Maternal Diet Supplementation with n-6/n-3 Essential Fatty Acids in a 1.2 : 1.0 Ratio Attenuates Metabolic Dysfunction in MSG-Induced Obese Mice by Josiane Morais Martin, Rosiane Aparecida Miranda, Luiz Felipe Barella, Kesia Palma-Rigo, Vander Silva Alves, Gabriel Sergio Fabricio, Audrei Pavanello, Claudinéia Conationi da Silva Franco, Tatiane Aparecida Ribeiro, Jesuí Vergílio Visentainer, Elton Guntendeorfer Banafé, Clayton Antunes Martin, Paulo Cezar de Freitas Mathias, Júlio Cezar de Oliveira

“…Newborn mice were treated with monosodium L-glutamate (MSG, 4 mg g−1 body weight per day) for the first 5 days of age. A batch of weaned pups was sacrificed to quantify the brain and pancreas total lipids; another batch were fed a commercial diet until 90 days of age, where glucose homeostasis and glucose-induced insulin secretion (GIIS) as well as retroperitoneal fat and Lee index were assessed. …”
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Validity and reliability of the Malay language Perception Towards Smoking Questionnaire (BM-PTSQ) among secondary school adolescents: Further validation using Confirmatory Factor A... by Kuang Hock Lim, Yoon Ling Cheong, Hui Li Lim, Kee Chee Cheong, Mohd Hazilas Mat Hashim, Ali Aman Marine, Yong Kang Cheah, Jia Hui Lim, Sumarni Mohd Ghazali

“…Methods We administered the BM-PTSQ to 669 secondary school students selected through multistage sampling; 60% of respondents were male (n=398), and 69.9% (n=463) were from rural areas. Respondents were aged 13–16 years, 36.4% (n=241) were 13 years, 40.0% (n=265) were 14 years, and 23.6% (n=156) were 16 years old. …”
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Effect of Reformation of the Anterior Chamber by Air or by a Balanced Salt Solution (BSS) on Corneal Endothelium after Phacoemulsification: A Comparative Study by Alahmady Hamad Alsmman, Mohammed Ezzeldawla, Amr Mounir, Ashraf Mostafa Elhawary, Osama Ali Mohammed, Mahmoud Farouk, Ahmed Mohamed Sherif

“…A prospective interventional nonrandomized comparative study included 500 eyes of 500 patients with age range between 50 and 60 years, prepared for cataract surgery and presented to the Ophthalmology department of Sohag University Hospital in the period from October 2016 to May 2017. …”
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Spinal presentations in children with type 1 spinal muscular atrophy on nusinersen treatment across the SMA-REACH UK network: a retrospective national observational study by Francesco Muntoni, Giovanni Baranello, Pinki Munot, Mariacristina Scoto, Adnan Manzur, Marion Main, Evelin Milev, Lianne Abbott, Victoria Selby, Amy Wolfe, Annemarie Rohwer, Catherine Rye, Sarah Gregson, Grainne NicFhirleinn, Rosanna Raab, Heather McMurchie, Angela Topping, Faye Mason, Jennie Sheehan, Felicity Vann, Steph Wadsworth, José Longatto, Lindsey Pallant, Nick Emery, Jenny Moustoukas, Sarah D’Urso, Kay White, Efthymia Panagiotopoulou

“…Background Prior to the introduction of disease-modifying treatments (DMTs), children with type 1 spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) typically did not survive beyond the age of 2 years; management was mainly palliative. …”
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Heart transplantation: comparing the impact of modified heart preservation with conventional methods by Xiaoke Shang, Changdong Zhang, Yixuan Wang, Mei Liu, Yucheng Zhong, Nianguo Dong

“…However, it was found that patient factors such as diagnostic classification, recipient age, and donor age significantly influenced mortality risk and were strongly associated with patient survival. …”
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Analysis of Changes in Retinal Thickness in Type 2 Diabetes without Diabetic Retinopathy by Jing Jiang, Yan Liu, Yingchao Chen, Bo Ma, Yiwen Qian, Zhenzhen Zhang, Dongqing Zhu, Zhiliang Wang, Xiaofang Xu

“…Confounding variables, such as age, gender, and glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) level, were assessed by regression analysis. …”
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Ultrasound-guided Hydrostatic Reduction of Acute Intussusception in Children at a Tertiary Care Center: An Observational Study by Ajay Kumar Yadav, Neha Yadav, Binit Dev, Sonia Dahal, Rohit Prasad Yadav, Sushil Taparia, Hiramani Pathak

“…Results: Total 81 patients with 84 intussusceptions underwent ultrasound guided hydrostatic reduction with male to female ratio of 2.86 and mean age 9.49±8.43 months. Hydrostatic reduction was successful in 78 (92.85%) cases. …”
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Effect and factors associated with reactivation after intravitreal conbercept or aflibercept in retinopathy of prematurity by Chunling Huang, Weikang Zou, Wenbei Ma, Jiali Li, Yichen Bai, Rong Wu, Qiqi Li, Qi Fang, Wenna Chen, Xiaohe Lu, Songfu Feng

“…Zone, stage, and gestational age were associated with the reactivation of ROP. …”
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Clinical Characteristics and Visual Outcomes of Patients Hospitalized for Ocular Trauma in Shandong Province, China by Fangnan Duan, Xiunian Chen, Sai Zhang, Xiaolin Qi, Weiyun Shi, Hua Gao

“…A total of 1,425 patients (1,622 eyes), aged 39.5 ± 18.5 years, were included. The ratio of male to female was 5.3 : 1. …”
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Comparative Evaluation of Tear Film and Corneal Surface in Chronic Smokers and Non Smokers: A Cross-sectional Study by Ruchi Dabas, Meena Kumari, Manisha Rathi, Monika Dahiya, Rajni Yadav, Sumit Sachdeva

“…All participants underwent a series of measurements: Schirmer I test, Tear Breakup Time (TBUT), Central Corneal Thickness (CCT) and endothelial cell count using specular microscopy. Results: The mean age of smokers was 50.15±6.89 years, whereas the mean age of non smokers was 49.25±6.39 years, with a significant male preponderance. …”
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A 10-Year Risk Assessment and Primary Prevention Study of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Among Adult Patients in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study by Abdulhameed Alkhalaf, Qasem Aljabr, Khalid Al Mulla, Duaa Almubarak, Abdul Sattar Khan, Zainab Y. Al Jaziri, Ibrahim Albahrani

“…<i>Materials and Methods</i>: This cross-sectional study included 58,743 adults aged 35–75 years from the Al-Ahsa Health Cluster. …”
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Impact of Comprehensive Health Insurance affiliation on mortality in children under one year: an analysis of the Demographic and Health Survey 2010–2022 in Peru by Marcos Espinola-Sánchez, Marcos Espinola-Sánchez, Andres Campaña-Acuña, Diego Urrunaga-Pastor, Diego Urrunaga-Pastor, Jorge L. Maguiña, Manuel Jumpa, Oscar Ugarte-Ubillus

“…ObjectiveTo assess the impact of Comprehensive Health Insurance (CHI) coverage on mortality in children under 1 year of age in the Peruvian population from 2010 to 2022. …”
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Disparity of serum uric acid threshold for CKD among hypertensive and non-hypertensive individuals by Bowen Zhu, Fang Li, Weidong Zhang, Shuan Zhao, Nana Song, Shi Jin, Ziyan Shen, Yufei Lu, Yang Li, Hong Liu

“…In the propensity score matched (PSM) population, the result remained roughly constant.Conclusion Therefore, even moderate levels of sUA was associated with a higher risk of CKD in middle-aged hypertensive patients, who warrant stricter sUA control.…”
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Prognostic Role of Monocytic Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells in Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Relation to Different Hematologic Indices by Asmaa M. Zahran, Helal F. Hetta, Zeinab Albadry M. Zahran, Alaa Rashad, Amal Rayan, Dalia O. Mohamed, Zeinab Ahmed Abd Elhameed, Salah M. Khallaf, Gaber El-Saber Batiha, Yasir Waheed, Khalid Muhammad, Hanaa Nafady-Hego

“…We recruited 40 cases of advanced NSCLC, stages III and IV, aged>18–<70 years old, and eligible to receive chemotherapy with or without radiotherapy, along with 20 healthy controls of comparable age and sex; after diagnosis and staging of patients, blood samples were collected for flow cytometric detection of Mo-MDSCs. …”
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Co-occurring factors associated with suicidal ideation among individuals with parole involvement: A classification and regression tree analysis by Leah MCCOY, Javier F. BOYAS, Sung Seek MOON, Michael A. ROBINSON, Onick LEWIS, Amy E. COX

“…More severe depression symptoms compounded mental health challenges, particularly when they coincided with ADL limitations, a poorer perception of health, and the unique experiences of individuals at both ends of the adult spectrum, particularly those aged 18-20 and individuals aged 35 years or older. …”
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Low Circulating TRAIL Levels Are Associated with Increase of Resistin and Lipocalin-2/ngal Adipokines in Postmenopausal Women by Veronica Tisato, Paola Secchiero, Gloria Bonaccorsi, Carlo Bergamini, Pantaleo Greco, Giorgio Zauli, Carlo Cervellati

“…On this basis, we aimed to investigate the potential association between TRAIL and adipokine levels in a cohort of subjects in which age/gender/hormonal interferences were excluded. …”
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Physiological Aldosterone Concentrations Are Associated with Alterations of Lipid Metabolism: Observations from the General Population by M. Hannich, H. Wallaschofski, M. Nauck, M. Reincke, C. Adolf, H. Völzke, R. Rettig, A. Hannemann

“…Data from 793 men and 938 women aged 25–85 years who participated in the first follow-up of the Study of Health in Pomerania were obtained. …”
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Inequity and vulnerability in Latin American Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations with rheumatic diseases: a syndemic approach by Bernardo A Pons-Estel, Rosana Quintana, Ruben Burgos-Vargas, Everardo Álvarez-Hernández, John Londono, Ana M Santos, Adalberto Loyola-Sanchez, Mario H Cardiel, Maria Victoria Goycochea-Robles, Ingris Peláez-Ballestas, Ysabel Granados, Flor Julián-Santiago, Celenia Rosillo, Jose Alvarez-Nemegyei, Natalia Santana, Mario Goñi, Ligia Cedeño, Romina Nieto, Silvana Conti, María Elena Calvo, Eugenia Picco, Rosa Chacón, Jorge Delgado, Alfonso Gastelum Strozzi, Sergio Guevara-Pacheco, Vicente Juarez, Mario Alberto Garza-Elizondo, Juan Camilo Rueda, Amaranta Manrique de Lara, Nora Mathern, Marisa Jorfen, Alvaro Sanabria, Cristina Prigione, Adriana MR Silvestre, Vanina García, Julio Miljevic, Daniel Dhair, Matias Laithe, Fadua Midauar, Maria Celeste Martin, Maria Cecilia Barrios, María Elena Crespo, Mariana Aciar, Emilio Buschiazzo, Natalia L Cucchiaro, Mario Ruiz, José Adolfo Sánchez, Rodolfo Franco, Natalia Estrella, Silvia Jorge, Cinthya Retamozo, Sofia Fernandez, Martina Fay, Cecilia Camacho, Graciela Gomez, Jazmin Petrelli, Andrés Honeri, Viviana Arenas Solórzano, Ana Bensi, Marcela Valdata, Rodrigo Giraldo, Ignacio Angarita, Jesus G Ballesteros, Sofia Arias, Andres Vásquez, Lina Valero, Ani Cortes, Estafania Castañeda, Elias Forero, Astrid Feicán, Fernando Vintimilla, Jaime Vintimilla, Veronica Ochoa, Angelita Lliguisaca, Holger Dután, Jacqueline Rodríguez-Amado, Julio Casasola-Vargas, Conrado Garcia, Imelda García-Olivera, César Pacheco, Susana Aidee Gonzalez-Chávez, Hazel Garcia Morales, Arturo Velasco Gutierrez, JF Moctezuma-Rios, Eduardo Navarro-Zarza, Angelia Angulo, Rosana Flores, Janeth Galván Padrón, B Lorena Pérez, Janett Riega, Brenda Vaquez Fuentes, Miguel A Villarreal, Cassandra Skinner Taylor, Sara Marín, Dionicio Galarza Delgado, Diana Flores Alvarado, Jorge A Esquivel Varerio, Luz Helena Sanín, Marco Maradiaga Ceceño, Jorge Zamudio Lerm, Ivan Stekman, Yanira Martínez, Gloris Sánchez

“…Health inequity and vulnerability in RMD were identified through a syndemic approach using network and cluster analysis.Participants A total of 44 560 individuals were studied: 29.78% self-identified as Indigenous, 60.92% were female, the mean age was 43.25 years. Twenty clusters were identified in the Indigenous population and 17 in the non-Indigenous population.Results The variables associated with RMD among Indigenous populations were rurality, public health system, high joint biomechanical stress, greater pain, disability and alcoholism; and among non-Indigenous people they were being a woman, urban origin, older age, private health system, joint biomechanical stress, greater pain and disability. …”
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Automated external defibrillator: Rhythm analysis and defibrillation on paediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrest by Emma Menant, Delphine Lavignasse, Sarah Ménétré, Jean-Philippe Didon, Xavier Jouven

“…Energy dose, weight and age are compared using a Wilcoxon test according to the outcome’s values. …”
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The difference between young and older ducks: Amino acid, free fatty acid, nucleotide compositions and breast muscle proteome by Tiantian Gu, Mingcai Duan, Li Chen, Yong Tian, Wenwu Xu, Tao Zeng, Lizhi Lu

“…Duck meat has a unique taste and nutritional value, but age probably affects meat quality. In this study, ducks of different ages (60-day-old, D60; 900-day-old, D900) were chosen, and the odor, taste, amino acid, nucleotide, and free fatty acid components of breast meat were evaluated to investigate the differences. …”
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