Design Considerations of Online Infertility Prevention Training (OIPT): Development and Evaluation by Bahar Baran, Sirin Nur Yaci, Murat Ocal, Digdem Muge Siyez

“…Therefore, gender differences in media and material preferences except for content knowledge and also expert views may be considered in the design of health-related online training. …”
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Natriuretic Peptide System Activation in Acute Heart Failure Patients with Diabetes by Filipe M. Cunha, Joana Pereira, Pedro Marques, Helena Moreira, Pedro Rodrigues, Maria João Pinto, Patrícia Lourenço, Paulo Bettencourt

“…One-year mortality is also nondifferent after matching for age, gender, and systolic function.…”
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The relationship between whole blood iron and fasting blood glucose in community-dwelling elderly people: a cross-sectional study by Shu-Zi-Qi Chen, Rou-Jun Pan, Meng-Yan Sun, Lian-Ping He, Cui-Ping Li

“…After adjusting for age and gender, no correlation was found between whole blood iron and fasting blood glucose as well. …”
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Clinical Characteristics and Prognosis of Adult Orbital Cellulitis in a Tertiary General Hospital by Bangtao Yao, Yuhua Ding, Xiaogui Zhao, Bei Wang, Gang Liu, Fei Wang

“…There were no significant differences regarding age, gender, preoperative leukocyte count, exophthalmia, blood culture, treatment, or visual changes within the three groups (P<0.05). …”
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Comparison of Quality of Care and Welfare Services for Middle-aged and Older Disabled Individuals in Iran and Lebanon Using ServQual Model by Sedighe Sadat Tabatabaei Far, Negar Paydar Jahromi, Suhail Mahmoud Al-Zoubi, Abdulrazzak Abyad, Abdolrahim Asadollahi

“…The gender in Lebanese population, and years of age and nationality among Iranian and Lebanese women have the most predictive variables on wServQual score. …”
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on musculoskeletal disorders-related sick leave among healthcare workers: a retrospective analysis of Slovenian national data by Dorjana Zerbo Šporin, Žiga Kozinc, Žiga Kozinc, Ticijana Prijon, Ticijana Prijon, Tanja Metličar, Nejc Šarabon, Nejc Šarabon, Nejc Šarabon

“…The aim of this study was to compare the incidence and duration of MSDs-related SL among HCWs before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, with a focus on differences between age and gender groups.MethodsA retrospective analysis was conducted using Slovenian national SL data on work-related MSDs within NACE Rev. 2 “Human health activities” for 2019, 2020, and 2021, categorized by gender and age.ResultsThe study found that older HCWs, particularly women, consistently had a higher incidence of work-related MSDs SL than their younger counterparts. …”
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Relationship Between the Use of Fitness Trackers and Smartwatches for Monitoring Physical Activity and the Sociodemographic Characteristics of Long-Term Care Residents During the C... by Ivana Crnković, Karmen Lončarek, Nada Tomasović Mrčela, Danica Železnik, Tomislav Vlahović

“…An odds ratio for gender of 0.454 (95% CI: 0.213–0.969) indicates that women have a 54.6% lower chance of using fitness trackers and smartwatches then men. …”
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Polymorphism in the Vesicular Monoamine Transporter 2 Gene Decreases the Risk of Parkinson’s Disease in Han Chinese Men by Xinglong Yang, Pingrong Xu, Quanzhen Zhao, Ran An, Hua Jia, Zhuolin Liu, Yanming Xu

“…Methods. 561 Han Chinese PD patients and 491 healthy age- and gender-matched controls were genotyped using Ligase detection reaction (LDR) method. …”
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Retrospective MRI analysis of 418 adult shoulder joints to assess the physiological morphology of the glenoid in a low-grade osteoarthritic population by Marc-Pascal Meier, Lars Erik Brandt, Mark-Tilmann Seitz, Paul Jonathan Roch, Katharina Jäckle, Ali Seif Amir Hosseini, Wolfgang Lehmann, Thelonius Hawellek

“…Parameters were studied in association for age, gender, side and degeneration grade. Results Mean GDc was 33.4 mm (± 3.6), mean GDa 26.8 mm (± 3.2), mean GI 10.5° (± 6.4), mean GV -0.4 mm (± 5.4) and mean SNL was 33.4 mm (± 4.7). …”
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Influence of kinesiophobia on activity, function, and anxiety levels in patients with rheumatoid arthritis by Shang Xueying, You Yanli, Xu Wei, Zhang Lingling, Li Lili

“…Regression analysis revealed that kinesiophobia was explained by 65.5% of the variance, with gender, education level, functional impairment, pain-related anxiety, and pain severity identified as significant predictors (p &lt; 0.05).ConclusionThe findings suggest that RA patients exhibit a high prevalence of kinesiophobia, predominantly influenced by factors such as gender, lower educational attainment, increased pain levels, greater functional impairment, and pain-related anxiety. …”
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Areas for action to promote positive forms of masculinities in preventing violence against women: a concept mapping study in Spain by Ariadna Cerdán-Torregrosa, Belén Sanz-Barbero, Daniel La Parra-Casado, Carmen Vives-Cases

“…Abstract Background Violence against women (VAW) perpetrated by men is a public health problem of significant magnitude that negatively affects the whole society. Unequal gender relations produce differentiated positions in the social structure; gender roles that position men and women differently are defined and which are at the root of VAW. …”
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Rituales políticos, sexuales y sagrados en la literatura del siglo XIX. El Matadero como espacio de transición y mezcla by Lucía  Caminada Rossetti

“…In The slaughterhouse, the metaphor of the mix of fluids, liquids, bodies, ethnics and animals was also linked with the one of the “confused gender” of the man who became “feminine” after the sodomize from the barbaric torturers. …”
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Prevalence of Insomnia and Related Factors Among Cancer Outpatients in China by Zhao K, Yu Z, Wang Y, Feng W

“…In contrast, undergoing chemotherapy (Estimate = 3.86, 95% CI, 0.53 to 7.19, p = 0.02) was associated with higher ISI total scores. Gender, age, education, treatment modalities correlated with ISI subitem scores.Conclusion: The prevalence of insomnia is higher in oncology patients and is associated with gender, age, education, tumor type, and treatment modality. …”
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A 10-Year Risk Assessment and Primary Prevention Study of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Among Adult Patients in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study by Abdulhameed Alkhalaf, Qasem Aljabr, Khalid Al Mulla, Duaa Almubarak, Abdul Sattar Khan, Zainab Y. Al Jaziri, Ibrahim Albahrani

“…To estimate the 10-year ASCVD risk among adults in Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia, and identify prevalent risk factors such as age, gender, diabetes, hypertension, smoking, cholesterol, and preventive medication use. …”
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Global, regional, and national survey on burden and Quality of Care Index (QCI) of orofacial clefts: Global burden of disease systematic analysis 1990-2019. by Ahmad Sofi-Mahmudi, Erfan Shamsoddin, Sahar Khademioore, Yeganeh Khazaei, Amin Vahdati, Marcos Roberto Tovani-Palone

“…Conversely, the five countries with the lowest QCI scores on a global scale in 2019 were Somalia (59.1), Niger (67.6), Burkina Faso (72.6), Ethiopia (73.0), and Mali (74.4). Gender difference showed a converging trend from 1990 to 2019 (optimal gender disparity ratio (GDR): 123 vs. 163 countries), and the GDR showed a move toward optimization (between 0.95 and 1.05) in the better and worse parts of the world.…”
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An Innovative Clinic-Based Intervention to Improve Adolescent Access to Sexual and Mental Health Services: The Total Teen Program by Whitney Garney, Gan Han, Christi Esquivel, Kristen Garcia, Kobi V. Ajayi, Kelly Wilson

“…Descriptive statistics, Pearson Chi-square tests, and Kruskal–Wallis tests compared site outcomes, while logistic regression models adjusted for age, gender, race, and site. Results: Four hundred and fifty-one participated in the TT program across the three sites. …”
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Factors influencing the local skin temperature in patients with post-stroke shoulder-hand syndrome (脑卒中后肩手综合征患者局部皮温变化影响因素研究) by TANG Weiwei (汤伟伟)

“…The skin temperature was not associated with gender, age or course of disease in patients with post-stroke shoulder-hand syndrome (P>0. 05). …”
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Mining hypertension predictors using decision tree: Baseline data of Kharameh cohort study by abbas Rezaianzadeh, Samane Nematolahi, maryam jalali, Shayan Rezaeianzadeh, Masoumeh Ghoddusi Johari, Seyed Vahid Hosseini

“…In the first model (model I), 15 variables including age, gender, body mass index, years of education, Occupation status, marital status, family history of hypertension, physical activity, total energy, number of meals, salt, oil type, drug use, alcohol use and smoke entered in to the model. in the second model (model II) 16 variables including age, gender, BMI and Blood factors as HCT, MCHC, PLT, FBS, BUN, CERAT, TG, CHOL, ALP, HDL, GGT, LDL and SG were considered. a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was applied to assess the validation of the models. …”
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Effectiveness of deliberate practices versus conventional lecture in trauma training for medical students by Suksan Kanoksin, Bhapapak Na Songkhla, Amarit Tansawet, Issaree Laopeamthong, Pakkapol Sukhvibul, Suphakarn Techapongsatorn

“…Moreover, the ANCOVA results indicated that the type of training had a significant positive effect on the students’ examination scores, independent of gender and academic year (F (4, 43) = 7.44, p = 0.0001). …”
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Occurrences and characteristics of forced marriages among girls married before the age of 16 in a Northern Nigerian State by Felix O. Sanni, Olumide F. Ajani, Elizabeth A. Sanni, Zachary T. Gwa, Michael O. Dada, Yemisi B. Alabi, Donald C. Udah, Jubril A. Kareem

“…The public health implications encompass gender-based violence, abuse, and the breakdown of marriages.…”
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