Noninvasive markers of inflammatory bowel disease activity by A. V. Nikitin, L. V. Vasilyeva, Anatoly A. Matiukhin

“…Spearman correlation coefficient between endoscopic features and fecal calprotectin (0,82) was higher in the UC patients, than between endoscopic parameters and TNF-α (0,78) in CD patients. …”
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The effect of palatine tonsil size on occlusion among 10- 12 years students in erbil city. by Hozan Farid Tawfiq, Omar Fawzi Chawshli

“…A sample size of (300) students, (160) male and (140) female was randomly selected. Dental impressions were taken for each student. …”
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Education of nurses in Rural Primary Health Cares to Improve Vital Care of Newborns: A Community-Based Research in Nigeria. by Eze, Nkiru Clementina, Elusoji, Christiana I., Okafor, Christiana Nkiru, Emeh, Augusta Nkechi, Nwafor, Amuchechukwu Veronica, Obi, Ihuoma A., Onyeabor, Juliana Odinakachukwu, Ohanme, Eugene Ohams

“…A Neonatal care Knowledge and Practice Assessment (NCKPA) Questionnaire tested for validity and reliability, with a Spearman’s correlation coefficient of 0.81, was used for data collection among the (96) available nurses (All-female). …”
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Education of Nurses in Rural Primary Health Cares to Improve Vital Care of Newborns: A Community-Based Research in Nigeria. by Clementina, Nkiru Eze, Christiana, Elusoji I., Christiana, Nkiru Okafor, Augusta, Nkechi Emeh, Amuchechukwu, Veronica Nwafor, Ihuoma, Obi A., Odinakachukwu, Onyeabor Juliana, Ohams, Ohanme Eugene

“…A Neonatal care Knowledge and Practice Assessment (NCKPA) Questionnaire tested for validity and reliability, with a Spearman’s correlation coefficient of 0.81, was used for data collection among the (96) available nurses (All female). …”
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Balance Error Scoring System Performance Differences in Figure Skaters Based on Discipline by L. Colby Mangum, Andrew Skibski, Luk Devorski, Lindsay Slater

“…A 3x6 ANOVA was used to determine BESS differences based on skating discipline. Spearman's rho (ρ) correlation coefficients were calculated for relationships between BESS errors and age…”
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Therapeutic strategies for fungating and ulcerating breast cancers: A systematic review and narrative synthesis by Valentina Zagardo, Mandara Harikar, Gianluca Ferini

“…Median survival was positively correlated with surgical treatment (rho = 0.82, p = 0.046). …”
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The Relationship of Body Composition and Sleep Quality with VO2max in Adolescent Athletes at Sidoarjo Sports High School and Sewon 1 High School by Fathirani Mutiara, Rahadyana Muslichah, Mirza Hapsari Sakti Titis Penggalih

“…The statistical tests used were the Pearson Product Moment and Spearman Rank. Results: There was a significant negative relationship between the percentage of fat mass and VO2max in both combined subjects (r=-0.669, p-value<0.001), male (r=-0.295, p-value=0.026), and female (r=-0.486, p-value<0.001). …”
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“What does ‘often’ even mean?” Revising and validating the Comprehensive Autistic Trait Inventory in partnership with autistic people by Friederike Charlotte Hechler, Outi Tuomainen, Nathan Weber, Frank Fahr, Bodie Karlek, Marie Maroske, Meike Misia, Nathan Caruana

“…Spearman’s rank correlations showed positive relationships between all subscales (all rs >  .56, ps < .001). …”
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Chemical Characterization of Marine Aerosols in a South Mediterranean Coastal Area Located in Bou Ismaïl, Algeria by Sidali Khedidji, Konrad Müller, Lyes Rabhi, Gerald Spindler, Khanneh Wadinga Fomba, Dominik van Pinxteren, Noureddine Yassaa, Hartmut Herrmann

“…Overall, the concentrationrace metals, carbonaceous aerosols, the anhydrosugars levoglucosan and arabitol, dicarboxylic acids, and semi-volatile organic coms of selected ionic species were similar to those reported at other Mediterranean sites, ranging from 3.62 µg m−3 to 5.20 µg m−3 for the monthly total WSI. …”
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Correlates of oral health-related quality of life in a sample of patients with rheumatoid arthritis by Fatemeh Babadi, Atefeh Hasanzadeh, Mehdi Aghajari, Mahmood Karimy, Marzieh Araban

“…Results The mean age of the participants was 49.23 ± 10.83 years, and the majority were females. …”
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Influence of age, sex, and presence of cleft lip and palate on the quantity and quality of saliva-derived DNA by Lina M. Escobar, Zita Bendahan, Deisy Abril, David Díaz-Baez, Adolfo Paternina, Farith González-Martinez, Ma Clara González-Carrera

“…Kruskal-Wallis test was used to compare frequencies between groups, and Spearman's rho for correlations.We obtained saliva DNA from 314 individuals: 107 with CL/P (mean age: 12.7 ± 6.5 years), 103 parents of children with CL/P (mean age: 41.1 ± 9.3 years), 52 individuals without CL/P under 18 years old (controls), and 52 individuals without CL/P over 18 years old (controls). …”
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Development and validation of the Multimorbidity Treatment Burden Questionnaire (MTBQ) by Daisy Gaunt, Chris Salisbury, Mei-See Man, Katherine Chaplin, Polly Duncan, Mairead Murphy

“…The MTBQ score had a positive association with a comparator treatment burden scale (rs 0.58, P&lt;0.0001) and with self-reported disease burden (rs 0.43, P&lt;0.0001), and a negative association with quality of life (rs−0.36, P&lt;0.0001) and self-rated health (rs−0.36, P&lt;0.0001). Female participants, younger participants and participants with mental health conditions were more likely to have high treatment burden scores. …”
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Predictive value of the monocyte count for determining the risk of postoperative moderate-to-severe ARDS in patients undergoing one-lung ventilation during radical treatment of eso... by Feng Zhang, Feng Zhang, Shunmei Lu, Guilong Wang, Hongyang Xu, Dongxiao Huang, Xiaomin Li

“…The difference of predictive value between postoperative monocyte count and prediction model (AUC = 0.760) was not statistically significant (p = 0.142). …”
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The impact of food-based incentive behaviors on oral health among Saudi children: a cross-sectional study by Yasir Dilshad Siddiqui, Saud Hamdan Almaeen, Ahmed Shawkat Hashem, Ahmed Ali Ahmed Almuntashiri, Mohammed Nadeem Baig, Abdullah Hammad Alshammari, Rital Jamal Alwaqid, Haifa Ali Almutairi, Raha Ahmed, Rakhi Issrani, Farooq Ahmad Chaudhary

“…The study included 316 medically healthy children aged 4 to 10 years and their Arabic or English-speaking guardians. …”
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