Relationship between Plasma Aldosterone Levels and Left Ventricular Mass in Hypertensive Africans by Adewole Adebiyi, Olubayo Akinosun, Chibuike Nwafor, Ayodele Falase

“…In a multivariate model involving LV mass index and age, sex, body mass index (BMI), plasma aldosterone, plasma renin and systolic blood pressure (SBP), only age (P=0.008), BMI (P=0.046), and SBP (P=0.001) were independently associated with the LV mass index. …”
Get full text

Hip Stability Isometric Test (HipSIT): Concurrent Validity and Reference Values for CrossFit® Participants by Thiago R T Santos, Ana Luiza R Rodrigues, Henrique M P Faria, Stéphane M Teixeira, Livia S Pogetti, Andressa Silva, Renan A Resende, Juliana M Ocarino

“…A secondary purpose was to characterize posterolateral hip muscular performance with HipSIT according to sex and lower limb dominance in athletes who participate in CrossFit®…”
Get full text

Increased Chromosomal and Oxidative DNA Damage in Patients with Multinodular Goiter and Their Association with Cancer by Hamiyet Donmez-Altuntas, Fahri Bayram, Nazmiye Bitgen, Sibel Ata, Zuhal Hamurcu, Gulden Baskol

“…The study included 32 patients with multinodular goiter and 18 age- and sex-matched healthy controls. CBMN-cyt assay parameters in peripheral blood lymphocytes of patients with multinodular goiter and controls were evaluated, and plasma 8-OHdG levels were measured. …”
Get full text

Prognostic Factors for in-hospital Complications of Acute ST-segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction by Geovedy Martínez García, Miguel Ángel Serra Valdés

“…<br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> male sex predominated and arterial hypertension was a risk factor, lower face topography was the most frequent electrocardiographic location, as well as heart failure. …”
Get full text

Development and validation of a prognostic nomogram model in primary cutaneous and subcutaneous soft tissue angiosarcoma by Jinqian Mao, Jin Hu, Yunfei Chen, Yiqing Li, Xiaoqin Run

“…All data were randomly allocated into a training set and a testing set to develop and validate the nomogram model.Results The findings showed that age, sex, grade, tumor size, multiple primary malignant tumors, stage, primary site surgery (PSS), radiotherapy (RT), and chemotherapy (CT) were correlated with prognosis (p < .05). …”
Get full text

Evaluation of the cortication ratio and visibility of mandibular canal and mandibular incisive canal in patients with mandibular cortical index type 1 on cone-beam computed tomogra... by Roghieh Bardal, Ahad Alizadeh, Vahid Nouri, Mohammad Salehi

“…An MCV score1 (excellent visibility) and 2PM area were considered reference levels. Results: Sex and age did not significantly affect the MCV score or CR (P > 0.05). 98.6% of the INC and 92.31%–100% of the MC were visible. …”
Get full text

Educational intervention on the phytotherapy use for insomnia in older adults by Maigret Calderón Cruz, Lieter Ailed Vidal Rodríguez, Aned Hernández Clavijo, Julio Michel Arias Manganelly, Olenis Alicia Aldana Ramos

“…A survey was applied to measure the level of knowledge before and after the educational intervention. The variables age, sex, knowledge about phytotherapy for insomnia, and level of knowledge about medicinal plants to relieve insomnia were analyzed.…”
Get full text

Factors Affecting the Survival of Patients with Oligometastatic Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: A Meta-Analysis by Yu Shi, Jianxin Yang, Ninghua Yao, Minghai Shao, Wenxiu Ding, Wanrong Jiang, Xinchen Sun

“…No significant relationship was found between overall survival rate of NSCLC oligometastatic patients and the indicators including sex, stage, smoker, age, and histology. Notably, sensitivity analysis on data evaluating relationship between patients survival and the stage and histology showed that results were reversed after removing one of the studies. …”
Get full text

The Relation between Serum Uric Acid and HbA1c Is Dependent upon Hyperinsulinemia in Patients with Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Yuliang Cui, Hemei Bu, Xianghua Ma, Sha Zhao, Xiaona Li, Shan Lu

“…The concentration of uric acid was inversely correlated with HbA1c in the high insulin group, regardless of patient sex. However, no associations were found in low insulin group. …”
Get full text

In Vitro and In Vivo Wound Healing Activity of Astragalus floccosus Boiss. (Fabaceae) by Fatemeh Akbari, Mohammad Azadbakht, Ali Bagheri, Lale Vahedi

“…Estrogens are a group of sex hormones which have receptors on the skin and lead to increased cells and wound healing. …”
Get full text

Study on the correlation between carotid plaque calcification types and acute ischemic stroke by Tianyu Chu, Zhongping Guo, Yonggang Zhang, Ying Liu, Yan Gu

“…In both the acute ischemic stroke and control groups, sex, smoking, alcohol consumption, systolic blood pressure, blood sugar, cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein, and homocysteine levels were statistically significant (p &lt; 0.05). …”
Get full text

Relationship of Biochemical and Sonographic Markers with Disease Severity in Rosacea Patients Without Cardiovascular Disease by Banu Ismail Mendi, Bokebatur Ahmet Rasit Mendi, Banu Farabi, Mehmet Fatih Atak

“…Our study included 73 rosacea patients and 73 age- and sex-matched controls, without cardiovascular disease. …”
Get full text

Capital Punishment without Capital Trials in Japan’s Lay Judge System by David T. Johnson

“…In September, a lay judge panel in Tokyo evaluated the contradictory claims of medical experts and endured two weeks of frenzied media coverage before convicting actor Oshio Manabu and sentencing him to two-and-one-half years in prison for failing to call an ambulance to aid Tanaka Kaori, who died of an overdose of Ecstasy (MDMA) that Oshio had given her when they met to have sex in a Roppongi apartment (prosecutors wanted a six-year sentence). …”
Get full text

Presence of Professional Burnout Syndrome in COVID-19 Care Areas by Elsy Labrada González, María Isabel Fong Betancourt, Lina Espinoza Pire, María del Carmen Yabor Labrada

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> the age range between 30 and 40 years predominated without difference in terms of sex. The highest percentage according to work seniority is occupied by the range between 3 and 10 years. …”
Get full text

Association of Urinary Phthalates with Self-Reported Eye Affliction/Retinopathy in Individuals with Diabetes: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2001–2010 by Manju Mamtani, Joanne E. Curran, John Blangero, Hemant Kulkarni

“…Independence of the phthalates→T2D association was studied by adjusting for age, sex, race, marital status, educational attainment, poverty income ratio, physical activity, glycated hemoglobin levels, total serum cholesterol, serum high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, serum triglycerides, blood pressure, duration of diabetes, total calorie intake, and obesity. …”
Get full text

A Granulocyte-Specific Protein S100A12 as a Potential Prognostic Factor Affecting Aggressiveness of Therapy in Patients with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis by Krzysztof Orczyk, Elzbieta Smolewska

“…Results from the study group were compared to 29 age- and sex-matched healthy individuals. Results. Serum S100A12 levels were higher in JIA than in healthy controls at the study baseline (11.67 ± 6.59 vs. 6.01 ± 2.33 ng/ml). …”
Get full text

Detection of Trypanosoma cruzi in white-eared opossums (Didelphis albiventris) from Canoinhas, Santa Catarina State, Brazil by Giane Helenita Pontarolo, Daniela Pedrassani, Luís Felipe Kühl, Monique Paiva Campos, Thais Cristina Tirado, Fabiano Borges Figueiredo, Thállitha Samih Wischral Jayme Vieira, Ana Cláudia Calchi, Marcos Rogério André, Rafael Felipe da Costa Vieira, Ivan Roque de Barros Filho

“…No significant associations were found between the sex (male/ female, p = 0.423), the trap area (rural/urban, p = 0.163), and positivity for T. cruzi in opossum blood samples. …”
Get full text

Prenatal Cytogenetic Findings in 13.466 Cases of High-Risk Pregnant Women in One Laboratory by Leyla Özer, Evrim Ünsal, Özge Ayvaz, Aşkın Şen, Volkan Baltacı

“…Trisomy 21 was the most common chromosomal abnormality found in 228/1029 cases (22.2%). Of sex chromosomal abnormalities, monosomies were the most common abnormality (3.3%). …”
Get full text

Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Levels in Coronary Artery Disease Patients: Opportunities for Improvement by Gary J. Martin, Meron Teklu, Edwin Mandieka, Joe Feinglass

“…Higher LDL-C values were associated with female sex, younger patients, non-Hispanic Black patients, high poverty or out of state zip code, Medicaid, or angina as the qualifying diagnosis. …”
Get full text

Evaluation of lipid profile in patients with cherry angioma: A case–control study in Iraqi patients by Mohammed K. Al-Hattab, Ansaar H. Gahlool, Jinan H. Al-Kalidi

“…There was no significant difference between the two groups in the mean level of HDL (P-value = 0.059). additionally, there was no significant difference in levels of lipid value regarding ages and sex distribution between patients with CA and controls (P-value > 0.05). …”
Get full text