The Effect of Anterior Uterocervical Angle on Primary Dysmenorrhea and Disease Severity by Mefkure Eraslan Sahin, Erdem Sahin, Yusuf Madendag, Ilknur Col Madendag, Ahter Tanay Tayyar, Fatma Özdemir, Gokhan Acmaz, Iptisam Ipek Muderris

“…Those with primary dysmenorrhea had a significant family history of primary dysmenorrhea compared with controls (P<0.001). Age (P=0.668), body mass index (P=0.898), menarche age (P=0.915), and length of menstrual cycles (P=0.740) were similar in all groups. …”
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Level of Acceptance of Illness and Its Association with Quality of Life among Patients with Epilepsy in North Shewa, Ethiopia by Yonas Teshome, Yerukneh Solomon, Feredegn Talargia, Negese Worku, Abreham Shitaw, Abebaye Aragaw Leminie

“…The study participants’ age varied between 18 and 67 years with the mean age of 28.9 years. …”
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The impact of anticoagulant-related bleeding on quality of life: Development of a novel measure based on perspectives from older adults. by Anna L Parks, Stacey L Slager, Amy M Cizik, Margaret C Fang, Mark A Supiano, Patti P Katz, Daniel M Witt

“…We purposely sampled by age, sex, race/ethnicity, diagnosis, bleeding history and anticoagulant. …”
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Time to neonatal mortality and its predictors among preterm neonates admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit in northern Ethiopia, 2023/2024: a retrospective cohort study by Brhanu Fisseha, Eskedar Berhanie Gidey, Berhe Gebrehiwot Tewele, Teklehaimanot Gereziher Haile

“…Conclusion Respiratory distress syndrome, gestational age less than 32 weeks, and perinatal asphyxia at admission were found to be independent risk factors for preterm neonatal mortality. …”
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Determinants of children ever born among ever-married women in Bangladesh: evidence from the Demographic and Health Survey 2017–2018 by Atikur Rahman, Zakir Hossain, Mohammad Lutfor Rahman, Enamul Kabir

“…Objective To investigate the prevalence of the number of children ever born (CEB) and its associated determinants among women aged 15–49 years in Bangladesh.Study design and setting We used clustered data extracted from the last two Bangladesh Demographic and Health Surveys (BDHS 2014 and BDHS 2017–2018). …”
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Survival outcomes of marijuana users in p16 positive oropharynx cancer patients by Han Zhang, Michael Xie, Marc Levin, Stuart D. Archibald, B. Stanley Jackson, J. E. M. Young, Michael K. Gupta

“…Patients greater than 17 years of age with pathologically proven p16 positive OPSCC were included. …”
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Nationwide Outcomes of Heart Transplantation for Postpartum Cardiomyopathy by Ilias P. Doulamis, Aspasia Tzani, Ahmet Kilic, Toshiki Kuno, Alexandros Briasoulis

“…Results: A total of 677 patients were identified, with a mean age of 35 years. The mean body mass index (BMI) was 27.2 kg/m2; the most common comorbidity was type 2 diabetes (T2D) (n = 589; 87%). …”
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Surgical treatment of fourth branchial apparatus anomalies: a case series study by Wan-Xin Li, Yanbo Dong, Aobo Zhang, Jun Tian, Cheng Lu, Jean Pierre Jeannon, Liangfa Liu

“…There were 6 female patients and 4 male patients. Their age was from 6 years old to 39 years old (average age 20.4 years old, median age was 21 years old). …”
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High Prevalence of Prediabetes and Associated Risk Factors in Urban Areas of Pontianak, Indonesia: A Cross-Sectional Study by Indah Budiastutik, Martha I. Kartasurya, Hertanto W. Subagio, Bagoes Widjanarko

“…A total of 506 adults underwent screening to obtain subjects with fasting blood glucose (FBS) of ≤124 mg/dL and aged >30 years. Blood pressure and body mass index (BMI) were measured. …”
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Individual-Level Determinants of Self-Care Behaviors and Adaptation to Chronic Illness in Turkish Patients With Chronic Disease: A Single-Center Cross-Sectional Study by Kılıç YF, Yardımcı Gürel T

“…There was a low-level negative correlation between age and chronic disease adaptation (rh = − 0.201; P < 0.001). …”
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Impacts of medical and non-medical cannabis on the health of older adults: Findings from a scoping review of the literature. by Dianna Wolfe, Kim Corace, Claire Butler, Danielle Rice, Becky Skidmore, Yashila Patel, Premika Thayaparan, Alan Michaud, Candyce Hamel, Andra Smith, Gary Garber, Amy Porath, David Conn, Melanie Willows, Hanan Abramovici, Kednapa Thavorn, Salmaan Kanji, Brian Hutton

“…<h4>Background</h4>Cannabis legalization has enabled increased consumption in older adults. Age-related mental, physical, and physiological changes may lead to differences in effects of cannabis in older adults compared to younger individuals.…”
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Retrospective Analyses of Potential Risk Factors for Posterior Capsule Opacification after Cataract Surgery by Shuang Wu, Nianting Tong, Lin Pan, Xiaohui Jiang, Yanan Li, MeiLing Guo, Hehuan Li

“…Conclusions. Age <60 years, diabetes, lens nucleus hardness of III–V, ECCE, postvitrectomy, and a hydrophilic IOL were significantly associated with the formation of PCO. …”
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Assessing routine childhood vaccination acceptance, hesitancy and refusal in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa: a mixed-method study protocol by Charles Shey Wiysonge, Lindi Mathebula, Moleen Zunza, Sara Cooper

“…In phase I of the study, we aim to estimate the uptake of childhood vaccines and assess the factors associated with uptake among a representative sample of at least 236 caregivers of children aged 0–2 years in a cross-sectional study. For phase II of the study, we will explore the behavioural and social drivers of childhood vaccination from the perspective of caregivers of children aged 0–2 years using a purposively selected sample of 20–25 participants from phase I. …”
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Dyslipidemia among Patients with End Stage Renal Disease on Maintenance Hemodialysis by Mohammed Ghazi Abdulhadi, Mohammed Omer Mohammed, Fenk Bakir Maarouf

“…A blood sample from all participants in fasting state was sent for the renal function test, complete blood picture, serum albumin, electrolytes, TG, total cholesterol, LDL and HDL measured by the enzymatic method, plasma atherogenic index calculated as [log (TG/HDL)].   Results: Age of the participants ranged between 18 - 70 years and the mean age was (44.45 ± 13.6) years. …”
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Trends in incidence and mortality of prostate cancer in Ningbo City from 2011 to 2023 by ZHANG Qun，WANG Yong，CHEN Jieping，BAO Kaifang，FENG Yueyi，Wang Xiaoli

“…The crude mortality of prostate cancer the groups ageds ≥80 years showed an upward trend (AAPC=7.482%, P<0.05). …”
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Vision impairment in boys recruited to the iREAD study by Jonathan Levine, Ravid Doron, Lisa A. Ostrin, Einat Shneor

“…Methods Healthy boys, ages 5–13 years, were recruited to participate in the iREAD Study. …”
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Associations of comprehensive dietary antioxidant index with postmenopausal femur bone mineral density and osteoporosis: data from the national health and nutrition examination sur... by Jianbo Sun, Jie Wang, Wu Hu, He Huang, Hongmou Zhao

“…The weighted logistic regression model demonstrated that compared to the first tertile of CDAI, the highest tertile of CDAI was significantly associated with a lower risk of osteoporosis, with ORs of 0.375 (95% CI 0.284, 0.495) for individuals under the age of 70, and 0.626 (95% CI 0.481, 0.814) for individuals aged 70 or above.ConclusionThe present study indicated that postmenopausal women with higher CDAI scores have a lower risk of osteoporosis. …”
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Understanding Individual Differences in Happiness Sources and Implications for Health Technology Design: Exploratory Analysis of an Open Dataset by Edel Ennis, Raymond Bond, Maurice Mulvenna, Colm Sweeney

“…ConclusionsSex interacts with age, marital status, and parental status in the likelihood of reporting affection, bonding, leisure, achievement, or enjoying the moment as sources of happiness. …”
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Identification of positive childhood experiences with the potential to mitigate childhood unhealthy weight status in children within the context of adverse childhood experiences: a... by Brooklyn M. Mellar, Maryam Ghasemi, Pauline Gulliver, Barry Milne, Fiona Langridge, Tracey McIntosh, Christa Fouche, Boyd Swinburn, Ladan Hashemi

“…The analytic sample was restricted to those who provided obesity data at age 8 and one child per mother, resulting in a sample of 4,895 children. …”
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Les changements hydromorphologiques de l’estuaire de la Loire et l’évolution du port de Rezé/Ratiatum (Loire-Atlantique) by Rémy Arthuis

“…On the other hand, the active strip of these two arms was much more mobile and many islands appeared there, notably at the end of the hydrological crises linked to the climatic deterioration during the Early Iron Age and the beginning of the Late Iron Age. Among these were the Chevaliers island, located in front of the ancient harbour quarter of Saint-Lupien, and the Vertais island, whose location facilitated the crossing of the valley and later served as a foundation at the southern end of the alignment of the medieval bridges. …”
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