Association Between Vaso-Occlusive Crises and Opioid Prescriptions Among Patients with Sickle Cell Disease: A Retrospective Claims-Based Study by Hyeun Ah Kang, Jamie C. Barner, Kristin M. Richards, Menaka Bhor, Jincy Paulose, Abdullah Kutlar

“…Covariates included age, gender, nonopioid medication use, nonstudy SCD-related medication (penicillin and folic acid) use, evidence of blood transfusions, number of SCD-related complications, number of SCD-related comorbid conditions, and Charlson Comorbidity Index score. …”
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PERCEPTION OF ONLINE VERSUS PHYSICAL LEARNING AMONGUNIVERSITY STUDENTS by Ramna Shafique, Muhammad Abdullah, Tooba Nasir, Sundas Salim, Sabrina Jam, Bina Fawad

“…The chi-square statistic was used to evaluate the relationship between gender, teaching institute, knowledge, attitude, and practice. …”
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Educating patients about health helps slow the progression of chronic kidney disease in the eastern region of India by Supriya Dasgupta, Reeti Debnath

“…Results: In this study, several factors were linked to elevated creatinine levels among CKD patients, including being in the middle-age range, male gender, living predominantly in urban areas, and working in business or service occupations. …”
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Assessing Pedagogical Innovations: Empowering Excellence with OSVE in Undergraduate MBBS Students at Rai Medical College,Sargodha by Mudaser hussain Abbasi, Kamran Arzoo, Muhammad Hammad Jatalla, Sundas Ahmad, Tanveer ZIa Qureshi, Zahid Masood

“…Significant statistical difference was observed in opinions of male and female with respect to encouragement in OSVE from examiner and biasness during unstructured viva with p values0.002 and 0.027, whereas we did not find any significant difference among gender point of views for all other aspects of OSVE. …”
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National and provincial prevalence of self-reported diabetes: results from the cross-sectional Demographic and Health Survey in Sri Lanka–2016 by Sobha Sivaprasad, Manjula D Nugawela, Harshana Munasinghe, Pansujee Dissanayaka, Mangalika Jayasundara

“…Other risk factors of self-reported diabetes included age, gender, ethnicity, education level and marital status with those aged 55–64 years, females, who belong to Moor ethnicity, had secondary or higher education, and divorced or widowed had higher risk of diabetes compared with their counterparts.Conclusions Sri Lanka has a high prevalence of self-reported diabetes and it differs by province, sector of residence, sex, education level, ethnicity, age and marital status. …”
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The impact of uric acid on musculoskeletal diseases: clinical associations and underlying mechanisms by Jing Zhang, Na Sun, Wanhao Zhang, Wenjie Yue, Xiaochen Qu, Xiaochen Qu, Zhonghai Li, Zhonghai Li, Gang Xu, Gang Xu

“…In adults, both age and SU levels should be considered for preventing sarcopenia, while gender and SU may directly impact muscle mass in children and adolescents. …”
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Comparing the Scores of The Functional Movement Screen™ in Individuals with Low Back Pain versus Healthy Individuals: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Khalid M. Alkhathami, Bijad Alqahtani

“…Further research is needed to assess the association of cofounders, such as age, gender, and body mass index, with the FMS™ score among LBP patients and controls…”
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Increased Choroidal Thickness in Keratoconus Patients: Perspectives in the Disease Pathophysiology by João Pinheiro-Costa, João Viana Pinto, Sara Perestrelo, João Nuno Beato, Luís Torrão, Elisete Brandão, Ângela Carneiro, Maria Dulce Madeira, Fernando Falcão-Reis

“…In a multivariate analysis, SFCT was significantly associated with spherical equivalent (p=0.004) and the presence of keratoconus (p<0.001), but not with age (p=0.167), gender (p=0.579), or best-corrected visual acuity (p=0.178). …”
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Shared perceptions of flavored cigarette pack design among young adults who smoke in Mexico and the Philippines by Graziele Grilo⁺, Jennifer L. Brown⁺, Joanna E. Cohen, Katherine Clegg Smith

“…Methods We conducted a secondary analysis of five focus groups held in Mexico and four in the Philippines with young adults who smoke (aged 18–24 years), separated by gender, in which participants interacted with cigarette packs purchased locally. …”
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IL18 Polymorphism and Periodontitis Susceptibility, Regardless of IL12B, MMP9, and Smoking Habits by Patrícia Yumeko Tsuneto, Victor Hugo de Souza, Josiane Bazzo de Alencar, Joana Maira Valentini Zacarias, Cléverson O. Silva, Jeane Eliete Laguila Visentainer, Ana Maria Sell

“…This case-control study involved 381 individuals matched by gender and age. Genotyping of IL18 (rs187238 and rs1946518) and IL12B (rs3212227) was performed by PCR-SSP and PCR-RFLP was used for MMP9 (rs3918242). …”
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Pretransplant HbA1c Is a Useful Predictor for the Development of New-Onset Diabetes in Renal Transplant Recipients Receiving No or Low-Dose Erythropoietin by Kazuaki Tokodai, Noritoshi Amada, Izumi Haga, Atsushi Nakamura, Toshiaki Kashiwadate, Naoki Kawagishi, Noriaki Ohuchi

“…Univariate logistic regression analysis revealed that recipient age, gender, and HbA1c were predictors of NODAT. In the multivariate analysis, the association between pretransplant HbA1c and NODAT development did not reach statistical significance (P=0.07). …”
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Exploring the relationship between physical activity and Inhibitory Function in College Students with depressive symptoms through EEG by Zhao Jinlei, Si Yanran, Ding Feng, Jia Shuqi, Liu Cong, Wen Haiyan

“…Both direct and mediating effects were significant, with direct effects accounting for 67.80% of the total effect (B = 0.141, 95% CI: 0.013–0.287) and mediating effects accounting for 32.20% of the total effect (B = 0.067, 95% CI: 0.029–0.136). Gender did not significantly moderate the relationship between physical activity and response inhibition (P > 0.05). …”
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Non-print Periodicals in the Wroblewski Library: what does the Collection Tell us about the History of Publishing in Lithuania? by Rima Cicėnienė

“…The collection’s objects become a relevant source for research on language, art history, gender, issues of the reuse of works, etc. …”
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Access and use of sexual and reproductive health services among asylum-seeking and refugee women in high-income countries: A scoping review. by Emma Stirling-Cameron, Salma Almukhaini, Justine Dol, Benjamin J DuPlessis, Kathryn Stone, Megan Aston, Shira M Goldenberg

“…Papers largely addressed contraception, abortion, cervical cancer screening, gender-based violence, and sexual health education. …”
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Effect of preoperative immunonutrition on complications after salvage surgery in head and neck cancer by Simon Andreas Mueller, Catherine Mayer, Beat Bojaxhiu, Carla Aeberhard, Philipp Schuetz, Zeno Stanga, Roland Giger

“…We compared outcomes before and after implementation of preoperative immunonutrition and adjusted the regression analysis for gender, age, body mass index, Nutritional Risk Screening (NRS 2002), tobacco and alcohol consumption, tumor localization, tumor stage, and type of surgery. …”
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Factors Affecting the Presence of Renal Cortical Cysts in Kidney Donors by Sevim Nuran Kuşlu Çiçek, Amil Huseynov

“…The presence of SRCs in kidney donors is significantly associated with male gender, age, uric acid levels, and creatinine levels. …”
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Association of environmental, demographic and clinical parameters with physical activity in children with asthma by Jane Berrill, Peter James, Antonis Michanikou, Emmanouil Galanakis, Eleni Michaelidou, Paraskevi Kinni, Nikos Kalivitis, Giorgos Kouvarakis, Emily Vasiliadou, Chrysanthos Savvides, Filippos Tymvios, Petros Koutrakis, Panayiotis K. Yiallouros, Panayiotis Kouis

“…There was also evidence that gender and age-adjusted BMI z-score were negatively associated with daily steps. …”
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Cross-sectional association between plasma aldosterone concentration and cognitive performance by mini-mental state examination in community dwellers by Aketilieke Nusufujiang, Mulalibieke Heizhati, Nanfang Li, Ling Yao, Wenbo Yang, Hui Wang, Mei Li, Lin Gan, Adalaiti Maitituersun, Miaomiao Liu, Qiaolifanayi Nuermaimaiti, Li Cai, Xiayire Aierken, Xiufang Li, Qin Luo, Jing Hong

“…Subgroup analyses also were performed by age, gender, BMI, living region, ethnicity and education attainment status.Results27,707 subjects were included, of whom, 12,862 were apparently healthy and 14,845 had disease. …”
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Clinical Prediction Score for Ruptured Appendicitis in ED by Thidathit Prachanukool, Chaiyaporn Yuksen, Welawat Tienpratarn, Sorravit Savatmongkorngul, Panvilai Tangkulpanich, Chetsadakon Jenpanitpong, Yuranun Phootothum, Malivan Phontabtim, Promphet Nuanprom

“…Clinical factors included gender, age>60 years, right lower quadrant pain, migratory pain, nausea and/or vomiting, diarrhea, anorexia, fever>37.3°C, rebound tenderness, guarding, white blood cell count, polymorphonuclear white blood cells (PMN) > 75%, and pain duration before presentation. …”
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Seroprevalence and Risk Factors of Chlamydia abortus Infection in Tibetan Sheep in Gansu Province, Northwest China by Si-Yuan Qin, Ming-Yang Yin, Wei Cong, Dong-Hui Zhou, Xiao-Xuan Zhang, Quan Zhao, Xing-Quan Zhu, Ji-Zhang Zhou, Ai-Dong Qian

“…A multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to evaluate the risk factors associated with seroprevalence, which could provide foundation to prevent and control C. abortus infection in Tibetan sheep. Gender of Tibetan sheep was left out of the final model because it is not significant in the logistic regression analysis (P>0.05). …”
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