Proper handling of continuous variables is crucial in healthcare research, for example, within regression modelling for descriptive, explanatory, or predictive purposes. However, inadequate methods ...

Regular use of strong opioids may significantly increase risk for all-cause and vascular dementia plus reduced brain volume and cognitive performance.

A new study finds four factors that may make it more likely for some people to experience successful weight loss from using ...

Findings underscore the potential limitations of using systemic inflammatory indices like the Dietary Inflammatory Index and Systemic Immune-Inflammation Index to assess organ-specific conditions.

Introduction In the USA, most tobacco control research has focused on federal-level and state-level policies. However, ...

Elevated HDL-C levels more than doubled the risk of low muscle mass in the entire cohort (OR = 2.28). In older men, the risk of low muscle mass was three times higher with increased HDL-C levels (OR = ...

Objectives Cardiopulmonary involvement (CPI) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in systemic sclerosis (SSc). The 6 min walk test (6MWT) is widely used to assess functional capacity, but its ...

The categorical outcomes were analysed using logistic ... using linear regression models, with treatment allocation as an independent variable and terms for centre, type of surgery and age in the ...

BACKGROUND: Fontan circulatory failure (FCF) is a chronic state in palliated single ventricle heart disease with high morbidity and mortality rates, including heart failure, multisystem end-organ ...

The era of predictive modeling enhanced with machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) to aid clinical ...