Identification of clinical subgroups in anti-SRP positive immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy patients using cluster analysis by Beibei Cui, Hongjiang Liu, Ruiting Liu, Geng Yin, Qibing Xie

“…Cluster 2 patients were younger (mean age 45.83 years), had a longer disease course (median 6.5 months), milder muscle damage, and lower autoantibody titers. …”
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Ultrasound Assessment of Carotid Intima-Media Thickness: Comparison between Diabetes and Nondiabetes Subjects, and Correlation with Serum Vitamin D by Sameeah Abdulrahman Rashid

“…Comparison was made between each group, and the association of CIMT with each of age, sex, BMI, serum vitamin D status, smoking, and physical activity status was studied. …”
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Characterization of Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus in the Area I in Cienfuegos from 1988 to 2011 by Graciela Caridad Cabrera Acea, Belkis Vicente Sánchez, Lietter Aguilar Jure, Yadenis Cardoso Pérez, María del Rosario Sánchez Soto, Cinthya Gómez Cabrera

“…<br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> infection increased in the last five years, particularly in most sexually active age groups; it was more common in men who have sex with men. …”
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Prevalence of Reasons for Tooth Extraction in Small- and Medium-Breed Dogs by Chun-Geun Kim, Daehyun Kwon, Kyuyoung Lee, Se Eun Kim, Hyun Min Jo

“…All dogs were categorized by sex, age, breed, and tooth position. Teeth were classified into untreated, missing, or extracted categories. …”
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Factors Influencing Knowledge and Attitudes towards Second-Hand Smoking Exposure Among University Students: An Exploratory Study by Md. Majharul Islam, Firoj Al-Mamun, Moneerah Mohammad ALmerab, Mst. Sabrina Moonajilin, Mohammed A. Mamun

“…Furthermore, age, gender, and living with parents emerged as significant predictors of attitude, explaining 14.7% of its variance (R 2  = 0.147, F = 7.165, P  < .001). …”
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Diagnostic Performance of McMonnies Questionnaire as a Screening Survey for Dry Eye: A Multicenter Analysis by Yuxin Guo, Rongmei Peng, Kang Feng, Jing Hong

“…However, the AUCs varied significantly in different gender and age subgroups (z test, P<0.001), as the discriminating ability declined with age. …”
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Oral Finasteride (5 mg and 2 mg) versus Topical Minoxidil 5% in Female Pattern Hair Loss by Eman Hamed El Morsy, Asmaa Saad Abd Toto, Eman Mohamed Hassan

“…In addition, low-dose finasteride gave better responses in the younger age group. However, all three treatment options were safe in the treatment of FPHL.…”
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Evaluation of serum Ferritin level in patients presenting with dysphagia: A hidden marker to diagnose Plummer Vinson syndrome by Rukhsana Tumrani, Afshan Qayum, Kashif Munir, Ahmad Ijlal, Mehvish Sana

“…P value <0.05 was taken as significant. Results: Mean age of the study subjects was 37.79±8.451years and 53(26.1%) were male and 150(73.9%) were females. …”
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Lichen Sclerosus Atrophicus with Vitiligo in Pediatrics by Juan Carlos Yanes Macías, Mery Rosa Betancourt Trujillo, Lino Arístides Sánchez Galván, Damarys Díaz Leonard, Tamara Sánchez Estrada, Hugo Almeida Leyva

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> 8 cases were described, all in pediatric patients with a mean age of 8 years and an evolution of 3.1 years, predominantly female, 37.5 % of the series had extragenital lesions and vitiligo 62.5 %, there were diagnostic delay in a patient. …”
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Reflections of adolescent motherhood on infant and young child feeding practices: the case of Uganda by Gözde Zeynep Yeşiloğlu, Suzan Yalçin, Sıddika Songül Yalçin

“…Method Our sample comprised the last children aged 6–23 months of mothers aged 15–29 years, totaling 2594 mother-infant pairs; 402 were aged 15–19 years, 1,388 were aged 20–29 years with their first delivery before the age of 20, and 804 were aged 20–29 years with their first delivery at 20 years or older. …”
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Clinical Characteristics and Mortality-Associated Factors in Trauma Patients Undergoing Permanent Versus Temporary Tracheostomy by Ahmad K. Alnemare

“…Key factors influencing survival outcomes include age, injury severity, sex, and cardiovascular surgical intervention. …”
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A Study of Serum Adiponectin Levels in Patients with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome and its Correlation with Various Cardiometabolic Risk Markers by G. Surendra Prasad, Uma Kaimal Saikia, Ashok Krishna Bhuyan, Abhamoni Baro

“…Background: Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is the most common metabolic disorder in the reproductive age group, the pathogenesis of which is constantly evolving with the discovery of novel molecules and the lookout for potential therapeutic targets. …”
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Frequency and Associated Factors of Post-dural Puncture Headache at a Tertiary Care Hospital of Southern Punjab, Pakistan by Maria Jabeen, Sohaib Hassan, Aneeqa Saad, Sohail Safdar

“…Results: Of 173 study cases, 43.3% were male and an overall mean age was 40.92±10.07 years (range; 24-60 years). …”
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SHOX and sex difference in height: a hypothesis by Tsutomu Ogata, Atsushi Hattori, Maki Fukami

“…In this regard, previous studies have revealed that (1) distribution of the mean adult heights in subjects with disorders accompanied by discordance between sex chromosome complement and bioactive sex steroids and in control subjects (the British height standards) indicates that, of the ~12.5 cm of sex difference in the mean adult height, ~9 cm is accounted for by the difference in the sex chromosome complement and the remaining ~3.5 cm is explained by the dimorphism in sex steroids (primarily due to the growth-promoting effect of gonadal androgens); (2) according to the infancy-childhood-puberty growth model, the sex difference in the childhood growth function produces height differences of ~1 cm in childhood and 8–10 cm at 18–20 years of age, whereas the sex difference in the pubertal growth function yields height difference of ~4.5 cm at 18–20 years of age; and (3) SHOX expression and methylation analyses using knee cartilage tissues and cultured chondrocytes have shown lower SHOX expression levels in female samples than in male samples and methylation patterns consistent with partial spreading of X-inactivation affecting SHOX in female samples. …”
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Public Acceptance of Driverless Buses in China: An Empirical Analysis Based on an Extended UTAUT Model by Jian Chen, Rui Li, Mi Gan, Zhiyan Fu, Fatao Yuan

“…The moderating effects of demographic attributes (gender, age, and education level) on each factor in the model were also analyzed. …”
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Risk Factors Associated with Cardioembolic Stroke in Patients with non Valvular Atrial Fibrillation by Daniel Guerra García, Francisco Valladares Carvajal, Ernesto Julio Bernal Valladares, José Aurelio Díaz Quiñones

“…Demographic variables as age and sex and clinical variables; toxic habits, comorbidities, therapeutic management with anticoagulants and ecocardiographic variables were analyzed. …”
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Analysis of Prevention and Treatment of Anastomotic Leakage after Sphincter-Preserving Surgery for Middle- and Low-Grade Rectal Cancer under Laparoscopy by Jia-He Yu, Xiang-Wu Huang, Yu-Cheng Song, Hui-Zhong Lin, Feng-Wu Zheng

“…There were 75 male patients and 51 female patients, ranging in age from 37 to 89 years old, with an average age of 60.2 ± 6.7. …”
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Treatment Patterns for Patients on Overactive Bladder Therapy: A Retrospective Statistical Analysis Using Canadian Claims Data by Adrian Wagg, Demitri Diles, Todd Berner

“…The risk of discontinuation in patients ≥75 years was only slightly higher than that in patients aged 40−64 years (hazard ratio of 1.08) and was lower than in those aged 65−74 years. …”
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Predictive performance of emergency department-specific variables on COVID-19 pneumonia by Hann-Yee Tan, Mathew Yeo, Xin-Ying Tay, Michael Fung, Ranjeev Kumar, Say-Tat Ooi, Lina Amirah, Chalani Udhyami Ubeynarayana, Desmond Mao

“…Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that age (aOR 1.07, P = 0.049), CRP (aOR 1.05, P = 0.006) and CRX findings (aOR 50.00, P < 0.001) had increased odds of pneumonia. …”
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Prevalence of supernumerary teeth among a sample of patients attending college of dentistry in Erbil, Iraq by Fighan Jalal Hussein, Heran Ibrahim Hassan, Alaa Mahmud Mustafa

“…Methods: This descriptive and retrospective study was performed on 1233 patients (658 males 53.4% and 575 females 46.6%) ranging in age from 3 to 14 years old during the period 20172018. …”
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