Comparing Balance Performance on Force Platform Measures in Individuals with Parkinson’s Disease and Healthy Adults by Cathy C. Harro, Amanda Kelch, Cora Hargis, Abigail DeWitt

“…Participants—42 individuals with PD (Hoehn and Yahr stage = 2.33 ± 0.77) and 55 age-matched healthy adults—were assessed on three standardized balance measures on a computerized force platform system. …”
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Does Current General Mental Health Status Relate to Current Smoking Status in Pregnant Women? by Diane Liu, Emily Younger, Stacy Baker, Stephanie Touch, Tamara Willmoth, Jessica L. Hartos

“…This cross-sectional analysis used 2017 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey (BRFSS) data for 621 pregnant women aged 18-38 from Florida (N=136), Kansas (N=116), Minnesota (N=105), Nebraska (N=90), New York (N=78), and Utah (N=96). …”
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Possible Threats of IgA Vasculitis in Children: One Center Experience by Eglė Lanzbergaitė-Manuilova, Skirmantė Rusonienė, Augustina Jankauskienė

“…Methods: Medical records of patients <18 years of age with newly diagnosed IgAV between 2013 and 2021 in a single center were analyzed. …”
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Awareness and attitude about mental illness in the rural population of India: A mixed method study by Kaustubh S. Kulkarni, Mudita N. Joshi, Harshal S. Sathe, Chetna Maliye

“…It included administration of a pre-tested questionnaire adapted from CAMI scale on 196 adults aged 18-60 years from an adopted village in the field practice area of medical college along with 8 in-depth interviews of key people in the same community. …”
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Sociodemographic disparities in everyday discrimination among a national sample of adults in the United States, 2023 by Delvon T. Mattingly, Osayande Agbonlahor, Joy L. Hart

“…Adults who were younger (aged 18–44), female, non-Hispanic Black, sexual minority, some college-educated, low income, or urban-living generally reported higher discrimination. …”
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Study on Error Pattern of Consonant of Children with Functional Dysarthria by Zhihong DU, Bingwei PENG, Siyuan YANG, Zhifang HUANG, Zhuoming CHEN

“…Objective:To study the distribution characteristics, error pattern and acquistion features of disordered consonants of children with functional dysarthria, so as to provide the theoretical guidance for the design of pronunciation rehabilitation programs.Methods:90 cases, including three age groups(4 years old, 5 years old and 6 years or older)of children with functional dysarthria were included in this study. …”
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Factors influencing the local skin temperature in patients with post-stroke shoulder-hand syndrome (脑卒中后肩手综合征患者局部皮温变化影响因素研究) by TANG Weiwei (汤伟伟)

“…The skin temperature was not associated with gender, age or course of disease in patients with post-stroke shoulder-hand syndrome (P>0. 05). …”
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Correlation Between Serum Uric Acid, Insulin and Hba1c In Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Maryam Imtiaz, Samina Saeed, Muhammad Aqeel, Abrar Akbar, Shafaq Saleem, Lubna Meraj

“…Results: Among 160 patients, the mean age was 50.52+13.35 years; there were 59 (36.9%) males and 101(63.1 %) females. …”
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META-ANALYSIS: SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA CASES ARISING FROM MORBUS HANSEN IN DR. SITANALA CENTRAL HOSPITAL (2011-2021) by Francisca Victoria, Sweety Pribadi

“…Result: In this study, out of the twenty-one patients, the majority were male (86%), and the most common age group affected was between 46 and 55 years, accounting for 43% of the cases. …”
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Mixed Signals: interpreting mixing patterns of different soil bioturbation processes through luminescence and numerical modelling by W. M. van der Meij, S. Riedesel, S. Riedesel, T. Reimann

“…The goal was to understand how different mixing processes affect depth profiles of luminescence-based metrics, such as the modal age, width of the age distributions and fraction of the bleached particles.…”
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Prevalence and Mortality Rates of Acute Kidney Injury among Critically Ill Patients: A Retrospective Study by Randa I. Farah, Othman A. Alfuqaha, Ali R. Younes, Hasan A. Mahmoud, Alhareth M. Al-Jboor, Mohammad M. Karajeh, Mohammad Z. Al-Masadeh, Omar I. Murad, Nathir Obeidat

“…Furthermore, we found that older age (adjusted OR (AOR): 1.04; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.04–1.06; p=0.003), preadmission use of diuretics (AOR: 2.12; 95% CI: 1.06–4.25; p=0.03), use of ventilators (2.19; 95% CI: 1.12–2.29; p=0.02), and vasopressor use during MICU stay (AOR: 4.25; 95% CI: 2.1308.47; p=0.001) were observed to have higher mortality rates. …”
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Determinants of Birth Spacing Practice Among Parous Mothers by Isaac Harold, Joy Chinonyerem Amaechi, Pearl Chikasilamobu Ajie, Aniekan Isaac Harold

“…A cross-sectional study was conducted among 410 parous mothers aged 15–49 in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, from June to October 2024. …”
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Mining hypertension predictors using decision tree: Baseline data of Kharameh cohort study by abbas Rezaianzadeh, Samane Nematolahi, maryam jalali, Shayan Rezaeianzadeh, Masoumeh Ghoddusi Johari, Seyed Vahid Hosseini

“…In the first model (model I), 15 variables including age, gender, body mass index, years of education, Occupation status, marital status, family history of hypertension, physical activity, total energy, number of meals, salt, oil type, drug use, alcohol use and smoke entered in to the model. in the second model (model II) 16 variables including age, gender, BMI and Blood factors as HCT, MCHC, PLT, FBS, BUN, CERAT, TG, CHOL, ALP, HDL, GGT, LDL and SG were considered. a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was applied to assess the validation of the models. …”
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Role Of Low Dose Aspirin In Preventing Preterm Birth In Patients With Previous History Of Preterm Delivery by Maliha Sadaf, Aasia Saleem, Tallat Farkhanda, Khansa Iqbal, Sabeen Ashraf, Amna Iftikhar

“…The mean age of patients in group A was 33.85±5.210 years and in group B was 32.86±4.139 years. …”
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Quality of Life of Palestinian Patients on Hemodialysis: Cross-Sectional Observational Study by Hani H. Naseef, Nadin Haj Ali, Arin Arafat, Sawsan Khraishi, Abdallah Damin AbuKhalil, Ni’meh Al-Shami, Hosniyeh Ladadweh, Mohammad Alsheikh, Abdullah K. Rabba, Imad T. Asmar, Yousef Sahoury

“…PCS and MCS scores were lower among patients aged >40, less educated, and lower-income participants. …”
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Mortality and readmission following hip fracture surgery: a retrospective study comparing conventional and fast-track care by Kristin Haugan, Lars G Johnsen, Trude Basso, Olav A Foss

“…There was no statistically significant difference in sex, type of fracture, age or Charlson Comorbidity Index score at baseline between patients in the two pathways.Conclusions There was insufficient evidence to show an impact of fast-track care on mortality and readmission. …”
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FABP4 and I-FABP Levels in Pregnant Women Are Associated with Body Mass Index but Not Gestational Diabetes by Tamara Vorobjova, Aili Tagoma, Ija Talja, Helis Janson, Anne Kirss, Raivo Uibo

“…Forty patients with GDM (median age 30.5) and 40 pregnant healthy controls (median age 31.1) were divided on the basis of their prepregnancy BMI into two groups: normal weight (BMI<25, n=20) and overweight (BMI≥25, n=20). …”
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Self-care practices on hypertension: Prevalence and predictors in Puducherry, South India by Chandru Sivamani, Ganesh Kumar Saya, Revathi Ulaganeethi, Palanivel Chinnakali

“…Results: Out of 267 participants with hypertension, 158 (59.2 %) were >60 years of age and 182 (68.2 %) were females. About 79 (29.6 %) had poor self-care practices. …”
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Factors influencing health-related quality of life in children with asthma: insights from Addis Ababa public hospitals by Tsehaynew Kasse, Selemaye Zenebe, Yalemzer Agegnehu, Arega Abebe Lonsako

“…However, there is a paucity of data regarding the health-related quality of life of asthma in children in Ethiopia, and the study area.ObjectiveThe objective of this study was to assess the health-related quality of life among asthmatic children aged 7–17 in selected hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.MethodsAn institutional-based analytical cross-sectional study involving 136 asthmatic children aged 7–17 years was conducted in the selected hospital in Addis Ababa, from February to April 2024. …”
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Poor Nurses’ Work Environment Increases Quiet Quitting and Reduces Work Engagement: A Cross-Sectional Study in Greece by Ioannis Moisoglou, Aglaia Katsiroumpa, Aggeliki Katsapi, Olympia Konstantakopoulou, Petros Galanis

“…We developed multivariable regression models adjusted for gender, age, understaffed wards, shift work, and work experience. …”
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