Impact of sleep chronotype on blood pressure and metabolic markers by Weiwei Huang, Qinglu Wang, Yuan Gao, Jiefeng Wang, Feihao Wang, Jiyou Tang

“…There was a statistically significant difference in the age of the morning type, neither type, and evening type (p < 0.01), but there was no significant difference in gender, height, weight, and BMI (ps > 0.05). 2. …”
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Comparison of Preoperative Imaging and FNAB Results with Postoperative Pathology Results in Patients Undergoing AUS/FLUS by Ferhat Demir, Oğuz Hançerlioğulları, Burak Uçaner, Mehmet Zeki Buldanlı, Murat Özkara

“…Conclusion: In regression analysis with age, gender, dominant nodule diameter, multicentricity, TTW shape, presence of calcification, presence of sonographic cervical lymph node, presence of lymphocytic thyroiditis in the parenchyma in the final pathology, and edge irregularity, the parameters TTW shape, presence of cervical lymph node, and presence of lymphocytic thyroiditis in the parenchyma were significant in favor of malignancy.…”
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Correlation Between Prognostic Nutritional Index and Heart Failure in Adults with Diabetes in the United States: Study Results from NHANES (1999–2016) by Qiyuan Bai, Hao Chen, Zhen Gao, Xuhua Li, Jiapeng Li, Shidong Liu, Bing Song, Cuntao Yu

“…We used descriptive statistics categorized by PNI quartiles and performed multivariate logistic regression to adjust for variables including age, gender, ethnicity, and coexisting medical conditions. …”
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Clinical Characteristic of Patients Underwent Bone Mineral Density Examination in Prof. Dr. R. Soeharso Orthopaedic Hospital in 2022-2023: A Cross-Sectional Study by R. Andhi Prijosedjati, Pamudji Utomo, Leli Sabariyah, Ahmad Fauzi

“…The variables included age, gender, body mass index (BMI), BMD T-score from the lumbar spine, hip, and forearm, frequency and location of fragility fracture (FF), osteoporosis frequency, and fracture risk assessment (FRAX) score for major osteoporotic fracture (MOF) and hip fracture. …”
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Epidemiology and management of atopic dermatitis in England: an observational cohort study protocol by Simon de Lusignan, Carsten Flohr, John Dennis, Helen Alexander, Conor Broderick, Andrew McGovern, Claire Feeney

“…Rates will be stratified by age, gender, socioeconomic IMD quintile and ethnicity. …”
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Evidence from NHANES 2011–2014: a correlation between the weight-adjusted-waist index and cognitive abilities in the United States by Chan Zhao, Xintian Xu, Chunyan Hao

“…We also executed subgroup analyses and interaction tests based on gender, race, educational background, marital status, diabetes, body mass index, alcohol consumption, hypertension, smoking habits, stroke, depression, and sleep quality to assess whether the relationship between WWI and cognitive function was affected by heterogeneity across different population segments. …”
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Epidemiological trends of head and neck Cancer survivors in Alberta: towards improved understanding of the burden of disease by Jin Soo Song, Patrick Vallance, Vincent Biron, Caroline C. Jeffery

“…Point prevalence of HNC survivors in 2005, 2010, and 2015 were then further stratified by gender, sub-site and age. Results Over this time period, head and neck cancer survivors tended to be younger (64.0 vs. 62.1, p = 0.046) and male (M:F 2.45:1 vs 2.54:1). …”
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Prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic: results from the Survey on COVID-19 and Mental Health by Murray Weeks, Danielle Marion, Anne-Marie Robert, R. Nicholas Carleton

“…Factors associated with higher PTSD prevalence were female gender; younger age; lower income (females only); living in an urban area; frontline worker status or not being at work in the past week (males only); fair or poor mental health; a weak sense of community belonging; symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder and major depressive disorder; suicidal ideation; heavy alcohol use; daily cannabis use; increased alcohol and cannabis use since the start of the pandemic; decreased alcohol consumption since the start of the pandemic (males only); concerns about violence in the home; and negative impacts of the pandemic. …”
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Contribution of Patch Tests with Occupational Handled Products in the Diagnosis of Occupational Contact Dermatitis: A 10-year Review by A. Aloui, M. Maoua, S. El Guedri, A. Moussa, M. Bouhoula, A. Chouchene, I. Kacem, A. Brahem, N. Ghariani, H. Kalboussi, O. El Maalel, S. Chatti, M. Denguezli, N. Mrizek

“…After the analytical study, variables independently significantly associated with the positivity of patch tests with handled products in the workplace were the male gender and the working in the plastics industry. An occupational disease was declared to the National Health Insurance Fund for 8 patients, i.e., 7.1% of cases. …”
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Predictors of Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Concentrations among a Sample of Egyptian Schoolchildren by Mones M. Abu Shady, Mai M. Youssef, Ebtissam M. Salah El-Din, Ola M. Abdel Samie, Hala S. Megahed, Samar M. E. Salem, Manal A. Mohsen, Ali Abdel Aziz, Safinaz El-Toukhy

“…Results revealed that obesity, low physical activity, low sun exposure, and low maternal education level are significant predictors of insufficiency, though female gender, low maternal education level, and low milk intake are significant predictors of deficiency. …”
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Association Between Vaso-Occlusive Crises and Opioid Prescriptions Among Patients with Sickle Cell Disease: A Retrospective Claims-Based Study by Hyeun Ah Kang, Jamie C. Barner, Kristin M. Richards, Menaka Bhor, Jincy Paulose, Abdullah Kutlar

“…Covariates included age, gender, nonopioid medication use, nonstudy SCD-related medication (penicillin and folic acid) use, evidence of blood transfusions, number of SCD-related complications, number of SCD-related comorbid conditions, and Charlson Comorbidity Index score. …”
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PERCEPTION OF ONLINE VERSUS PHYSICAL LEARNING AMONGUNIVERSITY STUDENTS by Ramna Shafique, Muhammad Abdullah, Tooba Nasir, Sundas Salim, Sabrina Jam, Bina Fawad

“…The chi-square statistic was used to evaluate the relationship between gender, teaching institute, knowledge, attitude, and practice. …”
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Educating patients about health helps slow the progression of chronic kidney disease in the eastern region of India by Supriya Dasgupta, Reeti Debnath

“…Results: In this study, several factors were linked to elevated creatinine levels among CKD patients, including being in the middle-age range, male gender, living predominantly in urban areas, and working in business or service occupations. …”
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Assessing Pedagogical Innovations: Empowering Excellence with OSVE in Undergraduate MBBS Students at Rai Medical College,Sargodha by Mudaser hussain Abbasi, Kamran Arzoo, Muhammad Hammad Jatalla, Sundas Ahmad, Tanveer ZIa Qureshi, Zahid Masood

“…Significant statistical difference was observed in opinions of male and female with respect to encouragement in OSVE from examiner and biasness during unstructured viva with p values0.002 and 0.027, whereas we did not find any significant difference among gender point of views for all other aspects of OSVE. …”
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National and provincial prevalence of self-reported diabetes: results from the cross-sectional Demographic and Health Survey in Sri Lanka–2016 by Sobha Sivaprasad, Manjula D Nugawela, Harshana Munasinghe, Pansujee Dissanayaka, Mangalika Jayasundara

“…Other risk factors of self-reported diabetes included age, gender, ethnicity, education level and marital status with those aged 55–64 years, females, who belong to Moor ethnicity, had secondary or higher education, and divorced or widowed had higher risk of diabetes compared with their counterparts.Conclusions Sri Lanka has a high prevalence of self-reported diabetes and it differs by province, sector of residence, sex, education level, ethnicity, age and marital status. …”
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Facial Skeletal Pattern Analysis in Patients with Maxillary Canine Impaction or Missing Lateral Incisor by Azam Ahmadian Yazdi, Ali Bagherpour, Aysan Hamzeh, Mahboobe Dehghani, Iman Shiezadeh

“…No significant association was found between skeletal pattern and gender (P>0.05). Skeletal Class II was the most common pattern in both groups; however, Skeletal Class III was more frequent in males with a missing lateral incisor. …”
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The impact of uric acid on musculoskeletal diseases: clinical associations and underlying mechanisms by Jing Zhang, Na Sun, Wanhao Zhang, Wenjie Yue, Xiaochen Qu, Xiaochen Qu, Zhonghai Li, Zhonghai Li, Gang Xu, Gang Xu

“…In adults, both age and SU levels should be considered for preventing sarcopenia, while gender and SU may directly impact muscle mass in children and adolescents. …”
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Comparing the Scores of The Functional Movement Screen™ in Individuals with Low Back Pain versus Healthy Individuals: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Khalid M. Alkhathami, Bijad Alqahtani

“…Further research is needed to assess the association of cofounders, such as age, gender, and body mass index, with the FMS™ score among LBP patients and controls…”
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Increased Choroidal Thickness in Keratoconus Patients: Perspectives in the Disease Pathophysiology by João Pinheiro-Costa, João Viana Pinto, Sara Perestrelo, João Nuno Beato, Luís Torrão, Elisete Brandão, Ângela Carneiro, Maria Dulce Madeira, Fernando Falcão-Reis

“…In a multivariate analysis, SFCT was significantly associated with spherical equivalent (p=0.004) and the presence of keratoconus (p<0.001), but not with age (p=0.167), gender (p=0.579), or best-corrected visual acuity (p=0.178). …”
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Frotteuristic disorder - a specific paraphilia by Krystian Wdowiak, Agnieszka Maciocha, Julia Wąż, Aleksandra Witas, Weronika Chachaj, Aleksandra Winsyk, Ewa Gardocka

“…Conclusions: There are gaps in research, including underestimation of prevalence, gender differences, and unclear etiological factors. …”
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