Role of lymphocyte-to-C-reactive protein ratio in forecasting microvascular obstruction in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction post-percutaneous coronary intervention by Jiahua Liu, Xinjia Du, Yanfei Ren, Yan Mei, Lei Chen, Yuan Lu

“…Multivariate regression analysis identified LCR as an independent predictor of MVO [Odds Ratio = 0.18, 95% Confidence Interval (CI): 0.04–0.75, p = 0.019]. …”
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Muscle matters: Skeletal muscle index and body mass index impact on complications and survival in renal cancer by Alexander Hintze Hillers, Signe Wang Bach, Atena Saito, Nessn Azawi

“…Primary outcomes focused on complications within 90 days as well as survival outcomes, and their relation with both SMI and BMI. Multivariable analysis assessed SMI's independent prognostic significance in RCC. …”
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Role of 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography in the Diagnosis of Newly Found Suspected Malignant Solitary Pulmonary Lesions in Patients Who Have... by Xiaozhou Yu, Xiuyu Song, Lei Zhu, Wei Chen, Dong Dai, Xiaofeng Li, Wengui Xu

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Value of Pulmonary Cavity Wall Thickness Characteristics and Accompanying CT Signs in the Differential Diagnosis of Thick-wall Cancerous Cavities and Inflammatory Cavities by Zi’ao WANG, Huijie JIANG, Sheng ZHAO, Jinping LI, Zhongqi SUN, Hao LI

“…In contrast, the CT scans of inflammatory cavitations frequently revealed patchy shadows around the cavity and smooth inner wall. Multivariate logistic analysis of the above parameters revealed lobulated appearance and pleural traction signs as risk factors for thick-wall cancerous cavitation, and patchy shadow around the cavity and smooth inner wall as risk factors for thick-wall inflammatory cavitation. …”
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Breast cancer survival prediction using an automated mitosis detection pipeline by Nikolas Stathonikos, Marc Aubreville, Sjoerd deVries, Frauke Wilm, Christof A Bertram, Mitko Veta, Paul J vanDiest

“…The MIDOG21 model was prognostically comparable to the original MC from the pathology report in uni‐ and multivariate survival analysis. In conclusion, a fully automated MC AI algorithm was validated in a large cohort of breast cancer with regard to retained prognostic value compared with traditional light‐microscopic MC.…”
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Prognostic Value of the Brixia Radiological Score in COVID-19 Patients: A Retrospective Study from Romania by George-Cosmin Popovici, Costinela-Valerica Georgescu, Alina Condratovici Plesea, Anca-Adriana Arbune, Gutu Cristian, Manuela Arbune

“…The mean Brixia radiological score at admission was 5.13 ± 3.56, reflecting predominantly mild-to-moderate pulmonary involvement. Multivariate analysis highlighted the utility of this score as a predictive marker for COVID-19 prognosis, with values >5 correlating with other severity biomarkers, NEWS-2 scores, and a lack of vaccination and hospitalization delay of more than 6 days from symptom onset. …”
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Hounsfield unit to serum pentosidine ratio predicts screw loosening after lumbar interbody fusion by Daigo Arimura, Tomoaki Kanai, Akira Shinohara, Shunsuke Katsumi, Keiichiro Mori, Mitsuru Saito

“…Results Screw loosening occurred in 14 of 35 patients (40%). Multivariate analysis revealed that the H/P ratio (odds ratio 0.09, confidence interval 0.02–0.53, P = 0.007) was a significant risk factor for screw loosening at 12 months postoperatively. …”
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Mid-treatment changes in intra-tumoural metabolic heterogeneity correlate to outcomes in oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma patients by Yuvnik Trada, Mark T. Lee, Michael G. Jameson, Phillip Chlap, Paul Keall, Daniel Moses, Peter Lin, Allan Fowler

“…Baseline and relative change (%∆) in imaging features were correlated to locoregional recurrence free survival (LRRFS) using multivariate Cox regression analysis. …”
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Ultrasonographic Evaluation of Plantar Fascia Thickness in Asymptomatic North Indian Adults: A Cross-sectional Epidemiological Study by Amit Ranjan, Ravi Gaur, Virinder Singh Gogia, Javed Ahmad, Chandan Sharma

“…In our study, we found it to be 3.19 ± 0.61 mm at 0.5 cm distal to the point of origin of the plantar fascia. A multivariate regression analysis of age, sex, height, weight and body mass index variables showed that only age was significantly linked to the thickness of the plantar fascia.…”
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Endothelial nitric oxide synthase single nucleotide polymorphism and left ventricular function in early chronic kidney disease. by Sourabh Chand, Colin D Chue, Nicola C Edwards, James Hodson, Matthew J Simmonds, Alexander Hamilton, Stephen C L Gough, Lorraine Harper, Rick P Steeds, Jonathan N Townend, Charles J Ferro, Richard Borrows

“…There were significant differences in LVEF across eNOS genotypes with GG genotype being associated with a worse LVEF compared to other genotypes (LVEF: GG 71%, TG 76%, TT 73%, p = 0.006). After multivariate analysis, (adjusting for age, eGFR, baseline mean arterial pressure, contemporary CMR heart rate, total cholesterol, high sensitive C-reactive protein, body mass index and gender) GG genotype was associated with a worse LVEF, and increased LV end-diastolic and systolic index (p = 0.004, 0.049 and 0.009 respectively).…”
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Global Longitudinal Strain Correlates Poorly with Mortality in People with Diabetes Mellitus and Receiving Haemodialysis by Saif Al-Chalabi, Sally Alezergawi, Darren Green, Smeeta Sinha, Philip A. Kalra

“…Statistical analyses were performed using univariate and multivariate Cox proportional hazards models. Results: A total of 184 patients receiving HD were included in the analysis. …”
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Impact of sales methods on profitability in the Japanese software industry: Resource allocation perspectives by Takaaki Ishikawa, Kiminori Gemba, Tetsuaki Oda

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Aditus ad antrum patency on CT as a predictor of tympanoplasty outcomes in chronic otitis media by Yuan Ren, Xiaohui Zhu, Lu Zhang, Cheng Kang, Kai Wang

“…In the low- and intermediate-risk subgroups, patients with a blocked aditus exhibited significantly poorer postoperative hearing outcomes compared to those with a patent aditus (P < 0.001). Multivariate logistic regression analysis identified obstructed aditus ad antrum (OR 1.83, 95% CI 1.10–3.04; P = 0.020) and a Middle Ear Risk Index (MERI) score greater than 3 (OR 2.68, 95% CI 1.06–6.75; P = 0.037) as independent adverse prognostic factors for hearing success in patients with CSOM. …”
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Influencing factors of early neurological deterioration in COVID-19 -associated acute ischemic stroke by Jian Wang, Lin Tao

“…Compared to patients with non-END, the serum high-sensitivity C-reactive proteinhs(hs-CRP, P < 0.01), the high-sensitivity cardiac troponin (hs-CTN, P < 0.01), the prothrombin time (PT, P < 0.01), and the D-Dimer(DD, P < 0.01) were obviously increased in patients with EDN. Furthermore, multivariate Logistic regression analysis identified preexisting diabetes, stroke, high baseline NIHSS score, abnormal electrocardiogram, prolonged PT value, increased hs-CRP and elevated DD as independent risk factors for ENG in COVID-19-associated AIS. …”
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Subfoveal Choroidal Thickness in Myopia: An OCT-Based Study in Young Chinese Patients by Fen Xiong, Jun Tu, Tian Mao, Li Yu, Nana Lin, Hongfei Liao

“…The thickest sector was located 3 mm temporally from the fovea. Multivariate regression analysis showed a significant negative correlation of the subfoveal ChT values with axial length (AL), whereas the ChT was moderately influenced by the patient’s sex. …”
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Learning curve in robotic rectal cancer surgery: A national two-centre study by Anislav Ventsislavov Gabarski, Paulina T. Vladova, Martin P. Karamanliev, Nikolai Ramadanov, Aleksandar K. Zlatarov, Turgay T. Kalinov

“…The patients were divided into two groups: group I – the first 28 patients without indocyanine green (ICG) use and group II – the next 17 patients with ICG fluorescence imaging to assess bowel perfusion. Correlations between patient characteristics, operation duration, conversions, hospitalisation duration, complications, bleeding, reoperation, type of operation and ICG usage were assessed using multivariate analysis. …”
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Prevalence and risk factors of interstitial lung disease in early systemic sclerosis and systemic sclerosis sine scleroderma: a cross-sectional study by Maria Carolina Torres Villarreal, Luis Javier Cajas Santana

“…A univariate and multivariate analysis was performed to determine potential risk factors for ILD, including conventional risk factors and clinical findings in both groups. …”
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Preoperative skeletal muscle index vs the controlling nutritional status score: Which is a better objective predictor of long‐term survival for gastric cancer patients after radica... by Zhi‐Fang Zheng, Jun Lu, Jian‐Wei Xie, Jia‐Bin Wang, Jian‐Xian Lin, Qi‐Yue Chen, Long‐Long Cao, Mi Lin, Ru‐Hong Tu, Chao‐Hui Zheng, Chang‐Ming Huang, Ping Li

“…The normal nutrition group had better OS and RFS than did the light and moderate or severe malnutrition groups (P < .05), but the OS and RFS were not significantly different between the light and moderate or severe malnutrition groups (P = .726). Univariate analysis showed that SMI and the CONUT score were associated with OS and RFS, but only SMI remained prognostic in multivariate analysis. …”
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MRI-Driven Longitudinal Studies of Hippocampal Alterations During the Initial Cognitive Decline by Qunxi Dong, Yuhang Sheng, Junru Zhu, Honghong Liu, Zhigang Li, Jingyu Liu, Yalin Wang, Bin Hu

“…This work proposed an automated MRI-driven longitudinal hippocampal alteration analysis system (LHAAS), which consists of hippocampal segmentation, reconstruction, registration, multivariate morphometric feature extraction, and longitudinal analysis of hippocampal morphometric and volumetric differences between groups. …”
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Growth Rate Assessed by Vascular Deformation Mapping Predicts Type B Aortic Dissection in Marfan Syndrome by Carlos Alberto Campello Jorge, Prabhvir Singh Marway, Nicasius S. Tjahjadi, Heather A. Knauer, Himanshu J. Patel, Marion Hofmann Bowman, Kim Eagle, Nicholas S. Burris

“…Vascular deformation mapping is an image analysis technique for mapping 3‐dimensional aortic growth on routine computed tomography angiography (CTA) scans. …”
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