Comparison of Newly Diagnosed Ocular Hypertension and Open-Angle Glaucoma: Ocular Variables, Risk Factors, and Disease Severity by Yvonne M. Buys, Paul Harasymowycz, Rania Gaspo, Kenneth Kwok, Cindy M. L. Hutnik, Pierre Blondeau, Catherine M. Birt, Robert L. G. Piemontesi, Lisa F. Gould, Mark R. Lesk, Iqbal K. Ahmed

“…Conclusions. Increased age was a risk for OAG, and smoking decreased the risk of OAG compared to OH. …”
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Comparison of Healthcare Encounters and Drug Persistence in Patients With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Receiving Oral Selexipag, Inhaled Iloprost, or Parenteral Treprostinil: A... by Ci Song, Peter Kunovszki, Amélie Beaudet

“…Eligible patients were ≥18 years of age with ≥1 ICD-9-CM or ICD-10-CM diagnosis code indicating pulmonary hypertension and no diagnosis code suggesting Group 3–5 pulmonary hypertension. …”
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Blood-based biomarkers suggest prolonged axonal Injury following pediatric mild traumatic brain injury by Andrew R. Mayer, Tracey V. Wick, Jessica R. McQuaid, Masen L. Boucher, Andrew B. Dodd, Cidney R. Robertson-Benta, Harm J. van der Horn, Erik B. Erhardt, Robert E. Sapien, Rawan Tarawneh, Rebekah Mannix

“…Non-fasting plasma samples were obtained in 59 pmTBI (28 females; age 14.9 ± 2.7) at approximately 7 days and 4 months post-injury and in 41 matched healthy controls (HC: 20 females; age 14.3 ± 2.8). …”
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Assessing awareness and utilisation of pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention among women who inject drugs in Lagos, Nigeria: a cross-sectional study by Olanrewaju Onigbogi, Modupe Onigbogi, Osadebamwen N Eghaghe, Omobola Y Ojo, Oluwatoyin Funmilola Babalola

“…Factors significantly associated with awareness of PrEP were age (p<0.038), period of residence (p<0.001) and the level of education (p<0.001). …”
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US-county level variation in intersecting individual, household and community characteristics relevant to COVID-19 and planning an equitable response: a cross-sectional analysis by Mathew V Kiang, Nancy Krieger, Caroline O Buckee, Jarvis T Chen, Taylor Chin, Rebecca Kahn, Ruoran Li, Satchit Balsari

“…As an illustrative example, we assess the pairwise intersections of age (individual level), poverty (household level) and prevalence of group homes (community-level) in US counties. …”
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The Effect of Corneal Refractive Power Area Changes on Myopia Progression during Orthokeratology by Minfeng Chen, Xinting Liu, Zhu Xie, Pengqi Wang, Miaoran Zheng, Xinjie Mao

“…In the multiple regression analysis, AL changes were increased with less baseline age (beta, 0.015; p<0.001), positive-power area (beta, 0.021; p=0.002), and larger SER (beta, 0.025; p=0.018). …”
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Prophylactic Theophyline reduces birth asphyxia related renal injury in term neonates by Salma Aziz, Syeda Maimoona Qudrat, Tanzeela Rani, Qurat-ul-Ain Chughtai, Misbah Aziz, Rai Muhammad Asghar

“…To assess the infant’s renal function, their serum creatinine, creatinine clearance (GFR) was determined on days one, three and five and compared between both groups. RESULTS: The mean age cases in Theophylline group was 10.73 ± 8.11 hours and in control group the mean age of cases was 14.33 ± 7.52 hours. …”
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Clinical Features and Predictors of Lethal Outcome in Tick-Borne Encephalitis: A Retrospective Study from Lithuania by G. Rynkevič, E. Žilinskas, D. Streckytė, D. Radzišauskienė, R. Mameniškienė

“…Men made up 56.97% of the population studied. The median age of the patients was 54 years (18-86). The median length of hospitalization was 9 days (1-50). …”
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Advancing Alzheimer’s disease risk prediction: development and validation of a machine learning-based preclinical screening model in a cross-sectional study by Yanfei Chen, Bing Wang, Yankai Shi, Wenhao Qi, Shihua Cao, Bingsheng Wang, Ruihan Xie, Jiani Yao, Xiajing Lou, Chaoqun Dong, Xiaohong Zhu, Danni He

“…Objectives Alzheimer’s disease (AD) poses a significant challenge for individuals aged 65 and older, being the most prevalent form of dementia. …”
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The current and future cancer burden in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries by Saleh A. Alessy, Saleh A. Alqahtani, Jerome Vignat, Amid Abuhmaidan, Amani E. L. Basmi, Najla Al Lawati, Ameera Ali A‐Nooh, Wael Shelpai, Samar Alhomoud, Ali Al‐Zahrani, Freddie Bray, Ariana Znaor

“…Results An estimated 42,475 new cancer cases and 19,895 deaths occurred in the GCC countries in 2020, with corresponding age‐standardized incidence and mortality rates of 96.5 and 52.3 per 100,000, respectively. …”
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Comparative analysis of the physical and phenotypic traits of native cattle (Bos indicus) in the Tarai region of North Bihar for conservation by Krishna Mohan, Pramod Kumar, Anandamoy Kundu

“…Animals (n = 562) of different age groups were studied to evaluate their phenotypic and morphological characteristics. …”
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Comparison of the Diagnostic Performance of Five Clinical Questionnaires for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by Alirio R. Bastidas, Eduardo Tuta-Quintero, José S. Arias, Diana Cufiño, Diana Moya, Daniel Martin, Faure Rodríguez, Carolina Aponte-Murcia, Doris M. Pumarejo, Maria A. Bejarano, Geraldine Ospina, Lina M. Morales, Adriana M. Portella, Maria D. Barragán, Daniela A. Álvarez, José M. Hernández

“…Statistically significant relationship was found for COPD diagnosis with male sex, older age, respiratory symptoms, and exposure to wood smoke (p value <0.05). …”
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Ability of Different Measures of Adiposity to Identify High Metabolic Risk in Adolescents by Carla Moreira, Rute Santos, Susana Vale, Paula C. Santos, Sandra Abreu, Ana I. Marques, Luísa Soares-Miranda, Jorge Mota

“…For each of these variables, a Z-score was computed by age and sex. A metabolic risk score (MRS) was constructed by summing the Z-scores of all individual risk factors. …”
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Characterization of cognitive functioning in complex PTSD compared to non-complex PTSD by Zoe-Sofia Schöndorf, Zoe-Sofia Schöndorf, Valentin Terhoeven, Anna Jaehn, Daniela Roesch-Ely, Hans-Christoph Friederich, Hans-Christoph Friederich, Christoph Nikendei, David Kindermann, David Kindermann

“…In multivariate regression, type of PTSD and age were found to significantly impact visual memory, while type of PTSD, age, and psychotropic medication showed significant effects on selective attention.ConclusionsGiven higher symptom severity and cognitive deficits in cPTSD, more intensive and diverse interventions should be considered in comprehensive treatment plans, for instance, cognitive training.…”
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Pooled Multicenter Safety Analysis of Lupin’s Intravitreal Biosimilar Ranibizumab (Ranieyes) in Chorioretinal Vascular Diseases by Debdulal Chakraborty, Tushar Kanti Sinha, Sourav Sinha, Aniruddha Maiti, Angshuman Mukherjee, Krishnendu Nandi, Sudipta Das, Saptorshi Majumdar, Dinesh Rungta, Ranabir Bhattacharya

“…Abstract Introduction This study aims to evaluate the ocular and systemic safety profiles of intravitreal biosimilar ranibizumab Ranieyes (Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Mumbai, India) in real-world clinical settings across multiple chorioretinal vascular diseases, including neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD), diabetic macular edema (DME), and retinal vein occlusion (RVO) in adults. …”
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Does the Temperature of the Distension Medium Affect Pain Perception in Patients undergoing Ambulatory Hysteroscopy? by Sai Kalmegh, Meenal Patvekar

“…The Chi-square test was utilised to determine the association between two independent categorical variables. Results: The age of the women ranged from 34 to 53 years, with a mean age of 41.77±6.28 years. …”
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Using a robust model to detect the association between anthropometric factors and T2DM: machine learning approaches by Nafiseh Hosseini, Hamid Tanzadehpanah, Amin Mansoori, Mostafa Sabzekar, Gordon A. Ferns, Habibollah Esmaily, Majid Ghayour-Mobarhan

“…Method A dataset derived from the Mashhad Stroke and heart atherosclerotic disorders (MASHAD) study comprising 9354 subject aged 65 − 35. 25% (2336 people) of subjects were diabetic and 75% (7018 people) where non-diabetic was used for the analysis of 10 anthropometric factors and age that were measured in all patients. …”
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The Association of Retinal Disease with Vision Impairment and Functional Status in Medicare Patients by Vincent Garmo, Xiaohui Zhao, Carmen D. Ng, Aimee Near, Tania Banerji, Keiko Wada, Gary Oderda, Diana Brixner, Joseph Biskupiak, Ferhina S. Ali, Archad M. Khanani, Alicia Menezes, Ibrahim M. Abbass

“…**Background:** The association of neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD), diabetic macular edema (DME), and retinal vein occlusion (RVO) with functional status in the general Medicare population are not well established. …”
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Assessing prevalence and predictors of impaired awareness of hypoglycemia in type 2 diabetes patients with chronic kidney disease by Amin Soliman, Noran Atef El Kordy, Farouk Mostafa Faris, Rabab Mahmoud Ahmed

“…Most of patients with impaired awareness of hypoglycemia aged > 60 years, had more prevalent hypertension and had lower HbA1c levels (P value ≤ 0.05). …”
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Intercostal Nerve Cryoablation During Lobectomy for Postsurgical Pain: A Safe and Cost-Effective Intervention by Daniel L. Miller, Jacob Hutchins, Michael A. Ferguson, Yazid Barhoush, Emily Achter, John P. Kuckelman

“…Results From a cohort of 23,138 patients, 266 pairs with a mean age of 69 years were included. Matching variables included age, gender, lobe resected, and prior opioid use. …”
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