Role of leisure and sleep in promoting daily physical activity in adults with down syndrome by Melissa R. Jenkins, Victoria L. Fleming, Emily K. Schworer, Yiwen Dong, Dana L. Tudorascu, Benjamin L. Handen, Sigan L. Hartley

“…This study examined how daily fluctuations in two lifestyle factors, sleep and leisure, affect physical activity in adults with DS.Method: For 7 days, a sample of adults with DS (N = 109) wore a GT9X ActiGraph accelerometer to collect movement and sleep data and completed a daily diary to record leisure engagement. …”
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The Dose-Response Relationship between Gamma-Glutamyl Transferase and Risk of Diabetes Mellitus Using Publicly Available Data: A Longitudinal Study in Japan by Wei Zhao, Jingjing Tong, Jie Liu, Jin Liu, Jinghua Li, Yongtong Cao

“…., hepatitis B/C). The final analytic sample included 15464 participants, 373 of who were diagnosed as diabetes mellitus with a maximum 13-year follow-up. …”
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Association between relative fat mass and female infertility among reproductive-aged women from NHANES 2013–2020 by Yiming Chen, Yuanyuan Li, Bo Zhang, Wei Xia, Xingliang Feng

“…Additionally, results were consistent in the supplementary subgroup analysis without interaction, and RCS confirmed a linear relationship. Our findings demonstrate a significant association between RFM and female infertility in a population-based sample, supporting the hypothesis that excess adiposity may play a role in reproductive health. …”
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Smartphone Ecological Momentary Assessment and Wearable Activity Tracking in Pediatric Depression: Cohort Study by Jimena Unzueta Saavedra, Emma A Deaso, Margot Austin, Laura Cadavid, Rachel Kraff, Emma E M Knowles

“…The study examined feasibility, usability of the EMA app, symptom severity and variability, and relationships between mood, activity, and sleep. We applied linear mixed-effects regression to the data to examine relationships between variables. …”
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Blinded Validation of Breath Biomarkers of Lung Cancer, a Potential Ancillary to Chest CT Screening. by Michael Phillips, Thomas L Bauer, Renee N Cataneo, Cassie Lebauer, Mayur Mundada, Harvey I Pass, Naren Ramakrishna, William N Rom, Eric Vallières

“…The algorithm predicted discriminant function (DF) values in blinded replicate breath VOC samples analyzed independently at two laboratories (A and B). …”
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Drug overdose among women in intimate relationships: The role of partner violence, adversity and relationship dependencies. by Nabila El-Bassel, Phillip L Marotta, Dawn Goddard-Eckrich, Mingway Chang, Tim Hunt, Ewin Wu, Louisa Gilbert

“…<h4>Methodology</h4>This paper included a sample of 201 women who use drugs in heterosexual relationships with criminal justice-involved men in New York City. …”
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Estimation of the winter bread wheat productivity according to the parameters of ecological adaptability in the southern forest-steppe of the Omsk region by V. M. Triputin, A. N. Kovtunenko, Yu. N. Kashuba

“…The highest values of the linear regression coefficient were identified in the lines ‘22/16’, ‘24/16’, the varieties ‘Yubileinaya 180’, ‘Omskaya 4’ (bi = 1.15–1.19). …”
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Plasma cytokine and chemokine levels during natural outbreaks of bovine respiratory disease in young bulls on feedlots by Maud Rouault, Sébastien Assié, Blandine Gausserès, François Meurens, Gilles Foucras

“…The link between cytokines and clinical, microbiological, and preconditioning (vaccination and preventive antibiotic treatment) variables was investigated using the Wilcoxon-Mann–Whitney test, mixed-effects linear regression models, and multivariate clustering. …”
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Medical expenditure of women during pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium at the beginning of China’s universal two-child policy enactment: a population-based retrospective study by Xin Wang, Ying Zhang, Yu Chen, Shuang Zang, Meizhen Zhao, Yalan Zhu

“…The temporal changes of medical expenditure of women during pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium at the beginning of China’s universal two-child policy enactment were assessed. The generalised linear model and structural equation model were used to test the association between medical expenditure and study variables.Results Unlike the inverted V-shaped trend in the number of live newborns in Dalian over the 3 studied years, CCE on pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium dipped slightly in 2016 (¥260.29 million) from 2015 (¥263.28 million) and saw a surge in 2017 (¥288.65 million). …”
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Associations Between Polymorphisms of the CSN1S1, CSN1S2, CSN2 and CSN3 Genes and Milk Composition Traits in Holstein Cattle by Ahmet Fatih Demirel, Bahattin Çak

“…A general linear model (GLM) was applied to analyse the effect of genotypic variants on phenotypic characters. …”
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Determination of related substances of travoprost in travoprost and timolol maleate eye drops by HPLC by LI Yujun, CHEN Jieting

“…The lowest detection limits for these compounds were all 0.020 μg/mL, The relative standard deviation (RSD) for the content of 5,6-trans-travoprost and 15 keto trovopros in six samples were 0.2% (n=6) and 0.3% (n=6), respectively, indicating good reproducibility. …”
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The impact of the introduction of intrapartum fetal ECG ST segment analysis. A population study by Ellen Blix, Anne Eskild, Irene Skau, Jostein Grytten

“…Our data structure consisted of a hospital‐year panel. We applied a linear probability model with hospital‐fixed effects and with adjustment for potentially confounding factors. …”
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Utilisation of routine health information system and associated factors among health workers in public health institutions of Gofa zone, South Ethiopia regional state:a mixed-metho... by Dejene Hailu Kassa, Bedilu Kucho Doka, Abebaw Gebeyehu Worku, Keneni Gutema Negeri

“…Standardised Performance of Routine Information System Management tools were used. Multilevel linear mixed model regression and thematic analysis were conducted.Results The level of good information utilisation in RHIS was 52.0% (95% CI: 46.2%, 57.7%, p = 0.491). …”
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Efecto del género del docente en la importancia de la Educación Física, clima motivacional, comportamientos disruptivos, la intención de práctica futura y rendimiento académico (E... by Raúl Fernández Baños, María del Mar Ortiz-Camacho, Antonio Baena-Extremera, Jorge Zamarripa

“…Descriptive analyses, correlations, and linear multilevel regression models were performed. …”
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Diagnosis of Antiphospholipid Syndrome by Chemiluminescent or Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay – A Comparison Study and Comprehensive Literature Review by Eunice E.N. Lai MBBS, Cheryl X.Q. Lim MBBS, Jacqueline P.J. Lau BA, Yen Lin Chee PhD, Stephrene S.W. Chan MBBS, Winnie Z.Y. Teo MBBS, Eng Soo Yap MBBS, Shir Ying Lee MBBS

“…Both methods showed good correlation (Spearman's r 0.60–0.80, p  < 0.0001) that was non-linear over the range of titers. CLIA sensitivity and specificity was 46%–100% and 68%–95%, with AUROC ranging from 0.80–0.93. …”
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Associations between fasting glucose rate-of-change and the missense variant, rs373863828, in an adult Samoan cohort. by Anna C Rivara, Emily M Russell, Jenna C Carlson, Alysa Pomer, Take Naseri, Muagututia Seifuiva Reupena, Samantha L Manna, Satupaitea Viali, Ryan L Minster, Daniel E Weeks, James P DeLany, Erin E Kershaw, Stephen T McGarvey, Nicola L Hawley

“…<h4>Methods</h4>We describe and test differences in fasting glucose, the development of type 2 diabetes, body mass index, age, smoking status, physical activity, urbanicity of residence, and household asset scores between 2010 and 2018 among a cohort of n = 401 adult Samoans, selected to have a ~2:2:1 ratio of GG:AG: AA rs373863828 genotypes. Multivariate linear regression was used to test whether fasting glucose rate-of-change was associated with rs373863828 genotype, and other baseline variables.…”
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Increased Stress Hyperglycemia Ratio Predicts Poor Clinical Outcome in Critically Ill COPD Patients: A Retrospective Study by Qiao M, Yang H, Qin M, Li Y, Wang H

“…Logistic regression, Restricted Cubic Sample (RCS) and Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) were used to explore the relationship between SHR and prognosis of COPD patients. …”
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Efecto de hongos micorrizogenos en dos patrones de cítricos limón rugoso, Citrus jambhiri, y mandarina cleopatra, Citrus reshni by Torres Héctor R., Muñoz F. Jaime E., Villafañe Víctor E.

“…R2 over 99 % were found for linear regression among the foliar area and the length and width of the leaves. …”
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Institutional, neighborhood, and life stressors on loneliness among older adults by Kazumi Tsuchiya, Amy Danielle Thierry, Harry Owen Taylor

“…PNC were measured as discohesion and disorder. Lagged multivariate linear regression models regressed loneliness (2014/2016 HRS waves) on PID, SLE and PNC (2010/2012 HRS waves) measured as cumulative totals and individual items. …”
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LDL-C/HDL-C ratio as a predictor of atherosclerosis in the Japanese population: insights from a cross-sectional study by Yan Jiang, Lina Zhang, Zhifeng Gu

“…LDL-C/HDL-C ratio was calculated from fasting blood samples and baPWV was used to assess atherosclerosis. …”
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