Epidemiological characteristics of patients with invasive pulmonary aspergillosis infected with Aspergillus fumigatus from a tertiary hospital in Ningxia, China by Yuting Kang, Qiujie Li, Wanting Ma, Chao Xu, Wei Jia, Pengtao Wang

“…Chest computed tomography imaging studies showed higher incidences of cavity, consolidation, ground-glass opacity, and halo sign in IPA patients. …”
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Pesticide Residue Detection in Broccoli Based on Hyperspectral Technology and Convolutional Neural Network by Dan WANG, Yuqing LUAN, Zuojun TAN, Wei WEI

“…Two data preprocessing methods, namely multivariate scattering correction (MSC) and Savitzky-Golay smoothing (SG smoothing), as well as principal component analysis (PCA), competitive adaptive reweighted sampling (CARS), and successive projection algorithm (SPA) were used to reduce the dimensionality. …”
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Association between lifestyle-related factors and low back pain: Evidence from a Japanese population-based study. by Soya Kawabata, Noriaki Kurita, Takuya Nikaido, Ryoji Tominaga, Yuji Endo, Nobuyuki Fujita, Shin-Ichi Konno, Seiji Ohtori

“…Key LRFs included body mass index, alcohol consumption, smoking, exercise habits, comorbidities (dyslipidemia, diabetes, and hypertension), and self-image regarding body shape. Multivariable logistic regression analysis revealed that current LBP was significantly associated with body mass index (odds ratio [OR]=1.04, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.00-1.07), alcohol consumption (OR=1.37, 95% CI: 1.04-1.80), smoking (OR=1.63, 95% CI: 1.21-2.20), and dyslipidemia (OR=1.51, 95% CI: 1.06-2.13), and the severity of LBP was associated with smoking (OR=1.77, 95% CI: 1.19-2.64), lack of exercise (OR=1.55, 95% CI: 1.10-2.15), and dyslipidemia (OR=1.64, 95% CI: 1.06-2.55). …”
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Serum Interleukin-23 in Polish Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Association with Lupus Nephritis, Obesity, and Peripheral Vascular Disease by Katarzyna Fischer, Hanna Przepiera-Będzak, Marcin Sawicki, Anna Walecka, Iwona Brzosko, Marek Brzosko

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LINC01094 targets miR-1266-5p to halt neoplasm progression of cervical cancer by Wenhui Zhang, Wei Shang, Jinwei Cao, Huijuan Zhao

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MRI Features and Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio (NLR)-Based Nomogram to Predict Prognosis of Microvascular Invasion-Negative Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Wei Y, Huang X, Pei W, Zhao Y, Liao H

“…We used univariable and multivariable Cox regression analysis to identify the independent risk factors for RFS. …”
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RGMA gene polymorphisms as predictive biomarkers for early relapse in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders by Xiaoyi Yang, Lei Cui, Jinsong Jiao, Yeqiong Zhang, Renbin Wang, Dantao Peng, Weihe Zhang

“…Elevated levels of CD3+T lymphocytes were observed in carriers of the rs725458-TT and rs4778099-GG genotypes during acute phases. Survival analysis revealed that the CC/AA genotypes were linked to earlier relapse, supported by Cox multivariate analysis which identified these genotypes, along with age of onset and onset symptoms, as key predictors of early relapse. …”
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Contribution of 18 F-fluorocholine PET-CT to the preoperative localisation of parathyroid adenoma for the treatment of primary hyperparathyroidism by Suzanne Garnier, Clémentine Mahéo, Gael Potard, Marie-Béatrice Cavarec, Nathalie Roudaut, Philippe Thuillier, Rémi Marianowski, Ronan Abgral, Jean-Christophe Leclere

“…Larger adenomas showed better performance on [99mTc]-MIBI scintigraphy (p = 0.026), and elevated PTH levels were associated with significantly worse performance on 18 F-fluorocholine PET-CT (p = 0.023). Multivariate analysis showed that scintigraphy performance was worse in the presence of thyroid nodules (p = 0.049, RR = 2.046, 95% CI 1.005–4.166). 18 F-fluorocholine PET-CT is a valuable imaging modality for the preoperative localisation of parathyroid adenomas in primary hyperparathyroidism, with superior performance compared to conventional imaging modalities. [99mTc]-MIBI scintigraphy showed reduced diagnostic performance in the presence of thyroid nodules.…”
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Nonmass lesions on preoperative MRI in breast cancer patients: clinical implications and prognostic significance by Joon Suk Moon, Tae Kyung Yoo, Jisun Kim, Il Yong Chung, Beom Seok Ko, Hee Jeong Kim, Jong Won Lee, Byung Ho Son, Sae Byul Lee

“…The presence of NMLs was associated with a significant improvement in OS (P = 0.017) for the entire patient group. Multivariate analysis revealed the presence of NMLs as a favorable prognostic factor (hazard ratio 0.47, 95% confidence intervals 0.25–0.90, P = 0.022). …”
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Sex-Specific Impact of Pain Severity, Insomnia, and Psychosocial Factors on Disability due to Spinal Degenerative Disease by Keito Koh, Keiko Yamada, Tatsuya Enomoto, Aiko Kawai, Saeko Hamaoka, Satoko Chiba, Masako Iseki

“…Univariate regression analysis was performed to investigate whether sex influences the PDAS score, and sex-stratified multivariate regression analysis was conducted to identify the variables associated with the PDAS score. …”
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Anti‐Angiogenic Agents for Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma Induce Liver Atrophy by Taijiro Wake, Tomoharu Yamada, Ryosuke Tateishi, Makoto Moriyama, Yuki Matsushita, Kazuya Okushin, Takuma Nakatsuka, Masaya Sato, Tatsuya Minami, Yotaro Kudo, Mitsuhiro Fujishiro

“…Liver volume decreased in patients with both shrinking and enlarged tumors. Multivariate analysis indicates that the decrease in nontumoral liver volume was more significant in the lenvatinib group than in the Atezo/Bev group (p = 0.04). …”
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Comparison of high-intensity focused ultrasound ablation for uterine fibroids with different blood flow grading based on Alder classification by Lijun Yang, Jun Liu, Siyun Wu, Yanhua Han, Jin Bai, Qiuling Shi

“…Multivariate analysis revealed that the type of fibroids and NPV ratio were independent risk factors for re-intervention (p < 0.05).Conclusions Our results suggested that the difficulty of USgHIFU treatment for uterine fibroids could be evaluated using Alder classification. …”
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Development of a prediction model for pulmonary nodules using circulating tumor cells combined with the uAI platform by Dahu Ren, Dahu Ren, Shuangqing Chen, Shicheng Liu, Xiaopeng Zhang, Wenfei Xue, Qingtao Zhao, Guochen Duan

“…Multivariate logistic regression analysis demonstrated that high-risk classification by uAI and CTC quantitative detection were independent predictors of malignancy in pulmonary nodules (P&lt;0.05). …”
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Evaluation of ovarian stiffness and its biological mechanism using shear wave elastography in polycystic ovary syndrome by Yifang He, Shuangping Deng, Yanli Wang, Xiali Wang, Qingqing Huang, Jing Cheng, Dandan Wang, Guorong Lyu

“…Patients with PCOS and healthy controls underwent transvaginal 2D ultrasound and SWE to measure the number of follicles, ovarian volume, and ovarian elasticity. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was conducted to identify risk factors for PCOS. …”
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Risk Factors for Prolonged Hospitalization in Pediatric Appendicitis Patients with Medical Treatment by Ching-Lun Chen, Hsun-Chin Chao, Man-Shan Kong, Shih-Yen Chen

“…Risk factors of prolonged hospitalization were serum CRP >150 mg/L (35/53 vs. 28/72, p = 0.001), abscess formation (38/53 vs. 35/72, p = 0.008), and multiple abscesses (10/53 vs. 1/72, p = 0.001). Under multivariate analysis, CRP >150 mg/L (odds ratio = 1.004, p = 0.0334) and multiple abscesses (odds ratio = 8.788, p = 0.044) were two independent predictors for prolonged hospitalization. …”
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Impact of traumatic intervertebral disc injury on loss of correction following pedicle screw fixation for thoracolumbar fractures by Tongfei Ge, Wenbo Li, Jiayang Wu, Qingyuan Wang, Cong Li, Siming Wang, Wu Xiong, Jin Fan

“…Age (odds ratio [OR] = 1.038, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.011–1.066, P = 0.005), male (OR = 2.201, 95% CI = 1.107–4.377, P = 0.025), and IDI (OR = 2.463, 95% CI = 1.105–5.489, P = 0.028) were statistically significant risk factors for kyphosis correction loss according to multivariate logistic regression analysis. Conclusion Traumatic IDI contributes to loss of correction following thoracolumbar fractures and is closely associated with accelerated disc degeneration. …”
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Evaluating the clinical relevance and reliability of outer retinal band length on optical coherence tomography in retinal disease: a cross-sectional study by Angelica Ly, Michael Kalloniatis, Rene Cheung, Henrietta Wang, Lisa Nivison-Smith

“…Glaucoma was associated with HORB length on univariate analysis (p=0.05–0.06, β=−0.08); however, multivariate analysis revealed no significant association between HORB length and retinal disease.Conclusion HORB length is reliably assessed using magnitude estimation and may be useful as a surrogate biomarker of visual acuity. …”
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Factors Associated with the Severity of Stress Urinary Incontinence in Elderly Women by Suting Li, Zhi Wang, Lian Yang, Shaoying Liu, Lili Jing, Li Hong

“…Factors such as pelvic floor muscle strength, vaginal wall prolapse, uterine prolapse, and the morphology of the largest urethral opening all significantly impacted the severity of SUI symptoms in this population (p < 0.05). Multivariate logistic regression analysis identified age, the number of vaginal deliveries, chronic constipation, anterior vaginal wall prolapse, a history of postpartum urinary incontinence, and the shape of the maximum urethral opening as independent factors influencing SUI severity in older women (p < 0.05). …”
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Elucidating the role of AC026412.3 in hepatocellular carcinoma: a prognostic disulfidptosis-related LncRNAs model perspective by Qinghua Ji, Chuanbing Shi, Xuefeng Gu, Ling Yang, Yintao Sun

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Risk Factors for Incidental Gallbladder Cancer Found During Cholecystectomy for Cholelithiasis: A Case–Control Study by Christina Liava, Patrick Starlinger, Patrick S. Kamath, Moira B. Hilscher

“…Among GBC patients, 65.8% presented acutely, 30.3% had chronic biliary symptoms, 0.3% were asymptomatic, and 43.4% had known cholelithiasis before symptoms. On multivariate analysis, when compared with controls, GBC was significantly associated with female gender (80.3% vs 56.7% controls, P < .001), age ≥ 68 years (86.8% vs 48.4%, P < .001), gallstone size ≥1.70 cm (73.2% vs 28.2% controls, P < .001), ascending cholangitis (12.5% vs 4.1%, P < .001), anemia prior to cholecystectomy (33.3% vs 13.9%, P < .001), and duration of cholelithiasis ≥5 years (31.6% vs 10.2%, P = .011). …”
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