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Association between homocysteine levels and hyperlipidemia prevalence as well as all-cause mortality of hyperlipidemia patients in the US population: results from NHANES database

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
ObjectiveSeveral studies have investigated the correlation between blood lipids and homocysteine, but no clear conclusions have been defined yet. Therefore, we utilized data from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) to explore the ...
Jia Wei, Qiang Yang, Xiaofang Wang, Xin He, Wenjing Zhu, Lin Lin, Chang Liu, Canzhan Zhu, Mingjuan Zhang   +8 more
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Association of Socioeconomic Disparities With Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Survival in an Endemic Area, China

Cancer Control, 2023
Objectives This retrospective cohort study investigated the association of socioeconomic status with survival outcomes among patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma in an endemic area of China. Methods The primary endpoint was overall survival.
Dong-Fang Meng MD, PhD, Hai-Bo Zhang MD, PhD, Guo-Ying Liu MD, PhD, Li-Xia Peng PhD, Qi Yang MD, PhD, Zi-Hao Liu MD, Yaru Tian MD, PhD, Ji Ma MD, Lei Fu MD, PhD   +8 more
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Effective TME-related signature to predict prognosis of patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2023
Introduction: The tumor microenvironment (TME) is crucial for the development of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). However, the correlation of the characteristics of the TME and the prognosis of patients with HNSCC remains less known.Methods:
Lingfei Wan, Lingfei Wan, Yuanshuai Li, Wenting Pan, Wenting Pan, Yuting Yong, Yuting Yong, Chao Yang, Chen Li, Xingxing Zhao, Xingxing Zhao, Ruihong Li, Wen Yue, Wen Yue, Xinlong Yan   +14 more
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The Distribution of Metallicity in the IGM at z~2.5: OVI and CIV Absorption in the Spectra of 7 QSOs

, 2004
We present a direct measurement of the metallicity distribution function for the high redshift intergalactic medium. We determine the shape of this function using survival statistics, which account for both detections and non-detections of OVI and CIV ...
Boyle B. J., Madau P., Michael Rauch, Robert A. Simcoe, Wallace L. W. Sargent   +4 more
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Are competing risks models appropriate to describe implant failure?

Acta Orthopaedica, 2018
Background and purpose — The use of competing risks models is widely advocated in the arthroplasty literature due to a perceived bias in comparison of simple Kaplan–Meier estimates.
Adrian Sayers, Jonathan T Evans, Michael R Whitehouse, Ashley W Blom   +3 more
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Estimating the Survival Distribution for Right-Censored Data with Delayed Ascertainment [PDF]

, 2012
In many clinical trials, patients are not followed continuously. This means their vital status may not be immediately recorded. In such cases, the results from the Kaplan-Meier estimator or the log rank test, popular methods used for survival analysis ...
Kim, Eun-Jin
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Cognitive impairment profile in patients with the m.3243A> G variant in mitochondrial DNA

BMC Neurology
Background The m.3243A>G variant in mitochondrial DNA is associated with a wide spectrum of clinical features ranging from asymptomatic subjects to severely symptomatic patients. Cognitive involvement is one of the clinical features, but its severity and
Satu Winqvist, Mikko Kärppä, Jukka S. Moilanen, Kari Majamaa   +3 more
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Maximum disease diameter is associated with outcomes in stage II follicular lymphoma treated with radiation therapy alone

Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology
Purpose: The optimal management of stage II follicular lymphoma (FL) is unclear. Radiation therapy (RT) alone has been the gold standard treatment, but a proportion of patients relapse.
Yi Xu, Belinda A. Campbell, Matthew Chan, Jessica Chan, Pedro Farinha, Christopher P. Venner, David W. Scott, Alina S. Gerrie, Diego Villa, Laurie H. Sehn, Kerry J. Savage, Andrea C. Lo   +11 more
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Cox proportion hazard model for patients with hepatitis disease in Iraq

مجلة بغداد للعلوم, 2009
Cox regression model have been used to estimate proportion hazard model for patients with hepatitis disease recorded in Gastrointestinal and Hepatic diseases Hospital in Iraq for (2002 -2005).
Baghdad Science Journal
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Pregnant women follow‐up service, Shewa, Ethiopia

Health Science Reports, 2022
Background and Aims The goal of this study was to demonstrate the effects of factors related with time to developing pre‐eclampsia (PE) among pregnant women follow‐up service at Arerti Primary Hospital.
Dawit BayeHaile, Aragaw EshetieAguade, Moges ZerihunFetene   +2 more
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