Association between blood–urea–nitrogen-to-albumin ratio and in-hospital mortality in patients diagnosed with coronavirus disease 2019: a retrospective cohort study by Ruoqing Zhou, Dianzhu Pan

“…Furthermore, stratified analyses were used to investigate potential interaction effects with variables, such as age, sex, COVID-19 Severity, hypertension, coronary artery disease, and diabetes mellitus. …”
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Diabetes mellitus risk in post-myocardial infarction patients: FINDRISC versus self-assessment—a cross sectional study by Karianne Nölken, Jakob Linseisen, Philip Raake, Christine Meisinger, Timo Schmitz

“…A total of 466 participants completed the questionnaire, which collected information on age, sex, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, physical activity, eating habits, use of antihypertensive medication, previous hyperglycemia, and family history of diabetes. …”
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Clinical and Radiological Outcomes of Total Knee Arthroplasty Performed with Midvastus and Medial Parapatellar Approaches in Obese Patients by Olcay Guler, Gürkan Gümüşsuyu, Hakan Sofu, Hüseyin Bahadır Gökçen

“…Demographic, clinical, and radiological parameters included age, side of involvement, sex, BMI, diameters of thigh and calf, length of incision, duration of operation, amount of bleeding and transfusion, duration of hospitalization and follow-up, complications, and range of motion, as well as Knee Society Score (KSS) and Knee Society Function Score (KSFS). …”
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Thrombogenic Markers in Patients with Hereditary Thrombophilia by Karima Maricel Gondres Legró, Jorge Calá Fernández, Yusmairy Matos Lores, Vivian Robert Tamayo, Lázaro Ibrahim Romero García, Yordanys Páez Candelaria

“…The clinical variables analyzed were: age, sex, personal and family history of thrombosis and number of thrombotic events in the patient. …”
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Changes in Glucose Metabolism and Atherogenic Risk Factors in Diabetic Patients’ First-degree Relatives by María Teresa González Pedroso, Elizabeth Remis Rodríguez, Marlene Ferrer Arrocha, Marisela Nuez Villar, Ingrid Rodríguez Crespo, Héctor Pérez Assef

“…The following variables were analyzed: age, sex, and skin color, atherogenic risk factors, and changes in carbohydrate metabolism. …”
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Factors associated with time to return to horse racing following a clavicle fracture in jockeys competing in Great Britain: A review and analysis of medical records. by Laura J Newton, Nick Dobbin, Peter Goodwin, Jennifer S Crampton

“…Data included the jockey's age, sex, type of licence, race discipline, location of incident, and fracture management. …”
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Helicobacter Pylori infection in systemic sclerosis and its association with upper gastrointestinal dysfunction by Chilukuri Balaji, Mahendran Bhuvanesh, Chinnadurai Saranya, Ramamoorthy Ramesh, Mayilsamy Saravanan, Sankaralingam Rajeswari

“…Methods: This study comprised 55 patients who satisfied ACR/EULAR 2013 classification criteria for SSc and 25 age and sex-matched healthy controls. Demographic, clinical, laboratory, and immunological parameters were recorded. …”
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CD3+CD8+CD28− T Lymphocytes in Patients with Lupus Nephritis by Marcelina Żabińska, Magdalena Krajewska, Katarzyna Kościelska-Kasprzak, Marian Klinger

“…Evaluation of Foxp3 expression on CD3+CD8+CD28- cells may shed some light on functional properties of these cells. 54 adult SLE patients and 19 sex and age matched healthy volunteers were enrolled in the study. …”
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Serum HDL and their subfractions are impaired in multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) by Antonietta Giannattasio, Alice Castaldo, Michela Grieco, Monica Gelzo, Gustavo Cernera, Giuseppe Castaldo, Vincenzo Tipo

“…We analyzed serum cholesterol, HDL and HDL-SUB (by capillary electrophoresis) in relation to serum values of biomarkers of inflammation and endothelial damage (by microfluidic immunoassays) in 48 patients with MIS-C at hospital admission and in 48 age- and sex-matched healthy controls. Results Serum cholesterol, as well as HDL, were significantly lower in MIS-C patients than controls. …”
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Study on Seroprevalence and Associated Risk Factors of Newcastle Disease in Smallholder Poultry Farms in Sodo Zuria District, Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia by Saliman Aliye, Habtamu Endale, Mesfin Mathewos, Haben Fesseha

“…Information on associated risk factors were assessed using a semistructured questionnaire. The sex of the chicken showed a statistically significant difference (x2 = 4.842; p = 0.028) with the seroprevalence of the disease. …”
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Prevalence of gastrointestinal nematode parasites of dogs and associated risk factors in Gondar town, Northwest Ethiopia by Tsedalu Yirsa, Amare Bihone, Getenew Teshager, Yimer Muktar, Abebe Berihun

“…The dog positivity in gastrointestinal nematode occurrence had a statically significant association between age, sex, body condition, and housing management (P-value ≤ 0.05). …”
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Seroprevalence of Canine Ehrlichiosis and Microscopic Screening for Canine Babesiosis in Dogs in Harare, Zimbabwe, 2016-2017 by Solomon Dhliwayo, Brighton Chihambakwe, Knowledge Taonezvi, Silvester M. Chikerema, Musavengana T. Tivapasi, Davies M. Pfukenyi

“…Overall, 75.2% (88/117, 95% CI: 66.2–82.5) of sera samples tested were positive to Ehrlichia spp. antibodies while the prevalence of canine babesiosis was 47.9% (56/117, 95% CI: 38.6–57.3). Age, breed, and sex were found not to be associated with the two disease conditions p>0.05. …”
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Occupational and non-occupational factors of post-COVID-19 condition: a cross-sectional survey in the French general working population by Joël Coste, Cyrille Delpierre, Tatjana T Makovski, Melissa Rushyizekera

“…Several non-occupational factors were associated with PCC: sex, household size, household financial satisfaction, number of pre-existing chronic conditions, anxiety, injury sequelae and perceived SARS-CoV-2 infection severity. …”
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Association between alkaline phosphatase levels and mortality in Chinese patients with colorectal cancer with liver metastases: a retrospective cohort study by ZhaoXi Liu, ZiQing Zhang, GuoFang Yu, MingJiang Mo, ChuanYu Xie, DangHan Xu, JieTao Lin, YuChen Zhang, Li Deng, YiChang Luo, YingFeng Huang, Cui Shao

“…Covariates included the number of liver metastases, T stage, N stage, chemotherapy, tumour location, primary surgery, topical treatment, apolipoprotein A1, targeted therapy, tumour type, CA-199 levels, metastatic surgery, sex, Karnofsky Performance Status and age. Results: Of 195 enrolled patients, 134 (68.72%) were male, and 61 (31.28%) were female, with ages ranging from January 2008 to December 2019. …”
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Psychometric assessment of scales used to evaluate sexual assault prevention programming in the United States Air Force. by Kathryn E L Grimes, Nichole M Scaglione, Marni L Kan, Leah Frerichs, Christopher M Shea, Angela M Stover

“…We refined each scale based on factor analysis results and assessed internal consistency reliability by computing Cronbach's coefficient alpha for each scale in the overall sample, by sex, and by tailored SCC intervention group.<h4>Results</h4>We identified a two-factor structure for the Date Rape Attitudes scale; subscale reliability was moderate within the overall sample and among males, though low among females. …”
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Applicability of indocyanine green fluorescence tracing with subserosal dye injection in laparoscopic lymph node dissection for gastric cancer: a preliminary study by Zhangwei Yang, Pengwei Wang, Dandan Bao, Yi-Ren Hu, Senrui Chen, Yi Huang, Pingting Li

“…The 2 groups were propensity-matched for sex, age, and preoperative cancer stage. General patient characteristics, lymph node dissection data, and perioperative outcomes, such as procedure time, blood loss, and postoperative complications, were compared between the groups. …”
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Prevalence of Dentinal Hypersensitivity among Dental Patients Visiting Tertiary Care Center: An Observational Study by Saru Ghimire, Sagar Ghimire, Samarika Dahal, Sirjana Dahal, Neetika Paudel, Prayash Paudel

“…Conclusions: This study identified a high prevalence of dentin hypersensitivity among the patient population, with variations observed across different age and sex groups. …”
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Evaluating Psychometric Properties of the International Knee Documentation Committee Subjective Knee Form in a Heterogeneous Sample of Post-Operative Patients by Ryan D Richardson, Madeline P Casanova, Ashley J Reeves, Seungho Ryu, Adam C Cady, Russell T Baker

“…Multi-group invariance was conducted to assess factorial stability across sex and age groups, while longitudinal invariance procedures were performed to assess stability over time…”
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Increased Circulatory Interleukin-17A Levels in Patients with Progressive and Leukotrichial Vitiligo by Thai Van Thanh Le, Huy Ngoc Phan, Tran Ngoc Dang, Le Duy Pham

“…In this cross-sectional study, we analyzed data from 52 nonsegmental vitiligo patients and 50 age- and sex-matched healthy individuals. Serum levels of IL-17A were measured using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. …”
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Hydroxychloroquine Potentiates Apoptosis Induced by PPARα Antagonist in 786-O Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma Cells Associated with Inhibiting Autophagy by Ruizhe Mao, Jian Shi, Xuyi Ma, Haiyan Xu

“…The level of PPARα expression in ccRCC tissues is correlated to the grade of differentiation, but not to the sex or age of ccRCC patients. The findings also revealed that the PPARα antagonist GW6471 can lower cell viability and induce autophagy in the 786-O ccRCC cell line. …”
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