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. 2026 Jun 6;14(6):203. doi: 10.3390/diseases14060203
Analysis Type SPSS Procedure
Tests of normality Explore procedure (Shapiro–Wilk test, Q–Q plots, histograms).
Categorical comparisons Crosstabs → Chi-square test (Pearson), with Fisher’s exact test when expected cell counts were <5
Continuous comparisons One-way ANOVA (for normally distributed variables); Kruskal–Wallis H test (for non-parametric distributions)
Trend analysis Chi-square test for trend (Cochran–Armitage); Spearman’s rank correlation (Spearman’s rho)
Multivariable logistic regression Binary logistic regression (enter method); odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) reported
Cox regression Survival analysis (Cox regression); hazard ratios (HR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI); proportional hazards assumption assessed using Schoenfeld residual
ROC ROC curve analysis; area under the curve (AUC) with 95% confidence intervals (CI).
Multicollinearity Linear regression; collinearity diagnostics (VIF); VIF < 5 for all included predictors