Protective factors for suicidal ideation and suicide attempts in adolescence: a longitudinal population-based cohort study examining sex differences by Victoria Bakken, Stian Lydersen, Norbert Skokauskas, Anne Mari Sund, Jannike Kaasbøll

“…Future research should explore additional protective factors across sex and gender groups.…”
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Relationship of Serum Uric Acid Level with Demographic Features, Risk Factors, Severity, Prognosis, Serum Levels of Vitamin D, Calcium, and Magnesium in Stroke by Payam Saadat, Alijan Ahmadi Ahangar, Mansor Babaei, Mandana Kalantar, Mohammad Ali Bayani, Hiva Barzegar, Hemmat Gholinia, Farbod Zahedi Tajrishi, Sekineh Faraji, Fatemeh Frajzadeh

“…There was no significant difference in SUA levels in different types of stroke in both genders. Diabetic ischemic embolic patients had higher levels of SUA than diabetic ischemic thrombotic cases. …”
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Association between self-reported eye conditions in patients at rural federally qualified health centers and vision-targeted health-related quality of life: the AL-SIGHT study by Thomas A. Swain, Thomas A. Swain, Gerald McGwin, Gerald McGwin, Lindsay A. Rhodes, Christopher A. Girkin, Cynthia Owsley

“…Demographic variables were collected -- age, gender, race/ethnicity, employment, marital status, health insurance, education, and driving status. …”
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Impact of HIF-1α, LOX and ITGA5 Synergistic Interaction in the Tumor Microenvironment on Colorectal Cancer Prognosis by Hayriye Tatlı Doğan, Mehmet Doğan, Seda Kahraman, Doğukan Çanakçı, Mehmet Ali Nahit Şendur, Mustafa Tahtacı, Fazlı Erdoğan

“…Stage IV patients with the moderate to strong expression of HIF-1α, ITGA5 or LOX in the microenvironment had lower progression-free survival than those with weak expression (<i>p</i> < 0.05). In addition, female gender; moderate to strong HIF-1α, LOX and ITGA5 stromal expression; and metastatic first line chemotherapy only were found to be independently associated with an increased risk of progression. …”
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Mortality Predictors in Patients With COVID-19 Referred to the Emergency Department in Bandar Abbas, Southern Iran: A Single-Center Experience by Latife Jabbari, Leila AzizKhani, Saman Shamsipour, Saeed Hayati

“…Patient information, including age, gender, underlying disease, history of smoking, clinical symptoms, type of treatment, and laboratory findings, was extracted from the COVID registry. …”
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Use of intraoperative luminescent methods for detecting affected lymph nodes in patients with complicated forms of colon cancer by M. A. Kubrak, S. M. Zavhorodnii, M. B. Danyliuk, A. I. Rylov

“…The study group included 109 patients with complicated forms of colon cancer. In the gender structure, female patients predominated – 57 (52.29 %), there were 52 (47.71 %) men. …”
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Actors influencing cancer-related fatigue and the construction of a risk prediction model in lung cancer patients by Mei-Ning Zhang, Yi-Chen Zhou, Zhu Zeng, Cun-Liang Zeng, Bo-Tao Hou, Gui-Rong Wu, Qiao Jiao, Dai-Yuan Ma

“…A CRF risk prediction model was then established, with its predictive performance and calibration evaluated using ROC curves.FindingsThe results of multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that gender, age, education level, living status, daily exercise, clinical stage, course of disease, treatment mode, chronic disease, BMI, hemoglobin, serum albumin, blood glucose, potassium concentration, magnesium concentration, PSQI score and HAD score were the influencing factors of CRF in lung cancer patients (P&lt;0.05). …”
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Alcohol use among populations with autism spectrum disorder: narrative systematic review by William Barber, Betul Aslan, Tim Meynen, John Marsden, Samuel R. Chamberlain, Vigneshwar Paleri, Julia M.A. Sinclair

“…Four components were identified as possible aetiological risk factors: age, co-occurring conditions, gender and genetics. We identified ten implications for co-occurring alcohol use disorder in ASD, summarised as a concept map. …”
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The association between ambient air pollution and the risk of incident nasopharyngeal carcinoma in Hangzhou, China by Zesheng Chen, Zongxue Cheng, Yaoyao Wu, Zhecong Yu, Kang Qin, Caixia Jiang, Jue Xu

“…The effects of ambient air pollution exposure on NPC were also discussed in subgroups by age, gender, region, and season. A total of 3121 NPC incident cases were included during the study period. …”
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Analisis Kinerja Algoritma CART dan Naive Bayes Berbasis Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) untuk Klasifikasi Kelayakan Kredit Koperasi by Eko Arif Riyanto, Tri Juninisvianty, Doddy Ferdian Nasution, Risnandar Risnandar

“…From the calculation reference to the criteria of occupation, income, age, gender, loan amount, loan term, will get the best method for this study. …”
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MORTALITY FROM SUICIDE AND ALCOHOLISM, DEPENDING ON THE LEVEL OF ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION by L. A. Radkevich, A. S. Kabankin, D. A. Radkevich

“…We found significant positive correlation of mortality coefficient (MK) from suicide for men and women with consumption of alcoholic beverages (spirits, wine and beer) and mortality from alcoholism. The gender differences are revealed. Included in the regression model independent variables (levels of alcohol consumption and mortality from alcoholism) explain 66% and 52% of the variability in the frequency of suicides of men and women (dependent variables). …”
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Mortality trends of traumatic brain injuries in the adult population of the United States: a CDC WONDER analysis from 1999 to 2020 by Muhammad Hamza Dawood, Yusra Fazli, Sejal Lund, Shurjeel Uddin Qazi, Rija Tahir, Areehah Zafar Masood, Aiman Azam Qureshi, Saleha Safdar, Heraa Zaheer, Muhammad TayyabMuzaffar Chaychi

“…Age-adjusted mortality rates (AAMRs) per 100,000 individuals and annual percent change (APC) were computed and stratified based on year, gender, race/ethnicity, and geographic region. Results Between 1999 and 2020, 1,026,185 TBI-related deaths occurred among adults aged ≥ 25 years. …”
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Examining the integration of refugees into the national health system in Uganda: an analysis using the policy triangle framework by Henry Komakech, Shatha Elnakib, Lama Bou Karroum, Evelyn Nyachwo, Winnie Adoch, Sarah Sali, Godfrey Goddie Okeny, Christopher Garimoi Orach

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Clinical Characteristics of Early-Onset and Late-Onset Multiple Sclerosis in Patients from Lithuania by Emilija Šlajūtė, Naglis Vičkačka, Tautvydas Klėgėris, Ingrida Ulozienė, Renata Balnytė

“…<i>Conclusions:</i> There was no significant gender difference in the EOMS group, whereas in the LOMS group, females were predominant. …”
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Migraine and subsequent chronic kidney disease risk: a nationwide population-based cohort study by Ming-Ju Wu, Chew-Teng Kor, Chia-Chu Chang, Shuo-Chun Weng, Chia-Lin Wu, Ping-Fang Chiu, Der-Cherng Tarng

“…The interaction between migraine and comorbidities was not significant; age, male gender and long-term use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) were independent risk factors for CKD in subjects with migraine.Conclusion Migraine may be an independent risk factor for CKD. …”
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Prenatal and neonatal factors for the development of childhood visual impairment in primary and middle school students: a cross-sectional survey in Guangzhou, China by Wen Sun, Lijuan Dai, Dunjin Chen, Lili Du, Bolan Yu, Juanjuan Chen, Jingsi Chen, Nali Deng

“…The following factors were significantly associated with an increased risk of VIUC: female gender, high birth weight, formula feeding, not having siblings, higher level of parents’ education, parental myopia, much homework time and little outdoor activity. …”
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Incremental Peritoneal Dialysis Favourably Compares with Hemodialysis as a Bridge to Renal Transplantation by Alessandro Domenici, Maria Cristina Comunian, Loredana Fazzari, Francesca Sivo, Angela Dinnella, Barbara Della Grotta, Giorgio Punzo, Paolo Menè

“…All consecutive Stage 5 CKD patients with at least 1 year predialysis followup, starting incremental PD or HD under our care and subsequently receiving their first renal Tx were included in this observational cohort study. Age, gender, BMI, underlying nephropathy, residual renal function (RRF) loss rate before dialysis and RRF at RRT start, comorbidity, RRT schedules and adequacy measures, dialysis-related morbidity, Tx waiting time, RRF at Tx, incidence of delayed graft function (DGF), in-hospital stay for Tx, serum creatinine at discharge and one year later were collected and compared between patients on incremental PD or HD before Tx. …”
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A Hyper-Textual Interpretation of the Seven Planets` Motif Design in Seljuk Art (Case study «Enamel bowl» and book of «Aja'ib al-Makhluqat» by Zakariya al-Qazwini) by Alireza Azizi Yousefkand, Farnosh Shomeili, Mohamad Khazaie, Bahman NamvarMotlagh

“…The created transformation in hypertext includes a variety of changes (gender, form, composition, and color). The miniature painter of «Ajaib-ul-Makhluqat» has not simply adopted an imitation attitude in creating a new and independent hypertext, as it has been designed differently.…”
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Management of extremity and pelvic fractures in earthquake: our observations and recommendations by Bugra Kundakci, Akif Mirioglu, Bugra Eraslan, Hakki Can Olke, Mustafa Tekin, Melih Bagir, Yusuf Kemal Arslan

“…The recorded data included age, gender, fracture site, fracture type, mechanism of injury, date, duration of surgery, and peak creatine kinase (CK) level. …”
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Different modifications of minimally invasive osteosynthesis in pilon fractures: comparative study results by Boris A. Maiorov, Igor G. Belen’kiy, Gennadii D. Sergeev, Kamoliddin K. Gadoev, Mariya A. Sergeeva

“…These groups were comparable in terms of gender and age. The first group consisted of 28 patients who underwent osteosynthesis with one anatomically precontoured plate. …”
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