Objectives Cardiopulmonary involvement (CPI) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in systemic sclerosis (SSc). The 6 min walk test (6MWT) is widely used to assess functional capacity, but its ...

The potential impact of immigration on housing prices is a pressing concern in major immigrant-receiving countries. The complex interplay between immigration and housing prices is particularly ...

Objective This study aimed to assess the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) hospitalisation costs and its associated factors on Nepalese households during the second wave of the pandemic, within the ...

Researchers found that higher relative fat mass (RFM), a measure of visceral body fat, is significantly associated with increased infertility risk in U.S. women aged 20–44. The study suggests RFM may ...

BACKGROUND: Primary aldosteronism (PA), an overt form of renin-independent aldosterone production, leads to a disproportionately high rate of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs). Mounting ...

This study investigates the relationship between price negotiation and the performance of public health facilities in Homa Bay County, Kenya. Price negotiation plays a pivotal role in the ...

Model 1 (base model): follows the conceptual model highlighted above in Equation 1 ... meaning it could be expressed as a perfect linear combination of at least one of the included explanatory ...