Phenotype of Hypertension-altered Waist and its Association with the Components of Metabolic Changes in Gerontics by Giorgiet Galiano Guerra, Yamila Lastre Diéguez, Grettel Galiano Guerra, Dailenys García Céspedes, Yordanis Alberto Fonseca Atencio, Ariel Sosa Remón

“…<br /> <strong>Method:</strong> a cross descriptive study was conducted which included 180 aging patients admitted at the geriatric service who had personal history of hypertension. …”
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Investigation of Clinical Characteristics and Etiological Factors in Children with Molar Incisor Hypomineralization by Maria Rita Giuca, Maria Cappè, Elisabetta Carli, Lisa Lardani, Marco Pasini

“…Methods. 120 children, selected from the university dental clinic, were included: 60 children (25 boys and 35 girls; average age: 9.8 ± 1.8 years) with MIH formed the test group and 60 children (27 boys and 33 girls; average age: 10.1 ± 2 years) without MIH constituted the control group. …”
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Associated Factors to Seroprevalence of Ehrlichia spp. in Dogs of Quintana Roo, Mexico by Pedro Pablo Martínez-Vega, Manuel Emilio Bolio-Gonzalez, Roger Iván Rodríguez-Vivas, Eduardo Gutierrez-Blanco, Carlos Pérez-Osorio, Sandra Luz Villegas-Perez, Carlos Humberto Sauri-Arceo

“…In conclusion, seroprevalence of Ehrlichia spp. was high in the community of Xcalak and its associated factors were age, tick infestation, and thrombocytopenia.…”
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Resource Utilization and Costs of Care prior to ART Initiation for Pediatric Patients in Zambia by Hari S. Iyer, Callie A. Scott, Deophine Lembela Bwalya, Gesine Meyer-Rath, Crispin Moyo, Carolyn Bolton Moore, Bruce A. Larson, Sydney Rosen

“…For the patients who initiated ART ≤6 months after presenting to care, median age at presentation to care was 3.9 years; median CD4 percentage was 13%. …”
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Gray matter volume and asymmetry in Broca's and Wernicke's area homologs in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) using a probabilistic region of interest approach by William D Hopkins, Muhammad A Spocter, Michele M Mulholland, Chet C Sherwood

“…Significant negative associations were found between age and gray matter volume for BA44 and BA45 but not BA22. …”
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Congenital malformations in children of diabetic mothers in the province of Cienfuegos. 2016-2019 by Fanny Arbolay Sanabria, Lázaro Roberto Herrera Fragoso, Maylé Santos Solí, Gladys Bárbara Barberis Pérez, Walkiria Díaz Senra, María Soledad Vilches León

“…The variables maternal age, body mass index, type of diabetes, its treatment, type of malformation, ultrasonographic results of the three trimesters of pregnancy, alpha-fetoprotein study and amniocentesis were studied.…”
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Psychometric properties of the Persian version of Triarchic Psychopathy Measure (TriPM) in Iranian university students and clinical samples by Mojtaba Elhami Athar, Olivier F. Colins, Sadeghi Dehcheshmeh Edris, Morteza Azizi, Ali Ebrahimi

“…This study evaluated the psychometric properties of the Persian TriPM in university students (n = 941, aged 18–67, Mage = 28.36, SD = 9.09; 39.1 % male) and a male clinical sample (n = 188, aged 18–65, Mage = 35.05, SD = 10.75) in Iran. …”
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Cardiac cycle: an observational/interventional study protocol to characterise cardiopulmonary function and evaluate a home-based cycling program in children and adolescents born ex... by Jeanie L Y Cheong, Michael M H Cheung, Melanie M Clarke, Jonathan P Mynard, Claire E Willis

“…Fifty-eight children and adolescents aged 10–18 years who were born EP and/or with ELBW will be recruited. …”
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Can Table Tennis Extend Lifespan? An Analysis of Its Impact on Physical Health, Brain Function, and Mental Well-being by Patrycja Marta, Agata Ossolińska, Filip Huzarski, Gabriela Ferfecka, Klaudia Pawełek, Lucyna Stolarska, Magdalena Rosa-Bończak, Natalia Morawiecka, Olivier Carlton, Weronika Kłosowicz

“… Introduction: In the context of an aging society, the importance of physical activity as a key element in supporting health and improving quality of life is growing. …”
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Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome: Clinical Features of 75 Cases from Argentina by F. Micheli, M. Gatto, O. Gershanik, A. Steinschnaider, M. Fernandez Pardal, M. Massaro

“…A series of 75 cases of Gilles de la Tourette syndrome (GTS) from Argentina, whose ages ranged from 6 to 55 with a mean of 20.02, were evaluated to compare findings with those reported for other countries. …”
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Droplet-based high-throughput 3D genome structure mapping of single cells with simultaneous transcriptomics by Honggui Wu, Maoxu Wang, Yinghui Zheng, X. Sunney Xie

“…Using dscHi-C, we investigate chromatin structural changes during mouse brain aging by profiling 32,777 single cells across three developmental stages (3 months, 12 months, and 23 months), yielding a median of 78,220 unique contacts. …”
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Prevalence of Sarcopenic Obesity in Adults with Class II/III Obesity Using Different Diagnostic Criteria by Carlene A. Johnson Stoklossa, Arya M. Sharma, Mary Forhan, Mario Siervo, Raj S. Padwal, Carla M. Prado

“…SO is most commonly reported in older adults and both its risk and prevalence increase with age. A variety of body composition indices and cut points have been used to define this condition, leading to conflicting prevalence and risk prediction. …”
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Characteristics of Pediatric Crohn’s Disease in Saudi Children: A Multicenter National Study by Omar I. Saadah, Mohammad El Mouzan, Mohammad Al Mofarreh, Ali Al Mehaidib, Mohammad Al Edreesi, Mohammed Hasosah, Abdulrahman Al-Hussaini, Khalid AlSaleem

“…In this study, children younger than eighteen years of age diagnosed with CD between January 2003 and December 2012 were included. …”
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Anorectal conditions associated with human papillomavirus. Cienfuegos, 2020-2021 by Yuselis María Sánchez Reyes, Jorge Luis Estepa Pérez, José Antonio Feliú Rosa, Jorge Luis Estepa Ramos, Lianet González Gutiérrez

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> the male sex and the age group between 30 and 39 years predominated; Cienfuegos was the most affected municipality. …”
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Transitional Cell Carcinoma of the Kidney Graft: An Extremely Uncommon Presentation of Tumor in Renal Transplant Recipients by Vital Hevia, Victoria Gómez, Sara Álvarez, Víctor Díez Nicolás, Carmen Gómez del Cañizo, Andrea Orosa, Cristina Galeano Álvarez, F. J. Burgos Revilla

“…It usually appears at a lower age, more often locally advanced, and with poor differentiation. …”
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The Outcomes of Total Hip Replacement in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease: Comparison of the Elective and Hip Fracture Groups by Pavel Šponer, Tomáš Kučera, Michal Grinac, Aleš Bezrouk, Daniel Waciakowski

“…Ten patients with osteoarthritis comprise the elective group (mean age at operation 74 years; mean follow-up 82 months). …”
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Prenatal Stress due to a Natural Disaster Predicts Adiposity in Childhood: The Iowa Flood Study by Kelsey N. Dancause, David P. Laplante, Kimberly J. Hart, Michael W. O’Hara, Guillaume Elgbeili, Alain Brunet, Suzanne King

“…Controlling for these, flood exposure during early gestation predicted greater BMI increase from age 2.5 to 4, as well as total adiposity at 2.5. …”
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Altered Brain Functional Activity in Infants with Congenital Bilateral Severe Sensorineural Hearing Loss: A Resting-State Functional MRI Study under Sedation by Shuang Xia, TianBin Song, Jing Che, Qiang Li, Chao Chai, Meizhu Zheng, Wen Shen

“…Twenty-three infants with congenital severe sensorineural hearing loss (CSSHL) and 17 age and sex matched normal hearing subjects were recruited. …”
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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on young people living with HIV in Lesotho: a qualitative study by Christian Mallen, Michelle E Robinson, Thomas Shepherd, Maema Ramaema, Moraoetsi Rakuoane, Ntoli Moletsane, Rafiloe Mpholo, Graham Leigh

“…We explored the COVID-19 pandemic impacts on young people living with HIV in Lesotho to understand the experiences of HIV management, well-being, financial stability and education status.Methods Thirty-one semistructured, face-to-face interviews were conducted with young people aged 15–19 years of age living with HIV from eight districts across Lesotho. …”
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Behavior of the human immunodeficiency virus/AIDS in the Cienfuegos province (2014-2019) by Leticia Castro Morejón, Hilda María Delgado Acosta, Diana Rosa Rodríguez Delgado, Delfin Rodríguez Buergo, Roxana Gutiérrez Morán, Lisset María Martínez González

“…Chronological series of cases were used and the variables incidence, prevalence, age, sex, accessibility to antiretroviral treatment and mother-to-child transmission were analyzed. …”
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