Factors Associated with Malaria Infection among Head Porters in Agbogbloshie Market in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana by Patience Kwofie, John Tetteh, Reindorf Elijah Akakpo, Bismark Sarfo

“…Age and marital status are important factors to be considered for malaria intervention programs in head porters.…”
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Risk factors for the mortality of hemodialysis patients with COVID-19 in northern Hunan province, China by Zhangxiu He, Zhong Peng, Ning Gao, Shuzhu Zhong, Fengyi Yu, Zixu Tang, Zihao Liao, Song Zhao, Gloria Umwiza, Ming Chen, Wei Long

“…Areas under the ROC curve (AUC) for age, NWR, PCT, age*NWR were 0.70 (95%CI: 0.62–0.77), 0.82 (95%CI: 0.75–0.90), 0.64 (95%CI: 0.55–0.73), and 0.89 (0.85,0.94). …”
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Clinical Characteristic of Patients Underwent Bone Mineral Density Examination in Prof. Dr. R. Soeharso Orthopaedic Hospital in 2022-2023: A Cross-Sectional Study by R. Andhi Prijosedjati, Pamudji Utomo, Leli Sabariyah, Ahmad Fauzi

“…Background: In Indonesia, osteoporosis affects roughly 23% of men and women aged 50-70 and a staggering 53% of those over 70. …”
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Performance of digital early warning score (NEWS2) in a cardiac specialist setting: retrospective cohort study by Amitava Banerjee, Riyaz Patel, Baneen Alhmoud, Daniel Melley, Tim Bonnici

“…Supplemented NEWS2 with age showed no improvement while age and cardiac rhythm improved discrimination (AUC: 0.75, 0.84, 0.95 and 0.94, respectively). …”
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Hyoid Bone Position in Patients with and without Temporomandibular Joint Osteoarthrosis: A Cone-Beam Computed Tomography and Cephalometric Analysis by Xueman Zhou, Xin Xiong, Zhebin Yan, Chuqiao Xiao, Yingcheng Zheng, Jun Wang

“…The difference pattern varied among different age and sex groups. Clinical evaluation of the hyoid position must consider the age and sex of patients. …”
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Excess deaths from all-causes mortality in children following the discontinuation of the COVID-19 policy in Thailand by Phanthila Sitthikarnkha, Sirapoom Niamsanit, Leelawadee Techasatian, Suchaorn Saengnipanthkul, Rattapon Uppala

“…Children younger than one year of age had the highest mortality rate (37,069 deaths, 45.5%). …”
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Identification of Decision-Making Skills of the High School Students Participating in School Sports Activities by Ayla Karakullukçu, Mehmet Öçalan, Pelin Avcı

“…The students participating in the study were divided into 3 different age groups. 49.3% (n=109) of the students are in the 14-15 age group, 35.7% (n=79) are in the 16-17 age group and 14.9% (n= 33) are in the 18-19 age group. …”
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Corneal Epithelial Thickness Mapping in Healthy Population Corneas Using MS-39 Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography by AlTurki HS, Alsubhi SS, Alhazmi A, Alhadlag A, Albalawi NS, Alzoman MA, Aljasir M, Alsubaie M, Aljindan M, Alsomali A

“…This study aimed to evaluate corneal epithelial thickness (ET) and create a normative database of corneal ET for pediatric and adult age groups using MS-39 AS-OCT.Patients and Methods: This is a cross-sectional multi-center study conducted among the Saudi population.Results: A total of 268 eyes of 268 patients were analyzed (male 50.7% vs female 49.3%). 53.8% were pediatric age group. …”
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Intraocular Foreign Bodies: Clinical Characteristics and Prognostic Factors Influencing Visual Outcome and Globe Survival in 373 Eyes by Yang Liu, Shuang Wang, Ying Li, Qiaoyun Gong, Guanfang Su, Jinsong Zhao

“…The majority of patients (97.0%) were men, with a mean age of 38.1 years. The most common cause of ocular injury was hammering (52.6%); magnetic IOFBs occurred in 84.7% of these cases. …”
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Association between BDNF rs6265 and Obesity in the Boston Puerto Rican Health Study by Xian-Yong Ma, Wei Qiao Qiu, Caren E. Smith, Laurence D. Parnell, Zong-Yong Jiang, Jose M. Ordovas, Katherine L. Tucker, Chao-Qiang Lai

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Association Of Functional Dyspepsia With Depression; Gut-Brain Axis And Mental Health by Nadia Shams, Fareya Usmani, Hina Andaleeb, Furquana Niaz, Lubna Meraj, Nargis Munir

“…Results: There were 72(48 %) males & 78(52%) females in each group. Mean age was 43.7+13.79 years (FD patients) vs. 46.24+15.27 years (controls). …”
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Factors Affecting the Presence of Renal Cortical Cysts in Kidney Donors by Sevim Nuran Kuşlu Çiçek, Amil Huseynov

“…Methods: This retrospective cohort study included 1012 living kidney donors, aged 18-87 years, who underwent renal transplant donor nephrectomy between 2008 and 2023. …”
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Risk Factors of Hypertension among Diabetic Patients from Yaoundé Central Hospital and Etoug-Ebe Baptist Health Centre, Cameroon by Beryl Kemche, Brice Ulrich Saha Foudjo, Elie Fokou

“…A hospital-based cross-sectional study was conducted for 6 months, and 109 participants (types 1 and 2), aged 24–81 years, were enrolled using simple random sampling. …”
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Colonic Transendoscopic Enteral Tubing: Route for a Novel, Safe, and Convenient Delivery of Washed Microbiota Transplantation in Children by Min Zhong, Heena Buch, Quan Wen, Chuyan Long, Bota Cui, Faming Zhang

“…Methods. All patients aged 3-7 years who underwent colonic TET in our center for WMT or medication were prospectively evaluated. …”
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Feasibility of home-based urine collection in children under 5 years in the ORIGINS birth cohort study: mixed method protocol and sample completion results by Courtney D. A. Kidd, Najma A. Moumin, Andrea MacRae, Tim J. Green, Desiree T. Silva, Susan L. Prescott, Nina D’Vaz

“…A third of all samples were returned by courier, with the highest uptake at 2–6 months of age, and increased uptake across all ages during COVID lockdowns. …”
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Comparing Fetal Weight Estimates in the Third Trimester: Clinical Examination Findings, Ultrasonographic Estimation, and Actual Birth Weight by Ayesha Ghaffar, Sabeen Ashraf, Hafiza Alia Akbar Khan, Saba Yousaf, Tallat Farkhanda, Amartur Rabbal

“…A total of 1130 women between the ages of 18 and 40, gestational age of > 34 weeks, BMI of 18 to 25 kg/m2, single cephalic fetus and who gave consent were included. …”
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U–Pb Dating and Hf Isotopes Analysis of Detrital Zircons of the Shanxi Formation in the Otuokeqi Area, Northwestern Ordos Basin by Jiaxuan Song, Hujun Gong, Jingli Yao, Huitao Zhao, Xiaohui Zhao, Yunxiang Zhang, Biao Chen

“…In this paper, the detrital zircon LA-MC-ICPMS U-Pb age test was conducted on the drilling core samples of the Shanxi Formation of the Upper Paleozoic in the Otuokeqi area of the Ordos Basin, and the provenance age and the characteristic of the Shanxi formation in the Otuokeqi area in the northwest were discussed. …”
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Prevalence of behavioral risk factors among Ukrainians during war amid existing stress factors by Olena Kolesnikova, Olena Vysotska, Anastasiia Radchenko, Olga Zaprovalna, Nataliya Emelyanova

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Sex Difference in Risk Factors, GRACE Scores, and Management among Post-Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients in Sri Lanka by Priyadarshani Galappatthy, Vipula Bataduwaarachchi, Priyanga Ranasinghe, Gamini Galappatthy, Upul Senerath, Chandrika Wijeyaratne, Ruwan Ekanayake

“…The LDL-C target was achieved in a significantly higher percentage of women (12.6%); OR = 0.33 (95% CI 0.10 to 1.05). When stratified by age, no significant differences were observed in achieving the risk factor targets or management strategies used except for fasting blood sugar (p<0.05) where more men achieved control target in both age categories. …”
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Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices on Urinary Schistosomiasis among Primary Schoolchildren in Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa by Sydlynn Dorné Hambury, Anna D. Grobler, Paula Ezinne Melariri

“…Schistosomiasis remains a public health concern in South Africa (SA), with the highest prevalence of infection found among schoolchildren under the age of 15 years. Knowledge, attitude, and practices (KAP) studies on schistosomiasis among schoolchildren under the age of 15 years are lacking in the study area. …”
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