The Association between Hepcidin and Iron Status in Children and Adolescents with Obesity by Ekkarit Panichsillaphakit, Orapa Suteerojntrakool, Chitsanu Pancharoen, Issarang Nuchprayoon, Sirinuch Chomtho

“…There were 63 children with obesity, the median age (IQR) being 10 (9–13) years, and 27 controls. …”
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Allergic conditions and risk of rheumatoid arthritis: a Swedish case–control study by Johan Askling, Lars Klareskog, Lars Alfredsson, Marie Holmqvist, Helga Westerlind, Cynthia S Crowson, Vanessa L Kronzer

“…We used logistic regression and adjusted ORs (aOR) to assess the association between allergic conditions and risk of RA, adjusting for age, sex, residential area, body mass index, education, and smoking, and stratified by smoking and ACPA.Results A history of any reported allergy was equally common in RA (n=1047, 30%) as among population controls (n=1540, 29%), aOR 1.04, 95% CI 0.95 to 1.15. …”
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Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors increase urinary tract infections?—a cross sectional analysis of a nationwide Japanese claims database by Go Anan, Daisuke Kikuchi, Kenji Omae, Takuo Hirose, Kouji Okada, Takefumi Mori

“…In conclusion, our analysis of a nationwide claims database found no evidence that SGLT2 inhibitors increase UTIs in Japanese patients with DM, regardless of sex or age.…”
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Excess deaths from all-causes mortality in children following the discontinuation of the COVID-19 policy in Thailand by Phanthila Sitthikarnkha, Sirapoom Niamsanit, Leelawadee Techasatian, Suchaorn Saengnipanthkul, Rattapon Uppala

“…Children younger than one year of age had the highest mortality rate (37,069 deaths, 45.5%). …”
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Clinical and laboratory characteristics of solitary rectal ulcer syndrome: a retrospective analysis of 36 case by Furkan Ali Uygur, Muhammed Emin Göktepe, Gökhan Aydın, Enes Ağırman, Ahmet Cumhur Dülger

“…Additionally, a statistically significant difference in age was observed between the patients presenting with different initial symptoms (p = 0.028). …”
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Association Between Vaso-Occlusive Crises and Opioid Prescriptions Among Patients with Sickle Cell Disease: A Retrospective Claims-Based Study by Hyeun Ah Kang, Jamie C. Barner, Kristin M. Richards, Menaka Bhor, Jincy Paulose, Abdullah Kutlar

“…Other significant covariates associated with higher opioid use included age (13 and older compared to 2–12) and increase in the number of nonopioid pain medications, nonstudy SCD-related medications, and SCD-related complications. …”
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Association of intraprocedural near admission-level blood pressure with functional outcome in stroke patients treated with mechanical thrombectomy by Min Chen, Lukas Daniel Sauer, Mika Herwig, Jessica Jesser, Meinhard Kieser, Arne Potreck, Markus Möhlenbruch, Peter Arthur Ringleb, Silvia Schönenberger

“…Mean (SD) age was 76 (12) years, 315 were women (53%) and mean (SD) NIHSS score at admission was 15 (7.5). …”
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Pre-pregnancy obesity and weight gain during pregnancy: impact on newborn outcomes by Sezgin Gunes, Suzan Sahin, Meltem Koyuncu Arslan, Nurhan Korkmaz, Ozlem Karaca Dag, Emir Gokalp, Hazal Saban, Mehmet Koca, Mehmet Yekta Oncel

“…Abstract Background Overweight and obesity are global issues, especially among women of childbearing age, linked to adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes. …”
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Assessment of The Impact of Apremilast on Levels of IL-17, IL-23, and Lipids in Obese Psoriatic Patient by Haitham M. Saad, Adil A. Noaimi, Halla Gh. Mahmood

“…A t-test was used to compare between means. Results: The mean age of the participants was 38 years. The most common age group was 30–40 years. …”
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Functional Outcome (Short Term) of Modular Cementless Bipolar HemiArthroplasty (Hydroxyapatite-Coated Stem) for Fracture Neck of Femur in the Elderly by Navin K. Shukla, Lata Keshkar, Jayanta Mukherjee, Ratnesh Kumar, Shivendra Singh, Alok C. Agrawal

“…Results: Forty patients with a mean age of 77 (62–93) years were followed up after surgery for 1 year. …”
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Proportional mortality and years of potential life lost due to liver diseases among agricultural workers, Brazil, 2017 to 2022 by Jailma dos Santos Silva, Soraia Arruda, Thayane Silva Nunes, Wiler de Paula Dias, Adedayo Michael Awoniyi, Armando Meyer, Cleber Cremonese

“…A higher proportional mortality occurred in men (86.2%), Mixed individuals (61.1%), up to age 49 years (40.9%), with ≤ 7 years of education level (52.4%), and residence in the Northeast (56.9%). …”
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Oxidative stress and dysregulated long noncoding RNAs in the pathogenesis of Parkinson’s disease by Jialu Wang, Meitong Liu, Jiuhan Zhao, Pan Hu, Lianbo Gao, Shen Tian, Jin Zhang, Huayan Liu, Xiaoxue Xu, Zhenwei He

“…Abstract Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a progressive age-related neurodegenerative disease whose annual incidence is increasing as populations continue to age. …”
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Metformin versus insulin in glycemic control in pregnancy (MevIP): a randomized clinical trial protocol by Carolina Freitas Alves Amaral-Moreira, Daiane Sofia Morais Paulino, Belmiro G. Pereira, Patricia Moretti Rehder, Fernanda G. Surita

“…Metformin is safe in pregnancy and appears to produce better results than insulin, including reduced gestational weight gain (GWG) and smaller gestational-age newborns. Few studies have been conducted on this topic in low- and middle-income countries. …”
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Comparison of Intravitreal Aflibercept and Ranibizumab for Treatment of Myopic Choroidal Neovascularization: One-Year Results—A Retrospective, Comparative Study by Burak Erden, Selim Bölükbaşı, Emine Baş, Akın Çakır

“…There were 12 eyes in IVA group, with a mean age of 60.0 ± 10.2 years. The mean BCVA significantly improved from baseline 1.54 ± 0.76 to 0.85 ± 0.61 and the mean CMT significantly decreased from baseline 384.3 ± 119.1 μm to 305.9 ± 75.4 μm at Month 12 (p:0.024 and p:0.011, respectively). …”
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Smoking Induces the Circulating Levels of Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 and Its Association with Cardiovascular Risk in Young Smokers by Dinesh NATH, Meera SHIVASEKAR, V. M. VINODHINI

“…As a result, smoking-induced elevated serum MMP-9 levels, particularly at a younger age, raise the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD). …”
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The Level of hs-CRP in Coronary Artery Ectasia and Its Response to Statin and Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor Treatment by Yilmaz Ozbay, Mehmet Akbulut, Mehmet Balin, Hidayet Kayancicek, Adil Baydas, Hasan Korkmaz

“…We measured serum hs-CRP level in 40 CAE (26 males, mean age: 56.32±9 years) and 41 O-CAD (34 males, mean age: 57.19±10 years) patients referred for elective coronary angiography at baseline and after 3-month statin and ACE inhibitor treatment. …”
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Iranian Pediatric COVID-19 Epidemiology and Clinical Characteristics by Shahnaz Armin, Mohammadreza Mirkarimi, Zahra Pourmoghaddas, Marjan Tariverdi, Azadeh Jafrasteh, Noushin Marhamati, Armin Shirvani, Abdollah Karimi, Sedigheh Rafiei Tabatabaei, Roxana Mansour Ghanaei, SeyedAlireza Fahimzad, Fariba Shirvani, Seyedeh Mahsan Hoseini-Alfatemi

“…Also, a small number of children received oxygen therapy, most of whom were in the age group of 1 to 5 years.…”
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Prevalence, risk factors, and adverse outcomes of bacterial vaginosis among pregnant women: a systematic review by Neha Sethi, Vallikkannu Narayanan, Rahmah Saaid, Aizura Syafinaz Ahmad Adlan, Soo Tein Ngoi, Cindy Shuan Ju Teh, Mashitah Hamidi, on behalf of WHOW research group

“…Abstract Introduction Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is one of the most common genital tract infections among women of reproductive age. The existence of BV among pregnant women has momentously attracted the attention of both clinicians and the scientific community due to its potential link with adverse clinical outcomes in pregnancy. …”
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Increased Choroidal Thickness in Keratoconus Patients: Perspectives in the Disease Pathophysiology by João Pinheiro-Costa, João Viana Pinto, Sara Perestrelo, João Nuno Beato, Luís Torrão, Elisete Brandão, Ângela Carneiro, Maria Dulce Madeira, Fernando Falcão-Reis

“…To analyze and compare choroidal thickness between keratoconus (KC) patients and age-matched non-KC subjects. Methods. A cross-sectional, case-control study. …”
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Comorbidity patterns and mortality in atrial fibrillation: a latent class analysis of the EURopean study of Older Subjects with Atrial Fibrillation (EUROSAF) by Huah Shin Ng, Richard Woodman, Nicola Veronese, Alberto Pilotto, Arduino A. Mangoni

“…We identified comorbidity patterns and their association with mortality in multimorbid older AF patients with different multidimensional frailty.Methods Hospitalised adults aged ≥65 years with non-valvular AF were followed for 12 months in the multicentre EURopean study of Older Subjects with Atrial Fibrillation (EUROSAF). …”
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