Cytoreductive Nephrectomy and Nephrectomy/Complete Metastasectomy for Metastatic Renal Cancer by Paul Russo, Mark Synder, Andrew Vickers, Varuni Kondagunta, Robert Motzer

“…Clinical and pathological factors analyzed included primary tumor size, stage and histological subtype, age, gender, Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) prior to nephrectomy, number and location of metastatic sites, and the presence or absence of any systemic therapy. …”
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The relationship between kidney function and cardiometabolic risk factors, anthropometric indices, and dietary inflammatory index in the Iranian general population: a cross-section... by Samaneh Madani, Seyed Jalil Masoumi, Afsane Ahmadi, Morteza Zare, Najmeh Hejazi, Sahar Foshati

“…Conclusions It seems that age, gender, lipid profile, glycemic status, BP, BAI, VAI, and Wt can be considered factors associated with renal function.…”
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Sport values and sustainability? by Tess Kate Schweizer, Nicolas Margas

“…The values developed by practitioners during sport differed based on gender, age, and the type of sport. Finally, the processes highlighted to explain these differences and which stakeholders (e.g., coaches, PE teachers) could grasp to support the development of values are (1) sports practice climate (e.g., social climate, competitive environment), (2) the influence of agents of socialization (e.g., peers, coach), and (3) the social norms made salient consciously or not during practice. …”
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Thyroid cancer survival and prognostic factors in Yantai, China (2012–2022): a population-based study by Haiyun Liu, Shuxia Zhang, Xiaohui Liu, Qianqian Wang, Hongjie Zhang, Weihong Cui

“…Disparities in the OS of thyroid cancer patients were found across different diagnosis periods, genders, age groups, places of residence, occupational classes, tumor sites and sizes, cervical lymph node metastasis statuses, TgAb levels, pathological types, clinical stages and treatment timings (all p < 0.05). …”
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Effect of perioperative methylprednisolone administration on postoperative pleural effusion in older patients with non-small cell lung cancer by Xinyu Hao, Yongxin Guo, Ziyao Xu, Yanping Song, Jingjing Liu, Likai Shi, Qiang Fu, Wenzhu Shi, Jiangbei Cao, Yanhong Liu, Li Tong, Weidong Mi

“…Perioperative methylprednisolone showed consistent protective effects in all sub-populations of gender, age, surgery duration, and smoking (P all < 0.05). …”
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A Model for Organizational Preparedness of SMEs During COVID-19 Pandemic in Kigezi Sub-region in South Western Uganda. by Tamwesigire, Caleb, Nafiu, Lukman Abiodun

“…The study identifies the factors that were significant with organizational preparednessand the management of business during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Kigezi sub-region in South Western Uganda as firm size, firm financial condition, risk perception, government subsidy, help received from NGOs and the loan received from the bank/SACCO; while other factors: firm year of existence, source of initial capital, and gender of owners/managers were found to be insignificant. …”
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Lost and found: dynamics of relationship and employment status over time in people with affective and psychotic spectrum disorders by Fanny Senner, Lisa Kerkhoff, Kristina Adorjan, Michael Lauseker, Monika Budde, Maria Heilbronner, Janos L. Kalman, Mojtaba Oraki Kohshour, Sergi Papiol, Daniela Reich-Erkelenz, Sabrina K. Schaupp, Eva C. Schulte, Thomas Vogl, Ion-George Anghelescu, Volker Arolt, Bernhardt T. Baune, Udo Dannlowski, Nina Dalkner, Detlef E. Dietrich, Andreas J. Fallgatter, Christian Figge, Carsten Konrad, Fabian U. Lang, Jens Reimer, Eva Z. Reinighaus, Max Schmauß, Andrea Schmitt, Simon Senner, Carsten Spitzer, Jörg Zimmermann, Alkomiet Hasan, Peter Falkai, Thomas G. Schulze, Urs Heilbronner, Sophie-Kathrin Greiner

“…Analyses contained multiple multistate models adjusted for age, gender, job or partner, diagnostic group and Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) in different combinations to analyse the impact of the covariates on the hazard ratio of changing employment or relationship status. …”
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600 meters to VO2max: Predicting Cardiorespiratory Fitness with an Uphill Run by Kübra Stoican, Regina Oeschger

“…In addition to the user’s anthropometric data (age, gender, body mass index) and time, we also used the speed to heart rate (HR) ratio as a predictor variable, since a previous study has shown its importance [8]. …”
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Effect of Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy on Different Types of Lumbar Disc Herniation by XIANG Ganggang, CHEN Jiankun, LI Taiyou, XU Shuai, GAO Qilong

“…The inflammatory markers (IL-6, TNF-α) were evaluated before and after treatment, and the intervention effects of ESW in the three groups were comprehensively evaluated.ResultsThere was no significant difference in gender, age, course of disease and stage among the three groups (<italic>P</italic>&gt;0.05). …”
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Association of High Vitamin D Status with Low Circulating Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone Independent of Thyroid Hormone Levels in Middle-Aged and Elderly Males by Qingqing Zhang, Zhixiao Wang, Min Sun, Mengdie Cao, Zhenxin Zhu, Qi Fu, Yuan Gao, Jia Mao, Yanyun Li, Yun Shi, Fan Yang, Shuai Zheng, Wei Tang, Yu Duan, Xiaoping Huang, Wei He, Tao Yang

“…Vitamin D status was not associated with positive thyroid autoantibodies after controlling for age, gender, body mass index, and smoking status. Higher 25(OH)D levels were associated with lower TSH levels after controlling for age, FT4 and FT3 levels, thyroid volume, the presence of thyroid nodule(s), and smoking status in males. …”
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Cognitive Status Correlates with CXCL10/IP-10 Levels in Parkinson’s Disease by Natália Pessoa Rocha, Paula Luciana Scalzo, Izabela Guimarães Barbosa, Mariana Soares Souza, Isabela Boechat Morato, Érica Leandro Marciano Vieira, Paulo Pereira Christo, Antônio Lúcio Teixeira, Helton José Reis

“…For this purpose, 40 PD patients and 25 age- and gender-matched controls were subjected to a clinical evaluation including cognitive and mood tests. …”
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Development and validation of a diagnostic model for migraine without aura in inpatients by Zhu-Hong Chen, Zhu-Hong Chen, Guan Yang, Chi Zhang, Chi Zhang, Dan Su, Dan Su, Yu-Ting Li, Yu-Xuan Shang, Wei Zhang, Wen Wang

“…Participant’s medical data were collected such as demographic data (age, gender, self-reported headache characteristics) and clinical details including symptoms, triggers, and comorbidities. …”
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Clinical Significance of Negative Costimulatory Molecule PD-1/PD-L1 on Peripheral Blood Regulatory T Cell Levels among Patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis by Chenchen Yang, Fanchao Dai, Rexiti Pulati, Yan Jiao, Qian Xu

“…Flow cytometry detected a significantly higher proportion of peripheral blood CD4+CD25+CD127low Tregs in the TB group than in the control group (9.14% ± 2.66% vs. 6.39% ± 1.73%; t = 4.067, P<0.001), and a higher proportion of peripheral blood CD4+CD25+CD127low Tregs among active pulmonary TB patients with a positive anti-M. tuberculosis antibody than in those with a negative antibody (Figure 2(a)); however, there were no gender, M. tuberculosis culture, tuberculin test, CT examination, or sputum smear test-specific proportions of CD4+CD25+CD127low Tregs among patients with active pulmonary TB. …”
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CD28 Genetic Variants Increase Susceptibility to Diabetic Kidney Disease in Chinese Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Cross-Sectional Case Control Study by Yangyang Li, Li Jin, Jing Yan, Hong Zhang, Rong Zhang, Cheng Hu

“…Under additive genetic models, CD28-rs3116494 (OR=1.29 [95% CI 1.11, 1.51], P=0.0011) and CD80-rs3850890 (OR=1.16 [95% CI 1.02, 1.31], P=0.0283) were associated with DKD susceptibility adjusted for age, gender, body mass index (BMI), duration of diabetes, and HbA1c. …”
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Digital Exclusion and Depressive Symptoms among Older People: Findings from Five Aging Cohort Studies across 24 Countries by Jingjing Wang, Xinran Lu, Sing Bik Cindy Ngai, Lili Xie, Xiaoyun Liu, Yao Yao, Yinzi Jin

“…We adjusted for the causal directed acyclic graph (DAG) minimal sufficient adjustment set (MSAS), which includes gender, age, retirement status, education, household wealth, social activities, and weekly contact with their children. …”
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Incidence of shoulder dislocations in the UK, 1995–2015: a population-based cohort study by Gary S Collins, Sarah E Lamb, Sally Hopewell, Daniel Prieto-Alhambra, Andrew Judge, Amar Rangan, Andrew J Carr, Jonathan L Rees, Nigel K Arden, Katherine Edwards, Tim A Holt, Anjali Shah, Antonella Delmestri, Rafael A Pinedo-Villanueva

“…Objective This cohort study evaluates the unknown age-specific and gender-specific incidence of primary shoulder dislocations in the UK.Setting UK primary care data from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) were used to identify patients aged 16–70 years with a shoulder dislocation during 1995–2015. …”
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Intention to use eLearning-based continuing professional development and its predictors among healthcare professionals in Amhara region referral hospitals, Ethiopia, 2023: using mo... by Jenberu Mekurianew Kelkay, Sisay Maru Wubante, Deje Sendek Anteneh, Mitiku Kassaw Takilo, Chernet Desalegn Gebeyehu, Temesgen Ayenew Alameraw, Kassahun Dessie Gashu

“…Performance expectancy (β = 0.233, p-value < 0.01), effort expectancy (β = 0.082, p-value < 0.05), facilitating condition (β = 0.102, p-value < 0.05), hedonic motivation (β = 0.199, P-value < 0.001), habit (β = 0.473, P-value < 0.001), and computer literacy (β = 0.116, p-value < 0.001) had a positive relationship with intention to use eLearning based CPD. Age and gender were also a moderator of the habit of using eLearning based on CPD. …”
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Relationship between dietary intake and growth and development in Chinese pupils by Wen Fang, Ye Fu, Qin Li, Menghan Cheng, Miao Zhang, Yu Lu

“…Certain associations retained significance even after stratified analysis based on gender and frequency of dietary intake.ConclusionDietary diversity score and their respective food groups such as meat, milk, coarse grain, soybean and vegetable will impact growth and development indicators, requiring purposefully controlled dietary intake.…”
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Impact of Flexor Tendon Traction Tenolysis on Clinical Outcomes in Open A1 Pulley Release for Trigger Finger by Shalimar Abdullah, BMBS, MS, Syed Jeffrey Syed Ahmad Kabeer, MBChB, MD, Lim Chia Hua, MD, Jamari Sapuan, MD, MS, Parminder Singh Gill, MBBS, MS, Elaine Soh Zi Fan, MBBS, MD

“…Baseline characteristics, including age, gender (female/male), ethnicity, occupational status, diabetes status, and trigger finger severity, were comparable between the two groups. …”
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The impact of a hazardous external environment on the quality of life, physical activity, and health of students in Ukraine, Poland, and Romania by Vladimir Potop, Igor Vypasniak, Iryna Ivanyshyn, Vasyl Lutskyi, Iryna Kryventsova, Lyudmila Shesterova, Krzysztof Prusik

“…Data analysis revealed significant differences in quality of life, physical activity, and health of students depending on the country and gender. Ukrainian students, affected by the ongoing conflict, showed a substantial decrease in mental health indicators. …”
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