Psychological distress and emotional pain among adult attendees of a dental clinic: a case-control study by Adebayo Rasheed Erinfolami, Andrew Toyin Olagunju, Yewande Olufunmilayo Oshodi, Abiola Adelphine Akinbode, Babatunde Fadipe, Wasiu Lanre Adeyemo

“…A total of 201 subjects, made up of 101 dental patients (test group) matched with age and sex with 100 normal subjects (controls), was recruited into the study. …”
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Criminological analysis of criminal radicalism state among convicts in penal institutions by P. Yu. Danylchenko

“…Taking into account the latent part of crime in penitentiary institutions, especially drug-related crimes, violent sex crimes, criminal offenses against health and property, the real share of criminal radicalism among prisoners is about 10 %. …”
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Relatedness Among Three Native Geese in Erbil Governorate Using Hematological and Molecular Methods by Mohsen A. Ahmed, Yousif M.S. Al-Barzinji, Lanja Assad Ismail

“…The overall mean, of the live weights, Hemoglobin, Hetrophil %, Lymphocyte %, Monocyte %, and H/L ratio were 3.006 (kg), 14.64, 36.896, 49.896, 2.233 and 0.736 respectively. The breed, sex and interaction between them have a significant effect on live body weight, Hemoglobin, and Monocyte %. …”
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Role of tomato plant-derived food sources on Dolichogenidea gelechiidivoris, parasitic wasp of Tuta absoluta by Angeliki Syropoulou, Joel González-Cabrera, Judit Arnó, Pablo Urbaneja-Bernat

“…This study assessed the impact of plant guttation and the honeydew of two phloem-feeding insects, Myzus persicae (Sulzer) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) and Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Hemiptera: Aleurodidae), on the fitness (longevity and fecundity) and performance (parasitism and sex ratio) of D. gelechiidivoris under controlled laboratory conditions. …”
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Exploring the role of Microbiome in Susceptibility, Treatment Response and Outcome among Tuberculosis Patients from Pakistan: study protocol for a prospective cohort study (Micro-S... by Zia Ul-Haq, Muhammad Shahzad, Simon C Andrews

“…Additionally, we will recruit age (±3 years) and sex-matched healthy controls (n=30). Blood sampling will allow monitoring of the immune response during the treatment, while salivary rinse and faecal samples will allow monitoring of dynamic changes in oral and gut microbiome diversity. …”
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Evaluation of serum leptin and adiponectin and their associations with obesity-related renal injury among Egyptian adolescents by Azza A El-Shaheed, Reham F. Fahmy, Nermine N. Mahfouz, Salwa R El-Zayat, Hiba Sibaii, Rehab S.I. Moustafa

“…Subjects and methods A case–control study was conducted on 45 Egyptian overweight/obese adolescents aged 10–18 years of both sexes and 44 age- and Sex-matched healthy individuals. …”
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Schwannoma of the Base of the Tongue: A Case Report of a Rare Disease and Review of Literatures by Mohd. Yusuf Haider, Manjur Rahim, N. M. K. Bashar, Md. Zakir Hossain, Sk Md Jaynul Islam

“…Schwannoma of the tongue does not show any age or sex predisposition. It usually presents as a painless lump in the tongue, but when it grows larger than 3.0 cm, it may produce dysphagia, pain, or discomfort and change in the quality of voice. …”
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Cannabis Use as Risk or Protection for Type 2 Diabetes: A Longitudinal Study of 18 000 Swedish Men and Women by A. K. Danielsson, A. Lundin, A. Yaregal, C. G. Östenson, P. Allebeck, E. E. Agardh

“…Potential confounders included age, sex, BMI, physical inactivity, smoking, alcohol use, and occupational position. …”
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Comparative responses to a physical activity program in older adults by Carlos X. Torres-Ramos, Rachel E. Salyer, Isaura M. Castillo-Hernández, Ellen M. Evans

“…The aim of this pilot study was to examine whether sex/gender influences the effects of a 10-week physical activity (PA) intervention on engagement, PA behaviors, muscle capacity, and lower extremity physical function (LEPF) in older adults (OAs). …”
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Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy and Autoimmune Disorders: A Systematic Scoping Review of Published Cases by Mohsen Farjoud Kouhanjani, Seyed Ali Hosseini, Seyedeh Maryam Mousavi, Zahra Noroozi, Paniz Sadeghi, Armita Jokar-Derisi, Mohammad Saleh Jamshidi Mouselou, Meysam Ahmadi, Armin Attar

“…There were similarities in age and sex compared to classic TCM. TCM should be considered as a differential diagnosis for ACS, especially in patients with a positive background of autoimmunity. …”
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Association of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and growth hormone deficiency: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Tingting Kong, Yunpeng Gu, Lei Sun, Run Zhou, Jie Li, Junping Shi

“…The risk of NAFLD in GHD patients was significantly higher than that in controls (age-, sex- or body mass index-matched, without GHD) (pooled OR = 4.27, 95% CI: 1.33–13.68%, p = 0.015). …”
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Distribution and Diversity of Herpetofauna in Upper River of Mount Sindoro, Central Java by Subeno Subeno

“…We collected herpetofauna species, number of individuals, measured snout-vent length, weight, identified sex, and observing  their activities when encountered. …”
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TOM500: A Multi-Organ Annotated Orbital MRI Dataset for Thyroid Eye Disease by Haiyang Zhang, Hoi Chi Chan, Jiashuo Xu, Mengda Jiang, Xiaofeng Tao, Huifang Zhou, Xuefei Song, Xianqun Fan

“…Clinical data, including sex, age, disease duration, and smoking status, are also provided for disease diagnosis and classification. …”
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Cardiovascular Reactivity and its Association with the Risk of Cardiovascular Morbidity by Milagros Lisset León Regal, Mikhail Benet Rodríguez, Cynthia Olivia Morales Pérez, Rosmari Álvarez Hernández, Yudith Brito Pérez de Corcho, José Omar de Armas García

“…The universe consisted of the population aged 15 to 74 years in Cienfuegos municipality; the sample included 644 people. The variables were: sex, skin color, age, total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, fasting blood glucose, smoking, baseline systolic blood pressure, cardiovascular reactivity, and risk of cardiovascular morbidity. …”
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Investigating the Effect of Prompt Treatment on Malaria Prevalence in Children Aged below Five Years in Zambia: A Nested Case-Control Study in a Cross-Sectional Survey by Mukumbuta Nawa

“…Self-reported malaria cases (n = 209) who took treatment in the two weeks preceding the survey were matched with controls (n = 511) who did not report malaria and did not take treatment during the same period using nearest neighbour propensity score matching for age, sex, and district. The data were analysed using conditional logistic regression in STATA version 15.1. …”
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Severe anaemia in people with HIV: demographic, clinical and renal correlates by Kingsley Kamvuma, Sody Munsaka, Sepiso K. Masenga, John Amos Mulemena, Christopher Newton Phiri, Michelo Miyoba, Benson M. Hamooya

“…In multivariable logistic regression analysis, factors significantly associated with severe anaemia were female sex (Adjusted Odds Ratio (AOR: 14.3, 95% CI: 2.14–126.6), albumin (AOR: 0.93 95% CI: 0.88–0.98) and creatinine levels (AOR: 1.01 95% CI: 1.00-1.03).…”
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Characterization of patients with sacrococcygeal pilonidal disease in the Coloproctology Service. Period 2020-2022 by Yasser Muñiz Morales, José Alberto Puerto Lorenzo, Eslinda Cabanes Rojas, Dianelys Molina Macias, Jorge Ernesto González García

“…The analyzed variables were: age, sex, comorbidities, anesthetic technique used, surgical strategy used, degree of postoperative satisfaction and postoperative complications.…”
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PSA is not suitable as a reliable marker for seminal fluid in rectal samples collected post-mortem by Corine Müller, Elie Pascolo Tièche, Martin Zieger

“…As expected, a significant correlation between the sex of the deceased individuals and the PSA test result could be demonstrated. …”
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Camptocormia in Parkinson's Disease by Kazuo Abe, Yutaka Uchida, Masaru Notani

“…For further evaluation, we recruited age- and sex-matched 27 PD patients without camptocormia (11 men and 16 women; mean age ±SD, 69.2±10.1 years, duration 6.0±2.7 years) These selected 54 patients completed several self-assessments. …”
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Identifying Risk Factors Associated with Inappropriate Use of Acid Suppressive Therapy at a Community Hospital by Amandeep Singh, Vijay Bodukam, Kirit Saigal, Jaya Bahl, Yvette Wang, Alexandra Hanlon, Yinghui Lu, Michael Davis

“…In 2013, 99 patients were on AST, of which 48 were newly started on it and 36 (75%) were inappropriate cases. 19% of the patients inappropriately started on AST were discharged on it in three years. Younger age, female sex, and 1 or more handoffs between services were significantly associated with increased risk of inappropriate AST. …”
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