Nitrate contamination in deep aquifers: Health risks and spatiotemporal analysis in an arid region of the Algerian Sahara by Amor Bencheikh, Imad Eddine Bouznad, Rabah Zebsa, Omar Ramzi Ziouch, Zinette Bensakhri, Mohamed-Salah Belksier, Djamal Bengusmia, Enrico Guastaldi

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Impact of healthy pregnancy and lifestyle in mothers on developmental delay in their offspring: a strength-based analysis of a longitudinal study among indigenous children in Austr... by Md Irteja Islam, Thomas Stubbs, Tuguy Esgin, Alexandra Martiniuk

“…Random-effect models were used to longitudinally measure the impact of maternal healthy pregnancy and lifestyle on developmental delays in their children between 2008 and 2018. …”
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Effectiveness of HAPA-based multidomain fall risk management for older adults with declining intrinsic capacity in nursing homes: protocol of a randomised controlled trial by Jing Yang, Qinghua Zhang, Mei Cheng, Siyi Shang, Shengguang Cheng, Lingxia Qi, Tongtong Liu, Yuhan Yang, Xinuo Yao, Danyan Lu, Xiaoyu Cheng

“…A random lottery method will be adopted to divide the 100 participants into the control group and intervention group. …”
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Impact of Left Ventricular Diastolic Pressure Changes on Clinical Outcomes After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement by Jiwon Seo, Ah‐Ram Kim, Iksung Cho, Chi Young Shim, Geu‐Ru Hong, Eui‐Young Choi, Se‐Joong Rim, Young‐Guk Ko, Myeong‐Ki Hong, Jae‐Kwan Song, Jong‐Won Ha

“…The primary outcome was a composite of all‐cause death and rehospitalization for heart failure. …”
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Prognostic impact of changes in left ventricular ejection fraction and wall motion score index in patients with myocardial infarction by Min-Wook Bae, Seong-guen Moon, Kyung-Tae Jung, Won-Ho Kim, Sang-Hyun Park, Jihun Ahn, Jin-Yong Hwang, Seok Kyu Oh, Seung Ho Hur, Myung Ho Jung, Kyu-Sun Lee

“…BackgroundThe prognostic significance of changes in left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and wall motion score index (WMSI) in patients with myocardial infarction remains unclear.MethodsThis study evaluated whether changes in LVEF and WMSI can predict clinical outcomes and LV remodeling in post-AMI patients. …”
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Intraabdominal fat-free volume, but not fat volume, predicts the development of peritonitis in patients on peritoneal dialysis: a retrospective cohort study by Ryunosuke Mitsuno, Kohkichi Morimoto, Kenji Kaneko, Daiki Kojima, Toshifumi Nakamura, Takashin Nakayama, Eriko Yoshida Hama, Shun Tonomura, Yoshitake Yamada, Masahiro Jinzaki, Kiyotaka Uchiyama, Naoki Washida, Takeshi Kanda, Tatsuhiko Azegami, Tadashi Yoshida, Jun Yoshino, Kaori Hayashi

“…In the Cox regression models, IAFFV remained a strong risk factor for peritonitis even after adjusting for confounders (hazard ratio: 2.16, 95% confidence interval: 1.07–4.38). …”
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Relationships between physical frailty, depressive symptoms, and cognitive ability among community-dwelling older adults in India by T. Muhammad, Manish Kumar, Shobhit Srivastava, Waad Ali

“…Univariate and multivariable linear regression models were used to examine the associations between frailty, depressive symptoms, and cognitive ability in older men and women, as well as frailty-cognition association by depressive status. …”
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Associations Between Psychological Stress and the Risk of First Onset of Major Depression Disorder: Results from a Longitudinal Study in 6,985 Chinese First-Year Students by Wang F, Rong L, Luo L, Mu F, Qian L, Qian Y, Zhang X, Lang Y, Wang W, Liu Y, Zhang Y, Wang J

“…MDD was evaluated using the Chinese version of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI-3.0). …”
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The relationship between below average cognitive ability at age 5 years and the child’s experience of school at age 9 by Andrea K. Bowe, Mathias Urban, Anthony Staines, Deirdre M. Murray, Deirdre M. Murray

“…Principal components analysis was used to produce a composite general cognitive ability score for each child. …”
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Prognostic value of socioeconomic parameters among the Russian population aged 25-64: results of a population-based study by A. E. Imaeva, Yu. A. Balanova, L. I. Gomanova, V. A. Kutsenko, N. A. Imaeva, B. M. Nazarov, A. V. Kapustina, S. E. Evstifeeva, G. A. Muromtseva, S. A. Shalnova, O. M. Drapkina

“…Associations with endpoints were assessed using Cox proportional hazards models with corresponding hazard ratios (HR).Results. …”
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Blood pressure-lowering treatment for the prevention of cardiovascular events in patients with atrial fibrillation: An individual participant data meta-analysis. by Ana-Catarina Pinho-Gomes, Luis Azevedo, Emma Copland, Dexter Canoy, Milad Nazarzadeh, Rema Ramakrishnan, Eivind Berge, Johan Sundström, Dipak Kotecha, Mark Woodward, Koon Teo, Barry R Davis, John Chalmers, Carl J Pepine, Kazem Rahimi, Blood Pressure Lowering Treatment Trialists’ Collaboration

“…The effects of BP-lowering treatment on a composite endpoint of major cardiovascular events (stroke, ischaemic heart disease or heart failure) according to AF status at baseline were estimated using fixed-effect one-stage IPD meta-analyses based on Cox proportional hazards models stratified by trial. …”
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Educational Attainment Level and Risk of Mortality and Cardiopulmonary Outcomes in High‐Risk Patients With Cardiovascular Disease: The INVESTED Trial by Mats C. H. Lassen, Nicholas Howell, Brian L. Claggett, Tor Biering‐Sørensen, Orly Vardeny, Scott D. Solomon, Jacob Udell, Jacob Joseph, Sheila M. Hegde

“…During follow‐up (median: 9 months), 1706 (35%) participants experienced the composite of all‐cause death or cardiopulmonary hospitalization. …”
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Reproductive agency and the acceptability of divorce, abortion, and homosexuality among migrants from the Middle East and Africa living in Sweden–a cross-sectional analysis by Mia L. van der Kop, Karin Båge, Veronika Tirado, Anna Kågesten, Bi Puranen, Rachael Sorcher, Anna Mia Ekström, Elin C. Larsson

“…Partial proportional odds models were used to estimate adjusted odds ratios (aOR) and corresponding confidence intervals (CI) of associations between sociodemographic factors and two outcomes: 1) reproductive agency (decision-making power on when, with whom, and how many children to have), measured on a 10-point scale categorized as low (1–4), moderate (5–7), and high (8–10); and 2) the Choice Sub-Index (CSI), a composite index of the acceptability of divorce, abortion, and homosexuality, categorized as 0- < 0.4 (low), 0.4- < 0.7 (moderate), and 0.7–1.0 (high). …”
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Evolution characteristics of overburden structure in inclined fully mechanized caving under residual coal pillars of the upper layer by LIU Yong, WANG Hongwei, WU Xuesong, TIAN Chengpeng, GUAN Rongfu, NIE Yunxiao, FAN Zhiwei, CAO Peipei

“…Based on the 250203 lower fully mechanized caving face at Yanbei Coal Mine of Gansu Huating Coal Power Co., Ltd., methods of physical similarity simulation experiments, numerical modeling, and field measurements were applied to study the overburden movement and stress distribution evolution characteristics under residual coal pillars of the upper layer during inclined fully mechanized caving. …”
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Association between serum glucose potassium ratio and short- and long-term all-cause mortality in patients with sepsis admitted to the intensive care unit: a retrospective analysis... by Jiaqi Lou, Ziyi Xiang, Xiaoyu Zhu, Jingyao Song, Shengyong Cui, Jiliang Li, Guoying Jin, Neng Huang, Youfen Fan, Sida Xu

“…The correlation between GPR and these outcomes was evaluated using Kaplan-Meier survival analysis, Cox regression models, and restricted cubic spline (RCS) regression analysis. …”
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Relationship between advanced lung cancer inflammation index and all-cause and cause-specific mortality among chronic inflammatory airway diseases patients: a population-based stud... by Zhuanbo Luo, Peixu Chen, Shiyu Chen, Xue Kong, Hongying Ma, Chao Cao

“…Furthermore, weighted univariable and multivariable Cox proportional hazards models were employed to further examine their relationship. …”
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Total and Structural Carotid Artery Stiffness Are Associated With Cognitive Decline and Structural Brain Abnormalities Related to Alzheimer Disease and Alzheimer Disease‐Related De... by Jeremy R. Williams, Theodore M. DeConne, Ryan Pewowaruk, Claudia Korcarz, Jordan Tanley, Cynthia Carlsson, Susan R. Heckbert, Mohamad Habes, Ilya Nasrallah, Samuel N. Lockhart, José A. Luchsinger, Jingzhong Ding, Kathleen M. Hayden, Timothy M. Hughes, Adam D. Gepner

“…Multivariable linear fixed and mixed effects regression models related standardized pulse wave velocity components to neuroimaging and cognitive decline parameters, respectively. …”
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Towards biomarkers for outcomes after pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma and ischaemic stroke, with focus on (co)-morbidity and ageing/cellular senescence (SASKit): protocol for a pr... by Christian Junghanss, Daniel Palmer, Larissa Henze, Uwe Walter, Hugo Murua Escobar, Robert Jaster, Rüdiger Köhling, Falko Lange, Ali Salehzadeh-Yazdi, Olaf Wolkenhauer, Mohamed Hamed, Israel Barrantes, Steffen Möller, Axel Kowald, Nicole Heussen, Georg Fuellen

“…In some of the explorative analyses, we shall include insights from systems biology modelling as well as insights from preclinical animal models. …”
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Exercise Right Ventricular‐Pulmonary Arterial Coupling and Functional Outcome in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Secondary Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation by Carlo Fino, Diego Bellavia, Michele D'Alonzo, Maurizio Merlo, Vito D. Bruno, Julien Magne, Massimo Caputo, Amedeo Terzi, Michele Senni, Samuele Bichi, Caterina Simon, Edoardo Sciatti, Giovanni Marchetto, Attilio Iacovoni, Philippe Pibarot

“…Linear mixed models were used to evaluate the predictive value of preoperative echocardiographic parameters on the longitudinal distribution of the 6‐minute walking test. …”
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Association of mitochondrial RNA expression levels in saliva and plasma with interferon signature gene expression and disease activity in patients with Sjögren disease by Keun-Suh Kim, Joon Young Hyon, Yun Jong Lee, You-Jung Ha, Woo-Jin Jeong, Seunghee Cha, Yong Seok Choi, Eun Ha Kang, Se Rim Choi, Jimin Yoon, Doyeong Ku, Yoosik Kim

“…The expression levels of mt-RNAs and interferon-stimulated genes (ISGs) were quantified by real-time PCR. Composite mt-RNA and ISG scores were calculated using logistic regression models. …”
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