The effect of a barley-based food product in alleviating knee osteoarthritis discomfort symptoms in Egyptian female patients by Suzanne Fouad, Rasha Monir, Fatma A. Ibrahim, Ahmed M.S. Hussein, Heba F. Shafei, Aliaa El Gendy

“…Patients and methods The present study enrolled 51 Egyptian middle age females patients with a mean age of 51±8.37 years, diagnosed with bilateral grade two to three knee osteoarthritis were recruited from the National Research Centre rheumatology and rehabilitation clinic. …”
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Clinical Characteristic of Patients Underwent Bone Mineral Density Examination in Prof. Dr. R. Soeharso Orthopaedic Hospital in 2022-2023: A Cross-Sectional Study by R. Andhi Prijosedjati, Pamudji Utomo, Leli Sabariyah, Ahmad Fauzi

“…Background: In Indonesia, osteoporosis affects roughly 23% of men and women aged 50-70 and a staggering 53% of those over 70. …”
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Mature Cystic Teratoma of the Ovary; Clinicopathological Evaluation of 143 Cases in our Series, 5 Years Experience by Ferah Kazanci, Betul Ogut, Dilek Yapar, Ozlem Erdem, M. Anil Onan

“…RESULTS: The median age of patients was 35.4 years and the ratio of nulliparous, primiparous, and multiparous patients was 46.9%, 25.2%, and 28%, respectively. …”
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Influencing Factors of Pressure Ulcer in Critically Ill Patients by Li WANG, Qianting CAI, Ping CHEN

“…Univariate and multivariate <italic>logistic</italic> regression analysis were applied to find out the influencing factors of pressure ulcer.Results:Compared to the control group, the age, fall score and proportion of urinary incontinence in the case group were higher, while the degree of high school education or above that, Q2H, Braden score and number of caregivers in the case group was lower. …”
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Acute kidney injury, the present on admission (POA) indicator and sex disparities: observational study of inpatient real-world data in a Swiss tertiary healthcare system. Explorati... by Michael Simon, Sarah N Musy, Karen Triep, Olga Endrich

“…Routinely collected health data, 2019 and 2020 (121 757 cases) on the patient history and intensive care treatment duration, comorbidity levels, coded diagnoses, age and sex.Software and statistic: program R, V.4.1.1, SD; median, IQR; prop.test; standardised mean difference.Results The reporting of postadmission diagnoses showed more interhospital transfers, more intensive care stays, higher scores of severity and treatment intensity, more often mechanical ventilation, a higher age, a higher number of diagnoses, a higher complexity level of the related cases and mortality. …”
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Primipaternity in multiparas as a predominant high risk factor for preeclampsia over prolonged birth intervals: A study of 33,000 singleton pregnancies in Reunion Island. by Pierre-Yves Robillard, Silvia Iacobelli, Simon Lorrain, Francesco Bonsante, Malik Boukerrou, Marco Scioscia, Phuong Lien Tran, Gustaaf Dekker

“…<h4>Conclusions</h4>Primipaternities in multiparae belongs to the major risk factors such as history of preeclampsia, chronic hypertension, multiple pregnancies while prolonged birth intervals belongs to moderate "regular physiological aging processes" such as increasing maternal age, parity or increasing pre-pregnancy BMI.…”
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Altered Intrinsic Coupling between Functional Connectivity Density and Amplitude of Low-Frequency Fluctuation in Mild Cognitive Impairment with Depressive Symptoms by Xiaozheng Liu, Jiuzun Chen, Bangli Shen, Gang Wang, Jiapeng Li, Hongtao Hou, Xingli Chen, Zhongwei Guo, Chuanwan Mao

“…We used resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging to explore the intrinsic coupling patterns between the amplitude and synchronisation of low-frequency brain fluctuations using the amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations (ALFF) and the functional connectivity density (FCD) in 16 patients who had mild cognitive impairment with depressive symptoms (D-MCI) (mean age: 69.6 ± 6.2 years) and 18 patients with nondepressed mild cognitive impairment (nD-MCI) (mean age: 72.1 ± 9.7 years). …”
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Relationship of Serum Total Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein-3 with Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I and Glucose Tolerance in Korean Children and Adolescents by Sun-Young Kim, Minsun Kim, Youngman Oh, Dae-Yeol Lee

“…Serum IGF-I and IGFBP-3 levels were correlated with age, HbA1c, C-peptide, insulin, and HOMA-IR in the NGT group. …”
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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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Regular Chinese Green Tea Consumption Is Protective for Diabetic Retinopathy: A Clinic-Based Case-Control Study by Qinghua Ma, Dandan Chen, Hong-Peng Sun, Ning Yan, Yong Xu, Chen-Wei Pan

“…Methods. 100 DR patients and 100 age-sex-matched diabetic controls without retinopathy were recruited in a clinic-based, case-control study. …”
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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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