Long-term statin therapy is associated with severe coronary artery calcification. by Kyari Sumayin Ngamdu, Dhairyasheel S Ghosalkar, Hojune E Chung, Jared L Christensen, Cadence Lee, Celia A Butler, Tiffany Ho, Alice Chu, Jacob R Heath, Muhammad Baig, Wen-Chih Wu, Gaurav Choudhary, Alan R Morrison

“…Ordinal logistic regression analysis determined the association between duration of statin use and CACS categories. …”
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Knowledge, risk perceptions and practices regarding rodents and their associated pathogens: environmental consultants in Chile by Esteban Vásquez, Rodrigo Salgado, Hugo Mendoza, Diego A. Peñaranda, Darío Moreira-Arce, André V. Rubio

“…Additionally, generalized linear models (GLMs) were used to assess knowledge of rodent hosts and diseases, whereas correspondence analysis was used to examine associations between EC characteristics (undergraduate fields of study and years of experience) and responses regarding risk perception and the importance of zoonotic disease training. …”
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Assessing Accuracy of Chat Generative Pre-Trained Transformer’s Responses to Common Patient Questions Regarding Congenital Upper Limb Differences by Niklaus P. Zeller, BS, Ayush D. Shah, BA, Ann E. Van Heest, MD, Deborah C. Bohn, MD

“…Type of study/level of evidence: Economic/decision analysis IIC.…”
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Effect of different corrective force directions applied by spinal orthoses on the patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis by Hui-Dong Wu, Chang-Liang Luo, Chen He, Lu Li, Winnie Chiu-Wing Chu, Wei Liu, Man-Sang Wong

“…This study investigated the effects of different corrective force directions exerted by spinal orthoses on patients with AIS. Methods A retrospective analysis was conducted on 78 subjects. …”
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Correlation between blood lipids and risk of thyroid nodules in euthyroid women by Lu LI, Qianyue ZHANG, Houfa GENG, Fangfang ZENG, Huaidong SONG

“…ObjectiveTo explore the correlation and dose-response relationship between blood lipid parameters and the risk of thyroid nodules (TNs) in euthyroid women, providing references for disease prevention. MethodsA case-control study was conducted, including 1 412 euthyroid women (701 in the case group and 711 in the control group). …”
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Association of playing cards/mahjong with all-cause mortality in older adults: a cohort study by Miao Dai, Wei Jie, Jianbang Shi, Weiyun Zhao, Jinbing Zou, Ying Li, Xiang Wang

“…Cox proportional hazards models were applied to assess the association between playing cards/mahjong and all-cause mortality. …”
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Association of obesity on short- and long-term survival in patients with moderate to severe pneumonia-related ARDS: a retrospective cohort study by Arnaud Gacouin, Adel Maamar, Nicolas Terzi, Jean-Marc Tadié

“…The association of obesity on both short- and long-term outcomes in patients with pneumonia-induced ARDS has been the subject of only limited research. Methods We conducted a retrospective analysis of a prospective cohort consisting of ARDS patients who had microbiologically confirmed pneumonia and a PaO2/FiO2 ratio ≤ 150 mmHg. …”
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Low‐level viraemia as a risk factor for virologic failure in children and adolescents living with HIV on antiretroviral therapy in Tanzania: a multicentre, retrospective cohort stu... by Kevin P. McKenzie, Duc T. Nguyen, Lilian B. Komba, Eunice W. Ketang'enyi, Neema E. Kipiki, Evance N. Mgeyi, Lumumba F. Mwita

“…Multivariable Cox regression models were used to assess the association between LLV and VF, reporting adjusted hazard ratios (aHR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI). …”
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ReNeuWell mental well-being app: protocol for a randomised controlled trial by Justine M Gatt, Luke A Egan

“…It is hypothesised that ReNeuWell users will experience significant increases in mental well-being and decreases in mental distress over the 6–12-week trial period, relative to users of an active control version of the app.Methods and analysis The RCT will recruit participants from Apple Store users who choose to download ReNeuWell in the normal course of browsing the marketplace. …”
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A randomized community trial to advance digital epidemiological and mHealth citizen scientist compliance: A smart platform study. by Tarun Reddy Katapally, Nour Hammami, Luan Manh Chu

“…We used weighted One-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) tests and weighted, linear regression models to assess for differences in compliance rate across the cohort groups controlling for age, gender, and household income.…”
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Short- and long-term results of total arch replacement: Comparison between island and debranching techniquesCentral MessagePerspective by Eilon Ram, MD, Christopher Lau, MD, Arnaldo Dimagli, MD, Ngoc-Quynh Chu, MD, Giovanni Soletti, Jr., MD, Mario Gaudino, MD, Leonard N. Girardi, MD

“…Multivariable Cox regression analysis demonstrated that neither surgical approach was associated with survival advantage (hazard ratio, 1.18; 0.73-1.89; P = .495). …”
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Prognostic factors associated with improvement in patients with an episode of non-specific low back pain without radicular syndrome: a prospective observational exploratory study by Gaetan Barbier, Martin Descarreaux, François Cottin, Arnaud Lardon

“…These findings suggest that incorporating these factors may be used when updating existing models.…”
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Association between the red blood cell distribution width–platelet ratio and the risk of in-hospital mortality in patients with alcoholic liver cirrhosis (with or without severe li... by Ning Liu, Bing Li, Junru Dai, Pengfei Shui, Bangbo Xia

“…Subsequently, restricted cubic splines (RCS) and multivariable Cox proportional hazards models were used to assess the relationship between RPR and in-hospital mortality. …”
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Prevalence for the Disclosure of HIV Status to Sexual Partners and Its Determinants among Adults under cART in Amhara Region, Northwest Ethiopia by Awoke Seyoum Tegegne

“…A binary logistic regression modeling was used for data analysis. The data were collected using a stratified random sampling technique where the residential areas were considered strata. …”
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Factors influencing reducing sedentary time in home office employees by Alan Coffey, Iris Parés-Salomón, Judit Bort-Roig, Karin I. Proper, Deirdre Walsh, Päivi Reckman, Cristina Vaqué-Crusellas, Anna M. Señé-Mir, Anna M. Puig-Ribera, Kieran P. Dowd

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Maternal health risk factors dataset: Clinical parameters and insights from rural BangladeshMendeley Data by Mayen Uddin Mojumdar, Dhiman Sarker, Md Assaduzzaman, Hasin Arman Shifa, Md. Anisul Haque Sajeeb, Oahidul Islam, Md Shadikul Bari, Mohammad Jahangir Alam, Narayan Ranjan Chakraborty

“…The study's preprocessing methods, which included data cleaning, normalization, and encoding, ensured high-quality data for statistical analysis. …”
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Association between the composite dietary antioxidant index and risk of endometriosis in women: a national population-based study by Yanmei Yu, Jianan Sun, Dandan Wang, Miaomiao Xing, Yanqi Yang, Yanqi Yang

“…We evaluated the association between CDAI level and the risk of endometriosis using three logistic regression models and restricted cubic spline. Stratified and sensitivity analyses were also performed.ResultsLogistic regression analysis found that CDAI level was inversely associated with the development of endometriosis. …”
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Early childhood deprivation and the impact of negative life events on mental health in later life: a test of the stress sensitization hypothesis by Jala Rizeq, Mark Kennedy, Kirellos Miseih, Wangjingyi Liao, Edmund J. S. Sonuga-Barke

“…Exposure to independent, dependent, and peer-related LE was measured at age 15 years.ResultsIn all models, there were continuities in all outcomes between adolescence and adulthood (ps < .05). …”
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Prevalence and factors associated with intimate partner violence among women in Tanzania: evidence from Tanzanian demographic and health survey 2022 by Pankras Luoga, Siri A. Abihudi, Jovinary Adam, Magreth Thadei Mwakilasa

“…Data were analysed using descriptive analysis, bivariable and multivariable logistic regression models. …”
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An updated comparison of standard and novel FEV1 indices' association with all-cause mortality. by Stephen T Russell, Mohleen Kang, Jordan A Kempker

“…A subgroup analysis of participants with airflow obstruction, defined as FEV1/FVC ≤ LLN, was performed.…”
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