The relationship between intrinsic capacity and functional ability in older adults by Somayeh Ahmadi, Pouya Farokhnezhad Afshar, Kazem Malakouti, Mojtaba Azadbakht

“…Results The participants were 70.13 ± 7.04 years. 57.6% were older females and 42.4% were older males. Age showed a significant and inverse correlation with both ADL (P < 0.001, r = -0.23) and IADL (P < 0.001, r = -0.39). …”
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Diode Green Laser in the Lid Trichiasis Treatment by Raquel Galvão Bezerra, Roberta Lílian Fernandes de Sousa Meneghim, Carlos Roberto Padovani, Silvana Artioli Schellini

“…The patients' mean age was 72.1 years; the majority were females (54.1%) and Caucasian (98%). The parameters of the diode laser were wavelength of 532 nm, application time of 200 ms, target size of 50 μm, interval between the shots 150 to 200 ms, and power of 600 to 750 mW. …”
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Normative Wideband Tympanometry Measures in Birth to 2-Months Iranian Infants: A Preliminary Study by Ebrahim Stajloo, Hassan Haddadzade Niri, Mohammad Maarefvand, Malihah Mazaheryazdi

“…Conclusion: The use of separate norms for males and females in different situations may increase the sensitivity and specificity of the wideband tympanometry. …”
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Real-Life Management of Patients with Retinal Vein Occlusion Using I-Macula Web Platform by Massimo Nicolò, Monica Bonetto, Raffaella Rosa, Donatella Musetti, Maria Musolino, Carlo Enrico Traverso, Mauro Giacomini

“…Thirty-five patients (37 eyes; 15 females and 20 male) affected by RVO were analysed. …”
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Stool Xpert® MTB/RIF Ultra for TB diagnosis in children: experience from a national scale-up programme by S. Kabir, S. Choudhury, T. Rahman, S.M.M. Rahman, M.K.M. Uddin, A. Nashra, A. Hossain, S. Naher, K.M.S. Towhid, L. Shahrin, S. Ahmed, P. Daru, J. Hoffmann, S. Banu

“…Positivity was significantly higher among females, and children presented with ‘only cough ≥2 weeks’, ‘cough ≥2 weeks + weight loss’, or ‘fever ≥2 weeks, weight loss, fatigue + contact history’. …”
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Blood Pressure Variability during Angiography in Patients with Ischemic Stroke and Intracranial Artery Stenosis by Hui Pan, Rong Zhao, Feng-Di Liu, Yi-Lan Wu, Ge-Fei Li, Yan-Hui Shi, Yi-Sheng Liu, Ying Zhao, Mei-Ting Zhuang, Tian-Yu Hou, Qi-Ting Zhang, Qian Yao, Yuan Qiao, Rui-Jue Huang, Li-Na Chen, Yi-Min Zhu, Liang Shu, Jing-Jing Su, Jie Fang, Xue-Mei Tang, Shuo Wang, Guo-Hong Cui, David Z. Wang, Jian-Ren Liu

“…Males had lower CV of SBP than females. The calcium channel blocker was associated with lower CV of DBP. …”
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Examining the Relationship Between Dynamic Balance Skill and Reactive Agility Performance in Karate Athletes by Adnan Hasanoğlu, Banu Kabak, Tuğba Kocahan, Hamitcan Güraslan, Bihter Akınoğlu

“…A total of 53 karate athletes, 19 females (35.8%) 34 males (64.2%), (mean age: 18.02 ± 1.60 years, mean height 172.13 ± 7.59 cm; mean body weight 64.83 ± 9.75 kg) were included. …”
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Multitasking: does task-switching add to the effect of dual-tasking on everyday-like driving behavior? by Piesie A. G. Asuako, Robert Stojan, Otmar Bock, Melanie Mack, Claudia Voelcker-Rehage

“…Forty-five young adults aged 18 to 30 years (age: 23.62 ± 2.51, 28 females) were instructed to follow a lead car driving at a constant speed of 70 km/h through a rural landscape while concurrently performing additional tasks. …”
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Solid-Pseudopapillary Tumor of the Pancreas: A Single Center Experience by Valentina Beltrame, Gioia Pozza, Enrico Dalla Bona, Alberto Fantin, Michele Valmasoni, Cosimo Sperti

“…There were two males and 16 females. Serum CA 19-9 was slightly elevated in one case. …”
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Herald Patch as the Only Evidence of Pityriasis Rosea: Clinical, Laboratory and Pathogenetic Features by Francesco Drago, Astrid Herzum, Serena Varesano, Gaetano Serviddio, Francesco Broccolo, Giulia Ciccarese

“…Nineteen patients (eleven males, eight females) with a mean age of 27.1 years presented the herald patch as the only cutaneous manifestation of PR. …”
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Obesity Severity, Dietary Behaviors, and Lifestyle Risks Vary by Race/Ethnicity and Age in a Northern California Cohort of Children with Obesity by Margaret C. Ford, Nancy P. Gordon, Amanda Howell, Cheryl E. Green, Louise C. Greenspan, Malini Chandra, R. Grant Mellor, Joan C. Lo

“…Among 7956 children with BMI ≥ 95th percentile, 45.5% were females and 14.2% were 3–5, 44.2% were 6–11, and 41.6% were 12–17 years old. …”
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Case report: Spontaneous renal hemorrhage in anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis by Ruohan Yu, Lina Zhang, Ting Long, Hui Gao, Jing Xu, Tong Zhang, Shengguang Li

“…Of these patients, nine presented with GPA and six showed microscopic polyangiitis (MPA), with a sex distribution of 3:2 males to females. The average patient age was 54.5 years, and ranged from 25 to 82 years. …”
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The global, regional burden of pancreatic cancer and its attributable risk factors from 1990 to 2021 by Weidong Yu, Danyi Zhou, Fanhao Meng, Jinjing Wang, Bo Wang, Jianling Qiang, Lijun Shen, Maofeng Wang, Hezhi Fang

“…Besides, the pancreatic cancer-associated rates of incidence, mortality, DALYs, and prevalence were higher in males than in females. In addition, these indicators in the high SDI (Sociodemographic index) region were higher than the global mean. …”
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Clinical Dental Midline Shift Is Not a Predictor of the Side of Shorter Hemimandible: A Cone Beam Computed Tomography Diagnostic Study by Lígia Pereira da Silva, Alicia López-Solache, Urbano Santana-Penín, José López-Cedrún, María Jesus Mora, Pablo Varela-Centelles, Antonio González-Mosquera, Almudena Rodríguez-Fernández, Urbano Santana Mora

“…<b>Methods</b>: Thirty-eight CBCT scans were analyzed: thirty-five (92.1%) females, three (7.9%) males; mean (SD) age 34.6 (11.9) years old. …”
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Colonic Wall Thickening Reported in Abdominal CT: Does It Always Imply Malignancy? by A. Akbas, H. Bakir, M. F. Dasiran, H. Dagmura, E. Daldal, Z. Ozsoy, Z. Ozmen, O. Demir, I. Okan

“…One hundred and sixteen patients (74 males, 42 females) with CT examinations and colonoscopic sampling were included in the study. …”
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SICKLE CELL TRAIT, CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS AND OUTCOMES: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY by Diego A Vargas-Hernández, Adriana Catalina Uscategui-Ruiz, Andrés Jesus Prada-Rueda, Consuelo Romero-Sánchez

“…Results: Of 647 hemoglobin electrophoresis analyzed, we identified 51 patients with SCT, including 43 males (84.3%) and eight females (15.7%), with a median age of 22 years (IQR 15–36 years). …”
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Trends for Diarrhea Morbidity in the Jasikan District of Ghana: Estimates from District Level Diarrhea Surveillance Data, 2012–2016 by John Tetteh, Wisdom Kwami Takramah, Martin Amogre Ayanore, Augustine Adoliba Ayanore, Elijah Bisung, Josiah Alamu

“…High incidence of diarrhea was found to be common among under-five children and among females. Decreasing trend of diarrhea incidence which was identified in this research within the five years’ period understudied shows that, by the year 2020, there will be a sharp decline in the incidence rate of diarrhea reported cases in Jasikan District, given improvements in the external environmental conditions in the district, all things being equal.…”
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High serum uric acid levels are associated with increased prevalence of gallstones in adult women: a cross-sectional study based on NHANES by Guozheng Lv, Guozheng Lv, Decai Wang, Decai Wang, Yu Huang, Ruizi Shi, Chuan Qin, Xi Chen, Xintao Zeng, Hua Luo, Pei Yang, Sirui Chen, Jianjun Wang, Jianjun Wang

“…Subgroup analyses indicated that SUA level was associated with an increased prevalence of GS in most subgroups, although subtle differences existed.ConclusionSUA was positively and non-linearly associated with the prevalence of GS in adult females. Despite the inability to clarify the causal relationship between them, our results remain interesting.…”
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Personality organization and anxiety symptoms: Investigating the mediation of perfectionism by Krisztina Csáky-Pallavicini, Zsolt Horváth, Zsolt Unoka, Bernadette Kun, Zsolt Demetrovics

“…Methods: 4340 individuals (mean age 37.7 years; 50.7 % females) were assessed for anxiety (Brief Symptom Inventory) and perfectionism (Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale) besides applying the 16-item IPO. …”
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Role of Ultrasound-guided Tru-cut Needle Biopsy in the Diagnosis of Suspicious Breast Masses at South Valley University Hospitals by Ghada M. Abd ElRazik, Dalia Besharii Hamada, Mohammed M. Mubarak, Ahmed M. Khalaf-Awad

“…Patients and methods: A cross-sectional study at Qena University Hospitals focused on females aged 20-70 with clinically suspected breast lesions. …”
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