Incidence and Anatomical Properties of Retromolar Canal in an Iranian Population: A Cone-Beam Computed Tomography Study by N. Nikkerdar, A. Golshah, M. Norouzi, S. Falah-Kooshki

“…The relationship between the presence of RC and age, sex, side, and presence of second and third molars was also evaluated. …”
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The relationship between night eating behavior, gastrointestinal symptoms, and psychological well-being: insights from a cross-sectional study in Türkiye by Emine Merve Ekici, Özge Mengi Çelik, Ziya Erokay Metin

“…The demographic characteristics (sex, age, education level, marital status, income status), eating behaviors (number of main meals and snacks), and anthropometric measurements (body weight and height). …”
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Catastrophizing Has a Better Prediction for TMD Than Other Psychometric and Experimental Pain Variables by Lisa Willassen, Anders Arne Johansson, Siv Kvinnsland, Kordian Staniszewski, Trond Berge, Annika Rosén

“…Sixty TMD patients were matched by sex and age to sixty healthy individuals without TMD symptoms or other musculoskeletal symptoms in the head and neck region. …”
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Evaluation of Root Canal Morphology of Mandibular First and Second Premolars Using Cone Beam Computed Tomography in a Defined Group of Dental Patients in Iran by Neda Hajihassani, Neda Roohi, Karim Madadi, Mahin Bakhshi, Maryam Tofangchiha

“…The number of roots and root canals, root canal morphology, root and canal shape (curvature), existence of C-shaped canal, and influence of sex on each of these were evaluated. A chi-squared test was used for statistical analysis. …”
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Long-Term Health-Related Quality of Life in Kawasaki Disease-Related Coronary Artery Aneurysm: A Large Single-Center Assessment in Nanjing, China by Yun Zhou, MD, Mei Chen, MD, Wenting Gao, MD, Yu Chen, MD, Ying Meng, MD

“…A total of 98 hospitalized patients were matched as controls based on age and sex: 49 patients were allocated to a group with pneumonia and 49 patients were allocated to a group with arterio-arterial fistula. …”
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Combined extracts of Syzygium aromaticum (Clove) and Xylopia aethiopica (Negro pepper) seeds inhibit testosterone propionate-induced benign prostatic hyperplasia in Wistar rats by Emmanuel Nnaemeka Uhuo, Simeon Ikechukwu Egba, Chiemeziem Adnma Obike, Paul Ndubuisi Anyiam, Prince Ogochukwu Alaebo, Pryanka Munachiso Okeke, Emmanuella Chinaza Obinali

“…Conclusion: The mechanisms of BPH inhibition involve the regulation of sex hormone levels and the amelioration of conditions caused by oxidative damage. …”
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Infestation of Ixodidae Ticks in Cattle: Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors in Ambo District, Western Ethiopia by Addis Kassahun Gebremeskel, Berhanu Mekibib, Bekele Dabesa

“…The difference in tick infestation was found to be statistically insignificant (P >0.05) between different age groups and kebeles but statistically significant (P <0.05) among sex groups, breeds, and different body condition scores (P <0.05). …”
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The association of genetic polymorphisms in interleukin-1 receptors type 1 and type 2 with age-related hearing impairment in a Taiwanese population: a case control study by Ning-Chia Chang, Hua-Ling Yang, Chia-Yen Dai, Wen-Yi Lin, Hsun-Mo Wang, Chen-Yu Chien, Kuen-Yao Ho

“…Results The G allele of IL1R1 rs3917225 showed a decreased risk of ARHI after adjustments for sex, age, and noise exposure. The GG genotype of IL1R1 rs3917225 in all hereditary models and the TT genotype of IL1R2 rs2071008 in the recessive model also showed decreased risks of ARHI after adjustments. …”
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Being Normal Weight but Feeling Overweight in Adolescence May Affect Weight Development into Young Adulthood—An 11-Year Followup: The HUNT Study, Norway by Koenraad Cuypers, Kirsti Kvaløy, Grete Bratberg, Kristian Midthjell, Jostein Holmen, Turid Lingaas Holmen

“…Chi square calculations and regression analyses were performed to investigate the associations between self-perceived overweight and change in BMI or waist circumference (WC) adjusted for age, age squared, sex, and other relevant cofactors. Results. Adolescents, defined as being normal weight, but who perceived themselves as overweight had a larger weight gain into young adulthood than adolescents who perceived themselves as normal weight (difference in BMI: 0.66 units [CI95%: 0.1, 1.2] and in WC: 3.46 cm [CI95%: 1.8, 5.1]). …”
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Predictors of Alcohol Use, Alcohol-Related Problems, and Substance Use Following Adolescent Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery by Gretchen E. White, PhD, Richard E. Boles, PhD, Anita P. Courcoulas, MD, MPH, Thomas H. Inge, MD, Susan Z. Yanovski, MD, Todd M. Jenkins, PhD, Meg H. Zeller, PhD

“…Participants self-reported alcohol use via the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test and substance use for up to 8 years. Results:. Female sex, pre-surgery lower body mass index, and pre-surgery substance use were independently associated with increased risk of incident post-surgery hazardous drinking. …”
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Cluster analysis of post-COVID-19 physical and mental health outcomes 3–6 months after SARS-CoV-2 infection: results of the French Prospective ALCOVID Cohort Study by Philippe Halfon, Laurent Chiche, Hervé Pegliasco, Stanislas Rebaudet, Thomas Escoda, Hervé Faralli, Frédéric Cohen

“…In addition to their PCC symptoms, the patients in these clusters differed in terms of their demographic characteristics (sex), comorbidities and severity of COVID-19.Conclusions The four identified PCC clusters corresponded to distinct and coherent clinical and paraclinical entities, making it possible to consider adapted and personalised prognosis and therapeutic interventions.…”
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Effectiveness of physical activity counselling provided for people with type 2 diabetes mellitus in primary healthcare in North Karelia, Finland: a register-based evaluation study by Tiina Laatikainen, Tuula Marketta Martiskainen, Marja-Leena Lamidi, Mika Venojärvi, Heikki Tikkanen

“…Altogether 546 patients were referred to the PA educator of whom 521 participated the counselling. In totally 1382 sex, age, time of diagnosis and intervention time-matched controls were used to see the effect of intervention.Interventions Patients with T2D followed up in PHC were offered to participate in PA counselling provided by trained PA educators. …”
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Malignancy Risk and Related Factors of Atypia of Undetermined Significance/Follicular Lesion of Undetermined Significance in Thyroid Fine Needle Aspiration by So-hyeon Hong, Hyejin Lee, Min-Sun Cho, Jee Eun Lee, Yeon-Ah Sung, Young Sun Hong

“…In conclusion, we observed that malignant nodules tended to show unfavorable US features, especially hypo- or anechogenicity. Age, sex, and thyroid function were not significantly associated with malignancy risk. …”
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The White Matter Functional Abnormalities in Patients with Transient Ischemic Attack: A Reinforcement Learning Approach by Huibin Ma, Zhou Xie, Lina Huang, Yanyan Gao, Linlin Zhan, Su Hu, Jiaxi Zhang, Qingguo Ding

“…We enrolled 48 patients with TIA and 41 age- and sex-matched healthy controls (HCs). Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) and clinical/physiological/biochemical data were collected from each participant. …”
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Childhood occasional hypertension and its association with size at birth and early growth: a population-based retrospective cohort study from China by Shuang Zhang, Leishen Wang, Tao Zhang, Yijuan Qiao, Wei Li, Weiqin Li

“…Results The prevalence of childhood OHTN (SBP or DBP ≥ P95 percentile for sex, age, and height) was 17.0%. At birth, SGA has a high risk of OHTN (AOR 1.36, 95%CI 1.10–1.68). …”
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Prevalence of TB-related symptoms and self-reported disability among adult TB survivors by A.K. McDonald, D. Nakkonde, P. Kaggwa, S. Zalwango, A. Joseph, E. Buregyeya, J.N. Sekandi

“…Factors significantly associated with disability were having completed treatment within the last 6–8 months and experiencing TB symptoms (aOR 2.87, P = 0.04; and aOR 2.51, P = 0.03, respectively), after adjusting for age, sex and HIV status. CONCLUSIONS: TB-related symptoms and self-reporting of any disability were highly prevalent in the study population. …”
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Area deprivation and premature cardiovascular mortality: a nationwide population-based study in South Korea by Hyeon Chang Kim, Hokyou Lee, Eunji Kim, Donald Lloyd-Jones, Young Gyu Ko, Byoung Gwon Kim

“…Mortality rates for CVD and its subtypes, namely ischaemic heart diseases, other heart diseases and cerebrovascular diseases, in adults under 65 years were directly standardised by sex and age, referencing the total population structure. …”
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Postoperative fever following surgery for oral cancer: Incidence, risk factors, and the formulation of a machine learning-based predictive model by Yanling Zhang, Kun Long, Zhaojian Gong, Ruping Dai, Shuiting Zhang

“…In univariate and multivariate logistic analysis showed that age, sex, reoperation, Charlson Comorbidity Index score (CCI), leukocyte, bleeding and blood transfusion were independent risk factors for POF of patients following surgery in oral cancer. …”
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Association of polymorphism <i>TP53</i> Arg72Pro with radon-induced lung cancer in the Kazakh population by O. Bulgakova, A. Kussainova, A. Kakabayev, А. Kausbekova, R. Bersimbaev

“…Genetic association was assessed in a case-control study including 44 radon-exposed patients with lung cancer, 41 patients with lung cancer without radon exposure and 42 age/sex-matched healthy controls. We found that polymorphism TP53 Arg72Pro (rs1042522) was associated with lung cancer risk in the Kazakh population (OR = 6.95, 95 % CI = 2.41–20.05). …”
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Increased Body Mass Index during Therapy for Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Significant and Underestimated Complication by Helen C. Atkinson, Julie A. Marsh, Shoshana R. Rath, Rishi S. Kotecha, Hazel Gough, Mandy Taylor, Thomas Walwyn, Nicholas G. Gottardo, Catherine H. Cole, Catherine S. Choong

“…Longitudinal analysis using linear mixed-effects identified associations between BMI z-scores and time-dependent interactions with sex (P=0.0005), disease risk (P<0.0001), age (P=0.0001), and BMI z-score (P<0.0001) at diagnosis and total dose of steroid during maintenance (P=0.01). …”
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