Analyzing Serum Level Changes in Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate, Dihydrotestosterone, Progesterone, and Prolactin after Radioactive Iodine Treatment for Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma by Mehrosadat Alavi, Mohammad Atefi, Farzaneh Raeisi

“…This study aimed to assess the impact of RIT on reliable hormonal markers levels including dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEA-S) and dihydrotestosterone (DHT) in men as well as progesterone and prolactin in women undergoing treatment for PTC. …”
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Cardiovascular Disease Multimorbidity and Decreased Health‐Related Quality of Life in Haiti: A Cross‐Sectional Study by Shalom Sabwa, Vanessa Rouzier, Rodney Sufra, Reichling St. Sauveur, Nour Mourra, Rehana Rasul, Joseph Inddy, Lily D. Yan, Madeline Sterling, Laura Pinheiro, Marie Deschamps, Jean William Pape, Margaret L. McNairy

“…In the interaction analysis, among men, CVD multimorbidity was associated with a 4.3‐point lower physical component summary score. …”
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Virtual reality-based vestibular rehabilitation therapy in patients with acute unilateral vestibulopathy: a randomized controlled trial by Jae Woo Lee, Chul Young Yoon, Chul Young Yoon, Jae Ha Kim, Jae Ha Kim, Young Joon Seo, Young Joon Seo, Young Joon Seo, Tae Hoon Kong, Tae Hoon Kong, Tae Hoon Kong

“…The mean patient age was 56.91 ± 12.11 years; 22 men and 33 women were included. Two-way repeated measures analysis of variance showed significant improvement in both groups for DHI and ABC scores. …”
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Clinical characteristics and frailty status in heart failure with preserved vs. reduced ejection fraction by Tomoyuki Hamada, Toru Kubo, Kazuya Kawai, Yoko Nakaoka, Toshikazu Yabe, Takashi Furuno, Eisuke Yamada, Hiroaki Kitaoka, Kochi YOSACOI study

“…Handgrip strength was significantly lower in HFpEF patients than in HFrEF patients for both men (P < 0.001) and women (P = 0.041). Comfortable 5 m walking speed was significantly slower in HFpEF patients than in HFrEF patients (P < 0.001). …”
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Psychological peculiarities of professional development in late adulthood by E. F. Zeer, E. E. Symanyuk, A. A. Ryabukhina, G. I. Borisov

“…The study involved 77 professional respondents aged from 50 to 74 years (19 men and 58 women). The Mann-Whitney U-test, Spearman rank correlation coefficient were used for statistical analysis of the obtained data. …”
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Impact of a nurse-led teleconsultation strategy for cardiovascular disease management during COVID-19 pandemic in India: a pyramid model feasibility study by Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Kavita Singh, Ambuj Roy, Bishav Mohan, Rohit Tandon, Abhishek Goyal, Bhupinder Singh, Shibba Takkar Chhabra, Naved Aslam, Gurpreet Singh Wander, Nitish Naik, Gurbhej SIngh, Shivaansh Aggarwal, Aftabh Saini

“…The mean (SD) age of the participants was 58.9 years (12.8), and men were 65.4%. A relatively small proportion of patients (6.3%) were referred for the stage-2 physician-led teleconsultations and of these only 8.4% required hospitalisations. …”
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Genetic Polymorphisms in RNF138, ABCA1 and ESRRG-GPATCH2 Genes and their Role in Insulin Resistance Risk among Normal BMI Individuals in Indian Population: A Case-control Study by Sabitha Thummala, Sarah Fathima, Nithya Kruthi, Junaid Ahmed Khan Ghori, Katherine Saikia, Vivek Belde, Balamurali Andiyakkal Rajendran, Rahul Ranganathan

“…Materials and Methods: This study was a case-control study conducted in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India on a total of 191 participants (90 men and 101 women). The study, including data collection and analysis, was completed over a period of six months. …”
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Clinical features of early multiple sclerosis by I. Čelpačenko, R. Stankevičiūtė, M. Malciūtė, R. Balnytė

“…A total of 138 patients were included in the study: 92 (64.5%) women and 46 (35.5%) men. The patients were divided into the following age groups: 28 (20.3%) patients aged 18-30 years (mean 24.89±3.725), 58 (42.0%) aged 31-50 years (mean 40.43±6.093), and 52 (37.7%) 50 years and older (mean 57.83±5.498). 49 (35.5%) patients converted to MS and 89 (64.5%) patients were diagnosed with other diseases than MS. …”
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Global, regional and national burden of neuroblastoma and other peripheral nervous system tumors, 1990 to 2021 and predictions to 2035: visualizing epidemiological characteristics... by Chaoyan Yue, Qi Zhang, Fenyong Sun, Qiuhui Pan

“…In addition, the incidence is slightly higher in men than in women. The BAPC model predicts that the global incidence, mortality, and DALYs of neuroblastoma will continue to increase until 2035. …”
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Assessment of The Factors Affecting Management of Gender and Sexual Violence Against Women in Rural Communities: A Case Study of Kyanamira Sub County Kabale District. by Tumuheki, Timothy

“…This will ensure equal family justice including rights for both men and women thus drawing stability in such families. …”
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Hepatitis B Virus in Polish Blood Donors in the Period 2005–2019—Significant Changes in Epidemiology and Demographic Characteristics of Infected Donors by Aneta Kopacz, Dorota Kubicka-Russel, Grzegorz Liszewski, Ewa Sulkowska, Anna Chrzanowska, Paulina Zwolińska, Ewa Noceń, Anna Potępa, Magdalena Łętowska, Piotr Grabarczyk, the Group of Polish Blood Transfusion Centers for Blood Borne Pathogens

“…The detection frequency for both categories of infections was significantly (<i>p</i> = 0.05) higher for men than for women (Residual Risk RR = 1.4 and RR = 2.63, respectively). …”
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Mid- to long-term clinical outcomes of modified technique skip-level titanium plate fixation in cervical laminoplasty compared to continuous fixation by Shuo Feng, QiRui Zhu, Yang Sun, ZiYao Ding, Zhe Zhuang, Heng-Heng Yu, Ma-Ji Sun, Feng Yuan

“…Methods A retrospective analysis of 125 patients (62 men, 63 women, average age 60.9 ± 10.4 years) with multilevel cervical spondylotic myelopathy who had cervical laminoplasty with Arch titanium plate fixation from January 2012 to March 2024 in our hospital was done. …”
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Seroprevalence against SARS-CoV-2 after booster vaccination in a prison in Alicante (Spain) by Ana C. Montagud, Raul Moragues, Nancy Vicente-Alcalde, Nancy Vicente-Alcalde, Emilia Montagud, José Antonio Hurtado-Sánchez, José Antonio Hurtado-Sánchez, José Tuells, José Tuells

“…Statistical analysis was performed using the SPSS 29.0 software.ResultsA total of 560 people participated in the study; the predominant profile was men (77.3%) with an average age of 45.7 years. 71.4% of subjects were prisoners and 28.6% were prison staff. …”
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Changes in Cardiac Varices and Their Clinical Significance after Eradication of Esophageal Varices by Band Ligation by Seung Woon Park, Yeon Seok Seo, Han Ah Lee, Sang Jung Park, Tae Hyung Kim, Jae Min Lee, Sang Jun Suh, Hyuk Soon Choi, Eun Sun Kim, Bora Keum, Young Kul Jung, Ji Hoon Kim, Hyonggin An, Hyung Joon Yim, Yoon Tae Jeen, Jong Eun Yeon, Hong Sik Lee, Hoon Jai Chun, Kwan Soo Byun, Soon Ho Um, Chang Duck Kim

“…The age was 59.7 ± 11.7 years, and 96 patients (78.0%) were men. Thirty-eight patients (30.9%) had EVs only, while 85 (69.1%) had GOV1s. …”
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Dietary Magnesium Intake and Leukocyte Telomere Attrition in Adults: The Regulatory Role of Serum Tumor Necrosis Factor α by Jie Yu, Haibin Liu, Shuli He, Pingping Li, Chunxiao Ma, Minglei Ma, Yiwen Liu, Lu Lv, Fan Ping, Huabing Zhang, Wei Li, Qi Sun, Lingling Xu, Yuxiu Li

“…This cross-sectional analysis included 467 participants (34.8% men). Measurements. Serum blood lipid profile, HbA1c, oxidative stress, and proinflammatory mediator levels were measured. …”
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Effects of exercise and exercise timing on energy intake and appetite control in Danish individuals with overweight or obesity with and without type 2 diabetes: a protocol for a ra... by Louise Groth Grunnet, Martin Bæk Blond, Jonas Salling Quist, Kristine Beaulieu, Graham Finlayson, Kristine Færch, Lea Jalking, Natja Poder Launbo, Marie Møller Jensen, Hanne Enghoff Pedersen, Marina Kjærgaard Gerstenberg

“…Introduction The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of acute exercise on appetite control and whether this differs between morning and late afternoon in individuals with overweight/obesity with or without type 2 diabetes (T2D).Methods and analysis The hedonic and homeostatic appetite control in obesity and type 2 diabetes in the context of meal and exercise timing (TIMEX) study is a randomised, controlled, cross-over trial. Fifty-eight women and men (aged 18–75 years) with overweight or obesity (body mass index ≥25 kg/m2) with or without T2D will be recruited. …”
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Direct collaboration between hospitals and NGOs, an essential tool to reinforce linkage to care in people living with HIV by Teresa Aldámiz-Echevarria, Chiara Fanciulli, Mónica Lopez, Leire Perez, Francisco Tejerina, David Sanchez, Blanca Lodeiros, Juan Carlos López, Juan Berenguer, Jose Maria Bellon, Maria Ferris, Mario Blazquez, Almudena Calvo, Mario Domene, Oswaldo Vegas, Carmen Rodriguez, Patricia Muñoz, Paloma Gijon, Pedro Montilla, Elena Bermudez, Maricela Valerio, Roberto Alonso, Belen Padilla, Critina Ventimilla, Cristina Diez

“…The result was an increase in annual new PLHIV seen in hospital by reaching a population who were, essentially, young men (94% male, median age 30 years), migrants (95%) with recent diagnosis of HIV (median 5 years) and who were recently arrived in Spain (median 5 months). …”
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TP53 Mutation Predicts Worse Survival and Earlier Local Progression in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treated with Transarterial Embolization by Ken Zhao, Anita Karimi, Luke Kelly, Elena Petre, Brett Marinelli, Erica S. Alexander, Vlasios S. Sotirchos, Joseph P. Erinjeri, Anne Covey, Constantinos T. Sofocleous, James J. Harding, William Jarnagin, Carlie Sigel, Efsevia Vakiani, Etay Ziv, Hooman Yarmohammadi

“…In total, 75 patients (63 men) with a median age of 70.0 (IQR 62.0–76.3) years were included. …”
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Acceptability of Overground Wearable Powered Exoskeletons for People with Spinal Cord Injury: A Multicenter Qualitative Study by Noémie Fortin-Bédard, Alice Pellichero, Stéphanie Leplaideur, Marie-Caroline Delebecque, Caroline Charette, Willy Allègre, Alyson Champagne, Caroline Rahn, Andréanne K. Blanchette, Laurent Bouyer, Jacques Kerdraon, Marie-Eve Lamontagne, François Routhier

“…<b>Methods</b>: Fourteen individuals with SCI (9 men, mean [SD] age 47 years [14.8], a majority with traumatic and thoracic lesion (T6–T12)) who had utilized an exoskeleton in Canada or in France during their rehabilitation participated in a semi-structured interview. …”
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It depends on how you tell: a qualitative diagnostic analysis of the implementation climate for community-wide mass drug administration for soil-transmitted helminth by Judd L Walson, Saravanakumar Puthupalayam Kaliappan, Sitara Swarna Rao Ajjampur, Sarah Lawrence, Khumbo Kalua, Euripide Avokpaho, Amy Roll, Angelin Titus, Yesudoss Jacob, Marie Claire Gwayi-Chore, Félicien Chabi, Comlanvi Innocent Togbevi, Abiguel Belou Elijan, Providence Nindi, Moudachirou Ibikounle, Kumudha Aruldas, Arianna Rubin Means

“…This formative analysis was conducted to evaluate the implementation climate for cMDA and to determine barriers and facilitators to launch.Settings Prior to the launch of a cMDA trial in Benin, India and Malawi.Participants Community members (adult women and men, children, and local leaders), community drug distributors (CDDs) and health facility workers.Design We conducted 48 focus group discussions (FGDs) with community members, 13 FGDs with CDDs and 5 FGDs with health facility workers in twelve randomly selected clusters across the three study countries. …”
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