Evidence of Rehabilitative Impact of Progressive Resistance Training (PRT) Programs in Parkinson Disease: An Umbrella Review by T. Paolucci, S. Sbardella, C. La Russa, F. Agostini, M. Mangone, L. Tramontana, A. Bernetti, M. Paoloni, L. Pezzi, R. G. Bellomo, V. Santilli, R. Saggini

“…The populations included had diagnoses of PD and consisted of males and females aged >18 years old. Outcomes measured were muscle strength and enhanced physical function. …”
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Role of Advanced Glycation End Products in Mediating Glycated Haemoglobin and Pulse Wave Velocity in Healthy Adults by Irene Martínez-García, Alicia Saz-Lara, Carlos Pascual-Morena, Ana Díez-Fernández, Sara Valladolid-Ayllón, Bruno Bizzozero-Peroni, Óscar Martínez-Cifuentes, Eva Rodríguez-Gutiérrez, Iván Cavero-Redondo

“…<b>Methods</b>: HbA1c, a-PWV and SAF were analysed in 390 healthy Spanish subjects from the EVasCu study (42.02 ± 13.14 years, 63.08% females). A directed acyclic graph (DAG) was generated to define the covariates to be included, and the model was confirmed via multiple linear regression analysis. …”
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The influencing factors of cognitive impairment in elderly individuals in Chengdu city: a cross-sectional study based on AD8 by Xi Ruan, Hongyi Li, Ziqi Wang, Yu Wang, Yamei Nie, Yan Li, Yuanjing Li, Qin Fan, Baiwei Ni, Yinxue Huang, Xuan Hong, Ting Sun, Yuan Luo, Shoukang Zou

“…Results Among the 16,609 elderly people, 7524 (45.3%) were males and 9085 (54.7%) were females, with an average age of 73.6 ± 6.5 years (age range 65–101 years). …”
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Association of Baseline Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio with Clinicopathological Characteristics of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma by Dimitrios K. Manatakis, Sofia Tseleni-Balafouta, Dimitrios Balalis, Vasiliki N. Soulou, Dimitrios P. Korkolis, George H. Sakorafas, Georgios Plataniotis, Emmanouil Gontikakis

“…Methods. 205 patients with papillary carcinoma were identified from the institutional thyroid cancer database between 2006 and 2015 (55 males, 150 females, mean age 51.2 ± 14.7 years). NLR was calculated as the absolute neutrophil count divided by the absolute lymphocyte count, based on the preoperative complete blood cell counts. …”
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Increasing incidences and changes in treatment trends of clavicle fractures in adults during 2 decades in Denmark: a nationwide study on data from the Danish National Patient Regis... by Ida Tryggedsson, Bjarke Viberg, Per Hviid Gundtoft, Ilija Ban, Søren Overgaard, Tazio Maleitzke, Arvind von Keudell

“…The incidence was more than 50% higher in males (113) than females (53). 6,096 cases (7.5%) were treated surgically, mainly with plate osteosynthesis (94%). …”
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Disparities in response to mRNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccines according to sex and age: A systematic review by Michelle Bachmann, Nejla Gültekin, Zeno Stanga, Jan S. Fehr, Ismail I. Ülgür, Patricia Schlagenhauf

“…Comparing the sexes reveals that higher immunological responses were induced in females, and mild to moderate adverse effects (such as injection site discomfort, exhaustion, and headaches) were also more frequently reported in women. …”
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Evaluation of the ABC pathway in patients with atrial fibrillation: A machine learning cluster analysis by Jingyang Wang, Haiyang Bian, Jiangshan Tan, Jun Zhu, Lulu Wang, Wei Xu, Lei Wei, Xuegong Zhang, Yanmin Yang

“…The clusters include Cluster 1: old patients with the highest prevalence rates of atherosclerotic and/or other comorbidities (n = 964), Cluster 2: valve-comorbidities AF in young females (n = 407), and Cluster 3: low comorbidity patients with paroxysmal AF (n = 644). …”
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The characteristics of chronic benzene poisoning in 176 Chinese occupational population cases by Lian Gou, Lian Gou, Xingyu Ma, Lili Huang, Lili Huang, Mei Qiu, Ruiqing Guo, Jun Jia, Peiyu Xu, Nan Lian

“…No significant differences were observed between males and females in terms of age or benzene exposure duration. …”
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Association between psoas muscle mass index and bone mineral density in patients undergoing hemodialysis by Kiyonori Ito, Susumu Ookawara, Hidenori Sanayama, Hideo Kakuda, Chieko Kanai, Katsuo Iguchi, Mitsutoshi Shindo, Keisuke Tanno, Shun Ishibashi, Masafumi Kakei, Kaoru Tabei, Yoshiyuki Morishita

“…FN-BMD and PMI were significantly higher in males than in females. In a correlation analysis, sex, BMI, serum creatinine levels, HbA1c levels, and PMI were positively correlated with FN-BMD, whereas age, history of bone fracture, difficulty in walking and bone-specific alkaline phosphatase level were negatively correlated. …”
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Clinical and Radiological Outcome of Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion with Polyether Ether Ketone Cage in Patients with Lumbar Spondylolisthesis by Rishab Chandraprakash, Rajavel Kalirajan, Milap Bhalodiya, Vijayanand Balasubramanian, Gowthaman Nambiraj, Mohan Mahendramani

“…Materials and methods: A total of 38 patients with varying grades of lumbar spondylolisthesis, among which, 11 males and 27 females were included in this study. All underwent TLIF with PEEK cage surgery. …”
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Standardized Mortality Ratios (SMRs) and Radon Exposure Analysis for Lung Cancer and All-Cause Mortality in Locorotondo, Southern Italy by Giovanni Maria Ferri, Luigi De Maria, Giuseppe Delvecchio, Antonio Caputi, Stefano Sole, Gianmarco Giannelli, Gianfranco Sifanno, Ilaria Maria Di Somma, Floriana Pentimone, Domenica Cavone, Angela Stufano, Piero Lovreglio, Vitantonio Ricci, Luigi Vimercati

“…We also found high SMRs for colorectal cancer until 2016 among older females. With respect to the cardio-circulatory system, only in 2014 did the male SMRs significantly influence the total SMR; after this period, a decreasing stable trend was observed. …”
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Analysis of Staphylococcus aureus infection and enterotoxin gene carriage in diarrhoeal patients in Jiading District, Shanghai by CHEN Peichao, HUANG Qiang, CHENG Fangzhou, CHEN Huijuan, MA Zhiqi, SUN Pan, PENG Qian

“…There was no statistically significant difference in detection rates between males and females (χ2=0.821, P=0.365). S. aureus detection rate was highest in infants and young children with diarrhea (29.51%), followed by 14.06% in the people aged between 4‒<31 years, and 2.99% in those aged ≥31 years. …”
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The Epidemiology of Migraine Headache in Arab Countries: A Systematic Review by Ashraf El-Metwally, Paivi Toivola, Khalid AlAhmary, Salwa Bahkali, Ali AlKhathaami, Shatha A. Al Ammar, Ibrahim M. Altamimi, Saleh M. Alosaimi, Munazza Jawed, Sami Almustanyir

“…The estimated prevalence of migraine headache among medical university students ranged between 12.2% and 27.9% and between 7.1% and 13.7% in schoolchildren (6 to 18 years). Females were found more likely to have migraine than males. …”
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Characterization of a Novel Male Pheromone Compound in <i>Leucoptera sinuella</i> (Lepidoptera: Lyonetiidae) and Its Role in Courtship Behavior by Laura Sánchez-Aros, Abel F. O. Queiroz, Jorge Guajardo, Wilson Barros-Parada, Glenn P. Svensson, Jan Bergmann

“…Males with ablated hairpencils exhibited significantly reduced courtship success compared to controls; however, exposure of females to synthetic (<i>Z</i>)-3-decenyl hexanoate or HP extract restored male courtship success. …”
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Relationship Between Frequency Domain Indicators of Heart Rate Variability and Both Age and Duration of Illness in Patients with Headache: A Cross-Sectional Study by Jong-Ho Kim, Jong-Hee Sohn, Sung-Mi Hwang, Jae-Jun Lee, Young-Suk Kwon

“…They were adult males and females aged 19 to 80. HRV was recorded in three channels over the course of 20 min using a 256 Hz sampling interval. …”
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Fractional exhaled nitric oxide in a respiratory healthy general population through the lifespan by Christina Bal, Caspar Schiffers, Marie-Kathrin Breyer, Sylvia Hartl, Alvar Agusti, Ahmad Karimi, Wolfgang Pohl, Marco Idzko, Robab Breyer-Kohansal

“…The normal FeNO values over lifespan in a respiratory healthy population and the factors related to them remain unclear.Materials and Methods We determined FeNO levels in 2,251 respiratory healthy, non-atopic, and non-smoking participants from the Lung, hEart, sociAl, boDy (LEAD) cohort, a general population, observational cohort study of participants aged 6–82 years in Austria.Results The median FeNO value in the total study population was 13.0 [interquartile range: 9.0, 20.0] ppb, increases with age, and, except in young participants (<18 years: 9.0 [7.0, 12.0], ≥18 years: 15.0 [11.0, 22.0]), it was significantly lower in females versus males. Multiple regression analyses showed that body height and blood eosinophil counts were associated with higher FeNO levels, both in children/adolescents and adults. …”
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Acute beneficial effects of a functional energy shot on cognitive performance and mood states during cognitively demanding task performance: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-con... by Olivia K. O’Shea, Olivia K. O’Shea, Nathan Lawley, Anna Azzopardi, Allison Gutkowski, Michelle Murphy Niedziela, Rachel Horn, David O. Kennedy, Jason Adamson

“…Thirty-seven healthy males and females, aged 18–30 years, consumed a functional energy shot (Ryde: Energize) or placebo on separate testing occasions one-week apart. …”
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Prevalence of Obesity and Its Association with Socioeconomic Factors in Elderly Iranians from Razavi-Khorasan Province by Mohsen Nematy, Ali Sakhdari, Parnian Ahmadi-Moghaddam, Maliheh Aliabadi, M. Kimiagar, A. A. Ilaty, M. Azimi-Nezhad, M. T. Shakeri, M. Ghayour-Mobarhan, A. Sahebkar, G. Ferns

“…Free-living elderly persons (917 males/1045 females), aged ?60 years, were recruited using cluster sampling. …”
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Prevalence of Proteinuria in Owned Dogs from Italy: A Multicentric Study by M. Gizzarelli, X. Roura, P. Scarpa, P. D'Ippolito, V. Foglia Manzillo, G. Oliva, A. Tarducci, A. Borrelli, G. Melis, F. Quintavalla, A. Uva, A. Guarraci, A. Zatelli

“…Dogs were enrolled with no restriction of sex or age. Females in estrus, dogs with signs of genitourinary diseases, or those previously diagnosed with proteinuric nephropathy were excluded. …”
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Clinical application of optical and electromagnetic navigation system in CT-guided radiofrequency ablation of lung metastases by Zenan Chen, Liangliang Meng, Yueyong Xiao, Jing Zhang, Xiaobo Zhang, Yingtian Wei, Xiaofeng He, Xin Zhang, Xiao Zhang

“…There were 46 males and 24 females with a median age of 60.0 years (16–85 years). …”
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