Childhood wasting and associated factors in Africa: evidence from standard demographic and health surveys from 35 countries by Tadesse Tarik Tamir, Alebachew Ferede Zegeye, Belayneh Shetie Workneh, Mohammed Seid Ali, Almaz Tefera Gonete, Masresha Asmare Techane, Mulugeta Wassie, Alemneh Tadesse Kassie, Medina Abdela Ahmed, Sintayehu Simie Tsega, Yilkal Abebaw Wassie, Berhan Tekeba, Enyew Getaneh Mekonen

“…A total of 212,715 children under the age of 5 years were included, using a weighted sample. …”
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T cell immune senescence is associated with frailty and sarcopenia in lung transplant candidates by Joanna M. Schaenman, MD, PhD, Harry Pickering, PhD, Elaine F. Reed, PhD, Maura Rossetti, PhD, Benjamin Seligman, MD, S. Samuel Weigt, MD, Michael Shino, MD, David Sayah, MD, PhD, John Belperio, MD, Ashley Hu, MD, Ashley Prosper, MD, Kathleen Ruchalski, MD, Abbas Ardehali, MD, Reshma Biniwale, MD

“…Results: The median patient age was 65, primarily with restrictive lung disease (76.9%). …”
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Frequency of Fibromyalgia in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection and Its Relationship with Vitamin D Levels and Quality of Life by Havva Talay Calis, Fatma Gul Ulku Demir, Ulas Serkan Topaloglu, Hatice Sayan, Deniz Kamalak Guzel, Emel Guler, Fatma Samli, Caglar Karabas, Serap Tomruk Sutbeyaz, Hatice Kayis Topaloglu

“…While emphasizing raising awareness of fibromyalgia, its relationship with HCV, vitamin D, quality of life, age, gender, BMI, and tender points was revealed via regression analysis.…”
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Prevalence of and factors associated with long COVID among diverse healthcare workers in the UK: a cross-sectional analysis of a nationwide study (UK-REACH) by Kamlesh Khunti, Katherine Woolf, Luke Bryant, Manish Pareek, Carolyn Tarrant, Christopher A Martin, Amani Al-Oraibi, Laura B Nellums

“…We found that specific demographic (older age and female gender) and occupational factors (nursing/midwifery and allied health professions) were associated with higher odds of long COVID. …”
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Bacterial Profiles and Antibiotic Resistance in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients with Exacerbation and Type 2 Respiratory Failure at Adam Malik General Hospital by Lia Mutia Annisa, Fajrinur Syarani, Andika Pradana, Erna Mutiara

“…The study analyzed 25 subjects with an average age of 63.6 years, primarily consisting of men (84%). …”
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Oligogenic effect is associated with the clinical heterogeneity of autosomal dominant deafness-15 by Jianyan Pan, Hua Teng, Fang Liu, Siyi Chen, Yaning Liu, Yanling Teng, Desheng Liang, Zhuo Li, Lingqian Wu

“…In addition, we found that two individuals with earlier age of onset and more rapid progression of hearing loss carry additional pathogenic variants in other deafness genes (III-7, STRC:c.4057 C > T; IV-1, GJB2:c.109G > A; CDC14A:c.935G > A). …”
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Effect of nirmatrelvir/ritonavir (Paxlovid) on hospitalization among adults with COVID-19: An electronic health record-based target trial emulation from N3C. by Abhishek Bhatia, Alexander J Preiss, Xuya Xiao, M Daniel Brannock, G Caleb Alexander, Robert F Chew, Hannah Davis, Megan Fitzgerald, Elaine Hill, Elizabeth P Kelly, Hemalkumar B Mehta, Charisse Madlock-Brown, Kenneth J Wilkins, Christopher G Chute, Melissa Haendel, Richard Moffitt, Emily R Pfaff, N3C Consortium

“…We also conducted stratified analyses by vaccination status and age group. Absolute risk reduction for hospitalization was similar among patients that were vaccinated and unvaccinate, but was much greater among patients aged 65+ years than among younger patients. …”
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Corneal hysteresis as a predictor of glaucomatous optic neuropathy progression by N.I. Kurysheva, E.O. Shatalova, L.V. Lepeshkina

“…Other significant factors were the age of patients and the degree of glaucomatous lesion, characterized by perimetric indexes and the retinal nerve fiber layer, as well as the focal loss volume of its ganglion cell complex.…”
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Prevalence, Patterns and Factors Associated with Dyslipidemia Among Adult Hypertensive Patients by Muktar Hassan Mohamud, Awil Abdulkadir Abdi, Abishir Mohamud Hirsi, Ibrahim Ahmed Nur, Alina Peris

“…A total of 431 patients were included in the study, with the majority being females over 65 years of age (mean age = 64.7, SD = 8.8 years). The prevalence of dyslipidemia was 48.3% (208) (95% CI = 43.2-52.9%). …”
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miR-149-3p Is a Potential Prognosis Biomarker and Correlated with Immune Infiltrates in Uterine Corpus Endometrial Carcinoma by Xiaoyuan Lu, Li Jing, Sicong Liu, Haihong Wang, Buze Chen

“…High expression of miR-149-3p in UCEC was significantly associated with age (P<0.001), histological type (P<0.001), histological grade (P<0.001), tumor invasion (P=0.014), and radiation therapy (P=0.011). …”
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Investigating the impact of couple counseling based on the CHARMS model on sexual quality of life and marital satisfaction of wives of men suffering from myocardial infarction: a r... by Delniya Ghafuri, Soheila Rabeipoor, Kamal Khademvatani, Samira Barjasteh, Atefeh Yas

“…The average age of men in the intervention and control groups was 48.6 ± 4.51 and 47.5 ± 5.5 years, respectively. …”
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Examining teen club attendance and viral load suppression among adolescents under differentiated HIV care in Malawi: a sub-optimal scenario by Rachel Chamanga, Tessa Musukwa, Louiser Kalitera, Felix Gent, Harrid Nkhoma, Kwashie Kudiabor, Alice Maida, Dumbani Kayira, Verita Buie, Godfrey Woelk, Thulani Maphosa

“…We enrolled all ALHIV receiving ART ages 10–19 years who attended teen clubs between July 2018- September 2019 and had documented viral load results. …”
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Attributable risk factors for asymptomatic malaria and anaemia and their association with cognitive and psychomotor functions in schoolchildren of north-eastern Tanzania. by Geofrey Makenga, Vito Baraka, Filbert Francis, Daniel T R Minja, Samwel Gesase, Edna Kyaruzi, George Mtove, Swabra Nakato, Rashid Madebe, Sif R Søeborg, Kathrine H Langhoff, Helle S Hansson, Michael Alifrangis, John P A Lusingu, Jean-Pierre Van Geertruyden

“…In Africa, children aged 5 to 15 years (school age) comprises more than 50% (>339 million) of the under 19 years population, and are highly burdened by malaria and anaemia that impair cognitive development. …”
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Genetic polymorphisms (FTO rs9939609 and TMEM18 rs6548238), adipokines (leptin and adiponectin) and adiposity in children and adolescents with asthma by Marta Evangelho Machado, Luis C. Porto, Jeane S. Nogueira, Clemax C. Sant´Anna, José R. Lapa e Silva

“…Methods: The authors performed a cross-sectional study with 57 children/adolescents, ages 8–19 years, at a tertiary hospital, from 2017 to 2018. …”
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Predicting autoimmune thyroiditis in primary Sjogren’s syndrome patients using a random forest classifier: a retrospective study by Jia-yun Wu, Jing-yu Zhang, Wen-qi Xia, Yue-ning Kang, Ru-yi Liao, Yu-ling Chen, Xiao-min Li, Ya Wen, Fan-xuan Meng, Li-ling Xu, Sheng-hui Wen, Hui-fen Liu, Yuan-qing Li, Jie-ruo Gu, Qing Lv, Yong Ren

“…The random forest classifier indicated Age, IgG, C4 and dry mouth were the main factors influencing the prediction of positive thyroid autoantibodies in pSS patients. …”
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Development and validation of machine learning models for MASLD: based on multiple potential screening indicators by Hao Chen, Jingjing Zhang, Xueqin Chen, Ling Luo, Wenjiao Dong, Yongjie Wang, Jiyu Zhou, Canjin Chen, Wenhao Wang, Wenbin Zhang, Zhiyi Zhang, Yongguang Cai, Danli Kong, Yuanlin Ding

“…Ultimately, our study constructed the optimal MASLD risk prediction model using HOMA-IR, TyG-WC, age, AST, and ethnicity.…”
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Prevalence of Diabetes and Associated Risk Factors among a Group of Prisoners in the Yaoundé Central Prison by Sylvain Raoul Simeni Njonnou, Jérôme Boombhi, Martine Claude Etoa Etoga, Aimée Tiodoung Timnou, Ahmadou Musa Jingi, Kevin Nkem Efon, Esther Astrid Mbono Samba Eloumba, Marie-Josiane Ntsama Essomba, Odette Kengni Kebiwo, Alice Ninon Tsitsol Meke, Stéphane Talbit Ndjonya, Mesmin Dehayem Yefou, Eugène Sobngwi

“…We recruited 437 inmates (344 men) with an average age of 37.0 (95% CI: 35.9-38.3) years. The most frequent age group was 20 to 39 years with 281 (64.7%) inmates, and the mean prison stay was 29.1 (95% CI: 25.7-32.8) months. …”
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Clinical Characteristics of COVID-19 in Neonates and Infants Younger Than 3 Months by Fatemeh Varshoei, Mohammad Sadegh Rezai, Roya Farhadi, Azin Hajialibeig, Saeid Mohammadi, Masoud Moradi, Fatemeh Hosseinzadeh

“…Demographic data such as age, sex, comorbidity, clinical characteristics and symptoms, medications, and laboratory test results were extracted from the patient’s medical records. …”
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A Digital Tool for Clinical Evidence–Driven Guideline Development by Studying Properties of Trial Eligible and Ineligible Populations: Development and Usability Study by Shahzad Mumtaz, Megan McMinn, Christian Cole, Chuang Gao, Christopher Hall, Magalie Guignard-Duff, Huayi Huang, David A McAllister, Daniel R Morales, Emily Jefferson, Bruce Guthrie

“…The analyses produce an overview of statistical tables (eg, age, gender) of the index condition population and, within the overview groupings, produce details on, for example, electronic frailty index, comorbidities, and coprescriptions. …”
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The Effect of Prejudice and Discrimination Education Given to University Students on Gender Perception and Attitude by Neslihan Nur Pehlivan

“…In order for university students to approach men and women with an egalitarian perspective at an early age, their gender stereotypes must first decrease and their perspectives on social relations must change positively. …”
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