Investigation of proprioceptive sense in team and individual athletes by Emine Busra Aydin

“…Dunn’s multiple comparison test was used for subgroup comparisons. Mann Whitney U test was preferred for paired group comparisons. …”
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Does Ménière's Disease in the Elderly Present Some Peculiar Features? by R. Teggi, A. Meli, M. Trimarchi, F. LiraLuce, M. Bussi

“…Elderly MD patients presented a higher prevalence of Tumarkin attacks and a lower prevalence of lifetime history of migraine; moreover, they presented a faster develop of hearing loss and vertigo spells than a subgroup of 32 younger patients matched for the duration of illness. …”
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Three-Rooted Permanent Mandibular First Molars: A Meta-Analysis of Prevalence by Nyan M. Aung, Kyaw K. Myint

“…The calculation was performed with MetaXL version 5.3. Subgroup analysis, sensitivity analysis, and publication bias method were also calculated. …”
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Serum salusin levels in diarrhea- and constipation-predominant irritable bowel syndrome by Elif Tugba Tuncel, Seda Sabah Ozcan, Mehmet Korkmaz, Elif Börekci

“…Conclusion A major prognostic relationship was found between the level of salusins and the subgroup of D-IBS. It is well known that salusins have been related to inflammatory processes and oxidative injury in previous studies. …”
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The evaluation of shear bond strength of denture teeth to CAD/CAM dentures acrylic after aging in gastric acid by Neslihan Güntekin, Burcu Kızılırmak

“…Each base-tooth combination was randomly divided into 2 subgroups (n = 14). One subgroup was immersed in artificial gastric acid and the other in artificial saliva solution. …”
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Effects of Resveratrol on Liver Function Tests in Patients with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials by P. Ebrahimpour, M. Karamian, A. Sharifi

“…Resveratrol had no significant effect on serum ALT (Mean diff = 3.30 IU/L; 95 % CI: –2.34, 8.94; p = 0.25) and AST (Mean diff = 0.07 IU/L; 95 % CI: –2.96, 3.10; p = 0.96) concentrations. Moreover, subgroup analysis revealed that neither resveratrol dose nor intervention duration had any significant effect on the serum ALT and AST levels.Conclusion. …”
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Experience of application of modern laxatives at treatment of functional constipation at adults by Ye. K. Baranskaya

“…Duration did not exceed 3–5 days in this subgroup. Chronic functional constipation was diagnosed at 31 patients. …”
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The association between non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio (NHHR) and sarcopenia: A cross-sectional study by Xiudeng Yang, Zheng Zhong

“…A multivariate logistic regression and a restricted cubic spline (RCS) model adjusted for associated factors were utilized to evaluate the correlation between NHHR and sarcopenia. Subgroup and sensitivity analyses were conducted to verify the robustness of the findings. …”
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Obesity-related indices are associated with self-reported infertility in women: findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey by Hong Zhang, Minmin Yu, Li Li, Chen Chen, Qinyuan He

“…We used weighted multivariable logistic regression analysis, receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves, and subgroup analysis, as well as propensity score matching. …”
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Association of Pulse Prssure Index With Mortality in Patients With Hypertension: Results From NHANES 1999–2018 by Hongjin Jin, Shusheng Fang, Shuo An, Yanchun Ding

“…Kaplan–Meier survival curves, Cox proportional hazards regression models, restricted cubic splines, and subgroup and interaction analyses were used to investigate the association of PPI with ACM and CVM. …”
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Miscarriage Rates Due to Endometriosis: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Pinar Calis, Gizem Isik, Dilara Duygulu, Nuray Bozkurt, Deniz Karcaaltincaba

“…Apart from that, in in vitro fertilization group, the miscarriage rate was higher in the endometrioma subgroup than non-endometrioma (p=0.008). CONCLUSION: There was an only significant difference in miscarriage rate in the in vitro fertilization group between endometrioma and non-endometrioma patients. …”
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Classification of Colon Cancer Patients Based on the Methylation Patterns of Promoters by Wonyoung Choi, Jungwoo Lee, Jin-Young Lee, Sun-Min Lee, Da-Won Kim, Young-Joon Kim

“…Through clustering analysis of differentially methylated DNA regions, we were able to define subgroups of patients and observed clinical features associated with each subgroup. …”
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Association between weekend catch-up sleep and depression in US adults by Lingying Le, Ziwei Lan, Chenxi Chen

“…A logistic regression analysis was conducted to evaluate the possible independent conjunction between depression and WCS. Subgroup analysis and interaction tests have been carried out. …”
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Original Approach for Automated Quantification of Antinuclear Autoantibodies by Indirect Immunofluorescence by Daniel Bertin, Noémie Jourde-Chiche, Pierre Bongrand, Nathalie Bardin

“…We obtained very good technical performance of FI (95% sensitivity, 98% specificity, and a kappa of 0.92), even in a subgroup of weakly positive samples. A significant correlation between quantification of FI and IIF ANA titers was found (Spearman's ρ=0.80, P<0.0001). …”
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The Effect of Breathing Exercise Using Bubble Blower on Anxiety and Pain during Inferior Alveolar Nerve Block in Children Aged 7 to 10 Years: A Crossover Randomized Clinical Trial by Zahra Bahrololoomi, Tahereh Sadeghiyeh, Maedeh Rezaei, Nahid Maghsoudi

“…However, these differences were statistically significant only for FLACC scale and WBFPS (P value <0.05). In subgroup analysis, only girls and children without any previous dental treatment showed significant differences in FLACC scale and WBFPS between the control and bubble blower side (P value <0.05). …”
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Association between Cataract Surgery and Age-Related Macular Degeneration: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Lihong Yang, Hongxun Li, Xinheng Zhao, Ye Pan

“…No significant associations were observed between cataract surgery and the incidence of early AMD. Subgroup analysis showed that the OR for incidence of early and late AMD was significantly higher for cataract surgery performed more than 5 years compared with less than 5 years. …”
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Long-Term Survivorship of Esophageal Cancer Patients Treated with Radical Intent by Alex Agranovich, Colleen E McGahan, Anagha Gurjal

“…The long-term survivorship of patients in a subgroup of our patients treated with combined modality protocols compared favourably with the previously reported results in the literature and specifically in prospective randomized trials. …”
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Dealings between Cataract and Retinal Reattachment Surgery in PVR by Svenja Deuchler, Pankaj Singh, Michael Müller, Thomas Kohnen, Hanns Ackermann, Joerg Iwanczuk, Rachid Benjilali, Frank Koch

“…Methods. 101 eyes were analyzed retrospectively and 103 eyes prospectively in regard to their retinal reattachment success rate and key factors for the outcome. Subgroup analysis of 27 eyes with Scheimpflug lens photography (SLP) before and after retinal reattachment service with SOT was performed. …”
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Drug-Coated versus Uncoated Balloon for Side Branch Protection in Coronary Bifurcation Lesions Treated with Provisional Stenting Using Drug-Eluting Stents: A Meta-analysis by Zhi-Ming Jiang, Le Liu

“…Moreover, SB protection with DCB was associated with reduced risks of target lesion revascularization (risk ratio [RR]: 0.49, 95% CI: 0.27 to 0.88, p=0.02; I2 = 0%) and major adverse cardiovascular events (RR: 0.42, 95% CI: 0.27 to 0.66, p<0.01; I2 = 0%). Subgroup analysis according to the study design showed similar results. …”
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Gene Polymorphisms and Susceptibility to Functional Dyspepsia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Lijun Du, John J. Kim, Binrui Chen, Yawen Zhang, Hui Ren

“…Carriers of minor allele in GNB3 825C>T (OR=1.15, 95% CI 0.99-1.34, P=0.07), SCL6A4 5HTTLPR (OR=0.92, 95% CI 0.75-1.12, P=0.40), and CCK-1R 779T>C (OR=0.86, 95% CI 0.72-1.03, P=0.09) genes failed to demonstrate susceptibility to FD. In a subgroup analysis, only minor allele (T) in GNB3 825C>T was associated with an increased susceptibility to the epigastric pain syndrome subtype (OR=1.34, 95% CI 1.10-1.63, P=0.003). …”
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