The Effect of Detethering Surgery on the Bladder Function and Psychology of Children with Primary Tethered Cord Syndrome by Shuai Yang, Zhaokai Zhou, Xingchen Liu, Zhan Wang, Yanping Zhang, He Zhang, Lei Lv, Yibo Wen, Qingwei Wang, Wei Jia, Jinhua Hu, Jian Guo Wen

“…Materials and Methods: A retrospective study of 83 patients aged 6 to 10 years who were diagnosed with TCS and underwent DS between 2022 and 2023. …”
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Sex-Based Variations in Hemato-Physiological Characteristics of Patients with Major Depressive Disorder: Clinical and Socioeconomic Insights by Basim A. Abd, Hayder Abdul-Amir Makki Al-Hindy, Samer Raheem Obaid

“…Materials and Methods: The study collected basic demographic characteristics, including age, leukocyte counts, body mass index (BMI), hemoglobin (Hb) blood values, and inflammatory marker “C-reactive protein” (CRP). …”
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Positive Leukocyte Esterase Dipstick Test: Association With Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis In Patients Suffering From Liver Cirrhosis by Sumbul Shahzadi, Fuad Ahmad Siddiqi, Imran Khan, Kanaz Ahmad Siddiqi, Javed Ahmad Khan, Ayesha Ashraf Cheema

“…Out of the total, 39 (60.0%) were male with the mean age of 57.03±9.063, and 26 (40.0%) were females with the mean age of 55.54±8.453. …”
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Prevalence and factors associated with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease among women with polycystic ovary syndrome by Maria Elisa Franciscatto, Juliana Bosso Taniguchi, Raquel Wohlenberg, Isadora Luísa Riedi, Karen Oppermann

“…Both groups were predominantly of caucasian race, and there was no significant difference in age. Conclusion: The prevalence of NAFLD among patients with PCOS was 50.9%. …”
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THE EFFECT OF COATING HATCHING EGGS WITH CHITOSAN AND SPRAYING WITH ACETIC ACID ON THE PRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE OF HATCHED CHICKS by W. I. Al-jugifi, E. T. Mohammad

“…This study was conducted to evaluate the coating of hatching eggs with chitosan and spraying with diluted acetic acid on the productive performance of hatched chicks from the mothers of Ross 308 broilers, and the study included two factors: two storage periods (4 days and 14 days) and egg packaging with chitosan before storage and spraying with acetic acid, as the coefficients T1 without addition, T2 spraying with acetic acid at 18 days of incubation, T3 packaging with chitosan before storage, T4 egg packaging at the age of 18 days of incubation and for two storage periods ( 4 and 14 days), each treatment included 60 eggs with four duplicates (15 eggs per duplicate), after hatching, the chicks were reared according to each treatment until the age of 35 days. …”
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Association between serum carotenoids levels and endometriosis risk: evidence from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey by Jian Huang

“…Subgroup analyses indicated that the inverse association between serum lutein/zeaxanthin levels and reduced endometriosis risk was significant only in individuals under 40 years of age, in both White and non-White populations, in smokers, and among those who had ever used oral contraceptives.ConclusionSerum lutein/zeaxanthin levels may offer protective effects against endometriosis in specific subpopulations. …”
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Prevalence and clinical profile of hepatitis C virus infections in multitransfused thalassemic patients in the capital twin cities of Pakistan by Z. Z. Piracha, U. Saeed, R. Uppal, M. R. Uppal, A. Ahmad Khan, M. Abdullah, K. Mari, A. Basra, S. S. Gilani, M. N. Tariq, D. U. Ozsahin, B. Uzun, I. Ozsahin

“…This was particularly pronounced among patients aged 20 years and older, with a 100% infection rate. …”
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Cystatin C Secretion in Blood Derivatives and Cellular Models of Idiopathic Parkinson’s Disease by Kathleen Mommaerts, Anna S. Monzel, Alise Zagare, Sarah L. Nickels, Nico J. Diederich, Laura Longhino, William Mathieson, Paul M. A. Antony, Fay Betsou, Jens C. Schwamborn

“…Parkinson’s disease is an age-related progressive neurodegenerative disorder. …”
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Mental health status and the quality of life of infertile women receiving fertility treatment in Bangladesh: A cross-sectional study. by A B M Nahid Hasan, Azaz Bin Sharif, Ishrat Jahan, Mosammat Rashida Begum

“…Infertility poses significant physical and psychological challenges for women of reproductive age. In low- and middle-income countries, the prevalence of depression among infertile women is alarmingly high, reaching 44.32%. …”
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Global burden of cardiovascular disease mortality attributable to secondhand smoke, 1990-2019: Systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. by Juan Dong, Xumin Ma, Xingxin Hu, Mengmeng Yan

“…Our primary outcome measures were the age-standardized mortality rate (ASMR) and age-standardized disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for CVD attributable to secondhand smoke. …”
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Loss of BRCA1 Spontaneously Induces the Tumorigenesis in Lacrimal Gland by Sun Eui Kim, Hye Jung Baek, Eun Jung Park, Sung Chul Lim, Sang Soo Kim

“…Female Brca1-mutant mice (Brca1co/coMMTV-cre) were generated by crossing Brca1 conditional knockout mice and MMTV-cre mice, and the occurrence of lacrimal gland abnormalities and tumors was followed until mice reached 18 months of age. Lacrimal gland tumors, which occur at a very low frequency in the human population (1 per 1,000,000 per year), were detected in 7 cases of Brca1co/coMMTV-cre mice (2.75%) older than 9 months of age. …”
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Pretreatment Fatigue in Breast Cancer Patients: Comparison With Healthy Controls and Associations With Biopsychosocial Variables by Patricia Blickle, Martina E. Schmidt, Karen Steindorf

“…Methods Two hundred and thirty‐two breast cancer patients (mean age = 55.6) and 41 healthy participants (mean age = 49.3) were recruited via the National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) Heidelberg. …”
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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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Profile and outcomes of retinal artery occlusion: The underrealized need to expedite presentation by Yogita Kadam, Anthony V Das, Raja Narayanan, Neelima Balakrishnan, Praneet Telukunta, Brijesh Takkar

“…The differential distribution of risk factors of RAO with age was studied. Time to presentation and treatment effects were assessed using multivariate regression. …”
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Modeling the significance of unified theory of acceptance and use of technology in predicting the intention and usage of eCNY by Yue Ma, Abdullah Al Mamun, Mohammad Masukujjaman, Roslan Ja’afar

“…According to the findings of this study, age and sex did not moderate the effect of each hypothesis on the intention to use in the research model. …”
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