Cultural and urban city living expectations of knee motion in a Southeast Asian city: implications on total knee arthroplasty outcomes by Yong Yao Tan, Ke Xin Magneline Ang, Ching Yi Aliza Wong, Kinjal Vidyut Mehta, Sir Young James Loh

“…Enrolled participants were required to be between the ages of 21 and 65 years and capable of providing informed consent. …”
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Comparing Clinical Outcomes of Five-Strand Hamstring Tendon Autograft and Quadrupled Hamstring Tendon Autograft for Single Bundle Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in Filip... by Albert Ian Villegas, Emmanuel Roy Mata, Jose Antonio San Juan, John Rey Go, Vick Roland Ladica

“…Methodology: This ambi-directional cohort study involved Asian Filipino patients aged 18–50 with unilateral ACL tears who underwent single-bundle ACL reconstruction with either quadrupled or five-strand hamstring autografts between January 2022 and August 2023. …”
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Exploring the drivers of adolescent sexual and reproductive healthcare-seeking behavior in northwestern Botswana: a cross-sectional analysis by Mackenzie Lawson, Helen Apps, Peggie Ramaphane, Francis Barchi

“…In the bivariate analysis, age, gender, sexual experience, HIV testing, awareness of HIV status, and having had an STI were significantly associated with forgone visits. …”
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Retinal Vascular Changes during the Menstrual Cycle Detected with Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography by Linning Guo, Chenlei Zhu, Ziqi Wang, Zhiqiang Gao, Zongduan Zhang, Qintuo Pan

“…In total, 62 right eyes of 62 women were included in the study. The mean age was 27.0 ± 1.73 (range, 24 to 31) years, and the mean menstrual cycle was 28.90 ± 0.84 (range, 28 to 30) days. …”
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The effect of dexmedetomidine vs. atracurium on intubation condition in children - a randomized clinical trial by Mohammad Alipour, Samira Ghanei, Shahrzad Sheikh, Masoud Ghanei, Ahmad Nemati, Shabnam Niroumand

“…We compared the effects of dexmedetomidine with atracurium on intubation conditions in children aged 6–12 years under general anesthesia. If dexmedetomidine has the similar effect as atracurium, we can use it for intubation and anesthesia of children in situations where the use of atracurium is challenging for any reason. …”
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A cross-sectional study on posttraumatic growth and influencing factors among parents of premature infants by Wang Xingyanan, Lv Yuanhong, Liu Yang, Xiao Zhitian

“…In addition, older gestational age at birth (B = 2.396, P < 0.001) ,higher Apgar score at 5 min at birth (B = 2.117, P = 0.023), positive coping style (B = 0.850, P < 0.001), and higher social support score (B = 1.978, P < 0.001) were associated with higher PTG scores. …”
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Vitamin D Deficiency in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus with and without Pulmonary Tuberculosis by Wahiduddin Wahiduddin, Agung Pranoto, Sudjarwo Sudjarwo

“…Vitamin D deficiency was not associated with the incidence of pulmonary TB in T2DM, whereas female sex, age> 50 years, BMI ? 25.0 kg /m2, and duration of T2DM> 5 years were associated with vitamin D deficiency (p <0.05). …”
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Vanadyl Sulfate Effects on Systemic Profiles of Metabolic Syndrome in Old Rats with Fructose-Induced Obesity by Diego Ortega-Pacheco, María Marcela Jiménez-Pérez, Jeanet Serafín-López, Juan Gabriel Juárez-Rojas, Arturo Ruiz-García, Ursino Pacheco-García

“…Currently, energy obtained from hypercaloric diets has been part of the obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) epidemics from childhood to old age. Treatment alternatives have been sought from plants, minerals, and trace elements with metabolic effects. …”
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Sex differences in ventricular-vascular interactions associated with aerobic capacity by Barbara N. Morrison, Peter M. Mittermaier, Garth R. Lester, Michael E. Bodner, Anita T. Cote

“…In females, the linear regression models included (1) LVMi, large arterial compliance, longitudinal systolic strain rate, and age (r2 = 0.69, p < 0.001) and (2) EDVi, large arterial compliance, longitudinal systolic strain rate, and age (r2 = 0.52, p = 0.003). …”
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Assessment of stigmatization in people with epilepsy by G. Pociuvienė, D. Streckytė, R. Mameniškienė

“…Results. 129 completed questionnaires were analyzed. Mean age of the subjects was 36±15.8 years; 62% were women. …”
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A novel perspective on survival prediction for AML patients: Integration of machine learning in SEER database applications by Zheng-yi Jia, Maierbiya Abulimiti, Yun Wu, Li-na Ma, Xiao-yu Li, Jie Wang

“…The Cox regression analysis demonstrated that gender, age, race, and family income were significantly related to the survival of AML patients. …”
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Bone cell differentiation and mineralization in wild-type and osteogenesis imperfecta zebrafish are compromised by per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) by Francesca Tonelli, Cecilia Masiero, Carla Aresi, Camilla Torriani, Simona Villani, Guido Premoli, Antonio Rossi, Antonella Forlino

“…Addressing this question represents a need for ensuring global health and wellbeing to all individuals in a world facing the progressive increase of aging and aging related diseases. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA) exposure on development and skeletal phenotype using the osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) zebrafish model Chihuahua (Chi/+), carrying a dominant glycine substitution in the α1 chain of collagen I and their wild-type (WT) littermates. …”
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The BET inhibitor JQ1 targets fat metabolism and counteracts obesity by Claudia Fornelli, Alessia Sofia Cento, Lorenzo Nevi, Raffaella Mastrocola, Gustavo Ferreira Alves, Giuseppina Caretti, Massimo Collino, Fabio Penna

“…Total fat mass frequently increases during aging, often coexisting with sarcopenia, thus resulting in an emerging condition defined sarcopenic obesity (SO). …”
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Association of caffeine intake and sleep duration with bone mineral density: a cross-sectional study from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey between 2011 and 2018 by Yuxue He, Wenjia Zou, Fei Xiao

“…Associations of caffeine intake, sleep duration, and BMD stratified by sex and age failed to reach statistical significance. Conclusions Association might exist between the consumption of caffeine, sleep duration, and BMD; however, when stratified by sex and age, the association did not reach statistical significance.…”
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Olfactory disorders in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo: A cross-sectional study by Yasmin Nsunzu Tshingamb, Sympho Junior Mpiana, Patrick Sekele Marob Ndjock, Emile Kayembe, Eric Banza Lukoji, Alain Ntumba Malemba, Auguste O. Omadjela, Dieudonné T. Nyembue

“…Results The average age of patients was 40.3 ± 1.4 years, with a higher number of females. …”
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Usefulness of Magnetoinertial Wearable Devices in Neurorehabilitation of Children with Cerebral Palsy by Marco Iosa, Manuela de Sanctis, Aurora Summa, Elena Bergamini, Daniela Morelli, Giuseppe Vannozzi

“…The usefulness of a MIMU-based assessment was evaluated comparing the data acquired by three MIMUs located at the pelvis, sternum, and head levels in 12 children with cerebral palsy (CP, age: 2–9 years) and 12 age-matched children with typical development (TD). …”
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Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes of Pregnancies with Uterine Leiomyomas by Caner Kose, Busra Korpe, Tugba Kinay, Seval Yilmaz Ergani, Rahmi Sinan Karadeniz, Ali Turhan Caglar, Yaprak Engin Ustun

“…In cases with ≥2 leiomyomas compared to those with single leiomyomas, gestational age at birth was smaller and birthweight was lower (p<0.05). …”
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Posterior Occipitocervical Fusion for Unstable Upper Cervical Trauma in Old and Elderly Population, Although Decreases Upper Cervical Rotation, Does Not Significantly Increase Neck... by Panagiotis Korovessis, Vasileios Syrimpeis, Evangelia Mpountogianni, Ioannis Papaioannou, Vasileios Tsekouras

“…Twenty old and elderly patients aged 62 ± 12 years with evident upper cervical degeneration, who received POCF for upper C1 & C2 unstable cervical spine injuries, were included. …”
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Association of Breastfeeding with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis in mothers: A cross sectional survey by Muhammad Zafar Majeed Babar, Ghulam Mustafa, Manzur Ahmad Manzur, Hafiz Haseeb Ahsan

“…Chi square test was used to compare the qualitative variables, with p value of less than 0.05 taken as significant. Results: Mean age ± SD of participants was 40±4 years, with group-1 having mean age of 38.1±5 years and group-2 having 40.4±3 years (p=0.4). …”
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Correlation analysis between epicardial adipose tissue and acute coronary syndrome by Gao Zhihong, Zuo Yuqiang, Jia Linyi, Yin Yuling, Yang Xu, Xu Lei, Hao Zengfang

“…This study included 355 subjects (mean age: 60.65 ± 9.67 years; 54.65% male), comprising 175 patients with ACS and 180 without ACS. …”
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