Comparison of growth curves with non-linear models in japanese quails of different plumage color by Serdar Guler, Emre Arslan, Muhammet Mucahit Sari, Orhan Cetin

“…The quails were weighed 0th, 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th, 35th and 42nd days of age. Gompertz, Logistic, Von Bertalanffy and Richards models were used to determine growth curves.…”
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Distribution of Abdominal Obesity and Fitness Level in Overweight and Obese Korean Adults by Sue Kim, Ji-Young Kim, Duk-Chul Lee, Hye-Sun Lee, Ji-Won Lee, Justin Y. Jeon

“…Results. After adjustments for age and sex, significant relationships of recovery heart rate and VAT, SAT, and VAT/SAT ratio were found; however, SAT was not significantly associated after further adjustment for body mass index (BMI) (r=0.045, P=0.499), whereas VAT (r=0.232, P<0.001) and VAT/SAT ratio (r=0.214, P=0.001) remained associated. …”
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Association between drinking patterns and diabetic kidney disease in United States adults: a cross-sectional study based on data from NHANES 1999–2016 by Xusheng Yang

“…Subgroup analyses were performed to assess the effects of modification by age, sex, race, BMI.Results Drinking patterns and DKD were analyzed among 26,473 US adults (mean age, 46.6 years; 53.7% male). …”
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Stages of Gynaecological Cancers at the Time of First Presentation at a Large Cancer Hospital in Pakistan: An Observational Study by Meharunnissa Khaskheli, Shahla Baloch, Shamsunnissa Khaskheli, Ramsha Zafar Durrani, Naseema Jhatial, Syed Ghulam Sarwar Shah

“…The patients had a median age of 52 years (mean 51.3, SD 15.7), and all had no education. …”
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Correlates of oral health-related quality of life in a sample of patients with rheumatoid arthritis by Fatemeh Babadi, Atefeh Hasanzadeh, Mehdi Aghajari, Mahmood Karimy, Marzieh Araban

“…The collected data were analyzed using Spearman’s correlation test and linear regression analysis in SPSS version 22. Results The mean age of the participants was 49.23 ± 10.83 years, and the majority were females. …”
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Colonic Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor: A Population-Based Analysis of Incidence and Survival by Zhiqiang Liu, Yan Sun, Yongfeng Li, Jingyuan Zhao, Shihong Wu, Zibo Meng, Heshui Wu

“…Most cases were Caucasians (70.28%), and African Americans accounted for 19.68%. Age of diagnosis ranged from 21 to 93 years with a median (mean) age of 67.5 (65.56). …”
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EFFECTS OF BIRTH TYPE ON FATTENING PERFORMANCE AND CARCASS CHARACTERISTICS OF D’MAN LAMBS IN SOUTHWESTERN ALGERIAN OASES by Boubekeur Abderrahmen, Souddi Mohammed, Benidir Mohammed

“…Lambs were slaughtered at an average age of 262 days, and carcass characteristics were evaluated. …”
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Correlation between Phase Angle and the Number of Medications in Older Inpatients: A Cross-Sectional Study by Toshiyuki Moriyama, Mizuki Tokunaga, Ryoko Hori, Akiko Hachisuka, Hideaki Itoh, Mitsuhiro Ochi, Yasuyuki Matsushima, Satoru Saeki

“…Analyses were adjusted for age, body mass index, sarcopenia, C-reactive protein, and hemoglobin levels. …”
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How do consumers evaluate buffalo meat? by Ricardo Alexandre Silva Pessoa, Marilia Celeste Tavares Fernandes, María Luciana Menezes Wanderley Neves, Thales Freire Arival, Fabiana Carvalho Vasconcelos Pessoa

“…The proportion of male and female consumers was 48.0% and 52.0%, respectively. The average age observed was 37 years. The evaluated consumers have an average family income of more than US$ 550,00. …”
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Diabetes Is Associated with Musculoskeletal Pain, Osteoarthritis, Osteoporosis, and Rheumatoid Arthritis by Thomas Rehling, Anne-Sofie Dam Bjørkman, Marie Borring Andersen, Ola Ekholm, Stig Molsted

“…Logistic regression analyses adjusted for age, gender, BMI, education, marital status, and physical activity were performed. …”
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Temporal changes in prevalence and severity of pulmonary hypertension, and relationship to outcomes in coarctation of aorta by Ahmed Younis, Yogesh N.V. Reddy, William R. Miranda, Ahmed T. Abdelhalim, Barry A. Borlaug, Heidi M. Connolly, Alexander C. Egbe

“…Results: Of 392 patients (age 35 years [24–49]; females 154 [39 %]), median RVSP was 30 (26–35) mmHg, and 76 (19 %) had PH at baseline echocardiogram. …”
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DETERMINATION OF LOCAL DIAGNOSTIC REFERENCE LEVEL (LDL) PEDIATRIC PATIENTS ON CT HEAD EXAMINATION BASED ON SIZE-SPECIFIC DOSE ESTIMATES (SSDE) VALUES by Risalatul Latifah, Naily Z. Jannah, Dezy Z.I Nurdin, Budi P

“…Methods: The study was conducted by collecting data on pediatric patient doses with an age range of 0-1 years, 2-5 years and 6-10 years who underwent a head CT scan within the period from July to December 2017. …”
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Association between Smoking and Liver Fibrosis among Patients with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease by Hongjie Ou, Yaojie Fu, Wei Liao, Caixia Zheng, Xiaolu Wu

“…Univariate analysis showed that age, weight, high AST level, low PLT level, and smoking were the risk factors associated with liver fibrosis in the smokers with NAFLD while multivariate analysis showed that age (OR = 1.029, P=0.021), high AST level (OR = 1.0121, P=0.025), and smoking (OR = 1.294, P=0.015) were the independent risk factors associated with liver fibrosis in the patients with NAFLD. …”
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Caroli Disease (Clinical Observation) by I. G. Nikitin, A. A. Karabinenko, A. E. Nikitin, E. I. Dedov, D. G. Zhukova, E. D. Presnova, S. A. Korvyakov, R. H. Azimov, E. V. Reznik

“…At the age of 20, in connection with high portal hypertension, portocaval shunting was performed and a mesenteric-caval anastomosis was applied. …”
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Enhancing health and well-being: unlocking the speed abilities of 9-year-old primary school children by Margarita Mameshina, Mirosława Cieślicka

“…Understanding the specific performance levels of boys and girls in jumping rope and running can inform the development of targeted interventions and programs aimed at enhancing speed-related skills among this age group.…”
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Thresholds for clinical practice that directly link handgrip strength to remaining years of life: estimates based on longitudinal observational data by Sergei Scherbov, Sonja Spitzer, Nadia Steiber

“…What is missing for clinical practice, however, are empirically meaningful cut-off points that apply to the general population and that consider the correlation of HGS with gender and body height as well as the decline in HGS during processes of normal ageing. This study provides standardised thresholds that directly link HGS to remaining life expectancy (RLE), thus enabling practitioners to detect patients with an increased mortality risk early on.Design Relying on representative observational data from the Health and Retirement Study, the HGS of survey participants was z-standardised by gender, age and body height. …”
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Prevalence of chronic kidney disease in Western Australia, 2010–2020 by Delia Hendrie, Crystal Man Ying Lee, Suzanne Robinson, Aron Chakera, James Boyd, Elizabeth Thomas, Sean Randall, Madison Frith, Kevin Chai, Kanika Mehta, Mohamed Estai

“…The study highlights significant disparities in CKD prevalence based on age, socioeconomic status and geographic remoteness.…”
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Long-term impact of COVID-19 pandemic on fear of COVID-19 and psychological distress among the general population in Japan: a longitudinal study by Hironori Yada, Ryo Odachi, Keiichiro Adachi

“…Additional multiple regression analyses adjusted for covariates (age, sex, marital status, COVID-19 status, etc) showed that worsening household finances (β=0.11, p&lt;0.05) and avoiding contact with others (β=0.20, p&lt;0.01) were associated with fear of COVID-19 at T2.Conclusions During the long-lasting COVID-19 pandemic, fear of COVID-19 decreased, but psychological distress did not change. …”
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Pembrolizumab with external radiation therapy effectively controlled TMB-high unresectable recurrent parathyroid cancer: a case report with review of literature by Hiroshi Katoh, Tomoya Mitsuma, Riku Okamoto, Kanako Naito, Takaaki Tokito, Mariko Kikuchi, Takafumi Sangai

“…He demonstrated recurrent hyperparathyroidism at 49 years of age, and underwent a gross curative resection. However, hyperparathyroidism achieved only insufficient improvement, indicating biochemical residual cancer cells. …”
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Binge eating disorder recognition and stigma among an adult community sample by Marilou Côté, Marie-Pier Roy, Christopher Rodrigue, Catherine Bégin

“…Identifying as a man and older age were also associated with greater stigma towards BED. …”
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