Serum Interleukin-6, Interleukin-17A, and transforming growth factor beta are raised in systemic sclerosis with interstitial lung disease by Anupam Wakhlu, Rasmi Ranjan Sahoo, Jyoti Ranjan Parida, Mohit K Rai, Durga P Misra, Vinita Agrawal, Vikas Agarwal

“…Spearman coefficient was used to test correlation between continuous variables. P value of <0.05 was considered significant. …”
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CORRELATION BETWEEN HEIGHT, BMI, MUAC WITH ANEMIA STATUS IN ADOLESCENT GIRLS by Muminah, Rize Budi Amalia, Lestari Sudaryanti, Sulistiawati Sulistiawati

“…The sample was 11th and 12th grade senior high school girls with a total of 141 respondents using the total sampling technique. The variables used in this research consisted of height, BMI, MUAC, and anemia. …”
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Preoperative Prognostic Nutritional Index Is a Predictive Factor for Postoperative Delirium in Elderly Patients with Femoral Neck Fracture by Xu Y, Luo Y

“…LASSO regression analysis identified eleven key variables including gender, age, body mass index, diabetes mellitus, surgery duration, anesthesia duration, fracture position, neutrophil, lymphocyte, PNI, and MMSE score. …”
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Intra- and Interobserver Reliability of Superb Microvascular Imaging (SMI) Doppler for Assessing Placental Microvasculature by Rocio Garcia-Jimenez, José Antonio García-Mejido, Irene Valero, Ana Fernandez-Palacin, Carlota Borrero, Jose Antonio Sainz-Bueno

“…Results: Intraobserver reliability was found to be excellent for all quantitative parameters, with all ICC values above 0.97. For qualitative variables, excellent reliability was obtained for the number of secondary villi, while the number of tertiary villi had an adequate reliability with a Cohen’s Kappa coefficient of 0.792 (95% CI 0.38–1.17; p = 0.007). …”
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Dysregulation of miR-106a-5p/PTEN axis associated with progression and diagnostic of postmenopausal osteoporosis by Xiangjie Liu, Xiaogang Zhang, Meini Cen

“…ROC curve and Pearson correlation were employed to evaluate the diagnostic value and relationships between variables. To model iron accumulation, hFOB1.19 osteoblasts were treated with ferric ammonium citrate (FAC). …”
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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice towards Hepatitis B Virus Among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care at the Public Hospitals of Afar Regional State, Ethiopia by Hussen Edris, V. SREEMANARAYANA

“…Associations between variables were examined through bivariate and multivariable logistic regression analyses, with a p-value of less than 0.05 considered statistically significant. …”
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Participative governance quality over marine spaces: challenges for estuarine socioecological resilience at the Paranaguá Bay Zone by Daniel Hauer Queiroz Telles, Lígia Carolina Alcântara Pinotti

“…Results also underline variables of interest and pilot indicators in the subject under analysis. …”
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Assessment of Treatment Outcome in Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia Patients on Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors: Insight From a Resource Limited Setting by Wude Yewondwosen Awlachew, Abel Tenaw Tasamma, Firehiwot Abebe Mengistie, Zekarias Tadele Alemineh, Samuel Tesfaye Tefera

“…Chi‐square statistics and binary logistic regression were employed to examine the associations between categorical variables, with statistical significance set at a p value < 0.05. …”
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Unmasking Job Satisfaction: Insights from Tribal India’s Nurses amongst the COVID-19 Pandemic by Vikrant Kabirpanthi, Vikas Gupta, Subramani Palaniyandi

“…The Chi-square test was performed to find the association between poor JSS score and independent variables. An association was considered significant if the P < 0.05 for all tests (two-tailed) at a 5% level of significance. …”
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Development of a machine learning model to identify the predictors of the neonatal intensive care unit admission by Narges Malakooti, Vahid Mehrnoush, Fatemeh Abdi, Mohammad Sadegh Vahidi Farashah, Fatemeh Darsareh

“…The first step of the analysis involved comparing healthy babies to those admitted to the NICU. Variables that had a significant p-value (less than 0.05) were selected as features for the machine learning approach. …”
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In-Hospital Mortality and Its Predictors among Hospitalized Diabetes Patients: A Prospective Observational Study by Dereje Eyob Tediso, Fekede Bekele Daba, Teshale Ayele Mega

“…Data were collected on variables related to the patient, disease, medication, and clinical outcomes. …”
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Xerophthalmia and Its Associated Factors among School-Age Children in Amba Giorgis Town, Northwest Ethiopia, 2018 by Gizachew Tilahun Belete, Assefa Lake Fenta, Mohammed Seid Hussen

“…Binary logistic regression was used to determine the factors associated with xerophthalmia. Variables with a p value of <0.05 in the multivariable logistic regression analysis were considered as statistically significant. …”
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Determinants of outbound logistics performance in selected Sub-Saharan Africa countries: a panel data analysis by Enock Musau Gideon, Noleen N. Pisa, Chengete Chakamera

“…The research focuses on understanding how these variables interact over time and across countries.</p><p><strong>Findings/results</strong><br /> The analysis reveals that timely delivery of consignments significantly enhances logistics performance, while customs clearance processes negatively impact it. …”
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Arthroscopic bone grafting for Schatzker III tibial plateau fractures: a retrospective comparative study by Rongfang Zhang, Yuqi Wang, HongBo Liu, Yuanxin Qiao, Xi Zhang

“…Categorical data were analyzed using the chi-square test, and continuous variables using independent sample t-tests. A p-value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. …”
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Utility of respiratory viral testing in the risk stratification of young febrile infants presenting to emergency care settings: a protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis by Thomas Waterfield, Hannah Mitchell, Etimbuk Umana, Jordan Evans, Lisa McFetridge, Clare Mills, Hannah Norman-Bruce, Jennie Roe

“…If found to be associated with the likelihood of IBI, respiratory viral point-of-care testing may improve patient and caregiver experience, reduce costs and enhance antimicrobial stewardship.Methods and analysis This is a study protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis that aims to answer the following question: In young febrile infants presenting to emergency care settings does a positive respiratory viral test for RSV, Influenza or SARS-CoV2 (relative to a negative test) add value to current risk stratification pathways for the exclusion of invasive bacterial infection, subsequently enabling safe de-escalation of investigation and treatment?…”
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Risk Factors for Cardiopulmonary Complications in Surgeries for Benign Ovarian Tumors by S. N. Toneeva, N. A. Volkova, A. N. Mukhutdinova, S. Y. Klinysheva, T. V. Malova, A. F. Gilemkhanov, M. S. Muchkaev

“…Calibration and complication odds ratios were computed to establish the significance of predictive variables. Among the studied patients, obesity and hypertension emerged as significant independent predictors of postoperative CRC, while age alone did not contribute significantly to risk. …”
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Client satisfaction among people living with HIV attending an anti-retroviral therapy center with special emphasis on the sexual minority population at a teaching institution in We... by Ishita Sarkar, Rahul Biswas, Sanghamitra Maulik, Ananya Ramanandi, Ankit Das, Debjani Guchhait

“…A Chi-square or Fisher’s exact test was used to explore associations between overall patient satisfaction and demographic characteristics of participants and other variables. A P value of 0.05 or less was considered statistically significant. …”
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Participative governance quality over marine spaces: challenges for estuarine socioecological resilience at the Paranaguá Bay Zone by Daniel Hauer Queiroz Telles, Lígia Carolina Alcântara Pinotti

“…Results also underline variables of interest and pilot indicators in the subject under analysis. …”
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Blood metabolites, mitochondrial biofunction, and cervical cancer: a bidirectional Mendelian randomization study by Chongze Yang, Lan-hui Qin, Liwei Li, Meng-na Lan, Qiu-ying Wei, Yi Li, Jin-yuan Liao

“…The study employed single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) as instrumental variables and utilizes Inverse Variance Weighted (IVW), MR Egger, and Weighted Median methods for Mendelian randomization analysis. …”
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Association of thromboelastogram hypercoagulability with postoperative deep venous thrombosis of the lower extremity in patients with femur and pelvic fractures: a cohort study by Peiyao Cheng, Bo Cheng, Linqin Wu, Hui Zhang, Yitong Yang

“…After PSM, these two variables remained correlated (P = 0.001, OR = 1.878, 95% confidence interval:1.301 − 2.709). …”
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