Abortion-related complications in Brazil: results from the World Health Organization Multi-country Survey on Abortion (MCS-A) by Nelio Neves Veiga Junior, Luiz Francisco Cintra Baccaro, Adriana Mendonça da Silva Alexandrino, Alexandre Volta Andrade do Nascimento, Camila Tereza Camilo Clerot, Cintya Andreia do Nascimento Santos, Claudia Lucrécia de Matos Silva, Claudio Lucio de Medeiros Albuquerque, Débora Paulo Santos, Demétrio Antonio Gonçalves da S. Gomes, Édson Cunha de Araújo Junior, Elizabete das Chagas Vilanova, Georgina Costa Teixeira, Graciete Helena Nascimento dos Santos, Guilherme Augusto Guerra Avelar, Iara Elce Lopes Barros, Jaqueline Polon Abboud, Jeane Cristina Antas Lins, Joanne Thalita Pereira Silva, Kelma H. Aguiar de Lucena, Lara Wanderley Paes Barbosa, Lia Ferreira Caixeta Barreto de Siqueira, Luciana de Melo Freitas Carneiro, Lucila Nagata, Márcia de Oliveira Pereira Lúcio, Maria Cleane Rodrigues da Silva, Maria da Conceição Ribeiro Simões, Maria Fernanda da Mota Magalhães, Mariana Viana Almeida, Michelle Regina Faria Lira, Nádia Martins de Paula Souza, Rafael Martins Papa, Rafael Ribeiro Matos, Renata Porto Pinheiro, Roberta Souza dos Anjos, Suelen Miranda de Jesus, Tedy Roger Flores Ynturias, Valéria Cristina Gonçalves, Viviane Resende de Abreu Caetano

“…Women with hemorrhage, infection or organs injury were invited to answer an interview about experience of care. Statistical analysis was performed using chi-square test and Poisson regression models. …”
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Factors influencing evidence-based cardiovascular disease prevention programming in rural African American communities: a community-engaged concept mapping study by Amelia DeFosset, Breanna Deutsch-Williams, Mysha Wynn, Katrina Blunt, Scott Rosas, Mary Wolfe McKinley, Brian Ellerby, Shirley McFarlin, Veena Reddy, Giselle Corbie, Gaurav Dave

“…Participants (total n = 31) completed three activities: 1) brainstorming in response to an open-ended prompt (n = 31); 2) sorting brainstorm data into wider concepts and rating each in terms of relative importance and feasibility (n = 26); and 3) collaborative interpretation and refinement of the concept map (n = 19). Multivariate statistical analysis was used to generate a concept map. …”
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Impacts of stem cells from different sources on wound healing rate in diabetic foot ulcers: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Le Tong, Le Tong, Le Tong, Lin Tang, Lin Tang, Lin Tang, Bangli Tang, Jianna Zhang, Jianna Zhang, Jianna Zhang

“…Nevertheless, only umbilical cord-derived stem cells showed statistical significance (p < 0.05). The heterogeneity ranged from non-existent in the adipose and peripheral blood groups (I2 = 0.00%) to moderate in the bone groups (I2 = 26.31%) and other groups (I2 = 30.62%), and substantial in the umbilical cord groups (I2 = 88.37%). …”
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Post-COVID-19 Syndrome and Related Dysautonomia: Reduced Quality of Life, Increased Anxiety and Manifestation of Depressive Symptoms: Evidence from Greece by Petros Galanis, Aglaia Katsiroumpa, Irene Vraka, Katerina Kosiara, Olga Siskou, Olympia Konstantakopoulou, Theodoros Katsoulas, Parisis Gallos, Daphne Kaitelidou

“…Anxiety and depressive symptoms were worse after the post-COVID-19 syndrome (p<0.001 in both cases). A statistically significant reduction in quality of life was observed among patients after the post-COVID-19 syndrome (p<0.001 for both EQ-5D-3L index value and EQ-5D-3L VAS). …”
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Left atrial strain predicts paroxysmal atrial fibrillation recurrence after catheter ablation: a 1-year study using three-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography by Rui Zhang, He Li, Yan Wang, Tianle Yu, Jiacheng Li, Yumeng Wu, Zhiwen Yu, Cuixing Liang, Dan Yu, Li Xue

“…Global three-dimensional left atrial (LA) strain parameters, along with those of the left ventricle, were measured and analyzed statistically. The primary study endpoint was the recurrence of atrial fibrillation (AF). …”
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Microplastic contamination in different tissues of commercial fish in estuary area by N.D. Takarina, O.M. Chuan, A. Adiwibowo, F.N.A. Jeffery, N.Z.A.B.N.M. Zamri, M.A. Adidharma

“…Raman spectroscopy was applied to verify the polymer of microplastic. Statistical analysis was conducted to evaluate variations in microplastic levels at the individual level across these  fish species.FINDINGS: The findings indicated the presence of microplastics in the muscle, gastrointestinal tract, and gills of three commercially caught fish from Blanakan, with the muscle being identified as the edible part and the gastrointestinal tract and gills as the non-edible parts. …”
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Role of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Detecting Myocardial Viability in Patients with Chronic Ischaemic Heart Disease: A Prospective Observational Study by Subhosree Dey, Parul Dutta, Bornali Dutta, Baloy Jyoti Talukdar, Sushant Agarwal, Dhiraj Baruah

“…A p-value (using Chi-square test) of less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: The mean age was 52±14 years. …”
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A Randomized Study to Compare the Effects of Once-Weekly Dulaglutide Injection and Once-Daily Glimepiride on Glucose Fluctuation of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients: A 26-Week Fol... by Huiqin Li, Xiaohua Xu, Jie Wang, Xiaocen Kong, Maoyuan Chen, Ting Jing, Zhiying Zhang, Guoping Yin, Xiaomei Liu, Yun Hu, Lei Ye, Xiaofei Su, Jianhua Ma

“…There were no significant changes of Mean Amplitude of Glycemic Excursion (MAGE) and Absolute Means of Daily Difference (MODD) after treatment in both groups. Furthermore, no statistically significant difference was found between the two groups in MBG, SDBG, MAGE, and MODD (P>0.05). …”
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Associations of dose to the urethra and long-term patient-reported outcomes after radiotherapy with EBRT and HDR brachytherapy boost for prostate cancer by Lars Haack, David Krug, Justus Domschikowski, Olaf Wittenstein, Severin Rodler, Philipp Nuhn, Christof van der Horst, Claudia Schmalz, Christian Schulz, Oliver Blanck, Frank-André Siebert, Alexander Fabian

“…A p-value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: Among 277 screened patients, 113 patients were alive, eligible, consented, and provided PRO. …”
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Late blight resistant potato hybrid clones in the VIR collection of plant genetic resources by E. V. Rogozina, N. A. Chalaya, M. A. Kuznetsova, V. N. Demidova, A. N. Rogozin, T. I. Smetanina, M. P. Beketova, O. A. Fadina, E. Е. Khavkin

“…The relationship between rAUDPC values in different years of study was statistically significant for hybrids and potato varieties (r = 0.87-0.94). …”
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Risk factors for new vertebral fractures after percutaneous vertebroplasty or percutaneous kyphoplasty in the treatment of osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures by Wencheng Yang, Kaiwei Zou, Xuping Lin, Yanfang Yang, Tianpei Chen, Xiuming Wu, Xiaomeng Wang, Qingjun Liu, Chunhui Huang, Wanhan Su

“…Patients were divided into two groups based on whether they experienced new vertebral fractures within two years after discharge: the new fracture group (n = 186) and the non-fracture group (n = 64), and statistical analysis was conducted accordingly.ResultsAll cases were followed up for 12 to 24 months, with an average of 14.7 months. …”
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The expression landscape and clinical significance of methyltransferase-like 17 in human cancer and hepatocellular carcinoma: a pan-cancer analysis using multiple databases by Yezhou Ding, Mingyang Feng, Wanqing Chi, Xiaoyin Wang, Baoyan An, Kehui Liu, Shike Lou, Xiaolin Wang, Hui Wang

“…Survival rates were calculated using the Kaplan-Meier method. Statistical significance was defined as P < 0.05. Results METTL17 was differentially expressed in various cancers. …”
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Social determinants and follow-up care after emergency department discharge for traumatic intracranial hemorrhage by Meghan M. Dillan, Joseph Piktel, Adam Perzynski, Mary Jo Roach, Kristen K. Curtis, Yasir Tarabichi, Lance Wilson, Michael L. Kelly

“…SES was measured using area deprivation index (ADI). Statistical analysis was performed with logistic regression and Chi-squared tests. …”
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The association of energy or macronutrient intake in three meals with depression in adults with cardiovascular disease: the United States National Health and Nutrition Examination... by Hongquan Xie, Yueying Chen, Jijiao Tang, Yuteng Ma, Ying Liu, Xiyun Ren

“…When compared with participants in the lowest quintile of lunch or dinner energy intake, the risk of depression did not exhibit statistical significance when lunch or dinner energy intake was in the highest quintile, and the adjusted ORs were 1.08 (95% CI, 0.65 to 1.83) and 0.92 (95% CI, 0.62 to 1.37), respectively. …”
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Comparative study of arthroscopic autologous cancellous bone grafting and medial malleolar osteotomy combined with autologous periosteal iliac bone grafting for the treatment of os... by Xinyu Tang, Xinkun Han, Haitao Fu, Youliang Shen, Dongfang Zhang, Qinwei Guo, Chao Qi

“…At 3 months postoperatively, Group A had significantly higher AOFAS scores and ankle joint mobility than Group B (P < 0.05), while there was no statistically significant difference in VAS scores between the two groups (P > 0.05). …”
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Evaluating the Impacts of Procedural and Patient-Specific Factors on the Outcomes of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) by Abilkhair Kurmanaliyev, Rima Braukylienė, Ali Aldujeli, Rassul Zhumagaliyev, Serik Aitaliyev, Ramunas Unikas

“…Males accounted for 37.7% of the non-death group and 50% of the cardiac death group (<i>p</i> = 0.304). Statistical analyses identified factors significantly associated with mortality and complications. …”
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Exploring the ability of plasma pTau217, pTau181 and beta-amyloid in mirroring cerebrospinal fluid biomarker profile of Mild Cognitive Impairment by the fully automated Lumipulse®... by Marcella Catania, Claudia Battipaglia, Alberto Perego, Erika Salvi, Emanuela Maderna, Federico Angelo Cazzaniga, Paolo M. Rossini, Camillo Marra, Nicola Vanacore, Alberto Redolfi, Daniela Perani, Patrizia Spadin, Maria Cotelli, Stefano Cappa, Naike Caraglia, Pietro Tiraboschi, Fabrizio Tagliavini, Giuseppe Di Fede

“…We analysed the correlations between CSF and plasma biomarkers and the differences of plasma biomarker concentrations after grouping MCI cases according to AT classification of CSF AD biomarker profiles. Results We found statistically significant positive correlations between CSF and plasma Aβ42, Aβ42/Aβ40 ratio and pTau181. …”
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The Effect of Coronary Artery Disease on the Prognosis of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: A Multi-Center Cohort Study by Guoqing Hou, Qian Liao, Huihui Ma, Yan Shu, Shengzhi Zeng, Yongmei Zhou, Liangjun Luo, Gang Zhao, Tao He, Mingjiang Liu, Jianhong Tao, Wei Hua, Xiaoping Li

“…Conclusions: In this study, it was observed that there was no statistically significant disparity in mortality rates between patients diagnosed with HCM who concurrently had CAD and those who did not exhibit CAD. …”
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The Application of Three-dimensional Shear Wave Elastography in the Detection of Inguinal Lymph Node Metastasis in Gynecological Malignancies by Yuping Shen, Jiulong Dai, Jiami Li, Man Lu

“…The differences between these AUC values were not statistically significant (p > 0.05). Furthermore, Emax values consistently surpassed Emean values in terms of characterization accuracy across modalities. …”
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Size-controllable synthesis of hydroxyapatite nanorods via fluorine modulation: applications in dental adhesives for enhanced enamel remineralization by Linzhi Meng, Mengmeng Shu, Peng Mei, Yakun Liang, Lunguo Xia

“…The remineralization was evaluated via SEM, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), XRD, and micro-hardness through in vitro and in vivo experiments. Statistical analyses were performed using the Shapiro-Wilk test, Levene test, one-way ANOVA, Tukey HSD method, Welch test, Tamhane test, Fisher’s exact test and Kruskal-Wallis test (α = 0.05). …”
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