Prevalence and predictors of permanent pacemaker implantation in patients with aortic stenosis undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation: a prospective cohort study by Erlend Eriksen, Ronak Rajani, Sahrai Saeed, Svein Rotevatn, Daanyaal Wasim, Øyvind Bleie, Abukar Mohamed Ali, Erik Jerome Stene Packer, Håvard Keilegavlen

“…Among the 548 eligible patients, 173 (31.6%) underwent pacemaker implantation ≤30 days following TAVI, evenly distributed between females and males (29.6% vs 33.6%, p=0.317), with higher implant rates at low-volume phase (2012–2015) and lower implant rates at high-volume phase (2016–2019) (45.8% vs 23.9%, p<0.001). …”
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Spot Versus 24-Hour Urine Osmolality Measurement in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease: A Diagnostic Test Study by Ayub Akbari, Sriram Sriperumbuduri, Shreepryia Mangalgi, Vijay Joshi, Manish Sood, Amos Buh, Mohan Biyani, Christopher McCudden, Gregory L. Hundemer, Pierre Antoine Brown

“…Mean age of 46 years, 52% females, and 47 (13.5%) were on tolvaptan. Overall, in comparing spot urine osm to 24-hour urine osm, the discordance at 250 and 270 mmol/kg was 24% with poor agreement on Bland-Altman plots. …”
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Comparison of Influence of Office and 24‐h Central Aortic Blood Pressure on Target Organ Damage in Hypertension by Yueliang Hu, Hui Yang, Guili Chang, Yaya Bai, Alberto Avolio, Qian Wang, Shenshen Gao, Junli Zuo

“…However, there was no statistical significance between males and females in IMT, ACR, and cfPWV. When accounting for confounding factors (age, sex, BMI, triglycerides, total cholesterol, LDL, glucose, smoking, and heart rate), central systolic (cSBP), diastolic (DBP), and pulse (cPP) pressure obtained with 24‐h monitoring was more strongly correlated with LVMI than office measurements. …”
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Association of dietary quality and mortality in the non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and advanced fibrosis populations: NHANES 2005–2018 by Xingyong Huang, Xiaoyue Zhang, Xuanyu Hao, Tingting Wang, Peng Wu, Lufan Shen, Yuanyuan Yang, Wenyu Wan, Wenyu Wan, Wenyu Wan, Kai Zhang

“…Subgroup analyses revealed an interaction between AHEI scores and sex among NAFLD patients, where higher AHEI scores correlated with lower all-cause mortality in females, but no such association was observed in males. …”
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Assessment of Lower Limb Muscle Volume Using 3D Ultrasonography: Validity and Reliability Compared to MRI by Paul Ritsche, Romina Ledergerber, Michele Pansini, Francesco Santini, Oliver Faude

“…Methods We recruited 10 healthy participants (5 males, 5 females; 18–40 years). The protocol included two 3DUS sessions and one MRI session spaced one week apart. …”
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Significance of supervision sampling in control of communicable respiratory disease simulated by a new model during different stages of the disease by Alphonse Houssou Hounye, Xiaogao Pan, Yuqi Zhao, Cong Cao, Jiaoju Wang, Abidi Mimi Venunye, Li Xiong, Xiangping Chai, Muzhou Hou

“…Furthermore, The incidence hazard of Males and Females was 1.39(1.23–1.58), and 1.43(1.26–1.63), respectively. …”
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Intracranial pressure monitoring in patients with spontaneous onset of orthostatic headache by Linda D’Antona, Sanjay Cheema, Dwij Mehta, Fion Bremner, Laurence Dale Watkins, Ahmed Kassem Toma, Manjit Singh Matharu

“…Results Thirty-eight patients (23 females, mean age 41 years ± 14SD) were identified. …”
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Reactive agility training to prevent frailty in older adults – a randomized controlled trial. by Eric Lichtenstein, Martin Keller, Ralf Roth, Sebastian Ludyga, Oliver Faude

“…Methods Forty-six healthy older adults (28 females, mean age 69.5 ± 6.8 years, BMI 25.9 ± 3.4 kg/m²) were randomly assigned to either a control (CON) or agility training (AT) group. …”
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Key prognostic risk factors linked to poor functional outcomes in cerebral venous sinus thrombosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Lili Lin, Senfeng Liu, Wei Wang, Xiao-kuo He, Muhammad Hibatullah Romli, Ruthpackiavathy Rajen Durai

“…Results Sixty-four studies involving 18,958 participants with a mean age of 38.46 years and females 63.03% were included in the quantitative meta-analysis. …”
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Fifteen-second bouts of hyperoxia improve 5-minute time-trial performance in acute hypoxic conditions by Martin Faulhaber, Sina Schneider, Linda K. Rausch, Tobias Dünnwald, Verena Menz, Hannes Gatterer, Michael D. Kennedy, Wolfgang Schobersberger

“…Methods 17 healthy and recreationally trained individuals (7 females, 10 males, age 27 ± 4 years) participated in this randomized placebo-controlled cross-over trial. …”
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Potential pharmacological effect of Quercetin Phytosome™ in the management of hyperuricemia: results from real-life clinical studies by Francesco Di Pierro, Francesco Di Pierro, Francesco Di Pierro, Fazle Rabbani, Meherullah Tareen, Roohi Nigar, Amjad Khan, Nicola Zerbinati, Maria L. Tanda, Massimiliano Cazzaniga, Alexander Bertuccioli, Alexander Bertuccioli, Paolo Falasca, Gabriele Damiani, Nicola Villanova

“…Primary endpoints were reductions in serum uric acid levels, while secondary outcomes included effects on lipid profile, glycemia, liver enzymes, and treatment tolerability.ResultsIn Cohort 1, QP significantly reduced uric acid levels by 15.2% in males and 13.8% in females, with no significant changes observed in the probiotic group. …”
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ART Regimen and Other Sociodemographics Do Not Affect Cytokine Expression in HIV Patients in Ghana by Samuel Essien-Baidoo, Dorcas Obiri-Yeboah, Yeboah Kwaku Opoku, Elvis Ayamga, Kevin Hodi Zie, Daniel Attoh, Evans Obboh, Anna Hayfron Benjamin, Justice Afrifa

“…Although INF-γ and IL-17 levels were relatively higher in males compared to females, it was vice versa for IL-10 and IL-12. However, none of these was statistically significant. …”
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Clinical characteristics and prognosis of amyopathic dermatomyositis patients with interstitial lung disease: insights from a retrospective cohort by Yanan Ying, Tingting Wu, Long Wang, Yun Zhang, Yiming Yu, Zaichun Deng, Qunli Ding

“…The ADM with organizing pneumonia (OP) group (n = 23) had a greater percentage of females (7/16, p = 0.023) and higher alanine aminotransferase (30.30 ± 20.67 U/L, p = 0.039) and aspartate aminotransferase (53.35 ± 65.86 U/L, p = 0.003) levels than the control-OP group (n = 29). …”
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Prevalence and determinants of overweight/obesity, elevated blood pressure, and their comorbidities among primary and secondary school students in Guizhou province: a cross-section... by Zhuan WANG, Xiangdong DU, Xin LI, Xiaoqin ZHANG, Xiujuan LU, Xiying PENG

“…The comorbidity rate of overweight/obesity and elevated blood pressure among students differed significantly by economic development region (4.6%, 4.3%, and 4.1% for those from undeveloped, moderately developed, and highly developed regions, respectively; χ2 = 23.679, P < 0.001), gender (4.7% for males and 4.0% for females; χ2 = 55.967, P < 0.001), and educational level (5.1% for senior high school students, 4.8% for junior high school students, and 3.9% for primary school students; χ2 = 118.414, P < 0.001). …”
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Is lean mass quantity or quality the determinant of maximal fat oxidation capacity? The potential mediating role of cardiorespiratory fitness by Edgardo Opazo-Díaz, Juan Corral-Pérez, Alejandro Pérez-Bey, Alberto Marín-Galindo, Adrián Montes-de-Oca-García, María Rebollo-Ramos, Daniel Velázquez-Díaz, Cristina Casals, Jesús-Gustavo Ponce-González

“…Eighty-one adults (50 males, 31 females; age 22.8 ± 4.4, BMI 25.70 ± 5.75, lean-mass 54.19 ± 8.78, fat-mass 18.66 ± 11.32) Body composition assessment by bioimpedance determine fat and lean-mass. …”
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Learning with Digital Tools vs. Learning Through Digital Tools in Physical Education: Impacts on Student Perceptions by André Klostermann, Till Etterlin

“…Methods This quasi-experimental field study involved 33 students (14 females; age M = 14.4 ± 0.6 years) in regular PE classes over three weeks, learning the Fosbury flop with either an LWD (N = 16) or LWTD (N = 17) intervention. …”
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Changes in infant respiratory pathogens pre-, during, and post-COVID-19 non-pharmacological interventions in Beijing by Tongying Han, Yajuan Wang, Di Zhang, Ying Li, Li Zhang, Jin Yan, Chi Li, Shengnan Yang, Litao Guo, Huijuan Yan

“…Results A total of 1,184 infants, including 649 males and 535 females, with acute respiratory infections were admitted. …”
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The fibrosis-4 index and its association with carotid atherosclerosis in type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional study in China by Ying Miao, Yu Wang, Qin Wan, Nanwei Tong

“…Results The study encompassed 2658 patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, comprising 1441 males and 1217 females, with an average age of 56.71 ± 10.22 years. …”
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Evolving trends in lung cancer risk factors in the ten most populous countries: an analysis of data from the 2019 Global Burden of Disease StudyResearch in context by Chinmay T. Jani, Samuel A. Kareff, Dan Morgenstern-Kaplan, Ana S. Salazar, Georgina Hanbury, Justin D. Salciccioli, Dominic C. Marshall, Joseph Shalhoub, Harpreet Singh, Estelamari Rodriguez, Gilberto Lopes

“…Findings: Globally, TBL Cancer mortality has decreased by 8%, with a decrease for males but an increase for females. Globally, both tobacco and air pollution-associated TBL cancer ASMR have decreased. …”
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Clinical and molecular outcomes from the 5-Year natural history study of SSADH Deficiency, a model metabolic neurodevelopmental disorder by Itay Tokatly Latzer, Jean-Baptiste Roullet, Wardiya Afshar-Saber, Henry H. C. Lee, Mariarita Bertoldi, Gabrielle E. McGinty, Melissa L. DiBacco, Erland Arning, Melissa Tsuboyama, Alexander Rotenberg, Thomas Opladen, Kathrin Jeltsch, Àngels García-Cazorla, Natalia Juliá-Palacios, K. Michael Gibson, Mustafa Sahin, Phillip L. Pearl

“…Results The 62 SSADHD subjects [53% females, median (IQR) age of 9.6 (5.4–14.5) years] included in the study had a reported symptom onset at ∼ 6 months and were diagnosed at a median age of 4 years. …”
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