Dose-response relationship between the fatty liver index and asthma risk: NHANES 2001~2018 by Tengfei Sun, Kexin Fan, Zhuoxiao Han, Hua Qiao

“…Although the nonlinear relationship remained significant after gender-based stratification (p < 0.05), low FLI did not confer an increased risk of asthma in females. …”
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New aspects of investigating stress, anxiety, and depression in the Ryazan region population with arterial hypertension by Ayoub Glenza, Natalia V. Dobrynina, Sergey S. Yakushin, Alexander A. Dzekan

“…Levels of stress did not depend on employment compared to anxiety (5 (3–8) in employed and 6 (4–9,75) in unemployed people; р 0.001) and depression (5 (2–7) and 6 (3–9) respectively; р=0.001), which were higher in unemployed people. CONCLUSION: Female gender, marital status, and low education are the factors contributing to increased stress, anxiety, and depression in patients with hypertension in the Ryazan region.…”
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A Novel Nomogram for Early Identification of CFS-Like Symptoms in University Students with Infectious Mononucleosis by Deping Sun, Yanan Liang, Fuwei Yang, Lan Liu, Yuqin Yan

“…The variables included age, gender, smoking and drinking habits, relationship status, university grade, residence registration, number of symptoms and signs (NSS), body mass index (BMI), C-reactive protein (CRP) level, neutrophil–lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet–lymphocyte ratio (PLR), monocyte–lymphocyte ratio (MLR), aspartate aminotransferase to alanine aminotransferase ratio (AST/ALT, DeRitis), basophil percentage (Baso%), eosinophil percentage (Eos%), and albumin-to-globulin ratio (ALB/GLO). …”
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Teeth macroabrasion for determination of dental age and diet in the Illyrian population from the Kopila necropolis on the Island of Korčula, Croatia by Marina Marić, Dinko Radić, Jelena Dumančić, Marin Vodanović, Minja Birimiša, Davorka Radovčić, Hrvoje Brkić

“…There is no significant gender difference (p > 0.05 for all teeth and jaw parts). …”
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Interaction of Hypertension and Insulin Resistance Exacerbates the Occurrence of Diabetes Mellitus in Healthy Individuals by Baomin Wang, Yumei Yang, Xiaomu Li

“…According to the stratification of HOMA-IR level, with the first quartile group (HOMA-IR<1.21) as a reference, the risk of newly diagnosed diabetes in the fourth quartile group (HOMA-IR ≥2.68) was significantly increased. After adjusting for gender and age, for every unit increase in HOMA-IR, the risk of developing newly diagnosed diabetes increased 9.67 times [OR: 9.670, 95% CI 5.086-18.384, P<0.001]. …”
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Risk of Multidrug Resistant Bacteria Acquisition in Patients with Declared β-Lactam Allergy during Hospitalization in Intensive Care Unit: A Retrospective Cohort Study (2007-2018) by Alessio Strazzulla, Maria Concetta Postorino, Nabil Belfeki, Laura Iordache, Astrid de Pontfarcy, Aurelia Pitsch, Pierre Leroy, Sebastien Jochmans, Mehran Monchi, Sylvain Diamantis

“…No differences in mortality, duration of hospitalization, and carriage of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus were reported. Female gender was the only factor associated with β-lactam allergy at the multivariate analysis. …”
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Long-Haul COVID: Investigating the Effects Within the Mauritian Context by Aïsha B. Soreefan, Manish Putteeraj, Jhoti Somanah

“…Statistically significant associations were determined between LC and age, gender, vaccination status, severity of acute illness, reinfections, self-perception of disease and having more than five acute symptoms. …”
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Heterogeneous association of health with patient and general practice characteristics by region, age and chronic condition: pooled cross-sectional study of patient-level data from... by Hugh Gravelle, Yan Feng, Vladimir Sergeevich Gordeev

“…Objectives To investigate the association of individual patient health with their characteristics, including income deprivation, ethnicity and gender, with the size, quality and staffing of their general practices, and how these associations and income-related health inequality vary across chronic conditions, regions and age bands.Design Using observational pooled cross-sectional individual patient survey data linked with data on general practice clinical quality and staffing and deprivation at Lower-Layer Super Output Area level. …”
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Serum vascular endothelial growth factor levels as a marker of skin thickening, digital ischemia, and interstitial lung disease in systemic sclerosis by Chinnadurai Saranya, Ramamoorthy Ramesh, Mahendran Bhuvanesh, Chilukuri Balaji, Selvakumar Balameena, Sankaralingam Rajeswari

“…Methods: Serum VEGF levels were measured in 55 patients with SSC who fulfilled 2013 ACR/EULAR classification criteria for scleroderma and 30 healthy age- and gender-matched controls by ELISA. All patients underwent detailed clinical examination, baseline blood investigations, chest X-ray, electrocardiogram, and pulmonary function tests. …”
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Comparative analysis of efficacy and quality of life between totally extraperitoneal sublay and intraperitoneal onlay mesh repair for ventral hernia by Miaofeng Wang, Wei Chen, Xiufeng Chu

“…Baseline characteristics, including age, gender, BMI, operative time, postoperative pain, hospitalization costs, and patient satisfaction score, were compared. …”
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Correlation of Glucose and Lipid Metabolism Levels and Serum Uric Acid Levels with Diabetic Retinopathy in Type 2 Diabetic Mellitus Patients by Tiantian Li, Yan Wu

“…The difference between the NDR group and the DR group in terms of gender, age, BMI, DBP, SBP, family history of DM, FINS, and HDL-C levels was not significant (P>0.05). …”
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IgG, IgM, and IgA Antinuclear Antibodies in Discoid and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients by Sheridan A. Jost, Lin-Chiang Tseng, Loderick A. Matthews, Rebecca Vasquez, Song Zhang, Kim B. Yancey, Benjamin F. Chong

“…In this cross-sectional study, sera from age-, gender-, and ethnic-matched SLE N=35, DLE N=23, and normal patients N=22 were tested for IgG, IgM, and IgA ANAs using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) and indirect immunofluorescence (IIF) with monkey esophagus as substrate. …”
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Socioeconomic status correlates with clinical outcomes in patients with acral melanoma by Rong Huang, Jiayu Wang, Kelin Zheng, Mengke Zhao, Zhengyun Zou, Zhengyun Zou, Zhengyun Zou

“…ObjectivesThis study aimed to investigate the impact of socioeconomic status on survival in Chinese patients with acral melanoma.MethodsWe collected clinical and socioeconomic information of 298 primary acral melanoma patients and performed Kaplan–Meier curves, log-rank tests, Cox proportional hazards models, and Pearson’s chi-squared tests to evaluate the relationships between clinical characteristics, socioeconomic factors, and survival outcomes.ResultsAmong the clinical characteristics, age, gender, stage, Breslow thickness, and primary tumor site significantly impacted survival in acral melanoma patients (p = 0.01, p = 0.05, p &lt; 0.01, p &lt; 0.01, p &lt; 0.01, respectively). …”
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Climate change mitigation and adaptation through livestock waste management by E. Frimawaty, A. Ilmika, N. Sakina, J. Mustabi

“…In descriptive statistics, data were compiled, and the age, long husbandry experiences (year), number of family member, number of farming assistant, gender, education, farmer group participation status, side job, type of business, cattle ownership status, number of cattle (head), and weight total of cattle’s manure (kilogram per day) were examined qualitatively. …”
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Principles for increasing equity in WASH research: understanding barriers faced by LMIC WASH researchers by J'Anna-Mare Lue, Salamata Bah, Kaelah Grant, Justine Lee, Leila Nzekele, James B. Tidwell

“…This study examined research inequities in the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector, centring the perspectives of researchers from low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), to identify barriers faced by WASH researchers in order to support more equitable changes in this subsector of global health.Methods Nineteen semistructured interviews were conducted with researchers of different backgrounds regarding nationality, gender and research experience. Researchers from eight countries were asked about their experiences and direct observations of discrimination across various stages of the research process. …”
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Associations of Plasma Phospholipid Omega-6 and Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Levels and MRI Measures of Cardiovascular Structure and Function: The Multiethnic Study of Athero... by Jennifer S. Anderson, Jennifer A. Nettleton, W. Gregory Hundley, Michael Y. Tsai, Lyn M. Steffen, Rozenn N. Lemaitre, David Siscovick, João Lima, Martin R. Prince, David Herrington

“…Results of multivariate analysis showed no statistically significant associations of plasma omega-6 or omega-3 levels with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging measures. Stratification by gender revealed a positive association between DHA and LV mass in women (β=1.89, P=0.02; P interaction = 0.003) and a trend for a positive association between DHA and ejection fraction in men (β=0.009, P=0.05; P interaction = 0.03). …”
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THE INFLUENCE OF SELF-EFFICACY AND JOB STRESS TOWARD JOB BURNOUT AT A PACKAGING COMPANY IN SURABAYA by Hayyu Fathil Hasanah, Noeroel Widajati, Indriati Paskarini, Tri Martiana, Aisy Rahmania

“…Questionnaire was used to collect individual data including age, gender, work period, education, and marital status which were related to the respondents’ characteristics, while self-efficacy questionnaire was used to gather data about the workers’ self-efficacy, HSE Management Standards Indicator Tool for job stress questionnaire, and Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) for job burnout questionnaire. …”
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Outlining a Population “at Risk” of Parkinson’s Disease: Evidence from a Case-Control Study by Tommaso Schirinzi, Giuseppina Martella, Alessio D’Elia, Giulia Di Lazzaro, Paola Imbriani, Graziella Madeo, Leonardo Monaco, Marta Maltese, Antonio Pisani

“…We enrolled 300 PD patients and 300 controls, gender and age matched, from the same urban geographical area. …”
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Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of COVID-19 in Children in Northern Iran by Leila Shahbaznejad, Hamed Rouhanizadeh, Mohammad Reza Navaeifar, Fatemeh Hosseinzadeh, Faeze Sadat Movahedi, Mohammad Sadegh Rezai

“…From 12 February to 28 July 2020, medical records of 100 children diagnosed with COVID-19 admitted to the hospitals of Mazandaran province were collected. Patients’ age, gender, clinical symptoms, and signs, in addition to therapeutic management and outcomes, were reported. …”
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Comparison of oxygen supplementation by nasal cannula with suction versus air insufflation without suction under drapes during monitored anesthesia care in adult cataract surgery-A... by Subramaniam Shanmugam Arivazhakan, Hemavathi Balachander, Sakthirajan Panneerselvam, Kirthiha Govindaraj, Priya Rudingwa

“…Fifty-six adult patients with equal gender distribution undergoing cataract surgery with multiple comorbid conditions without sedative premedications were included in the study and randomized into either Group “O” (n = 28) who received oxygen @ 4 l min-1 through a nasal cannula with suction, and Group “A” (n = 28) who received medical air @10 l min-1 through the circle breathing system under the drapes. …”
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