Obstetric Correlates of Maternal Falls in Southern Nigeria by Jacob Olumuyiwa Awoleke, Babatunde Ajayi Olofinbiyi, Adeola Olabisi Awoleke, Adefunke Christianah Omoyajowo

“…Antepartum haemorrhage, 4 (10.5%), and ruptured membranes, 2 (5.3%), also occurred after falls, although it was rare and occurred with the same frequency as in the general population. Maternal age ≥ 30 years (odds ratio: 1.36; 95% C.I. 1.03 – 1.80, p = 0.031), multiparity (odds ratio: 1.54; 95% C.I. 1.15 – 2.07, p = 0.004), unintended pregnancy (odds ratio: 1.48; 95% C.I. 1.02 – 2.15, p = 0.037), and delivery age ≤ 40 weeks (odds ratio: 1.71; 95% C.I. 1.07 – 2.75, p = 0.026) were found to be independent risk factors for falls during pregnancy. …”
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Temporal and geographical dynamics of early-onset Parkinson’s disease burden: insights from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Yong Li, Dianhui Tan, Cheng Luo, Junchen Chen

“…The study focused on individuals aged 15–49 to characterize EOPD. Data on occurrence, frequency, mortality, and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) were collected. …”
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Patient engagement in radiation oncology: a large retrospective study of survey response dynamics by Bailey A. Loving, Hong Ye, Elizabeth Rutka, John M. Robertson

“…Telemedicine encounters also significantly increased participation compared to in-person visits (OR=1.149, p=0.006).ConclusionsMultiple factors including age, race, SES, insurance type, cancer type, health conditions, and modality of healthcare delivery influence patient engagement with satisfaction surveys in radiation oncology. …”
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Association between alkaline phosphatase levels and mortality in Chinese patients with colorectal cancer with liver metastases: a retrospective cohort study by ZhaoXi Liu, ZiQing Zhang, GuoFang Yu, MingJiang Mo, ChuanYu Xie, DangHan Xu, JieTao Lin, YuChen Zhang, Li Deng, YiChang Luo, YingFeng Huang, Cui Shao

“…Covariates included the number of liver metastases, T stage, N stage, chemotherapy, tumour location, primary surgery, topical treatment, apolipoprotein A1, targeted therapy, tumour type, CA-199 levels, metastatic surgery, sex, Karnofsky Performance Status and age. Results: Of 195 enrolled patients, 134 (68.72%) were male, and 61 (31.28%) were female, with ages ranging from January 2008 to December 2019. …”
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Excessive Weight Gain During Pregnancy Increased Ponoxarase 1 Level in Neonatal Cord Blood by Serhat Ege, Hasan Akduman, Ayşegül Aşır, Tuğcan Korak

“…Additionally, the correlation analysis showed a significant relationship between BMI change and fetal gestational age, but not with other demographic or clinical features. …”
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Initial Experiences of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Trauma Patients at a Single Regional Trauma Center in South Korea by Ji Wool Ko, Il Hwan Park, Chun Sung Byun, Sung Woo Jang, Pil Young Jung

“…We also compared the characteristics of patients between direct and indirect lung injury groups. Results The mean age of the 25 patients was 45.9±19.5 years, and 19 patients (76.0%) were male. …”
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Knowledge and Attitude Regarding Substance Use and Its Determinants Among College Students in a Coastal Town of South India by Shyamashree Das, Veena G Kamath, Divya Arvind Prabhu, Samir Kumar Praharaj, Akhilesh Kumar Pandey

“…Methods: A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 2,170 college students aged 18 years and above in Udupi taluk for two years using a predesigned questionnaire. …”
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Characteristics of eye injuries, medical cost and return-to-work status among industrial workers: a retrospective study by Rokiah Omar, Nur Syamilah Anan, Izmel Azim Azri, Chiranjib Majumder, Victor Feizal Knight

“…Objective The aim of this study is to determine the characteristics of eye injuries, medical costs and return-to-work status among industrial workers to provide better vision rehabilitative services.Setting Nationwide data from the Social Security Organisation (SOCSO) of Malaysia.Participants A stratified random sample of workers registered with the SOCSO of Malaysia with documentation of eye injury.Primary and secondary outcome measures Characteristics of eye injuries and medical costs related to eye injury (primary) and return-to-work status (secondary).Results A total of 884 from 8861 case files workplace accidents involving eye injury registered with Social Security Services (SOCSO) were identified. The mean age was 35±10 years and the highest incidence of work-related eye injury occurred in the age group 30–39 years and among Malay ethnics. …”
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Evaluation of the Relationship between Early Troponin Clearance and Short-Term Mortality in Patients with Chronic Renal Failure by Ahmet Ozbek, Abdullah Algın, Gokhan Tas, Mehmet Ozgur Erdogan

“…Of the 300 patients evaluated, 189 patients survived (mean age 66.20 ± 14.597 years), and 111 died (mean age 74.81 ± 12.916 years). …”
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Nutritional Habits According to Gender, Stage of Exercise Behavior and BMI by Osman İmamoğlu, Tülin Atan

“…For this purpose, 348 female (age; 22.25±3.67 years) and 362 male (age; 22.49±3.28 years) students filled two questionnaires. …”
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Knowledge and willingness towards malaria vaccines among caregivers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania by Felista Mwingira, Deokary Matiya, Frank Chacky

“…Of those exposed to vaccine messages, 67.4% were aware that the vaccine was for children under 5 years of age, while 53.5% knew that the vaccine was for pregnant women. …”
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Acute Myocardial Infarction and Predisposing Risk Factors by Julio Armando Sánchez Delgado, Nailé Edita Sánchez Lara, Yalith Pavón Rodríguez, Zulema Castro Vega

“…The variables were operationalized: age, sex, type of infarction, risk factors, global cardiovascular risk. …”
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Knowledge, attitudes and practice toward refractive errors management among left-behind children of migrant workers by Shuang Liu, Guang Yang, Qingnan Li, Ruxia Pei, Shaohua Tang

“…Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that children’s age (OR = 0.748, 95%CI: 0.632–0.885, p = 0.001), duration away from parents (OR = 0.345, 95%CI: 0.172–0.691, p = 0.003) and RE in parents (OR = 0.405, 95%CI: 0.218–0.753, p = 0.004) were independently associated with knowledge. …”
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Speech Perception as a Function of the Number of Channels and Channel Interaction in Cochlear Implant Simulation by Mustafa YUKSEL, Sultan Nur KAYA

“…The second experiment (n=29, average age =25 years, 16 females) explored channel interaction across low, middle, and high-interaction conditions. …”
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Mortality among Alaska Native Adults with Confirmed Hepatitis C Virus Infection Compared with the General Population in Alaska, 1995–2016 by Sara S. Bressler, Dana Bruden, Leisha D. Nolen, Michael G. Bruce, Lisa Towshend-Bulson, Philip Spradling, Brian J. McMahon

“…Liver-related disease (LRD) and other disease-specific age-adjusted death rates were compared between the populations. …”
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Occurrence of severe cognitive impairment in elderly individuals with poor glycemic control Vs elderly individuals with good glycemic control or no DM: a case control study” by Basma Salman, Fatima Jehangir, Aroosa Jahan, Saira Aslam, Nadra Ansari

“…We aim to observe occurrence of cognitive impairment in individuals aged 65 or above with poor glycemic control and compare it with similar age group individuals with no DM or good glycemic control. …”
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Gender-specific secular trends and related factors of high perceived stress level among Korean older adults: a nation-wide serial cross-sectional study by Eunjeong Choi, Hyun-Ju Seo, Kye Ha Kim, Sun-Young Jung

“…Abstract Background Aging is associated with various physical, functional, and social losses, leading to stress, which affects mental health and overall quality of life. …”
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Increasing Contraception Documentation in an Academic Rheumatology Clinic: A Quality Improvement Approach by Caroline H. Siegel, Deanna Jannat‐Khah, Avi L. Mikhaylov, Patrick Fritz, Erika L. Abramson, Lisa R. Sammaritano, Nancy Pan

“…Objective This quality improvement initiative aimed to increase the rate of provider screening and documentation of contraception use for reproductive‐aged women seen in an academic rheumatology fellows’ clinic to >50% by 24 weeks, with sustained improvement at one year. …”
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Parental Verbal Abuse, Substance Use and Self-Esteem as Predictors of Mental Health among In-School Adolescents in Lagos, Nigeria by Emmanuel Uye, Josephine Omotuwa, Esohe Ehondor

“…Objective: Mental health has remained an issue that affects various age groups with different levels of outcomes. One age group that needs urgent attention is the in-school adolescents. …”
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Dynamic Functional Ability in Lacrosse Players in Relation to Development of Sport-Related Onset of Musculoskeletal Pain by Zane Thompson, Joseph G. Wasser, Kevin R. Vincent, Heather K. Vincent

“…Musculoskeletal pain symptoms or injury were tracked for six months. Age bracket, sex and physical function scores were entered into logistic regression models to determine risk factors that predicted onset of lower extremity pain and low back pain onset…”
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