Haematopinus suis Infestation in Pig Farms in Busogo Sector, Rwanda by E. Niyonsenga, J. Twizerimana, M. F. Mwabonimana

“…The prevalence of H. suis varied significantly (P < 0.05) among sexes, and females were the most affected (60%). …”
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Asthma and Asthma Medication Are Common among Recreational Athletes Participating in Endurance Sport Competitions by Amanda Näsman, Tommie Irewall, Ulf Hållmarker, Anne Lindberg, Nikolai Stenfors

“…Independent predictors of self-reported asthma were female sex, allergic rhinitis, previous eczema, family history of asthma, cycling, and training for >5 h 50 min/week. …”
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Comparison of Blood and Tissue Eosinophil Count and Blood IgE in Patients with Chronic Sinusitis and Nasal Polyps by Masoud Asghari, Shadi Izadpanahi, Mina Heidari Esfahani

“…There was no significant difference between sex of patients and mean serum IgE level (P<0.05). …”
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Polymorphisms of Homologous Recombination RAD51, RAD51B, XRCC2, and XRCC3 Genes and the Risk of Prostate Cancer by Maria Nowacka-Zawisza, Ewelina Wiśnik, Andrzej Wasilewski, Milena Skowrońska, Ewa Forma, Magdalena Bryś, Waldemar Różański, Wanda M. Krajewska

“…Polymorphisms were analyzed by PCR-RFLP and Real-Time PCR in 101 patients with prostate adenocarcinoma and 216 age- and sex-matched controls. A significant relationship was detected between the RAD51 gene rs1801320 polymorphism and increased prostate cancer risk. …”
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The association between type 2 diabetes and asthma incidence: a longitudinal analysis considering genetic susceptibility by Fei Chen, Ying Yang, Liping Yu, Lulu Song, Cong Zhang, Yifan He, Lili Wu, Wanlu Ma, Bo Zhang

“…After adjusting for age, sex, current smoking status, and other confounding variables, T2D was significantly associated with an increased risk of developing asthma (Hazard Ratios [HR] 1.16, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.06–1.26). …”
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INTERNATIONAL LEGAL FRAMEWORK ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND CRIMINAL LIABILITY ON TRAFFICKERS by Paul Nwala

“…This paper buttresses that human trafficking is not limited to areas of conflict and for sex exploitation. Human trafficking can occur anywhere there is demand for labour. …”
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Assessment of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Women Having Female Pattern Hair Loss by Damini Verma, Vibhu Mendiratta, Taru Garg, Smita Tripathi, Shaili Tomer

“…The objective was to measure carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) by doppler ultrasound, Body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, lipid profile, fasting blood sugar (FBS), insulin, testosterone, Sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG), hs-CRP, ESR and fibrinogen, in pre-menopausal women having FPHL and to correlate these parameters with severity of FPHL. …”
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The effects of the extract of oolong tea and its metabolites from Andraca theae in high fat diet induced obese Wistar rat by Tung Yen-Chen, Hsieh Tsung-Hai, Yang Meei-Ju, Hung Wei-Lun, Ho Chi-Tang, Pan Min-Hsiung

“…TE significantly decreased abdominal adipose tissue, especially epididymal fat via increasing preadipocyte factor 1 (Pref-1), SRY (sex determining region Y)-box 9 (SOX-9) and decreasing peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ), CCAAT/enhancer binding protein (C/EBP)β, C/EBPα and C/EBPγ protein expression. …”
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Association between a body shape index and bone mineral density in US adults based on NHANES data by Jiabei Wu, Guiping Wu

“…Interaction tests showed a consistent association between ABSI and total BMD across subgroups, with variations in sex and BMI. This analysis of NHANES data confirms a persistent negative association between ABSI and BMD, suggesting that ABSI could be useful in osteoporosis prevention and diagnosis.…”
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The kidney reabsorption-related magnesium depletion score is associated with cardiovascular disease and longitudinal mortality in diabetic kidney disease patients by Zhengxi Zhou, Xiaotian Yao

“…Consistent results were also shown when stratified by age, sex, race, marital status, magnesium intake. The area under the curve (AUC) values for predicting 1-,2-,3-,4-, and 5-year mortality using MDS were 0.86, 0.66, 0.59, 0.57, and 0.55, for all-cause mortality and 0.9, 0.67, 0.62, 0.58, and 0.56 for cardiovascular mortality. …”
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Quality of Life related to health in the morbidity of periodic hemodialysis patient by Eliseo Capote Leyva, Milagros Ortiz González, Raydel Argudín Selier, Carmen Elena Viada González, Lázaro Capote Pereira, Idrissa Leonard Rupalé

“…The variables analyzed were: age, sex, time with the substituting renal function treatment, morbidity rate, type of morbidity in hemodialysis and hospital admission rate. …”
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ARE QUALITY INDICATORS IMPORTANT IN COLONOSCOPIES? ANALYSIS OF 3,076 EXAMS IN A PRIVATE TERTIARY SERVICE IN SOUTHEASTERN BRAZIL by Adriana Borgonovi CHRISTIANO, Danielle Rossana Queiroz Martins BONILHA, Mauro Augusto MARCHIORI JUNIOR, Priscilla de Sene Portel OLIVEIRA, Maria de Lourdes Setsuko AYRIZONO

“…It assessed the indications and complications of colonoscopy, sex, age group, bowel preparation, cecal intubation rate, ADR, PDR, and advanced adenoma detection rate (AADR). …”
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The features and factors influencing the effectiveness of advertising activities and TV companies of Sughd region of the Republic of Tajikistan by A. A. Urunov, M. X. Kosimova

“…During the study, the rating of TV companies operating in the Sughd region of the Republic of Tajikistan has been determined, indices of conformity of these channels to the target audience by sex and age categories have been found. Also, by the analysis of viewing time in the context of age and gender of TV viewers, the time of the best out of advertising on the air has been set, that is, the time interval when the maximum number of viewers gathers at their TV sets. …”
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Risk Factors Related to the in-hospital Evolution of Patients with ST-segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome by Chen Shang, Héctor Pérez Assef, Marlene Ferrer Arrocha

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> patients older than 60 years predominated, with a mean age of 63 years and the male sex. Arterial hypertension was the most frequent risk factor, followed by smoking. …”
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The evolution of cell-free fetal DNA testing: expanded non-invasive prenatal testing and its effect on target populations by Shaozhe Yang, Yanqi He, Jingshang Lv, Rongxiang Li, Xiuhong Fu

“…The performance indicators of the positive predictive value (PPV), positive rate (PR), specificity, and sensitivity in screening for common trisomies, sex chromosomal abnormalities (SCAs), rare autosomal aneuploidies (RAAs), and CNVs were calculated. …”
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A study of serum prolactin in dermatological diseases in a tertiary care hospital of Assam by Talukdar C, Boro B

“…Methods: We performed a case–control study on 200 subjects which include 150 patients; suffering from psoriasis, alopecia areata and vitiligo; 50 patients in each group and 50 age- and sex-matched healthy controls. The serum prolactin level was measured in patients and control groups using enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). …”
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Diabetes management self-efficacy and glycaemic control among people with type 2 diabetes in a resource-limited setting by Idongesit L. Jackson, Unyime I. Eshiet, Samuel I. Onung, Esther S. Egbe

“…The mean FBG was 8.5 ± 4.3 mmol/L, with 45% of participants having good glycaemic control (4.4–7.2 mmol/L). Participants’ sex (p = 0.001) and education (p = 0.031) were significantly associated with DMSE. …”
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What differentiates adolescents who have attempted suicide from those without suicidal history? A retrospective psychiatric inpatient study by Diana Puzio, Ernest Jan Bobeff, Katarzyna Bliźniewska-Kowalska, Aleksandra Lewandowska, Piotr Gałecki

“…We performed an univariate and multivariate analyses for the whole group and female and male sex separately followed by a logistic regression analysis. …”
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Associations of Dietary Antioxidants with Glycated Hemoglobin and Insulin Sensitivity in Adults with and without Type 1 Diabetes by Arpita Basu, Amy C. Alman, Janet K. Snell-Bergeon

“…In adults with T1D, we observed higher dietary manganese intake associated with higher eIS in the model adjusted for age, sex, diabetes duration, and total calories. In nondiabetic controls, higher intake of manganese associated with lower HbA1c and higher eIS values that persisted in models adjusted for all relevant covariates. …”
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Molecular and Serological Investigation of Equine Herpesvirus Type 1 (EHV-1) and Type 4 (EHV-4) in Horses In Ibagué, Tolima by Julieth Michel Petano-Duque, Edwin Urueña-Martinez, Laura Liliana Cabezas-Callejas, Jorge Perilla-Amaya, Valentina Rueda-García, Iang Schroniltgen Rondón-Barragán, Ricaurte Lopera-Vásquez

“…Moreover, the presence of EHV-1 and EHV-4 was determined in blood, serum, and semen of healthy clinical equines, with a prevalence infection in horses of 43.36% for EHV-1 and 2.7% for EHV-4. Sex, age, births number, abortions, natural breeding, and artificial insemination did not show significance as risk factors. …”
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