Efficacy of Intravenous Versus Oral Administration of Levocarnitine in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial Investigating Therapeutic Approaches to Rena... by Sadia Rehman, Muhammad Farhan, Santosh Kumar, Muhammad Raza Sarfraz, Asma Naveed, Muhammad Tassaduq Khan, Hiya Huq

“…Results The study involved 83 patients with a mean age of 44.72 ± 8.77 years, with a balanced distribution of 41 males and 42 females. The IV group showed a significant improvement in hemoglobin levels (mean increase: 0.57 g/dL, p < 0.001) and hematocrit (mean increase: 3.83%, p = 0.001), while the oral group showed only slight, nonsignificant changes in hemoglobin (mean increase: 0.07 g/dL, p = 0.22). …”
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Estimation of Prevalence of Hospital-Acquired Blood Infections among Patients Admitted at a Tertiary Hospital in Oman over a Period of Five Years: A Cross-Sectional Study by Marah El-Beeli, Yahya Al-Farsi, Abdullah Balkhair, Zakariya Al-Muharrmi, Mansoor Al-Jabri, Samir Al-Adawi

“…HA-BSI prevalence was higher among males compared to females (9.3 vs. 8.5). HA-BSI prevalence started as relatively high in the group aged 15 years or less (10.0; 95% CI 9.0, 11.2) and then declined as age increased from 36 to 45 years (7.0; 95% CI 5.9, 8.3) when it started to increase steadily with increasing age in the group aged 76 or more (9.9; 95% CI 8.1, 12.1). …”
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Implications of cytokine genes polymorphisms in Jordanian patients with obsessive compulsive disorder by Ahmad M. Khalil, Manal W. Khrais, Khaled M. Al-Qaoud, Mohamad Y. Al Ta’any

“…In contrast, the link between the gender and the occurrence of the mutant alleles of the other four SNPs IL-1β (− 511 C > T); IL-6 (− 174 G > C); IL-10 (− 1082 A > G); and IL-10 (− 819 C > T was more robust in the males OCD patients than the corresponding females. Conclusion The observed differences between the alleles in different groups may be due to an association in the tested samples rather than a true association. …”
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Demographic Associations of Diabetes Status by Both Fasting Plasma Glucose Concentration and Glycated Hemoglobin in a Community Survey in Galle District, Sri Lanka by Keddagoda Gamage Piyumi Wasana, Anoja Priyadarshani Attanayake, Thilak Priyantha Weerarathna, Kamani Ayoma Perera Wijewardana Jayatilaka

“…Of the 147 study subjects, 38.1% were males, 61.9% were females, and 63.3% had a family history of diabetes among first-degree relatives (FDR). …”
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Serum Apelin Levels and Correlation with illness Severity in Nonobese Patients with Bronchial Asthma by Rohan Pattanaik, Pratima Kumari Sahu, Monalisa Mohapatro, Jeetendra Kumar Patra, Nirjharini Dhal

“…Majority of the sample were females (n = 19 cases [86.3%], 54 controls [81.8%]). …”
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Analysis of factors influencing HPV vaccination intention among Chinese college students: structural equation modeling based on health belief theory by Shi-Yuan Song, Ying Guo, Yi-Hua Li, Zheng Wang, Wei Gao

“…In terms of health attitudes, the positive intention rate was 50.4%, with females having more positive attitudes than males (OR = 2.242, 95% CI = 1.777–2.829). …”
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Early therapeutic efficacy of condoliase chemonucleolysis for lumbar disc herniation by Kazuyoshi Kobayashi, Koji Sato, Yoshinori Morita

“…Methods A retrospective cohort study was performed in 371 consecutive patients (259 males, 112 females; age, 49.9 ± 18.7 years; follow-up period, 13.1 ± 7.4 months) treated with condoliase injection for LDH between August 2018 and January 2024. …”
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Clinical application of 3D slicer reconstruction and 3D printing localization combined with neuroendoscopy technology in VPS surgery by Long Zhou, Pan Lei, Ping Song, Zhiyang Li, Huikai Zhang, Hangyu Wei, Lun Gao, Qiuwei Hua, Hui Ye, Qianxue Chen, Silei Zhang, Qiang Cai

“…A total of 33 patients with complete data were collected, including 19 males and 14 females, aged 10–81 years. Pre operative use of 3D Slicer reconstruction and 3D printing localization, and intraoperative use of neuroendoscopy assisted catheterization to complete ventriculoperitoneal shunt surgery. …”
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Entomological assessment of hessian fabric transfluthrin vapour emanators as a means to protect against outdoor-biting Aedes after providing them to households for routine use in P... by Chicoye Supreme, Obrillant Damus, Joseph Frederick, Jean-Frantz Lemoine, Christian Raccurt, Justin McBeath, Nosrat Mirzai, Sheila B Ogoma, Vincent Corbel, Daniel Impoinvil, Gerry F Killeen, Cyrille Czeher

“…<h4>Results</h4>Across all three entomological field assessments, little evidence of protection against wild Ae. aegypti was observed, regardless of weather conditions, transfluthrin formulation or emanator placement: A generalized linear mixed model fitted to the pooled data from all three assessment rounds (921 females caught over 5129 hours) estimated a relative landing rate [95% Confidence interval] of 0.87 [0.73, 1.04] for users of treated versus untreated emanators (P = 0.1241). …”
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Suboptimal Blood Pressure Control, Associated Factors, and Choice of Antihypertensive Drugs among Type 2 Diabetic Patients at KCMC, Tanzania by Gabriel W. Mbwete, Kajiru G. Kilonzo, Elichilia R. Shao, Nyasatu G. Chamba

“…The data of 161 participants was analysed; the mean age was 63.9±20.2 years, with the majority being females (67.1%). Despite all participants being on different classes of antihypertensives, 57.8% had suboptimal BP control. …”
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Validation of Difficult Airway Physiological Score (DAPS) in Critically Ill Adults Undergoing Endotracheal Intubation in the Emergency Department by Shahan Waheed, Junaid Abdul Razzak, Nadeem Ullah Khan, Ahmed Raheem, Asad Iqbal Mian

“…Our study includes 326 patients, of which 123 (37.7%) were males and 203 (62.2%) were females. The sample was divided into high-risk (DAPS ≥10) group, n = 194 with mean age of 52 (SD = ±18) years, and low-risk (DAPS <10) group, n = 132 with mean age of 47.7 (SD = ±17.4) years. …”
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1990–2041 Global burden of Burkitt lymphoma with 20 years forecast: A systematic analysis using the global burden disease of study of 2021 by Chengyun Dou, Yidan Sang, Hongbo Zhu, Chuangjie Cao

“…Moreover, males consistently had higher Burkitt lymphoma-associated mortality rates and numbers than females in all age groups. Furthermore, the estimated annual percentage changes of incidence with Burkitt lymphoma were positively correlated with sociodemographic index (Pearson r  = 0.606; p  = 0.003). …”
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Prevalence and Associated Factors of Intestinal Parasitic Infections among Food Handlers in Mettu Town, Southwest Ethiopia by Solomon Yeshanew, Melaku Tadege, Abdulhakim Abamecha

“…Majority of them were females 89 (64%), and 124 (89.2%) of them had not taken any training related to food handling and preparation. …”
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Long-term trends in the burden of multiple myeloma in China: a Joinpoint regression and age-period-cohort analysis based on GBD 2021 by Yanyu Zhang, Quanxin Su, Jiawen Yu, Xiuli Sun

“…The ASIR and ASMR of males are higher than those of females overall, and both were increasing with age. …”
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Antibiotic Resistance of Enteric Bacteria in HIV-Infected Patients at the Banka Ad-Lucem Hospital, West Region of Cameroon by Ornella J. T. Ngalani, Armelle T. Mbaveng, Wiliane J. T. Marbou, Roland Y. Ngai, Victor Kuete

“…Among all the participants, 39 (26.35%) were males and 109 (73.65%) were females. HIV-seropositive mean age (43.79 years) was significantly higher compared to HIV-seronegative (27.13 years) patients (p<0.000). …”
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Effects of empathy mapping and mini-simulation on second-year nursing students’ empathy and communication self-confidence: a quasi-experimental study by Hsiang-Ping Huang, Yun Tien, Yung-Chang Lin, I-Chen Yu, Nai-Hui Chien

“…The average age of the participants was 19.19 ± 0.53 years, with a predominance of females (82.7%). At the end of the semester, there was no significant difference in the average empathy levels between the two groups. …”
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Genetic diversity of the immunoglobulin heavy chain locus in cohorts of patients affected with SARS-CoV-2 by Patrizia Malaspina, Carla Jodice, Bianca Maria Ciminelli, Michela Biancolella, Vito Luigi Colona, Andrea Latini, Francesca Leonardis, Paola Rogliani, Antonio Novelli, Giuseppe Novelli, Andrea Novelletto

“…We then examined the cross-tabulation of disease severity in males and females, based on the presence of each haplotype in the genotype. …”
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Medicinal plants used to treat human ailments in Wadla District, Northern Ethiopia: An ethnobotanical approach by Sara Yosef, Ermias Lulekal, Asfaw Debela, Muhidin Tahir

“…Results: A total of 200 informants (68 % males and 32 % females) living in 10 kebeles were selected. A total of 107 plant species belonging to 51 families and 71 genera were identified by local people to address human ailments. …”
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Prevalence, risk factors and clinical features of sensory A-V pattern exotropia by Bin-Bin Zhu, Shi-Yu Tang, Xiang-Jun Wang, Li-Cheng Fu, Jian-Hua Yan

“…RESULTS: Among the 843 eligible patients, 91 (10.79%; 39 males and 52 females) had A-pattern (54, 6.4%) or V-pattern (37, 4.4%). …”
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Evaluation of Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME) curriculum implementation for Phase II Medical undergraduates: A qualitative study by KRISHNAMURTHY SOUNDARIYA, ANANDABASKAR NISHANTHI, RAJALAKSHMI MAHENDRAN, MOUROUGUESSINE VIMAL

“…A review meeting was held with the dean, curriculum committee members, and phase II faculty members to finalize the action plan.Results: A total of 18 faculty members, predominantly females, in different age ranges (29 to 68 years) and teaching experiences (4 to 34 years) participated in this study. …”
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