Clinical and Epidemiological Aspects of Ankylosing Spondylitis Patients in a Single Center in Baghdad by Ali Hussein Al Hafidh

“…While family history was reported at 25.82% and 34.33% in males and females correspondingly. 75.07% of males compared to 71.38% of females were treated with Anti TNF therapy. …”
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The L2 motivational self system, L2 interest, and L2 anxiety: A study of motivation and gender differences in the Croatian context by Martinović Anna, Sorić Izabela

“…Females also demonstrated that their L2 motivation was linked to motives related to the avoidance of negative outcomes suggesting that females are perhaps more conscientious learners compared to males. …”
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Suicide in Patients with Motor Neuron Disease by S. Bak, E. N. Stenager, E. Stenager, J. Boldsen, T. A. Smith

“…In the study period 92 patients died, 47 males and 45 females. No patients committed suicide. The number of expected suicides was 0.27 for males and 0.12 for females, a total of 0.38. …”
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Comparison of Three Methods for Lip Print Analysis: Lipstick, Latent, and Digital Photography for Sex Determination and Permanency Assessment Over Time by Sumanta K. Kolay, Rohit Sharma, Ajit K. Chaudhary, M. K. Sunil, Swapan K. Purkait, Pradeep K. Jha

“…Results: Lip print patterns exhibited significant differences between males and females across all three methods. The lipstick method demonstrated consistent and identifiable lip print patterns, with 25 males (43.1%) and 39 females (67.2%) displaying pattern 1. …”
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Metabolic Syndrome and Its Components Predict the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in the Mainland Chinese: A 3-Year Cohort Study by Kun Wang, Qun-Fang Yang, Xing-Lin Chen, Yu-Wei Liu, Sheng-Shuai Shan, Hua-Bo Zheng, Xiao-Fang Zhao, Chang-Zhong Chen, Cheng-Yun Liu

“…Baseline MetS was associated with an increased risk of T2DM after adjusting for age (HR = 2.68, 95% CI, 2.27–3.17 in males; HR = 2.59, 95% CI, 1.83–3.65 in females). Baseline MetS exhibited relatively high specificity (88% in males, 94% in females) and high negative predictive value (90% in males, 94% in females) but low sensitivity (36% in males, 23% in females) and low positive predictive value (31% in males and females) for predicting the 3-year risk of T2DM. …”
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Gender Differences in Blood Pressure Control Among Hypertensive Patients: A Cross‐Sectional Study at a Tertiary Hospital by Hussein Alhawari, Zain Albdour, Sameeha Alshelleh, Joud Musleh, Tala Qouzah, Tala Qudisat, Diala Al‐Sukhon, Karam Albdour

“…Poor BP control was observed in 59.1% of females and 62.7% of males. Females demonstrated better BP control, even though they had lower incomes, lower education levels, and higher BMIs compared to males. …”
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Epidemiology of Pancreatic Carcinoma in Canada: 1931 to 1985 by Anthony Ayiomamitis

“…The increase in standarized rates, 0.14 and 0.07 additional deaths per 100,000 population per year in males and females, respectively, is attributable to significant increases in age specific rates for males and females aged 35 to 44, 45 to 54, 55 to 64, 65 to 74, 75 co 84 and over 85 years old ( P ≤ 0.0005) in whom rates have risen by as much as 2.5 additional deaths per 100,000 population per year. …”
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Impact of Obesity on Self-Esteem and Academic Performance among Medical Students in Al-Rayan Colleges, Al-Madinah by Magda Youssef, Safa Shariff, Raghad Albalawi, Bayan Aljohani, Razan Masoud, Shahad Al-hadidi

“…BMI was a predictor factor for self-esteem, especially in females. Conclusions: Obesity is a persistent problem in medical students and negatively affects self-esteem, especially in females.…”
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EFFECT OF MATERNAL FOLIC ACID/IRON INTAKEON THE WEIGHT OF NEWBORNS IN OBSTETRIC WARD OFTERTIARY CARE HOSPITALS OF PUNJAB by Tahira Raza

“…Of the total studied population, 72% of the females took folic acid, 79.7% took iron and other multivitamins and 87% consumed leafy vegetables as a part of the routine diet. …”
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The dynamics of Sert, Htr4a, and Bdnf genes expression in the blood of rats under chronic stress exposure by E.V. Valeeva, I.I. Semina, A.G. Galeeva, O.A. Kravtsova

“…The immobilization stress induced for 270 days caused an increase in the level of Sert expression in females and reduced it in males. In response to the stresses under study, the expression of Htr4a decreased in males, but not females, on day 270. …”
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Highly Variable Genomic Landscape of Endogenous Retroviruses in the C57BL/6J Inbred Strain, Depending on Individual Mouse, Gender, Organ Type, and Organ Location by Kang-Hoon Lee, Debora Lim, David Greenhalgh, Kiho Cho

“…None shared the same MLV-ERV landscape within each comparison group: (1) sperm and 18 tissues from one mouse, (2) six brain compartments from two females, (3) spleen and thymus samples from four age groups, (4) three spatial tissue sets from two females, and (5) kidney and liver samples from three females and three males. …”
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Outcome differences by sex in oncology clinical trials by Ashwin V. Kammula, Alejandro A. Schäffer, Padma Sheila Rajagopal, Razelle Kurzrock, Eytan Ruppin

“…Abstract Identifying sex differences in outcomes and toxicity between males and females in oncology clinical trials is important and has also been mandated by National Institutes of Health policies. …”
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Dental Age Estimation in A Sample of Kurdish Subjects (Aged 9-15 Years Old) in Erbil City Adopting Demirjian Method A Radiographic Study by Bayan Abdulla Hassan, Mahmoud Kanan Mohsin

“…Results: A strong linear correlation between dental and chronological ages for both males and females were observed (r = 0.845, 0.893). The mean difference between the chronological and dental ages showed an overestimation of 0.18 and 0.56 years for males and females respectively. …”
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Preliminary Blood Pressure Screening in a Representative Sample of Extremely Obese Kuwaiti Adolescents by Rima Abdul Razzak, Asma Elmteri, Taiba Elkanderi, Fareedah Ishaq, Munera Eljasem, Saja AlDuraie, Jenan Al-Boloushi, Fatma Elbanay, Latifa Eldabos

“…A relationship between blood pressure (BP) and obesity has been found in young adults, but no data are available for adolescents in Kuwait. 257 adolescent (11–19 years) participants were categorized into two groups according to their BMI; 48 nonobese (21 males: 43.7% and 27 females: 56.3%) with mean age of years and 209 obese (128 males: 61.25% and 81 females: 38.75%) with mean age of years. …”
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Gender Differences in Ghrelin Association with Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Arab Population by Mohamed Abu-Farha, Mohammed Dehbi, Fiona Noronha, Ali Tiss, Monira Alarouj, Kazem Behbehani, Abdullah Bennakhi, Naser Elkum

“…Ghrelin levels were significantly higher in females (935 ± 78 pg/mL) than males (763 ± 65 pg/mL) (P=0.0007). …”
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Mouth opening variables amongst the North Indian population by Disha Dixit, Pavitra Rastogi, Nand Lal, Rameshwari Singhal

“…Conclusion: Mouth opening of females is less than males in all age groups and it seems to decrease with age in all age groups in both males and females. …”
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Walking in a self-selected enjoyable colored environment: exploring gender-specific effects and dynamics of affects, perceived exertion, heart rate, and preferred walking speed by Youmna Elsayed Hassanein, Youmna Elsayed Hassanein, Walid Briki, Lina Majed

“…During the task, females revealed significantly higher levels of perceived exertion and heart rate compared to males. …”
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Temporal trends and cohort variations of gender-specific major depressive disorders incidence in China: analysis based on the age-period-cohort-interaction model by Chao Guo, Xiyuan Hu

“…Age effects indicated an overall higher risk of MDD incidence in females, while cohort effects showed greater variations of MDD incidence among females.Conclusions The study underscores the substantial effects of age, period and cohort on MDD across genders in China. …”
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Self-Related Health, Physical Activity and Complaints in Swedish High School Students by Marie Alricsson, Bodil J. Landstad, Ulla Romild, Suzanne Werner

“…Females with body complaints reported poorer health than those without complaints. …”
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Early subjective cognitive disorders and their relationship with chronic diseases, subjective hearing difficulties, burnout syndrome, and depression among middle-aged women by J. Pečeliūnienė, I. Žukauskaitė, V. Dovydėnas

“…Student’s t-test, Chi-square test, Fisher’s exact test, and logistic regression analysis (LRA) were used for data analysis. Results. 34 females (11%) had subjective cognitive failures (CF+ group) and 276 (89%) had not (CF- group). 28.7% of respondents had subjective cognitive complaints (SCC+ group) and 71.3% had not (SCC- group). 23 females (7.4%) had depression and 62 females (20%) were likely to be depressed. 34 (11%) females had significant symptoms of burnout. 30.6% (N=95) self-reported having chronic diseases. 14.84% of females had subjective hearing disorders. …”
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