The association between life’s essential 8 and gallstones: A cross-sectional study by Yang Zhao, Xuesong Liu, Jingru Han, Bin Feng, Chowtin Yan, Jianfu Zhao

“…Stratified analysis showed a stronger association in participants under 65 (OR: 0.26, 95% CI: 0.15–0.44), females (OR: 0.44, 95% CI: 0.24–0.81), those with higher education (OR: 0.39, 95% CI: 0.19–0.78), non-white individuals (OR: 0.28, 95% CI: 0.13–0.60), and married participants (OR: 0.40, 95% CI: 0.20–0.80). …”
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Reproducibility of Glucose Fluctuations Induced by Moderate Intensity Cycling Exercise in Persons with Type 1 Diabetes by Gabriel Tafdrup Notkin, Peter Lommer Kristensen, Ulrik Pedersen-Bjergaard, Andreas Kryger Jensen, Stig Molsted

“…Methods. Twelve adults (six females) with type 1 diabetes performed three test sessions on an ergometer bicycle (30 min, 67% of predicted heart rate) on three different days. …”
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Compliance with face mask use during the COVID-19 pandemic: a community observational study in Singapore by Sean Wei Xiang Ong, Ying Wei Tang, Kyaw Zaw Linn, Xiao Wei Huan, Allie Lim, Chu Ying Poon, Danielle Hui Ru Tan, Nur Hafizah Binte Hamed, Sharifah Farhanah Binte Syed Husen, Clara Chong Hui Ong, Monica Chan, Shawn Vasoo, Yee-Sin Leo, Oon-Tek Ng, Kalisvar Marimuthu

“…Results: We made 3,821 observations — 2,149 (56.2%) females, 3,569 (93.4%) adults (≥21 years), 212 (5.5%) children (6–20 years) and 40 (1.0%) children (2–5 years). …”
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An analysis of the global burden of gallbladder and biliary tract cancer attributable to high BMI in 204 countries and territories: 1990–2021 by Zhuowen Hu, Xue Wang, Xin Zhang, Wuping Sun, Jun Mao

“…Moreover, this inequality has become more significant. Females were more susceptible across all age groups. …”
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Interaction between dipeptidyl-peptidase-4 inhibitors and drugs acting on renin angiotensin aldosterone system for the risk of angioedema: a pharmacovigilance assessment using disp... by Kannan Sridharan, Gowri Sivaramakrishnan

“…Angioedema occurred predominantly in elderly patients (> 65 years) and females. Sixteen case reports corroborated the findings from the database assessment. …”
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A Study to Assess Resilience and Empathy among the BSc Nursing Students by S. Anand, K. R. Anoopa, J. P Haripriya

“…Results: Analysis of socioeconomic variables reveals that majority of the samples were females (92.8%). Moreover, 79.9% belong to the Christian community. …”
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AUDIOMETRIC PROFILE AND CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF HEARING IMPAIRMENT IN ADULTS AT NANGARHAR UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL by Abdul Azeem Rasouli, Mohammad Azim Azimee, Fahima Azeem

“…Males were 58.06%, and females were 41.93%. Individuals aged 60 and older showed the highest frequency of hearing loss, mostly with sensorineural hearing loss (40.86%), mixed hearing loss (8.60%), and conductive hearing loss (4.30%). …”
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Sonographic assessment of hand and wrist tendons abnormalities by Asmaa Hussein Habib, Hatem Mohamed El-Azizi, Salma Hesham Hefny, Omar Mohammed Nouh

“…Results The study included 33 patients; 20 males and 13 females, the majority of hand or wrist tendon abnormalities were encountered due to trauma, In this study flexor tendons were the most affected at 84.8% and 15.2% for extensors. …”
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Psychological effects of water scarcity on community members: a case study of Lephalale municipality, Limpopo province, South Africa by Mmakwena Linda Seretlo-Rangata, Tholene Sodi, Saraswathie Govender

“…Participants were selected using purposive sampling and twenty participants who relied mainly on communal taps to access water were included (10 males and 10 females). Semi-structured in-depth interviews were used to collect data and interviews were audio recorded and later transcribed and translated by a language expert. …”
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The age and residence impact on IgE serum level in patients with allergic asthma by Raghdah Maytham Hameed, Huda Hadi Al-Hasnawy, Haidar Abdul Amir Najim Abood

“…Materials and Methods: Eighty-seven asthmatic children, including 57 males and 30 females with asthma aged between 1 and 16 years old, 32.2% living in rural and 67.8% living in urban, were collected at Kerbala Teaching Hospital for Children. …”
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The Prevalence and Determinants of Waterpipe and Cigarette Smoking Among Medical Sciences Students Living in Dormitories in Southern Iran by Mohadeseh Ghanbari‐Jahromi, Farzaneh Mobasheri, Hossein‐Ali Nikbakht, Fatemeh Rezaei

“…Moreover, the prevalence of tobacco smoking was higher in male students than in females (8.22% vs. 4.76% for cigarette smokers and 11% vs. 6.12% for waterpipe smokers). …”
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The impact of age and sex on the occurrence of pathology in the wall of the upper gastrointestinal tract by Przemysław Dyrla, Jerzy Gil, Stanisław Niemczyk, Marek Saracyn, Krzysztof Kosik, Sebastian Czarkowski, Arkadiusz Lubas

“…Results : We analysed a total of 122 (78 males, 44 females, age: 64.0 ±12.9 years) out of 187 patients. 23.91% of SML in the oesophagus, 56.52% in the stomach, and 19.57% in the duodenum. …”
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Epidemiological, clinical and imaging profile of Multiple Sclerosis by Làzaro Aurelio Vàzquez Gòmez, Carlos Hidalgo Mesa, Benita Mabel Beltrán González, Yunier Broche Pérez, Ana María Mederos Herrera

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> there was a higher incidence of females with 80 patients. It was found that 59 patients had a relapsing-remitting clinical form, 21 patients had a secondary progressive form, 4 patients had a primary progressive and 2 patients had a relapsing progressive one. …”
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Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte Ratio and Platelet-to-lymphocyte Ratio in the Patients with Euthyroid Hashimoto's Thyroiditis by Hacer Nur RESBER, Mumtaz TAKIR, Cundullah TORUN

“…The mean age was 46.6+-14.1 years, with most females (91.6%). Although the NLR and PLR values in patients were higher than those in the control group, the difference did not reach statistical significance (p=0.427 and p=0.089, respectively). …”
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Quadriceps Strength following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: Normative Values based on Sex, Graft Type and Meniscal Status at 3, 6 & 9 Months by Nicole A. Schwery, Michael T. Kiely, Christopher M. Larson, Corey A. Wulf, Christie S. Heikes, Ryan W. Hess, M. Russell Giveans, Braidy S. Solie, Chrisopher P. Doney

“…At all time points, males had significantly greater Q-RPKT than females and HT Q-LSI was significantly higher than BPTB and QT. …”
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Evaluation of Condyle–Fossa Relationships in Adults with Various Skeletal Patterns Using Cone-Beam Computed Tomography by Alice Choi, Jae Hyun Park, Curt Bay, Jong-Moon Chae

“…The average values of most measurements were significantly higher in males than in females. The average value of APT was significantly higher in the late age group than in others, but there was no statistical difference according to race. …”
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Intramedullary Stress and Strain Correlate with Neurological Dysfunction in Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy by Mahmudur Rahman, Karthik Banurekha Devaraj, Omkar Chauhan, Balaji Harinathan, Narayan Yoganandan, Aditya Vedantam

“…Twenty DCM patients (mean age 62.7 ± 11.6 years; thirteen females) underwent pre-surgical MRI-based modeling to quantify von Mises stress and maximum principal strains at the level of maximum spinal cord compression during simulated neck flexion and extension. …”
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Antibiogram Profile of Patients Having Urinary Tract Infection Treated with Most Commonly Used Antibiotics by Bilal Ahmad, Faleesha Gul, Said Hassan, Haseeba Arif, Amber Javaid, Shawkat Ali

“…Results: Escherichia coli was the most common uropathogen, found in 48.17% (n=185) of cases, with a higher prevalence in females at about 48.4% (n=125). Fosfomycin was the most frequently prescribed antibiotic (31.5%) and showed the highest sensitivity (50.2%). …”
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Maternal Rat Diabetes Mellitus Deleteriously Affects Insulin Sensitivity and Beta-Cell Function in the Offspring by Abdel-Baset M. Aref, Osama M. Ahmed, Lobna A. Ali, Margit Semmler

“…This study was designed to assess the effect of maternal diabetes in rats on serum glucose and insulin concentrations, insulin resistance, histological architecture of pancreas and glycogen content in liver of offspring. The pregnant rat females were allocated into two main groups: normal control group and streptozotocin-induced diabetic group. …”
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Persistent Retinal Detachment in Retinoblastoma: The Challenges by Sophia El Hamichi, Dhariana Acon, Veronica Kon Graversen, Aaron S. Gold, Audina M. Berrocal, Timothy G. Murray

“…In all the persistent RD groups (7 patients/11 eyes), RB and RD were present simultaneously in the first ophthalmological assessment. Sex ratio was 2 females/5 males. The mean age of diagnosis was 11 months. …”
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