Binary outcomes that depend on an ordinal predictor in a non-monotonic way are common in medical data analysis. Such patterns can be addressed in terms of cutpoints: for example, one looks for two cutpoints that define an interval in the range of the ordinal predictor for which the probability of a positive outcome is particularly high (or low). A chi-square test may then be performed to compar...

BACKGROUND This retrospective cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the relationship between Chinese medicine (CM) dietary patterns (hot, neutral, and cold) and the incidence of breast cancer among Chinese women in Hong Kong. METHODS Breast cancer cases (n = 202) and healthy controls (n = 202) were matched according to demographics. Chinese women residing in Hong Kong for the past 7 year...

Objective: to analyze the association between good obstetric practices and types of delivery. Methods: a cross-sectional study, carried out with 207 pregnant women admitted two reference maternity hospitals, whose data were collected through questionnaire chart analysis analyzed by Pearson’s chi-square test. Results: it was observed that parturients vaginal delivery oriented about relaxation te...

BACKGROUND Based on the general approach of locus of control, health locus of control (HLOC) concerns control-beliefs due to illness, sickness and health. HLOC research results provide an improved understanding of health related behaviour and patients' compliance in medical care. HLOC research distinguishes between beliefs due to Internality, Externality powerful Others (POs) and Externality Ch...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES To investigate the association between demographic characteristics and eating competence (EC), "the behaviour and attitudinal conceptualization of eating", among elderly Taiwanese. METHODS AND STUDY DESIGN Random questionnaire survey. Overall, 564 questionnaires were analyzed, and independent t-tests, analysis of variance, chi-square tests, were used to compare the d...

Febrile seizure is a common disorder between children with age of 6 month to 6 years and its recurrence is an emotional trauma for parents. Causative factors of febrile seizure have not been completely identified. In this study we determined the correlation between causative factors and probability of febrile seizure occurrence. This study was performed on 344 children factors related to febril...

METHOD(S): The study was done on 100 amenorrheic patients and 100 eumenorrheic controls with normal karyotype. Their finger tip patterns, hypothenar patterns, simian crease, Sydney line, interdigital area patterns (qualitative parameters of DGs) were analyzed. Printing method was used. The observations were correlated not only between subjects and controls but also between subjects with normal ...