Association between the systemic immunity-inflammation index and stroke: a population-based study from NHANES (2015–2020) by Rui Shi, Ye Tian, Junbiao Tian, Qiming Liu, Jiayun Zhang, Zhe Zhang, Yaping Sun, Zhanwei Xie

“…In subgroup analysis and interaction experiments, we found that this positive relationship was not significantly correlated among different population settings such as age, gender, race, education level, smoking status, high blood pressure, diabetes and coronary heart disease (P for trend > 0.05). …”
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Algorithm of management of patient with alcohol-induced liver disease by M. V. Mayevskaya, M. A. Morozova

“…The main of them include amount of taken alcohol, gender, genetic polymorphism of enzymes involved in alcohol metabolism (метаболизме алкоголя?)…”
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A scoping review of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex (LGBTQI+) people's health in India. by Venkatesan Chakrapani, Peter A Newman, Murali Shunmugam, Shruta Rawat, Biji R Mohan, Dicky Baruah, Suchon Tepjan

“…Overall, studies reported high prevalence of HIV and sexually transmitted infections; multilevel risk factors for HIV; high levels of mental health burden linked to stigma, discrimination, and violence victimization; and non-availability of gender-affirmative medical care in government hospitals. …”
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Palliative endoscopic treatment of malignant central airway obstruction by Mads Bøgh, Sebastian Heinonen, Dalia Gustaityté Larsen, Søren Gade, Sten Schytte, Ulrik Pedersen, Thomas Kjaergaard

“…A high preoperative ASA-score, preoperative respiratory support, urgency of intervention, female gender and insertion of airway stent were predictors for a poorer DAOH-outcome. …”
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Tobacco prevalence among adults in the urban slums of Delhi: results from a cross-sectional survey by Shyam Kanhaiya Saroj, Tushti Bhardwaj, Archana Kaushik

“…Tobacco use prevalence differed significantly by gender, with 86.1% males and 13.9% females. Smokeless tobacco was the most preferred method of tobacco use. …”
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Mental health literacy among primary care providers in Hungary: a vignette-based survey by Valerie S. Swisher, Dorottya Őri, Zoltán Rihmer, Róbert Wernigg

“…Mislabeling conditions was significantly associated with older age (for GAD, OCD-Aggression, PD and MDD), male gender (for GAD), greater mental health stigma (for OCD-Order), and lack of exposure to mental health conditions (for SAD). …”
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Study on Seroprevalence and Leptospiral Antibody Distribution Among Livestock Breeders and Farmers in Golestan Province by Malihe Naderi, Vahideh Hamidi Sofiani, Reza Hoseinpour, Amir Mohammad Alborzi, Seyed Amir Soltani

“…Results Chi‐square statistical test shows a statistically significant difference between the gender and prevalence leptospirosis (p‐value = 0.004). …”
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Factors associated with unplanned readmissions for patients with mental and behavioural disorders in China: a quantitative analysis by Sha Lai, Zechen Wang, Chi Shen, Junfei Feng, Yawei Huang, Xiaolong Zhang, Li Lu, Zhongliang Zhou

“…Additionally, individual-level factors, including demographic information (e.g. gender, age, marital status, and occupational status), disease-related factors (e.g. primary diagnostic group, condition at admission, and other diagnoses), and clinical characteristics (e.g. length of stay and medical costs), were associated with unplanned readmissions across all subgroups. …”
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Biochemical Assessment of Insulin and Dopamine 2 Receptors in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes by Khitam Abed Sahil, Nazar Shiyaa Mohammed, Yousr Majd Jmeel, Anil K Sharma

“…The results of this study explained that the patients and controls were comparable in age, gender, and smoking status with no significant differences (P> 0.05). while results reported that there was a greater significant difference (p<0.01) in levels of the mean for fasting blood sugar (FBS), glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), and a significant difference (p<0.05) in urea and creatinine levels between the type 2 diabetic patients and the controls there was a significant difference detected in values of insulin and dopamine 2(p<0/05) between the patient and control groups. …”
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The internet gaming disorder and its associated factors among college students at Imam Mohammed Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: A cross-sectional study by Khalid Bin Abdulrahman, Tariq Y. Alhomoud, Ismail S. Alateeq, Faisal N. Al-Mohaisen, Musab S. Alshamrani, Saleh I. Alhathlul, Mohammed Abdulaziz Khamsah

“…Objectives: This research aims to estimate the prevalence and examine the association of IGD scores with gender, age, sleeping hours, academic performance, and occurrence of arguing with others post-gaming among college students. …”
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Preoperative Anxiety in Greek Children and Their Parents When Presenting for Routine Surgery by Aikaterini Charana, Gregory Tripsianis, Vasiliki Matziou, Georgios Vaos, Christos Iatrou, Pelagia Chloropoulou

“…The independent predictors of increased anxiety levels in parents are child’s age (p=0.024) and gender (girls: p=0.008), living in rural areas (parents: p<0.001; children: p=0.009), being a mother (p=0.046), high or low education level (p=0.031), a no premedicated child (p=0.007), and high baseline parental anxiety (p=0.003). …”
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Obesity mediates the association between psoriasis and diabetes incidence: a population-based study by Zuojiao Xu, Kaihua Ma, Yinuo Zhai, Jing Wang, Yan Li

“…The nonlinear relationship between obesity, diabetes, and psoriasis was explored through smooth curve fitting, stratified by age and gender. In addition, the authors conducted mediation analysis, which suggested that obesity partially mediated the association between psoriasis and diabetes prevalence. …”
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Normative Values of Peripapillary Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness in a Middle Eastern Population by Mouna M. Al-Sa’ad, Amjad T. Shatarat, Justin Z. Amarin, Darwish H. Badran

“…The mean quadrantic pRNFL thickness increased from the nasal quadrant (75 ± 16 μm) to the temporal (82 ± 20 μm), superior (114 ± 20 μm), and inferior (125 ± 20 μm) quadrants. Gender and eye sidedness did not contribute to the variability in pRNFL thickness. …”
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PREVALENCE OF OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY IN MEMBERS OF TWO LARGE FITNESS CLUBS OF THE CITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO, RJ, BRAZIL by Tony Meireles Santos, Bruno Ribeiro Ramalho Oliveira, Geraldo de Albuquerque Maranhão Neto, Marcos Santos Ferreira, Walter Rolph Thompson

“…In addition, a comparison of the prevalence and magnitude of overweight was made between genders and age groups. The prevalence of overweight was higher in men, regardless of age group. …”
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Individualized prediction of stroke-associated pneumonia for patients with acute ischemic stroke by Lulu Zhang, Qi Wang, Qi Wang, Yidan Li, Qi Fang, Xiang Tang

“…T-test, Chi-square test and Fisher’s exact test were used to investigate the associations of patient characteristics with pneumonia and its severity, and multivariable logistic regression models were used to construct a prediction scale.ResultsThree variables with the most significant associations, including age, NGT placement, and right cerebral hemisphere lesions combined with gender, were used to construct a stroke-associated pneumonia prediction scale with high accuracy (AUC = 0.93). …”
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The Polymorphism rs2725220 Is Associated with Hyperuricemia in the Korean Population by Jae Woong Sull, Seung-Ju Yang, Soriul Kim, Sun Ha Jee

“…Subjects with the GC/CC genotype had a 1.78-fold (range, 1.22- to 2.62-fold) higher risk of having abnormal uric acid levels (≥7.0 mg/dL) than subjects with the GG genotype. When analyzed by gender, the association with ABCG2 was stronger in men than in women. …”
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The Impact of Child Dental Caries and the Associated Factors on Child and Family Quality of Life by Marziyeh Shokravi, Fatemeh Khani-Varzgan, Mohammad Asghari-Jafarabadi, Leila Erfanparast, Behjat Shokrvash

“…Children’s age, family socioeconomic level, presence of dental caries, child’s gender, and mother’s educational level were associated with the impact on QoL.…”
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Anticoagulant Utilization and Cost Analysis among Cardiology Inpatients in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital of Western Nepal by Sabina Sankhi, Nirmal Raj Marasine, Parbati Thapa, Nim Bahadur Dangi

“…All patients (n = 132) aged ≥18 years of either gender receiving anticoagulants for any indication in the cardiology ward were included in the study. …”
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Risk prediction models for depression in patients with coronary heart disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Jie Zhang, Yue Zhou, Linyu Huang, Xingling Zhang, Long Li, Chongcheng Xi

“…Common predictors included age, educational level, gender, and cardiac function classification. The area under the curve (AUC) for the models ranged from 0.772 to 0.961, indicating overall good performance; however, risk of bias was high, primarily due to issues in the analysis phase, such as inadequate handling of missing values, univariate analysis for variable selection, and lack of external validation.ConclusionDepression risk prediction models for CHD patients generally perform well, but high risk of bias and limited applicability remain concerns. …”
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The moderating effects of nurses’ characteristics on the perceptions and practices of family-centered care for chronically ill children and their families in Saudi Arabia by Nada Alqarawi, Eman Alhalal, Ibrahim Alasqah

“…Correlations were carried out to test the relationships between nurses’ perceptions and practices of FCC and their sociodemographic factors, including age, gender, marital status, education level, and years of work experience, and attributes of nurses, including professional competence, interpersonal skills, job commitment, and knowing one’s self. …”
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