Clinical analysis of risk factors for diarrhea associated with enteral nutrition in post-craniocerebral surgery patients by Lei Zhang, Lulu Zhang, Xiaojie Zhu, Leiming Xu, Lin Zhu, Hai Zhou, Shengkai Yang

“…This study aims to identify the clinical risk factors for diarrhea in patients receiving EN after undergoing craniocerebral surgery.MethodsThe clinical data of patients hospitalized in the Department of Neurosurgery and Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit of Binhai County People’s Hospital were retrospectively collected from January 2021 to December 2022. Variables such as sex, age, liquid preservation, infusion duration, pipeline assessment, heating during infusion, infusion rate, post-infusion rounds, and oral care were compared between diarrhea and non-diarrhea groups. …”
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Efficacy and Safety Evaluation of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Combination With Chemotherapy for Extensive Small Cell Lung Cancer: Real‐World Evidence by Yuta Yamanaka, Yukiko Okuno, Keisuke Kamisako, Yuta Okazaki, Kentaro Nakanishi, Yume Sanada, Kiyori Yoshida, Tatsuki Ikoma, Yuki Takeyasu, Utae Katsushima, Hiroshige Yoshioka, Takayasu Kurata

“…We observed no significant differences in age, sex, performance status (PS), liver metastasis, bone metastasis, or platinum‐based agent usage between the treatment cohorts. …”
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Changing dynamics of bloodstream infections due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in Germany, 2017–2023: a continued burd... by Simon Brinkwirth, Marcel Feig, Ines Noll, Tim Eckmanns, Achim Dörre, Sebastian Haller, Niklas Willrich

“…The analysis included stratification by age, sex and region. Results From 2017 to 2023, 6262 MRSA and 5442 VREfm blood culture-positive isolates were identified. …”
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Hemodynamic and Lesion Characteristics Associated with Discordance between the Instantaneous Wave-Free Ratio and Fractional Flow Reserve by Hiroyuki Arashi, Natsuko Satomi, Issei Ishida, Kanintorn Soontorndhada, Suguru Ebihara, Kazuki Tanaka, Hisao Otsuki, Masashi Nakao, Kentaro Jujo, Junichi Yamaguchi, Nobuhisa Hagiwara

“…A multivariate analysis showed that independent predictors of iFR ≤0.89 and FFR >0.8 discordance were female sex and higher rate-pressure product. iFR >0.89 and FFR ≤0.8 discordance was rare in hemodialysis patients. …”
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Transcription Factor E2F-1 Is Upregulated in Human Gastric Cancer Tissues and Its Overexpression Suppresses Gastric Tumor Cell Proliferation by Qiang Xiao, Lei Li, Yubo Xie, Ning Tan, Changqing Wang, Junyi Xu, Keyi Xia, Kevin Gardner, Qingdi Q. Li

“…However, no correlation was observed between the E2F-1 levels and patients’ clinical features, such as sex, age, histological types, lymph node metastasis, and clinical stages (P >0.05). …”
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Multicenter audit of operating room staff compliance with the surgical safety checklist: a cross-sectional study from a low- and middle-income country by Sana J. Yaseen, Sari Taha, Abdulsalam Alkaiyat, Sa’ed H. Zyoud

“…Compliance with the use of the SSC was significantly associated with age (p=0.002), sex (p=0.022), type of surgery (p<0.001), classification of surgery (p=0.006) and hospital sector (p<0.001). …”
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Exploring parenthood intentions and perceptions of infertility and assisted reproductive technology among 2SLGBTQIA + young adults in Ontario, Canada: a mixed methods study by Caitlin I. T. Ennis, Nurasha G. Fernando, Karen P. Phillips

“…Methods An online survey, designed as mixed-methods with sex-and-gender-based analysis (SGBA +), was used to recruit childless, post-secondary students, aged 18–30 years, in May–October 2022. …”
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Risk factors of 180-day rebleeding after management of blunt splenic injury without surgery and embolization: a national database study by Chung-Yen Chen, Hung-Yu Lin, Pie-Wen Hsieh, Yi-Kai Huang, Po-Chin Yu, Jian-Han Chen

“…Five significant risk factors were identified: age < 54 years (aOR 3.129, p = 0.014), male sex (aOR 2.691, p = 0.010), non-traffic accident-induced injury (aOR 2.459, p = 0.006), ISS ≥ 16 (aOR 2.130, p = 0.021), and congestive heart failure (aOR 6.014, p = 0.006). …”
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Virtual primary care for people living with dementia in Canada: cross-sectional surveys of patients, care partners, and family physicians by Vladimir Khanassov, Deniz Cetin-Sahin, Sid Feldman, Saskia Sivananthan, Allan Grill, Isabelle Vedel

“…The models for PLWD (included age and ethnicity) and care partners (included gender/sex, urbanicity, and receiving support from a family member/friend to connect with FP) were inconclusive. …”
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Functional Evaluation of Open Carpal Tunnel Release in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Patients by Swagat Mahapatra, Devta Singh, Prakhar Mishra, Jaydeep Patel, Madhusudan Mishra, Animesh Gupta

“…Materials and Methods: This prospective cohort study was performed in the department of orthopedics at our institute for 8 months (January 2021 to August 2022) on carpal tunnel syndrome patients of either sex age ranging 20–60 years who attended orthopedic outpatient department and orthopedic wards, and who confirmed consent and found fitted according to inclusion criteria were recruited for this study. …”
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Duration of exposure to night work and cardiovascular risk factors: results from 52,234 workers of the CONSTANCES study by Eve Bourgkard, Stéphanie Boini, Michel Grzebyk, Mathieu Dziurla, Jean Ferrières, Marcel Goldberg, Céline Ribet, Yolande Esquirol

“…Conclusions The effects on cardiovascular risk factors varied according to the types of night work and within sex groups. Some effects were observed after five years of exposure. …”
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Genome-wide association study identifies four pan-ancestry loci for suicidal ideation in the Million Veteran Program. by Allison E Ashley-Koch, Nathan A Kimbrel, Xue J Qin, Jennifer H Lindquist, Melanie E Garrett, Michelle F Dennis, Lauren P Hair, Jennifer E Huffman, Daniel A Jacobson, Ravi K Madduri, Hilary Coon, Anna R Docherty, Jooeun Kang, Niamh Mullins, Douglas M Ruderfer, VA Million Veteran Program (MVP), MVP Suicide Exemplar Workgroup, International Suicide Genetics Consortium, Philip D Harvey, Benjamin H McMahon, David W Oslin, Elizabeth R Hauser, Michael A Hauser, Jean C Beckham

“…GWAS was performed separately in the four largest ancestry groups, controlling for sex, age and genetic substructure. Ancestry-specific results were combined via meta-analysis to identify pan-ancestry loci. …”
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Burden of Anemia among Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Positive Adults on Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy at Hawassa University Compressive Specialized Hospital, Hawassa, Ethiopi... by Sisay Tesfaye, Melaku Hirigo, Dawit Jember, Mekdes Shifeta, Worku Ketema

“…Anemia was present in 29.9% (95% CI 23.8–35.2) among adult HIV patients. Female sex (AOR: 2.576, 95% (CI: 1.295–5.127)), having tuberculosis (TB) (AOR: 4.873, 95% (CI: 1.534–15.484)), taking a zidovudine (ZDV)-containing ART regimen (AOR: 5.216, 95% (CI: 1.239–21.962)), having clinical WHO stage IV and III diseases (AOR: 3.077, 95% CI (1.244–7.612)), having body mass index (BMI) <18.5 kg/m2 (AOR: 2.391, 95% (CI: 1.138–5.023)), and taking cotrimoxazole prophylaxis (AOR: 3.860 95% (CI: 1.097–13.576)) were substantially linked to the development of anemia among adult HIV patients. …”
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Estimating the Prevalence of Schizophrenia in the General Population of Japan Using an Artificial Neural Network–Based Schizophrenia Classifier: Web-Based Cross-Sectional Survey by Pichsinee Choomung, Yupeng He, Masaaki Matsunaga, Kenji Sakuma, Taro Kishi, Yuanying Li, Shinichi Tanihara, Nakao Iwata, Atsuhiko Ota

“…MethodsWe randomly selected a sample of 750 participants where the age, sex, and regional distributions were similar to Japan’s demographic structure from a large-scale Japanese web-based survey. …”
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Spatial Distribution of Tsetse Flies and Trypanosome Infection Status in a Vector Genetic Transition Zone in Northern Uganda by Robert Opiro, Okello Allele Moses, Robert Opoke, Francis A. Oloya, Esther Nakafu, Teresa Iwiru, Richard Echodu, Geoffrey M. Malinga, Joel L. Bargul, Elizabeth A. Opiyo

“…Trapped tsetse flies were sexed and morphologically identified to species level and subsequently analyzed for detection of trypanosome DNA. …”
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Repetition of Prediabetes Enhances the Risk of Developing Diabetes by Yoshihiro Numata, Toshihide Ohya, Yasuhiko Nitta, Yumiko Yoshinaka, Azusa Shogakiuchi, Akihiro Toyota

“…Then, we surveyed the development of diabetes for 5 years, and the incidence rates (IRs) and the age- and sex-adjusted odds ratios (ORs) were obtained. A total of 188 subjects developed diabetes. …”
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Association between sleep disorders and subsequent heart failure by Jamschid Sedighi, Mark Luedde, Julia Gaensbacher-Kunzendorf, Hans-Joerg Hippe, Pascal Bauer, Birgit Assmus, Samuel Sossalla, Karel Kostev

“…The study included patients with an initial diagnosis of HF (ICD-10 code: I50) between January 2010 and December 2022 (index data) These patients were matched with control subjects without HF based on age, sex, and pre-existing conditions. The primary outcome was the association between prior sleep disorder diagnoses and the subsequent development of HF. …”
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Predictors of Neurological and Functional Recovery in Patients with Moderate to Severe Ischemic Stroke: The EPICA Study by Manuel Murie-Fernández, Mercedes Molleda Marzo

“…Apart from demonstrating traditional “non-modifiable” predictors of outcome after stroke, like age, sex, and stroke severity, we also detected association between the use of dietary supplement MLC901 and recovery.…”
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Prevalence and correlates of symptoms of depression, anxiety, and psychological distress among women of reproductive age with delayed conception in urban and peri-urban low to mid-... by Barsha Gadapani Pathak, Gitau Mburu, Ndema Habib, Rita Kabra, Aiysha Malik, James Kiarie, Ranadip Chowdhury, Neeta Dhabhai, Sarmila Mazumder

“…Factors associated with psychological distress were: (i) a higher total number of children that women intended to have in their lifetime, (ii) longer duration of trying to get pregnant (> 18 months), (iii) continuous effort trying to achieve pregnancy, (iv) women's perception that conception is taking long, (v) social isolation, (vi) being emotionally or verbally abused by husband and family members, and (vii) having other co-morbidities such as hypertension, irregular menstrual cycles, irregular bleeding between regular cycles, abnormal vaginal discharge or pain during sex.<h4>Conclusion</h4>This study demonstrates the high mental health burden faced by women with delayed conception in low- to mid-socioeconomic neighbourhoods of North India including high levels of anxiety and depression. …”
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The Influence of Heavy Metals and Trace Elements on Comatose Patients with Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in the First Week of Admission by Bahia Belatar, Abdallah Elabidi, Malika Barkiyou, Mamoun El Faroudi, Rachid Eljaoudi, Laila Lahlou, Saad Kabbaj, Wajdi Maazouzi

“…According to the final evolution, the concentration of manganese was higher in dead patients and statistically significant (p = 0.04) for heavy metals; the concentration of lead was not statistically significant while the concentration in cadmium was statistically significant (p = 0.004). By sex, lead and cadmium were statistically significant, respectively p = 0.02, p = 0.001, and cadmium was higher in women, while lead was higher in men. …”
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