A Conservative Weight Loss Intervention Relieves Bowel Symptoms in Morbidly Obese Subjects with Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Prospective Cohort Study by Martin Aasbrenn, Stian Lydersen, Per G. Farup

“…Eighty-eight subjects (81% females) were included. Body mass index was reduced from 42.0 (3.6) to 38.7 (3.5) (p<0.001). …”
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Association between teachers' appreciation and students' performance: an analytical cross-sectional analysis by Fozia Fatima, Fuad Ahmad Siddiqi, Sabir Ali

“…Using a random sampling technique, students from Master in Health Professions Education (MHPE), Master of Science in Nursing (MSN), and Master in Health Care Administration (HCA) from the National University of Medical Sciences were included in the sample, resulting in 150 participants, evenly split between males and females who voluntarily participated in the research. …”
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COVID-19 Vaccination-Related Concerns Amongst Healthcare Workers by Ammarah Saeed, Bushra Rabbani, Naseem Amin Dhedhi, Faisal Ahmed, Mehrunnisa Umar, Jameel Ahmed

“…Results: The mean age of the study participants was 38.28±11.73 years, the majority were females (n=110, 55.8%), married (n=132, 67.0%), doctors by profession (n=129, 65.5%), non-smoker (n=169, 85.8%) and had no comorbidity (n=155, 78.7%). …”
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Patient satisfaction toward doctor communication in medical clinics: a study from northern Sri Lanka by Shanjeeban Ponnuthurai, Suganthan Navaneethakrishnan, Rajeshkannan Nadarajah

“…Of 407 patients who participated, the significant proportion (36.4%) were above the age group of 60 and 57.2% were females. The large proportion of patients (33.9%) had completed their tertiary education and most of the participants were unemployed (37.6%) or laborers (20.9%). …”
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Pattern of Thrombocytopenia In Pregnancy At Teaching Hospital Of Rahim Yar Khan, Pakistan by Muhammad Bilal Ghafoor, Faiza Sarwar, Tahira Afzal Durrani, Zainab Quratulain Azher, Saleha Jabeen, Muhammad Haris Ali Khan

“…Five hundred (500) pregnant females in their third trimester were the part of this study. …”
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Impact of Hemoglobin, Leucocyte and Thrombocyte Levels at Diagnosis on the Survival Outcomes of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Patients by Taha Ulutan Kars, Atakan Tekinalp, Rafiye Ciftciler, Sinan Demircioğlu

“…Results:There were 65 (47.4%) males and 72 (52.6%) females with a median age of 50 (range: 18-78) years at diagnosis. …”
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Effect of Hesperidin as an Adjunct to Scaling and Root Planing on Clinical Parameters and Serum C-Reactive Protein Level in Chronic Periodontitis: A Randomized, Triple-Blind, Place... by Supriya Shirodkar, Amit Vasani, Tanu Sahney, Meet Modi, Salini Pattnaik, P. Ravi Tejeshwar Reddy

“…Results: Of the 84 patients, 80 completed the study, with 60 males and 20 females. The test group showed significant reduction in serum CRP levels from baseline to 3 weeks (mean difference: 1.6300, P < 0.001), while the control group also showed a significant decrease (mean difference: -1.2730, P = 0.001). …”
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Prevalence and Determinants of Diabetic Foot Ulcers and Lower Extremity Amputations in Three Selected Tertiary Hospitals in Ghana by Ambrose Atosona, Christopher Larbie

“…The study revealed that 31% and 69% were males and females, respectively, with a mean age of 53.8±13.8 years. …”
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Description of a new leaf litter toad of Leptobrachella (Anura, Megophryidae) from Hunan, China by Jie Huang, Fang-Peng Zhang, Wan-Sheng Jiang, Yong-Xiang Tian, Xing-Long Huang, Ya-Lan Xu, Jing Liu, Xin-Yu Li, You-Xiang Zhang, Tao Wu

“…The new species can be distinguished from its congers by the following morphological characters: snout-vent length (SVL) 27.2–28.9 in males, SVL 26.2–31.6 in females; black spots on flanks; toes webbing rudimentarily; narrow fringes on toes; creamy white ventral body with indistinct black speckling at margins; dorsal body with sparse large warts, dense little wart grains, and longitudinal ridges; head width greater than head length; tibiotarsal articulation reaching to anterior edge of the eye; brick-red color in the dorsal surface; upper parts of iris bright coppery in life. …”
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Correlation between B-Type Natriuretic Peptide and Functional/Cognitive Parameters in Discharged Congestive Heart Failure Patients by Laura Leto, Marzia Testa, Mauro Feola

“…In 951 patients (mean age 71 ys; 37% females) a positive correlation was obtained between BNP and age, creatinine levels, NYHA class at admission and discharge, and levels of hydration; an inverse, negative correlation between BNP and sodium levels, LVEF, distance performed at 6MWT at admission and at discharge, and scores at MMSE at admission and discharge emerged. …”
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Study on the relationship between indoor ventilation frequency and anxiety and depression symptoms in older persons: based on the data of 2018 CLHLS by Lu Lin, Pingping He, Xiaohui Qiu, Sihui Qiu, Jiangping Chen, Jin Wang

“…Results A total of 9,690 older persons with an average age of (83.20 ± 11.27) years were included, including 4,458 males (46.0%) and 5,232 females (54.0%). The average score of indoor ventilation frequency was (6.06 ± 1.98) points, including 770 people (7.9%) with low frequency, 3,066 people (31.6%) with medium frequency, and 5,854 people (60.4%) with high frequency. 842 (8.7%) had symptoms of depression and 204 (2.1%) had symptoms of anxiety. …”
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ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN PSYCHIATRIC MORBIDITIES AND IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT IN ADOLESCENTS WITH GENDER DYSPHORIA REFERRED TO SPECIALIZED GENDER IDENTITY SERVICES by MILLA KARVONEN, KIRSTIN GOTH, MAX KARUKIVI, KIM KRONSTRÖM, RIITTAKERTTU KALTIALA

“…Materials and methods: We conducted a study on 114 adolescents (94 birth-registered females and 20 birth-registered males, aged 12–18 (mean age (sd) 16.2 (0.1) years) seeking medical gender reassignment (GR) in specialized gender identity services in Finland. …”
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Status of the First Permanent Molars in Students from the José Antonio Saco Elementary School by Diosky Ferrer Vílchez, Ana Belkys Hernández Millán, Disney Tablada Peralta, Ana Ivis Betancourt García, Antonio Araujo Vílchez, Yenly Rodríguez Alonso

“…The variables analyzed were: age, sex, application of Love’s index, oral health status, application of Clune's dent<br /><strong>Results:</strong> females (50.2 %) and the 5-9 age groups (60.4 %) predominated. …”
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Determination of Total Daily Energy Expenditure in Different Doshaja Prakriti with Special Reference to Exercise Levels by Payal Dhananjay Gaikwad, Sampada S. Sant

“…The TDEE was calculated in each group.Results:The maximum number of volunteers was found to be females having Kapha pradhana prakriti, alpa bala, poor physical efficiency index, BMR ranging from 1100 to 1300, TDEE ranging from 1400 to 1800, and did perform light exercise. …”
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Suboptimal dietary knowledge predicts lower diet quality for cancer prevention among university students in Beirut. by Jana Jabbour, Rodeina Dandache, Maryam Al Slaybe, Lama Haisam Mattar, Rana Rizk

“…The sample included 300 participants (55% females, mean age: 20 years). The mean knowledge score was 49.5%. …”
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A descriptive epidemiological study of the prevalence of self-reported sensory difficulties by age group, sex, education, disability, and migration status in Sweden in 2020 by Andreea-Corina Badache, Elina Mäki-Torkko, Stephen Widen, Stefan Fors

“…Furthermore, sex differences are apparent, with males reporting a higher prevalence of hearing difficulties (18.9% [15.5–22.8] vs. 12.8% [10.7–15.3]) and females reporting a higher prevalence of vision difficulties (12.7% [10.7–15.1] vs. 8.5%[6.8–10.5]). …”
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Reimagined MPFL Reconstruction: Retinacular Fixation of the Doubled Hamstring Graft at the Patella and Suture Anchor-Based Femoral Fixation by Muhammed Ehsan Nazeer, Sagar Goel, Muhammed Nazeer, Gowrishankar Sreenivasan, Mohsin Nazeer Muhammed, Suzaan Shajil

“…A total of 29 patients were recruited for the study, with 22 being females and the average age being 30.38 years. During the postoperative period, none of the participants experienced instability, redislocation, patellar/femoral fractures, or abnormal distal femur growth. …”
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Assessing the relation between systemic lupus erythematosus and metabolic syndrome in Syria: a cross-sectional study by Noura Mallouhi, Ahmad Nabil Alhouri, Naram Khalayli, Hasan Nabil Alhouri, Mayssoun Kudsi, Younes Kabalan

“…Results Out of the 70 patients, 65 were females. The mean age was 32.19 ± 7.15 years, and the mean disease duration was 4.4 ± 2.96 years. …”
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The Use of Fluorescence In situ Hybridisation in the Diagnosis of Hidden Mosaicism in Egyptian Patients with Turner Syndrome by Heba Mohamed Ossama, Soha Kholeif, Ghada Mohamed Elhady

“…Background: Turner syndrome (TS) is the most common chromosomal abnormality in females. The diagnosis of TS is based on karyotyping of 30 blood lymphocytes. …”
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Satisfactory Functional Outcome and Significant Correlation with the Length of Haglund’s Deformity after Endoscopic Calcaneoplasty: A Minimum 4-Year Follow-Up Study by Hossam Fathi Mahmoud, Walid Feisal, Fahmy Samir Fahmy

“…Seventeen patients (21 feet) with a mean age of 44.7 ± 5.1 years were included in this study. Six females and 11 males underwent endoscopic calcaneoplasty. …”
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