Arterial Stiffness in Nonhypertensive Type 2 Diabetes Patients in Ghana by Kwame Yeboah, Daniel A. Antwi, Ben Gyan

“…Multiple regression models showed that, in the entire study participants, the major determinants of PWVao were diabetes status, age, gender, systolic BP, and previous smoking status (β = 0.22, 0.36, 0.48, 0.21, and 0.25, resp.; all p<0.05); the determinants of CAVI were diabetes status, age, BMI, heart rate, HbA1c, total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, and previous smoking status (β = 0.21, 0.38, 0.2, 0.18, 0.24. 0.2, −0.19, and 0.2, resp.; all p<0.05). …”
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The prevalence and correlates of biomarker positive unhealthy alcohol use among women living with and without HIV in San Francisco, California. by Jennifer P Jain, Yifei Ma, Carol Dawson-Rose, Glenn-Milo Santos, Alvina Han, Jennifer Price, Judith A Hahn, Phyllis C Tien

“…Using multivariable logistic regression, we identified the correlates of PEth levels suggestive of unhealthy alcohol use (>50 ng/ml) among the 168 women who reported no or low-risk drinking (<7 drinks per week) in the past six months, while controlling for age in years and race/ethnicity. Among the 168 women in the analysis sample, the median age was 55; 51% identified as Black/African American, 47% were living with HIV and 28% had PEth levels ≥50 ng/ml which are suggestive of unhealthy alcohol use. …”
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Pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic analysis of tedizolid phosphate against Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pneumoniae in children, adolescents, and adults by Monte Carlo simul... by Xiao-Chen Wei, Ming-Feng Zhao, Hai-Rong Lv, Xia Xiao

“…The dosage regimens of 3 and 4 mg/kg/d of tedizolid phosphate were appropriate to treat ABSSSIs caused by methicillin-susceptible S. aureus and MRSA in children aged 2–6 and 6–12 y, respectively. Approved dosage regimens of tedizolid phosphate for patients older than 12 y may be sufficient against S. pneumoniae pneumonia but insufficient for S. aureus pneumonia. …”
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The Association of Having a Late Dinner or Bedtime Snack and Skipping Breakfast with Overweight in Japanese Women by Chika Okada, Hironori Imano, Isao Muraki, Keiko Yamada, Hiroyasu Iso

“…A total of 19,687 Japanese women, aged 40–74 years, were asked about their height, weight, and habitual eating behaviors such as having a late dinner and a bedtime snack and skipping breakfast, using a self-administered questionnaire. …”
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Epidemiology and Clinical Features of Adult Patients with Psoriasis in Malaysia: 10-Year Review from the Malaysian Psoriasis Registry (2007–2016) by Azura Mohd Affandi, Iman Khan, Nooraishah Ngah Saaya

“…Data were obtained from the Malaysian Psoriasis Registry (MPR). All patients (aged 18 and above) who were notified to the registry from July 2017 to December 2017 were included in this study. …”
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Can Serum Tenascin-C Be Used as a Marker of Inflammation in Patients with Dilated Cardiomyopathy? by Alyaa A. Kotby, Manal M. Abdel Aziz, Waleed M. El Guindy, Amira N. Moneer

“…Subjects and Methods. 24 consecutive patients with primary nonfamilial DCM aged 6–72 months (mean 45.19±11.03) were divided into group I, twelve patients with acute onset DCM (<6 months duration), and group II, twelve patients with chronic DCM (>6 months duration), and compared to 20 healthy age- and sex-matched controls. …”
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Methodological aspects of forensic commodity examination of live animals by N. V. Krivoruchko, T. M. Menshykh

“…It is determined that the main stages of the examination are: 1) verification of compliance of the characteristics of the object of study with the data provided in the case file; 2) determination of the value characteristics of the animal: age, breed, sex, colour, physical condition (weight, assessment of appearance), as well as examination of documents certifying the animal’s pedigree (if any); if it is necessary to use special knowledge to assess the physical condition of the animal, a forensic commodity expert may request a forensic veterinary examination; 3) market price research for live animals of the same breed, age, sex, etc.; 4) preparation of a forensic commodity examination report indicating the value of the object of research. …”
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A Case Series Analysis of Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC): Not the Deadliest but Certainly the Most Destructive Form of Skin Cancer by Aditya Sharma, Ritika Khanna, Parul Khanna, Rahul Khanna, Seema Khanna

“…The details of each patient, including age, gender, BCC type, location, defect size (cm), type of reconstruction, esthetic outcome, and recurrence, were analyzed. …”
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Risk factors for emergency presentation with lung and colorectal cancers: a systematic review by Una MacLeod, Elizabeth D Mitchell, Benjamin Pickwell-Smith

“…Five were graded ‘insufficient’, primarily due to missing information rather than methodological weakness. Older patient age was associated with EP for lung and colorectal cancers (OR 1.11–11.03 and 1.19–5.85, respectively). …”
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Exploring Narrative Ability in Greek-Speaking Children with High-Functioning ASD: Associations with Memory and Attention by Vasiliki Zarokanellou, Alexandros Gryparis, Katerina Papanikolaou

“…<b>Methods</b>: The participants were 39 children aged 7 to 12 years, 19 with HF-ASD and 20 age-matched, vocabulary-matched, and cognitively matched TD peers. …”
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Association of the combination of corporal adiposity and cardiorespiratory fitness with cardiometabolic risk factors in children — PREVOI Study by Renata Chácara Pires, Haysla Xavier Martins, Míriam Barbosa, Maria del Carmen Bisi Molina

“…Nutritional status was assessed by body mass index (BMI)/age and categorized into CA groups: “no excess weight [≤ z-score+1]” and “excess weight [> z-score+1]”. …”
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Assessment of Rifampicin Resistance in Presumptive Tuberculosis Cases at Dadeldhura Hospital of Sudurpaschim Province of Nepal by Madan Singh Bohara

“…Males had a higher prevalence (8.7%) than females (3.7%), with the highest detection rate in the 36-50 years age group (27.1%). Among TB cases, 12 (8.6%) were identified as RR-TB. …”
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Evaluating oral health status in elderly Irula tribes of Tamil Nadu by using the Geriatric Oral Health Assessment Index by Margret Beaula Alocious Sukumar, Roshni Mary Peter, Alex Joseph

“…To account for possible confounders such as age, education, and socioeconomic status, multivariate analysis was performed using logistic regression. …”
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Quality of Counselling, Exposure to Vaccination Messages, and Caregivers’ Knowledge on the Uptake of Pentavalent Vaccine in Six Northern Nigerian States by Matthew Alabi, Leanne Dougherty, Eno-Obong Etim, Adebola Adedimeji

“…Pentavalent (Penta) vaccine coverage for children aged 12–23 months is used as the prime substitute for determining vaccination coverage and monitoring the performance of the national immunization program. …”
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Analysis of MicroRNA Processing Machinery Gene DROSHA, DICER1, and XPO5 Variants Association with Atherosclerosis: A Case–control Study by Manar F. Atoum, Dalya Alowaisy, Ammar Ali Deeb

“…Methods: The study included 100 individuals with clinically diagnosed atherosclerosis (mean age: 53 ± 7 years) and 100 control subjects (mean age: 52 ± 7 years). …”
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Relation of Vitamin D levels with positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia – A hospital based cross-sectional comparative study by Soumitra Ghosh, Bikashita Deka

“…Fifty drug-free subjects of schizophrenia (Group A) diagnosed and confirmed according to International Classification of Diseases 10 were selected by consecutive sampling and 50 age and sex frequency-matched subjects (Group B) were selected from the healthy population. …”
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Implementation of a rapid host-protein diagnostic test for distinguishing bacterial and viral infections in adults presenting to urgent care centers: a pragmatic cohort study by Boaz Kalmovich, Daniella Rahamim-Cohen, Ilan Yehoshua, Sara Kivity, Noam Orvieto, Shirley Shapiro Ben David

“…Results During implementation, 3920 MMBV tests were ordered for adults (age ≥ 18) by 144 physicians. The study cohort had 59% female patients and the median age was 42 years (IQR 31–58). …”
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The influence of anthropometric characteristics on swimming speed in adolescent swimmers by Jovica Peulić, Anja Obradović, Mila Vukadinović Jurišić, Jelena Obradović

“…Thirty-eight male swimmers (aged 16.94 &plusmn; 0.8 years; body height: 178.3 &plusmn; 5.4 cm; body weight 67.7 &plusmn; 9.6 kg) and thirty-five female swimmers (aged 17.12 &plusmn; 0.7 years; body height: 175.1 &plusmn; 6.6 cm; body weight 59.9 &plusmn; 7.1 kg) participated in the study. …”
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Suicide following the death of a sibling: a nationwide follow-up study from Sweden by Ichiro Kawachi, Jan Saarela, Mikael Rostila

“…We found no clear support for a specific time pattern according to time since a sibling's death.Conclusions Our study provided evidence for suicide risk associated with the death of a sibling at adult age, revealing that bereaved persons’ risk of suicide is higher when siblings die from suicide, even when adjusting for intrafamily correlation in death risks.…”
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Utilisation of Cryopreserved Gametes in Cancer Patients who Underwent Fertility Preservation by Devika Gunasheela, N. Ashwini, Yoshita Saneja, D Deepthi

“…It investigated the utilisation of cryopreserved gametes in 557 male patients aged 15–50 years and 39 female patients aged 15–40 years who opted for fertility preservation before chemotherapy or radiotherapy. …”
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