Association of BsmI Polymorphisms in the Vitamin D Receptor Gene Among Indonesian Population with Diabetic Kidney Disease by Pringgodigdo Nugroho, Aida Lydia, Suhardjono Suhardjono, Kuntjoro Harimurti

“…Duration of DM more than five years influenced the association between those variables. …”
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FIRST RESULTS OF CHD PROGNOSIS STUDY by E. A. Gofman, S. Yu. Martsevich, A. D. Deev, A. M. Malysheva, Yu. N. Polyanskaya, S. N. Tolpygina, V. P. Mazaev

“…Aim — to investigate the prognostic value of different risk factors associated with stable angina in a contemporary population of patients,to identify the key prognostic features, to evaluate the risk distribution and to construct a reliable tool for the risk prediction.Materials and methods. …”
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Epidemiology of Pandemic COVID-19 and Its Association with Some Chronic Diseases in Sulaimani City, Iraq by Shaxawan Azeez Maulood, Muhammed Babakir Mina, Salar Ibrahim Ali

“…The collected data were analysed by the SPSS program to produce descriptive statistics such as frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation while Chi-square test used to find out the association between variables with considering a p-value ? 0.05 as a significant interpretation. …”
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Identification of α2-macroglobulin as a biomarker for type 2 diabetes in human serum by Mingjie Wang, Limei He, Yuandi Chang, Zhaoli Yan

“…ObjectivesThis study aimed to determine potential serum biomarkers of type 2 diabetes (T2DM) through proteomic data analysis and protein association assessment.MethodsThis study included 80 patients with obesity, 76 patients with newly diagnosed T2DM combined with obesity, and 73 healthy controls. …”
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Clinical characteristics and survival outcomes of patients with renal cell carcinoma in a Tanzanian cohort by Damian Kisenha, Meshack Brighton, Daniel Kitua, Fransia Arda, Ally Mwanga, Gabriel Mtaturu, Nashivai Kivuyo, Mungeni Misidai, Charles Mkony

“…The Chi-square or Fisher's exact test was used to assess associations between predictor variables and survival. A p-value of less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant. …”
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Stepwise Development of a Simulation-Based Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Curriculum for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residents by Sarahrose Jonik, Terry Brosche, Michele Favreau, Paul Haidet, Neyha G. Cherin

“…While structured MSKUS curricula exist, variability in institutional resources limits generalizability. …”
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Detection of Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamases, Metallo-β-Lactamases, Antimicrobial Resistance Profiles, and Biofilm-Forming Capacity in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strains Recovered From... by Francesca Paola Nocera, Adriana Chiaromonte, Rossana Schena, Francesca Pizzano, Sinem Arslan, Chiara Pedicini, Luisa De Martino

“…Pseudomonas aeruginosa is considered the second major causative agent of otitis externa in dogs, after Staphylococcus pseudintermedius. This study aimed to evaluate the antimicrobial resistance profiles and to detect the extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) and metallo-β-lactamase (MBL) genes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa). …”
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Socio-economic inequalities in and factors associated with minimum dietary diversity among children aged 6–23 months in South Asia: a decomposition analysis by Md Akhtarul Islam, Md Ashfikur Rahman, Satyajit Kundu, Harun Or Rashid, Mortuja Mahamud Tohan

“…Objective This study aimed to determine the factors associated with minimum dietary diversity (MDD) and estimate the socioeconomic inequalities in MDD among children from five South Asian countries.Design Cross-sectional.Setting The study used the most recent round of secondary databases of Demographic Health Survey data of Bangladesh (2017–2018), India (2019–2021), Maldives (2016–2017), Nepal (2018) and Pakistan (2017–2018).Participants This study used information on MDD and other explanatory variables from a total of 136 980 (weighted) children aged 6–23 months.Methods Multivariable logistic regression was employed to identify the factors associated with MDD and concentration index (CIX) and Lorenz curve were used to measure the socioeconomic inequalities in MDD.Results The overall weighted prevalence of MDD in South Asia was 23.37%. …”
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Evaluating soil erosion zones in the Kangsabati River basin using a stacking framework and SHAP model: a comparative study of machine learning approaches by Javed Mallick, Saeed Alqadhi, Swapan Talukdar, Md Nawaj Sarif, Tania Nasrin, Hazem Ghassan Abdo

“…The SHAP values output highlights the substantial impact of Land Use and Land Cover (LULC), the K factor, soil moisture, and elevation on the DNN model. …”
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A cut-off of 2150 cytokeratin 19 mRNA copy number in sentinel lymph node may be a powerful predictor of non-sentinel lymph node status in breast cancer patients. by Irene Terrenato, Valerio D'Alicandro, Beatrice Casini, Letizia Perracchio, Francesca Rollo, Laura De Salvo, Simona Di Filippo, Franco Di Filippo, Edoardo Pescarmona, Marcello Maugeri-Saccà, Marcella Mottolese, Simonetta Buglioni, Simonetta Buglioni

“…ROC curves and Youden's index were performed in order to identify a new cut-off value. Logistic regression models were performed in order to compare OSNA categorical variables created on the basis of our and traditional cut-off to better identify patients who really need an axillary dissection. 69% and 31% of OSNA positive patients had a negative and positive ALND, respectively. …”
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An Investigation Study About Characteristics of Fitness Centres in Tirana City by Aida Bendo, Rando Kukeli

“…Objective: This study aims to investigate the characteristics of fitness centres in Tirana city.  …”
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Association of Clinical Features and Hematological Laboratories between Ph (+)/BCR-ABL (+) Chronic Myeloid Leukemia and Other Type of Ph/BCR-ABL Chronic Myeloid Leukemia by Wulyo Rajabto, A. Harryanto, Hilman Tadjoedin, Kuntjoro Harimurti

“…Association between variables considered significant when p value <0.05. …”
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Nexus among herding behavior, ESG disclosure, and market capitalization in the Egyptian stock market by Mohamed Samy ElDeeb, Nada Salah ElGabry, Nesma Mounir, Mirna Ahmed

“…Abstract Purpose This study aims to investigate the impact of herding behavior on environmental, social, governance (ESG) disclosure among firms listed on the Egyptian stock exchange, with the moderating role of market capitalization. …”
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Knowledge of obstetric danger signs and birth preparedness and complications readiness among mobile Pokot nomadic pastoralist pregnant women in Tiaty Sub-County, Baringo County-Ken... by Evans Kasmai Kiptulon, Dahabo Adi Galgalo, Mohammed Elmadani, Mate Orsolya, Adrienn Ujváriné Siket

“…Chi-square (X2) was used to test the association between categorical variables and a P-value of < 0.05 was considered significant. …”
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Exploring the association between 91 circulating inflammatory proteins and the risk of carcinoid syndrome: a Mendelian randomization analysis by Jingzhi Wang, Simin Peng

“…Abstract This study aims to explore the potential correlation between circulating inflammatory proteins and carcinoid syndrome (CS). …”
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Perceived stress and coping strategies used by undergraduate dental students: An observational study. by Saira Atif, Nilofar Mustafa, Sarah Ghafoor

“…Groups wise comparisons were done using Mann Whitney U and Kruskal Wallis H tests. P value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. …”
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Radiographic Assessment of Bone Width Improvement in Narrow Ridge Patients Managed with Ridge Split Technique: A Prospective Study by Bhavya Sharma, Vilas P. Newaskar, Deepak Agrawal, Ayushi Patidar, Deepak K. Khareliya, Harshita Sachdev, Ranjana Sharma

“…The Chi-square test was used for categorical variables, with a P value <0.05 considered statistically significant. …”
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Determinants of vitamin D deficiency among Bangladeshi children: A hospital based case-control study by Mohammad Delwer Hossain Hawlader, Sanjana Zaman, Moshiur Rahman, Mohammad NM Khan, Aazia Hossain, Gias U Ahsan

“…Data were analyzed using IBM SPSS, where quantitative variables were analyzed using descriptive statistics. …”
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Retesting the psychometric characteristics of the European cancer research and treatment organization’s quality of life questionnaire palliative care 15 Turkish version (EQRTC QLQ... by Tugba Yavuzsen, Zeynep Sevgen Guc, Ozlem Ugur, Murat Bektas, Ilhan Oztop

“…Purpose: The study aimed to retest the reliability and validity of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer-Core Quality of Life-15 Items Questionnaire for Palliative Care (EQRTC QLQ-C15-PAL) for the Turkish society and examine the influencing factors. …”
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Evidence based prevalence of diabetes related depression in Kohat, Pakistan: a cross-sectional study by Madiha Fatima, Zhao Wang, Zia Ud Din, Liao Juan, Cheng Ke, Peng Xie

“…The statistical significance between variables was determined by calculating the p-value. …”
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