Demographic clinical trial diversity assessment methods: Use of real-world data by Hua Chen, Nnadozie Emechebe, Sudeep Karve, Leon Raskin, Jailene Leal, Ning Cheng, Wendy Sebby, Kim Ribeiro, Samuel Crawford

“…Diversity in clinical trials is critical in identifying potential differences in safety and efficacy of treatments across races, ethnicities, ages, sexes, or other variables. …”
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CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated Editing of a <i>NODULATION SIGNALING PATHWAY 1</i> Homolog Alters the Production of Strigolactones in Sunflower Roots by Maria A. Lebedeva, Maria S. Gancheva, Maksim R. Losev, Sofia V. Sokornova, Oleg S. Yuzikhin, Anna A. Krutikova, Kirill V. Plemyashov, Lyudmila A. Lutova

“…However, the selection of new resistant sunflower varieties was accompanied by the emergence of new virulent races of broomrape, which overcame the effect of resistance genes. …”
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Excessive Daytime Sleepiness among Hypertensive US-Born Blacks and Foreign-Born Blacks: Analysis of the CAATCH Data by N. Williams, O. Abo Al Haija, A. Workneh, D. Sarpong, E. Keku, G. Ogedegbe, S. I. McFarlane, G. Jean-Louis

“…Findings demonstrate the importance of considering individuals’ country of origin, in addition to their race and ethnicity, when analyzing epidemiologic sleep data.…”
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Combination of Triple Therapy and Chronic PPI Use May Decrease Risk of Colonic Adenomatous Polyps in Helicobacter pylori Infection by Rina Zuniga, Josef Bautista, Katherine Sapra, Keith Westerfield, Susan Williams, Alexander M. Sy

“…Presence of polyps was the outcome of interest, whereas age, sex, race, H. pylori infection, triple therapy, and chronic PPI use were independent variables. …”
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Trichoderma virens XZ11-1 producing siderophores inhibits the infection of Fusarium oxysporum and promotes plant growth in banana plants by Haiyang Cui, Qifeng Cheng, Tao Jing, Yufeng Chen, Xiaojuan Li, Miaoyi Zhang, Dengfeng Qi, Junting Feng, Farinaz Vafadar, Yongzan Wei, Kai Li, Yankun Zhao, Dengbo Zhou, Jianghui Xie

“…Abstract Background Banana Fusarium wilt caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense is a soil-borne fungal disease. Especially, tropical Race 4 (Foc TR4) can infect almost Cavendish subgroup and has a fatal threat to banana industry. …”
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Potato resistance to quarantine diseases by A. V. Khiutti, O. Yu. Antonova, N. V. Mironenko, T. A. Gavrilenko, O. S. Afanasenko

“…Modern sets of differentials for S. endobioticum and PGN and methods of pathotype composition determination, including efforts to develop molecular markers (SSR) to determine the race of S. endobioticum, are presented. Data on the resistance of commercial potato cultivars to these quarantine diseases and methods for resistance determination are reviewed. …”
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Epidemiology of Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Mimi C Yu, Jian-Min Yuan, Sugantha Govindarajan, Ronald K Ross

“…High-risk regions are East and Southeast Asia, and sub-Saharan Africa. Independent of race and geography, rates in men are at least two to three times those in women; this sex ratio is more pronounced in high-risk regions. …”
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Association between depression and diabetes among American adults using NHANES data from 2005 to 2020 by Chuanjie Zheng, Jianming Yin, Linyue Wu, Zhanhui Hu, Yikai Zhang, Lingyong Cao, Yiqian Qu

“…Subgroup analyses further identified significant relationships between depression and various demographic and behavioral factors, including gender, race, BMI, smoking status, and prediabetic conditions. …”
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Health Indicators of US Older Adults Who Received or Did Not Receive Meals Funded by the Older Americans Act by Edgar R. Vieira, Joan A. Vaccaro, Gustavo G. Zarini, Fatma G. Huffman

“…Future studies should assess nutritional adequacy for older adults who participate in nutritional programs comparing sex and race/ethnicity.…”
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Automation-aided construction and characterization of Bacillus subtilis PrsA strains for the secretion of amylases by Felix Hamburger, Niels Schlichting, Michael Eichenlaub, Paul Igor Costea, Christopher Sauer, Stefan Jenewein, Johannes Kabisch, Johannes Kabisch

“…Proteins face an obstacle race on their way to successful folding. Chaperones facilitate the proper folding of proteins by ensuring they remain on the correct path toward their final tertiary structure. …”
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Mothers at the Intersection of Trauma, Addiction, and Involvement with the Criminal Legal System: An Analysis of Multiple Case Studies by Monica Solinas-Saunders PhD, Maureen L. Petrunich-Rutherford PhD, Mark D. Thomas PhD, Natasha R. Brown PhD, Kevin L. McElmurry PhD, Melissa A. Jones PhD, Abigail M. Cognetti BSc, Lytina Andrews BSc, Amira Zahabi BSc

“…The study focuses on the complex interconnection of race, sexuality, and socioeconomic background in shaping the stories of mothers struggling with addiction disorders as they attempt to recover from traumatic experiences. …”
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Acute pain pathways: protocol for a prospective cohort study by Christine Lee, Joseph S Ross, Molly Moore Jeffery, Nilay D Shah, David B Page, Nancy Chang, Fernanda Bellolio, Sam Torbati, Jessica D Ritchie, Gregg H Gilbert, Lindsay Emanuel, Mitra Ahadpour, Summer Allen, Richardae Araojo, Laura Ciaccio, Jonathan Fillmore, Patricia Koussis, Heather Lipkind, Celeste Mallama, Tamra Meyer, Megan Moncur, Teryl Nuckols, Michael A Pacanowski, Elektra Papadopoulos, Mat Soukup, Christopher O St. Clair, Stephen Tamang, Douglas W Wallace, Yueqin Zhao, Rebekah Heckmann

“…Participants will be enrolled to represent diverse races and ethnicities and pain conditions, as well as geographical diversity. …”
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Identification and Characterization of the Diverse Stress-Responsive R2R3-RMYB Transcription Factor from Hibiscus sabdariffa L. by Bahaeldeen Babikar Mohamed, Beenish Aftab, Muhammad Bilal Sarwar, Bushra Rashid, Zarnab Ahmad, Sameera Hassan, Tayyab Husnain

“…Differential display reverse transcriptase PCR and random amplification of cDNA ends (RACE) was used to explore the osmotic stress-responsive transcripts. …”
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The Association of Food Security With Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy: A National Health Interview Survey Analysis by Brittany N. Burton, Alexis Sykes, Cecilia Canales, Andrea J. Ibarra, En Chang, Jonathan Dahan, Adam J. Milam, Tina Yu, Catherine Cha

“…The odds of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy were statistically significantly increased among women with low food security compared to women with high food security (odds ratio [OR] 2.40, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.19–4.81) after adjusting for age, race, ethnicity, insurance status, body mass index, hyperlipidemia, diabetes mellitus, and cardiovascular disease. …”
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Defining the Need for Causal Inference to Understand the Impact of Social Determinants of Health: A Primer on Behalf of the Consortium for the Holistic Assessment of Risk in Transp... by Nrupen A. Bhavsar, PhD, Rachel E. Patzer, PhD, David J. Taber, PharmD, Katie Ross-Driscoll, PhD, Rhiannon Deierhoi Reed, PhD, Juan C. Caicedo-Ramirez, MD, Elisa J. Gordon, PhD, MPH, Roland A. Matsouaka, PhD, Ursula Rogers, BS, Wendy Webster, MBA, Andrew Adams, MD, PhD, Allan D. Kirk, MD, Lisa M. McElroy, MD

“…We illustrate that biases can arise due to socioeconomic status, race/ethnicity, and incongruencies in language between the patient and clinician. …”
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Protective Effects of BDNF against C-Reactive Protein-Induced Inflammation in Women by Nicole Noren Hooten, Ngozi Ejiogu, Alan B. Zonderman, Michele K. Evans

“…We examined BDNF levels in 3 groups of women that were age- and race-matched with low (<3 mg/L), mid (>3–20 mg/L), and high (>20 mg/L) hsCRP (n=39 per group) and found a significant association between hsCRP, BDNF, and 8-oxodG. …”
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Association between chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis and cardiovascular disease by Mawulorm K. I. Denu, Ritika Revoori, Cherita Eghan, Fredrick Larbi Kwapong, Andrew Hillman, Cornelius A. Normeshie, Kofi Poku Berko, Emily L. Aidoo, Maame Araba E. Buadu

“…Multivariable logistic regression model was used to determine the association between CFS/ME and CVD, adjusting for traditional CVD risk factors (age, sex, race, hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, smoking, and body mass index (BMI). …”
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Risk Factors for Coronary Events After Robotic Hybrid Off-Pump Coronary Revascularization by Aleksander Dokollari, Beatrice Bacchi, Serge Sicouri, Francesco Cabrucci, Massimo Bonacchi, Danielle Spragan, Mary Ann C. Wertan, Nitin Ghorpade, Stephanie Kjelstrom, Georgia Montone, Yoshiyuki Yamashita, Basel Ramlawi, Francis Sutter

“…The risk factors were the lack of radial artery graft use, black race, diabetes, obesity, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, low ejection fraction <50%, severe left main coronary artery stenosis (>50%), and more than three-vessel disease. …”
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The food environment in favelas is associated with the presence of arterial hypertension and diabetes in socially vulnerable women by Luiz Gonzaga Ribeiro Silva-Neto, Risia Cristina Egito de Menezes, Juliana Souza Oliveira, Nathalia Paula de Souza, Thays Lane Ferreira dos Santos, Telma Maria de Menezes Toledo Florêncio

“…Logistic regression models were applied using generalized estimating equations, adjusted for age, education, race/skin color, and poverty status. Participants: 1,882 adult women of reproductive age (20 to 44 years). …”
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Racial disparities in extended venous thromboembolism prophylaxis after hysterectomy. by Wenbo Wu, Sherry Wu, Sim Berlene Mariano, Richard E Burney, Jonathan P Kuriakose

“…The variable of interest was race (Black/African or White American). The primary outcome was administration or absence of eVTEp. …”
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