Relations entre maturation sexuelle, structure familiale et revenu par habitant d’un échantillon d’élèves d’El Yopal, Casanare (Colombie) by Marie-José Ireton, Julio César Carrillo, Luis Enrique Caro, Juan Carlos Morales, Roland Hauspie

“…Using the probit method, we determined 1) the sexual development stages, with respect to age and sex, and 2) the age of menarche. We thereby calculated the sexual maturation index for two socio-economic groups (defined by monthly per capita income) and analyzed socio-economic factors —such as family composition, parents’ level of education, revenue stability— and eco-geographical variables. …”
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Epidemiology and Management of Actinic Keratosis in France: A General Population Survey (REAKT) by Brigitte Dréno, Pierre Lévy, Gregory Caillet, Chantal Touboul, Jean-Michel Joubert, Jean-Michel Amici

“…The objective of this retrospective observational study was to estimate the prevalence of actinic keratosis (AK) in individuals aged ≥ 40 years in France, to describe the characteristics of affected patients, and to describe treatments. …”
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A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Risk Factors Associated with Severity and Death in COVID-19 Patients by Pengqiang Du, Dandan Li, Aifeng Wang, Su Shen, Zhichao Ma, Xingang Li

“…For COVID-19 patients, advanced age, male, and patients with chronic disease are at higher risk of developing severe illness or even death.…”
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Association of Sociodemographic Variables and Healthy Habits with Body and Visceral Fat Values in Spanish Workers by María Gordito Soler, Ángel Arturo López-González, Pedro Juan Tárraga López, Emilio Martínez-Almoyna Rifá, Cristina Martorell Sánchez, María Teófila Vicente-Herrero, Hernan Paublini, José Ignacio Ramírez-Manent

“…<i>Results</i>: Both the average values and the prevalence of elevated body and visceral fat increase with age and decrease with social class and lower levels of physical activity. …”
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The Influence Mechanism of Deformation on the Precipitation Behavior and Mechanical Properties of 7075 Aluminum Alloy During Hot Forming-Quenching Integrated Process by Huanhuan Li, Xinhang Zhang, Wei Dai, Wei Yan, Chaomei He, Jiake Luo, Mengxing Li, Ruolin Wu, Dang Wang

“…Thermal deformation in HFQ^® has a non-negligible influence on precipitation behavior in subsequent artificial aging treatment and affects the mechanical properties of the formed parts. …”
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Estimation of malondialdehyde and catalase activity in pregnant women at IIMS&R Hospital, Lucknow, India by Niharika Singh, Saba Khan, Mohammad Mustufa Khan, Haseeb Ahsan, Roshan Alam

“…The age range of participants was 18 to 40 years. MDA and CAT levels were measured spectrophotometrically. …”
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Ethnic Differences in Risk Factors for Obesity among Adults in California, the United States by Liang Wang, Jodi Southerland, Kesheng Wang, Beth A. Bailey, Arsham Alamian, Marc A. Stevens, Youfa Wang

“…Differences in risk factors for obesity were also observed: Whites (gender, age, physical activity, smoking, arthritis, and diabetes medicine intake), Latinos (age, arthritis, and diabetes medicine intake), Asians (age, binge drinking, arthritis, and diabetes medicine intake), and African Americans (gender, physical activity, smoking, binge drinking, and diabetes medicine intake). …”
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Food Intake and Core Body Temperature of Pups and Adults in a db Mouse Line Deficient in the Long Form of the Leptin Receptor without Misty Mutation by Wijang Pralampita Pulong, Miharu Ushikai, Emi Arimura, Masaharu Abe, Hiroaki Kawaguchi, Masahisa Horiuchi

“…However, postnatal (2 weeks of age) db/db mice displayed similar BW and milk intake and significantly lower core BT than WT mice. …”
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PCSK9 affects vascular senescence through the SIRT1 pathway by Yuqin Wang, Shaoqing Cao, Zhangyu Wang, Chengsi Li, Jiangping Ye, Yehong Liu, Tianhui Jin, Yuting Zhou, Wentao Su, Gangjun Zong

“…Age is an independent risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease that increases the susceptibility of older adults to vascular intimal thickening, endothelial dysfunction, and thrombosis. …”
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Small Bowel Endoscopy Diagnostic Yield and Reasons of Obscure GI Bleeding in Chinese Patients by Ya-Fei He, Ning-Bo Hao, Wu-Chen Yang, Li Yang, Zhong-Li Liao, Chao-Qiang Fan, Jin Yu, Jian-Ying Bai, Shi-Ming Yang, Hong Guo

“…By stratified analysis, we found that erosions/ulceration (27.1%) was the most common etiology for the 21–40-year age group. Mass lesion was the most common etiology in the 41–60-year age group. …”
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Delta Cell Hyperplasia in Adult Goto-Kakizaki (GK/MolTac) Diabetic Rats by Lukáš Alán, Tomáš Olejár, Monika Cahová, Jaroslav Zelenka, Zuzana Berková, Magdalena Smětáková, František Saudek, Radoslav Matěj, Petr Ježek

“…Unlike the constant glucose-stimulation index for insulin PI release in Wistar rats, this index declined with GK age, whereas for somatostatin it increased with age. …”
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Correlation of Abdominal Fat Distribution with Different Types of Diabetes in a Chinese Population by Anhui Zhu, Bin Cui, Haodan Dang, Dan Yao, Haitao Yu, Hongmin Jia, Zhijun Hu, Xiaojin Zhang

“…A total of 176 diabetic subjects were enrolled, 92 with type 1 and 84 with type 2, with a mean age of 27.41 and 49.3 yrs. No subject has history of severe diseases. …”
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Diabetes mellitus educational intervention in patients at risk from a medical office. Nuevitas, 2020-2023 by Maigret Calderón Cruz, Julio Michel Arias Manganelly, Olenis Alicia Aldana Ramos, Lieter Ailed Vidal Rodríguez, Pedro Figueredo Guerra, Aned Hernández Clavijo

“…A survey was applied to measure the level of knowledge, before and after the educational intervention. The variables: age, educational level, knowledge about diabetes mellitus, risk factors and prevention were analyzed.…”
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Prevalence of chronic kidney disease in Western Australia, 2010–2020 by Delia Hendrie, Crystal Man Ying Lee, Suzanne Robinson, Aron Chakera, James Boyd, Elizabeth Thomas, Sean Randall, Madison Frith, Kevin Chai, Kanika Mehta, Mohamed Estai

“…The study highlights significant disparities in CKD prevalence based on age, socioeconomic status and geographic remoteness.…”
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Epidemiology Characteristics of Constipation for General Population, Pediatric Population, and Elderly Population in China by Huikuan Chu, Likun Zhong, Hai Li, Xiujing Zhang, Jingzhi Zhang, Xiaohua Hou

“…Data on prevalence, gender, diagnostic criteria, geographical area, educational class, age, race, and physician visit results were extracted and analyzed. …”
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Low Serum Magnesium Level Is Associated with Microalbuminuria in Chinese Diabetic Patients by Baihui Xu, Jichao Sun, Xinru Deng, Xiaolin Huang, Wanwan Sun, Yu Xu, Min Xu, Jieli Lu, Yufang Bi

“…A cross-sectional study was conducted in 1829 diabetic subjects (aged ≥ 40 years) from Shanghai, China. Subjects were divided into three groups according to serum magnesium tertiles. …”
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Hypertension and its risk factors among pregnant garment workers attending a health centre in Bangladesh by Tayeba Khatun, Arifa Akter, Mahesh Kumar Khanal, Zahid Arefin, Rijwan Bhuiyan

“…Results:  Of 150 participants the average age was 27.3 years (standard deviation, 3.2) and mean gestational age was 21.7 weeks. …”
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The role of the hippocampus in working memory and word reading: Novel neural correlates of reading among youth living in the context of economic disadvantage by ET. Marcelle, H. Yang, JW. Cohen, B. Ramphal, D. Pagliaccio, V. Rauh, BS. Peterson, F. Perera, H. Andrews, AG. Rundle, J. Herbstman, AE. Margolis

“…Using a cross-sectional developmental design, we explored this in middle childhood (average age at MRI scan ∼10; N = 50) and adolescence (average age at MRI scan ∼17; N = 175). …”
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The Burden and Trend of Blood-Borne Pathogens among Asymptomatic Adult Population in Akwatia: A Retrospective Study at the St. Dominic Hospital, Ghana by Sylvester Yao Lokpo, Mavis Popuelle Dakorah, Gameli Kwame Norgbe, James Osei-Yeboah, Godwin Adzakpah, Isaac Sarsah, John Gameli Deku, Innocent Afeke, Emmanuel Akomanin Asiamah, Nana Yaw Barimah Manaphraim, Isaac Asare, Bright Justice Ayidzoe, Emmanuel Alote Allotey, Emmanuel Agbeko Nani, Paul Amoah

“…HIV infection rate remained steady while Syphilis infections recorded a significantly increasing trend, peaking in the year 2015 (14.20%). Age stratification in HBV infection was significant, peaking among age group 40–49 years (8.82%). …”
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Ability of Different Measures of Adiposity to Identify High Metabolic Risk in Adolescents by Carla Moreira, Rute Santos, Susana Vale, Paula C. Santos, Sandra Abreu, Ana I. Marques, Luísa Soares-Miranda, Jorge Mota

“…For each of these variables, a Z-score was computed by age and sex. A metabolic risk score (MRS) was constructed by summing the Z-scores of all individual risk factors. …”
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