Widening access to isotretinoin in primary care: an evaluation of New Zealand national dispensing data for isotretinoin for acne, 2008–2023 by Bruce Arroll, Diarmuid Quinlan, Peter Moodie, Rachel Petronella Roskvist, Jason Arnold

“…This suggests the longstanding ethnic disparity in access to isotretinoin is partially reduced.Many countries have restrictions on patient access to isotretinoin, similar to New Zealand in 2008. …”
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SNAP and/or WIC Participation and Diet Quality in Mother-Child Dyads living in Greater Boston after Pandemic: A Mixed-Method Study by Thanit Vinitchagoon, Fang Fang Zhang, Rebecca C. Fauth, Erin Hennessy, Ana G. Maafs, Emma M. Browning, Christina D. Economos

“…After adjusting for age, race/ethnicity, and education, no significant differences in diet quality were found for both mothers and their children. …”
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Preconceptional brain structure and future conception: a prospective brain MRI study among 321 women by Merel W. de Vries, Eline M. P. Poels, Gennady V. Roshchupkin, Ryan L. Muetzel, Milan Zarchev, Astrid M. Kamperman, Henning Tiemeier, Meike W. Vernooij, Steven A. Kushner

“…Logistic regression was used to examine associations between global brain parameters and conception, adjusting for age, intracranial volume, BMI, prior STD diagnosis, ethnicity, education, household income, smoking, and alcohol use. …”
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Trends, gender, and racial disparities in patients with mortality due to paroxysmal tachycardia: A nationwide analysis from 1999-2020. by Aman Goyal, Humza Saeed, Saif Yamin, Abdullah, Wania Sultan, Muhammad Khubaib Arshad, Samia Aziz Sulaiman, Mah I Kan Changez, Gauranga Mahalwar

“…Age-adjusted mortality rates (AAMRs) and annual percent changes (APC) were calculated by year, gender, age group, race/ethnicity, geographic location, and urbanization status. …”
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Emergency Medical Services Provider-Perceived Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias in the Prehospital Setting by Esmeralda Melgoza, Valeria Cardenas, Hiram Beltrán-Sánchez

“…Logistic regression models assessed the associated between EMS provider-perceived ADRD and patient sociodemographic characteristics, including age, race/ethnicity, incident location, and ZCTA-level socioeconomic status. …”
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A prospective, cross-sectional study to establish age-specific reference intervals for neonates and children in the setting of clinical biochemistry, immunology and haematology: th... by Susan M Donath, Monsurul Hoq, Vicky Karlaftis, Susan Mathews, Janet Burgess, John Carlin, Paul Monagle, Vera Ignjatovic

“…However, the accuracy of a reference interval is dependent on the selected reference population, and in paediatrics, the ability of the reference interval to reflect changes associated with growth and age, as well as sex and ethnicity. Differences in reagent formulations, methodologies and analysers can also impact on a reference interval. …”
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Enhancing Health Equity and Patient Engagement in Diabetes Care: Technology-Aided Continuous Glucose Monitoring Pilot Implementation Project by Madhur Thakur, Eric W Maurer, Kim Ngan Tran, Anthony Tholkes, Sripriya Rajamani, Roli Dwivedi

“…We recruited 148 participants with a mean age of 54 years; 39.8% (59/148) self-identified their race as non-White, 9.5% (14/148) self-identified their ethnicity as Hispanic or Latino, and one-third (53/148, 35.8%) were uninsured. …”
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The impact of anticoagulant-related bleeding on quality of life: Development of a novel measure based on perspectives from older adults. by Anna L Parks, Stacey L Slager, Amy M Cizik, Margaret C Fang, Mark A Supiano, Patti P Katz, Daniel M Witt

“…We purposely sampled by age, sex, race/ethnicity, diagnosis, bleeding history and anticoagulant. …”
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Enhancing Older Adults’ Lives Through Positive Aging Perception, Quality-of-Life Enhancement, and Social Support to Drive Acceptance and Readiness Toward Indoor Assistive Technolog... by Ka Po Wong, Pei-Lee Teh, Weng Marc Lim, Shaun Wen Huey Lee

“…Among demographic variables, educational level significantly impacted gerontechnology confidence (P=.004) while ethnicity influenced optimism (P=.003). …”
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Cost of Serum Versus Skin Allergy Testing Among Medicare Fee-for-Service Beneficiaries in the United States by Kenny Y. Kwong, Yang Z. Lu

“…Multivariate linear regression was performed on the association between testing patterns and each cost and utilization measure, controlling for parity, age, sex, race/ethnicity, and dual-eligible status. **Results:** We analyzed 270 831 patients and 327 263 allergy-related claims. …”
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Unlocking the link: predicting cardiovascular disease risk with a focus on airflow obstruction using machine learning by Xiyu Cao, Jianli Ma, Xiaoyi He, Yufei Liu, Yang Yang, Yaqi Wang, Chuantao Zhang

“…For AO patients, education, gender, ethnicity are key CVD risk factors.…”
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Mortality trends and disparities for coexisting chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and cardiovascular disease: A retrospective analysis of deaths in the United States from 1999-... by Aman Goyal, Humza Saeed, Wania Sultan, Ajeet Singh, Abdullah, Muhammad Khubaib Arshad, Zubair Amin, Mah I Kan Changez, Gauranga Mahalwar, Rozi Khan, Wael AlJaroudi

“…Age-adjusted mortality rates (AAMRs) and annual percent change (APC) were calculated by year, sex, age group, race/ethnicity, geographic region, and urbanization status.…”
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Non-support from the immediate boss is associated with stress and unsafety at work by Fredrik Iredahl, Elvar Theodorsson, Mike Jones, Tomas Faresjö, Åshild Faresjö

“…Those with support or not did not differ in terms of age, education, civil status, smoking, or ethnicity. Those with non-support reported a higher extent (p < 0.001) of lower perceived health. …”
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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

“…After adjusting for age, sex, race/ethnicity, poverty status, comorbidities, and other relevant covariates, nAMD, DME, and RVO were not significantly associated with anxiety/depression, falls, or fractures. …”
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Disparities in surgical treatments for stress, urge and mixed urinary incontinence: Evidence from the 2019 National Ambulatory Surgery Sample (NASS) by Christabel Egemba, Edie Duncan, Katherine Amin, Alan Wein, Alberto J. Caban-Martinez, Raveen Syan

“…However, the relationship between race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status and receiving treatment is poorly understood. …”
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Pre-injury frailty and clinical care trajectory of older adults with trauma injuries: A retrospective cohort analysis of A large level I US trauma center. by Oluwaseun Adeyemi, Corita Grudzen, Charles DiMaggio, Ian Wittman, Ana Velez-Rosborough, Mauricio Arcila-Mesa, Allison Cuthel, Helen Poracky, Polina Meyman, Joshua Chodosh

“…We controlled for age, sex, race/ethnicity, health insurance type, body mass index, Charlson Comorbidity Index, injury type and severity, and Glasgow Coma Scale score. …”
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Mortality trends of traumatic brain injuries in the adult population of the United States: a CDC WONDER analysis from 1999 to 2020 by Muhammad Hamza Dawood, Yusra Fazli, Sejal Lund, Shurjeel Uddin Qazi, Rija Tahir, Areehah Zafar Masood, Aiman Azam Qureshi, Saleha Safdar, Heraa Zaheer, Muhammad TayyabMuzaffar Chaychi

“…Age-adjusted mortality rates (AAMRs) per 100,000 individuals and annual percent change (APC) were computed and stratified based on year, gender, race/ethnicity, and geographic region. Results Between 1999 and 2020, 1,026,185 TBI-related deaths occurred among adults aged ≥ 25 years. …”
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Association of reported sleep disturbances with objectively assessed mild cognitive impairment among adults in the United States by Chan Shen, Hao Wang, Arthur Nguimatsa Djiotsop, R. Constance Wiener, Mona Pathak, Sophie Mitra, Patricia A Findley, Usha Sambamoorthi

“…Logistic regression models estimated unadjusted (Model 1) and adjusted associations accounting for sex, race/ethnicity, age, social determinants of health (Model 2), general health (Model 3), depression (Model 4), and pain and physical activity (Model 5). …”
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Predictors of food security status among informal caregivers of older adults residing in slums in Ghana by Dina Adei, Williams Agyemang-Duah, Bright Osei Boateng, Anthony Acquah Mensah

“…Results The analysis showed that 88.4% of the participants were females, 37.3% were aged 40–49 years, 72.7% were of Akan ethnicity, 81.4% were married, 45.4% had basic education, 96.3% did not receive pay for caregiving and 72.1% were enrolled in a national health insurance scheme. …”
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Dietary index for gut microbiota and its protective role against kidney stones: evidence of diabetes as a mediator from NHANES cross-sectional data by Lei Wang, Junjun Wu, Ziwen Jiang, Chao Wang, Fuxiang Lin, Yuxiang Zhong, Pengpeng Zhao, Wei Wei, Jianhua Huang, Zhanping Xu

“…Mediation analysis evaluated diabetes’s contribution to this relationship, and subgroup analyses were conducted based on sex, race/ethnicity, and alcohol consumption.ResultsHigher DI-GM scores were associated with lower KS prevalence (adjusted OR: 0.78, 95% CI: 0.65–0.92 per SD increase). …”
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