Urban versus rural older adults: occupational balance and quality of life comparison by Emel Pekçetin, Serkan Pekçetin, Emine Sağlamoğlu, Gamze Ekici

“…Methods A group of 107 older adults from the urban area (mean age: 69.80 ± 4.78 years), and 93 older adults from the rural area (mean age: 71.24 ± 6.79 years) were examined. …”
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Prior Appendectomy and the Onset and Course of Crohn’s Disease in Chinese Patients by Dafan Chen, Jing Ma, Qiwen Ben, Lungen Lu, Xinjian Wan

“…A retrospective case-control study was performed to compare prior appendectomy rate between CD patients and age- and gender-matched controls at two Chinese hospitals. …”
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Epidemiological and Clinical Aspects of Ulcerative Colitis in Mosul city, Iraq by Muhammed Babakir-Mina

“…The results showed that 49.0% of patients was males and 51.0% was female; the mean age was 46.36 years old. Elderly stage (> 45 years of age) makes the highest proportion of the patients 99 (49.5%). …”
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Incidence and fatality of serious suicide attempts in a predominantly rural population in Shandong, China: a public health surveillance study by Aiqiang Xu, Mei Wang, Xiaolei Guo, Cunxian Jia, Jiandong Sun, Jiyu Zhang

“…The risk of death is influenced by the attempter's sex, age, education level, occupation, method used and season of year.…”
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Prevalence of depression, anxiety, stress, and suicide tendency among individual with long-COVID and determinants: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Razieh Bidhendi-Yarandi, Akbar Biglarian, Jannike Lie Karlstad, Cathrine Fredriksen Moe, Enayatollah Bakhshi, Mohammad-Reza Khodaei-Ardakani, Samira Behboudi-Gandevani

“…Factors such as female gender and younger age were linked to higher rates of anxiety and depression. …”
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Abortion and unintended pregnancy in Pakistan: new evidence for 2023 and trends over the past decade by Susheela Singh, Octavia Mulhern, Zeba Sathar, Iqbal H Shah, Muhammad Rehan Niazi, Tahira Parveen, Ali Mohammad Mir

“…This corresponds to an annual unintended pregnancy rate of 100 and an induced abortion rate of 66 (95% CI 38 to 111) per 1000 women aged 15–49. There was no significant change in the unintended pregnancy rate, but the abortion rate increased by 25% between 2012 and 2023. …”
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Does Proteinuria Measured by Dipstick Method Reflect Reality in Patients with Preeclampsia? by Cenk Soysal, Mehmet Murat Işıkalan

“…The degree of correlation between the urine dipstick test and both 24-hour urine samples and spot urine protein-to-creatinine ratio (Pr/Cr) was compared.Results: The mean age of the 70 preeclampsia patients in the study group was 31.7±6.2, and the mean gestational age was 32.5±4.6. …”
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Expression and prognostic value of ferritinophagy-related NCOA4 gene in low-grade glioma: integration of bioinformatics and experimental validation by Guangtang Chen, Xueping Shi, Rukai Jiao, Jiacai Qian, Xiaolin Du, Jian Liu, Xi Zeng

“…Multivariate Cox regression identified NCOA4, age, CD8 T cells, and macrophages as LGG independent prognostic factors (all p < 0.05). …”
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Clinical Characteristics and Prognosis of Adult Orbital Cellulitis in a Tertiary General Hospital by Bangtao Yao, Yuhua Ding, Xiaogui Zhao, Bei Wang, Gang Liu, Fei Wang

“…There were no significant differences regarding age, gender, preoperative leukocyte count, exophthalmia, blood culture, treatment, or visual changes within the three groups (P<0.05). …”
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Assessment of Cognitive Functions in Multimorbid Patients in Lithuanian Primary Care Settings: A Cross-Sectional Study Using MMSE and LT-GPCOG by Silvija Valdonė Alšauskė, Ingrida Grabauskytė, Ida Liseckienė, Jūratė Macijauskienė

“…<i>Background and Objectives</i>: The aging population has led to a rise in cognitive impairments, including dementia, often associated with multimorbidity. …”
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Natural reproduction in tropical buffalo herds by Laura Gómez Estrada

“…Data from 624 and 254 were analyzed, average age 4.80 (2.8-14.0) and 8,98 years (3,5-19), birth rate 79.38% and 82.01%, inter calving period 435 and 452 days, calving-conception 133 and 126, age to first calving 40.1 and 37.0 for the herds located in Uraba and Puerto Boyaca, respectively; 91.1% and 87.6% of the dry buffaloes are pregnant. …”
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Methylome profiling of cell-free DNA during the early life course in (un)complicated pregnancies using MeD-seq: Protocol for a cohort study embedded in the prospective Rotterdam pe... by Marjolein M van Vliet, Sam Schoenmakers, Ruben G Boers, Lotte E van der Meeren, Joost Gribnau, Régine P M Steegers-Theunissen

“…Identified gestational-age and disease-specific differentially methylated regions (DMRs) could lead to numerous applications including biomarker development.…”
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Correlation of serum Vitamin D levels and disease severity in patients with atopic dermatitis: A hospital-based, cross-sectional study from North India by Shreya Malhan, Loveleen Kaur, Maninder Kaur, Dimple Chopra, Sharang Gupta, Snehdeep Kaur

“…RESULTS: The prevalence of AD among the pediatric patients visiting our dermatology outpatient department was 8.12%. The mean age of the study participants was 4.18 ± 3.88 years (ranging from 4 months to 16 years), and the majority of the children (74%) were <5 years of age. …”
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Understanding Local Perspectives on Climate Change and Its Impacts on Small-Scale Fishing Communities in Honda Bay, Palawan, Philippines by Jesusito Vicente, Niño Jess Mar Mecha, Jean Beth Jontila

“…A total of 308 male fisherfolks participated in the survey. Majority belong to age 51-60 years old (38%) and 61 years old and above (32%). …”
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Prevalence and associated factors of corneal opacity among adults in Kolladiba town, Northwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study by Endalew Mulugeta Worku, Sofonias Addis Fekadu, Bersufekad Wubie Alemie, Merkineh Markos Lorato

“…Variables with a p value of less than 0.05 according to the multivariable logistic regression analysis were considered to be statistically significant.Results and conclusion The prevalence of corneal opacity among the study participants was 27.2% (95% CI 24.4% to 30.4%). In this study, age 49–60 years (adjusted OR (AOR): 1.90; 95% CI 1.03 to 3.32), age ≥61 years (AOR=2.12; 95% CI 1.17 to 3.87), inability to read and write (AOR=2.65; 95% CI 1.68 to 4.16), middle-income level (AOR=2.12; 95% CI 1.30 to 3.47) and poor income level (AOR=4.96; 95% CI 3.04 to 8.09) were factors that were significantly associated with corneal opacity.In this study, the prevalence of corneal opacity was considerably high. …”
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The Impact of Prenatal Diagnosis and Treatment on Early Neonatal Problems by Selcan Sinaci, Gulsum Kadioglu Simsek, Bedri Sakcak, Izzet Ozgurluk, Fuat Emre Canpolat, Dilek Sahin

“…Backward: LR logistic regression analysis based on early neonatal sepsis risk revealed that birth week, preterm premature rupture of membranes, clinical chorioamnionitis, small-for-gestational-age, and urinary tract infection were significant parameters affecting the risk of early neonatal sepsis (p<0.05). …”
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Problems of improving the national legislation on labor protection by K. Yu. Melnyk

“…At the same time, the main law in the field of labor – the Code of Labor Laws of Ukraine in Chapter XII, dedicated to the protection of women’s labor, does not use these terms, but establishes guarantees, in particular, for women who have children under the age of three, and women who have children aged three to fourteen or children with disabilities. …”
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Abuse and misuse of tramadol in patients with non-oncologic pain in a region of Southern Europe by M. Perelló, K. Rio-Aigé, G. Cereza, P. Rius, F. J. Pérez-Cano, M. Rabanal

“…These results indicate that there is non-therapeutic use among patients who visit community pharmacies for information on two profiles.Conclusion This study shows that being an aged woman and suffering from chronic pain seems to involve a risk of generating dependence on tramadol. …”
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Rare Presentation of Neonatal Necrotizing Fasciitis: Case Series and Review of Literature by Kruti N Shah, Shwetal Bhatt, Dipal Zanzrukriya, Salesh K Soni

“…Thus, we aim to report three cases of necrotizing fasciitis presented in neonatal age, presented to us within a short span of 6 months, and sensitize its neonatal presentation with distinct clinical features. …”
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B Lymphocyte—A Prognostic Indicator in Post‐Acute Pancreatitis Diabetes Mellitus by Xiaoyan Lin, Xiaoling Li, Junsheng Wang, Huiheng Liu

“…Furthermore we indicated that age, fatty liver, serous effusion, recurrent AP, and B% were independent risk factors for PPDM‐A. …”
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