Hypertension, an Emerging Problem in Rural Cameroon: Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Control by Walters Tabi Arrey, Christian Akem Dimala, Julius Atashili, Josephine Mbuagbaw, Gottlieb Lobe Monekosso

“…Only 21.2% (95% CI: 12.1–33.3) of known hypertensives had a well controlled BP. Age, obesity, low educational status, and being married were associated with HTN after adjusting for confounders. …”
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Selective Subnormal IgG1 in 54 Adult Index Patients with Frequent or Severe Bacterial Respiratory Tract Infections by James C. Barton, Luigi F. Bertoli, J. Clayborn Barton, Ronald T. Acton

“…Regressions on IgG1 and IgG3 revealed no significant association with age, sex, autoimmune conditions, hypothyroidism, atopy, other allergy, corticosteroid therapy, or lymphocyte subsets. …”
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Improving the Mechanical Properties of Red Clay Using Xanthan Gum Biopolymer by Lina Wang, Zhiyu Weng, Qiang Liu, Tianliang Wang, Xuemin Pan, Guoyu Li, Zhiliang Wang

“…The xanthan gum content and curing age also had significant influences on the cohesion but not on the internal friction angle. …”
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Maternal Role in Adolescent Mothers with Infants by Belkis Sánchez Martínez, Daniela Lizeth Luna Rodríguez, Nairovys Gómez Martínez

“…<strong>Background:</strong> breastfeeding is a natural biological process in women during pregnancy and its purpose is to feed and protect the newborn baby up to six months of age. <br /><strong>Objective:</strong> to identify the information that adolescent mothers of infants have about breastfeeding. …”
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Comparative Study of Microorganisms in Diabetic and non-diabetic Patients with Moderate and Severe Periodontitis by Grace Alejandra Cabezas Cantos, Jonathan Armando Yanza Freire, Ingrid Polethe Morillo Gavilema, Aisha Adamarys Pineda Gómez

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> diabetic patients over 50 years of age prevailed (N=10; 43.4 %), with Odds Ratio of 2.61. …”
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Transtemporal Endoscopic Deep Plane Face Lift by Zekeriya Kul, MD, Erhan Eryilmaz, MD, Emre Özer, MD

“…Background:. Facial aging involves multifactorial changes affecting the bone, superficial musculoaponeurotic system, fat pads, and skin, primarily manifesting as the downward displacement of these structures. …”
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PRESBYACOUSSIS: JUSTIFICATION OF DIAGNOSIS IN SCREENING CONDITIONS by K.E. Gubskaya, M.M. Baibulov, Dinara Urazalina, Gulnara Tuleshova

“… Presbycusis as a manifestation of degenerative hearing loss that develops in the age category of the population is becoming more common. …”
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Increased Frequency of Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura in Coeliac Disease and Vice Versa: A Prospective Observational Study by Stefano Bibbò, Claudio Fozza, Giovanni Mario Pes, Rodrigo Rojas, Roberto Manetti, Maria Pina Dore

“…Two hundred sixty-one CD patients (212 female, mean age 47 ± 16.1 years) and 32 ITP patients (17 female, mean age 57.8 ± 17.4 years) were enrolled. …”
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THE FREQUENCY OF TESTICULAR LESION IN ATERTIARY CARE CENTER by Prih Bashir, Noshaba Rahat, Humera Shahzad, Asma Jalbani, Farhana Zulfiqar, Bhawani Shankar

“…Of the 145 biopsies, 128 (88.2%) had non-neoplastic testicular lesions, with a mean age of 16.2 years. The remaining 17 (11.7%) had neoplastic lesions, which primarily affected individuals with a mean age of 25 years. …”
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Association of the abdominal aortic calcification with all-cause and cardiovascular disease-specific mortality: Prospective cohort study. by Chang Sheng, Zhou Cai, Pu Yang

“…Demographic characteristics, mortality data, and comorbid factors such as age, gender, diabetes, and hypertension were considered. …”
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Do Not Miss the Tumor: A Novel Presentation of Osteosarcoma by Michael DePalma, Sachin Gupta, Jie Nguyen, Divya Talwar, Alexandre Arkader, Lawrence Wells

“…This report describes the case of a five-year-old African-American female who presented with an antalgic gait secondary to osteosarcoma in the left distal femur and follows her through treatment. In this case, the age is atypical as the peak incidence for osteosarcoma is around 16 years of age and is postulated to coincide with growth spurts. …”
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Hematological and biochemical variables in hospitalized patients with clinical suspicion of dengue by Rolando Rodríguez Puga, Yoánderson Pérez Díaz, Yanet Pérez Guerrero, Serapio Romero Gavilán

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> The age group 40-49 years (28.7%) and male sex (50.3%) predominated. …”
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Incidence of syphilis in the Cienfuegos province. 2013-2017 by Yoelvis Castro Bruzón, José Andrés Fuentes Soto, Yaneisy Rodríguez Cabrera, Sahily de la Caridad Ortega Medina

“…The variables used were: age group, sex, behavior sexual, diagnostic classification by type of syphilis, risk factors and sexual orientation. …”
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Acceptance and affordability of malaria vaccines: issues relating to hesitancy and willingness to pay amongst Nigerian parents of under-five children by Obi Peter Adigwe, Godspower Onavbavba

“…Close to two-thirds (62.5%) of the participants were between the ages of 31 and 40 years, and 47.4% of the participants were educated up to national diploma level. …”
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Jusvinza treatment resolution in confirmed COVID-19 patients. Santiago de Cuba, 2021 by Sandra Caridad Laurencio Vallina, Martha María Arias Carbonell, Leonardo Ramos Hechavarría, Dayami Lescay Balanquet, Roger Pina Núñez

“…Some clinical variables (clinical status, associated non-communicable diseases, clinical progression), epidemiological (age, sex) and pharmacological (resolving, duration in days) were analyzed. …”
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Ukrainian adaptation of the Clance Impostor Phenomenon Scale (CIPS) by T. Yablonska, A. Shevchuk

“…The research sample consisted of 297 students aged 18 to 22 (M = 20.4, SD = 1.49), including 82 males and 215 females. …”
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Manifestaciones bucales de la enfermedad celíaca en pacientes geriátricos consumidores de gluten by Gladys Aída Estrada Pereira, Jesús Díaz Fondén, Alina Márquez Chacón

“…The studied variables were: age, sex, anatomical location, oral clinical signs and symptoms of the disease.…”
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Gastrointestinal transit time of radiopaque ingested foreign bodies in children: experience of two paediatric tertiary centres by Chen Xiang Ang, Win Kai Mun, Marion Margaret Aw, Diana Lin, Shu-Ling Chong, Lin Yin Ong, Shireen Anne Nah

“…The largest proportion (16%) was aged 1–2 years. Coins were the most common ingested FB, followed by toys. …”
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Adjacent Joint Restriction Differentially Influences Intra- and Inter-rater Reliability and Agreement of Goniometric Measurements by Brendan L. Pinto, Tatjana Stankovic, David M. Frost, Tyson A. C. Beach

“… # Results Eleven females (age 21.4 ±2.3 years) and 19 males (age 22.1 ±2.8 years) participated. …”
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Risk Factors for Predicting Lymph Nodes Posterior to Right Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve (LN-prRLN) Metastasis in Thyroid Papillary Carcinoma: A Meta-Analysis by Cunfu Li, Jun Xiang, Yunjun Wang

“…Conclusion. PTC patients aged <45, male, and with tumours>1 cm, lateral LN metastasis, extrathyroidal invasion, multifocality, capsule invasion, LN-arRLN metastasis, or central LN metastasis were significantly correlated with lymph nodes posterior to right recurrent laryngeal nerve metastasis, indicating LN-prRLN dissection.…”
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