The Prevention of the Renal Chronic Damage: a Priority from Childhood by Aymahara Gómez Morejón, Lidia Rosa Pérez González, Ortelio Chaviano Mendoza, Jan O’neil González Ramos, Juan Carlos Yanes Macías, Annia Quintana Marrero

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> 260 patients with chronic kidney disease were treated. The male sex was the most affected (59.2 %); the age group that predominated was that of 5 to 14 years (43.9 %); 92.3 % of the patients were found in stage I of the disease; the most associated risk factor and the most frequent causes were congenital malformations (75 %), being vesico-ureteral reflux the one that affected a greater number of patients (53.3 %); 61.8 % of the patients with glomerulopathies had minimal damage disease 42,6 % were asymptomatic. …”
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Axial Spondyloarthritis in Black Americans: An Observational Study From Five Centers in Shelby County, Tennessee by Krishna Kommineni, Iman Abutineh, Cathy Chapman, Debendra Pattanaik, Mohamad Bittar

“…After adjusting for age, sex, and HLA–B27, Black Americans had twice as higher odds of having advanced grades of sacroiliitis on x‐rays compared to White Americans (odds ratio 2.32 [95% confidence interval 1.23–4.44]). …”
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To what extent is socioeconomic status associated with not taking up and dropout from cardiac rehabilitation: a population-based follow-up study by Thomas Maribo, Christina M Stapelfeldt, Marie Louise Svendsen, Birgitte Bitsch Gadager, Maiken Bay Ravn, Sanne Moeller Palner

“…Patients were followed up regarding no uptake of or dropout from CR in the primary healthcare setting.Statistical methods The associations between the four SES indicators and either no uptake or dropout from CR were analysed using logistic regression with adjustment for age, sex, nationality and comorbidity.Results Overall, 25% (n=507) of the referred patients did not take up CR and 24% (n=377) of the participators dropped out the CR. …”
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Epidemiological, clinical and imaging profile of Multiple Sclerosis by Làzaro Aurelio Vàzquez Gòmez, Carlos Hidalgo Mesa, Benita Mabel Beltrán González, Yunier Broche Pérez, Ana María Mederos Herrera

“…The epidemiological variables analyzed: sex, age of disease onset, skin color, place of origin; clinical variables: symptoms at the beginning and at present; number of shoots; years of evolution, clinical forms; Imaging variables: number of lesions, location, atrophy or change in signal intensity of the corpus callosum and McDonald's criterion fulfilled.…”
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Palliative and end-of-life care for people living with dementia in rural areas: A scoping review. by Valerie Elliot, Debra Morgan, Julie Kosteniuk, Melanie Bayly, Amanda Froehlich Chow, Allison Cammer, Megan E O'Connell

“…The influence of rurality on relevant findings was mixed across rural-urban comparison studies, as was the effect of sex and gender across the literature.<h4>Conclusions</h4>Several areas were highlighted including the importance of increasing knowledge about dementia, having early conversations about advanced care and treatment options, providing a person-centered approach, and the potential for using technology to address rural access issues. …”
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Search for clinical, genetic, morphological and immunohistochemical predictors of parathyroid cancer recurrence by Ekaterina I. Kim, Anna K. Eremkina, Alina R. Elfimova, Natalia G. Mokrysheva

“…We did not reveal any associations between disease recurrence and sex, age, volume of surgical treatment, germline mutation in the CDC73, parafibromin expression and Ki-67 in tumor tissue. …”
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Natural Enemies Acquire More Prey Aphids from Hormone-Treated Insect-Attracting Plants by Xiaosheng Jiang, Xingrui Zhang, Guodong Han, Shovon Chandra Sarkar, Feng Ge

“…</i> Our results from the age-stage, two-sex life table analysis revealed a significantly shorter pre-adult duration for aphids reared on SA-treated <i>C. monnieri</i> compared to those reared on the other two treatments. …”
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Age determination of the wildcat (Felis silvestris): a case study of a sample from the North-Western Black Sea region (Ukraine) by Yuri Oleinik

“…An essential aspect of analysing this process is studying population dynamics, including sex and age structures. Knowing the individual age of animals is a crucial prerequisite for investigating many aspects of their life cycle and population dynamics. …”
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Assessing Quality of Sensitization Programs of State-Wide Youth Mental Health Promotion Program – An Indian Example by Upashana Medhi, Pradeep S. Banandur, B A Arvind, Gautham M. Sukumar, Rajeshwari, Sathya Velu, Vani Naik, Sonia Therat, Azad Devyani

“…Conclusion: The study emphasizes the importance of addressing all youth issues, including sensitive topics like gender, sex, and sexuality, to ensure a holistic approach to youth mental health. …”
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Anti-TNF-Alpha-Adalimumab Therapy Had Time Lag of Improvement in Synovial Hypertrophy Compared to Rapid Response in Power Doppler Synovial Vascularity by Ying-Chou Chen, Chi-Hua Ko, Jia-Feng Chen, Chung-Yuan Hsu, Wen-Chan Chiu, Tien-Tsai Cheng

“…By multivariate analysis, sex, age, BMI, and DAS28 did not lead to any difference between synovial hypertrophy and PDUS changes (p=0.498). …”
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Hydrogel as an alternative to agar for laboratory rearing of the green peach aphid Myzus persicae by Ana Paula Nascimento Silva, Camila Faria Chagas, Emanuel Lucas de Andrade Alves, Vinícius de Castro Carvalho, Khalid Haddi

“…Then, using age-stage, two-sex life tables, the suitability of the hydrogel (0.6 g) as a substrate for two different host plants (e.i; Brassica oleraceae and Nicandra physalodes) under two different temperatures in aphids’ production was assessed. …”
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Persistent Retinal Detachment in Retinoblastoma: The Challenges by Sophia El Hamichi, Dhariana Acon, Veronica Kon Graversen, Aaron S. Gold, Audina M. Berrocal, Timothy G. Murray

“…In all the persistent RD groups (7 patients/11 eyes), RB and RD were present simultaneously in the first ophthalmological assessment. Sex ratio was 2 females/5 males. The mean age of diagnosis was 11 months. …”
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The role of multifocal visual evoked potential in detection of minimal hepatic encephalopathy in patients with compensated liver cirrhosis by Reem M. Sabry, Osama Hamad, Hossam Eldin Mohamed Khalil, Sahar Ibrahim Mohammed, Ragaey Ahmad Eid, Hanan Hosny

“…Methods Forty-five patients with compensated hepatic cirrhosis were enrolled in our study and compared to 45 normal controls who were matched for age, sex and educational level. Both groups underwent psychological tests (PHES, PAL, BVRT) and neurophysiological tests (mfVEP). …”
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Impact of Obesity Visceral Adiposity and Metabolic Syndrome on Male Fertility by Esra Bahar Gur, Ebru Sahin Gulec, Sadik Ince, Mehmet Zeynel Keskin, Ahmet Demir, Baris Sengul, Mehmet Serkan Gur

“…RESULTS: It was seen that only total testosterone of sex hormones decreased significantly in the obesity group (p=0.003). …”
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Blood Morphology and Hematology of Adult Baikal Seals (<i>Pusa sibirica</i> Gmelin, 1788) Under Professional Care by Polina Esipova, Irina Suvorova, Veronika Yachmen, Igor Pushchin

“…The morphological features of neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils, and platelets were described. Inter-individual and sex differences in the counts of basophils, platelets, red blood cells, and levels of hemoglobin, the mean corpuscular volume, and the mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration were statistically observed. …”
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Socioeconomic factors associated with the number of children ever born by married Ghanaian females: a cross-sectional analysis by Felix Boakye Oppong, Divine Darlington Logo, Dennis Boateng, Ephraim Kumi Senkyire

“…Bivariate and multivariate analyses were considered for all models.Setting The study was conducted in all 10 administrative regions of Ghana.Participants Married females aged between 15 and 49 years.Primary and secondary outcome measures Socioeconomic factors associated with married females’ CEB.Results In all three models, place of residence, zone, wealth index, age, age at marriage, media exposure, level of education, number of abortions and age at first sex were all significantly (p&lt;0.05) associated with CEB. …”
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Which Groups of Children Are at More Risk of Fatality during COVID-19 Pandemic? A Case-Control Study in Yazd, Iran by Behnam Shafaei, Zahra Nafei, Mehran Karimi, Nasrin Behniafard, Farimah Shamsi, Masoud Faisal, Amir Pasha Amel Shahbaz, Elahe Akbarian

“…The characteristics (age and sex), disease severity, comorbidities, laboratory findings, and clinical manifestations of the two groups were compared and analyzed using SPSS, version 18 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, III., USA). …”
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Comparative analysis of mental health in middle-aged women with type-2 diabetes mellitus and hypothyroidism: A cross-sectional study by Rabia Aziz, Sohrab Ahmad Khan, Sumbul Ansari, Firdaus Jawed

“…These mental health comorbidities often go undiagnosed despite significantly impacting quality of life. Sex differences are also observed, with women experiencing higher rates of both conditions. …”
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Clinical utility of tumour mutational burden on efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitors in malignant solid tumours: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis by Xiaoguang Yang, Yunming Li, Xuemei Xiang, Wang Guo, Pengfei Zhou

“…We plan to conduct a subgroup analysis on age, sex, area, number of patients (high/low TMB), cancer type, tumour size, stage, line of therapy, TMB sequencing method, type of immunotherapy and follow-up period.Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval and informed consent are not needed, as the study will be a literature review and will not involve direct contact with patients or alterations to patient care. …”
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Risk factors for postoperative acute kidney injury after cytoreductive surgery combined with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy: a meta-analysis and systematic review by Dengzhuo Chen, Yongli Ma, Jinghui Li, Liang Wen, Linfeng Liu, Guosheng Zhang, Hongkai Hu, Chengzhi Huang, Xueqing Yao

“…The results of meta-analysis showed that the significant preoperative risk factors were age, sex, BMI, eGFR, Hb, PCI, diabetes mellitus, and hypertension. …”
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