Association between social determinants of health and premature atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and sex differences in US adults: A cross-sectional study by Chun Yang, Na Zhang, Tiankuo Gao, Yingxin Zhu, Chen Gong, Mingyue Xu, Cuicui Feng

“…Result: A total of 40,536 participants aged ≥18 years (19,548 men and 20,888 women) were included in the analysis. …”
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Reliability of Ultrasound Based Compressibility of the Lower Leg Anterior Tibial Muscle Compartment in Healthy Volunteers by Kay van Heeswijk, Daniëlle Spek, Jesse Muijsenberg, Loes Janssen, Michiel Winkes, Adwin R. Hoogeveen, Marc Scheltinga

“… # Study design Cross-sectional study # Methods Healthy volunteers (n=35; 21 female; median age 40 years, range 19-72; BMI 24.1 kg/m2, range 18.3-31.6) not having ELP underwent serial compressibility measurements (n=1678) of both legs by three observers at the tibialis anterior (TA) using the interosseous membrane (IM) and transition zone IM to tibial bone (TZIT) as internal landmarks. …”
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Developing a Predictive Tool for Hospital Discharge Disposition of Patients Poststroke with 30-Day Readmission Validation by Jin Cho, Krystal Place, Rebecca Salstrand, Monireh Rahmat, Misagh Mansouri, Nancy Fell, Mina Sartipi

“…The top five risk scores were admission from a skilled nursing facility, acute heart attack, intracerebral hemorrhage, admission from “other” source, and an age of 75 or older. Validation of the predictive tool was accomplished using the readmission rates. …”
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Parental singing during kangaroo care: parents' experiences of singing to their preterm infant in the NICU by Pernilla Hugoson, Friederike Barbara Haslbeck, Ulrika Ådén, Ulrika Ådén, Ulrika Ådén, Louise Eulau, Louise Eulau

“…This qualitative follow-up study explores these findings through the lens of Antonovsky's Sense of Coherence (SOC) model.MethodSemi-structured interviews were conducted with 28 families (20 intervention group, eight control group) at their infant's 5-month corrected age. The intervention group received CMT twice weekly during kangaroo care for 4 weeks in the NICU, while the control group received standard care. …”
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Acupressure intervention for children: A scoping review by Sri Ramdaniati, Mei Neni Sitaresmi, Fitri Haryanti, Arief Tarmansyah Iman

“…Acupressure was most used (48%) by school-age children (7-12 years), with commonly targeted points being Neiguan (P6), Zusanli (ST36), Hegu (LI4), Yintang (Extra1), and auricular acupoints. …”
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Role of regular medical visits in mitigating increased suicide risk during the early COVID-19 pandemic in Kobe, Japan by Daisuke Miyamori, Yasushi Nagasaki, Shuhei Yoshida, Saori Kashima, Wataru Omori, Kei Itagaki, Masanori Ito

“…Results 2181 cases were analyzed, with two-thirds male and a median age of 54. Primary care physicians and psychiatric history were present in 69% and 40% of patients. …”
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Diagnostic Utility of Various Hormones across Different Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Phenotypes: A Cross-sectional Study by Padala Ravi Kumar, Radha Krishna Telagareddy, Deepak Kumar Dash, Debasish Patro

“…Materials and Methods: One hundred and eighty-seven PCOS women based on revised Rotterdam 2003 criteria were recruited. Ninety-four age-matched healthy females were taken as controls. …”
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Nonlinear association between red cell distribution width/albumin ratio and peripheral arterial disease in the NHANES: a cross-section study with propensity score matching analysis by Jinmin Cao, Zhixiong Deng, Li Xiang, Feng Wang, Ting Yang

“…The association with PAD was assessed using multivariable logistic regression, complemented by a restricted cubic spline for nonlinearity, and propensity score methods for robustness checks, including propensity score matching and subgroup analyses.ResultsThis study included 6,421 participants, 452 of whom had PAD. The mean age was 70.1 years; the patients were predominantly male. …”
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Matching-Adjusted Indirect Comparison of the Efficacy at Week 32 of Tralokinumab and Dupilumab in the Treatment of Moderate-to-Severe Atopic Dermatitis by Tiago Torres, Anne Sohrt Petersen, Ulla Ivens, Albert Bosch Vilaro, John Stinson, José Manuel Carrascosa

“…IPD were selected by applying inclusion criteria from LIBERTY AD CHRONOS and weighting to match summary baseline characteristics—age, sex, race, body mass index, disease duration, Eczema Area and Severity Index (EASI), Investigator’s Global Assessment (IGA), Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) and SCORing Atopic Dermatitis index—of patients treated with dupilumab. …”
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Changing Clinical Presentation, Current Knowledge-Attitude-Practice, and Current Vision Related Quality of Life in Self-Reported Type 2 Diabetes Patients with Retinopathy in Easter... by Taraprasad Das, Batriti Wallang, Preeti Semwal, Soumyava Basu, Tapas R. Padhi, Mohd Hasnat Ali

“…Both KAP and VR-QOL were analyzed according to degree of DR, duration of known DM, and educational qualification. Results. Average age of the current cohort (n=240) was 57.16 ± 9.03 years; there were 205 (85.4%) male patients and 143 (59.6%) patients had received less than graduate qualification. …”
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Prevalence and Distribution of Nonsyndromic Dental Anomalies in Children in Eastern Saudi Arabia: A Radiographic Study by Eman A. Bakhurji, Fatima Aldossary, Jood Aljarbo, Fatimah AlMuhammadi, Maysaa Alghamdi, Muhammad Ashraf Nazir

“…The study sample had equal distribution of males (52.6%) and females (47.4%) and comprised 81.2% Saudi children with a mean age of 8.8 ± 1.84 years. Most study subjects (97.8%) were in mixed dentition and 88.7% were healthy. …”
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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: The Magnitude and Risk Factors among Patients Admitted to Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by Tewodros Tamire, Temesgen Eticha, Temesgen Bati Gelgelu

“…Out of 413 collected specimens, 38.7% had coagulase-positive S. aureus of which 35.6% (95% CI: 28.2%–43.0%) were MRSA. Being within the age group of 19–29 years and 30–39 years with AOR = 5.02 and 95% CI: 1.24–20.35 and AOR = 6.65 and 95% CI: 1.78–24.78, respectively, admitting in the hematology ward and the pediatric ward with AOR = 7.80 and 95% CI: 1.82–33.49 and AOR = 10.54 and 95% CI: 1.78–62.42, respectively, and experiencing poor prognosis with AOR = 10.97 and 95% CI: 4.57–26.36 were significantly associated with MRSA infection. …”
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Targeting B and T Lymphocyte Attenuator Regulates Lupus Disease Development in NZB/W Mice by Gherardi L, Aubergeon L, Sayah M, Fauny JD, Dumortier H, Monneaux F

“…In this study, we analyzed BTLA expression and function in the NZB/W lupus-mouse model and examined the therapeutic potential of BTLA targeting.Methods: BTLA expression and function were analyzed in young (10– 12-week-old) and old-diseased NZB/W mice (> 35-week-old with proteinuria) in comparison to age-related BALB/W control mice. 20– 22 weeks old NZB/W mice (n=10) were injected i.p with 3 mg/kg, twice a week for ten weeks, with the anti-BTLA antibody 6F7 or its isotype control.Results: In old-diseased NZB/W mice, BTLA expression is slightly modified in B cell subsets whereas CD4+ T cells display impaired BTLA functionality. …”
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Functional and Radiological Outcome Analysis of Osteoperiosteal Decortication Flap in Nonunion of Tibia by Vineet Kumar, Shah Waliullah, Sachin Avasthi, Swagat Mahapatra, Ajai Singh, Sabir Ali

“…There were 22 males (64.7%) and 12 females (35.3%) with a mean age of 34.17 ± 10.3 years. Subgroup analysis based on the complexity of nonunion (NUSS score) revealed 14 cases in group A, 10 cases in group B, 10 cases in group C, and 0 cases in group D. …”
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Maternal Postnatal Psychopathology Predicts Identity Diffusion in Young Adult Offspring by Jens Joas, Justine Hussong, Sena Aktürk, Kirstin Goth, Eva Möhler, Hannah Honecker-Gebauer

“…Methods: A total of 101 mothers were asked about their health status 2 weeks after the birth of their child and when their child was 6 weeks, 4 months, 14 months and 5.5 years of age. Specifically, physical and psychological symptoms were assessed with SCL-90-R. …”
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Lower Extremity and Trunk Electromyographic Muscle Activity During Performance of the Y-Balance Test on Stable and Unstable Surfaces by Navpreet Kaur, Kunal Bhanot, Germaine Ferreira

“… # Results Twenty (10 male, 10 female) subjects participated (age: 27.5 ± 4.0 years, height:167 ± 1.0 cm, weight: 66.5 ± 13.0 kg, body fat: 14.1 ± 6.2%). …”
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Ratio of remnant cholesterol to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol in relation to gestational diabetes mellitus risk in early pregnancy among Korean women. by Jing Sheng, Chun-Fang Ma, Xiao-Fei Wu, Xiang-Xiang Li

“…<h4>Results</h4>The average age of the pregnant women was 32.07 ± 3.78 years, and the RC/HDL-C ratio had a median value of 0.39. …”
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Predominant polarity in bipolar affective disorder and its impact on cognition and quality of life by Shashank Bhardwaj, Deoraj Sinha, Ami Pawar, Astik Mane

“…Discussion and Results: Men exhibited manic predominant polarity, while women had depressive predominant polarity, with P value of. 003. Regarding age, illness length, education, substance abuse, family history, and suicide attempts, there was no discernible difference in the polarities. …”
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Left ventricle function and post-transcriptional events with exercise training in pigs. by Stephanie L Samani, Shayne C Barlow, Lisa A Freeburg, Traci L Jones, Marlee Poole, Mark A Sarzynski, Michael R Zile, Tarek Shazly, Francis G Spinale

“…<h4>Methods and results</h4>Pigs (n = 9; 25 Kg) underwent a 4 week exercise training protocol (10 degrees elevation, 2.5 mph, 10 min, 5 days/week) whereby LV chamber stiffness (KC) and regional myocardial stiffness (rKm) were measured by Doppler/speckle tracking echocardiography. Age and weight matched non-exercise pigs (n = 6) served as controls. …”
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Biomarkers of racism-based stress injury: A feasibility and correlation study by Rachel Wangari Kimani, Jonathan N. Tobin, Steven W. Cole, Ann Campbell, Erich D. Jarvis

“…Methods: A convenience sample of African Americans aged 18–50 from New York City’s Tri-state area underwent assessments for racial discrimination using the Everyday Discrimination Scale (EDS) and Race-Based Traumatic Stress Symptom Scale. …”
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