Estimating heritabilities and genetic correlations with parent-offspring regression using data from Anatolian water buffalo population raised in Istanbul for weights at different a... by M. İhsan Soysal, Yusuf Kaplan

“…The analysis of variance was performed with the general linear model option to measure the effects of village, year, season, and sex factors on the data of individuals with the same characteristics in two generations. …”
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Antifungal Susceptibility and Biofilm Production of Candida spp. Isolated from Clinical Samples by Munmun B. Marak, Biranthabail Dhanashree

“…Patient’s demographic details such as age, sex, and clinical information were collected. Presence of other risk factors such as diabetes mellitus, history of antibiotic use, and any urinary tract instrumentations was also recorded. …”
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Suture passer combined with two-hole laparoscopic peritoneal dialysis catheterization in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis by Yinan Zhu, Peiqin Xin, Yulin Man, Xiaoming Zhang, Lina Sun

“…No statistically significant differences were observed between the two groups in terms of sex, age, primary disease, hospitalization time, hospitalization costs, preoperative and postoperative examination indicators, peritonitis, and omental wrapping.Conclusions Suture passer combined with two-hole laparoscopic PDC placement, characterized by simplicity and facilitating secure catheter fixation, was deemed safe and effective for patients undergoing PD. …”
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The main determinants affecting the spend in protected natural areas. The case of Cadí-Moixeró Natural Park, Catalonia, Spain by Jordi Seguí Urbaneja, Pablo Vidal-González, Saul Alcaraz, Víctor Dorado, Estela Inés Farías-Torbidoni

“…The result of the comparison between spenders and non-spenders during their visit was that spenders and non-spenders showed significant differences on sex distribution, frequency of visit, percentage of group visits, mean days of visit, type of accommodation, physical activity intensity, channel park knowledge, nature and relax motivation and outdoor and health motivation. …”
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Evaluation of Physical Capacity Balance in Older Adults by Jorge Luis Abreus Mora, Vivian Bárbara González Curbelo, Ernesto Julio Bernal Valladares, Alexis Sebastián García Somodevilla, Fernando Jesús del Sol Santiago

“…The general variables were: age and sex. Four of the ten items that make up the Fullerton test were taken. …”
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Impact of human body shape on free convection heat transfer. by Shri H Viswanathan, Ankit Joshi, Lyle Bartels, Kambiz Sadeghi, Jennifer K Vanos, Konrad Rykaczewski

“…Our results show that the free convection heat transfer coefficient is independent of human sex and height but decreases slightly with increased BMI. …”
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Contaminated Pond Water Favors Cholera Outbreak at Haibatpur Village, Purba Medinipur District, West Bengal, India by Dilip Kumar Biswas, Rama Bhunia, Dipankar Maji, Palash Das

“…Attack rate was calculated by age and sex and risk factors were found out by calculating odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence interval (CI). …”
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Quality of life related to age and economic income in diabetic older adults. Chillan, Chile, 2019 by David Isaac Caamaño Valderrama, Claudia Andrea Concha Navarro, Yocelin Belén Del Canto Celis, Gustavo Alberto Dupré Orias, Ismael Morales Ojeda, Paulina Segura Hernández

“…<br /><strong>Results</strong>: the female sex was the predominant, as well as married people. …”
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Role of prescribed medication in the development of iron deficiency anaemia in adults—a case–control study by Orouba Almilaji, Jonathon Snook, Kiran Prabhu, Elizabeth Williams, Frazer Warricker

“…Multivariable logistic regression modelling was used to calculate ORs for the association between IDA presentation and each medication class, adjusted for age, sex and coprescribing. For those classes showing significance, it was also used to calculate risk differences between those in the IDA group with or without haemorrhagic lesions on investigation.Results A total of 1210 cases were analysed—409 in the IDA group, and 801 in the control group. …”
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Radial Artery Calcification in Predicting Coronary Calcification and Atherosclerosis Burden by Alexandru Achim, Kornél Kákonyi, Ferenc Nagy, Zoltán Jambrik, Albert Varga, Attila Nemes, Jeffrey Shi Kai Chan, Gabor G. Toth, Zoltán Ruzsa

“…The correlation between risk factors such as age, smoking, chronic kidney disease, and diabetes mellitus was higher while sex did not play a role. The need of PCI and/or CABG was higher in the RC group (60% vs. 44%, p=0.02). …”
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Work of Medical Sciences students in the confrontation with COVID-19 in Cienfuegos by Lya del Rosario Magariño Abreus, Rodolfo Javier Rivero Morey, Alejandro Pérez Capote, Evelyn Delgado Rodriguez, Carla María García San Juan, María Aurelia San Juan Bosh

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> the average age was 20.6 years and the female sex predominated (70%). The medical career was the most represented (96.0%). …”
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Autologous Bone Marrow-Derived Chondrocytes for Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Mir Sadat-Ali, Abdallah S. AlOmran, Sulaiman A. AlMousa, Hasan N. AlSayed, Khalid W. AlTabash, Mohammed Q. Azam, Tarek M. Hegazi, Sadananda Acharya

“…Before the treatment, patients were meticulously examined and data were entered for age, sex, Body Mass Index (BMI), Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), Modified Knee Society Score-Short Form (MKSSSF), and QOL. …”
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Recent advances in genetics of aggressive behavior by J. D. Davydova, S. S. Litvinov, R. F. Enikeeva, S. B.  Malykh, E. K. Khusnutdinova

“…In addition, there is evidence that the hypothalamic-pituitary system genes (OXT, OXTR, AVPR1A, AVPR1B), the sex hormone receptors genes (ER1, AR), neurotrophin (BDNF) and neuronal apoptosis genes (CASP3, BAX) may also be involved in development of aggressive behavior. …”
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The association between a body shape index and depressive symptoms: a cross-sectional study using NHANES data (2011–2018) by Zheng Zhang, Xiang-Yan Ruan, Wei Ma

“…Multiple linear regression models were employed to investigate the association between ABSI and depressive symptoms, with subgroup analyses to examine potential associations within specific populations.ResultsHigher ABSI was significantly associated with increased depressive symptoms, after adjusting for covariates including age, sex, race, marital status, poverty-income ratio, smoking, alcohol consumption, physical activity, diabetes, and hypertension. …”
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Prevalence and Incidence of Injury during Olympic-style Shooting Events: A Systematic Review by Mica R. Harr, Cody J. Mansfield, Bailey Urbach, Matt Briggs, James Onate, Laura C. Boucher

“…Females had higher injury rates than males in the summer Olympics while the opposite was observed in the winter Olympics, likely from sex differences and differences in physiological demand for each event…”
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Hip Osteonecrosis Is Associated with Increased Plasma IL-33 Level by Jinhui Ma, Wanshou Guo, Zirong Li, Bailiang Wang, Shirui Li, Peng Wang

“…Forty patients diagnosed with ONFH and forty age-, sex-, and body mass index- (BMI-) matched healthy subjects were included in this prospective study between March 2016 and September 2016. …”
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SELF-ESTEEM AND PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING IN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS by Carla Patrícia Correia Neves, Cindy Margarida Gonçalves Sousa, Maria Inês Oliveira Teixeira, Marta Isabel Ferreira Gomes, Sílvia Francisca de Sousa Monteiro

“… To examine the influence of Sex, age, area of residence, academic year, health behaviors, and social media use on self-esteem and psychological well-being in a sample of Portuguese university students. …”
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A Higher Serum Anion Gap Is Associated with the Risk of Progressing to Impaired Fasting Glucose and Diabetes by Yingchao Zhang, Fengran Xiong, Ruxuan Zhao, Tingting Shi, Jing Lu, Jinkui Yang

“…After adjusting for age, sex, body mass index (BMI), high-density lipoprotein (HDL), low-density lipoprotein (LDL), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), potassium, and albumin at baseline, the participants in the upper tertiles of serum anion gap (SAG) had higher odds of progressing to IFG or diabetes than those in the lower tertiles. …”
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Association of systemic inflammatory response index and stroke: a cross-sectional study of NHANES, 2005–2018 by Aokai Tian, Yafang Zheng, Jing Jin, Chunyuan Huang

“…Additional interaction tests and subgroup analysis revealed that age, sex, race, education, marriage, BMI (body mass index), smoking, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and coronary heart disease (CHD) were not positively correlated (p interaction &gt;0.05). …”
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Burden of coeliac disease in Germany: real-world insights from a large retrospective health insurance claims database analysis by Bernd Bokemeyer, Leonarda Serdani-Neuhaus, Juliane Sünwoldt, Christina Dünweber, Svitlana Schnaidt, Detlef Schuppan

“…Controls (non-CeD patients) were matched in a ratio of 5:1 by age, Charlson Comorbidity Index, sex and region. HCRU (hospitalisations, outpatient visits, medication use, sick leaves) and healthcare costs (outpatient services, inpatient services, outpatient pharmaceuticals, sick leaves and aids and remedies) were compared between CeD patients and controls. …”
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