Hormone replacement therapy, menopausal age and lifestyle variables are associated with better cognitive performance at follow-up but not cognition over time in older-adult women i... by Tamlyn J. Watermeyer, Tamlyn J. Watermeyer, Sarah Gregory, Sarah Gregory, Emmi Leetham, Chinedu T. Udeh-Momoh, Chinedu T. Udeh-Momoh, Chinedu T. Udeh-Momoh, Chinedu T. Udeh-Momoh, Chinedu T. Udeh-Momoh, Graciela Muniz-Terrera, Graciela Muniz-Terrera

“…The study underscores the need for longer follow-up periods, consideration of other female-specific risk factors, and more comprehensive lifestyle and health assessments to clarify the complex interplay between HRT use, reproductive history, lifestyle, comorbidities and cognitive aging in women.…”
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Clinical and Renal Biopsy Findings Predicting Outcome in Renal Thrombotic Microangiopathy: A Large Cohort Study from a Single Institute in China by Xiao-Juan YU, Feng YU, Di Song, Su-Xia Wang, Yan Song, Gang Liu, Ming-Hui Zhao

“…Seventy patients (64.2%) were male and thirty-nine patients (35.8%) were female. There were eight patients (7.3%) with hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). …”
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Preoperative Education is Associated with Adherence to Downstream Components and Outcomes in a Colorectal Surgery Enhanced Recovery Program by Bayley A. Jones, MD, Joshua Richman, MD, PhD, Michael Rubyan, PhD, MPH, Lauren Wood, MSPH, Alfonsus Adrian H. Harsono, MD, MSPH, Wendelyn Oslock, MD, MBA, Nathan English, MBChB, Burkely P. Smith, MD, Robert Hollis, MD, MSPH, Larry R. Hearld, PhD, Isabel Scarinci, PhD, MPH, Daniel I. Chu, MD, MSPH

“…The mean (SD) age was 56.5 (15.8) years, 686 (57.3%) were female, and 717 (71.9%) were white. On adjusted analysis, patients who received preoperative education (n = 877, 88%) had higher adherence rates for the following ERP components: no prolonged fasting (estimate = +19.6%; P < 0.001), preoperative blocks (+8.0%; P = 0.02), preoperative multimodal analgesia (+18.0%; P < 0.001), early regular diet (+15.9%; P < 0.001), and postoperative multimodal analgesia (+6.4%; P < 0.001). …”
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From dusk to dawn: examining how adolescents engage with digital media using objective measures of screen time in a repeated measures study by Bradley Brosnan, Kim A. Meredith-Jones, Jillian J. Haszard, Shay-Ruby Wickham, Barbara C. Galland, Takiwai Russell-Camp, Rachael W. Taylor

“…Findings Among the 83 participants (mean 12.3 [SD 1.0] years, 42% female, 52% New Zealand European, 37% Māori [indigenous]), 82 used screens in the two hours before bed on 308 of 344 (90%) nights for a mean of 54.4 min (SD 25.5). …”
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Epidemiology of endometriosis in Kazakhstan: a national population-based cohort analysis (2014–2019) using data from the national electronic healthcare system by Gulzhanat Aimagambetova, Yesbolat Sakko, Talshyn Ukybassova, Milan Terzic, Milan Terzic, Aizada Marat, Nazira Kamzayeva, Arnur Gusmanov, Gulnur Zhakhina, Sauran Yerdessov, Kamilla Mussina, Dmitriy Syssoyev, Abduzhappar Gaipov, Abduzhappar Gaipov

“…The overall prevalence of endometriosis among Kazakhstani female population was 0.12%, with 50.1% of them suffering from endometriosis of the uterus, 34.5% with ovarian endometriosis, and 9.5% with endometriosis of pelvic peritoneum. …”
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Trends in the use and dual use of factory-made combustible cigarettes, other tobacco products and electronic cigarettes: Results from South African Social Attitudes Surveys during... by Catherine O. Egbe, Siphesihle Gwambe, Mukhethwa Londani, Olufemi Erinoso, Olalekan A. Ayo-Yusuf

“…Results About 51% of the participants were female, and 51.9% were aged 16–34 years. CTP smoking significantly increased from 18.1% (2010) to 23.6% (2018) (p=0.015), while ATPU increased from 20.2% (2010) to 25.9% (2018) (p=0.005). …”
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Effects of Lupeol on Intestinal Anastomosis After Experimental Intestinal Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in Rats by Kaya C, Kapisiz A, Eryilmaz S, Karabulut R, Turkyilmaz Z, Inan MA, Aydin GY, Celik MA, Sonmez K

“…Therefore, we conducted the study to investigate the effects of lupeol on intestinal ischemia-reperfusion injury, not only biochemically and histopathologically but also on anastomotic strength and miRNAs.Methods: Female rats were randomly divided into six groups. …”
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Hubungan Lama Aktivitas Membaca dengan Derajat Miopia pada Mahasiswa Pendidikan Dokter FK Unand Angkatan 2010 by Mutia Maulud Fauziah, M. Hidayat, Julizar .

“…The results showed incidence of myopia is more in female students (78.5%). Most of myopia occurs first time at the age 13 years (19%). …”
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The Efficacy of Short-Duration Polyethylene Glycol plus Electrolytes for Improving Bowel Preparation of Colonoscopy in Patients with Chronic Constipation by Naohisa Yoshida, Yoshikazu Inagaki, Kohei Fukumoto, Hiroyuki Yoriki, Yutaka Inada, Takaaki Murakami, Yuri Tomita, Hikaru Hashimoto, Satoshi Sugino, Ryohei Hirose, Osamu Dohi, Ken Inoue, Yoshito Itoh

“…Sachets of polyethylene glycol plus electrolytes (PEG+E: Movicol: EA Pharma, Tokyo, Japan) are used for chronic constipation, and its efficacy is reported only for female and nonelderly people. Chronic constipation is one of the reasons of poor colonoscopic bowel preparation (BP). …”
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Antiplasmodial and Cytotoxic Activities of Extracts of Selected Medicinal Plants Used to Treat Malaria in Embu County, Kenya by Bibianne Waiganjo, Gervason Moriasi, Jared Onyancha, Nelson Elias, Francis Muregi

“…Malaria is a deadly disease caused by a protozoan parasite whose mode of transmission is through a female Anopheles mosquito. It affects persons of all ages; however, pregnant mothers, young children, and the elderly suffer the most due to their dwindled immune state. …”
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Flora Nwapa’nın Kadınlar Farklıdır Romanında Kadın Konusu by Fatma Kalpaklı

“…Meanwhile, the Nigerian female gender patterns are compared and contrasted with the Nigerian male gender patterns and eventually, the importance of raising consciousness about the women’s problems not only in Nigeria, but also in the whole world has been underlined in the novel. …”
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Characterizing the microstructural transition at the gray matter-white matter interface: Implementation and demonstration of age-associated differences by Joan Y Song, Roman Fleysher, Kenny Ye, Mimi Kim, Molly E Zimmerman, Richard B Lipton, Michael L Lipton

“…This analysis includes cross-sectional data from a total of 146 participants (18–91 years; mean age: 52.4 (SD 21.4); 83 (57 %) female) enrolled in two normative lifespan cohorts at Albert Einstein College of Medicine from 2019 to 2023. …”
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Treatment patterns and clinical profile in progressive pulmonary fibrosis: a Japanese cross-sectional survey by Hidekata Yasuoka, Yuko Waseda, Yuko Kaneko, Masateru Okazaki, Ryoko Iwasaki, Shoko Nagata, Mark Small, Haruyuki Ishii

“…Patients had a mean (standard deviation [SD]) age at survey date of 68.0 (11.6) years, 43.5% were female, 50.3% were former smokers and 18.1% were employed full time. …”
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Lymphadenopathies: A Retrospective Study of Epidemiology, Characteristics, Diagnosis and Treatment Outcomes of Patients in a Tertiary Hospital in Mogadishu-Somalia by Kıratlı K, Bulut M, Ali MA, Aysin M, Ali AM, Mohamed Hirsi I, Bashir AM

“…The purpose of this research was to identify the clinical and diagnostic characteristics of Somalian patients suffering from swollen lymph nodes.Methods: Under the purview of this study, the diagnoses, patient clinical courses, and treatment outcomes were ascertained retrospectively by analyzing the biochemical, microbiological, radiological, and pathological data of the cases in all age groups who underwent therapy for lymphadenitis at Mogadishu Somali Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdo&gbreve;an Training and Research Hospital between January 2016 and September 2023.Results: During the study period, 317 patients were followed up, with 53.3% of the patients as female, 46.7% as male, 28.1% as pediatric, 63.1% as adult, and 8.8% were elderly patients. …”
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Sibling Species Composition and Susceptibility Status of Anopheles gambiae s.l. to Insecticides Used for Indoor Residual Spraying in Eastern Uganda by Julius Iga, Stephen Ochaya, Richard Echodu, Elizabeth A. Opiyo, Alex K. Musiime, Angella Nakamaanya, Geoffrey M. Malinga

“…Susceptibility tests were conducted on 2- to 5-day-old non-blood-fed adult female Anopheles that emerged using insecticide-impregnated papers with 0.1% bendiocarb and 0.25% pirimiphos-methyl following standard World Health Organization (WHO) insecticide susceptibility bioassays. …”
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Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Elderly Patients Undergoing Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: An Observational Cohort Study by Ahmed Hassan, Amr Yosry Emam, Mohammed Thabet, Ahmed Osman, Khaled Ahmed Shams, Mina Samir Labib, Ahmed Elguindy

“…The elderly had a significant trend of being female and hypertensive, and having chronic kidney disease (CKD), worse Killip class, more frequent severe non-culprit vessel lesions, and left main trunk involvement. …”
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Study of pattern of lipid profile amongst type II diabetic patients of two major tribal populations of Tripura by Sagar Samrat Debbarma, Arunabha Dasgupta, Atanu Ghosh, Kanak Choudhury, Prithvijit Kole, Sonali Paul, Brainist Kalai, V. Saikumar

“…A total of 48 subjects were male and 42 were female. The mean age of the study population was 56.99 ± 9.97 years. …”
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Serum calcium and its relationship with immunoglobulin G (IgG) levels in prepartum buffaloes from the Venezuelan humid tropics by Juan Pablo Uzcátegui-Varela, Anacelmira Urbina Andueza, Janeth Caamaño Carrero

“…Ten were young females of 33.6±14.15 months, with nine months of gestation and 432±44.27 kg body weight. …”
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Biological sex, microglial signaling pathways, and radiation exposure shape cortical proteomic profiles and behavior in mice by Alexandra O. Strohm, Sadie Oldfield, Eric Hernady, Carl J. Johnston, Brian Marples, M. Kerry O'Banion, Ania K. Majewska

“…Despite this, few studies have used both males and females to explore how sex and microglial function interact to influence radiation effects on the brain. …”
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KAP of influenza, streptococcal pneumonia, and herpes zoster among community-dwelling older adults with chronic diseases in Nanjing city: a cross-sectional survey by Zhengkai SHEN, Siyu TIAN, Zhiyong WANG, Wenjing ZHU, Lirong DONG, Jinshui XU

“…One-way ANOVA results showed that participants who were female, aged 80 years and above, and had basic medical insurance were more concerned about the three diseases, while those with higher education level had higher acceptance of vaccines/vaccination against the three diseases (P < 0.05). …”
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