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In this meta-analysis of 34 clinical studies on attachment the hypothesis is tested that maternal problems such as mental illness lead to more deviating attachment classification distributions than child problems such as deafness. A correspondence analysis on 21 North American studies with normal subjects produced a ba…

BACKGROUND: Selecting an ideal obturation material is important for the success of pulpectomy in primary teeth. Definitive evidence is lacking in suggesting an ideal obturation material in the literature. AIM: The current Network Meta-Analysis (NMA) aimed to assess the effectiveness of various obturation materials in…

PURPOSE: The selection of sedatives for bronchoscopy procedures remains debated. This study evaluates the safety of intravenous midazolam, propofol, dexmedetomidine, and remimazolam as sedative agents during flexible bronchoscopy. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We conducted a Bayesian network meta-analysis (NMA) using PubMed,…

OBJECTIVES: To empirically evaluate the performance of methods for estimating odds ratios and their corresponding standard errors from continuous end point data for meta-analysis. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING: A database of randomized controlled trials of chronic depression treatments was used. Trials that reported both c…

The cesarean birth rate has continued to climb despite efforts to counteract this trend. A major reason for this rise is the practice of doing an elective repeat cesarean. Our study used a statistical model of meta-analysis to analyze the findings of 29 individual studies that looked at the association between the succ…

BACKGROUND: Obesity is a global epidemic frequently associated with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). Metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS) is the most effective treatment for weight reduction in patients with obesity, with the most commonly performed procedures being sleeve gastrectomy (SG), Roux-en-Y gastric by…

BACKGROUND: Diabetes is significantly associated with cognitive impairment, particularly the risk of developing dementia. However, the impact of antidiabetic drugs on dementia risk remains unclear. This study aims to comprehensively evaluate the effects of different antidiabetic drugs on dementia risk using Bayesian ne…

The objective of this study is to investigate the strength of the epidemiological evidence for a relationship between smoking and cervical cancer by analysis of recent literature. I conducted a meta-analysis of all eligible case-control studies published in English from 1977 to July 1990, with the primary intent of exa…

Publication bias can result from the propensity of researchers to document what is unusual. This can distort the inferences drawn in systematic reviews. To measure the distortion, it has been suggested that a second analysis be done; using weights proportional to the size of the population from which the samples are dr…

OBJECTIVE: Diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) is a life-threatening complication associated with high amputation and mortality rates. While numerous topical therapies exist, their comparative efficacy and safety remain unclear. We aimed to compare the efficacy and safety of topical therapies for DFUs to identify optimal treatme…

BACKGROUND: Hallux valgus (HV) is a common foot deformity that causes pain and functional limitations. For mild-to-moderate cases, conservative treatment such as exercise therapy and external supports is preferred. Optimal protocols remain uncertain due to variation in exercise types and combinations. This study compar…

Although penicillin has been the antibiotic of choice for therapy of Group A beta-hemolytic streptococcal pharyngitis for more than four decades, reports of bacteriologic and clinical treatment failures with penicillin have increased in recent years. We conducted a meta-analysis of 19 studies to examine whether oral ce…

BACKGROUND: Currently, CA125 combined with other biomarkers significantly outperforms CA125 alone in diagnosing endometriosis (EM), but the efficiency of combined diagnosis remains unclear. This network meta-analysis compared the accuracy of CA125 combined with different biomarkers in diagnosing EM. OBJECTIVES: The ai…

This report presents a meta-analysis of a series of published 16PF findings which describe score profiles of nine groups of substance users/abusers, a nonuser comparison group, seven psychiatric groups, a group of criminals, and a group of gang delinquents. Analytical procedures include K Means Clustering, Cattell's rp…

Based on previous studies, we hypothesized that the diverse dietary strategies might improve the health of patients with metabolic syndrome. This study aimed to compare the effects of different dietary strategies on indicators through a network meta-analysis. We searched CNKI, Wanfang Data, VIP, PubMed, Embase and Web…

Abstract The aim of this meta-analysis was to compare the efficacy and safety profile of manidipine 20 mg with that of amlodipine 10 mg. A systematic research of quantitative data produced or published between 1995 and 2009 was performed. Head-to-head randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of 12 months minimum duration re…

PURPOSE: This study aims to compare safety, complications, and procedural characteristics of commonly used circumcision devices in neonates and early infants. METHODS: We searched PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, and SCOPUS through January 2026 for randomized controlled trials comparing infant circumcision devices (Pla…

The relation of marital discord to the behavior problems of children was examined through a meta-analysis of the results of prior research. The sample comprised all published studies through 1988 that met criteria for the meta-analysis and that could be located through a combined computer and hand search of the literat…