The relationship of economic pressure and financial management on parenting quality in stunted children by Nurmahfuzhah Nisrina, Herawati Tin, Defina

“…Conclusions: As children age, their developmental needs intensify, necessitating heightened parental awareness and quality parenting. …”
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Evaluation of Fall Risk in Hemodialysis Patients within the Scope of Quality Improvements: A Comparison of Two Assessment Scales by Özden Güdük

“…Introduction: Patient falls are one of the most important quality indicators in healthcare.Aim: It was aimed to compare two tools used to evaluate fall risk in hemodialysis patients.Method: The mean age of the patients was 58.72 ± 14.49 years and 62% were male. …”
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Prevalence of Microalbuminuria in Adult Patients with Sickle Cell Disease in Eastern Saudi Arabia by Ahmed M. Alkhunaizi, Adil A. Al-Khatti, Mansour A. Alkhunaizi

“…Urine samples were tested on 72 patients. The mean age of the study cohort was 35±16.9 years. Microalbuminuria was detected in 18 patients (25%). …”
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Comparison of Tracheal Diameter Measured by Chest X-Ray and by Computed Tomography by Shigeki Sakuraba, Ryohei Serita, Junya Kuribayashi, Shizuko Kosugi, Hirofumi Arisaka, Kazuichi Yoshida, Junzo Takeda

“…Also, we analyzed correlation of TD-CT with physical indices such as age, height, weight, and BMI. TD-XP and TD-CT were significantly correlated (male: n=55, P=.0146; female: n=91, P=.001). …”
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Persistent Microalbuminuria in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infected Children in Kano, Nigeria by Abdullahi Mudi, Bashir U. Alhaj, Fatimah Hassan-Hanga, Isah Adagiri Yahaya

“…Twelve children (6.7%) had persistent microalbuminuria and had a mean age of 7.5±3.3 years, with a male to female ratio of 1 : 1. …”
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Demographics and Haematological Parameters in Patients with Type II Diabetes Mellitus in Uttar Pradesh – A Comparative study by Priyanka Singh, Pradakhshana Vijay, Shaleen Chandra, Sanjay Kumar Singh, Diksha Singh, Priya Devi

“…These might include gender, age, altitude and disorders like diabetes mellitus, hypertension or both. …”
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Vitamin D and HbA1c levels in newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus by Baligumba Ramu Kiran, Venoor Shreyas Kumar, Giri Premkumar Preeti, Venoor Ajith Kumar, Bheemappa Raja Vikas

“…Additionally, detailed assessments and investigations evaluated participants for potential vitamin D deficiency. Results: The mean age of participants was 59.46 ± 11.06 years, with an observed trend of increasing vitamin D deficiency with age. …”
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Myasthenia Gravis Development and Crisis Subsequent to Multiple Sclerosis by Kurosh Gharagozli, Maziar Shojaei, Ali Amini Harandi, Nayyereh Akbari, Manouchehr Ilkhani

“…MS and MG have relatively the same distribution for age, corresponding to the younger peak of the bimodal age distribution in MG. …”
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Prevalence, risk factors and health-seeking behavior of menstrual disorders among women in India: a review of two-decade evidence by Puja Das, Suresh Jungari

“…Background Menstrual health is critical for women of reproductive age. It is also evident that menstrual disorders have contributed to the increasing burden of non-communicable diseases. …”
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Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, a Sequel of Untreated Childhood Onset Growth Hormone Deficiency Developing in a 17-Year-Old Patient by Rohan K. Henry, Ram K. Menon

“…Based on height z-score of – 3.1 and a history of radiation therapy as treatment for a medulloblastoma at 7 years of age, GHD was quite likely. GH therapy was, however, not initiated at 15 years of age (when growth was concerning) based on full skeletal maturity. …”
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Prediction of Trolling behavior from sadism and Internet addiction in young adults of Buenos Aires by Pablo Christian González Caino, Santiago Resett

“…Method: For this purpose, an intentional sample of 708 adults of both genders (56% women, age M = 25 years SD = 8.7), from the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA) and Greater Buenos Aires (GBA), Argentina is selected. …”
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Elevated Circulating IL-1<mml:math> <mml:mi>&#x03B2;</mml:mi> </mml:math> and TNF-Alpha, and Unaltered IL-6 in First-Trimester Pregnancies Complicated by Threatened Abortion With...

“…Serum levels of Th1-type cytokines interleukin-1<mml:math> <mml:mi>&#x03B2;</mml:mi> </mml:math> (IL-1<mml:math> <mml:mi>&#x03B2;</mml:mi> </mml:math>), tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), and Th2-type cytokine interleukin 6 (IL-6) were measured, by ELISA, in 22 women with TACP and adverse outcome at admission (group A) and compared with the corresponding levels of 31 gestational age-matched women with TACP and successful outcome at admission (group B1) and discharge (group B2) and 22 gestational age-matched women with first-trimester uncomplicated pregnancy (group C) who served as controls. …”
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Development and Validation of a Simple Model to Predict the Risk of Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer on Screening Total Body Skin Examination by Rebecca I. Hartman, Yun Xue, Ryan Karmouta, Elizabeth Tkachenko, Sara J. Li, David G. Li, Cara Joyce, Arash Mostaghimi

“…A simple three-variable model, abbreviated as CAP (cancer history, age, phototype) can accurately predict the risk of NMSC on screening TBSE by dermatology. …”
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Thyroid Cancer: Behavior in Cienfuegos by José Alberto Puerto Lorenzo, Lidia Torres Aja, Eslinda Cabanes Rojas

“…The variables analyzed were: age group, municipality of origin, initial symptom of the disease, tumor location, histological variety, clinical stage of the disease and post-surgical complications. …”
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Investigation of changes in blood lactate and some performance characteristics of adolescent male handball players during competition by Mustafa Turkmen

“…The mean age of the subjects was 14,09±0,86 years, and the mean age of sports was 4,04±0,84 years. …”
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CLINICAL PROFILE OF PATIENTS WITH UNDESCENDED TESTIS IN TERTIARY HOSPITAL by Rachma Fitri Sulistyanti, Besut Daryanto, Pradana Nurhadi

“…Results: From 107 UDT patients, 16 patients (24.31%) was diagnosed at the age 19 until 24 months old and decreased in puberty ages. 74 cases of UDT (69.16%) are unilateral UDT with almost the same distribution between left and right. …”
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Biological, environmental, and psychological stress and the human gut microbiome in healthy adults by Desiree R. Delgadillo, Jessica L. Borelli, Emeran A. Mayer, Jennifer S. Labus, Marie P. Cross, Sarah D. Pressman

“…We assess stress-microbiome associations in two samples of healthy adults across three stress domains (perceived stress, stressful life events, and biological stress /Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia; RSA). Study 1 (n = 62; mean-age = 37.3 years; 68% female) and Study 2 (n = 74; mean-age = 41.6 years; female only) measured RSA during laboratory stressors and used 16S rRNA pyrosequencing to classify gut microbial composition from fecal samples. …”
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Future anxiety and the motives for postponing parenthood: generational time perspective and life satisfaction as mediators by Małgorzata Szcześniak, Celina Timoszyk-Tomczak, Julia Łoś, Monika Grzeczka

“…The aim of our study was to verify how anxiety about the future relates to the motives for deferred parenthood and how this relationship is mediated by generational time perspective and life satisfaction.MethodsA total of 203 Polish adults between 18 and 40 years of age participated in the study. All of them were of reproductive age but did not yet have children. …”
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Social Strata Differentials in Reproductive Behavior among Agricultural Families in the Krummhörn Region (East Frisia, 1720-1874) by Kai Willführ, Charlotte Störmer

“…Poisson and Cox regression models are used to analyze the age at first reproduction, fertility, the sex ratio of the offspring, sex-specific infant/child survival, and the number of children. …”
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Increased thyroxine levels of patients with allergic rhinitis by Violeta Lokaj-Berisha, Besa Gacaferri Lumezi

“…This study enrolled 116 participants with a mean age of 29.55 years: 66 with allergic rhinitis, 20 with concomitant asthma, and 30 healthy controls. …”
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