From classroom to screen: a cross-sectional study on medical students’ first experiences with e-learning during the COVID-19 pandemic by Laleh Khojasteh, Zahra Karimian, Elham Nasiri, Sedigheh Sharifzadeh, Majid Reza Farrokhi

“…In medical schools where teacher-student interaction was better, more satisfaction was observed (P < 0.001). The gender factor had no effect on students’ views.ConclusionEven though it seems like e-learning can be a good substitute for or complement to face-to-face training, the most important thing that makes this method more effective is the interaction between the teacher and the students.…”
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Age of Insomnia Onset Correlates with a Reversal of Default Mode Network and Supplementary Motor Cortex Connectivity by Emiliano Santarnecchi, Chiara Del Bianco, Isabella Sicilia, Davide Momi, Giorgio Di Lorenzo, Salvatore Ferrone, Giulia Sprugnoli, Simone Rossi, Alessandro Rossi

“…We investigated changes of voxel-wise connectivity patterns in a sample of 17 drug-naïve PI patients and 17 age-gender matched healthy controls, as well as the relationship between brain connectivity and age of onset, illness duration, and severity. …”
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Direct anastomosis indwelling needle puncture: a rapid and safe transitional hemodialysis access for patients with renal failure by Chunyan Wu, Jianbo Qing, Xiaoping Wang, Yunmei Li, Xin Zhou, Junnan Wu

“…Clinical data, including age, gender, dry and wet body weight, and blood biochemical parameters, were collected. …”
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Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing the Contribution of Proxabrushes with Regular Toothbrushes and Only Regular Toothbrushes to the Oral Health of Thai Elderly by Orachad Gururatana, Warangkana Vejvithee, Narisa Ekpatcha

“…At follow-up, the test group had lower plaque accumulation and better gingival status than the control group. Gender, medical problems, educational level, occupation, and age were not different between the test and control groups. …”
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Knowledge, attitude and practice of community pharmacy personnel in tuberculosis patient detection: a multicentre cross-sectional study in a high-burden tuberculosis setting by Rovina Ruslami, Rizky Abdulah, Rob E Aarnoutse, Ivan Surya Pradipta, Khairunnisa Khairunnisa, Muh Akbar Bahar, Mersa Nurain Kausar, Efi Fitriana

“…Several factors significantly associated with performing the TBPD practice (p<0.05), such as TB training experience (p<0.001), provision of a drug consultation service (p<0.001), male gender (p<0.05), a positive attitude towards TBPD (p<0.001), short working hours (p<0.001) and central city location of the pharmacy (p<0.05).Conclusions Most participants had good knowledge and attitude, which did not translate into actual TBPD practice. …”
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Colorectal cancer in Lynch syndrome families: consequences of gene germline mutations and the gut microbiota by Xuexin Wang, Zhijun Zheng, Dongliang Yu, Xiaojue Qiu, Ting Yang, Ruoran Li, Jing Liu, Xin Wang, Peng Jin, Jianqiu Sheng, Nan Qin, Na Li, Junfeng Xu

“…Results There were no apparent differences in age or gender among the four groups. Alpha and beta diversity indices exhibited no significant differences between the AS and BS groups, verifying the role of germline mutations in the occurrence of CRC in LS families. …”
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Evaluation of indirect indices in the insulin resistance assessment in patients with different body mass index by Lejla Čano Dedić, Arzija Pašalić, Emsel Papić, Emir Begagić, Sabina Šečić Selimović, Mario Gazibarić, Sabina Šegalo

“…The studied group consisted of 91 subjects with a suspected diagnosis of IR who were further categorized according to BMI, while control group consisted from 38 age- and gender-matched subjects. Six widely used indirect indices were calculated: Homeostatic Model Assessment for IR (HOMA-IR), quantitative insulin sensitivity check index (QUICKI), McAuley index (MCAi), metabolic score for IR (METS-IR), triglyceride to glucose index (TyG), and TyG to BMI (TyG-BMI). …”
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The Influence of Heavy Metals and Trace Elements on Comatose Patients with Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in the First Week of Admission by Bahia Belatar, Abdallah Elabidi, Malika Barkiyou, Mamoun El Faroudi, Rachid Eljaoudi, Laila Lahlou, Saad Kabbaj, Wajdi Maazouzi

“…Statistical analysis was performed using Statistical software (SPSS) and the cases and controls were compared using the Mann–Whitney U test and Student’s t-test for cadmium according to gender and final evolution. A P-value <0.05 was considered to be statistically significant. …”
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Prospective study of the association between chronotype and cardiometabolic risk among Chinese young adults by Tingting Li, Yang Xie, Shuman Tao, Liwei Zou, Yajuan Yang, Fangbiao Tao, Xiaoyan Wu

“…The cardiometabolic (CM)-risk score was the sum of standardized Z scores based on gender for the 5 indicators: waist circumference (WC), mean arterial pressure (MAP), triglyceride (TG), homeostasis model assessment for insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), where the HDL-C is multiplied by-1. …”
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Correlation analysis between mild cognitive impairment and the traditional Chinese medicine body constitution types among the elderly in a community in Changning District, Shanghai by XU Lei, ZHANG Min, WANG Wenwen, YU Li, ZHU Xuting, LYU Xiaorui

“…The association of the detection rate of MCI with gender, education level, history of chronic disease and TCM body constitution types were analyzed lastly.ResultsA total of 2 351 elderly people were investigated, including 1 037 males and 1 314 females, with an average age of (74.11±6.15) years. 174 subjects, accounting for 7.40%, were identified with MCI. …”
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Abnormal Default-Mode Network Homogeneity in Melancholic and Nonmelancholic Major Depressive Disorder at Rest by Meiqi Yan, Xilong Cui, Feng Liu, Huabing Li, Renzhi Huang, Yanqing Tang, Jindong Chen, Jingping Zhao, Guangrong Xie, Wenbin Guo

“…Thirty-one outpatients with melancholic MDD, thirty-three outpatients with nonmelancholic MDD, and thirty-two age- and gender-matched healthy controls were recruited. All participants were scanned by resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). …”
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Acceptability and Attitude towards a Mobile-Based Home Exercise Program among Stroke Survivors and Caregivers: A Cross-Sectional Study by Amreen Mahmood, Vevita Blaizy, Aparajita Verma, Joel Stephen Sequeira, Dola Saha, Selvam Ramachandran, N. Manikandan, Bhaskaran Unnikrishnan, John M. Solomon

“…A logistic regression was performed to determine the effects of age, gender, and mobile phone on acceptability. Results. …”
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Early experience of Sacubitril–Valsartan in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction in real‐world clinical setting by Charlotte Nordberg Backelin, Michael Fu, Charlotta Ljungman

“…The most common cause of discontinuation was benign gastrointestinal adverse effects, followed by elevated creatinine, malaise, and vertigo. Female gender [odds ratio (OR) 3.58; 95% CI 1.07–2.00; P = 0.038] and NT‐proBNP ≥ median level (OR 0.48; 95% CI 0.26–0.90; P = 0.021) was associated with termination of the medication. …”
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Correlation between ellipsoid zone thickness and the presence of subretinal drusenoid deposits in age-related macular degeneration by Richard B Rosen, Roland Theodore Smith, Gerardo Ledesma-Gil, Oscar Otero-Marquez, Yuehong Tong, Katy Tai, Gareth M C Lema, Raymond Matthew Bellis, Yang Fei, Brandon Le

“…Differences in EZ thicknesses across all subjects and between groups were not significantly different based on gender, race or age.Conclusion Subjects with SDDs (±drusen) had thinner EZs than those with drusen only, and the inferior EZ was least affected. …”
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Serum Fibroblast Growth Factor 21 Levels Are Positively Associated with Metabolic Syndrome in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes by Ruo-Yao Gao, Bang-Gee Hsu, Du-An Wu, Jia-Sian Hou, Ming-Chun Chen

“…Among these patients, 84 (66.7%) had MetS. Female gender, hypertension, systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), waist circumference (WC), body weight (BW), body mass index (BMI), body fat mass, fasting glucose, glycated hemoglobin level (HbA1c), triglyceride level (TG), urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio (UACR), insulin level, homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), and FGF21 levels were higher, whereas high-density lipoprotein cholesterol level (HDL-C) and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) were lower in DM patients with MetS. …”
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A Retrospective Study to Investigate the Relationship Between Body Mass Index and Hemodynamic Characteristics in Hypertensive Patients by Wenqi Xiao, Ping Han, Liping Song, Jingwen Yang, Lin Zhou, Xiangning Deng, Zheng J. Ma, Yukun Lang, Hai Zhao, Yuzhuo Zhao, Hui Chen, Wenjing Zhang, Huixian Huang, Ningling Sun

“…Obese females aged under 60 showed a higher incidence of cardiac phenotype (p < 0.01). Across genders, obese hypertensive patients aged over 60 had a greater prevalence of volemic phenotype than non‐obese patients (p < 0.05, p < 0.01, respectively). …”
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Global, regional, and national burden of very early-onset colorectal cancer and its risk factors from 1990 to 2019: A systematic analysis for the global burden of disease study 201... by Zhen Junhai, Meng Yang, Tan Zongbiao, Yan Wenxuan, Li Tiange, Wu Yanrui, Liu Chuan, Dong Weiguo

“…Results: Despite regional and gender variations, the global very EOCRC incidence cases increased from 21,874 (95 % UI: 20,386-23,470) to 41,545 (95 % UI: 37,978-45,523). …”
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La escritura borrada de las mujeres. Itinerarios lectores inclusivos y (re)construcción del canon poético / The erased writing of women. Inclusive reading itineraries and (re)const... by Remedios Sánchez-García, Pablo Aparicio-Durán

“…Once the research problem has been defined, the new situation is addressed as a result of the legal implementation of the LOMLOE in Andalucía, suggesting strategies to create original, relevant and innovative reading itineraries in order to work on the reality of 20th century poetry in a meaningful way, also favouring education in values such as respect for gender equality. The aim is to integrate into the baccalaureate curriculum significant female authors who, despite their quality and value, have been overshadowed even though they should legitimately be included in order to compose a valid textual corpus that responds to the truth of the historical-literary, seeking exclusively to improve the training of readers. …”
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Prevalence of Hypertension and Its Associated Risk Factors among 34,111 HAART Naïve HIV-Infected Adults in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania by Marina Njelekela, Alfa Muhihi, Akum Aveika, Donna Spiegelman, Claudia Hawkins, Catharina Armstrong, Enju Liu, James Okuma, Guerino Chalamila, Sylvia Kaaya, Ferdinand Mugusi, Wafaie Fawzi

“…Conclusions. Older age, male gender, and overweight/obesity were associated with hypertension. …”
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Impact of cognition and psychoemotional status on falls in multiple sclerosis by R. Godelienė, E. Sukockienė, V. Danielius, V. Stankunavičiūtė, D. Mickevičienė

“…There was no significant difference between fallers and non-fallers by gender (p=0.678). Mean age in fallers was 44.6±11.4 years, in non-fallers – 41.7±11.6 years, p=0.185. …”
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