Oura Ring as a Tool for Ovulation Detection: Validation Analysis by Nina Thigpen, Shyamal Patel, Xi Zhang

“…The Fisher test was used to determine an odds ratio to assess if ovulation detection rate significantly differed between methods or subgroups. …”
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Determinants of prolonged exclusive breastfeeding among children aged 6–23 months in 21 sub-saharan African countries: evidence from nationally representative data by Enyew Getaneh Mekonen

“…Finally, variables with a p-value < 0.05 and an adjusted odds ratio with a 95% confidence interval were declared statistically significant. …”
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HIV-Positive Status Disclosure and Associated Factors among HIV-Positive Adult Patients Attending Art Clinics at Public Health Facilities of Butajira Town, Southern Ethiopia by Tamirat Melis Berhe, Lire Lemma, Addissu Alemayehu, Desalegn Ajema, Mustefa Glagn, Samuel Dessu

“…The strength of association was assessed by crude odds ratio and adjusted odds ratio for bivariate and multivariable logistic regression analysis, respectively. …”
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Risk factors in pediatric asthmatic patients. Cases and control studies. by Rafael Alejandro Gómez Baute, Yaney Gonzalez Iglesias

“…A questionnaire with the different risk variables was elaborated. Odds ratio technique was used to estimate the risk. …”
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Role of bilevel erector spinae with high thoracic block vs conventional unilevel block in analgesia and reduction of pain in axilla in breast cancer surgeries: a randomized control... by Walaa Y. Elsabeeny, Reham M. Fahmy, Fatma H. Elshamy, Nahla N. Shehab, Sayed M. Abed, Walid S. Taha, Mostafa A. Ibrahim, Ahmed F. Gad

“…There was 96.1% and 90.3% reduction in morphine intake with odds ratio 25.6 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 6.6–100) and 10.3 (95% CI: 3.7–28.6) for the bilevel and unilevel groups compared with the control group. …”
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Utilization of partograph and associated factors among obstetric caregivers in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Mulat Ayele, Eyob Shitie Lake, Gizachew Yilak, Getinet Kumie, Biruk Beletew Abate, Alemu Birara Zemariam, Befkad Derese Tilahun

“…A random-effects model was used to estimate pooled prevalence and adjusted odds ratio. Stata (version 11.0) was used to analyze the data. …”
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Smoking relapse reasons among current smokers with previous cessation experience in Shanghai: A cross-sectional study by Ruiping Wang*, Lingzi Shenfan*, Yu Song*, Qingliang Wang*, Rui Zhang, Le Kuai, Bin Li

“…We implemented logistic regression for odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) calculation to explore factors associated with long cessation time among smokers with cessation experience of ≥3 months, ≥6 months, and ≥12 months. …”
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Ocular and Mucocutaneous Sequelae among Survivors of Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis in Togo by Bayaki Saka, Abla Séfako Akakpo, Julienne Noude Teclessou, Garba Mahamadou, Abas Mouhari-Toure, Kossi Dzidzinyo, Adam Nouhou Diori, Nidain Maneh, Sabin Prince-Agbodjan, Koussake Kombaté, Komi Balo, Kissem Tchangai-Walla, Palokinam Pitché

“…In multivariate analysis, exposure to sulfadoxine (odds adjusted ratio = 5.95; 95%CI= [1.36-31.35]) and moderate (adjusted odds ratio = 5.85; 95%CI = [1.23-31.81]) or severe (adjusted odds ratio = 48.30; 95%CI = [6.25-1063.66]) ocular involvement at acute stage were associated with ocular sequelae. …”
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The Forgotten Hemodynamic (PCO2 Gap) in Severe Sepsis by Zouheir Ibrahim Bitar, Ossama Sajeh Maadarani, AlAsmar Mohammed El-Shably, Ragab Desouky Elshabasy, Tamer Mohamed Zaalouk

“…The in-hospital mortality rate was 20% (2/12) for the low gap group and 30% (5/16) for the high gap group; the odds ratio was 1.6 (95% CI 0.5–5.5; P=0.53). Patients with a persistent or rising PCO2 gap larger than 0.8 kPa at T = 6 and 12 hours had a higher mortality change (n = 6; in-hospital mortality was 21.4%) than patients with a PCO2 gap of less than 0.8 kPa at T = 6 (n = 1; in-hospital mortality was 3%); this odds ratio was 5.3 (95% CI 0.9–30.7; P=0.08). …”
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Preoperative hemoglobin A1c is associated with postoperative bleeding after vitrectomy for vitreous hemorrhage in patients with diabetic retinopathy by Saori Motoda, Masanori Kanai, Susumu Sakimoto, Harutoshi Ozawa, Chisaki Ishibashi, Shingo Fujita, Yoshiya Hosokawa, Megu Y. Baden, Yukari Fujita, Takekazu Kimura, Ayumi Tokunaga, Takao Nammo, Kenji Fukui, Junji Kozawa, Hirokazu Sakaguchi, Kohji Nishida, Iichiro Shimomura

“…The present study showed that the duration of the operation was associated with rebleeding (odds ratio = 1.02, p = 0.0016). A high HbA1c level just before vitrectomy tended to be associated with the bleeding (odds ratio = 1.27, p = 0.05), while preoperative HbA1c changes were not associated with rebleeding. …”
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Intergenerational and Marriage Mobility of University Professors in the Netherlands During the 19th Century by Ineke Maas, Marco H. D. van Leeuwen, Antonie Knigge

“…Although only 4.4% of all university professors had a father in the same occupation, the odds ratio of 331 shows that this is much more likely than to be expected under independence. …”
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Maltrato entre iguales e intento suicida en sujetos adolescentes escolarizados by Isabel Valadez, Raúl Amezcua, Noé González, Rosalba Montes, Vania Vargas

“…Para estimar la fuerza de asociación entre las dificultades escolares con las variables estudiadas utilizamos el estadístico OR (odds ratio en inglés y razón de momios en español). …”
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Assessment of out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditures on essential medicines for acute and chronic illness: a comparative study across regional and socioeconomic groups in India by Ranjit Kumar Dehury, Imteyaz Ahmad, Manas Ranjan Behera, Janmejaya Samal, Varalakshmi Manchana, Jalal Mohammed, Parthsarathi Dehury, Deepanjali Behera, Nafisa Vaz e Desouza, Abhishek Dondapati

“…According to the unadjusted odds ratio (UOR) analysis, wealthy households were 0.25 times less likely to spend more than 50% of their total monthly household budget on medicine than poor households (UOR = 0.25, 95% CI = 0.09—0.65). …”
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Stroke Outcome and Determinants among Patients with and without Diabetes in a Tertiary Hospital in Ghana by Josephine Akpalu, Alfred E. Yawson, Foster Osei-Poku, Yacoba Atiase, Ernest Yorke, Patrick Adjei, Kodwo Nkromah, Albert Akpalu

“…Mortality at 6 months was more likely among ischaemic stroke patients with diabetes compared with those without diabetes (Odds Ratio 2.037; CI: 1.058-3.923). Determinants of poor functional stroke outcome for diabetes patients were older age (Adjusted Odds Ratio (AOR)-1.07; CI-1.03-1.12), female gender (AOR-3.74; CI-1.26-12.65), and pneumonia (AOR-11.32; CI-1.93-220.05) whereas the determinants for those without diabetes were unemployment (AOR-4.19; CI-1.24-19.50), speech abnormalities (AOR-1.99; CI1.08-3.73), and pneumonia (AOR-4.05; CI-1.83-9.77). …”
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Impact of Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor (G-CSF) on Clinical Outcomes in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation: Does Speeding Up Neutrophil Engraftment Make a Differ... by Ahmed Alnughmush, MD, Ayman Sayyed, MD, Mats Remberger, PhD, Eshrak AL-Shaibani, MD, Carol Chen, BSc, Caden Chiarello, Ivan Pasic, MD, Igor Novitzky-Basso, MD, Arjun Datt Law, MD, Wilson Lam, MD, Dennis (Dong Hwan) Kim, MD, Armin Gerbitz, MD, Auro Viswabandya, MD, Rajat Kumar, MD, Fotios V. Michelis, MD, Jonas Mattsson, MD, PhD

“…Multivariate logistic regression analysis identified mismatched donors (odds ratio, 1.72; 95% confidence interval, 1.03-2.88; P = 0.038) and the duration of G-CSF therapy (odds ratio, 1.04; 95% confidence interval, 1.00-1.09; P = 0.038) as independent predictors for the development of ES. …”
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Osteoporosis Self-Assessment Tool Performance in a Large Sample of Postmenopausal Women of Mendoza, Argentina by Fernando D. Saraví

“…Positive predictive value was 52% and negative predictive value was 79%. The odds ratio for the diagnosis of osteoporosis was 4.06 (CI95 3.51 to 4.71; P<0.0001). …”
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Association between weight-adjusted waist index and obstructive sleep apnea among adults in the United States: data from NHANES (2005–2008 and 2015–2018) by Qi Zhang, Yong Zhai, Jing Wang, Xu Han, Wurong Si, Yizhong Zhou

“…Results After adjusting for all covariates, each unit increase in WWI was associated with a 30% increase in OSA prevalence (odds ratio = 1.30, 95% confidence interval: 1.20–1.40). …”
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Laparoscopic Surgery for Pheochromocytoma in Hemodialysis Patients by Shuichi Tatarano, Akihiko Mitsuke, Takashi Sakaguchi, Ryosuke Matsushita, Satoru Inoguchi, Hirofumi Yoshino, Hiroaki Nishimura, Yasutoshi Yamada, Hideki Enokida

“…An increase in systolic blood pressure at CO2 insufflation was an independent predictor of a hypertensive spike with a cutoff value of 22.5 mmHg (odds ratio 1.038, 95% confidence interval 1.012–1.078). …”
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The Use of Parsimonious Questionnaires in Occupational Health Surveillance: Psychometric Properties of the Short Italian Version of the Effort/Reward Imbalance Questionnaire by Nicola Magnavita, Sergio Garbarino, Johannes Siegrist

“…A high score on the effort-reward ratio was associated with an elevated odds ratio (OR = 2.71; 95% CI 1.86–3.95) of musculoskeletal complaints in the upper arm. …”
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Recurrence of Dysplastic Nevi Is Strongly Associated with Extension of the Lesions to the Lateral Margins and into the Deep Margins through the Hair Follicles in the Original Shave... by Amin Maghari

“…When followed up for two years, DN, with positive shave margins, defined by extension or very close extension (≤0.2 mm) of the lesions to the lateral margins and into the deep margins through the hair follicles in the shave removal specimens, have a higher probability of recurrence than DN with negative (or clear) margins (odds ratio (OR) = 158; 95% confidence interval (CI) = 36.62–683; P<0.001). …”
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