Open Heart

Factors associated with the development of severe mitral regurgitation in patients with heart failure

Background Patients with heart failure (HF) and severe mitral regurgitation (MR) have poor outcomes. Early identification ...
BMJ Open

Psychological burden and its association with preferred form of psychological assistance of healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in China: a cross-sectional study

Objective This study focused on the preferences for psychological assistance and associated factors among Chinese healthcare workers (HCWs) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Design Cross-sectional ...
Lupus Science & Medicine

Serum S100A8 as a potential biomarker for diagnosis of antiphospholipid syndrome and risk stratification among aPL carriers

Background Current diagnosis of antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) relies on antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL) testing, but false-positive aPL results and asymptomatic aPL carriers pose significant ...
BMJ Open

Proportion and risk factors associated with ‘never been tested for HIV’ among women of reproductive age in Tanzania: evidence from the 2022 Tanzania Demographic and Health ...

Background Despite several intensive interventions, HIV remains a major public health challenge affecting many individuals worldwide and highlighting ongoing gaps in HIV testing. Objectives To assess ...

Range-resident logistic model connects animal movement and population dynamics

Despite decades of independent progress in population ecology and movement ecology, researchers have lacked a theoretical bridge between these two disciplines. "Ecologists have been trying to ...
BMJ Quality & Safety

Double trouble: a propensity-matched cohort study evaluating the associations between duplicate medical records and patient outcomes

Introduction Duplicate medical records occur when a single patient is assigned multiple medical record numbers within an ...
Scientific Research Publishing

Factors Associated with Early First Sexual Intercourse (before 16) among Students Currently Aged 14 - 19 in Secondary Schools in Cameroon’s Capital City, Yaoundé and Policy ...

Early sexual activity, often defined as initiation before 16, is a risky behaviour associated with many negative social and health outcomes. Sexual norms restricting sex till marriage have declined in ...
IEEE

Segmenting Online Shoppers: A Combined Cluster and Logistic Regression Approach for Forecasting Purchase Behavior

Abstract: This paper examines customers’ online shopping behavior and its relationship to purchase decisions. There are two research questions for the paper: 1) How can marketers segment prior ...
Frontiers

Risk factors for hematuria during indwelling urinary catheterization in acute myocardial infarction: a comparative analysis using logistic regression and decision tree

Objective: This study aimed to systematically identify risk factors for urinary catheter-related hematuria in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). By integrating logistic regression and ...
Scientific Research Publishing

Heart Disease Prediction: A Logistic Regression Approach ()

1 School of Computing and Data Science, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, USA. 2 Department of Computer Science and Quantitative Methods, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, USA. 3 ...
Frontiers

A logistic regression-based nomogram model incorporating clinical, dietary, and nutritional data for predicting postoperative prognosis in elderly patients of grade A tertiary ...

Objective: To develop and validate a logistic regression model predicting postoperative malnutrition risk in elderly patients using clinical, dietary, and nutritional data. Table 1. Comparison of ...