Considerable decline in prostate cancer mortality in Nordic countries after 2000 by Rune Kvåle, Giske Ursin, Christian Ekanger, Bjørn Møller

“…Results: Between 1995–99 and 2018–22, mortality in men aged 40–84 years decreased from 38% in Denmark to 59% in Norway. …”
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Sex Differences in the Effect of Type 2 Diabetes on Major Cardiovascular Diseases: Results from a Population-Based Study in Italy by Paola Ballotari, Francesco Venturelli, Marina Greci, Paolo Giorgi Rossi, Valeria Manicardi

“…The age- and sex-specific event rates were graphed. …”
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Assessment of Compliance with Mandatory Government Policy on Environmental Sanitation in a Nigerian Urban Area by Olawale Oni, Ayodeji Fasoro, Charles Faeji, Victoria Mawedo, Tunrayo Oluwadare, Tolulope Ojo

“…However, the binary logistic model shows that older age, female gender, non-Yoruba ethnicity, unemployment status, house ownership, and perception of the effectiveness of government policies are significant predictors of environmental sanitation compliance. …”
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Elevated Incidence of Fractures in Solid-Organ Transplant Recipients on Glucocorticoid-Sparing Immunosuppressive Regimens by B. J. Edwards, A. Desai, J. Tsai, H. Du, G. R. Edwards, A. D. Bunta, A. Hahr, M. Abecassis, S. Sprague

“…Transplants included 19 kidney/liver (50% male), 47 kidney/pancreas (53% male), 92 liver (65% male), and 17 pancreas transplants (41% male). Age at transplant was 50.8±10.3 years. Fractures were equally seen across both genders and transplant types. …”
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Clinical, Epidemiological and Therapeutic Characteristics of Patients Admitted for a Bronchial Asthma Attack by Juan Carlos Yanes Macías, Juan Camilo Díaz Ceballos, Mercedes Fonseca Hernández, Ileana García Rodríguez, Caridad Llul Tombo, Daimy Tio González

“…The variables were analyzed: age, sex, skin color, classification of the asthmatic disease, severity of the crisis on admission, and form of drug distribution. …”
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Smoking as a causative factor in chronic kidney disease: a two-sample Mendelian randomization study by Yue Yang, Zheng Zhang, Hai-tao Lu, Qian-qian Xu, Li Zhuo, Wen-ge Li

“…This study applied bivariate causal analysis and two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) methods to examine the association between various smoking behaviors – initiation, cessation, age at initiation, cigarettes smoked per day, and lifetime smoking – and CKD, using genome-wide data. …”
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Efficacy of identifying Treatment-Resistant and non-Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia using niacin skin flushing response combined with clinical feature by Jizhi Wang, Jinfeng Wang, Siyuan Wang, Yu Gu, Kai Liang, Yingxu Li, Zheng Zhang, Yan Li, Xiaoping Wang, Huijuan Guo, Jiansong Zhou

“…Age of first onset, course of disease, RBANS total score, and NSFR were poor indicators for identifying TRS and NTRS. …”
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Role of Ultrasound-guided Tru-cut Needle Biopsy in the Diagnosis of Suspicious Breast Masses at South Valley University Hospitals by Ghada M. Abd ElRazik, Dalia Besharii Hamada, Mohammed M. Mubarak, Ahmed M. Khalaf-Awad

“…Results: Participants (mean age 50.9 ± 10.1 years) had palpable masses (96%), mainly on the right, and 84% used ultrasound. …”
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The Effect of Chromium Picolinate Supplementation on the Pancreas and Macroangiopathy in Type II Diabetes Mellitus Rats by Shan Huang, Wenfang Peng, Xiaohong Jiang, Kan Shao, Lili Xia, Yubin Tang, Jiayin Qiu

“…In addition, the levels of serum NO and insulin were significantly increased and the serum levels of HbA1C, AGES, APN, and apelin were significantly decreased in groups 4 and 5 compared with group 2. …”
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Characterizing the medical and social complexity experienced by Inuit children and their families from Nunavut who access care at an urban Canadian tertiary level paediatric hospit... by Yipeng Ge, Amanda Mills, Victoria McCann, Sara Trincao-Batra, Deepti Reddy, Dennis Newhook, Richard J. Webster, Stephanie Sutherland, Melissa Weber, Radha Jetty

“…The cohort included 36 children, median (interquartile range [IQR]) age 13.5 (6.8, 28.2) months and full age range (1,140) months. …”
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Predictors of Endothelial Cell Loss after Phacoemulsification for the Treatment of Primary Angle Closure by Carlo Alberto Cutolo, Chiara Bonzano, Carlo Catti, Alessandro Bagnis, Riccardo Scotto, Letizia Negri, Sara Olivari, Francesca Cappelli, Carlo Enrico Traverso

“…Results. 44 patients with PAC were included in the study. The mean (SD) patient age was 71.6 (10.2) years; thirty-one (70.5%) of them were women. …”
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Early Maladaptive Schemas in the Patients with Somatoform Disorders by Ýsmet Kýrpýnar, Erdem Deveci, Demet Zihni Çamur, Alperen Kýlýç

“…Method: We investigated a total of 28 patients aged 18-65 years, were diagnosed as Hypochondriasis or Somatization Disorder according to DSM-IV and 30 healthy controls. …”
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Dog Bites and Rabies in the Eastern Region of Ghana in 2013–2015: A Call for a One-Health Approach by Boakye-Yiadom Adomako, Frank Baiden, Samuel Sackey, Donne Kofi Ameme, Fred Wurapa, Kofi Mensah Nyarko, Ernest Kenu, Edwin Afari

“…The median age of victims was 9 years (range: 3-72 years). …”
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Tipping the scale: Effects of physical activity and body composition on cardiac parameters in postmenopausal females by Mads Fischer, Andrea Tamariz‐Ellemann, Jon Egelund, Nicolai Rytter, Ylva Hellsten, Lasse Gliemann

“…We sought to assess the impact of different activity levels on cardiac structure and function in postmenopausal women. We grouped age‐similar, postmenopausal women by self‐reported physical activity levels over two decades. …”
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Increased serum galectin-3 level is associated with endothelial dysfunction and cardiovascular events in patients with hypertension by Hui-Sheng Wang, Bang-Gee Hsu, Ji-Hung Wang, Chiu-Fen Yang

“…Multivariate linear regression analysis showed that age and Gal-3 levels were correlated with VRI. During the 7-year follow-up period, patients with higher Gal-3 levels had more cardiovascular events. …”
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Prevalence and Risk Factors of Asymptomatic Colorectal Polyps in Taiwan by Fu-Wei Wang, Ping-I Hsu, Hung-Yi Chuang, Ming-Shium Tu, Guang-Yuan Mar, Tai-Ming King, Jui-Ho Wang, Chao-Wen Hsu, Chiu-Hua Chang, Hui-Chun Chen

“…High BMI and smoking are common risk factors for both adenomatous and hyperplastic polyps. Old age and alcohol consumption are additional risk factors for the development of adenomatous polyps.…”
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MEMBERSHIP IN NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE AMONG WORKERS IN INDONESIA by Ratna Dwi Wulandari, Agung Dwi Laksono, Tumaji Tumaji, Maria Holly Herawati, Noer Endah Pracoyo, Ina Kusrini

“…The analyzed variables included NHI's membership, occupation type, residence type, age group, gender, education level, marital status, and wealth status. …”
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The Association of Food Security With Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy: A National Health Interview Survey Analysis by Brittany N. Burton, Alexis Sykes, Cecilia Canales, Andrea J. Ibarra, En Chang, Jonathan Dahan, Adam J. Milam, Tina Yu, Catherine Cha

“…The study population included women of childbearing age who were either pregnant or recently pregnant. …”
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Primary sinonasal ameloblastoma: A case illustration and systematic review of literature by Sampurna Raha, Rajiv S. Desai, Pankaj M. Shirsat, Shivani P. Bansal, Pooja Prasad, Ankush P. Jain, Poorvashree P. Bobade

“…Quality assessment of the case reports and series was also done. The age of included cases ranged from 14 to 81 years (mean age of 56.8 years) with male to female ratio of 2.5:1. …”
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Association between Optical Coherence Tomography Measurements and Clinical Parameters in Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension by Priscilla Fernandes Nogueira, Gustavo Coelho Caiado, Carolina P. B. Gracitelli, Fernando Meister Martins, Felipe Chaves Duarte Barros, Sandro Luis De Andrade Matas, Sérgio Henrique Teixeira, Luciana da Cruz Noia, Danilo Andriatti Paulo

“…The groups were similar regarding age, but were significantly different regarding sex and visual acuity (p=0.001 and p=0.038, respectively). …”
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