Prognostic Significance of Admission CRP Levels as a Predictor of Mortality in Burn Patients by Maria Syed, Qaiser Jehangir, Ijaz Hussain Shah, Sana Shaukat Siddiqui, Sara Ishaq, Sarah Zaka

“…No significant differences were found in age and gender. A strong positive correlation was observed between total burn surface area and CRP at admission. …”
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Academic burnout of digital natives and social sustainability: prevalence and risk factors by Sonja Ivančević, Veljko Dmitrović, Marko Ćirović, Nataša Petrović

“…Three partially confirmed hypotheses suggest that certain academic burnout dimensions are also connected to gender, GPA, and tuition payment.…”
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Appendicular Skeletal Muscle Index Is Positively Related to Mediterranean Diet Adherence in University Students by Paraskevi Detopoulou, Olga Magni, Ioanna Pylarinou, Despoina Levidi, Vassilios Dedes, Milia Tzoutzou, Konstantina Argyri, Evangelia Fappa, Aristea Gioxari, George Panoutsopoulos

“…The MedDietScore was positively related to log-aSMI in the total sample (B = 0.009, SE = 0.004, <i>p</i> = 0.05, R² for total model = 71%) irrespective of gender, age, ΒΜΙ, smoking, physical activity, and academic year and in males (B = 0.027, SE = 0.011, <i>p</i> = 0.023 R² for total model = 37%) irrespective οf age and ΒΜΙ. …”
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Chaperones Utilization in Clinical Practice: Intimate and Sensitive Physical Examination Best Practice Strategies and Concepts in Modern Urological Medicine by Tarini Mitra, Nicolas K. Koerber, Harini Shah, Austin C. Kassels, Danyon J. Anderson, Brennen J. Cooper, Meghan B. Schaefer, Alan D. Kaye, Harish B. Bangalore Siddaiah, Jibin S. Mathew, Jeffrey R. Sterritt, Zachary S. Lee, Ivan Urits

“…Two studies reported the likelihood of chaperone utilization depending on gender of the physician, showing that male physicians were more likely to utilize chaperones and were 3x more likely to offer chaperones to their patients compared to female physicians. …”
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Association of anxiety status and anxiety duration with constipation in adult Americans: a cross-sectional study using data from the NHANES 2007–2010 by Xinran Li, Conghui Bian, Hui Dai, Xingrui Chen, Haihua Qian, Dan Zhang

“…The analysis accounted for potential confounding factors, including gender, age, race/ethnicity, education level, marital status, PIR, BMI, smoking status, drinking status, chronic diseases, and dietary intake. …”
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Is the convergence insufficiency symptom survey applicable to elderly individuals? by Saeid Abdi, Haleh Kangari, Saeed Rahmani, Alireza Akbarzadeh Baghban, Zahra Kamary Rad

“…Results The mean ages and gender ratios in the CI group and normal group were 49.70 ± 5.96 and 49.82 ± 5.64 years with a 50% female distribution among individuals. …”
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Hepatitis B prevalence in an endemic area of hepatitis C virus: A population-based study implicated in hepatitis elimination in Thailand by Nawarat Posuwan, Rujipat Wasitthankasem, Napaporn Pimsing, Wijittra Phaengkha, Saranya Ngamnimit, Preeyaporn Vichaiwattana, Sirapa Klinfueng, Maneerat Raksayod, Yong Poovorawan

“…Province-wide, 6.3 % of adults tested positive, with factors like gender and history of blood donation playing significant roles. …”
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Client perspectives on creating supportive sexual health environments for people with persistent anxiety: a qualitative study by Mark Gilbert, Travis Salway, Stéphanie Black, Sarah Watt, Aidan Ablona, Hsiu-Ju Chang, Heather Nicole Pedersen

“…Transcripts were coded and analysed using thematic analysis by searching for themes in order to summarise the experiences and needs of participants.Results The median participant age was 34. 16 participants identified as women, 10 as men and 1 each as non-binary and gender fluid. Participants described anxiety related to sexual health service access and experiences due to sexual health-related stigma and privacy concerns; provider judgement and lack of communication or information regarding test results. …”
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Anatomic Variations Important for Dental Implantation in the Mandible—A Systematic Review by Zlata Rajkovic Pavlovic, Milos Stepovic, Marija Bubalo, Ivana Zivanovic Macuzic, Maja Vulovic, Nevena Folic, Jovana Milosavljevic, Valentina Opancina, Dobrivoje Stojadinovic

“…The morphometric measurements of anatomic details and variations in the mandible, such as the mandibular canal, mental foramen, lingual foramina, lingual canal, incisive canal, and mandibular concavity, are of high significance for clinicians dealing with implantation where gender, ethnicity, age groups, the side of the mandible, or remaining teeth can influence implantation planning. …”
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The association between body composition and overall survival in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer by Liang Fu, Haiming Ding, Liupei Mo, Xiaoyu Pan, Lijuan Feng, Shenglian Wen, Qiaoqing Lan, Liling Long

“…After adjusting for clinical variables such as gender, smoking status, clinical staging, degree of differentiation, and radiotherapy history, the multivariable Cox regression analysis showed that an increase in SFI significantly improves the overall survival rate of patients (Hazard Ratio [HR] = 1.410, 95% Confidence Interval [CI]: 1.042–1.908, P = 0.026). …”
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Ex Vivo Restimulation of Human PBMC Expands a CD3+CD4-CD8-γδ+ T Cell Population That Can Confound the Evaluation of CD4 and CD8 T Cell Responses to Vaccination by B. J. Sedgmen, L. Papalia, L. Wang, A. R. Dyson, H. A. McCallum, C. M. Simson, M. J. Pearse, E. Maraskovsky, D. Hung, P. P. Eomois, G. Hartel, M. J. Barnden, S. P. Rockman

“…The appearance of CD3+CD4-CD8-γδ+ T cells in the blood of subjects was transient and found to be independent of the study cohort, vaccine group, subject gender and ethnicity, and ex vivo restimulation conditions. …”
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Dyslipidemia among Patients with End Stage Renal Disease on Maintenance Hemodialysis by Mohammed Ghazi Abdulhadi, Mohammed Omer Mohammed, Fenk Bakir Maarouf

“…Patients and Methods: A case-control study was conducted from February 2015 until August 2015 in Ibn-Sena teaching hospital on 100 participants (52 males and 48 females), 50 were patients with end-stage renal disease on regular hemodialysis and 50 were age and gender-matched apparently healthy subjects as the control. …”
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Prevalence and Residual Risk of HIV in Volunteer Blood Donors of Zhejiang Province, China, from 2018 to 2022 by Hong Zhu, Wei Ding, Wenjuan Han, Xiaofan Zheng, Yiqing Hu, Jie Dong, Yaling Wu, Danxiao Wu, Jinhui Liu, Faming Zhu

“…The prevalence of HIV among blood donors in Zhejiang Province, China, is associated with age, gender, and times of blood donation. The HIV residual risk in blood transfusion transmission remains low in the province, and increasing the rate of repeat blood donors is beneficial to improve blood safety.…”
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Students’ attitudes toward euthanasia and abortion: a cross-cultural study in three Mediterranean countries by Ivana Tutić Grokša, Ana Depope, Tijana Trako Poljak, Igor Eterović, Toni Buterin, Robert Doričić, Mariana Gensabella, Maria Laura Giacobello, Josip Guć, Eleni Kalokairinou, Željko Kaluđerović, Iva Rinčić, Ivana Zagorac, Miltiadis Vantsos, Amir Muzur

“…Three hypotheses were tested using t-test and ANOVA for differences in attitudes according to country, field of study, year of study, gender, religiosity, political orientation, financial status, and size of place of residence. …”
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A study of disability and socio-economic impact of mental morbidities from the state of Madhya Pradesh, India by Vijender Singh, Roshan F. Sutar, Suruchi Gupta, Abhijit P. Pakhare, Arun M. Kokane, B. A. Aravind, Gopalkrishna Gururaj, Mathew Varghese, Vivek Benegal, Girish N. Rao

“…Participants having CMDs, female gender, and those non-working had more disabilities and would require targeted interventions.…”
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Impact of gas flaring on acute respiratory distress among pregnant women and newborn babies in Delta State Central Senatorial District, Nigeria by Omatseye Alero Akuirene, John Esimaje Moyegbone, Charity Omoikhekpen Chukumah, Mercy Ebiyemi Kalaroo, Josiah Obaghwerhievwo Adjene, Emmanuel Agbonomhen Agege, Joseph Onyedenyifa Odoko, Ezekiel Uba Nwose

“…While the age, educational level, gender, and marital status of women were not significant statistically with having children experiencing RDS, bearing children was statistically significant (P<0.001). …”
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von Willebrand factor polymorphism (rs1063856) as a risk factor for portal vein thrombosis in chronic liver diseases by Isis Samy Bedira, Olfat M. Hendy, Moones Abdelaal, Ashraf A. Basuni, Asma Ebrahim Gaber Koshoo, Alzhraa Alkhatib, Sally S. Mandour

“…Additionally, 30 healthy volunteers of the same age and gender as the patients were included in the study as a control group. …”
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Pre-diabetes and cardiovascular risk factors in NAFLD patients: a retrospective comparative analysis by Azam Teimouri, Zahra Ebrahimpour, Awat Feizi, Bijan Iraj, Elahe Saffari, Mojtaba Akbari, Mozhgan Karimifar

“…Statistical analysis was conducted to assess cardiovascular risk factors in NAFLD patients.ResultsHigher age, female gender, higher BMI, triglyceride, waist and hip circumference and waist-to-hip ratio were found in pre-diabetic NAFLD individuals compared with normoglycemic ones (P-value&lt;0.05). …”
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A Novel Oxidative Stress Mediator in Acute Appendicitis: Thiol/Disulphide Homeostasis by Sefa Ozyazici, Faruk Karateke, Umit Turan, Adnan Kuvvetli, Huseyin Kilavuz, Burak Karakaya, Pınar Ozaltun, Murat Alısık, Ozcan Erel

“…In this study, seventy-one (43 male and 28 female) patients diagnosed with AA and 71 (30 male and 41 female) healthy volunteers were included. Age, gender, body mass index (BMI), haemoglobin (Hb), white blood cell (WBC), c-reactive protein (CRP), and thiol/disulphide homeostasis parameters (native thiol, total thiol, disulphide, disulphide/native thiol, native thiol/total thiol, and disulphide/total thiol ratios) were compared between the groups. …”
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Variability in Morphological Traits and Nutritional Profiles of Adult <i>Eriocheir sinensis</i> in Different Aquacultural Regions by Wenrong Feng, Qinghong He, Jianlin Li, Jun Zhou, Guoan Hua, Yuanfeng Xu, Gang Jiang, Yongkai Tang

“…Essential amino acid (EAA) levels varied by tissue and gender, with ovaries from the YY (Yongyan in Anhui province) group showing the highest levels, while the hepatopancreas in females from the JX (Jianxian in Jiangxi province) group had the lowest. …”
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