had a notably lower risk of anemia (Adjusted Odds Ratio = 0.913; 95% Confidence Interval 0.870–0.959; p < .05). …”
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Dietary Pattern and Metabolic Syndrome in Thai Adults by W. Aekplakorn, W. Satheannoppakao, P. Putwatana, S. Taneepanichskul, P. Kessomboon, V. Chongsuvivatwong, S. Chariyalertsak

“…Compared with the lowest quartile, the highest quartile of carbohydrate pattern was associated with MetS (adjusted odds ratio: 1.82; 95% CI 1.31, 2.55 in men and 1.60; 95% CI 1.24, 2.08 in women), particularly among those with a low level of leisure time physical activity (LTPA). …”
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Reconstruction by Pancreaticogastrostomy versus Pancreaticojejunostomy following Pancreaticoduodenectomy: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials by YinFeng Shen, WenYin Jin

“…Proportions were combined, and the odds ratio (OR) with its 95% CI was used as the effect size estimate. …”
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Markers of Sleep-Disordered Breathing and Prediabetes in US Adults by Omayma Alshaarawy, Srinivas Teppala, Anoop Shankar

“…Compared to those without any sleep disturbance, the multivariable odds ratio (OR) (95% confidence interval (CI)) of prediabetes among those with three or more SDB markers was 1.69 (1.28–2.22). …”
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Chlamydia pneumoniae-Mediated Inflammation in Atherosclerosis: A Meta-Analysis by Simone Filardo, Marisa Di Pietro, Alessio Farcomeni, Giovanna Schiavoni, Rosa Sessa

“…Therefore, we performed a meta-analysis to clarify whether C. pneumoniae may contribute to the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis by enhancing inflammation. 12 case-control, 6 cross-sectional, and 7 prospective studies with a total of 10,176 patients have been included in this meta-analysis. Odds Ratio (OR) with a 95% confidence interval was used to assess the seroprevalence of C. pneumoniae and differences between levels of inflammatory markers were assessed by standard mean differences. …”
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Food Safety Practice and Its Associated Factors among Meat Handlers in North Shewa Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia by Samuel Chane Teferi

“…Knowledge (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] 2.99, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.73-5.15), attitude (AOR=1.94, 95% CI: 1.12-3.37), experience (AOR=4.27, 95% CI: 2.34-9.85), medical checkup (AOR=3.87, 95% CI: 1.67-8.96), and educational status (AOR=5.50, 95% CI: 1.05-28.75) were significantly associated with meat handling practices. …”
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The Efficacy of Ramucirumab in the Treatment of Gastric or Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer: A Meta-Analysis of RCTs by Hongqiong Yang, Yaojun Zhou, Liangzhi Wang, Tianyi Gu, Mengjia Lv, Jinling Sun, Chao Tu, Junbo He

“…The pooled analysis of OS and PFS were longer with ramucirumab (RAM) therapy than without RAM for OS (odds ratio OR=0.90, 95% confidence interval CI=0.82–1.00, p=0.05) and PFS (OR=0.74, 95%CI=0.57–0.96, p=0.02). …”
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