Patients with colorectal cancer combined with HIV had a worse overall survival after surgery: a meta-analysis by Wen-Wen Yang, Wen-Wen Yang, Xiong Zhou, Gan He

“…After data analysis, there were significant differences in sex (OR=0.69, 95% CI=0.49 to 0.98, I2 = 22.6%, P=0.04<0.1), tumor grade (OR=6.61, 95% CI=2.36 to 18.49, I2 = 0.00%, P=0.00<0.1), and tumor location (OR=2.19, 95% CI=1.74 to 2.77, I2 = 0.04%, P=0.00<0.1) between the HIV and non-HIV groups. …”
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Weight trajectories in aging humanized APOE mice with translational validity to human Alzheimer's risk population: A retrospective analysis. by Francesca Vitali, Jean-Paul Wiegand, Lillian Parker-Halstead, Allan Tucker, Roberta Diaz Brinton

“…Autoregressive Hidden Markov Model (AHMM) incorporating age, sex, and APOE genotype was employed to identify emergent weight trajectories and phenotypes. …”
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MRI of the cervical nerve roots in the diagnosis of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy: a single-institution, retrospective case–control study by Toshihiko Suenaga, Kanta Tanaka, Nobuyuki Mori, Yusuke Yokota

“…Objective To systematically evaluate the usefulness of assessing the cervical nerve roots by MRI for the diagnosis of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP).Design Single-institution, retrospective case–control study.Setting A regional referral hospital.Participants We retrospectively enrolled 15 consecutive patients with CIDP who satisfied the European Federation of Neurological Societies/Peripheral Nerve Society (EFNS/PNS) typical and definite criteria and underwent cervical MRI. 30 control patients who had also undergone cervical MRI were included, matched with regard to sex, age and MRI system. The diagnoses of the control patients included cervical spondylosis (n=19), cervical spine trauma (n=2), infection (n=1), malignancies (n=4), demyelinating disorders (n=2) and neurodegenerative disorders (n=2).Measurement A radiologist determined the C5–C8 root diameters on the coronal short tau inversion recovery (STIR) images. …”
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Combination of Triple Therapy and Chronic PPI Use May Decrease Risk of Colonic Adenomatous Polyps in Helicobacter pylori Infection by Rina Zuniga, Josef Bautista, Katherine Sapra, Keith Westerfield, Susan Williams, Alexander M. Sy

“…Presence of polyps was the outcome of interest, whereas age, sex, race, H. pylori infection, triple therapy, and chronic PPI use were independent variables. …”
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Cardiac events and procedures following COVID-19 compared with other pneumonias: a national register study by Knut Stavem, Peder Langeland Myhre, Kristian Berge, Tarjei Øvrebotten, Birgitte Tholin

“…Patients with COVID-19 had a lower hazard of new-onset cardiac disease compared with viral (HR 0.79 [95%CI 0.66 to 0.93]) and bacterial pneumonia (HR 0.66 [95%CI 0.57 to 0.78]), adjusted for age, sex, comorbidity, hospital admission prior year and respiratory support. …”
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Neurobiological Mechanisms Underlying Psychological Dysfunction After Brain Injuries by Prashin Unadkat, Tania Rebeiz, Erum Ajmal, Vincent De Souza, Angela Xia, Julia Jinu, Keren Powell, Chunyan Li

“…Additionally, it identifies sexually dimorphic factors as potential areas for further exploration and advocates for detailed investigations into sex-specific patterns to uncover additional contributors to these disorders. …”
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Depressive symptomatology in Brazil: perspectives of statistical and psychometrics analyses of the PHQ-9 at four time-points (2020–2023) in the COVID-19 pandemic by Andre Faro, Daiane Nunes, Derek Falk

“…The standardization supported hypothetical cut scores indicating the severity of depressive symptoms, categorized as very low (0 to 6), low (7 to 13), moderate (14 to 19), high (20 to 23), and very high (≥ 24). We found that sex/gender, skin color/ethnicity, age, education level, and year of the pandemic were predictors of depressive symptoms in the adjusted linear regression analysis. …”
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Iron Accumulation Is Not Homogenous among Patients with Parkinson’s Disease by Khashayar Dashtipour, Manju Liu, Camellia Kani, Pejman Dalaie, Andre Obenaus, Daniel Simmons, Nicole M. Gatto, Mehran Zarifi

“…Twelve de novo patients with PD were recruited from the Movement Disorders Clinic, Department of Neurology, Loma Linda University. Twelve age- and sex-matched non-PD subjects were recruited from neurology clinic as controls. …”
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Associations between an gene polymorphism and ulcerative colitis by ARMS-PCR by Mahsa Sadat Hashemi Doulabi, Reza Goleyjani Moghaddam, Ali Salehzadeh

“…A direct relationship was found between age and ulcerative colitis, while no relationship was found with sex. This finding is of note because the occurrence of intestinal inflammation and subsequent ulcers can precede the development of cancer.…”
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Lidocaine Versus Ketamine Pretreatment on Propofol Injection Pain by Amir Murad Khudadad Boujan, Nashmeel fazeel Kareem, Amanj A. Marouf, Saman Abdullah Ahmed Fahmi, Salah Qadir Mahmood

“…There were no variations between the study groups regarding ASA status, Sex, age. The incidence of ache when injecting propofol were observed in the normal saline group was 86.5% and it was more than ketamine group 0% and lidocaine group 20% (p=0.0002). …”
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The Effect of Telemedicine on Access to Acute Stroke Care in Texas: The Story of Age Inequalities by Karen C. Albright, Amelia K. Boehme, Michael T. Mullen, Tzu-Ching Wu, Charles C. Branas, James C. Grotta, Sean I. Savitz, Catherine Wolff, Bisakha Sen, Brendan G. Carr

“…The odds of a block group having 60-minute access to acute stroke care decreased with age, despite adjustment for sex, race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, urbanization, and total population. …”
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Application of Citizen Science to Sheep as a Model to Sensitize Young Citizens to Biodiversity, Animal Welfare and the Social Utility of Research by Sara Moscatelli, Anna Paniccià, Elisa Palmioli, Laura Del Gobbo, Francesca Mercati, Paola Scocco

“…Among the fifteen AQ items specific to the pillars, four items related to biodiversity, three items related to animal welfare and two items related to the social utility of research, showing a significant difference (<i>p</i> < 0.05) for the second AQ’s responses. Two items showed sex-related differences. The analysis of the data from the MPT showed that the didactic methodology used was effective and improved the position of most children by bringing them into higher science evaluation groups.…”
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Outcomes of people with TB reported to the WHO Global Clinical Platform of COVID-19 by M. Bastard, D. Falzon, S. Bertagnolio, R. Silva, S.S. Thwin, C. Siquiera Boccolini, J. Rylance, J. Diaz, M. Zignol

“…Current TB was independently associated with higher mortality when adjusted for age, sex, HIV status, illness severity at hospital admission, and underlying conditions (adjusted RR 1.47, 95% CI 1.35–1.61). …”
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Effects of Yin and Yang supplement on reproductive performance, antioxidant and immunity of dairy goats by Kang Wang, Zhi Yang, Fumei Yang, Guanzong Li, Yulin Sun, Gang Duan, Jun He, Wang Sun, Ke Zhou, Zhihao Xiong, Feiyan Dai

“…These findings indicate that YYSBFF can enhance the reproductive performance of dairy goats by regulating the level of sex hormones, while also improving the body’s antioxidant and immune abilities.…”
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Characterization of patients admitted with pneumonia and a negative diagnostic test for COVID-19 in the intensive care unit by Rodolfo Javier Rivero Morey, Lietter Aguilar Jure, Yenisel Chang Cuesta, Inte Santana Carballosa, Victor René Navarro Machado, Lya del Rosario Magariño Abreus

“…Variables such as: age, sex, month of admission, requirement of artificial mechanical ventilation and condition at discharge were analyzed.…”
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The factors influencing self-management in patients with depression: a qualitative research from China by Ying-Li Gao, Lu-Xia Shen, Xiu-Mei Hou, Shu-Ping Si, Huan-Huan Zhu, Zhong-Li Shi

“…The group of depressed patients included in the study had a male to female sex ratio of 1:1 with a mean age of 46years. The psychiatric nurse group had a male to female ratio of 1:2 with a mean age of 42.42 years. …”
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The challenges and opportunities clinical education in the context of psychological, educational and therapeutic dimensions in teaching hospital by Azizeh Barry, Azam Shahbaz

“…Conclusion The results of the study showed that in the treatment dimension, the concerns of patients in bedside clinical education include an increase in the number and duration of visits, fear of students performing incorrect procedures, lack of recognition of the person responsible for treatment and accountability to different people, a feeling of prolonged hospitalization due to the education process, fear and anxiety of the unknown and unfamiliar terms expressed in clinical rounds, increased likelihood of infection due to a large number of students and their examination, less access to the relevant doctor due to academic busyness, and in the human ethical dimension, failure to maintain patient privacy and reporting the patient’s condition in public and examination by people of the same sex, lack of attention to the patient and his/her conversations during clinical rounds, and a greater focus on education. …”
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Impact of COVID-19 on testing, positive cases, patient characteristics, and hospital contacts for respiratory syncytial virus, influenza, and pneumococcus in Danish children by Andreas Jensen, Lone Graff Stensballe

“…The relationships between testing and sex, age groups, chronic disease status, and hospital contacts were analyzed. …”
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Incidence and Prevalence of Alzheimer’s Disease in Medicare Beneficiaries by Haixin Zhang, Amir Abbas Tahami Monfared, Quanwu Zhang, Lawrence S. Honig

“…In 2017, older age, female sex and the Northeastern region were consistently associated with higher AD/MCI prevalence among FFS beneficiaries. …”
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Habitat conservation enhances the resilience of the lizard Liolaemus cuyumhue to high summer temperatures by María Victoria Brizio, Facundo Cabezas-Cartes, Luciano Javier Avila, Jorgelina Mariela Boretto

“…During five expeditions between September 2022 and March 2023, we searched for L. cuyumhue and collected data on body temperature, substrate and air temperatures, body mass, snout-vent length, sex, and habitat characteristics. We also measured operative temperatures and assessed vegetation cover and microhabitat availability at each site. …”
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