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Factors Associated with Planned Future Use of PrEP in the Next 3 Months and Likelihood to Use PrEP Among Black Cisgender HIV-negative Women in Texas
Identifying and then addressing barriers and leveraging facilitators is important to help increase pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use among Black...
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Negative log-binomial model with optimal robust variance to estimate the prevalence ratio, in cross-sectional population studies
BackgroundCross-sectional studies are useful for the estimation of prevalence of a particular event with concerns in specific populations, as in the...
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Use of diagnostic likelihood ratio of outcome to evaluate misclassification bias in the planning of database studies
BackgroundThe diagnostic likelihood ratio (DLR) and its utility are well-known in the field of medical diagnostic testing. However, its use has been...
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A healthy balance: the ratio of social support-to-demands is associated with metabolic syndrome
Metabolic syndrome is associated with increased risk for negative health events, decrements in quality of life, and greater health costs. The current...
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A likelihood ratio test for the homogeneity of between-study variance in network meta-analysis
BackgroundNetwork meta-analysis (NMA) is a statistical method used to combine results from several clinical trials and simultaneously compare...
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Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio: a Marker of Neuro-inflammation in Multiple Sclerosis Patients: a Meta-analysis and Systematic Review
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a prevalent chronic inflammatory disease of the CNS. There is a growing need for a reliable marker for MS diagnosis and...
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Early-life differences in the gut microbiota composition and functionality of infants at elevated likelihood of develo** autism spectrum disorder
Evidence from cross-sectional human studies, and preliminary microbial-based intervention studies, have implicated the microbiota-gut-brain axis in...
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Relationship between neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio and diabetic peripheral neuropathy: a systematic review and meta-analysis
BackgroundThe present study aims to review the existing scientific literature on the role of neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) in diabetic...
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Association between non-high-density lipoprotein to high-density lipoprotein ratio and reversion to normoglycemia in people with impaired fasting glucose: a 5-year retrospective cohort study
ObjectiveThe relationship between the non-high-density lipoprotein to high-density lipoprotein ratio (non-HDL-c/HDL-c ratio) and changes in glycemic...
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Likelihood-of-harm/help of microsurgery compared to radiosurgery in large vestibular schwannoma
PurposeIt has been shown that in large vestibular schwannomas (VS), radiosurgery ( SRS ) is inferior with respect to tumor control compared to...
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EEG functional connectivity in infants at elevated familial likelihood for autism spectrum disorder
BackgroundMany studies have reported that autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is associated with atypical structural and functional connectivity. However,...
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Differentiation between renal epithelioid angiomyolipoma and clear cell renal cell carcinoma using clear cell likelihood score
PurposeClear cell likelihood score (ccLS) may be a reliable diagnostic method for distinguishing renal epithelioid angiomyolipoma (EAML) and clear...
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Diagnostic accuracy of the Clear Cell Likelihood Score and selected MRI parameters in the characterization of indeterminate renal masses – a single-institution study
PurposeWe aimed to assess the diagnostic accuracy of the clear cell likelihood score (ccLS) and value of other selected magnetic resonance imaging...
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Clear cell likelihood score may improve diagnosis and management of renal masses
The detection of solid renal masses has increased over time due to incidental findings during imaging studies conducted for unrelated medical...
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Prospective evaluation of the diagnostic efficacy of multiparametric MRI clear cell Likelihood Score in small solid renal masses and its predictive value for tumor grade
BackgroundThe detection of small renal masses has significantly increased due to the widespread use of cross-sectional imaging in recent years. Among...
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A history of depression and prenatal depression are associated with a lower likelihood of breastfeeding initiation and maintenance, and more breastfeeding problems
PurposeThis study tests the hypotheses that lifetime history of depression, and prenatal depression, are associated with a reduced likelihood of...
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Phantom and clinical evaluation of the Bayesian penalised likelihood reconstruction algorithm Q.Clear without PSF correction in amyloid PET images
PurposeBayesian penalised likelihood (BPL) reconstruction, which incorporates point-spread-function (PSF) correction, provides higher signal-to-noise...
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C-reactive protein to albumin ratio as a prognostic tool for predicting intravenous immunoglobulin resistance in children with kawasaki disease: a systematic review of cohort studies
BackgroundIntravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) is the primary treatment for Kawasaki disease (KD). However, 10–20% of KD patients show no response to...
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Association between Dietary Flavonoid Intake and the Likelihood of Frailty in Middle-Aged and Older Adults: A Population-Based Analysis from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)
ObjectivesFlavonoids are of particular interest for their antioxidant property and anti-inflammatory, and a therapeutic potential for age-related...
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Impact of [11C]methionine PET with Bayesian penalized likelihood reconstruction on glioma grades based on new WHO 2021 classification
ObjectiveThe uptake of [ 11 C]methionine in positron emission tomography (PET) imaging overlapped in earlier images of tumors. Bayesian penalized...
