Clinical characteristics, therapeutics, and treatment outcomes of adult patients with anti-melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 dermatomyositis: A single-center experience fr... by Shivraj Padiyar, Aswin M Nair, Bijesh Yadav, Prathyusha Manikuppam, Jha Avanish, Abhilasha Arvind Manwatkar, John Mathew

“…The mean (±standard deviation) age of the patients was 40.3 (±13.02) years with a female:male ratio of 1.4:1. Panniculitis, calcinosis, palmar papules, and ulcerated Gottron's were the specific cutaneous manifestations, seen in 3 (10%), 7 (24%), 4 (13.4%), and 7 (24%) patients, respectively. …”
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Patients with Multiple Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders (FGIDs) Show Increased Illness Severity: A Cross-Sectional Study in a Tertiary Care FGID Specialty Clinic by Sabrina Berens, Felicitas Engel, Annika Gauss, Jonas Tesarz, Wolfgang Herzog, Beate Niesler, Esther Stroe-Kunold, Rainer Schaefert

“…FGID patients had a median age of 38 [23.0] years; 72.0% were female. Median GI symptom severity (IBS-SSS) scores were 339 [126] and 232 [163] in patients with >1 and 1 FGID, respectively (p<.001). …”
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Consistent Condom Use and Associated Factors among HIV-Positive Clients on Antiretroviral Therapy in North West Ethiopian Health Center, 2016 GC by Mohammed Seid Ali, Eleni Tesfaye Tegegne, Mekibib Kassa Tesemma, Kaleab Tesfaye Tegegne

“…About 216 (60.3%) of the participants were female and 325 (90.8%) were Orthodox followers. Consistent condom use was reported by 130 (55.8%) sexually active study subjects. …”
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Neurocognitive function and health-related quality of life among glioblastoma patients: A prospective study by Mohamed A Baba, Ahmed Kharbach, Mohamed Lmejjati, Nawal Adali

“…Among them, 66% were male, while 34% were female. Multiple linear regression showed that age (B: –15.46; 95% CI: –24.15 to –6.77; p  0.001), education level (B: –9.36; 95% CI: 0.84 to 17.88; p = 0.032), distance from hospital (B: –9.85; 95% CI: –18.34 to –1.36; p = 0.023), and tumour laterality (B= –12.36; 95% CI: –20.65 to –4.06; p = 0.004) were significantly associated with overall QoL at 3 months follow-up. …”
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Combined Administration of Streptozotocin and Sucrose Accelerates the Appearance of Type 2 Diabetes Symptoms in Rats by Martha Isela Barragán-Bonilla, Juan Miguel Mendoza-Bello, Penélope Aguilera, Isela Parra-Rojas, Berenice Illades-Aguiar, Mónica Ramírez, Mónica Espinoza-Rojo

“…Two-day-old male and female Wistar rats were treated once with streptozotocin (70 or 90 mg/kg body weight). …”
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An association between type A porcine endogenous retrovirus copy number and hematological parameters and gender in miniature pigs by R. B. Aitnazarov, S. V. Nikitin, G. V. Kontsevaya, M. I. Voevoda, N. S. Yudin

“…Males had significantly higher reference values for WBC, MID#, GRA# and red cell distribution width (RDW-CV) as compared to females. The mean corpuscular hemoglobin  concentration (MCHC) and platelet distribution width (PDW-CV) were significantly higher in female animals. …”
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A five-finger mnemonic for teaching schoolchildren the theoretical components of adult basic life support: a modified reactive Delphi-guided development and memorability pilot test... by Nino Fijačko, Robert Greif, Špela Metličar, Gregor Štiglic, Benjamin S. Abella, Matej Strnad, the Delphi study investigators

“…In August 2023, a recall pilot test involved mostly female schoolchildren (12/13, 92.3%). Pre-training, no cards with 5-finger mnemonic content were arranged correctly, but post-training, progress improvement was observed, especially in older schoolchildren (Z = -2.727, p = 0.006). …”
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Changes in sarcopenia and incident cardiovascular disease in prospective cohorts by Qingyue Zeng, Lijun Zhao, Qian Zhong, Zhenmei An, Shuangqing Li

“…Results Based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria, a total of 7499 CHARLS participants were included in the analysis, with 50.8% being female and an average age of 58.5 years. Compared to participants with stable non-sarcopenia status, those who progressed from non-sarcopenia to possible sarcopenia or sarcopenia exhibited a significantly increased risk of new-onset CVD (HR 1.30, 95% CI 1.06–1.59). …”
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Risk of myocardial infarction and heart failure in gout patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Panpan Wang, Huanhuan Yang

“…Four articles statistically compared the incidence of MI or HF between female gout and non-gout patients. Heterogeneity tests showed P = 0.15 and I 2  = 43%. …”
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Functional Evaluation of Open Carpal Tunnel Release in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Patients by Swagat Mahapatra, Devta Singh, Prakhar Mishra, Jaydeep Patel, Madhusudan Mishra, Animesh Gupta

“…The majority of the studied cases were female (77.6%), followed by males (22.4%). In the majority of cases, the right hand was the dominant hand (58.7%), and also, the right hand was the most operated hand (55.1%). …”
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Duration of exposure to night work and cardiovascular risk factors: results from 52,234 workers of the CONSTANCES study by Eve Bourgkard, Stéphanie Boini, Michel Grzebyk, Mathieu Dziurla, Jean Ferrières, Marcel Goldberg, Céline Ribet, Yolande Esquirol

“…Male rotating night workers showed excess risks at five years of exposure for obesity/central obesity (about + 45%) and high triglyceridaemia (+ 52%). Female former night workers were at excess risk at five years of exposure for obesity/central obesity (about + 45%), HBP (+ 34%) and low-HDL-C (+ 35%). …”
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Burden of Anemia among Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Positive Adults on Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy at Hawassa University Compressive Specialized Hospital, Hawassa, Ethiopi... by Sisay Tesfaye, Melaku Hirigo, Dawit Jember, Mekdes Shifeta, Worku Ketema

“…Anemia was present in 29.9% (95% CI 23.8–35.2) among adult HIV patients. Female sex (AOR: 2.576, 95% (CI: 1.295–5.127)), having tuberculosis (TB) (AOR: 4.873, 95% (CI: 1.534–15.484)), taking a zidovudine (ZDV)-containing ART regimen (AOR: 5.216, 95% (CI: 1.239–21.962)), having clinical WHO stage IV and III diseases (AOR: 3.077, 95% CI (1.244–7.612)), having body mass index (BMI) <18.5 kg/m2 (AOR: 2.391, 95% (CI: 1.138–5.023)), and taking cotrimoxazole prophylaxis (AOR: 3.860 95% (CI: 1.097–13.576)) were substantially linked to the development of anemia among adult HIV patients. …”
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Sex differences in the neuroinflammatory signaling pathway: effect of miRNAs on fatty acid synthesis in microglia by Haolin Zheng, Akiko Mizokami, Sergio Romera-Giner, Jaime Llera-Oyola, Yosuke Yamawaki, Tomomi Sano, Eijiro Jimi, Francisco García-García, Takashi Kanematsu

“…Methods Microglia were isolated from pooled hippocampal tissue of five 8-month-old male and female mice. Total RNA was extracted and subjected to miRNA microarray analysis. …”
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Retrospective Investigation of Cytomegalovirus and Epstein–Barr Virus Positivity in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patient Biopsies by Hasan Bostancı, Kürşat Dikmen, Ahmet Çağrı Büyükkasap, Sidre Erganis, Kayhan Çağlar, Ayşe Dursun, Gülendam Bozdayı

“…Methods: The study included tissue samples taken from 50 IBD (32 male, 18 female, between the ages of 18-76) patients. Thirty of the patients had CD and 20 had UC. …”
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From awareness to action: Effects of a schoolbased intervention on TV viewing behavior stages and screen time guidelines knowledge in Brazilian adolescents by Priscila Cristina dos Santos, Alexsandra da Silva Bandeira, Bruno Gonçalves Galdino da Costa, Ana Caroline Ferreira Campos de Sousa, Kelly Samara da Silva

“…This study is a multicomponent school-based intervention conducted with 727 students (54.3% female, 13 years; 427 in the intervention group and 300 in the control group). …”
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Woxuanzhongzhou formula improves DHEAS and high-fat diet-induced IR and anovulatory mice via AMPK/PGC1- α/Irisin pathway by Haijuan Liu, Guohua Wang, Conglu Sui, Yanan Guo, Xiangyu He

“…The aim of this study was to investigate the molecular mechanism of WXZZ on dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate and high fat diet induced PCOS with IR mice. Methods 40 female C57BL/6 mice were randomized to 4 groups: control group, model group, metformin group, and WXZZ group. …”
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Clinical characteristics and risk factors of Clostridioides difficile infection in children with diarrhoea by Ning Wang, Kun Jiang, Jinyue Huang, Mengzhu Hou, Lu Wang, Wei Wang, Yulian Fang

“…ObjectiveTo investigate the clinical characteristics and risk factors of Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) in children with diarrhea, and to provide evidence for the clinical prevention and treatment of CDI.MethodsThe clinical data of 192 children with diarrhoea suspected of CDI admitted from August 2020 to March 2023 were retrospectively analysed and divided into two groups according to whether CDI occurred, and the clinical characteristics and risk factors of the two groups were analysed statistically.ResultsThere were 85 cases of CDI in children with diarrhoea, 60 males (70.6%) and 25 females (29.4%), with a male to female ratio of 2.4:1; clinical manifestations were mostly fever, diarrhoea, abdominal pain, vomiting and blood in stool, with no statistically significant differences compared to the non-infected group. …”
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Altered circadian rhythmicity of the QT interval predicts mortality in a large real-world academic hospital population by Rutger R. van de Leur, Bastiaan C. du Pré, Markella I. Printezi, Rutger J. Hassink, Pieter A. Doevendans, René van Es, Linda W. van Laake

“…The mean circadian variation of the QT interval was 15 ms, with the maximum QT duration around midnight and an effect that is largest in young female patients. A non-linear relationship between peak-to-trough amplitude in QT interval rhythmicity and all-cause mortality was found, with both lower and higher values associated with increased risk. …”
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A localized tracing technique to explore intra-amygdala functional and structural correlates of individual variability in behavioral response by Allie Lipshutz, Allie Lipshutz, Victoria Saltz, Victoria Saltz, Victoria Saltz, Kristin R. Anderson, Kristin R. Anderson, Alessia Manganaro, Alessia Manganaro, Dani Dumitriu, Dani Dumitriu, Dani Dumitriu

“…Specifically, we combine a retrograde transsynaptic rabies tracing system with cFos colocalization immediately after an acute stressor to elucidate local structural and stress-activated connectivity within the amygdala complex in female and male mice.Results and discussionWe show how specific structural and functional connections can predict individual variability along a spectrum of social approach/avoidance following acute social defeat stress. …”
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A Rare Pediatric Giant Cell Tumor of the Clivus Bone, H3.3 p.Gly35Trp-mutated: Case Report and Mini-review of the Literature by Gabriele Gaggero, Teresa Battaglia, Virginia Andreotti, Andrea Rossi, Marta Ingaliso, Davide Taietti, Claudia Milanaccio, Gianluca Piatelli, Valerio Gaetano Vellone

“…Case Presentation: A 9-year-old female presented with progressive ocular pain, ptosis, and diplopia. …”
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