National Trends of Antiparkinsonism Treatment in Taiwan: 2004–2011 by Weng-Ming Liu, Ruey-Meei Wu, Chia-Hsuin Chang, Jou-Wei Lin, Ying-Chun Liu, Chin-Hsien Lin

“…There was a substantially increasing trend of DA prescriptions, which were higher in younger-aged patients (<60 years) than in older-aged group (p=0.0006). …”
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Children’s Characteristics as the Predictors of Stunting among Children Under 2 Years in East Nusa Tenggara in Indonesia by Tumaji, Agung D. Laksono, Hastin D. Kusumawardani

“…Besides nutritional status (stature), the study analyzed five children’s characteristics as exposure variables (birth weight, birth length, early initiation of breastfeeding, gender, and age) and six control variables (residence, maternal age, marital, maternal education, employment, wealth). …”
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Mechanism for meeting the care of older adults in rural China—relying on spouse, offspring or community? by Ziyue Dong, Jianliang Nie, Dan Li, Yufeng Wu

“…Abstract Background Within the population aging and the trend of aging in place on the rise, it is crucial to explore how care needs are being met for this demographic within the community. …”
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Establishment of Reference Norms for Lung Function Parameters of Healthy Sri Lankan Tamils by Mathanki Sooriyakanthan, Savithri Wimalasekera, Sivapalan Kanagasabai

“…Also equations based on age, height and age, arm span were derived. Age, height based equations were retested in the same population. …”
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Risk Factors Regarding the Incomplete Vaccination Schedule in Children Under 5 Years by Andrés Sebastián Guevara Pabón, Erika Marcela León Revelo, Leonel Gerardo Ruano Yarpaz

“…It is the cause of thousands of deaths, especially of children under 5 years of age. <br /><strong>Objective:</strong> to describe some of the factors associated with non-compliance with the vaccination schedule in children under 5 years of age at the Health Center, El Priorato, Ibarra, Ecuador. …”
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Body Composition in Adult Patients with Thalassemia Major by Marianna Vlychou, Evangelos Alexiou, Paschalis Thriskos, Ioannis Fezoulidis, Katerina Vassiou

“…To assess body composition in adult male and female patients with thalassemia major by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and to compare the findings with a group of healthy age-matched controls. Methods. Our study group included sixty-two patients (27 males, mean age 36 years, and 35 females, mean age 36.4 years) and fifteen age-matched healthy controls. …”
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Patterns of orthopaedic injury among hospitalised personal mobility device users and bicycle riders: a comparative study by Don Thong Siang Koh, Yew Lok Woo, Ting Hway Wong, Mann Hong Tan

“…PMD users were significantly younger (mean age 45 ± 15 years) when compared to bicycle riders (mean age 56 ± 17 years; P <0.05). …”
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Integrated hydrothermal evolution of a Botucatu paleodune and a blanketing lava flow from the Serra Geral Group, Uruguaiana by Leo Afraneo Hartmann, Felipe Padilha Leitzke, Cassiana Roberta Lizzoni Michelin, Melissa Johner, Cristiano de Carvalho Lana

“…The youngest dated zircon grains from the sandstone are 225–300 Ma old (one 175 Ma age), and the main older age peaks are 450–600 Ma (predominant), 900–975 Ma, 1800–1900 Ma, and 2500 Ma; few Archean 2.5 Ga ages. …”
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Trends in Adolescent Suicide in Hong Kong for the Period 1980 to 2003 by Daniel T.L. Shek, Britta M. Lee, Joyce Chow

“…Second, suicide rates for adolescents aged 10-24 years were lower than those of other adult age groups. …”
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Frequency Of Left Ventricular Thrombi In Dilated Cardiomyopathy Patients Presenting In Tertiary Care Hospital Of Punjab by Tahira Nazir, Tehreem Amjad, Madiha Fayyaz, Somayya Siddiqa, Sobia Naveed, Shahroon Zahid

“…This study involved 150 children of both genders aged between 4-12 years diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy. …”
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Reaching Syrian migrants through Dutch municipal registries for hepatitis B and C point-of-care testing. by Chrissy P B Moonen, Elfi E H G Brouwers, Christian J P A Hoebe, Nicole H T M Dukers-Muijrers, Jamila Bouchaara, Inge H M van Loo, Casper D J den Heijer

“…Non-participation was higher in the younger age groups (<30 years) (p < .001). The POCT using finger prick blood was well received. …”
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Factors Associated with Acute Malnutrition among Children Admitted to a Diarrhoea Treatment Facility in Bangladesh by Connor Fuchs, Tania Sultana, Tahmeed Ahmed, M. Iqbal Hossain

“…The overall mean ± SD age was 12.0 ± 7.6 months, 38.5% (no difference between case and controls). …”
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Traumatic Brain Injury: Patient Characteristics, Hospital Costs and Trends Over Time by Pankaj A. Patel, Peter J. Mallow, Mary Vassar, John A. Rizzo, Bhavik J. Pandya, Denise T. Kruzikas

“…Nearly 45% (44.3%) of TBI patients requiring inpatient admissions were age 65 or over, and 20% of TBI patients treated as an outpatient were age 75 or over. …”
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Assessment of the Relationship between Mental Health and Academic Achievement among Students in Kazakhstan by Guliya Yertukeshova, Bibianar Baizhumanova, Ulbossyn Tuyakova, Lyazzat Kulzhabayeva, Gulnara Jumagulova, Bakyt Zhigitbekova

“…Additionally, deeper insights were attained by assessing the correlation between the indicators within the context of the field of study, age, nationality, gender, pre-university education level, and academic performance…”
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SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS AND THE ‘UNBANKING’ OF POLISH SOCIETY by Marlena Grzelczak

“…The least exclusion is found in people of working age 25-44. People in this age bracket accounted for more than 40 per cent of the share within level 3. …”
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Cannabis Use as Risk or Protection for Type 2 Diabetes: A Longitudinal Study of 18 000 Swedish Men and Women by A. K. Danielsson, A. Lundin, A. Yaregal, C. G. Östenson, P. Allebeck, E. E. Agardh

“…Potential confounders included age, sex, BMI, physical inactivity, smoking, alcohol use, and occupational position. …”
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Depth of Anesthesia as a Risk Factor for Perioperative Morbidity by Argyro Petsiti, Vassilios Tassoudis, George Vretzakis, Dimitrios Zacharoulis, Konstantinos Tepetes, Georgia Ganeli, Menelaos Karanikolas

“…The prognostic value of age, physical status, and duration of surgery on perioperative course has been extensively studied. …”
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Serum Oxidative Stress-related Biomarkers in Ocular Hypertension and Glaucoma by Mine Esen Baris, Onur Furundaoturan, Meltem Kocamanoğlu, Seray Sahin, Yasemin Akçay, Suzan Güven Yılmaz

“…Methods: Treatment-naive patients with no known systemic diseases and with OHT and POAG diagnosis were recruited for the study. Also, age- and gender-matched healthy volunteers with no ocular and systemic diseases were included as controls. …”
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Multiplayer games and HIV transmission via casual encounters by Stephen Tully, Monica-Gabriela Cojocaru, Chris T. Bauch

“…We present here 2-player and multiplayer noncooperative games where players are defined by HIV status and age and may engage in casual (sexual) encounters. …”
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Neurodevelopment in very low birth weight newborns in Matanzas during 2016-2018 by Gerardo Rogelio Robaina Castellanos, Solangel de la Caridad Riesgo Rodríguez, Dariana Hernández Morales

“…<br /><strong>Objective</strong>: to evaluate neurodevelopment at two years of corrected age in a cohort of very low birth weight newborns.…”
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