Attributes of cognitive impairment in patients on maintenance hemodialysis – A cohort study by Geet Gaurav, Deepa Sanjeev Sajjanar, G. V. Naregal, Sanjeev L. Sajjanar

“…Parameters such as age, gender, and race/ethnicity influence MCI. This special population needs more attention.…”
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Knee pain in adults from the northeast of São Paulo, Brazil: prevalence, risk factors, and impact on quality of life by Alberto de Vitta, Nicoly Machado Maciel, Sandra Fiorelli Almeida Penteado Simeão, Matias Noll

“…Results: The prevalence of knee pain was 25.6% (95% confidence interval: 22.3–29.3%), and it was associated with being >60 years old, black ethnicity, mean or low income, overweight, depression, gastrointestinal and renal diseases, and persons who performed occupations requiring repetitive movements, sitting while using a computer, and standing. …”
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Association of sildenafil use with age-related macular degeneration: a retrospective cohort study by Nicola Jaime Adderley, Krishnarajah Nirantharakumar, Anuradhaa Subramanian, Alastair K Denniston, Wen Hwa Lee, Ji Eun Diana Han, Jesse Coker

“…The study found no significant difference in AMD incidence between the sildenafil users and the non-users, with an adjusted hazard ratio (HR) of 0.99 (95% CI 0.84 to 1.16), after accounting for confounders such as age, ethnicity, Townsend deprivation quintile, body mass index category, and diagnosis of hypertension and type 2 diabetes.Conclusion The study results indicated no significant association between sildenafil use and AMD prevention in UK men with erectile dysfunction, suggesting sildenafil’s protective effect on AMD is likely insignificant.…”
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Sociodemographic and visual characteristics of individuals with oculocutaneous albinism in Botswana by Thanuja Panicker, Gopinath Madheswaran

“…Most participants belonged to low (35, 53.8%) to middle-income (23, 35.4%) socio-economic groups. African-Tswana ethnicity was the most common among the participants (31, 47.7%). …”
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Ocular biometric parameters in South-Indian children with myopia – A hospital-based retrospective descriptive analysis by Sandra Ganesh, Rebecca Claire Lusobya, Mohammed Sithiq Uduman, Reshma Rajan, Nisha Rajendran, Kripa Sanjeev, Kalpana Narendran

“…Aim: This study aims to profile the ocular biometric parameters in a large group of children of South-Indian ethnicity who visited our outpatient children’s department and were diagnosed with myopia. …”
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Therapeutics of bitter plants from Northeast region of India and their pharmacological and phytochemical perspectives by Bhaskar Das, Bharat Gopalrao Somkuwar, Sushil Kumar Chaudhary, Evanylla Kharlyngdoh, Careen Liza Pakyntein, Kishor Basor, Jitendra Kumar Shukla, Pardeep Kumar Bhardwaj, Pulok Kumar Mukherjee

“…Marginality, fragility, inaccessibility, ethnicity, and cultural diversity thrived in the region, resulting in the richest reservoir of genetic variation of bioresources. …”
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The external validity of machine learning-based prediction scores from hematological parameters of COVID-19: A study using hospital records from Brazil, Italy, and Western Europe. by Ali Safdari, Chanda Sai Keshav, Deepanshu Mody, Kshitij Verma, Utsav Kaushal, Vaadeendra Kumar Burra, Sibnath Ray, Debashree Bandyopadhyay

“…The external performance was reduced when the model was trained on datasets from Italy and tested on Brazil (AUC score 69%) and Western Europe (AUC score 65%); presumably affected by factors, like, ethnicity, phenotype, immunity, reference ranges, across the populations. …”
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When to Consider a Diagnosis of Maturity-Onset Diabetes of the Young: Precise Diagnosis Leads to Better Management and Quality of Life for the Patients by Yujia Gao, Kalyan Mansukhbhai Shekhda, Sarah N. Ali

“…A 33-year-old South Asian lady was referred to a diabetes clinic for suspected T2DM due to strong family history of T2DM, ethnicity, and persistently elevated fasting blood glucose levels. …”
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Higher Levels of Income and Education are Associated with More Specialized Sport Participation Behaviors: Results from a Representative Sample of Youth Sport Parents from the Unite... by Eric G Post, Matthew J. Rivera, Darleesa Doss, Lindsey E. Eberman

“…The questionnaire used for this study consisted of: 1) parent demographics (including parent age, race/ethnicity, biological sex, gender identity, household income, and educational status), and 2) child sport participation characteristics and sport specialization behaviors…”
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The relationship between involutional ectropion and inflammatory disorders of the eyelids and ocular surface: insights from a large-scale national study by Ahmad Mansour, Tomer Kerman, Nir Amitai, Eran Zunz, Soltan Khalaila, Itai Hazan, Erez Tsumi

“…Matching for the control groups was performed at a 1:3 ratio based on year of birth, sex, and ethnicity. A total of 17,292 patients with involutional ectropion and 51,876 matched controls in each group were included. …”
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Dying to be famous: retrospective cohort study of rock and pop star mortality and its association with adverse childhood experiences by Mark A Bellis, Karen Hughes, Olivia Sharples, Tom Hennell, Katherine A Hardcastle

“…Cox survival and logistic regression techniques examine risk and protective factors for survival and links between adverse childhood experiences and cause of death, respectively.Setting North America and Europe.Participants 1489 rock and pop stars reaching fame between 1956 and 2006.Outcomes Stars’ postfame mortality relative to age-, sex- and ethnicity-matched populations (USA and UK); variations in survival with performer type, and in cause of mortality with exposure to adverse childhood experiences.Results Rock/pop star mortality increases relative to the general population with time since fame. …”
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Cross-sectional association between plasma aldosterone concentration and cognitive performance by mini-mental state examination in community dwellers by Aketilieke Nusufujiang, Mulalibieke Heizhati, Nanfang Li, Ling Yao, Wenbo Yang, Hui Wang, Mei Li, Lin Gan, Adalaiti Maitituersun, Miaomiao Liu, Qiaolifanayi Nuermaimaiti, Li Cai, Xiayire Aierken, Xiufang Li, Qin Luo, Jing Hong

“…Subgroup analyses also were performed by age, gender, BMI, living region, ethnicity and education attainment status.Results27,707 subjects were included, of whom, 12,862 were apparently healthy and 14,845 had disease. …”
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Tone or tissue? A comparison of trends and risk factors of severe postpartum hemorrhage according to uterine atony or retained tissue in a hospital setting. by Silje Pettersen, Ragnhild Sørum Falk, Siri Vangen, Lill Trine Nyfløt

“…Risk factors associated only with uterine atony were multiple pregnancy, macrosomia, Asian ethnicity and operative delivery, while induction of labor, augmentation of labor, use of anticoagulants and assisted reproduction were associated with both uterine atony and retained tissue.…”
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The distribution and spectrum of thalassemia variants in GUIYANG region, southern China by Xuanyin Zhao, Zhiyu You, Yunyan Deng, Yi Zhou, Dongyang Deng, Jian Quan, Fang Chen, Zhimei Yan, Ya Qi, Leilei Chen, Fang Xiang, Weixian Zheng, Ruyi Zhang

“…The study highlighted the prevalence of thalassemia among different ethnic groups, with individuals of Han ethnicity being the most affected. …”
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Unhealthy alcohol use and risk of coronary heart disease among young and middle-aged adults by Jamal S. Rana, Felicia W. Chi, Isaac Acquah, Stacy A. Sterling

“…Cox proportional hazards models adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity, body mass index, physical activity, smoking, hypertension, diabetes, and hyperlipidemia. …”
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Exploration of Cosmetic Factors Contributing to Rhinoplasty among Both Genders in Iraqi Kurdistan by Aram Salih Mohammed Amin Kamali, Hedi Hassan Rostam, Awat Alla Khdir, Omer Aula Mina

“…A non-probability purposive sample of this cross - sectional descriptive study was consisted of 100 young male and female in Kurdish ethnicity, their ages ranged between 21-25 years. The main objective of the study is conducted to assess the cosmetic factors, contribute to Rhinoplasty among both genders at Raparin District. …”
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Hypnotics' association with mortality or cancer: a matched cohort study by Daniel F Kripke, Lawrence E Kline, Robert D Langer

“…This study extends previous reports associating hypnotics with excess mortality.Setting A large integrated health system in the USA.Design Longitudinal electronic medical records were extracted for a one-to-two matched cohort survival analysis.Subjects Subjects (mean age 54 years) were 10 529 patients who received hypnotic prescriptions and 23 676 matched controls with no hypnotic prescriptions, followed for an average of 2.5 years between January 2002 and January 2007.Main outcome measures Data were adjusted for age, gender, smoking, body mass index, ethnicity, marital status, alcohol use and prior cancer. …”
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Do pregnant women living in higher well-being populations in the USA experience lower risk of preterm delivery? A cross-sectional study by Jeph Herrin, Harlan M Krumholz, Carley Riley, Brita Roy, Erica Spatz, Mark T Silvestri, Anita Arora, Kenneth P Kell, Elizabeth Y Rula

“…In the model adjusted for maternal risk factors (age, race, Hispanic ethnicity, smoking status, timing of initiation of prenatal visits, multiparity, maternal insurance payer), the association was slightly attenuated with an absolute difference of 1.9% (95% CI 1.7% to 2.1%; p<0.001).Conclusions Pregnant women who live in areas with higher population well-being have lower risk of preterm birth, even after accounting for individual risk factors.…”
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What are the lived healthcare experiences of patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis? A community-based qualitative interview study by Sheila Greenfield, Gideon Hirschfield, Jayne Parry, Katherine Arndtz, Madeline Cameron

“…This study aimed to explore the experiences of patients with PSC regarding their disease and healthcare.Design A series of semi-structured interviews was completed with patients with PSC, including questioning their experiences of living with PSC and its related healthcare.Setting Participants were recruited from communities in England, Scotland and Wales, with advertisement via PSC Support (UK disease-specific charity support group).Participants 18 patients aged between 21 and 72 years were interviewed; 10 were male (56%), and all were of Caucasian ethnicity. Inclusion criteria were as follows: adults, self-identifying as having a diagnosis of PSC, and currently under National Health Service treatment for this disease. …”
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Perinatal consequences of a category 1 caesarean section at term by Sailesh Kumar, Leah Grace, Ristan M Greer

“…Caucasian women were equally as likely to undergo a category 1 CS as a non-category 1 CS, while indigenous women and women of Asian ethnicity were more likely to undergo a category 1 CS. …”
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