Potential public health impacts of gonorrhea vaccination programmes under declining incidences: A modeling study. by Lin Geng, Lilith K Whittles, Borame L Dickens, Martin T W Chio, Yihao Chen, Rayner Kay Jin Tan, Azra Ghani, Jue Tao Lim

“…<h4>Methods and findings</h4>We employed an integrated transmission-dynamic model, calibrated using Bayesian methods to local surveillance data to understand the potential public health impact of 4CMenB in reducing gonorrhea acquisition and transmission in men who have sex with men (MSM) in Singapore. We explored the efficacy of implementing six vaccination programmes: (1) offering vaccination to all male adolescents in schools (vaccination before entry [VbE]), (2) offering vaccination to individuals attending sexual health clinics for testing (vaccination on attendance [VoA]), (3) offering vaccination to individuals attending sexual health clinics and who were diagnosed with gonorrhea (vaccination on diagnosis [VoD]), or (4) vaccination according to risk (VaR), by offering vaccination to patients who were diagnosed with gonorrhea plus individuals who tested negative, but report having more than five sexual partners per year. …”
Get full text

EVALUACIÓN DE LA SATISFACCIÓN LABORAL DE PROFESORES DE EDUCACIÓN FÍSICA by Raquel Krapp do Nascimento, Gelcemar Oliveira Farias, Marcos Paulo Vaz de Campos Pereira, Jorge Both, Alexandra Folle

“…The paper aimed to analyze job satisfaction, taking into consideration the personal characteristics (sex, age, and marital status) of 73 Physical Education coaches from São José (SC). …”
Get full text

Report of joint hypermobility in malignant hyperthermia susceptible patients: Observational study with a case-control descriptive design by Rita CCS. Santos, Larissa FCDMS. Lima, Pâmela V. Andrade, Joilson M. Santos, Leonardo Galleni, Antonio FR. Junior, Lucas S. Souza, Beny Schmidt, Acary SB. Oliveira, José LG. Amaral, Mariz Vainzof, Helga CA. Silva

“…In the MH group, there was no correlation of the Bulbena score with age, sex, clinical complaints of myalgia/cramps, CK levels, IVCT result, or degree of contracture after caffeine or halothane. …”
Get full text

Anthropometric measurements as markers of elevated blood pressure among Portuguese children and adolescents by Edmar Mendes, Paulo Farinatti, Alynne Andaki, Susana Vale, Andreia Pizarro, Maria Paula Santos, Clarice Martins, Jorge Mota

“…Elevated BP was defined as systolic and/or diastolic BP > 90th percentile for age and sex. Age-adjusted partial correlations with BP were computed for body mass, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, and waist-to-height ratio. …”
Get full text

The Financial Implications of Pancreatic Surgery: The Hospital Is the Big Winner, Not the Surgeon! by Nitzan Zohar, MD, Avinoam Nevler, MD, Sean P. Maher, Matthew C. Rosenthal, Florence Williams, Wilbur B. Bowne, MD, FACS, Charles J. Yeo, MD, FACS, Harish Lavu, MD, FACS

“…Longer operative time was correlated with increased hospital and anesthesia charges, without a significant increase in surgeon charges (P < 0.001, P < 0.001, and P = 0.2, respectively). Male sex, diabetes, and low serum albumin correlated with greater total hospital charges (P = 0.01, P = 0.01, and P = 0.03, respectively). …”
Get full text

Characteristics of the Small Bowel Lesions Detected by Capsule Endoscopy in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease by Harunobu Kawamura, Eiji Sakai, Hiroki Endo, Leo Taniguchi, Yasuo Hata, Akiko Ezuka, Hajime Nagase, Takaomi Kessoku, Eiji Yamada, Hidenori Ohkubo, Takuma Higrashi, Yusuke Sekino, Tomoko Koide, Hiroshi Iida, Takashi Nonaka, Hirokazu Takahashi, Masahiko Inamori, Shin Maeda, Atsushi Nakajima

“…The incidence of small-bowel vascular lesions was significantly higher in CKD patients than in age-and-sex matched non-CKD patients (P<0.001). On the other hand, there was any significant difference of the incidence of small-bowel lesions between HD and non-HD patients. …”
Get full text

Effect of Rifaximin and a Multi-Strain Probiotic on the Intestinal Microbiome and Cardiovascular Risk Indicators in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease by E. A. Kashukh, E. A. Poluektova, A. V. Kudryavtseva, G. S. Krasnov, V. I. Kazey, P. D. Sobolev, P. V. Gremyakova, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Group 4 consisted of healthy individuals, comparable in age and sex with the examined CHD patients. In group 4, blood and stool tests were performed once to provide a comparison with group 1. …”
Get full text

Predictive factors of thrombosis during autologous stem cell transplantation in multiple myeloma: Experience from EHU Oran (Algeria) by Mohammed Amine BEKADJA, Brahim BENZINEB, Mansour BELKACEM, Hafida OUDJERIOUAT, Badra ENTASOLTAN, Soufi OSMANI, Kamila AMANI, Samira BOUCHAMA, Leila CHAREF, Mohamed BRAHIMI, Abdessamad ARABI, Rachir Amar BOUHASS, Nabil YAFOUR

“…Results-Among 411 patients with MM underwent autologous transplantation of which 249 were male with a sex ratio of 1,53. The overall incidence of thrombosis was estimated at 18,49% (76 patients). …”
Get full text

Sequence of episodic memory-related behavioral and brain-imaging abnormalities in type 2 diabetes by Bo Hu, Ying Yu, Xin-Wen Yu, Min-Hua Ni, Yan-Yan Cui, Xin-Yu Cao, Ai-Li Yang, Yu-Xin Jin, Sheng-Ru Liang, Si-Ning Li, Pan Dai, Ke Wu, Lin-Feng Yan, Bin Gao, Guang-Bin Cui

“…Results T2D patients exhibited poorer memory, general cognitive function, and executive function compared to healthy controls after controlling age, sex, and education level. In the progression of T2D, functional interaction between brain regions showed abnormalities first, followed by memory tests, the cerebral spontaneous neural activity, and finally the gray matter volume. …”
Get full text

Liraglutide Decreases Liver Fat Content and Serum Fibroblast Growth Factor 21 Levels in Newly Diagnosed Overweight Patients with Type 2 Diabetes and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Diseas... by Xinyue Li, Xiaojuan Wu, Yumei Jia, Jing Fu, Lin Zhang, Tao Jiang, Jia Liu, Guang Wang

“…Twenty newly diagnosed overweight patients with T2DM and NAFLD were recruited. Twenty healthy age, sex, and body mass index (BMI) matched subjects were enrolled as the control group. …”
Get full text

Prevalence of dyslipidemia and its influencing factors among adult residents in Hebei province: a cross-sectional survey by Qianyu LI, Yajing CAO, Lijuan TANG, Yuhuan LIU, Xiaoying LU, Qi QI, Shifan WANG, Xiaoli LIU, Ze CUI

“…ConclusionsThe prevalence of dyslipidemia in adults in Hebei province is relatively low. Sex, age, place of residence, current smoking, body mass index, central obesity, sedentary behavior time, body fat percentage, and basal metabolic rate are the main influencing factors of dyslipidemia in adults in this region.…”
Get full text

What all physicians should know about women’s health: a Delphi study by Susanna Price, Eva Gerdts, Julien Mazières, Alexandra Kautzky-Willer, Fedde Scheele, Chiara Benedetto, Kerry Wilbur, Gertraud Stadler, Marieke Wermer, Jeanine Roeters van Lennep, Merel H de Heer-Koster, Vesna Bjegović-Mikanović, Indre Banaitytė-Baleišienė, Mary Perdiou, Alyson McGregor, Connie Newman, Simona Stankevičiūtė, Iris E Sommer, Florence Thibaut, Karine van 't Land

“…Objectives Over the past few decades, knowledge of women’s health regarding sex and gender differences in health has increased but transfer of these new insights into medical education and clinical practice is lagging, resulting in substandard care for women compared with men. …”
Get full text

RADAR-AD: assessment of multiple remote monitoring technologies for early detection of Alzheimer’s disease by Manuel Lentzen, Srinivasan Vairavan, Marijn Muurling, Vasilis Alepopoulos, Alankar Atreya, Merce Boada, Casper de Boer, Pauline Conde, Jelena Curcic, Giovanni Frisoni, Samantha Galluzzi, Martha Therese Gjestsen, Mara Gkioka, Margarita Grammatikopoulou, Lucrezia Hausner, Chris Hinds, Ioulietta Lazarou, Alexandre de Mendonça, Spiros Nikolopoulos, Dorota Religa, Gaetano Scebba, Pieter Jelle Visser, Gayle Wittenberg, Vaibhav A. Narayan, Neva Coello, Anna-Katharine Brem, Dag Aarsland, Holger Fröhlich, on behalf of RADAR-AD

“…Our approach involved a univariate analysis using Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) to analyze individual features of six RMTs while adjusting for variables such as age, sex, years of education, clinical site, BMI and season. …”
Get full text

Identification of Clusters in a Population With Obesity Using Machine Learning: Secondary Analysis of The Maastricht Study by Maik JM Beuken, Melanie Kleynen, Susy Braun, Kees Van Berkel, Carla van der Kallen, Annemarie Koster, Hans Bosma, Tos TJM Berendschot, Alfons JHM Houben, Nicole Dukers-Muijrers, Joop P van den Bergh, Abraham A Kroon, Iris M Kanera

“…The most significant categorical variable was sex (P<.001). A significantly higher proportion (997/1521, 65.55%) in cluster 2 were male compared to the other 2 clusters (885/2607, 33.95%; P<.001). …”
Get full text

Cardiovascular function shows early impairment in asymptomatic adolescents diagnosed with type 1 diabetes mellitus: an ultrasound-derived myocardial work study by Martina Ghirardo, Martina Ghirardo, Irene Cattapan, Irene Cattapan, Jolanda Sabatino, Jolanda Sabatino, Alice Pozza, Alice Pozza, Jennifer Fumanelli, Jennifer Fumanelli, Martina Avesani, Joaquin Gutierrez De Rubalcava Doblas, Carlo Moretti, Biagio Castaldi, Giovanni Di Salvo

“…A comparison of MW parameters with the data from 31 age- and sex-matched healthy volunteers from a previous study in our lab was carried out.ResultsIn our population, the glycemic control parameters showed suboptimal control. …”
Get full text

Reactive agility training to prevent frailty in older adults – a randomized controlled trial. by Eric Lichtenstein, Martin Keller, Ralf Roth, Sebastian Ludyga, Oliver Faude

“…After controlling for age, sex, and BMI, the analysis revealed, on average, at least small effects in favor of the AT group for Go/No-Go task parameters (0.18 < d < 0.47), perceived stress (d = 0.42), psychosocial well-being (d = 0.33), social relationships (d = 0.26), as well as single-task gait speed (d = 0.34). …”
Get full text

Relationship between internet gaming disorder, interpersonal needs, loneliness, and depression among adolescents using a chain mediation model by GAO-QU Yige, MUZAI Baier, DONG Jingwen, ZHAO Yuxi, ZHU Pengyu, GU Xicheng, LIU Shangbin, CAI Yong, YUAN Dong, WANG Ying

“…The survey was conducted with a questionnaire consisting of general information (sex, age, grade, parents’ education level), the Chinese version of the IGDS9-SF, the INQ-15, the short-form of the ULS-8 and the PHQ-9 were used to evaluate the depression status of adolescents. …”
Get full text

Predictors of cytomegalovirus infection in patients with connective tissue disease treated by pulsed methylprednisolone therapy: a multicenter retrospective cohort study by Haruka Ito, Takahiko Yoshimoto, Akatsuki Kokaze, Kuninobu Wakabayashi, Kazuteru Noguchi, Kiyoshi Matsui, Bunki Natsumoto, Keishi Fujio, Yutaro Hayashi, Yuko Kaneko, Takahisa Gono, Koh Okamoto, Shu Okugawa, Kyoji Moriya, Hirohiko Sueki

“…Peripheral blood cell data before the start of p-MPSL therapy and at the start of steroid tapering were collected in addition to baseline characteristics, including age, sex, and body mass index. CMV infection was defined as detection of one or more CMV antigen-positive cells (CMV-positive). …”
Get full text

Increased serum soluble PD-l1 levels in patients with advanced stages of chronic kidney disease by Ayaka Hayashi, Ayaka Hayashi, Hiroto Ishihara, Mayuko Kawabe, Kazuhiko Kato, Kazuhiko Kato, Akio Nakashima, Akio Nakashima, Izumi Yamamoto, Teppei Sakano, Teppei Sakano, Hiroe Kobashi, Makoto Morita, Makoto Morita, Takashi Yokoo, Mitsuyoshi Urashima

“…In the Vaccine and Cancer cohorts, sPD-L1 levels increased significantly with age (P &lt; 0.001) and male sex (P &lt; 0.001). In the Vaccine Cohort, elevated median sPD-L1 levels (pg/mL) were significantly associated with CKD stage progression (P &lt; 0.001), showing exponentially higher levels with CKD progression. …”
Get full text

Pulmonary artery catheter use in acute myocardial infarction‐cardiogenic shock by Saraschandra Vallabhajosyula, Aditi Shankar, Sri Harsha Patlolla, Abhiram Prasad, Malcolm R. Bell, Jacob C. Jentzer, Shilpkumar Arora, Saarwaani Vallabhajosyula, Bernard J. Gersh, Allan S. Jaffe, David R. Holmes Jr, Shannon M. Dunlay, Gregory W. Barsness

“…Greater proportion of admissions to urban teaching hospitals received PACs (9.5%) compared with urban non‐teaching (7.1%) and rural hospitals (5.4%); P < 0.001. Younger age, male sex, white race, higher comorbidity, noncardiac organ failure, use of mechanical circulatory support, and noncardiac support were independent predictors of PAC use. …”
Get full text