Mortality in Antinuclear Antibody-Positive Patients with and Without Rheumatologic Immune-Related Disorders: A Large-Scale Population-Based Study by Uria Shani, Paula David, Ilana Balassiano Strosberg, Ohad Regev, Mohamad Yihia, Niv Ben-Shabat, Dennis McGonagle, Orly Weinstein, Howard Amital, Abdulla Watad

“…This finding remained significant after adjusting for several parameters, including age. <i>Conclusions</i>: ANA positivity is associated with increased all-cause mortality, particularly in individuals without rheumatologic disorders, after adjusting for confounders such as age. …”
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Skeletal Status, Body Composition, and Glycaemic Control in Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus by Elzbieta Wierzbicka, Anna Swiercz, Pawel Pludowski, Maciej Jaworski, Mieczyslaw Szalecki

“…The results were compared to age- and sex-adjusted reference values for healthy controls. …”
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Risk factors for dengue mortality: a 7-year retrospective cohort in Honduras by Dilcia Sauceda-Acosta, Sandra Paola Paz Almendares, Elsy Cárcamo, Melba Zúniga-Gutiérrez, Briana Beltrán, María Félix Rivera, Marlon Meléndez Rodríguez, Judy Enamorado

“…Among the deceased, the largest age group was 5–9 years (32.6%), followed by 20–49 years (26.9%). …”
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Association between Helicobacter pylori infection, serum thyroid-stimulating hormone, and thyroxine in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999–2000 by Ting Lu, Shunshun Lu, Jieqiong Lin, Xiaona Shao, Dahua Chen, Jianwei Shen

“…Q1: OR = 2.253; 95% CI, 1.311–3.873), age over 68 years in TSH levels (Q4 vs. Q1: OR = 0.434; 95% CI, 0.206–0.911), and age 41–54 years in T4 levels (Q4 vs. …”
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The effect of single and dual task training on the intracortical inhibition in young and old adults by Michael Wälchli, Craig Tokuno, Benedikt Lauber, Wolfgang Taube

“…This result is supported by the modulation of SICI. The changes were age-specific, with no improvements for the older groups. …”
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Effect of different hormonal protocols with timed AI on clinical signs of estrus and conception rates in Bulgarian Murrah buffaloes by Radena Nenova

“…Although the effect of age is non-significant, in the heifers, Ovsynch+PRID and Ovsynch show markedly higher results (50.0 and 52.9%, respectively). …”
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Clinical features of early multiple sclerosis by I. Čelpačenko, R. Stankevičiūtė, M. Malciūtė, R. Balnytė

“…The patients were divided into the following age groups: 28 (20.3%) patients aged 18-30 years (mean 24.89±3.725), 58 (42.0%) aged 31-50 years (mean 40.43±6.093), and 52 (37.7%) 50 years and older (mean 57.83±5.498). 49 (35.5%) patients converted to MS and 89 (64.5%) patients were diagnosed with other diseases than MS. …”
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Insiden Malaria di Puskesmas Sungai Durian dan Puskesmas Talawi Kota Sawahlunto Bulan Oktober 2011 sampai Februari 2012 by Mareza Dwithania, Nuzulia Irawati, Rosfita Rasyid

“…Based on the distribution of parasite count, age and sex of patients, all of the samples are a mild infections (100%) and the highest frequency was found at age the ≥ 15 years old (61.54%) and in male (53.85%). …”
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Global, regional and national burden of neuroblastoma and other peripheral nervous system tumors, 1990 to 2021 and predictions to 2035: visualizing epidemiological characteristics... by Chaoyan Yue, Qi Zhang, Fenyong Sun, Qiuhui Pan

“…In addition, the average annual percentage change (AAPC) and Age-Period-Cohort (APC) model were used to evaluate the trend of disease burden, while the global burden of disease to 2035 was predicted by Bayesian Age-Period-Cohort (BAPC) model. …”
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Pain in Older Persons by Thomas Hadjistavropoulos

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ANALYSIS OF OCCUPATIONAL TRAUMATISM IN FOUNDRY by A. M. Lazarenkov, S. A. Horeva, V. V. Melnichenko

“…The distribution of accidents in by areas of casthouses, by professions of injured persons, by age and work experience of injured persons, by reasons of traumatism is given. the dynamics of occupational traumatism in foundry in whole and in casthouses of steel, cast-iron and of nonferrous castings as well is shown.…”
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Animales Divinos by Xosé Ramón Mariño Ferro

“…It also deals with some divine animals in Christianity and the survival of certain Egyptian iconographic motifs in the Middle Ages.…”
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Blood levels of cytokines highlight the role of inflammation in Alzheimer's disease by Lorenzo Campanelli, Pablo Galeano, Federico A. Prestia, Carolina Cuesta, Maria C. Dalmasso, María Flores-López, Cristian Gona, Nicolás Irureta, Claudia Kairiyama, Julieta Lisso, Antonio Jesús López-Gambero, Ines Mintz, Nancy Medel, Karen S. Campuzano, Carolina Muchnik, Gisela V. Novack, Natividad Olivar, Ivana Quiroga, Nerea Requena-Ocaña, Jose Antonio Reyes-Bueno, Pedro Serrano-Castro, Zulma Sevillano, Patricia Solis, Juan Suárez, Ivana Villella, Nancy Wukitsevits, Eduardo M. Castaño, Fernando Taragano, Silvia Kochen, Daniel G. Politis, Luis I. Brusco, Fernando Rodríguez de Fonseca, Laura Morelli

“…AD were developed, with sex and age as covariates. In each model, two cytokines remained significantly different (model 1: IL-16 and MDC; model 2: eotaxin and MDC and model 3: IL-7 and VEGF). …”
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Qualitative study of factors affecting engagement with a hospital-based violence intervention programme in Indianapolis, Indiana by Malaz Boustani, Lauren A Magee, Damaris Ortiz, Zachary W Adams, Brigid R Marriott, Reilin J Moore, Blakney Q Brooks, Clark J Simons

“…Nearly all (75%) participants were between the ages of 13 and 24 years of age at the time of their shooting. …”
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A girl with intragenic variants in MARS2 and a chondrodysplasia phenotype by Hiroyuki Iijima, Yuko Tsujioka, Yoshiyuki Tsutsumi, Gen Nishimura, Yasushi Okazaki, Kei Murayama, Mitsuru Kubota, Akira Ohtake

“…Radiological examination at ages 2 and 4 years demonstrated a skeletal phenotype: platyspondyly with anterior beaking of the vertebral bodies; large proximal femoral epiphyses; and mild brachymesophalangy. …”
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Third molar infections and their impact on systemic health- an awareness study among women degree college students of Udupi City, Karnataka, India by Ananya Prabhu, Ramprasad Vasthare, Prajna P. Nayak, Gargi Gandhi, Shreyosi Banik, Bidisha Sarmah

“…Introduction: The wisdom teeth usually erupt at the age of 17–25 years leading to the risk of pericoronitis, caries, periodontitis, anterior crowding of teeth and cyst development. …”
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Prevalence of Dental Caries in Schoolchildren from the Galapagos Islands: ESSO-Gal Cohort Report by Ana Armas-Vega, Juan Marcos Parise-Vasco, María Cristina Díaz-Segovia, David Alejandro Arroyo-Bonilla, María José Cabrera-Dávila, María Christel Zambrano-Bonilla, Ingrid Ordonez-Romero, Andrea Caiza-Rennella, Andrea Zambrano-Mendoza, Celia Ponce-Faula, Andrés Viteri-García

“…A statistically significant difference was observed among the different islands regarding the cutoff point for ICDAS II codes 3–6 (p≤0.001). Participants aged 6–11 years had the highest caries prevalence. …”
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Determinants of Brachial-Ankle Pulse Wave Velocity in Chinese Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis by Ping Li, Cheng-xun Han, Cui-li Ma, Jia-long Guo, Bo Liu, Juan Du, Li-qi Bi

“…The old age and high level of serum triglycerides may be the major determinants of arterial stiffness in Chinese RA patients.…”
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Bone Mineral Status in Children and Adolescents with Klinefelter Syndrome by Stefano Stagi, Mariarosaria Di Tommaso, Cristina Manoni, Perla Scalini, Francesco Chiarelli, Alberto Verrotti, Elisabetta Lapi, Sabrina Giglio, Laura Dosa, Maurizio de Martino

“…This cross-sectional study involved 40 (mean age: 13.7±3.8 years) KS children and adolescents and 80 age-matched healthy subjects. …”
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