Systemic immune-inflammation index mediates the association between abdominal obesity and serum klotho levels by Chenchun Chen, Peng Tang, Wei Zhu

“…A cross-sectional study was conducted using data from 6997 middle-aged and elderly Americans participating in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES) between 2011 and 2016. …”
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Mal de Debarquement syndrome: clinical cases and literature review by A. Paškonienė, R. Poškutė, V. Markevičiūtė, J. Ivaška, E. Lesinskas

“…Mal de Debarquement syndrome (MdDS) is a rare neuro-otologic disorder that mainly appears for middle-aged women and occurs after long-term passive motion (flight by plane, cruise). …”
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On the Differential Diagnosis of Anxious from Nonanxious Major Depression by means of the Hamilton Scales by George Konstantakopoulos, Vasilios G. Masdrakis, Manolis Markianos, Panagiotis Oulis

“…A cut-off point ≥9 provides the best trade-off between sensitivity and specificity of the ASF criterion, at least in female middle-aged inpatients.…”
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Unusual Presentation of Type 1 Idiopathic Macular Telangiectasia by Zaïnab Bentaleb Machkour, Philippe Denis, Laurent Kodjikian

“…To report unusual presentation of type 1A idiopathic macular telangiectasia (IMT). Methods. Two middle-aged women with bilateral IMT were examined. …”
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A Comparative Study of Passenger Multitasking Activities on Commuting and Leisure Electrified Intercity Railways by Xing Yao, Chunhui Jing, Yaoxuan Huang, Jinyi Zhi

“…For example, the probability of conversation among passengers on the leisure line was 3.47 times that of the commuting line, and the middle-aged and elderly travelers on this line were more likely to be in a daze and look around. …”
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Continued high rates of antibiotic prescribing to adults with respiratory tract infection: survey of 568 UK general practices by Paul Little, Lucy Yardley, Martin C Gulliford, Judith Charlton, Lisa McDermott, Michael V Moore, Mark Ashworth, Tjeerd van Staa, Alex Dregan, Gerard McCann

“…This study aimed to analyse the performance of UK general practices with respect to antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract infections (RTIs) among young and middle-aged adults.Setting Data are reported for 568 UK general practices contributing to the Clinical Practice Research Datalink.Participants Participants were adults aged 18–59 years. …”
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A lower atherogenic index of plasma was associated with a higher incidence of sarcopenia by Zhiping Duan, Yunda Huang, Xiaoling Liu, Huiyu Tang, Guihua Jiang, Wei Huang, Runfen Du, Dan Zhou, Hong Yang

“…The aim of this study was to investigate the association between AIP and new-onset sarcopenia and its components among middle-aged and older adults in a Chinese community. …”
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Urinothorax Caused by Xanthogranulomatous Pyelonephritis by Waiel Abusnina, Hazim Bukamur, Zeynep Koc, Fauzi Najar, Nancy Munn, Fuad Zeid

“…Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis is a rare form of chronic pyelonephritis that generally afflicts middle-aged women with a history of recurrent urinary tract infections. …”
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Similibus simile cognoscitur. O pensamento analógico medieval by Hilário Franco Júnior

“…This is exemplified in the present article by the frequent use that the Middle Age made of analogies in mathematics, cartography, medicine, theology, biblical exegesis, liturgy, etymology, and literature, among other fields of human activity.…”
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Mixed Acinar-Endocrine Carcinoma (MAEC) Arising in Duodenal Pancreatic Heterotopia by Phoenix D. Bell, Tom C. DeRoche, Aaron R. Huber

“…Patients are often middle-aged and present with nonspecific symptoms. Imaging typically reveals a solid lesion in the pancreatic head. …”
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Pancreatic tuberculosis mimicking as pancreatic malignancy: Surgeon's dilemma by Rohik Anjum T. Siddeek, Amit Gupta, Tanuj Singla, Deepak Rajput, Shaik Sameer Ahmed, Reshma Jeladharan

“…Here, we report a case of middle-aged gentleman presenting with abdominal pain and constitutional symptoms who was diagnosed with pancreatic tuberculosis on imaging, which was confirmed by Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA) from the lesion. …”
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IgG4 Inflammatory Pseudotumor of the Kidney by Ahmed N. Alkhasawneh, Robert W. Allan

“…Hyper-IgG4 disease is a rare systemic disorder that usually affects middle age males. It is characterized by elevated serum IgG4 levels and infiltration of organs by IgG4 positive plasma cells associated with fibrosis. …”
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Clinical and Epidemiological Characterization of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis by Zoe Alina González Otero, Jorge Luis Egüez Mesa, Celestino Fusté Jiménez, Eugenio Alejandro Reyes Medina, José Alberto Borges López, Lázaro Hermes González Otero

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> arthritis was found in 2 men every 5 women. White middle-aged patients predominated. Hypertension was the major illness described in the past medical history. …”
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Uterine Tumor Resembling Ovarian Sex Cord Tumors Type II with Vaginal Vault Recurrence by Oriana Marrucci, Paola Nicoletti, Alessandro Mauriello, Simone Facchetti, Lodovico Patrizi, Carlo Ticconi, Francesco Sesti, Emilio Piccione

“…UTROSCTs (Uterine Tumors Resembling Ovarian Sex Cord Tumors) are rare neoplasms of unknown etiology usually occurring in middle-aged women. Less than 100 cases of UTROSCT have been reported so far. …”
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A Rare Case of Right Retrocaval Ureter with Duplication of Infrarenal IVC by Anees Dudekula, Sonali D. Prabhu

“…Retrocaval ureter, also known as circumcaval ureter, is a rare congenital anomaly which commonly presents with loin pain in middle age group. Here, ureter passes between the inferior vena cava (IVC) and psoas muscle and gets compressed. …”
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A Rare Case of Cutaneous Plasmacytosis in a Korean Male by Corey Georgesen, Meenal Kheterpal, Melissa Pulitzer

“…Cutaneous and systemic plasmacytosis are reactive disease processes that occur in middle-aged Japanese and Chinese men. Systemic plasmacytosis, defined by plasmacytic infiltration of two organ systems, might rarely progress to lymphoma. …”
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Sporadic Pemphigus Foliaceus in a 3-Year-Old Vietnamese Girl: A Case Report and Literature Review by Trinh Thi Diem Nguyen, Trinh Ngoc To Chau, Phuong Thi Doan Vo, Hao Trong Nguyen

“…Sporadic pemphigus foliaceus is known to be more prevalent in middle-aged and elderly people and to be extremely rare in children. …”
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Mediastinal B-Cell Lymphoma Presenting with Jugular-Subclavian Deep Vein Thrombosis as the First Presentation by Sherif Ali Eltawansy, Mana Rao, Sidney Ceniza, David Sharon

“…We report the case of a middle aged male presenting with right sided neck pain and arm swelling secondary to ipsilateral jugular-subclavian deep vein thrombosis. …”
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Prevalence and risk factors of the most common multimorbidity among Canadian adults. by Obed Mortey, Gerald Mugford, Kris Aubrey-Bassler, Hensley H Mariathas, Ugochukwu Odimba, Zhiwei Gao

“…<h4>Objective</h4>To investigate the prevalence and associated risk factors of the most common multimorbidity (MCM) among Canadian middle-aged and older adults.<h4>Method</h4>Relevant data on all 30,097 middle-aged and older Canadian adults (aged 45 to 85 years) from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging were used for this study. …”
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Research on the network structure and gender/age differences of psychological safety among urban residents: network analysis based on a large sample by Tao Yang, Huicong Cai, Juan Song, Na Li, Haiyan Liu

“…In the dimension network of the youth sample, the strength of the connection between calmness and relaxation, trust and relaxation were significantly stronger than those of the middle-age sample, while the strength of the connection between relaxation and excitement was significantly weaker than that of the middle-age sample. …”
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