Beyond the Definitions of the Phenotypic Complications of Sickle Cell Disease: An Update on Management by Samir K. Ballas, Muge R. Kesen, Morton F. Goldberg, Gerard A. Lutty, Carlton Dampier, Ifeyinwa Osunkwo, Winfred C. Wang, Carolyn Hoppe, Ward Hagar, Deepika S. Darbari, Punam Malik

“…These complications vary considerably among patients, in the same patient with time, among countries and with age and sex. To date, there is no well-established consensus among providers on the management of the complications of sickle cell disease due in part to lack of evidence and in part to differences in the experience of providers. …”
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Identifying Patient Characteristics Associated With Opioid Use to Inform Surgical Pain Management by Anish K. Agarwal, MD, MPH, MS, Ruiying Xiong, MS, Jeffrey Ebert, PhD, Fran Shofer, PhD, Evan Spencer, MS, Daniel Lee, MD, MS, Zarina Ali, MD, MS, M. Kit Delgado, MD, MS

“…In the adjusted analysis of opioid use relative to the guideline, higher use was associated with age, male sex, obesity, discharge pain score, and history of mental health disorder. …”
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A prevalent caveolin-1 gene rs926198 variant is associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus in the Thai population by Metha Yaikwawong, Pornpimon Ek-eudomsuk, Gunya Sittithumcharee, Vipavee Anupunpisit, Thavatchai Peerapatdit, Chaicharn Deerochanawong, Thep Himathongkam, Siwanon Jirawatnotai, Somlak Chuengsamarn

“…Multiple logistic regression was conducted to adjust for sex, age, and body mass index (BMI), and odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated. …”
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Characteristics of Medical Care During in-hospital Cardiopulmonary-cerebral Resuscitation by Viviana de la Concepción García Escudero, Liset Fuentes Santana, Víctor René Navarro Machado, Aymara Marcia Hernández Cardoso, Yanisleidys Chacón Blay, Camilo Rodríguez Pérez

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> the average age was 62.66 years, in 54.6% the male sex predominated. Arterial hypertension was the most frequent comorbidity with 60.5%. 32.9% had a length of stay prior to the event of more than 72 hours. …”
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Therapeutic Adherence in Hypertensive Patients of the Guanabacoa Julio Antonio Mella University Polyclinic by Addys Díaz Piñera, Armando Rodríguez Salvá, Milenia León Sánchez, Lisbeth Fernández González, Armando Humberto Seuc Jo, Nelsy Álvarez Mesa

“…The variables studied were: sociodemographic (age, sex, skin color, occupation, education, household composition or cohabitation) and variables related to patient care: need for care, follow-up, blood pressure measurement, treatment prescription pharmacological and non-pharmacological and adherence. …”
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Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene polymorphisms, lipid profiles, and basic renal functional markers as risk for myocardial infarction: A case-control study and haplotype ana... by Perović Svetlana, Vujović Slavica, Kapur-Pojskić Lejla, Garai Nemanja, Šćepanović Anđelka

“…In the study, 120 patients with MI and 120 age-and-sex-matched controls were genotyped for C677T and A1298C MTHFR polymorphisms by the allele-specific or amplification refractory mutation system-polymerase chain reaction (ARMS-PCR). …”
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U-shaped association between TC/HDL-C ratio and osteoporosis risk in older adults by Chuanwei Zhao, Xiaochun Zhang, Xu Zhang, Bo Zhao, Yane Yang, Mu Lin, Wenli Qiao, Zeyao Hu, Haijie Yang

“…Below this threshold, the TC/HDL-C ratio was negatively associated with osteoporosis (OR: 0.83, 95% CI: 0.72–0.94, p = 0.010), while no significant association was observed above the threshold. In sex-specific analyses, a U-shaped relationship was found in women, with a threshold at 4.35 (p for nonlinearity = 0.0016), but no significant association was found in men. …”
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Association between social capital and trajectories of cognitive function among Chinese older adults by Mengyun Xiong, Zhaojing Wen, Wanrui Ma, Xue Hu, Yan Tong, Zhizhong Wang

“…Low CF at baseline was the first important risk factor, followed by age, civic participation, sex, monthly income, spiritual capital, and obesity. …”
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Quantitative Changes in Vascular and Neural Fibers Induced by Subretinal Fluid Excluding the Peripapillary Region in Patients with Chronic Central Serous Chorioretinopathy by Esra Kızıldağ Özbay, Şenol Sabancı, Mehmet Fatih Küçük, Muhammet Kazım Erol

“…A control group of age- and sex-matched healthy individuals was also included. …”
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Factors Predicting Insecticide-Treated Bednet Use among Children under Age Five in Female-Headed Households in Ghana: An Analysis of the 2019 Malaria Indicator Survey by Desmond Klu, Grace Frempong Afrifa-Anane, Michael Larbi Odame

“…Previous research has indicated a potential role of the sex of household heads in household health-seeking behaviour. …”
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Young researchers’ reflections on workshops with youth to develop research recruitment materials by Zeba Khan, Hajar Seiyad, Kaiya Jacob, Ayla Arhinson, Aleyah Williams, Sarah Munro

“…As a result, contraception uptake in Canada remains low, with 22.9% of sexually active 15 to 24-year-olds reporting that they did not use a condom or another form of contraception the last time they had sex. Collaborating with youth and meaningfully engaging them in all stages of the research process may help us better understand and develop solutions and services that yield stronger usability among youth. …”
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Examining the mental health of siblings of children with a mental disorder: A scoping review protocol. by John E Krzeczkowski, Terrance J Wade, Brendan F Andrade, Dillon Browne, Busra Yalcinoz-Ucan, Negin A Riazi, Elizabeth Yates, Andrea Tagalakis, Karen A Patte

“…Further, we aim to examine the role of sex, gender, birth order, age of each child, and familial factors (e.g., parent mental illness, family structure), in sibling mental health. …”
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Matching-Adjusted Indirect Comparison of the Efficacy at Week 32 of Tralokinumab and Dupilumab in the Treatment of Moderate-to-Severe Atopic Dermatitis by Tiago Torres, Anne Sohrt Petersen, Ulla Ivens, Albert Bosch Vilaro, John Stinson, José Manuel Carrascosa

“…IPD were selected by applying inclusion criteria from LIBERTY AD CHRONOS and weighting to match summary baseline characteristics—age, sex, race, body mass index, disease duration, Eczema Area and Severity Index (EASI), Investigator’s Global Assessment (IGA), Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) and SCORing Atopic Dermatitis index—of patients treated with dupilumab. …”
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Prevalence and Clinical Characteristics of Aquagenic Pruritus among Medical and Pharmacy Students in Lomé (Togo) by Julienne Noude Teclessou, Koussake Kombate, Abla Sefako Akakpo, Abas Mouhari-Toure, Julie Zoua, Panawe Kassang, Bayaki Saka, Palokinam Pitche

“…The average age of students with AP was 23.9 years, and the M/F sex ratio was 1.5. AP was not present after each bath in 100% of the medical students who suffered from it and lasted an average of 9.09 minutes. …”
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Salivary Levels of Interleukin-17 in Iranian Patients With Systemic Sclerosis by Ali Tadayon, Javad Moayedi, Mohamad Ali Nazarinia, Mahyar Malekzadeh, Sara Kazemi, Maryam Mardani

“…In this cross-sectional study, unstimulated saliva samples were collected from patients with SSc (n=80) and age- and sex- matched healthy individuals (n=80). The salivary levels of IL-17 in all samples were measured using a commercially available enzyme–linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) kit. …”
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SURGICAL TREATMENT OF GASTRIC STUMP CANCER: A COHORT STUDY OF 51 PATIENTS by Eric DRIZLIONOKS, Valdir TERCIOTI JUNIOR, João de Souza COELHO NETO, Nelson Adami ANDREOLLO, Luiz Roberto LOPES

“…The following data were analyzed: sex, age group, the interval between the first surgery and the diagnosis of gastric stump cancer, location of the ulcer that motivated the gastrectomy, type of reconstruction, tumor resectability, surgery performed, reconstruction of the digestive tract, associated surgical procedures, postoperative complications using the Clavien-Dindo classification, disease staging, and survival. …”
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Heart rate variability, a potential assessment tool for identifying anxiety, depression, and sleep disorders in elderly individuals by Wenna Liu, Shutong Wang, Hanyang Gu, Rong Li

“…Variables assessed included age, sex, body mass index (BMI), fasting blood glucose, glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), blood lipids, blood pressure, heart rate, and histories of smoking and alcohol consumption. …”
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Modified Mosquito Programs’ Surveillance Needs and An Image-Based Identification Tool to Address Them by Jewell Brey, Bala Murali Manoghar Sai Sudhakar, Kiley Gersch, Tristan Ford, Margaret Glancey, Jennifer West, Sanket Padmanabhan, Angela F. Harris, Autumn Goodwin

“…We also discuss other metrics within technical scope, such as mosquito sex and fluorescence detection, that may further support MM programs.…”
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Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin: A New Marker of Renal Function in C-Related End Stage Liver Disease by Omkolsoum Mohamed Alhaddad, Ayman Alsebaey, Mohamed Omar Amer, Hala Hany El-Said, Tary Abdel Hamid Salman

“…Both groups were matched with age, sex, and Child Pugh score. There was statistically significant difference between both groups regarding serum creatinine (1.98 ± 1.04 versus 1.38 ± 0.88 mg/dL; p=0.003) and pNGAL level (5.79 ± 2.06 versus 7.25 ± 3.30 ng/dL; p=0.019). …”
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Factors Associated with Poor Eye Drop Administration Technique and the Role of Patient Education among Hong Kong Elderly Population by Bonnie Nga Kwan Choy, Ming Ming Zhu, Jason Chun Sum Pang, Jonathan Cheuk Hung Chan, Alex Lap Ki Ng, Michelle Ching Yim Fan, Lawrence Pui Leung Iu, Joseph Shiu Kwong Kwan, Jimmy Shiu Ming Lai, Patrick Ka Chun Chiu

“…FRAIL score was an independent predictor of baseline score (p=0.003), as well as the improvement after patient education (p=0.012). Age, sex, education level, visual acuity, Barthel index, MoCA, and ADL score were not correlated with eye drop instillation technique, before nor after patient education. …”
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