Longer disease progression milestone-free time in people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis treated versus not treated with intravenous edaravone: results from an administrative cl... by James D Berry, Melissa Hagan, Jeffrey Zhang, Ying Liu, Malgorzata Ciepielewska

“…Cases treated with IV edaravone and controls not treated with IV edaravone were propensity score matched for: age, sex, race, US region of residence, pre-index disease duration, insurance, riluzole prescription; and preindex claims for cardiovascular disease, artificial nutrition/gastrostomy tube, noninvasive ventilation and all-cause hospitalization. …”

Preference and determinants of delivery mode in pregnant women with one cesarean scar: a cross-sectional study in two urban Ugandan public hospitals by Brenda Nabawanuka, Tom Ngabirano, Joyce Nankumbi

“…These were consecutively recruited into the study, and a modified Poisson regression was performed to identify factors associated with the preferred mode of delivery. Results The mean age of the participants was 28 (4.88) years. Out of 169 women, the majority 137 (81%) preferred a trial of labor. …”
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Suboptimal Blood Pressure Control, Associated Factors, and Choice of Antihypertensive Drugs among Type 2 Diabetic Patients at KCMC, Tanzania by Gabriel W. Mbwete, Kajiru G. Kilonzo, Elichilia R. Shao, Nyasatu G. Chamba

“…The data of 161 participants was analysed; the mean age was 63.9±20.2 years, with the majority being females (67.1%). …”
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Socioeconomic disparity in stage at cancer diagnosis among patients with type 2 diabetes in Dutch primary care: a cross-sectional study by Geertruida H De Bock, Gijs W D Landman, Nanne Kleefstra, Bert van der Vegt, Sabine Siesling, Klaas H Groenier, Jing de Haan-Du

“…Logistic regression was performed, with stratification by sex and correction for age, body mass index, smoking, diabetes duration, glycaemic control and metformin use. …”
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Assessment of vulnerability to fluvial floods: Case of municipalities of the Gidra River Basin, Slovakia by Matej Vojtek, Soheyl Moradi

“…Material and methods: Three indicators (number of buildings within a 100 m radius from the watercourse; length of roads within a 100 m radius from the watercourse; and number of bridges over a watercourse) representing the economic vulnerability, and seven indicators of social vulnerability (population density of municipalities; share of residents aged 65+ in the total number of residents; share of unemployed residents in the total number of economically active residents; share of households with six and more persons in the total number of households; share of incomplete households in the total number of households; share of residents without education and with primary education in the the total number of residents; and share of residents with disabilities in the total number of residents) were used to determine the respective economic flood vulnerability sub-index (EFVsI) and social flood vulnerability sub-index (SFVsI). …”
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Effectiveness of a Positive Youth Development Program for Secondary 1 Students in Macau: A Pilot Study by Andrew L. Luk, Annah M. L. Au, K. M. Leong, Michelle M. X. Zhu, G. B. Lau, Tammy C. P. Wong, Nancy W. I. Lei

“…; and (2) Is youth growth related to different factors such as gender, age, family financial condition, and parents' marital status? …”
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The long-term outcome of children with VP shunt and hydrocephalus: motor developmental outcome and QOL of patients with hydrocephalus is associated with the number of revisional pr... by Danielle S. Wendling-Keim, Hannah Luz, Elena Kren, Oliver Muensterer, Markus Lehner

“…Therefore, we performed a study including a questionnaire, which aimed to analyze parameters that may have an impact on the cognitive function and quality of life of the pediatric patient with hydrocephalus.MethodsIn this retrospective study, we included 81 patients aged 0–17 with hydrocephalus who were treated with a ventriculo-peritoneal shunt at a single institution. …”
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Preoperative Assessment of Patients Undergoing Bariatric Sleeve Gastrectomy: A Cross-Sectional Study by M. R. Tawfik, N. F. Aldawas, N. S. Almegbil, A. A. Bin Hamad, A. N. Alanazi, A. M. Alaidaroos, T. M. AlRawaf, A. A. Fayed

“…Out of 132 patients, 29 (22%) had a BMI of less than 40 kg/m2 whereas 103 (78%) had a BMI of 40 kg/m2 or above, with an average of 44.4±6.4 kg/m2. The average age of participants was 33.6±10.4 years. HP was detected in 36 patients (35.0%) with a slightly greater prevalence in patients with a higher BMI (33.7%) than in patients with lower BMI (35.0%). …”
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Impact of remnant cholesterol on acute ischemic stroke prognosis: a nationwide cohort analysis stratified by non-alcoholic fatty liver disease status by Sili Jiang, Aoming Jin, Aoming Jin, Wenli Xing, Jing Jing, Jing Jing

“…Interaction effect analysis was performed to investigate how NAFLD modifies the relationship between RC and prognosis.ResultsAmong the 7, 234 participants, the mean age was 62.96 ± 11.44 years and 4,572 (63.2%) were male individuals. …”
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Compliance of healthcare workers with the infection prevention and control guidance in tertiary care hospitals: quantitative findings from an explanatory sequential mixed-methods s... by Syed Shariful Islam, Syed Moniruzzaman, M Atiqul Haque, Sarmin Sultana, Marium Salwa, Mohammad Tanvir Islam, Md Maruf Haque Khan

“…Compliance with the IPC guidance was significantly associated with increasing age, female sex, working as a nurse, having non-communicable diseases and history of exposure to patients with COVID-19. …”
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Association between metabolic score for visceral fat index and BMI-adjusted skeletal muscle mass index in American adults by Yifan Zhou, Xiangjie Su, Haitao Tan, Jun Xiao

“…Methods We conducted a cross-sectional study using data from the NHANES database, focusing on U.S. adults aged 20 years and older from 2013 to 2018. Controlling for relevant covariables, we primarily investigated the association between METS-VF and SMI values utilizing weighted multivariable linear regression models. …”
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Prevalence and Associated Factors of Intestinal Parasitic Infections among Food Handlers in Mettu Town, Southwest Ethiopia by Solomon Yeshanew, Melaku Tadege, Abdulhakim Abamecha

“…The multivariable logistic regression indicated that the risk to be infected with intestinal parasites were related with older age (p ≤ 0.032), food handlers who had no hand wash practices (p ≤ 0.033), who had no food handling and preparation training (p ≤ 0.005), poor personal hygiene (p ≤ 0.0001), who had not taken regular medical checkup (p ≤ 0.008), and whose nail was not trimmed (p ≤ 0.0001). …”
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Adaption oder Anpassung? Umweltbewusstsein in der Region um den Plattensee/Balaton (Adaptation or a Change in Attitude? Environmental Awareness in the Region of Lake Balaton) by Magdolna Leveleki

“…The results of our measures show that the social differences are attributed, therefore, not to age groups, but to the degree of education and to philosophical belief. …”
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Sequencing and Integration of Cervical Manual Therapy and Vestibulo-oculomotor Therapy for Concussion Symptoms: Retrospective Analysis by Christopher Kevin Wong, Lauren Ziaks, Samantha Vargas, Tessia DeMattos, Chelsea Brown

“… # Study Design Retrospective longitudinal cohort analysis # Methods Records from a concussion clinic for 38 patients (25 male 13 female, aged 26.9±19.7 years) with post-concussion symptoms due to sports, falls, assaults, and motor vehicle accident injuries were analyzed. …”
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Adaptation Studies of the Aggression and Victimization Scales for Elementary School Children by Arzu KURNAZ, Emine Gül KAPÇI

“…Finally relationalvictimation were found to correlate neagatively with age (r=-.09).Conclusion: CSBS-SR and CSEQ-SR had acceptable validity and reliability properties. …”
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Post-Marketing Pharmacovigilance of Canakinumab from the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) by Weidong Zhang, Yunzhou Chen, Zeyu Yao, Mengling Ouyang, Minghui Sun, Shupeng Zou

“…More attention should be paid to serious infections, particularly in males, individuals aged ≥60 years, or those weighing >100 kg, who demonstrated the highest risk of serious infections.…”
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Transcriptional activity of repair, apoptosis and cell cycle genes (TP53, MDM2, ATM, BAX, BCL-2, CDKN1A, OGG1, XPC, PADI4, MAPK8, NF-KB1, STAT3, GATA3) in chronically exposed perso... by V. S. Nikiforov, E. A. Blinova, A. I. Kotikova, A. V. Akleyev

“…The study was performed more than 60 years after the onset of exposure, the average age of exposed persons was 68±0.6 years (55–86 years). …”
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Determination of the kidney stone composition using infrared spectroscopy in Iran at a national referral center during 2019–2023 by Abbas Basiri, Azin Tahvildari, Mohammad Naji, Pardis Ziaeefar, Amir H. Kashi

“…The percentage of UA stones increased with age as it was 11.1% in children, 42.7% in adults, and 83.3% in geriatric patients (p<0.001). …”
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Understanding the experience of the mothers’ ability to take care of their preterm infants related to in-hospital and post-discharge: a qualitative content analysis by Saleheh Tajalli, Soroor Parvizy, Abbas Ebadi, Fateme Zamaniashtiani, Carole Kenner

“…Eleven mothers, two fathers, two grandmothers, one neonatal nurse, and two neonatologists with a mean age of 36.05 ± 10.88 years were selected using purposeful and snowballing sampling in Tehran, Iran. …”
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Atherogenic index of plasma and cardiovascular disease risk in cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome stage 1 to 3: a longitudinal study by Yu Zhang, Yue Song, Yinfei Lu, Tao Liu, Ping Yin

“…Restricted cubic spline regression indicated the relationship between cumulative AIP and CVD risk is linear (P for nonlinear = 0.3377).ConclusionsIn middle-aged and elderly individuals with CKM syndrome, higher cumulative AIP and poorer AIP control were associated with an elevated incidence of CVD. …”
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