Influence of Gender on Cardiac and Encephalic Inflammation in the Elderly with Cysticercosis: A Case Control Study by Camila Lourencini Cavellani, Rosana Rosa Miranda Corrêa, Mara Lúcia Fonseca Ferraz, Laura Penna Rocha, Ana Carolina Guimarães Faleiros, Ruy de Souza Lino Junior, Marlene Antônia dos Reis, Vicente de Paula Antunes Teixeira

“…The present study explores the influence of the host’s age and gender upon the inflammatory infiltrate. …”
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Models of Integrated Acute Care for Older Adult Inpatients That Incorporate Integrative Health: An Integrative Review by Bonvin E, Perruchoud E, Tacchini-Jacquier N, Perrenoud J, Melly P, Celik S, Jean M, Verloo H

“…Eric Bonvin,1 Elodie Perruchoud,2 Nadine Tacchini-Jacquier,1 Jean Perrenoud,1 Pauline Melly,2 Sacha Celik,3 Michèle Jean,4 Henk Verloo2 1Valais Hospital Directorate 1950 SION, Valais, Switzerland; 2School of Health Sciences – Nursing Science (HES-SO – Valais) 1950 SION, Valais, Switzerland; 3Old Age Psychiatry - Saint-Amé Clinic 1890 Saint-Maurice, Valais, Switzerland; 4Geriatrics - Saint-Amé Clinic 1890 Saint-Maurice, Valais, SwitzerlandCorrespondence: Henk Verloo, Email henk.verloo@hevs.chBackground: The use of integrated acute care for older adult inpatients is a growing field, especially the use of integrative health-care practices for managing complex, chronic, age-related health conditions. …”
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Shift in the profile and prognostic implications in invasive fungal rhinosinusitis: experience of 10 years in a tertiary center by Raúl Mellidez-Acosta, Lidia Torres-García, Miguel Saro-Buendía, Natalia Jaramillo-Ángel, Javier Cabrera-Guijo, Catalina Bancalari-Díaz, Noelia Muñoz-Fernández, Lucas Fito-Martorell, Miguel Armengot-Carceller, Alfonso García-Piñero

“…The following variables were analyzed: gender, age, underlying conditions, symptoms, histological study outcomes, microbiological study outcomes, administered antifungal treatment, surgical interventions, and survival following diagnosis. …”
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Assessment of risk factors for osteopenia development in premature babies by A. Yu. Tsymbal, Yu. V. Kotlova

“…Ultrasound densitometer Sunlight Omnisense 9000 was used to measure the ultrasound speed in BT (SOS, m/s) with estimation Z-score (SD) according to gestational age of 56 PB and 20 mature babies (control group) in the early neonatal age. …”
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Incidence and Factors Associated with Postoperative Delayed Hyponatremia after Transsphenoidal Pituitary Surgery: A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review by Cheng-Chi Lee, Yu-Chi Wang, Yu-Tse Liu, Yin-Cheng Huang, Peng-Wei Hsu, Kuo-Chen Wei, Ko-Ting Chen, Ya-Jui Lin, Chi-Cheng Chuang

“…Among the predictors evaluated, older age was the only significant factor associated with increased delayed hyponatremia (odds ratio = 1.16, 95% CI = 1.04–1.29, P = 0.006). …”
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Overweight and obesity among adolescents: health-conscious behaviours, acceptance, and the health behaviours of their parents by Anna Lewandowska, Grzegorz Rudzki, Tomasz Lewandowski, Anna Bartosiewicz, Michał Próchnicki, Aleksandra Stryjkowska-Góra, Barbara Laskowska, Małgorzata Sierpińska, Sławomir Rudzki, Sergii Pavlov

“…The age of parents of children with excess body weight was between 20 and 50 years. …”
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Solo Sonographically Guided PCNL under Spinal Anesthesia: Defining Predictors of Success by Akbar Nouralizadeh, Hamid Pakmanesh, Abbas Basiri, Mohammad Aayanifard, Mohammad Hossein Soltani, Ali Tabibi, Farzaneh Sharifiaghdas, Seyed Amir Mohsen Ziaee, Naser Shakhssalim, Reza Valipour, Behzad Narouie, Mohammad Hadi Radfar

“…Logistic regression showed that a lower age and a larger stone burden significantly predicted positive residual stones. …”
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Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes in Patients with Ruptured Middle Cerebral Artery Aneurysms: A Multicenter Study in Northern China by Xiuhu An, Jingliang Su, Bingxin Duan, Long Zhao, Bangyue Wang, Yan Zhao, Tianxing Li, Shuai Zhou, Xinyu Yang, Zhenbo Liu

“…The risk factors for mortality included age > 70 years, previous stroke, combined ICH/IVH, poor Hunt and Hess grade, and multiple aneurysms. …”
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Sleep duration, chronotype, health and lifestyle factors affect cognition: a UK Biobank cross-sectional study by Daqing Ma, Raha West, Zhigang Liu, Ji-Eun Park, Ryan Tak Chun Wong, Si Woo Lee, Dinayinie Ekanayake Mudiyanselage

“…Chronotype distinctions, particularly intermediate and evening types, were linked to superior cognitive function. Gender, age, angina, high blood pressure, diabetes, alcohol intake and smoking emerged as significant cognitive influencers.Conclusions and relevance The study delineates a multifaceted and nuanced relationship between sleep variables, health and lifestyle factors in determining cognitive outcomes. …”
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Predictors of biochemical and structural response to medical therapy in patients with active acromegaly following surgery: a real-world perspective by Maryam Rafieemanesh, Manizhe Ataee Kachuee, Ali Zare Mehrjardi, Alireza Khajavi, Mohammad Ghorbani, Mohammad Reza Mohajeri-Tehrani, Nahid Hashemi-Madani, Mohammad E. Khamseh

“…Moreover, 51.4% of the patients showed a structural response. Applying the age-sex adjusted model, post-operative IGF-1 was inversely associated with TBR [OR 0.34, P = 0.006] and BC [OR 0.30, P = 0.004]. …”
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Use of Pre- and Intensified Postprocedural Physiotherapy in Patients with Symptomatic Aortic Stenosis Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Study (the 4P-TAVR Study) by M. Weber, U. Klein, A. Weigert, W. Schiller, V. Bayley-Ezziddin, D. C. Wirtz, A. Welz, N. Werner, E. Grube, G. Nickenig, J.-M. Sinning, A. Ghanem

“…While patients in group A (control group: 50 patients, age: 81.7 ± 5.0 years, 52% male) did not receive physiotherapy prior to TAVR, group B (intervention group: 58 patients, age: 82.2 ± 5.82 years, 47% male) participated in intensive physiotherapy. …”
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Assessing The Influence of Upland Rice on Household Income in Nyamirama Sub-County Kanungu District. by Byamukama, Chrispus

“…The researcher concluded that the researcher considered the age of respondents with the view of acquiring data from respondents to their lifetime experiences and understanding an indication that respondents between 20-29 years of age were still energetic and responsible for getting Involved in upland rice farming. …”
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Utilizing A Multi-Stage Transition Model for Analysing Child Stunting in Two Urban Slum Settlements of Nairobi: A Longitudinal Analysis, 2011-2014. by Oduro, Michael S., IddiI, Samuel, Asiedu, Louis, Asiki, Gershim, Kadengye, DamazoT.

“…A subset of 692 children aged 0 to 3 years, with complete anthropometric data, and household socio-demographic data was used for the analysis. …”
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Child Abuse and Intention to Dropout Among Secondary School Students in Rubanda District. by Ninsiima, Patience

“…Key findings indicated that female students had a higher dropout rate (53.2%) compared to males (46.8%). The age group 11-14 accounted for 54% of dropout cases, while students aged 15-18 and 19 and above had dropout rates of 32% and 14%, respectively. …”
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Potential implications of thyroid autoantibodies in children, adolescents, and young adults with thyroid nodules in Japan: The Fukushima Health Management Survey by Rina Tazaki, Yurie Kobashi, Nana Nakahata, Mahiro Asano, Norikazu Abe, Haruka Ejiri, Ayako Sato, Natsuki Nagamine, Chisato Takahashi, Yukie Yamaya, Manabu Iwadate, Takashi Matsuzuka, Satoshi Suzuki, Tetsuya Ohira, Satoru Suzuki, Fumihiko Furuya, Hiroki Shimura, Shinichi Suzuki, Susumu Yokoya, Shunichi Yamashita, Hitoshi Ohto, Seiji Yasumura

“…We performed a cross-sectional study using data from 3,018 participants of 3–29 years of age with nodules, including thyroid cancer, from the Fukushima Health Management Survey. …”
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Association of tea consumption with all-cause/cardiovascular disease mortality in the chronic kidney disease population: an assessment of participation in the national cohort by Jin Li, Xing-Ling Chen, Xiao-Lu Ou-Yang, Xiao-Jiao Zhang, Yue Li, Shu-Ning Sun, Ling-Jun Wang, Zhong-Qi Yang, Shi-Hao Ni, Lu Lu

“…Key cohort demographics revealed a mean age of 62.3 years, with 52.1% female participants, and 57.3% identified as non-Hispanic White. …”
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CHARACTERISTICS OF CIRCADIAN BLOOD PRESSURE PROFILE IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME AND THEIR ASSOCIATION WITH THYROID FUNCTION by Nataliia Kuz, Tetiana Solomenchuk

“…The study includes 125 patients with ACS aged 36 to 81 (mean age - 60.98± 0.81 years old). …”
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Bridge Employment Model of Qualified Employees in Iran's Public Organizations by Seyedeh Sanaz Sadafi Mousavi, Mir ali Syed nagavi, Seyed Mehdi Alvani, Alireza Koushki Jahromi

“…Abstract One of the characteristics of today's age is the increase in the age of specialized employees and, as a result, the decrease in the number of these forces, therefore, the aging and shrinking of the workforce is a big challenge for organizations and governments. …”
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Investigating factors influencing quality of life in thyroid eye disease: insight from machine learning approaches by Haiyang Zhang, Shuo Wu, Lehan Yang, Chengjing Fan, Huifang Chen, Hui Wang, Tianyi Zhu, Yinwei Li, Jing Sun, Xuefei Song, Huifang Zhou, Terry J Smith, Xianqun Fan

“…Shapley additive explanations (SHAP) analysis highlighted the importance of vertical strabismus, diplopia score and age in influencing QOL-VF and age, clinical activity and sex in QOL-AP. …”
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Real-world outcomes of Defocus Incorporated Multiple Segments lenses on retarding axial elongation in myopic children and adolescents by Rachel K. M. Chun, Rachel K. M. Chun, Rachel K. M. Chun, Kryshell Y. Q. Wong, Carly S. Y. Lam, Carly S. Y. Lam, Carly S. Y. Lam, Chi-ho To, Chi-ho To, Chi-ho To, Chi-ho To, Kenneth K. K. Liu, Yin-zhi Wong, Wing-chun Tang, Nicole Chan, Dora Kwok, Max Cheung, David Yung, Andrew K. C. Lam, Andrew K. C. Lam, Andrew K. C. Lam

“…There was a significant negative correlation between age at baseline and annual change in AL (correlation coefficient, r = −0.61, p < 0.001), suggesting that myopia progression was faster in children with a younger age of onset. …”
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