Prevalence of advanced hepatic fibrosis and individualization of associated risk factors by Bayesian analysis in MASLD patients in French cardio-metabolic health networks. by Michel Doffoel, Frédéric Chaffraix, Archia Chahard, Dominique Gras, Odile Bonomi, Corinne Bildstein, Simona Tripon, Maude Royant, Nicolas Meyer

“…Only three of the tested variables were likely associated with advanced fibrosis: gender (OR: 1.78 [1.17-2.68]; Pr [OR >1] = 1), T2DM (OR: 1.54 [1-2.37]; Pr [OR >1] = 0.97) and hypertriglyceridemia (OR: 1.49 [0.97-2.27]; Pr (OR >1) = 0.97). …”
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Effect of the Cash Support from the Vision Umurenge Programme on Household Financial Behaviour in Rwanda: The Case of Direct Support (DS) by Emmanuel Munyemana, Charles Ruranga, Joseph K. Mung’atu

“…The independent variables include the monetary benefits received by individuals over different periods, alongside demographic characteristics such as gender, age, education level, and area of residence (rural–urban), which were controlled in the analysis. …”
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Presenting the model of realizing the right to the city based on the network analysis process (ANP) in the raw-towns of West Mazandaran by Reza Soltanmaleki, Masoud Elahi, Zohreh Davodpour

“…Idealism for urban living necessitates the establishment of infrastructure and a platform that considers all stakeholders, including managers, planners, and citizens, regardless of their social and economic backgrounds, social class, gender, etc. This concept is encapsulated in the notion of the right to the city. …”
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Changes in the Order of Family Life Events in 20th-Century Europe: A Cross-Regional Perspective by Reto Burgin, Reto Schumacher, Gilbert Ritschard

“…This article analyzes the evolution of the sequencing of family life events in Europe during the second half of the 20th century using individual data from the European Social Survey and from the Generation and Gender Program. Considering the four events ‘leaving the parental home‘, ‘first cohabiting union‘, ‘first marriage‘, and ‘first parenthood‘, we hypothesize a transition from a traditional standard event order characterized by a high degree of synchronization between the first three events towards a new standard whose features are a high degree of de-synchronization between first cohabitation and first marriage and a reversal of the traditional order between first marriage and first parenthood. …”
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Patient Knowledge About Diabetes: Illness Symptoms, Complications and Preventive Personal Lifestyle Factors by Rakesh Kumar, Ramaiah Itumalla, Bilesha Perera, Mohamed Tharwat Elabbasy, Mahesh Singh

“…Even though work related to the medical field (p=001) and age (p=0.018) were significantly and positively associated with knowledge, the association of gender, income, level of education, medical field related education, nationality, and marital position with knowledge were not significant…”
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Nutritional Value and Utilization of Yams (Dioscorea steriscus) by Residents of Bindura Town High Density Suburbs, Zimbabwe by S. Washaya, J. F. Mupangwa, E. Muranda

“…D. steriscus has high iron (6.8%), ash (2.06%), and CF (16.8%) contents but it is low in protein (0.83%). Irrespective of gender of respondent, suburb of residence, size of family, period of stay, education level, employment status, and source of income, respondents will grow D. steriscus for use as food supplement (odds ratio = 0.475). …”
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The Effect of Thyroid Dysfunction on the Cardiovascular Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients in Ghana by Osei Sarfo-Kantanka, Fred Stephen Sarfo, Eunice Oparebea Ansah, Ishmael Kyei

“…Associations between metabolic risk factors, thyroid dysfunction, and CHD risk were measured using Spearman’s partial correlation analysis while controlling for age and gender. Differences were considered statistically significant at p<0.05. …”
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Falls and associated factors among elderly users of Primary Healthcare Services by Scarlet Feitosa Santos, Miriane Lucindo Zucoloto, Natalia Akemi Yamada Terada, Edson Zangiacomi Martinez

“…The prevalence rates of falls in the past six months were 19.6% (95%CI: 13.2–27.3) and 32.6% (95%CI: 26.4–39.2), respectively, for men and women. e prevalence of falls among users with lower level of physical activity was 2.3 times higher than that among those with higher level of physical activity (RP = 2.3; 95%CI: 1.4–3.8) after adjustment for gender, age group and socio-economical class. In conclusion, falls are frequent among the elderly and the practice of physical activities can improve their health condition, thus preventing the occurrence of falls. …”
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Exploring Factors that Affect the Performance of Financial Intermediaries in the Insurance Sector by Cedrick Mathisa, Bibi Z. Chummun

“…Using logistic regression models, key socioeconomic characteristics impacting the performance of financial intermediaries were identified including organisation, gender, education, level of education, and experience. …”
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Comparative Study of Protein Expression Levels of Five Plaque Biomarkers and Relation with Carotid Plaque Type Classification in Patients after Carotid Endarterectomy by Konstantinos Kyriakidis, Pavlos Antoniadis, Sohail Choksy, Rigini M. Papi

“…Here, protein expression levels of the metalloproteases MMP-1, MMP-9, osteopontin (OPN), and cytokines TNFα and IL-6 in tissue extracts of carotid plaques in patients after endarterectomy were estimated by Western immunoblotting, after SDS-PAGE analysis and evaluated based on the ultrasonographic plaque morphology. The gender and age effect was also examined. MMP-1, MMP-9, and IL-6 were expressed in higher levels compared to OPN and TNFa as well as in symptomatic (with type II and III carotid plaque classification) than asymptomatic (type IV) patients with differences considered statistically significant (P values <0.05). …”
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Examination of the Correlation Between the Happiness and Psychological Well-Being Levels of the Exercisers(Diyarbakır Province) by Nurdan Ateş

“…It has been observed that the happiness and psychological well-being levels of the individuals who exercise do not differ according to the age and gender variable. While a difference was observed in favor of those participating in social activities in the psychological well-being levels of individuals participating in social activities, no significant difference was observed in terms of happiness levels. …”
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Lay views in Southern France of the acceptability of refusing to provide treatment because of alleged futility by María Teresa Muñoz Sastre, Paul Clay Sorum, Etienne Mullet

“…Abstract Aim To carry out a detailed study of existing positions in the French public of the acceptability of refusing treatment because of alleged futility, and to try to link these to people’s age, gender, and religious practice. Method 248 lay participants living in southern France were presented with 16 brief vignettes depicting a cancer patient at the end of life who asks his doctor to administer a new cancer treatment he has heard about. …”
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Review on the Eyedrop Self-Instillation Techniques and Factors Affecting These Techniques in Glaucoma Patients by Ozcan Kayikcioglu, Sinan Bilgin, Murat Uyar

“…Correlations of instillation patterns with patient characteristics including age, gender, intraocular pressure, cup-to-disc ratio, visual field loss, and total intake of glaucoma medication and handgrip strength score were searched. …”
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Prevalence of depression in visually impaired children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Ajay Kumar Bakhla, Puja Pallavi, Ravi Rohan Kisku, Nishant Goyal, Amit Kumar, Kameshwar Prasad

“…Five studies that expressed gender distribution showed a cumulative prevalence of diagnosed depressive disorders was 6.85% and 18.96%, respectively, for male (n = 219, I2 = 47.52) and female (n = 116, I2 = 60.6%) participants. …”
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STRUCTURE AND STAFF MOVEMENT WITHIN STATE VETERINARY SERVICE OF RUSSIAN FEDERATION by I. M. Klinovitskaya, M. A. Shibayev, A. V. Belchikhina, A. K. Karaulov

“…The work deals with the staff structure of the country’s state veterinary service categorized by education, length of service, age and gender. To study the movement of staff of the state veterinary service connected to recruitment and retirement of specialists, we calculated and analyzed a number of parameters: employee turnover rate for recruitment, employee turnover rate for leaving, total staff turnover rate, staff replacement rate. …”
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Urgent restraining and restrictive orders as special response forms for domestic violence: international experience and national practice by K. B. Levchenko, M. M. Lehenka

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NCK2 Is Significantly Associated with Opiates Addiction in African-Origin Men by Zhifa Liu, Xiaobo Guo, Yuan Jiang, Heping Zhang

“…In summary, our findings provided the first evidence for the involvement of NCK2 in the susceptibility to opiates addiction and further revealed the racial and gender specificities of its impact.…”
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Patterns of Objective and Subjective Burden of Informal Caregivers in Multiple Sclerosis by E. Bayen, C. Papeix, P. Pradat-Diehl, C. Lubetzki, M. E. Joël

“…Multivariate analyses showed that both burdens were positively correlated with higher levels of EDSS and DEX, whereas coresidency and IC’s female gender correlated with objective burden only and IC’s poor mental health status with subjective burden only. …”
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Prosocial behavior and youth mental health outcomes: A scoping review protocol. by Saima Hirani, Emmanuela Ojukwu, Nilanga Aki Bandara

“…The inclusion criteria for the review will include young individuals aged 10-24-year-old, living in any geographic location, of all gender identities, and with or without mental health issues. …”
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Esophageal adenocarcinoma: risk factors and modern screening strategy by I. V. Mayev, D. N. Andreyev, Yu. A. Kucheryavy, M. P. Scheglanova

“…EAC develops usually as a complication of the Barret's esophagus (BE) being a consequence of the long-standing GERD. Male gender, Caucasian race, obesity and metabolic syndrome, tobacco smoking, and series of genetic markers are considered to be significant EAC risk factors. …”
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