Elevated Preoperative Neutrophil-Lymphocyte Ratio Is Associated with Poor Prognosis in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients Treated with Liver Transplantation: A Meta-Analysis by Xiao-Dong Sun, Xiao-Ju Shi, Yu-Guo Chen, Chuan-Lei Wang, Qiang Ma, Guo-Yue Lv

“…Meta-analysis results showed that elevated NLR was significantly associated with poorer overall survival (OS) (HR = 2.71, 95% CI: 1.91–3.83) and poorer disease-free survival (DFS) (HR = 3.61, 95% CI: 2.23–5.84) in HCC patients treated with LT. Moreover, subgroup analysis showed the significant association between elevated preoperative NLR and poor prognosis was not altered by cutoff values of NLR or types of LT. …”
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Microwave System: A Novel Treatment for Localized Adiposity Reduction in a Latin American Population by Aura Ibeth Ruiz-Rosas, Nelly Patricia Muño-Velasco, Dayana Sofia Rengifo-Bolaños, Tatiana Carolina Reyes-Vivas, Paula Lozano-Bitar, Irene Fusco, Paola Andrea Russy-Buitrago

“…Data descriptive analysis was made as well as single-factor repeated measures ANOVA to show pre- and post-treatment difference, and mixed ANOVA for body mass index (BMI) subgroup analysis was performed. Results. In all patients examined, statistical significant differences were found in pre- and post-treatment skinfold test for each body area: superior abdomen (F(1,27) = 63.13; p=0.001), iliac crest (F(1, 23) = 114.33; p<0.001), posterior waist (F(1, 20) = 27.36; p<0.001), trochanter (F(1, 17) = 26.94; p<0.001), among others. …”
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A Comparison of Pattern of Pregnancy Loss in Women with Infertility Undergoing IVF and Women with Unexplained Recurrent Miscarriages Who Conceive Spontaneously by Vidya A. Tamhankar, Beiyu Liu, Junhao Yan, Tin-Chiu Li

“…The outcome from 1220 IVF pregnancies (Group I) was compared with 611 spontaneous pregnancies (Group II) in women with recurrent miscarriages. Subgroup analysis was performed in Group I based on cause of infertility: tubal factor (392 pregnancies); male factor (610 pregnancies); and unexplained infertility (218 pregnancies). …”
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Efficacy and Safety of Anlotinib and PD-1/L1 Inhibitors as Maintenance Therapy for Extensive-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients who Have Achieved Stable-Disease After First-Line... by Yi Peng MD, De Wu MD, Jing Tang MD, Xiaobing Li MD

“…Results Preliminary findings suggest that this regimen is highly effective, with a median PFS of 6 months and OS of 13.5 months, alongside a DCR exceeding 60%. Subgroup analysis revealed enhanced efficacy in patients with fewer than three metastatic sites and those who experienced hypertension, proteinuria, or hand-foot syndrome during MT. …”
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Association between dietary intake of live microbes and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a cross-sectional study of NHANES 2007–2012 by Yifeng Xu, Zhaoqi Yan, Liangji Liu

“…Results In the fully adjusted multiple logistic regression model, participants with moderate and high dietary intake of live microbes showed a negative association with the prevalence of COPD compared to those with low estimated intake, with reductions of 38% (OR, 0.62; 95% CI: 0.39–0.99, P < 0.05) and 44% (OR, 0.56; 95% CI: 0.34–0.92, P < 0.05) respectively. Additionally, subgroup analysis results remained stable with no observed interactions. …”
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Brain Symmetry Index in Healthy and Stroke Patients for Assessment and Prognosis by Andrei Agius Anastasi, Owen Falzon, Kenneth Camilleri, Malcolm Vella, Richard Muscat

“…The difference in BSI was more pronounced in the cortical stroke subgroup (p=0.016). BSI showed only a mild general decrease on repeated monthly recording. …”
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Efficacy of alternate mucosa–submucosa clip closure in preventing postoperative adverse events for patients with gastric mucosal lesions after endoscopic submucosal dissection: a m... by Lu Chen, Jingjing Jiang, Hongxia Li, Xin Yin, Xiajiao Tang, Yinnan Zhu, Wei Chen, Qin Lu, Ruihua Shi

“…Results: The rate of delayed hemorrhage was lower in the completely closed group than in the unclosed group (0.8% vs 7.6%; p  < 0.001), and subgroup analysis showed that this effect was consistent across all subgroups. …”
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Appendiceal Intraluminal Gas: A CT Marker for Gangrenous Appendicitis by Chantelle Ip, Edward H. Wang, Michael Croft, Wanyin Lim

“…This is in contrast to the subgroup of patients who did not have intraluminal gas (72%), of which only 33% had gangrenous appendicitis. …”
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Picking interstitial lung disease out of the myositis haystack by Jennifer Hannah, Harsha Gunawardena

“…The hallmark CTD-IIM ILD subgroup is antisynthetase syndrome, characterized by autoantibodies to tRNA synthetases. …”
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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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The Association between Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio and Glycemic Control in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Tiruneh Adane, Mulugeta Melku, Yilkal Belete Worku, Alebachew Fasil, Melak Aynalem, Amanuel Kelem, Solomon Getawa

“…A random effect model was used to estimate the standardized mean difference (SMD). A metaregression, subgroup, and sensitivity analysis were conducted to search for potential sources of heterogeneity. …”
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Prevalence of depression in visually impaired children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Ajay Kumar Bakhla, Puja Pallavi, Ravi Rohan Kisku, Nishant Goyal, Amit Kumar, Kameshwar Prasad

“…Heterogeneity was assessed using I2 to explain heterogeneity meta-regressive analysis and subgroup analyses were done. With the finally selected 13 studies consisting of 822 participants, the overall pooled prevalence of depression or dysthymia among visually impaired children or adolescents was 14% (137/822 individuals, 95% CI = 9% to 20%), with high heterogeneity between studies (I2 = 80.11%; P < 0.001). …”
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Clinical Correlates of Awareness for Balance, Function, and Memory: Evidence for the Modality Specificity of Awareness by Megan E. O'Connell, Vanina Dal Bello-Haas, Margaret Crossley, Debra Morgan

“…Balance awareness did not differ based on diagnostic subgroup. Awareness of function was associated with instrumental activities of daily living and caregiver burden. …”
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The link between the atherogenic index of plasma and the risk of hypertension: Analysis from NHANES 2017-2020. by Kaiyou Liu, Qingwei Ji, Shaoming Qin, Ling Liu, Hongwei Zhang, Huating Huang, Guihua Li, Junjun Chen

“…The value of AIP in predicting hypertension was assessed using ROC curves, and their nonlinear relationship was described using restricted cubic splines (RCS). Subgroup analyses, interactions, and sensitivity analyses were also conducted.…”
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Ferula (Ferula elaeochytris) as a phytoestrogen: Use of Ferula in laying hens by Arda Onur Özkök, Gözde Kılınç

“…A total of 72 (8 replicates, 3 hens/subgroup) laying hens (Nick Brown, 30 weeks) were divided into three groups (FRP-0, FRP-1, FRP-2). …”
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Translation and Psychometric Properties of the Arabic Version of Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument in Type 2 Diabetes by Maha T. Mohammad, Jennifer Muhaidat, Munther S. Momani, Lara Al-Khlaifat, Rasha Okasheh, Dania Qutishat, Emad Al-Yahya

“…The test was then applied on 76 patients with type 2 diabetes. A subgroup of 25 patients answered MNSI Arabic twice to examine reliability. …”
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High triglyceride-glucose index in patients with diabetes mellitus is associated with an increased likelihood of nephropathy development: evidence from a meta-analysis among Asian... by Raphael Enrique Tiongco, Neil David Cayanan, Michael John Dominguez, Kyll Geonzon, Julie Ann Mercado, Maria Ruth Pineda-Cortel

“…Pooled odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were computed from the included studies. Subgroup analysis was also performed to control for the participant's ethnicity. …”
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Selecting first-line immunotherapy in advanced melanoma: Current evidence on efficacy across diverse patient populations by Sophia Kreft, Tommaso Bosetti, Rebecca Lee, Paul Lorigan

“…Since most patients who respond to combination ipilimumab-nivolumab also respond to nivolumab-relatlimab, and many to single-agent anti-programmed death-1 (PD-1) monotherapy, the challenge is to identify the subgroup of patients who need ipilimumab-nivolumab and would not achieve similar benefits from less toxic alternatives. …”
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Resting state BOLD-perfusion coupling patterns using multiband multi-echo pseudo-continuous arterial spin label imaging by Alexander D. Cohen, Stefano Moia, G. Bruce Pike, César Caballero-Gaudes, Yang Wang

“…The variability, reproducibility, and reliability of the metrics were also computed in a multi-session subgroup. Areas of higher coupling were observed in the visual, motor, parietal, and frontal cortices and corresponded to major brain networks. …”
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Electroweak phase transition in two scalar singlet model with pNGB dark matter by Dilip Kumar Ghosh, Koustav Mukherjee, Shourya Mukherjee

“…Specially, the spontaneous breaking of the global U(1) symmetry to a discrete Z 3 $$ {\mathcal{Z}}_3 $$ subgroup can introduce effective cubic terms in the scalar potential, which facilitates a strong first-order phase transition. …”
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