Elevated Circulating Adipocyte-Fatty Acid Binding Protein Levels Predict Incident Ischemic Cardiovascular Events in a Longitudinal and Prospective AMI Aging Study by Zhao X, Zhao H, Chen R, Zhou J, Li N, Li J, Yan S, Liu C, Zhou P, Chen Y, Song L, Yan H

“…Initially, participants were stratified into three groups according to the tertile levels of FABP4, followed by further categorization based on various lipid profiles and specific inflammatory markers.Results: On follow-up (median 751 days, maximum 1506 days), a total of 158 ischemic events were recorded. 1) In multivariable models meticulously adjusted for age, gender, traditional coronary heart disease factors, Killip classification, and discharge medications, the association of elevated levels of FABP4 (Tertile 3 HR 1.618 [1.061 to 2.468], p=0.026), augmented concentrations of PTX3 (Tertile 3 HR 1.811 [1.211 to 2.710], p=0.004), or LL-37 (Tertile 3 HR 0.651 [0.433 to 0.981], p=0.040) with ischemic risk was markedly intensified. 2) Multivariate HRs associated with 1 standard deviation (SD) (mg/dL) increase in the FABP4 parameters were as follows in different subgroups. 1-SD difference in FABP4 was associated with a 23%, 23%, 21 and 29% increase in ischemic events over after fully adjusted the confounding risk factors among male, patients with hyperlipidemia, hypertension and diabetes respectively. 3) The Kaplan-Meier curve demonstrated significant differences between the tertiles of FABP4 index levels among all enrolled participants (p=0.0180).Conclusion: This study reinforces the utility of FABP4 for enhancing risk stratification specifically among older patients diagnosed with ST-elevation myocardial infarction.Keywords: FABP4, lipid profile, PTX3, LL-37, ischemic vascular events…”
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Equine piroplasmosis in different geographical areas in France: Prevalence heterogeneity of asymptomatic carriers and low genetic diversity of Theileria equi and Babesia caballi by Maggy Jouglin, Claire Bonsergent, Nathalie de la Cotte, Mickaël Mège, Céline Bizon, Anne Couroucé, Élodie-Anne Lallemand, Agnès Leblond, Louise C Lemonnier, Aurélia Leroux, Ilaria Marano, Alexandre Muzard, Émilie Quéré, Marion Toussaint, Albert Agoulon, Laurence Malandrin

“…A positive relationship was observed between the frequencies of asymptomatic carriers and the frequency of previous acute piroplasmosis reported from the owner across all four geographic areas. Neither horse gender nor age showed a significant effect on the frequency of asymptomatic carriers. …”
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Benefits Conferred by Peer-Support Nursing Intervention to Pulmonary Function and Quality of Life in Nonsmoking Patients with COPD by Xiaoling Yao, Xiaoyu Wang, Jing Yuan, Zhikang Huang, Dan Wu, Hongyan Xu

“…There was no significant statistical difference on the general information between the two groups in terms of age, gender, and course of disease (P>0.05). Before intervention, the social support score involving subjective support, objective support, utilization of support, and total score revealed slight difference between the two groups (P>0.05). …”
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Patients’ loyalty to primary care institutions and associated factors in China: a cross-sectional study by Liqing Li, Qi Zhang, Liyong Zhu, Guohua Zeng, Hongwei Huang, Zhensheng Chen, Xiaogang Zhou, Xiaofang Wang, Zisheng Xu, Chunmei Wu, Di Yang, Xiaoting Zhai, Sule Yang, Zuxun Lu, Yong Gan, Zuxun Lu

“…Conclusion Patients’ loyalty among PCIs was found to be above average in China. Gender, age, marital status, education level, occupation, health status, number of family members, family doctor contract, patients’ trust, patients’ satisfaction, and willingness to obtain medical treatment from PCIs were significant predictors of patients’ loyalty.…”
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Efficacy of Intrathecal 0.75% Hyperbaric Ropivacaine versus 0.5% Hyperbaric Bupivacaine for Elective Inguinal and Perineal Surgery: A Randomised Double-blinded Clinical Study by Bhavini Shah, Dipanjali Mahanta

“…Results: Demographic profile in terms of age {Mean±Standard Deviation (SD) in group RH: 42.93±14.73 years vs group BH: 39.06±11.94 years), gender distribution, type of surgery performed and its duration (group RH: 85.67±39.5 minutes vs group BH: 98.4±32.8 minutes) was not significant. …”
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Implementation of Compensation-Sensitive Shot-Style-Feedback of Aiming Point Training Data at the Swiss Shooting Federation by Dino Tartaruga, Ralf Kredel

“…Comparison of historical data also provides valuable insight into performance development across disciplines, gender, and age for specific technical characteristics. …”
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Childhood wasting and associated factors in Africa: evidence from standard demographic and health surveys from 35 countries by Tadesse Tarik Tamir, Alebachew Ferede Zegeye, Belayneh Shetie Workneh, Mohammed Seid Ali, Almaz Tefera Gonete, Masresha Asmare Techane, Mulugeta Wassie, Alemneh Tadesse Kassie, Medina Abdela Ahmed, Sintayehu Simie Tsega, Yilkal Abebaw Wassie, Berhan Tekeba, Enyew Getaneh Mekonen

“…Several factors were significantly associated with childhood wasting, including the child’s age, male gender, birth weight, maternal education level, wealth index, lack of antenatal care (ANC) visits, home delivery, multiple gestational births, and rural residence. …”
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Hubungan Kejadian Internet Addiction dengan Prestasi Belajar pada Mahasiswa FK Unand by Rizky Erizka, Nadjmir Nadjmir, Elly Usman

“…Based on the analyzed result, it confirm that the internet addiction cause problems in academic</em><em> achievement</em><em>. 1.1% samples suffer the severe internet addiction, intermediate 34.4% and mild 37.7%. By gender, more females suffer the internet addiction than males</em><em> because there </em><em>were</em><em> more female than male</em><em>. …”
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Evaluating the use of coronary artery calcium scoring as a tool for coronary artery disease (CAD) risk stratification and its association with coronary stenosis and CAD risk factor... by Afrose Liaquat, Ameerdad Khan, Saeed Ullah Shah, Hania Iqbal, Safa Iqbal, Atif Iqbal Rana, Habib Ur Rahman

“…The study population was analysed for presence of conventional risk factors (gender, age, diabetes, hypertension, body mass index, dyslipidaemia) and association with CACS (zero: n=534; minimal: 0 to ≤10, n=70; mild: &gt;10 to ≤100, n=130; moderate: &gt;100 to ≤400, n=118; and severe: &gt;400, n=49). …”
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Relationship between obesity indicators and hypertension–diabetes comorbidity among adults: a population study from Central China by Li Li, Ling Li, Ying Wang, Wenwen Wu, Xiaodong Tan, Fen Yang, Jinru Yang, Yifan Wu, Donghan Sun, Ziling Ni, Yaofei Xie

“…Stratified analysis by gender showed that high BMI and WHtR were risk factors of HDC in males and females. …”
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Immunogenicity of the 9-valent human papillomavirus vaccine: Post hoc analysis from five phase 3 studies by Anna R. Giuliano, Joel M. Palefsky, Stephen E. Goldstone, Jacob Bornstein, Ilse De Coster, Ana María Guevara, Ole Mogensen, Andrea Schilling, Pierre Van Damme, Corinne Vandermeulen, Misoo C. Ellison, Susan Kaplan, Jianxin Lin, Rachael Bonawitz, Alain Luxembourg

“…Covariates considered were age, gender, sexual orientation, region of residence, and race. …”
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May Measurement Month 2020: An Analysis of Blood Pressure Screening Results From China by Xin Chen, Li‐Ping Zhang, Xiao‐Long Wang, Ning‐Ru Zhang, Jing Yu, Li‐Ying Xu, Tong‐She Li, Hong Luan, Juan Zhang, Ya‐Min Hu, Dan Liu, Qi‐Dong Zheng, Yan Li, Ji‐Guang Wang

“…After adjustment for age, gender, and use of antihypertensive medication, systolic/diastolic BP were significantly higher with cigarette smoking (n = 8070, +0.5/+1.0 mm Hg, p < 0.05), mild (n = 4369, +1.2/+1.3 mm Hg, p < 0.001) and moderate or heavy alcohol drinking (n = 3871, +0.4/+0.7 mm Hg, p < 0.05), and overweight (+1.8/+1.4 mm Hg, p < 0.001) and obesity (+2.3/+1.5 mm Hg, p < 0.001). …”
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Prevalensi Ansietas Menjelang Ujian Tulis pada Mahasiswa Kedokteran Fk Unand Tahap Akademik by Tomas Apriady, Amel Yanis, Yulistini Yulistini

“…</em><em>The </em><em>gender was highest in </em><em>females</em><em> 50.81%. …”
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Gambaran Status Gizi Pasien Tuberkulosis Anak di RSUP Dr. M. Djamil Padang by Chika Aulia Husna, Finny Fitry Yani, Machdawaty Masri Masri

“…</em></p><p><strong><em>Keywords:</em></strong><em> tuberculosis of children, nutritional status, age, gender</em></p>…”
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Metabolic Alterations in Different Stages of Hypertension in an Apparently Healthy Nigerian Population by M. A. Charles-Davies, A. A. Fasanmade, J. A. Olaniyi, O. E. Oyewole, M. O. Owolabi, J. R. Adebusuyi, O. Hassan, M. T. Ajobo, M. O. Ebesunun, K. Adigun, K. S. Akinlade, U. A. Fabian, O. O. Popoola, S. K. Rahamon, W. Okunbolade, M. A. Ogunlakin, O. G. Arinola, E. O Agbedana

“…HTN was associated with MS and female gender (P<0.05). Metabolic alterations and significant HTN were observed. …”
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Painting a portrait: Analysis of national health survey data for cancer genetic counseling by Monica H. Stamp, Ora K. Gordon, Christopher P. Childers, Kimberly K. Childers

“…Research describing the epidemiology of cancer genetic counseling has mainly focused on isolated populations, a single gender (women) and a single condition (hereditary breast and ovarian cancer). …”
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Utilization and quality of primary and specialized palliative homecare in nursing home residents vs. community dwellers: a claims data analysis by Juliane Poeck, Franziska Meissner, Bianka Ditscheid, Markus Krause, Ulrich Wedding, Cordula Gebel, Ursula Marschall, Gabriele Meyer, Werner Schneider, Antje Freytag

“…Data were standardized by age and gender. Results From 117,436 decedents in 2019, 71,803‬ could be included in the first, 55,367‬ in the second analysis. …”
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Knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding pulmonary rehabilitation among patients with chronic respiratory diseases: a cross-sectional questionnaire-based study in a tertiary ho... by Xueli Bai, Yuan Chen, Xiansheng Liu, Lingling Wang, Xiaohong Zhang, Jie Ding, Lin Su, Ruiying Wang, Shuang Wei

“…The secondary outcome assessed the association between demographic factors (age, gender, income, education, smoking status) and KAP scores using structural equation modelling (SEM).Results The mean KAP scores were 1.26±2.85 for knowledge, 30.46±3.63 for attitudes and 34.58±5.55 for practices. …”
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Modeling the determinants of attrition in a two-stage epilepsy prevalence survey in Nairobi using machine learning by Daniel M. Mwanga, Isaac C. Kipchirchir, George O. Muhua, Charles R. Newton, Damazo T. Kadengye, Abankwah Junior, Albert Akpalu, Arjune Sen, Bruno Mmbando, Charles R. Newton, Cynthia Sottie, Dan Bhwana, Daniel Mtai Mwanga, Damazo T. Kadengye, Daniel Nana Yaw, David McDaid, Dorcas Muli, Emmanuel Darkwa, Frederick Murunga Wekesah, Gershim Asiki, Gergana Manolova, Guillaume Pages, Helen Cross, Henrika Kimambo, Isolide S. Massawe, Josemir W. Sander, Mary Bitta, Mercy Atieno, Neerja Chowdhary, Patrick Adjei, Peter O. Otieno, Ryan Wagner, Richard Walker, Sabina Asiamah, Samuel Iddi, Simone Grassi, Sloan Mahone, Sonia Vallentin, Stella Waruingi, Symon Kariuki, Tarun Dua, Thomas Kwasa, Timothy Denison, Tony Godi, Vivian Mushi, William Matuja

“…Important predictors of attrition included proximity to industrial areas, male gender, employment, education, smaller households, and a history of complex partial seizures. …”
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High risk for life-threatening adverse events of fluoroquinolones in young adults: a large German population-based cohort study by Julia Wicherski, Jonas Peltner, Cornelia Becker, Katrin Schüssel, Gabriela Brückner, Andreas Schlotmann, Helmut Schröder, Winfried V. Kern, Britta Haenisch

“…Therefore, we aim to examine the association between fluoroquinolone exposure and potentially life-threatening adverse events stratified by age and gender in Germany. Methods We conducted an administrative cohort study using the active comparator new user design with a risk window up to 365 days between January 2013 and December 2019. …”
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