Beyond averages: dissecting urban-rural disparities in skilled antenatal care utilization in Bangladesh - a conway-maxwell-poisson regression analysis by Md. Muddasir Hossain Akib, Farzana Afroz, Bikash Pal

“…Educational attainment had a pronounced impact, with rural women showing a 39% (IRR = 1.39) increase in SANC visits for primary education, 57% (IRR = 1.57) for secondary education, and 64% (IRR = 1.64) for higher education, compared to uneducated women. …”
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Incremental Lifetime Cancer Risk of PAHs in PM2.5 via Local Emissions and Long-Range Transport during Winter by Shahzada Amani Room, Chia En Lin, Shih Yu Pan, Ta Chih Hsiao, Charles C.-K. Chou, Kai Hsien Chi

“…Also, due to higher NO3− and K levels, the ions and metals had higher values in the daytime and weekdays than at nighttime and weekends. …”
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Biomarkers to predict the outcomes of surgical intervention for aortic dissection by Abanob G. Hanna, Fabian Jimenez Contreras, Omar M. Sharaf, Griffin P. Stinson, Philip J. Hess

“…Methods Relevant biomarkers were selected if they had predictive value in inflammatory disease processes and/or cardiovascular disease. …”
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Clinico-spirometrical correlation of newly detected COPD patients with known tobacco smoking exposure or biomass smoke exposure presenting to a teaching institution in Vadodara, Gu... by Bhavesh Patel, G Mothiganesh, Arti D. Shah, Chirag H. Chakravarti, Parshwa Naik, Princee Patel

“…The fact that most newly diagnosed patients in this research were older and more symptomatic and that most identified individuals had moderate to severe COPD, indicates the importance of spirometry programs in primary care for the early detection of COPD. …”
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Renal function and clinical outcomes in survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest by Hao-Wei Lee, Ming-Jen Kuo, Pai-Feng Hsu, I-Hsin Lee, Chih-Yu Yang, Teh-Fu Hsu, Chorng-Kuang How, Yenn-Jiang Lin, Chin-Chou Huang

“…Compared to those without ESRD, patients with underlying ESRD had similar neurological outcomes and mortality. …”
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Trajectories of systemic immune inflammation index and mortality risk in patients with moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury: a retrospective cohort study by Zhiyong Tang, Zhiyong Tang, Canlin Liao, Zerui Zhuang, Zhennan Xu, Mingfa Liu, Haixiong Xu

“…Compared to patients in Group 1, those in Groups 2 and 3 had a higher risk of all-cause hospital mortality (odds ratio [OR] 4.09; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.21, 19.75) and (OR 5.84; 95% CI 1.52, 30.67), respectively. …”
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Relative Importance of Mode of Administration in Treatment Preferences among Plaque Psoriasis Patients in the United States by Steven R. Feldman, Anders Holmen Moeller, Sandra T. Erntoft Idemyr, Juan Marcos González

“…**Conclusions:** Psoriasis patients had well-defined preferences for changes in the treatment attributes considered. …”
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Diagnostic value of the appendicitis inflammatory response (AIR) score. A systematic review and meta-analysis by Roland E. Andersson, Joachim Stark

“…At > 8 points, the specificity was 0.98 (0.97; 0.99) for all patients with appendicitis and 0.99 (0.97; 0.99) for those with advanced appendicitis. The included studies had a low risk for bias and low heterogeneity. Conclusion The AIR score has a better diagnostic capacity than the Alvarado score does. …”
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Mortality trends during the first three waves of the COVID-19 pandemic at an urban district hospital in South Africa: A retrospective comparative analysis by O Hirachund, C Pennefather, M Naidoo

“…Patients in the second wave had clinical frailty scores of <5 (OR 2.51; 95% CI 1.56 ‐ 4.03). …”
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Cerebrovascular accidents association between serum trace elements and toxic metals level, a case-control study. by Khosro Jamebozorgi, Alireza Kooshki, Mahbobeh Saljoughi, Mohamadjavad Sanjari, Zahra Ahmadi, Seyed Mohammad Mosavi Mirzaei

“…In the LR model, all Cu, Pb, and Zn metals had a P value of 0.03 and an odd ratio (OR) and confidence interval (CI) of 1.34 (1.02-1.75), 1.19 (1.01-1.39) and 1.01 (1.001-1.02) respectively.…”
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Tissue-friendly dentin treatments as a potential element in revascularization protocol (ex-vivo study) by Hala Fayek Khalil, Nadia Ezz El Din Metwalli, Sara Magdy, Mohamed Shamel

“…After 15 min, Group II had the highest value, followed by Group I. HEDP also recorded the highest cell proliferation, followed by curcumin. …”
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Evaluation of Airborne Particulate Matter and Volatile Organic Compounds Released by Three Types of Mosquito Repellents by Soyeon Lee, Jongmin Park, Myoungho Lee, Minjung Kim, Boowook Kim, Kiyoung Lee, Kyungduk Zoh, Chungsik Yoon

“…SMPS measurements in the range of 10–420 nm showed that the coil-types had the highest concentration (13,048 particles cm‒3), followed by the mat-types (119 particles cm‒3), and liquid-types (42 particles cm‒3). …”
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Analytical Accuracy of a Continuous Glucose Monitor in Adult Diabetic KetoacidosisTake-Home Points by Nathan L. Haas, MD, Lynn Ang, MD, Nazanene H. Esfandiari, MD, Ahsan M. Khan, MBBS, James A. Cranford, PhD, Ashley Cohen, MD, Jordan Sell, MD, Mostafa Abdel-Hamid, MD, Kevin E. Romanchik, BSN, RN, Frederick K. Korley, MD, PhD

“…Mean age was 42 years, 60% were female, 70% had type I diabetes, and mean presenting pH was 7.17. …”
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Clinical efficacy and learning curve of percutaneous endoscopic cervical discectomy for symptomatic cervical spondylotic radiculopathy by Xiao Sun, Lijuan Zhan, Zhongxin Tang, Mingkui Shen, Haijun Ma, Jun Tan

“…Results There was no statistically significant difference in baseline data between the two groups (P > 0.05). The PECD group had shorter operative time, smaller incision length, less estimated intraoperative bleeding, lower total hospitalization costs, and shorter postoperative hospital stays compared to the ACDF group (P < 0.05). …”
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Homologous recombination deficiency test validation in patients with high-grade advanced ovarian cancer by Angelica Nogueira Rodrigues, Andreza Karine de Barros Almeida Souto, Diocésio Alves Pinto de Andrade, Larissa Müller Gomes, Sandra Satie Koide, Renata de Godoy e Silva, Bruno Batista de Souza, Juliana Doblas Massaro, Andréia Cristina de Melo, Andrea Morais Borges, Camila Giro, Carlos Augusto Vasconcelos de Andrade, Cesar Martins da Costa, Daniel Luiz Gimenes, Eduardo Caminha Bandeira de Mello, Fernanda Cesar de Oliveira, Frederico Müller de Toledo Lima, Gabriel Lima Lopes, Gustavo de Oliveira Bretas, Gustavo Guerra Jacob, Herika Lucia da Costa Silva, Juliana Ferrari Notaro, Lara Ladislau Alves, Marcos Veloso Moitinho, Mirian Cristina da Silva, Roberto Abramoff, Thais Amaral da Cunha Rauber, Rodrigo Dienstmann, Fernanda Christtanini Koyama

“…Overall accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity were 90%. Six samples had BRCA1/2 mutations identified by the MyChoice® HRD Plus CDx, all of which were detected by the GS Focus HRD test.ConclusionIn summary, the results demonstrate substantial agreement and high accuracy of the NGS-based GS Focus HRD test compared to MyChoice® HRD Plus CDx. …”
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Breast cancer risk assessment based on a predictive model: evaluation of risk factors among Japanese women by Michiyo Yamada, Takashi Chishima, Takashi Ishikawa, Kazutaka Narui, Sadatoshi Sugae, Peter J. Tonellato, Itaru Endo

“…Differences were observed between PRE and PERI versus POST with respect to variable selection in parity and FHx. Our models had moderate discriminatory accuracy. AUCs (confidence intervals) of the PRE, PERI, and POST models were 0.669 (0.625–0.715), 0.669 (0.632–0.702), and 0.659 (0.627–0.693), respectively. …”
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Association between Chinese visceral adiposity index and risk of new-onset hypertension in middle-aged and older adults with prediabetes: evidence from a large national cohort stud... by Lanlan Li, Lanlan Li, Linqiang Xi, Qianhui Wang

“…Multivariate logistic regression analysis indicated that participants in Q4 had a 1.91-fold greater risk of hypertension development compared to those in Q1 (odds ratio (OR): 1.91, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.49–2.45, p &lt; 0.001). …”
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Racial and ethnic disparities in longitudinal trajectories of cardiovascular risk factors in U.S. middle-aged and older adults. by Matthew E Dupre, Radha Dhingra, Hanzhang Xu, Scott M Lynch, Qing Yang, Cassie Ford, Michael D Green, Ying Xian, Ann Marie Navar, Eric D Peterson

“…<h4>Results</h4>Among 10,292 participants (median age: 61), approximately 32% had an overall favorable profile of CVD risk factors. …”
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Analisis Metode Cosine Similarity Pada Aplikasi Ujian Online Otomatis (Studi Kasus JTI POLINEMA) by Eka Larasati Amalia, Angelita Justien Jumadi, Irsyad Arif Mashudi, Dimas Wahyu Wibowo

“…To test the accuracy of the method, precision, recall, and f-measure tests were carried out and based on the results of the analysis using the method that had been tried, an average of 81% was obtained. …”
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Association of blood manganese and selenium levels with hepatic steatosis among adolescents: a nationwide cross-sectional analysis by Bin You, Bin You, Bin You, Bin You, Zhiyuan Chen, Zhiyuan Chen, Zhiyuan Chen, Zhiyuan Chen

“…In the fully adjusted model, adolescents in the highest quartile of blood manganese had more than twice the odds of hepatic steatosis compared to those in the lowest quartile (OR = 2.41, 95% CI: 1.55–3.75, P &lt; 0.01). …”
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