Serum interleukin-6, interleukin-8, and interleukin-1 receptor antagonist levels in South Indian fibromyalgia patients and its correlation with disease severity by Sandeep Surendran, C B Mithun, Vishnu S Chandran, Suma Balan, Arun Tiwari

“…Materials and Methods: This single-center cross-sectional study compared the serum cytokines levels (IL-6, IL-8, and IL-1Ra) of 21 females fulfilling 2016 modification of the 2010/11 American College of Rheumatology fibromyalgia criteria and without co-existent major depressive or inflammatory diseases; with 20 age- and sex-matched controls. The outcome measures used to measure disease activity were visual analog scale pain, fibromyalgia impact questionnaire-revised, brief pain inventory pain scores, and SF-36 health survey. …”
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Characteristics of functional constipation and analysis of intestinal microbiota in children aged 0–4 in Zunyi region by Shungang Gong, Zhengbo Yu, Yuan Ding, Yue Wang, Xi Li, Shengli Gu

“…Twenty-nine children with FC were randomly selected as the functional constipation group (FCG), and 26 healthy children, matched for age, sex, and area, were selected as the control group (CG). …”
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Prevalence, comorbidities, and disease-related complications of rheumatoid arthritis in Colombia: a national cross-sectional study based on administrative claims data by Kevin Maldonado-Cañón, Giancarlo Buitrago, Gerardo Quintana-López

“…Lupus (30.04; 95%CI 29.3–30.8), multiple sclerosis (7.18; 95%CI 6.6–7.8), and osteoporosis (5.57; 95%CI 5.5–5.6) provided higher age- and sex-adjusted prevalence ratios. Disease-related complications were found in 62.2% of cases. …”
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Interaction of Pubertal Development and Metabolic Control in Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus by M. Plamper, B. Gohlke, J. Woelfle, K. Konrad, T. Rohrer, S. Hofer, W. Bonfig, K. Fink, R. W. Holl

“…Worsening of metabolic control is sex-discordant and associated with gender-specific alterations of GV. …”
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Ischemic Heart Disease and Work Disability in Patients Treated at the Internal Medicine Consultation and Assessed by the Expert Medical Labor Commission by Belkis Vicente Sánchez, Ernesto Vicente Peña, Tania Cuellar Torres, Miriam Costa Cruz

“…The variables analyzed were: age, sex, occupation, years of work and accrued salary, clinical diagnosis, length of time the condition had been present and associated chronic diseases; existence of prior assessment by an Expert Medical Labor Commission and decision reached, previous days of sick leave and current decision of the commission. …”
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Hubungan Kadar Enzim Transaminase Pasien COVID-19 dengan Derajat Keparahan Penyakit di RSUP Dr. M. Djamil Padang by Rahmadina Rahmadina, Deddy Herman, Efrida Efrida, Almurdi Almurdi, Russilawati Russilawati, Dwitya Elvira

“…The median AST was highest in the critical group, while the median ALT was highest in the severe group. The distribution of sex and age group were significantly different based on AST and ALT levels, and the distribution of patients with coronary heart disease was significantly different based on ALT levels. …”
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Beliefs about HIV cure: A qualitative study of people living with HIV in Soweto, South Africa by Fatima Laher, Naledi Mahlangu, Mbalenhle Sibiya

“…Care should address pill burden, and counselling should address sex, substances, exercise, and nutrition.…”
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Positive association between proinsulin and fatty liver index in people with type 2 diabetes by Akinobu Nakamura, Aika Miya, Yuka Suzuki, Hiroshi Nomoto, Hiraku Kameda, Kyu Yong Cho, So Nagai, Tatsuya Atsumi

“…In both the crude and age/sex-adjusted analysis, logarithm-transformed proinsulin was significantly higher in the high fatty liver index group than in the low or moderate groups (all p < 0.01). …”
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Patient Characteristics, Diagnoses, and Management in a Combined Uveitis–Rheumatology Clinic by Jason Shawver, Amit K. Reddy, Alan G. Palestine, Jason R. Kolfenbach

“…Methods Medical records were reviewed of patients seen at the Combined Clinic at the University of Colorado Hospital between January 1, 2016 and November 1, 2023. Data including age, sex, referral indication, ocular and systemic inflammatory disease diagnosis, and therapies utilized were obtained. …”
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Des (dés)accords grammaticaux dans la dénomination écrite de la personne en France : un tumulte graphique entre passions tristes et passions joyeuses by Manuel Perez, Katy Barasc, Hélène Giraudo

“…They are supposed to be non-discriminating but they obey the same contract: they reply to the first injunction keeping to the agreement between the sex of the referent and grammatical gender, but they correct the paradox un-signifying masculine marks and re-signifying feminine marks in order to masculine and feminine have same value of humankind.Even if it does not avoid the aporia of a submission to the referentialist logic, the present “graphical turmoil” shows a clear willingness – to make writing less discriminating – provoking restlessly general outcries and invectives. …”
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Waist-to-Height Ratio Is a Better Anthropometric Index than Waist Circumference and BMI in Predicting Metabolic Syndrome among Obese Mexican Adolescents by Edel Rafael Rodea-Montero, María Lola Evia-Viscarra, Evelia Apolinar-Jiménez

“…A cross-sectional study with a sample of (n=110) Mexican obese adolescents grouped by sex and the presence/absence of MS. BMI percentile, waist circumference (WC), and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) were tested. …”
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Analysis of macular retinal thickness in polyarteritis nodosa using spectral domain optical coherence tomography by Che-Ning Yang, Chia-Ping Chen, Yi-Ting Hsieh

“…Only the right eyes were included, with each PAN patient paired one-to-one with a control matched for age, sex, and ethnicity. Paired t-tests or Wilcoxon Signed-Rank tests were used to assess the differences in thickness of different retinal layers between groups, followed by linear regression analysis to evaluate the correlations with disease durations. …”
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Associations of infection burden with Kawasaki disease in a population-based setting during 30 years by Johannes Mofors, Håkan Eliasson, Gunnar Bergman, Sven-Erik Sonesson, Marie Wahren-Herlenius, Göran Elinder, André Rudolph, Bodil Schiller

“…Controls were randomly sampled from the general population, matched on sex, age, and area of residency. Data on infections were obtained from the Swedish National Patient Register, which prospectively collects data on all Swedish residents. …”
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Study on the prediction model of non-suicidal self-injury behavior risk during hospitalization for adolescent inpatients with depression based on medical data by Yanyan Zhang, Huirong Guo, Yali Wang, Junru Wang, Yuming Ren

“…Results: Six predictors were identified: sex, self-injury within 1 month before hospitalization, current course, history of attempted suicide, with suicide idea, and history of self-injury. …”
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Prevalence of Undernutrition and Its Associated Factors among Children below Five Years of Age in Bure Town, West Gojjam Zone, Amhara National Regional State, Northwest Ethiopia by Desalegne Amare, Ayenew Negesse, Baye Tsegaye, Birtukan Assefa, Birehanu Ayenie

“…Undernutrition was high in Bure town among children below five years of age. Male sex, maternal educational status, low household income, preterm babies, absence of antenatal follow-up, diarrhea, and respiratory infections within one-month duration were factors affecting undernutrition.…”
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Impact of Mediterranean Diet Adherence on the Incidence of New‐Onset Hypertension in Adults With Obesity in Korea: A Nationwide Cohort Study by Jung‐Hwan Kim, Ji‐Won Lee, Yaeji Lee, Chung‐Mo Nam, Yu‐Jin Kwon

“…After adjusting for confounders, participants with moderate (Group 2) and high adherence (Group 3) to the MD had HRs for new‐onset HTN of 0.72 (0.57–0.90) and 0.73 (0.56–0.95), respectively, compared with those with low adherence (Group 1). Sex and age differences were associated with MD adherence and HTN incidence. …”
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Sleep Disturbance and Its Clinical Implication in Patients with Adult Spinal Deformity: Comparison with Lumbar Spinal Stenosis by Ho-Joong Kim, Seok-Jun Hong, Joon-Hee Park, Hojoon Ki

“…Multiple regression analysis was performed with VAS for back pain as the dependent variable and age, sex, PSQI, and VAS for leg pain as the independent variables in the ASD group. …”
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Insights into the toxic impact of long-term exposure to diethyl phthalate on commercially important species Catla (Labeo catla) by Satabdi Ganguly, Basanta Kumar Das, Anupam Adhikari, Subir Kumar Nag

“…This led to an increase in circulating sex steroids E2 (41.62%) and 11 KT (24.59%) and eventually triggered hepatic Vtg production (23.90%) in a dose-dependent manner. …”
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Associations of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviors with Dietary Behaviors among US High School Students by Richard Lowry, Shannon Michael, Zewditu Demissie, Laura Kann, Deborah A. Galuska

“…Using logistic regression models which controlled for sex, race/ethnicity, grade, body weight status, and weight management goals, we compared dietary behaviors among students who did and did not meet national recommendations for PA and sedentary behaviors. …”
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Re-conceptualizing trafficking-in-persons victimization using latent class analysis: Results from a community study in Cape Town, South Africa by Annah K. Bender, Erica L. Koegler, Edna G. Rich, Nicolette V. Roman, Rumi Kato Price

“…The impact of human trafficking upon the lives and livelihoods of those subjected to exploitative and illegal labor and commercial sex practices includes violence and threats of violence, deleterious health and mental health sequelae, and social and economic marginalization. …”
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