Clinical outcome of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: an 11-year follow-up study by Steven Dooley, Juan Du, Xiaoping Tang, Lan Chen, Jinzhu Jia, Fujun Li, Yanyan Shi, Christoph Meyer, Zhongwei Zhu, Yanming Zhang, Roman Liebe, Keming Hu, Tingting Zhou, Huier Zhang, Hong-Lei Weng, Tong Huang

“…Male peak prevalence was between 40 and 60 years of age, whereas highest prevalence in women was at an age of 60 years and older. …”
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Knowledge, Attitude, and Barriers Influencing Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Uptake by Mazin A. Barry, Khalid I. Aljammaz, Abdulaziz A. Alrashed

“…Influenza tends to cause epidemics with serious illness and death among high-risk groups such as children aged 5 years and younger, pregnant women, elderly ≥65 years of age, and with chronic medical conditions. …”
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Myocardial functional recovery following durable ventricular assist device in children by Bhavikkumar Langanecha, Osami Honjo, Alyssa Power, Oshri Zaulan, Christoph Haller, Kristen George, Linda Fazari, Andrea Maurich, David Chiasson, Aamir Jeewa

“…Of those, 7 of 9 (77%) were under 2 years of age and 6 of 9 (67%) were supported for >90 days. …”
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Contact patterns between index patients and their close contacts and assessing risk for COVID-19 transmission during different exposure time windows: a large retrospective observat... by Weibing Wang, Genming Zhao, Hao Pan, Bo Zheng, Chenyan Jiang, Yaxu Zheng, Huanyu Wu, Shenghua Mao, Ye Yao, Xiaohuan Gong, Sheng Lin, Bihong Jin, Dechuan Kong

“…Introduction To characterise age-mixing patterns among index cases and contacts of COVID-19, and explore when patients are most infectious during the disease process.Methods This study examined all initial 90 885 confirmed index cases in Shanghai and their 450 770 close contacts. …”
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Gambaran Faktor yang Berhubungan dengan Timbulnya Kejang Demam Berulang pada Pasien yang Berobat di Poliklinik Anak RS. DR. M. Djamil Padang Periode Januari 2010 – Desember 2012 by Vivit Erdina Yunita, Afdal Afdal, Iskandar Syarif

“…Recurrent febrile seizures are dependent variable meanwhile age of initial seizure, sex, family febrile seizure history, family epilepsy history, and type of initial febrile seizure are independent variables. …”
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Prevalence of Diabetic Retinopathy in Patients with Cerebrovascular Accident: A Cross-sectional Study by (Col.) OK Radhakrishnan, Rutu K Rao, Varsha Manade, Swaranjali Gore, Shreya Gandhi, Khushboo Goyal, Tushar Agrawal

“…The study included 100 patients (200 eyes) aged 40-70 years with CVAs and diabetes. Details regarding age, gender and, detailed ocular and systemic information were recorded. …”
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Association Between Adolescent Violence Exposure and the Risk of Suicide: A 15-Year Study in Taiwan by Chieh Sung, Chi-Hsiang Chung, Chien-An Sun, Chang-Huei Tsao, Daphne Yih Ng, Tsu-Hsuan Weng, Li-Yun Fann, Fu-Huang Lin, Wu-Chien Chien

“…Background/Objectives: According to the 2023 Ministry of Health and Welfare statistics, the suicide rate among adolescents aged 15 to 24 has steadily increased since 2018, from 3.7 to 5.5 per 100,000 populations, reaching a recent high. …”
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Supplemental oxygen strategies in infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia after the neonatal intensive care unit period: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (SOS BPD s... by Anton H van Kaam, Wes Onland, Irwin K M Reiss, Peter H Dijk, Arend F Bos, Eleni-Rosalina Andrinopoulou, E Villamor, LGM van Rooij, M de Jong, JS von Lindern, Lucas Goossens, Stephanie Balink, Elianne J L E Vrijlandt, Anthon R Hulsmann, Debbie H Nuytemans, Arwen J Sprij, André A Kroon, Marielle Pijnenburg, MGA Baartmans, GJ Blok, WP de Boode, HD Buiter, CE Counsilman, CA Dalen Meurs, ACM Dassel, AM de Grauw, MEN van den Heuvel, JLAM van Hillegersberg, JCR van Hoften, JHL van Hoorn, CH ten Hove, A Kamerbeek, AAMW van Kempen, LH van der Meer, RMJ Moonen, EEM Mulder, HJ Niemarkt, MAG van Scherpenzeel-de Vries, IAM Schiering, RNGB Tan

“…The primary outcome is the weight SD score at 6 months of corrected age. Secondary outcomes include anthropometrics collected at 6 and 12 months of corrected age, rehospitalisations, respiratory complaints, infant stress, parental quality of life and cost-effectiveness.Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval for the trial was obtained from the Medical Ethics Review Committee of the Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (MEC-2018–1515). …”
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The prevalence of thromboembolic events among COVID-19 patients admitted to a single centre intensive care unit (ICU): an epidemiological study from a Malaysian population by Nur Farhani Mansor, Izzati Abdul Halim Zaki, Lee Chew Kiok, Eng Kar Seng, Tharmini Ravi, Mohan Pathmanathan, Khang Wen Goh, Long Chiau Ming, Pakhrur Razi, Hanis Hanum Zulkifly

“…Age, obesity, elevated D-Dimer levels, and longer ICU stays were significant predictors of TE events. …”
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Risk factors and renal outcomes of AKI in children with secondary steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome by Nannan Yu, XiaoJun Ouyang, Jie Li, Jie Gao, Shuhan Zeng, Hongjie Zhuang, Mengjie Jiang, Yuxin Pei, Xiaoyun Jiang

“…Risk factors including infection, age of onset, and uric acid level are associated with AKI in children with secondary SRNS. …”
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Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Predictors of Disability in a Cohort of Jordanian Patients with the First Ischemic Stroke by Majdi Al Qawasmeh, Belal Aldabbour, Aiman Momani, Deema Obiedat, Kefah Alhayek, Raid Kofahi, Ahmed Yassin, Khalid El-Salem

“…Significant predictors of mRS score were smoking (t 3.24, P<0.001), age (t 1.98, P<0.049), and NIHSS score (t 9.979, P 0.000). …”
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A community-based study to assess the prevalence and predictors of stunting among under-five children in Sheger City, Oromia, Ethiopia by Firomsa Botorie, Bilisom Balcha Abera, Abera Botorie, Abera Botorie, Asonya Abera, Abebe Dukessa Dubiwak, Abebe Dukessa Dubiwak, Tesfaye Getachew Charkos, Godana Arero Dassie

“…Thus, the aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of stunting and its predictors among children under the age of five in Lega Tafo Lega Dadi, Sheger City, Oromia, Ethiopia.MethodsA community-based cross-sectional study was conducted on 566 children under the age of five using a systematic random sampling technique. …”
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Use of thymidine kinase 1 autoantibody, thymidine kinase antigen, extracellular protein kinase A autoantibody, and C‐reactive protein for early detection of malignant tumors in dog... by Yoonhee Kim, Wonhee Lee, Byunggak Kim, Bonghwan Jang, Kyung‐Rok Yu, Hong Sook Kim, Minok Ryu, Yein Oh, Kyoungwon Seo, Chul Park, Ulsoo Choi, Dongha Bhang, Hwayoung Youn

“…Regression coefficients were 24.4, 20.5, 24.8, 10.6, respectively in TK1 autoantibody, TK1 antigen, CRP, and age, and the effect by breed (regression coefficient 2.1, 3.0) was the lowest. …”
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Rehabilitation using virtual gaming for Hospital and hOMe-Based training for the Upper limb in acute and subacute Stroke (RHOMBUS II): results of a feasibility randomised controlle... by Cherry Kilbride, Tom Butcher, Meriel Norris, Nana Anokye, Alyson Warland, Karen Baker, Dimitrios A Athanasiou, Guillem Singla-Buxarrais, Jennifer Ryan, Francesca Gowing, Elmar Kal, Carole Pound, Victoria Stewart, Basaam Aweid, Arul Samiyappan

“…Intervention group: n=16, mean age 66.5 years; median 9.5 days post stroke. Control group: n=8, mean age 64.6 years; median 17.5 days post stroke. …”
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Risk factors for ocular biological parameters in Chinese preschool children: a cohort study from the Beijing whole childhood eye study by Xi Qin, Yunyun Sun, Yunyun Sun, Shana Wang, Xiaolan Xie, Lei Gao, Huijian Li, Huijian Li, Ruihua Wei, Jing Fu, Jing Fu, Bidan Zhu

“…Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the effects of these factors on the AL, CR, and AL/CR ratio in children aged 3–6 years in Beijing.MethodsIn this 3-month study, initiated in November 2021, children aged 3–6 years from nine kindergartens in Beijing were randomly selected for ocular biological parameter measurements. …”
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Polo-like Kinase 1 Expression as a Biomarker in Colorectal Cancer: A Retrospective Two-Center Study by Lana Jajac Brucic, Vesna Bisof, Majana Soce, Marko Skelin, Ivan Krecak, Andjela Nadinic, Branka Vrbicic, Zivana Puljiz, Suzana Hancic, Slavko Gasparov

“…<b>Methods</b>: Patients with sporadic CRC, aged >18 years, were included in this study. We categorized the patients into two groups: patients younger than 50 years, and those aged 50 years or older. …”
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Attitudes and perspectives of healthcare workers on treating chronic hepatitis C infection in children and adolescents by Farihah Malik, Philippa Easterbrook, Giuseppe Indolfi, Giuseppe Indolfi, Claire Thorne

“…There was a trend toward higher preference for treating children of older age groups; 60% of respondents reported a strong preference for treating (i.e., stating they were very likely or likely to treat) children aged 3 to &lt;6 years, 81 and 95% indicated strong preferences for treating those aged 6 to &lt;12 years and 12 to &lt;18 years, respectively. …”
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Frailty prevalence and its associations in a subacute geriatric ward in Singapore by Christine Yuanxin Chen, Thulasi Chandran, Vivian Cantiller Barrera, Rachelle Tumbokon Tan-Pantanao, Tanya Joy Zapata Quicho, Zin Tun Thant, Kiat Sern Goh

“…In this study, independent factors associated with frailty were age, HGS at discharge, serum albumin and urinary incontinence. …”
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Comparison of local minocycline hydrochloride delivery and antimicrobial photodynamic therapy as adjuncts to mechanical debridement for the treatment of peri‑implant mucositis: A r... by Abdulrahman M. AlMubarak

“…There was no difference in the mean ages of all individuals. At baseline, there was no difference in mPI, mGI and PD in all groups. …”
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The Prevalence and Distribution of Vitreoretinal Interface Abnormalities among Urban Community Population in China by Lei Liu, Song Yue, Jingyang Wu, Jiahua Zhang, Jie Lian, Desheng Huang, Weiping Teng, Lei Chen

“…Prevalence of VIAs was observed to be high among T2D patients in all age groups compared to normal subjects. Prevalence of VIAs increased with age in all subjects. …”
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