Diversity and composition changes of intestinal fungi in patients with chronic kidney disease by XIE Huichao, XIAO Weidong, HAN Ben

“…Methods‍　‍A total of 8 CKD patients admitted in Department of Nephrology of our hospital， and another 5 age- and gender-matched healthy individuals were recruited in this study. …”
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Association between a body shape index and bone mineral density in US adults based on NHANES data by Jiabei Wu, Guiping Wu

“…The study included 10,291 participants, with a mean age of 39.11 ± 10.77 years, and 49.20% were women. …”
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Ordinal Logistic Regression Analysis in Determining Factors Associated with Socioeconomic Status of Household in Tepi Town, Southwest Ethiopia by Mesfin Esayas Lelisho, Abebe Argaw Wogi, Seid Ali Tareke

“…According to the result of the multivariable, partial proportional odds model (PPOM), age, education level, family size, and the saving habit were significantly associated with the SES of households at a 5% level of significance. …”
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Aesthetic and Mechanical Suitability of a Clear Synthetic Resin as a Unconventional Binder for Road Pavements by Marco Pasetto, Andrea Baliello, Giovanni Giacomello, Emiliano Pasquini

“…The clear resin exhibited limited changes in colour (darkening effects), mainly in the case of short-term aging. On the other hand, a low temperature-dependency of such a binder was observed up to 58°C. …”
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Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in children with cerebral palsy and autism spectrum disorder: a comparative pilot study by Ruzha Pancheva, Albena Toneva, Yana Bocheva, Miglena Georgieva, Krassimira Koleva, Ivan Yankov

“…Children with VDD exhibited lower height-for-age Z scores (p=0.002), weight-for-age Z scores (p=0.021), albumin levels (p<0.001), and lymphocyte counts (p=0.011). …”
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Co-designing conversational agents with older people: A scoping review of methods, challenges, and a way forward by Sidonie Salomé, Lydie Du Bousquet, Emmanuel Monfort

“…Conversational agents are increasingly recognized as potential solutions to the challenges of aging. However, adapting these technologies to the specific needs of the older adults requires effective design methods that integrate end-users and relevant stakeholders throughout the development process. …”
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Population pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of edoxaban in pediatric patients by Peng Zou, Akhilesh Atluri, Peter Chang, Michael Goedecke, Tarek A. Leil

“…PK simulation showed that exposures across five pediatric age groups were comparable to that in adult patients receiving 60 mg once daily dose. …”
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Exploring barriers to accessing health care services by young women in rural settings: a qualitative study in Australia, Canada, and Sweden by Reyhaneh Golestani, Farideh Khalajabadi Farahani, Paul Peters

“…Abstract Background The aim of this study is to explore young rural women’s perceived barriers in accessing healthcare services with a focus on the interrelation between three marginalization criteria: age (youth), gender (female), and place of residence (rural areas) in Australia, Canada, and Sweden. …”
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Quality of Life related to health in the morbidity of periodic hemodialysis patient by Eliseo Capote Leyva, Milagros Ortiz González, Raydel Argudín Selier, Carmen Elena Viada González, Lázaro Capote Pereira, Idrissa Leonard Rupalé

“…The variables analyzed were: age, sex, time with the substituting renal function treatment, morbidity rate, type of morbidity in hemodialysis and hospital admission rate. …”
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Prevalence and impact of Internet Gaming Disorder: A population-based study by Josip Razum, Renata Glavak Tkalić

“…The research was conducted on a representative sample of the Croatian general population including 4,994 participants, aged between 15 and 64 years (M = 40.75, SD = 15.49). …”
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Facial Profile of Young Indian Women from Maharashtra-A Cross-Sectional Pilot Study by Om N. Baghele, Anusha A. Math

“…Methods and Material: The study included 15 students of 21–23 years age selected by simple randomisation. The facial parameters were measured by sliding vernier calipers after identifying facial landmarks by stickers. …”
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Association of systemic vitamin D on the course of dengue virus infection in adults: a single-centre dengue cohort study at a large institution in Singapore by Sapna P Sadarangani, Htet Lin Htun, Weiping Ling, Robert Hawkins, Tsin Wen Yeo, Laura Rivino, Paul A MacAry, Yee-Sin Leo

“…Results: A total of 80 participants (median age 43 years) were enrolled in the study. Six participants had severe dengue based on the World Health Organization (WHO) 1997 criteria (i.e. dengue haemorrhagic fever/dengue shock syndrome) and another six had severe dengue based on the WHO 2009 criteria. …”
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The features and factors influencing the effectiveness of advertising activities and TV companies of Sughd region of the Republic of Tajikistan by A. A. Urunov, M. X. Kosimova

“…During the study, the rating of TV companies operating in the Sughd region of the Republic of Tajikistan has been determined, indices of conformity of these channels to the target audience by sex and age categories have been found. Also, by the analysis of viewing time in the context of age and gender of TV viewers, the time of the best out of advertising on the air has been set, that is, the time interval when the maximum number of viewers gathers at their TV sets. …”
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Vitamin D Deficiency in Lebanese Adults: Prevalence and Predictors from a Cross-Sectional Community-Based Study by Asma Arabi, Nariman Chamoun, Mona P. Nasrallah, Hani M. Tamim

“…Data from 446 participants (68% females) with mean age 45.3 ± 15 years were used for the analyses. …”
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The Potential Prognostic Value of Dual-Imaging PET Parameters Based on 18F-FDG and 18F-OC for Neuroendocrine Neoplasms by Jiale Hou, Tingting Long, Yi Yang, Dengming Chen, Shuo Hu

“…Materials and Methods. Sixty-six patients (age: mean±standard deviation (SD): 51.8±11.8 years) who underwent both 18F-OC and 18F-FDG PET/CT imaging were enrolled in our retrospective study. …”
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of extended endoscopic lumbar foraminotomy (EELF) and transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF): a prospective observational study by Jun-Hoe Kim, Hangeul Park, Chang-Hyun Lee, Chi Heon Kim

“…Among 26 patients in each group, the primary analysis included 23 EELF patients (mean age: 72 ± 8 years) and 22 TLIF patients (mean age: 70 ± 8 years). …”
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The Effect of Primary School Students' Participation in Active Games involving Physical Movement on Life Satisfaction by Saadet Öztütüncü, Hüseyin Öztürk, Zeynep Yılmaz Öztürk

“…According to the findings, 73.4% of the participants were in the age bracket of 11-12 years (518 people) and 26.6% were between the ages of 13-14 (188 people). 58.9% were female (416 people) and 41.1% (290 people) were male and 51.1% of them were in the 5th grade (354), 22.7% in the 6th grade (160 people) and 27.2% (190 people) in the 7th grade. …”
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What differentiates adolescents who have attempted suicide from those without suicidal history? A retrospective psychiatric inpatient study by Diana Puzio, Ernest Jan Bobeff, Katarzyna Bliźniewska-Kowalska, Aleksandra Lewandowska, Piotr Gałecki

“…Methods We retrospectively analyzed medical data of 284 psychiatric inpatients aged 13–18. We performed an univariate and multivariate analyses for the whole group and female and male sex separately followed by a logistic regression analysis. …”
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Differences in risk factor profiles for peripheral artery disease compared to coronary, cerebral and carotid artery by Stefan Acosta, Yufeng Du, Yan Borné, Anders Gottsäter

“…Male sex, age, and hypertension were risk factors for development of all atherosclerotic manifestations. …”
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Prevalence and Factors Associated with Low Birth Weight and Preterm Delivery in the Ho Municipality of Ghana by Wisdom Kudzo Axame, Fred Newton Binka, Margaret Kweku

“…This study shows that maternal age, parity, number of antenatal care visits, hypertension, SP/IPTp, and caesarean section were independently associated with low birth weight and preterm delivery. …”
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