Diagnostic value of the MZXBTCH scoring system for acute complex appendicitis by Tianyi Ma, Qian Zhang, Hongwei Zhao, Peng Zhang

“…A total of 1,241 patients with acute appendicitis were included, comprising 868 patients in the modeling group (mean age, 35.6 ± 14.2 years; 52.4% men) and 373 patients in the validation group (mean age, 36.2 ± 13.8 years; 53.1% men). …”
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Cardiovascular risk profiling among South Asian adults in Hong Kong: a latent class analysis by Gary Ka-Ki Chung, Woohyung Lee, Danna Camille Vargas, Bulbul Sharma, Kai Sing Sun, Heidi Hung, Lee Sha Tong, Tsz Lui Tang, Hasiba Munir, Chi Yui Wong, Soniya Pun, Man Hin Chio, Eliza Lai-Yi Wong, Dong Dong, Eng-Kiong Yeoh

“…Apart from the higher clinical risk in older adults, women tended to cluster into classes with obesity, while men and the economically active were more likely in classes with poorer lifestyles and stress. …”
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Blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm: a Swiss case series of a very rare disease and a structured review of the literature by Ramona Meier-Lienhard, Cosima Suter, Thomas Pabst, Felicitas Hitz, Jakob R. Passweg, Olivier Spertini, Nathan Cantoni, Daniel Betticher, Lucas Simeon, Michael Medinger, Stefanie Hayoz, Adrian Schmidt

“…BPDCN was more common in men with a predominance of 3:1. The median age (n = 414) at diagnosis was 66.5 years ranging from one month to 103 years. …”
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The impact of the National Syphilis Prevention Program on the prevalence of syphilis among people living with HIV in China: a systematic review and meta‐analysis by Qingling Zeng, Yuhui Yang, Limin Zhang, Jiangyu Yan, Jian Wang, Jingmin Nie, Qingmei Wang, Yu Luo, Gaoming Li

“…The prevalence of syphilis was significantly higher in men living with HIV than in women living with HIV (pooled odds ratio 1.67, 95% CI 1.29–2.15), with the highest prevalence in the eastern region (2.55, 95% CI 1.80–3.59). …”
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Ten-Year Persistence of Biologic Drugs in Psoriasis and Its Relationship with Pharmacogenetic Biomarkers by Andrea Rodríguez-Lopez, María Martínez-Sendino, Rocío Prieto-Pérez, Paula Soria-Chacartegui, Eva González-Iglesias, Mario Aparicio-Domínguez, Sonsoles Berenguer-Ruiz, Esteban Daudén, Francisco Abad-Santos

“…<b>Methods</b>: A total of 143 patients (61 women and 82 men) were evaluated; data were collected from the electronic clinical history, and statistical analysis was performed using the SPSS program. …”
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The prevalence and distribution of malaria in Mpumalanga Province before and during COVID-19 (2017 - 2022) by I Kleinhans, S Mahanjana, F Els, M Mabona, L A Pitso, G Malatje, G Kok, J Raman

“…During the study period, 25 380 malaria cases were reported, with the majority men (61%) >26 years old, with reported international travel, primarily to Mozambique. …”
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Clinical assessment of urinary prostate cancer antigen 3 in Chinese population: a large-scale, prospective and multicenter study by Xuan Shu, Jiaming Wang, Wen Cai, Shen Lin, Jiangfeng Li, Xueyou Ma, Yufan Ying, Yat Sai Terry Wang, Xiao Wang, Hong Chen, Chunyu Jin, Ben Liu, Liping Xie, Jindan Luo

“…Results In 1117 patients, 587 men with positive biopsy results had higher median PCA3 scores than those with negative biopsy results (p < 0.001). …”
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Association between Helicobacter pylori infection, serum thyroid-stimulating hormone, and thyroxine in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999–2000 by Ting Lu, Shunshun Lu, Jieqiong Lin, Xiaona Shao, Dahua Chen, Jianwei Shen

“…In stratified analyses, the adjusted association of serum T4 levels with H. pylori seropositivity was statistically significant among men (T4: Q4 vs. Q1: OR = 2.253; 95% CI, 1.311–3.873), age over 68 years in TSH levels (Q4 vs. …”
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Outcomes Following Metabolic Bariatric Surgery at a Single Center in the United Arab Emirates by Allum M, Buckley A, Suliman SGI, Suliman M, Hamdan K, Al Hadad M

“…Women lost less weight than men after SG. Weight recurrence from 1 to 5 years after SG was greater than the international average. …”
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The Relationship between Body Mass Index and Incident Diabetes Mellitus in Chinese Aged Population: A Cohort Study by M. L. Tang, Y. Q. Zhou, A. Q. Song, J. L. Wang, Y. P. Wan, R. Y. Xu

“…A total number of 6,911 Chinese elderly people (4,110 men and 2,801 women, aged 71±6.0 years) were included in this cohort study. …”
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Estimating Trends in Cardiovascular Disease Risk for the EXPOSE (Explaining Population Trends in Cardiovascular Risk: A Comparative Analysis of Health Transitions in South Africa a... by Shaun Scholes, Jennifer S Mindell, Mari Toomse-Smith, Annibale Cois, Kafui Adjaye-Gbewonyo

“…In men, the mean of the non–laboratory-based WHO risk score was 9.6% (SE 0.1%) and 8.9% (SE 0.2%) in 1998 and 2017, respectively; corresponding figures in women were 5.8% (SE 0.1%) and 4.8% (SE 0.1%). …”
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Risk factors and consequences of traumatic brain injury in a Swiss male population cohort by Jean-Bernard Daeppen, Gerhard Gmel, Joseph Studer, Valentin Petre Matei, Alina Elena Rosca, Alexandru Neculai Pavel, Radu Mihai Paun

“…Objective To investigate the risk factors for and the consequences (ie, substance use disorders (SUD), depression, personality traits) of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in young Swiss men.Design This is a three-wave cohort study. Risk factors were measured at baseline (2010–2012) and at follow-up 1 (FU1; 2012–2014), while the consequences and TBI were measured at follow-up 2 (FU2; 2016–2018).Setting Switzerland.Participants All participants at FU2 (Mage=25.43, SD=1.25) of the Cohort Study on Substance Use Risk Factors (N=4881 young Swiss men after listwise deletion).Measures The outcomes measured were TBI, SUD (ie, alcohol, nicotine, cannabis, other illicit drugs), depression and personality traits (ie, sensation seeking, anxiety-neuroticism, sociability, aggression-hostility) at FU2. …”
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Wedding mirages: Salesian representations of the Shuar marriage¸1893-1925 by Rosana Posligua

“…It becomes evident that the ways in which the Salesian missionaries understood men and women, the place of women throughout their lifecycle, and the stereotypes through they comprehend gender are directly derived from a binary and androcentric standpoint. …”
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Quelques hommes « extra-ordinaires » du début de l’ère Meiji by Christian Galan

“…As the model chosen by Japanese was western and plural, its setting up required young intellectuals to get involved in the study of American and European languages, knowledge, and methods.The little-studied question of the intellectual and human cost of this modernization appears to manifest itself particularly in the profiles of the generations of Western studies (yogaku) specialists born between 1830 and 1840, that is to say, those who had also been the most directly involved in the transition process between old and modern Japan.The exceptional intellectual, psychological, and physical effort these young men had to supply seems – except for Fukuzawa Yukichi – to have indeed shortened their young lives. …”
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Research and Application Progress of Dual-energy CT in Prostate Lesions by Yize LI, Ziqi CHEN, Luyao ZHANG, Yingmin CHEN

“…Prostate lesions are common in middle-aged and elderly men. Dual-energy CT (DECT) can capture projection data at high and low X-ray energies in a single scan, significantly enhancing its ability to differentiate substances compared with traditional CT. …”
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Circulating Tumor Cells Measurements in Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Franck Chiappini

“…Liver cancer is the fifth most common cancer in men and the seventh in women. During the past 20 years, the incidence of HCC has tripled while the 5-year survival rate has remained below 12%. …”
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Histopathology of Infectious Colitis by Christina M. Surawicz

“…Both chlamydial and syphilitic proctitis are rare and usually seen in homosexually active men. Finally, pseudomembranes, when present, suggest pseudomembranous colitis due to an overgrowth of toxigenic Clostridium difficile. …”
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FACTORS INFLUENCING ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTIONS OF STUDENTS SPECIALIZING IN THE TOURISM INDUSTRY by Francisco Dias, Antonina N. Tret'yakova, Tamer Atef, Joanna Kosmaczewska, Regina Navickiene

“…For students from Russia, Portugal, Poland, Lithuania and Oman the tendency to create new business isn't statistically significantly different. Men are more likely to become entrepreneurs than women. …”
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Occupational Situation of the Rural Farming and Landless Population in Poland in 2002-2017 by Włodzimierz Kołodziejczak

“…In the longer term, the adverse impact of business cycles may also deteriorate the situation of landless men if their equilibrium unemployment level “follows” the real unemployment rate.…”
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Procreative autonomy, gender equality and right to life: the decision of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in Artavia Murillo v. Costa Rica by Teresinha Teles Pires

“…With this decision, the IACtHR not only clearly linked universal rights of freedom with procreative autonomy for women and men; the IACtHR also strongly reinforced an interpretation on the “right to life” that favors procreative autonomy. …”
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