A Polysomnographic Study of Parkinson’s Disease Sleep Architecture by Daniel Martinez-Ramirez, Sol De Jesus, Roger Walz, Amin Cervantes-Arriaga, Zhongxing Peng-Chen, Michael S. Okun, Vanessa Alatriste-Booth, Mayela Rodríguez-Violante

“…Sleep efficiency was predicted by amantadine usage and age, while sleep stage 1 was predicted by dopamine agonists and Hoehn & Yahr severity. …”
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Restless legs syndrome without insomnia and antenatal depressive symptoms by Kazuhide Tezuka, Yuka Ito, Daisuke Nishi

“…Associations of antenatal depressive symptoms with RLS and insomnia were examined using logistic regression analysis, adjusting for age, partner, education, children, and planned pregnancy. …”
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Comparing REM- and NREM-Related Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Jordan: A Cross-Sectional Study by K. Al Oweidat, S. A. AlRyalat, M. Al-Essa, N. Obeidat

“…No significant differences were found between this group and other OSA patients regarding age, BMI, ESS, and snoring. Our study showed that the stricter the definition for REM-related OSA, the milder the associated clinical changes.…”
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Herpes Zoster after COVID-19 Infection or Vaccination: A Prospective Cohort Study in a Tertiary Dermatology Clinic by Charussri Leeyaphan, Pattriya Jirawattanadon, Sumanas Bunyaratavej, Waratchaya Panjapakkul, Thrit Hutachoke, Yanisorn Nanchaipruek, Phumithep Phumariyapong

“…Patients who developed HZ following the recent COVID-19 infection had a median age of 42.5 years, which was lower than that of the other groups. …”
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The Risk Factors for Mortality among Septic Trauma Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study Using the National Trauma Data Bank by Nadim Kattouf, Mohamad Assaf, Saadeddine Haidar, Rana Bachir, Mazen El Sayed, Ralph BouChebl

“…The following patient factors were associated with higher odds of in-hospital mortality: age (OR = 1.045 95% CI = 1.036–1.054), chronic renal failure (OR = 2.564 95% CI = 1.528–4.301), and liver cirrhosis (OR = 3.699 95% CI = 2.267–6.033). …”
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Influences of AC/A ratio and accommodation facility on near vision in presbyopic individuals: A prospective study done on North Indian population by comparing the presbyopic glass... by Amit Kumar Jain, Suman Rajpoot, Vandana Batham, Praveen Kumar Singh, Neeraj Singh Rajput, Nirmala Rajput

“…Background: “Presbyopia” is the most common age-related condition of progressive loss of accommodative ability, typically occurs around the fourth decade of life. …”
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Risk Factors for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Adolescents from a Doctor's Office by Marlene Ferrer Arrocha, Elikana Kiplagat Chirchir, Maylín Isabel Alonso Martínez, Héctor Pérez Assef

“…<strong>Background:</strong> type 2 diabetes mellitus in pediatric ages has become a health problem, related to the increased prevalence of obesity. …”
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High sensitivity c-reactive protein and homocysteine in patients with ischemic cerebrovascular disease by Marisol Peña Sánchez, Cesarina Lisselotte Torres Vázquez, Melany Betancourt Loza, Alina González-Quevedo Monteagudo, Marianela Arteche Prior, María Caridad Menéndez Saiz

“…<br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> cardiovascular risk increases as the age of patients with ischemic cerebrovascular disease increases. …”
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Significance of EGFR and PTEN Expression and PLR and NLR for Predicting the Prognosis of Epithelioid Malignant Peritoneal Mesothelioma by Yufei Liang, Guoqi Zheng, Wenjie Yin, Hui Song, Chunying Li, Liang Tian, Dongliang Yang

“…We analyzed the relationships of these markers to age, sex, asbestos exposure, elevated platelet count, ascites, and clinical stage. …”
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Disparities in Antenatal Care Visits between Urban and Rural Ethiopian Women by Senahara Korsa Wake, Abera Botore, Ahmed Mohammed, Kolato Gemede, Moyata Bariso, Urge Gerema

“…Place of residence, educational attainment, age in five years’ group, and wealth index for urban/rural were related to the frequency of antenatal care visits.…”
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Unrecognized Pseudohypoparathyroidism Type 1A as a Cause of Hypocalcemia and Seizures in a 64-Year-Old Woman by Patrizia Del Monte, Carla Micaela Cuttica, Alessandro Marugo, Luca Foppiani, Daniela Audenino, Tomasz Tadeusz Godowicz, Francesca Marta Elli, Giovanna Mantovani, Emilio Di Maria

“…Clinical history revealed carpo-pedal spasm since the age of 30 years, cognitive impairment, hypothyroidism since early adulthood, and menopause at 30 years. …”
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Agreement Between Tele- and Face-to-Face Assessment of Neuromotor Development in High-Risk Children by Ana Isabel Rubio-López, Marie Carmen Valenza, Julia Raya-Benítez, Geraldine Valenza-Peña, Irene Cabrera-Martos, Laura López-López, Ángela Benítez-Feliponi

“…The objective of this study was to evaluate the level of agreement between the face-to-face assessment and tele-assessment of neuromotor development in high-risk children between 0 and 18 months of age. Methods: Forty-five children at high risk of developmental delays were included in this study (33% female, mean gestational age of 35.31 ± 4.03 weeks). …”
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Analysis of Daily Visual Habits in a Presbyopic Population by Filomena Ribeiro, Tiago B. Ferreira, Diana Silva, Ana Cláudia Matos, Sylvia Gaspar, David P. Piñero

“…Transversal study collecting clinical data from 40 presbyopes candidates for presbyopia-correction intraocular lens (IOL) implantation with mean age of 61.0 years (43–80 years). A complete ophthalmological examination was performed in all patients including visual, refractive, an ocular biometric analysis. …”
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Vaccination status and hepatitis A immunity in children: insights from a large-scale study in Turkey by Metin Yigit, Furkan Kalayci

“…This study examines the seropositivity rates and antibody levels in children across different vaccination statuses and age groups, and to identify gaps in immunity, particularly among children those born before the introduction of the hepatitis A vaccine in Turkey. …”
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PROFILE OF HIV/AIDS PATIENTS COINFECTED WITH TUBERCULOSIS IN IBNU SINA DISTRICT HOSPITAL, GRESIK,EAST JAVA, INDONESIA by Lilik N. Widyaningrum, Dwi W. Indriati, Diyantoro, Aliyah Siti Sundari

“…Patients with CD4 values <200 cells/mm3 were 35 people (97.22%), and most of them were in the age group of 20-60 years were 35 people (97.22%). …”
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The Effect of Face-to-Face Education and Educational Booklet on Heart Health Indexes of the Hospitalized Patients with Myocardial Infarction by Safar Ali Esmaeili Vardanjani, Laleh Fanisaberi, Firozeh Alirezaee Shahraki, Ahmad Khalilzadeh, Abdolazim Tavakoli Vardanjani, Fatemeh Ghani Dehkordi

“…In this study, 112 patients with myocardial infarction who were below the age of 70 were selected randomly and divided into two groups (case group and control group) after being matched based on age and sex. …”
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Brighter children? The association between seasonality of birth and child IQ in a population-based birth cohort by Vincent W V Jaddoe, Régine P M Steegers-Theunissen, Henning Tiemeier, Albert Hofman, Frank C Verhulst, Nina H Grootendorst-van Mil

“…In the current study, we explored the role of sociodemographic and biological factors in the association between season of birth and child IQ.Design In a prenatally recruited birth cohort (born in 2002–2006), we examined the association between season of birth and non-verbal IQ at age 6 years among 6034 children. We explored how adjusting for socioeconomic status and maternal IQ, childbirth outcomes, pregnancy vitamin D status, nutritional intake, exposure to infections, and child age relative to peers in class changed the relation between season of birth and child IQ.Results We found that spring birth was associated with lower non-verbal IQ (estimate: more than 1 point; β−1.24 (95% CI −2.31 to −0.17), p=0.02; seasonal trend β−0.40 (95% CI −0.74 to −0.07), p=0.02) than birth in summer. …”
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Racial/ethnic differences in the associations between social support and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) by Jeanean B. Naqvi, Taynara Formagini, Matthew A. Allison, Namratha R. Kandula, Jee Won Park, Britta A. Larsen

“…Method Participants (N = 6,814) were 45–84 years of age who identified as White, Black, Hispanic/Latino, or Chinese without known clinical CVD at baseline (2000–2002). …”
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Obesity mediates the association between psoriasis and diabetes incidence: a population-based study by Zuojiao Xu, Kaihua Ma, Yinuo Zhai, Jing Wang, Yan Li

“…The nonlinear relationship between obesity, diabetes, and psoriasis was explored through smooth curve fitting, stratified by age and gender. In addition, the authors conducted mediation analysis, which suggested that obesity partially mediated the association between psoriasis and diabetes prevalence. …”
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Effect of Akaushi (Wagyu), Angus and Brahman as paternal breeds on pre-weaning growth traits of calves by Jorge Víctor Rosete-Fernández, Abraham Fragoso-Islas, Alejandro Yáñez-Muñoz, Tomás Arturo González-Orozco, Vicente Eliezer Vega-Murillo, Ángel Ríos-Utrera

“…Eleven Angus, 15 Brahman, and 5 Wagyu bulls, sired the calves. Average age at weaning was 219 days. The analyses were carried out with the MIXED procedure of SAS. …”
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