The Use of Cannabis as a Predictor of Early Onset of Bipolar Disorder and Suicide Attempts by Rafaela Torres Portugal Leite, Sarah de Oliveira Nogueira, João Paulo Rodrigues do Nascimento, Laisa Soares de Lima, Taís Bastos da Nóbrega, Mariana da Silva Virgínio, Lucas Monte da Costa Moreno, Bruno Henrique Barbosa Sampaio, Fábio Gomes de Matos e Souza

“…Bipolar disorder (BD) implies risk of suicide. The age at onset (AAO) of BD carries prognostic significance. …”
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Association between asymptomatic submicroscopic and microscopic malaria infections and anemia: A study in southern Benin. by Alejandro Rojas Chaves, Yannelle Dossou, Armel Djènontin, Elisée Adimi, Romuald Akoho, Justine Bailly, Aziz Bouraïma, Déborah Matondo, Yolande Sissinto, Dismand Houinato, Achille Massougbodji, Célia Dechavanne, Gilles Cottrell

“…The risk of anemia declined with increasing age (OR for ages 5-15: 0.64, 95% CI [0.37; 1.09]; OR for over 15 years: 0.34, 95% CI [0.20; 0.59]) compared to children under 5. …”
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Prognostic factors in transnasal endoscopic surgery for paediatric patients with ossifying fibroma of the paranasal sinuses and skull base by Jingying Ma, Bing Zhou, Qian Huang, Shunjiu Cui, Dingfang Cao

“…Methods This retrospective observational study included 34 patients under 17 years of age who underwent transnasal endoscopic resection of ossifying fibroma of the paranasal sinuses and skull base from 2005 to 2021 at a single tertiary medical centre. …”
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PREVENTION OF ONCOLOGICAL DISEASES AS THE BASIS OF INTERACTION OF ONCOLOGICAL SERVICE WITH PRIMARY LINK OF HEALTH CARE by L. M. Aleksandrova, V. V. Starinsky, A. D. Kaprin, Yu. V. Samsonov

“…Among both sexes, deaths of working age, the proportion of deaths from MN was 16.0%, among women of reproductive age — 16.3%. …”
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Relationship Between Corpus Callusom Index and Clinical Subtypes, Severity of Cognitive Disorders, and Disability in Multiple Sclerosis by Hussein Soleimantabar, Mehran Ghaffari, Shno Hosseini, Moosa Seifzade

“…Results: A total of 85 patients with a mean age of 40.73 ± 8.45 years were assessed, and 65.9% were women. …”
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Effects of gestational and lactational exposure to ethanol on body and bone growth of rat offspring by Natalia Viana Tamiasso, Fabiana Rocha Araújo, Natália de Melo Ocarino, Amanda Maria Sena Reis, Athelson Stefanon Bittencourt, Rogéria Serakides

“…The weight and length of the pups were determined at birth and 17 days of age. The length and width of the femur and tibia and the thickness of the epiphysis were measured in the neonates, and the thickness of the articular cartilage, epiphyseal plate, and its zones were measured at 17 days of age. …”
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Comparison of Endogenous Endophthalmitis in Patients with and Without COVID-19 Infection by Ehsan Namvar, Mehdi Moallem, Mehrdad Afarid, Alireza Bolkheir

“…Twenty-four eyes of the 14 patients were included in this study, of which 9 were female. The mean age was 49.57 years. Follow-ups ranged from 1 month to 20 months (mean, 8 months). …”
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Determinants of Brachial-Ankle Pulse Wave Velocity in Chinese Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis by Ping Li, Cheng-xun Han, Cui-li Ma, Jia-long Guo, Bo Liu, Juan Du, Li-qi Bi

“…The old age and high level of serum triglycerides may be the major determinants of arterial stiffness in Chinese RA patients.…”
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Foetal Haemoglobin, Erythrocytes Containing Foetal Haemoglobin, and Hematological Features in Congolese Patients with Sickle Cell Anaemia by L. Tshilolo, V. Summa, C. Gregorj, C. Kinsiama, J. A. Bazeboso, G. Avvisati, D. Labie

“…HbF levels were measured in 89 SCA patients (mean age 11.4 yrs) using a standard HPLC method. F cell quantitation was done in a second group of SCA patients (𝑛=42, mean age 8.9 yrs) and compared with a control group (𝑛=47, mean age 5 yrs). …”
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Assessing the diagnostic accuracy of radiological and histological findings in the diagnosis of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease stages among patients in a tertiary hospital by Ekpe Edemekong L, Emanghe U, Ekpe EL, Obiora IC, Yemiode Itam, Akinmola OO

“…Results: One hundred and nine participants were recruited and participated in this study, of which 62 (56.9%) were females and 47(43.1%) were males, with the highest age bracket presenting at 56-65 years. The female-to-male ratio was 1:1.4 and their mean age was 55.5 ± 12.8 years (age range was 18-70 years). …”
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Prevalence of Chronic Complications, Their Risk Factors, and the Cardiovascular Risk Factors among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Attending the Diabetic Clinic at a Tertiary Care Ho... by Maulee Hiromi Arambewela, Noel P. Somasundaram, Hettiarachchige Buddhi Pradeep Ranjan Jayasekara, Mahesh P. Kumbukage, Pulukkutti Mudiyanselage Sarath Jayasena, Chandrasekara Mudalige Priyanka Hemanthi Chandrasekara, Kurukulasuriya Ravindra Alexis Sudath Fernando, Divadalage Priyantha Kusumsiri

“…The study population had 72.7% females and 27.3% males. Mean age and disease duration were 58.3 ± 10.3 and 10.8 ± 7 years, respectively. …”
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Factors Affecting the Presence of Renal Cortical Cysts in Kidney Donors by Sevim Nuran Kuşlu Çiçek, Amil Huseynov

“…Methods: This retrospective cohort study included 1012 living kidney donors, aged 18-87 years, who underwent renal transplant donor nephrectomy between 2008 and 2023. …”
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Factors Associated with Fluid Sequestration in Patients with Acute Pancreatitis: A Prospective Study in Tertiary Centre Hospital in Nepal by Raju Bhandari, Krishna Sapkota, Seema Subedi, Som Kumar Shrestha, Edward Sutanto, Prabhat Jha, Ramesh Singh Bhandari

“…Eighty patients (median age 44 years; 57% male) with a median FS48 of 1610 mL were evaluated. …”
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L’oppidum du Marduel (Saint-Bonnet-du-Gard) du Bronze final IIIb à l’époque romaine : synthèse des recherches sur un habitat occupé dans la longue durée by Denis Lebeaupin

“…The chronology of settlement in the plain, or the piedmont, is less well known, but it seems as though the zone was more or less continuously settled, or at least visited, from the final Bronze Age IIIB to the end of the 5th c. BC, unoccupied from the 4th c. to the 2nd c. …”
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Clinical Prediction Score for Ruptured Appendicitis in ED by Thidathit Prachanukool, Chaiyaporn Yuksen, Welawat Tienpratarn, Sorravit Savatmongkorngul, Panvilai Tangkulpanich, Chetsadakon Jenpanitpong, Yuranun Phootothum, Malivan Phontabtim, Promphet Nuanprom

“…The inclusion criteria were age >15 years and an available pathology report after appendectomy. …”
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Risk Factors of Hypertension among Diabetic Patients from Yaoundé Central Hospital and Etoug-Ebe Baptist Health Centre, Cameroon by Beryl Kemche, Brice Ulrich Saha Foudjo, Elie Fokou

“…A hospital-based cross-sectional study was conducted for 6 months, and 109 participants (types 1 and 2), aged 24–81 years, were enrolled using simple random sampling. …”
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Inverse Relationship Between Leydig Cell Density and Metastatic Potential of Prostatic Adenocarcinoma by W. John Wang, Y. Albert Yeh, Paul Stout, Kang Fan

“…Materials and methods: Tissue samples from 111 men, age 52–85, with PC and bilateral orchiectomy were evaluated for Leydig cell density. …”
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Are Trends in Economic Modeling of Pediatric Diabetes Mellitus up to Date with the Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Latest Scientific Findings? by Roque Cardona-Hernandez, Alberto de la Cuadra-Grande, Julen Monje, María Echave, Itziar Oyagüez, María Álvarez, Isabel Leiva-Gea

“…Neither guidelines nor models included recent findings, such as age at diagnosis or socioeconomic status, as prognostic factors. …”
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Intention to Extend Working Life among Thai Registered Nurses in Ministry of Public Health: A National Survey by Pooncharat Sirisub, Nawarat Suwannapong, Mathuros Tipayamongkholgul, Nopporn Howteerakul, Thinakorn Noree

“…Self-administered questionnaires were distributed nationally to 3,629 RNs in the age group 55-59 years and working for the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), Thailand. …”
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Clinical characteristics, complications and satisfaction of megameatus intact prepuce (MIP) hypospadias variant: a 15 year retrospective study by Meng He, Songqiao Fan, Ning Sun, Jun Tian, Minglei Li, Hongcheng Song, Weiping Zhang

“…Outcome analysis was focused on clinical data includes age, position of the meatus, penile curvature, type of repair, complications and satisfaction survey results. …”
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