Background: A nationwide, prospective, multicenter, cohort study (the Disease-Related caloric-protein malnutrition EChOgraphy (DRECO) study) was designed to assess the usefulness of ultrasound of the rectus femoris for detecting sarcopenia in hospita...
The abuse of antibiotics in aquaculture has led to the increasing rate of antibiotic resistance of aquatic bacteria including Aeromonas, which is an increasing threat to environmental and human health. To date, no epidemiological cut-off values (COWT...
Background: The aim of the present study was to establish a cut-off value of the Lipid Layer Pattern (LLP) between participants with different subtypes of Dry Eye Disease (DED) including Deficient Dry Eye (ADDE), Evaporative Dry Eye (EDE), and Mixed...
The emergence of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria is an enormous challenge to public health. Aeromonas hydrophila and Aeromonas veronii are opportunistic pathogens in fish. They exert tremendous adverse effects on aquaculture production, owing to the...
Edwardsiella piscicida causes severe edwardsiellosis in farmed finfish, particularly Paralichthys olivaceus. Lacking clinical breakpoints, epidemiological cut-off values (ECVs) are crucial for distinguishing wild-type (WT) populations from non-wild-t...
Increasing antimicrobial resistance (AMR) colonizing domesticated animals is a global concern threatening food safety. This study aimed at determining the prevalence of multidrug resistance (MDR) and epidemiological cut-off values (ECVs) of E. coli i...
Antimicrobial resistance in bacteria associated with aquaculture, such as Edwardsiella spp., represents an emerging challenge because of their relevance to fish health and their potential impact on animal, environmental, and human health. In this stu...
Phenylketonuria (PKU) was the first disorder for which newborn screening (NBS) was introduced in the early 1960s. Slovenia started the NBS program for PKU in 1979, and the fluorimetric method was implemented in 1992, with a phenylalanine (Phe) cut-of...
18 December 2020
Cut-off points and performance-related tools are needed for the development of the Olympic distance triathlon. The purposes of the present study were (i) to determine cut-off values to reach the top three positions in an Olympic distance triathlon; (...
The definition of test cut-offs is a critical determinant of many paired and unitary measures of diagnostic or screening test accuracy, such as sensitivity and specificity, positive and negative predictive values, and correct classification accuracy....
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This study investigates how U.S. Federal Reserve interest rate cuts during the 2019–2020 easing cycle influenced the performance of equity mutual funds, with a particular emphasis on contrast between growth and value investment styles. Using an...
Due to the lack of appropriate tumor markers with optimal cut-off values to predict the prognosis of gallbladder cancer (GBC), this study aimed to demonstrate the relationship between prognosis and the levels of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and car...
The aim of this study was to establish the cut-off value for the thyroglobulin (Tg) concentration in washout fluid from fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNA-Tg) in the detection of cervical lymph node metastases of differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC)....
Zinc-α2-glycoprotein (ZAG) is a novel adipokine with a plethora of functions meaningful for the regulation of adipose tissue and insulin sensitivity. Despite research, the role of ZAG in the course of childhood obesity is not fully understood....
Background: Recently, based on HOMA-IR, we estimated empirical optimal cut-off values for SHBG levels of ≤41.5 nmol/L in women with PCOS. Other proposed markers of insulin resistance include triglyceride and glucose levels, and anthropometric meas...
Background and objectives: This study aimed to determine the cut-off values of the following three respiratory pressure meters; the voluntary peak cough flow (PCF), maximal expiratory pressure (MEP) and maximal inspiratory pressure (MIP); associated...
Objective: The aim of our study was to develop current local anthropometric measurement percentiles for newborns and to compare these values with national and international growth chart percentiles. Methods: This retrospective cross-sectional study e...
Streptococcus agalactiae is a major health concern in tilapia farming worldwide. In contrast to the availability of susceptibility profile results, interpretative criteria for disk diffusion assays and the influence of serotypes on resistance profile...
Objectives: Liver steatosis is one of the main causes of liver disease with several clinical implications, such as steatohepatitis, liver cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma. It is associated with increased cardiovascular risk. Reliable, non-inva...
Background: While clinical criteria have been proposed for persistent inflammation, immunosuppression, and catabolism syndrome (PICS) using C-reactive protein (CRP), albumin, and lymphocyte count, there is no substantial basis for their optimal cut-o...
Background: Fine-needle aspiration thyroglobulin (FNA-Tg) is widely used to detect lymph node metastases in differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC), but optimal cut-off values remain controversial. Anti-thyroglobulin antibodies (anti-Tg), present in 25&n...
Background: Hypertension (HBP) often occurs together with hypertriglyceridemia which indicates elevated triglyceride (TG) and remnant cholesterol (RC) levels. Non-fasting (i.e., postprandial) blood lipid test after a daily meal has been recommended b...
The triglyceride–glucose (TyG) index was recently suggested as a surrogate marker of liver steatosis and insulin resistance. However, the TyG index cut-off value may be affected by age, sex, and race. Therefore, this study aimed to estimate the...
Recent studies have shown that using international guidelines to diagnose metabolic syndrome (MetS) may underestimate its prevalence in different Asian populations. This study aims to determine the validity of anthropometric indicators and appropriat...
Background/Objectives: To establish reference intervals (RIs) and cut-off values for thyroid-related tests on the MAGLUMI X6 immunoassay analyzer (Snibe Diagnostic, Shenzhen, China) in an adult Croatian population. Methods: This study included 305 he...
29 June 2022
Regulations for banning smoking in indoor public places and workplaces have increased worldwide in recent years. A consecutive Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) between 2008 and 2018 showed a trend toward significant d...
Background: Insulin resistance plays an important role in the development of post-transplantation diabetes mellitus (PTDM) in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs). Current methods for the direct determination of insulin resistance are complicated and...
A low skeletal muscle index (SMI), defined with cut-off values, is a promising predictor for adverse events (AEs) in head and neck squamous cell cancer (HNSCC) patients. The aim was to generate sex-specific SMI cut-off values based on AE to diagnose...
Background. The number of different laboratory tests and reference values are used to diagnose iron deficiency, but there is no agreement regarding the diagnostic criteria for infants. Aim of study. To establish reference values for serum ferritin, m...
Background: Sarcopenia, characterized by age-related loss of muscle mass and strength, is a growing public health concern requiring early detection; this exploratory study evaluated a range of anthropometric measurements and indices to identify those...
This study aims to redefine obesity cut-off points for body mass index (BMI) and fat mass index (FMI) according to the different age groups of physically active males. Healthy physically active volunteers (N = 1442) aged 18–57 years (y), with a...
Most α-thalassemia cases are caused by deletions of the structural α-globin genes. The degree of microcytosis and hypochromia has been correlated with the number of affected α-globin genes, suggesting a promising role of hematologic parameters as pre...
The aim of this study was to analyse different success models and split time on cut-off point values on physical demands to keep category in semi-professional football players. An ad hoc observational controlled study was carried out with a total of...
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Although dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and body impedance analysis are commonly used to measure skeletal muscle mass (SMM), a computed tomography (CT) scan is preferred in clinical practice. We aimed to propose the cut-off values of skeletal...
(1) Background: Histological diagnosis and tumor grading are major prognostic and predictive factors in soft tissue sarcomas (STS), as they dictate the treatment strategies with a direct impact on patient survival. This study aims to investigate the...
Newborn screening (NBS) for primary immunodeficiencies (PIDs) increasingly incorporates kappa-deleting recombination excision circles (KREC) to enable early detection of B-cell lymphopenia, particularly agammaglobulinemia (AGG). However, optimal KREC...
The assessment of obesity in sub-Saharan Africa relies on cut-offs established from western populations. This study assessed anthropometric indices to determine optimal cut-off values for obesity screening in the South African adolescent population....
Background: Carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA19-9) is widely used as a tumor marker for pancreatic and hepatobiliary malignancies. However, inter-assay variability may affect the interpretation of results. This study compared the analytical performance,...
Obesity is known to be one of the most significant risk factors for essential hypertension in childhood. However, whether obesity cut-offs may predict hypertension screening in adolescents remains controversial. This study investigated the performanc...
Forest roads, as a prerequisite for high-quality forest management, should be optimally distributed in order to avoid negative environmental impacts and to best fulfill their task. In the design phase of forest roads, it is necessary to know which fa...
Objectives: To establish age-adjusted cut-off values for glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and ubiquitin carboxy-terminal hydrolase L1 (UCH-L1) and assess their impact on the diagnostic performance of the mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) assay...
The aim of the study was to assess the impact of manual lymphatic drainage (MLD) on the parameters of carbohydrate metabolism, lipid metabolism and the level of selected adipokines and cytokines in people with abnormal body mass index (BMI). In addit...
Blood-based biomarkers such as glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and ubiquitin carboxy-terminal hydrolase L1 (UCH-L1) are increasingly used to rule out intracranial injury in patients with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI); however, their circu...
The aim of this study was to develop ready-to-eat vegetable–herb mixes with high nutritional and sensory values as well as good storability. In this regard, the suitability of fresh herbs (peppermint, oregano, green basil, red basil, and parsle...
28 March 2021
Background: The European Working Group on Sarcopenia has recently proposed revised cut-off values for the definition of low grip strength (EWGSOP2). We therefore compared performance of the EWGSOP2 cut-off definition of low grip strength with other i...
The red beds that are widely distributed in hilly areas in eastern Sichuan Province are inevitable rock and soil masses in engineering construction. In order to obtain a larger building area, engineering slope cutting is quite common in red bed hilly...
8 December 2016
A reliable assessment of smoking status has significant public health implications and is essential for research purposes. The aim of this study was to determine optimal saliva cotinine cut-off values for smoking during pregnancy. The analyses were b...
Kinetics of change in total polar compounds (TPC), carbonyl value (CV), and conjugated diene value (CDV) were simultaneously investigated during the frying of potato strips in eight oil samples at 170 °C. The CDV at the turning point of the sigmo...
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