Relationship between physical activity level, leisure sedentary time, and frailty among residents aged 30 – 79 years in Wuzhong district, Suzhou city: a baseline surveillance data... by Xikang FAN, Jiang HUA, Jian SU, Hao YU, Yan LU, Yujie HUA, Jianrong JIN, Pei PEI, Dianjianyi SUN, Canqing YU, Jun LYU, Jinyi ZHOU, Ran TAO

“…After adjusting for confounding factors such as sex, age, education level, marital status, annual household income, smoking status, alcohol consumption, frequency of fresh vegetable intake, frequency of fresh fruit intake, and frequency of red meat intake, the results of unordered multinomial logistic regression analysis showed that compared with residents with a physical activity level of < 12.73 MET-h/d, the risk of pre-frailty was 0.76 times lower (OR = 0.76, 95%CI = 0.72 – 0.80), 0.67 times lower (OR = 0.67, 95%CI = 0.63 – 0.71), and 0.66 times lower (OR = 0.66, 95%CI = 0.62 – 0.69) for those with physical activity levels of 12.73 – 23.19 MET-h/d, 23.20 – 37.29 MET-h/d, and ≥ 37.30 MET-h/d, respectively. …”
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Evaluation of gestational nonpersistent pesticide exposure with newborn size and gestational length in rural Ghana using a novel time-varying extension of multiple informant models by Wylie BJ, Kaali S, Duttweiler L, Ae-Ngibise KA, Mujtaba M, Tawiah C, Gibson E, Calafat AM, Ospina M, Jack DJ, Agyei O, Lee AG, Roberts DJ, Boamah-Kaali EA, Factor-Litvak P, Modest AM, Hauser R, Coull BA, Asante KP

“…We estimated associations of biomarker concentrations with newborn anthropometrics and gestational length, adjusting for confounders and exploring effect modification by infant sex and placental malaria. Results: 1,211 pregnant women contributed 3,786 gestational urinary samples. …”
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Association of chronic heart failure with mortality in old intensive care patients suffering from Covid‐19 by Raphael Romano Bruno, Bernhard Wernly, Georg Wolff, Jesper Fjølner, Antonio Artigas, Bernardo Bollen Pinto, Joerg C. Schefold, Detlef Kindgen‐Milles, Philipp Heinrich Baldia, Malte Kelm, Michael Beil, Sigal Sviri, Peter Vernon vanHeerden, Wojciech Szczeklik, Arzu Topeli, Muhammed Elhadi, Michael Joannidis, Sandra Oeyen, Eumorfia Kondili, Brian Marsh, Finn H. Andersen, Rui Moreno, Susannah Leaver, Ariane Boumendil, Dylan W. De Lange, Bertrand Guidet, Hans Flaatten, Christian Jung, COVIP study group

“…After multivariate adjustment for confounders (SOFA, age, sex, and frailty), no independent association of CHF with mortality remained [adjusted odds ratio (aOR) 1.2, 95% CI 0.5–1.5; P = 0.137]. …”
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Gestational exposure to environmental chemical mixtures and cognitive abilities in children: A pooled analysis of two North American birth cohorts by Jagadeesh Puvvula, Wei-Ting Hwang, Lawrence McCandless, Changchun Xie, Joseph M. Braun, Ann M. Vuong, Youssef Oulhote, Enrique F. Schisterman, Russell T. Shinohara, Linda Booij, Maryse F. Bouchard, Kristin Linn, Michael M. Borghese, Jean R. Seguin, Angelika Zidek, Christine Till, William Fraser, Kimberly Yolton, Kim M. Cecil, Jillian Ashley-Martin, Tye E. Arbuckle, Bruce Lanphear, Aimin Chen

“…Although statistical significance was not attained for child sex as an effect modifier, our stratified analysis unveiled a moderate divergence in association trends. …”
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Risk factors associated with in-hospital mortality during yellow fever outbreak in Brazil by Max McClure, Izabela Maurício de Rezende, Leonardo Soares Pereira, Maria Rita Teixeira Dutra, Jordana Rodrigues Barbosa Fradico, Rodrigo Macedo, Marcelle Cardoso Marçal, Lívia Soares Coelho Fonte Boa, Alexandre Maurício Castro Bragato, Flávio Augusto de Almeida Faria, Livia Pamplona, Rodrigo Fabiano do Carmo Said, Carlos Eduardo Calzavara-Silva, Dario Brock Ramalho, Cintia Lopes de Brito Magalhães, Pedro Augusto Alves, Thaysa Drummond Palmeira Gama, Gláucia Fernandes Cota, Thomas P. Monath, Olindo Assis Martins-Filho, Marcelo Antônio Pascoal-Xavier, Andrea Teixeira-Carvalho, Betânia Paiva Drumond, A. Desiree LaBeaud, Yellow Fever Collaborative Group, Argus Leão Araújo, Barbara Lenoir, Bruno Dala Vedova Gomes Beato, Carolina Lins Rodrigues Vieira, Daniel Vitor de Vasconcelos Santos, Flavia Mansur Starling, Gabriela Miana de Mattos Paixão, Indiara Penido, Izabela Aparecida Coelho, Leandro Henrique Malta Cunha, Letícia Menezes, Livia Frota Rabelo, Letícia Lemos Jardim, Lívia Fulgêncio da Cunha Melo, Lívia Zignago Moreira dos Santos, Ludmila de Paula, Luísa Lages de Abre Paladino, Natalia Soares Albuquerque, Simone Lopes Oliveira Lemos, Tayrine Araújo

“…Age was significantly higher in fatal (median 49.5, IQR 41.0, 61.0]) than in non-fatal cases [46 (36, 55)] (p &lt; 0.01). Male sex was associated with an increased risk of death (RR 4.66, 95% CI 1.19, 18.2; p &lt; 0.01). …”
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Une cave à amphores, une statue en pierre et une tête coupée de la fin de l’âge du Fer à Châteaumeillant (Cher) by Sophie Krausz, Caroline Millereux, Marion Bouchet, Fabienne Olmer

“…The skull belonged to a young adult, whose age was estimated between 17 and 25 years of age. The sex is undetermined, but most likely male. Several incisions visible on the calvaria (or skullcap), as well as on the zygomatic processes of the temporal bones suggest that it was de-fleshed, removing the scalp, and detaching the mandible and atlas. …”
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Effectiveness of the BNT162b2 XBB.1.5-adapted vaccine against COVID-19 hospitalization related to the JN.1 variant in Europe: a test-negative case-control study using the id.DRIVE... by Jennifer L. Nguyen, Marianna Mitratza, Hannah R. Volkman, Leonie de Munter, Thao Mai Phuong Tran, Catia Marques, Mustapha Mustapha, Srinivas Valluri, Jingyan Yang, Andrés Antón, Irma Casas, Eduardo Conde-Sousa, Laura Drikite, Beate Grüner, Giancarlo Icardi, Gerrit Luit ten Kate, Charlotte Martin, Ainara Mira-Iglesias, Alejandro Orrico-Sánchez, Susana Otero-Romero, Gernot Rohde, Luis Jodar, John M. McLaughlin, Kaatje Bollaerts

“…Multivariable analyses were adjusted for symptom onset date, age, sex, and number of chronic conditions. Findings: Among 308 test-positive cases and 1117 test-negative controls, BNT162b2 XBB.1.5-adapted VE against hospitalization compared to no vaccination this season was 53.8% (95% CI 38.4–65.4) after a median of 63 days following vaccination. …”
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Multi-cancer early detection tests for general population screening: a systematic literature review by Ros Wade, Sarah Nevitt, Yiwen Liu, Melissa Harden, Claire Khouja, Gary Raine, Rachel Churchill, Sofia Dias

“…One study using an earlier version of the Galleri test reported results by age and sex for a subset of participants; cancer signal detection rate was similar in males and females and increased with age for both sexes; however, few details were given on the subset of participants analysed. …”
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Cohort profile: the multigeneration Respiratory Health in Northern Europe, Spain and Australia (RHINESSA) cohort by Thorarinn Gislason, Torben Sigsgaard, Vivi Schlünssen, Joachim Heinrich, Jesús Martínez-Moratalla, Øistein Svanes, Mathias Holm, Bertil Forsberg, Dan Norbäck, Rain Jogi, Kjell Torén, Deborah Jarvis, Magnus Ekström, Adrian Lowe, Caroline J Lodge, Michael Abramson, Shyamali Dharmage, Kathrine Pape, Cecilie Svanes, Gita Mishra, Caroline Lodge, Lyle Gurrin, Bruce Thompson, Eva Lindberg, Christer Janson, Simone Accordini, Ane Johannessen, Bryndis Benediktsdottir, Karl Franklin, Andrei Malinovschi, Anna Oudin, Francisco Gómez Real, José Luis Sánchez-Ramos, Lennart Bråbäck, Torgeir Storaas, Shanshan Xu, Julia Dratva, John Holloway, Jorunn Kirkeleit, Christine Cramer, Gro Tjalvin, Anne Mette Lund Würtz, Randi Jacobsen Bertelsen, Oskar Jõgi, Signe Timm, Francisco Javier Callejas, Raúl Godoy, Trude Duelien Skorge, Christine Drengenes, Nils Oskar Jõgi, Maryia Khomich, Toril Mørkve Knudsen, Ingrid Kuiper, Juan Pablo López-Cervantes, Marianne Lønnebotn, Shokouh Makvandi-Nejad, Antonio Pérez, Anders Røsland, Rajesh Shigdel, Svein Magne Skulstad, Kai Triebner, Hilde Vindenes, Jose Luis Sanchez, Jose Maldonado, David Martino, Jennifer Perret, Lucia Calciano, William Horsnell, Susanne Krauss-Etchmann

“…Study protocols are harmonised across generations.Findings to date Collected data include spirometry, skin prick tests, exhaled nitric oxide, anthropometrics, bioimpedance, blood pressure; questionnaire/interview data on respiratory/general/reproductive health, indoor/outdoor environment, smoking, occupation, general characteristics and lifestyle; biobanked blood, urine, gingival fluid, skin swabs; measured specific and total IgE, DNA methylation, sex hormones and oral microbiome. Research results suggest that parental environment years before conception, in particular, father’s exposures such as smoking and overweight, may be of key importance for asthma and lung function, and that there is an important susceptibility window in male prepuberty. …”
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Deciphering the effect of exercise timing on glucose metabolism: a randomised controlled trial by Fabienne Bruggisser, Denis Infanger, Henner Hanssen, Raphael Knaier

“…To analyse the effect of treatment over time, linear mixed effects models were used, adjusting for sex, age and body mass index. The effect sizes were calculated using the baseline standard deviation of the parameter to provide a standardised measure. …”
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Lung function and onset of cardiometabolic diseases in the longitudinal Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease study by Andre F S Amaral, Andrzej Pająk, Thorarinn Gislason, Syed Masud Ahmed, Rain Jogi, Abdul Rashid, Christine Jenkins, Fiona McLean, James Potts, Tobias Welte, Dali Wang, Eric Bateman, Wen Wang, Zafar Fatmi, Kevin Mortimer, Christer Janson, Nanshan Zhong, João Cardoso, Parvaiz A Koul, Rune Nielsen, Nazrul Islam, Graham Devereux, Andrei Malinovschi, Sanjay Juvekar, Talant Sooronbaev, Berik Emilov, Bertrand Mbatchou, Ayola Akim Adegnika, Padukudru Anand Mahesh, Kate Hardaker, EFM Wouters, Imed Harrabi, Amund Gulsvik, Sundeep Salvi, Muhammad Irfan, Bill Brashier, Inga Sif Ólafsdóttir, Zouhair Tabka, Peter G J Burney, Jaymini Patel, Filip Mejza, David M Mannino, Meriam Denguezli, Michael Studnicka, Althea Aquart-Stewart, Parvaiz Koul, Herve Lawin, Asaad Ahmed Nafees, Olayemi Awopeju, Gregory E Erhabor, Louisa Gnatiuc, Ali Kocabas, Cristina Barbara, Hasan Hafizi, Anila Aliko, Donika Bardhi, Holta Tafa, Natasha Thanasi, Arian Mezini, Alma Teferici, Dafina Todri, Jolanda Nikolla, Rezarta Kazasi, Hamid Hacene Cherkaski, Amira Bengrait, Tabarek Haddad, Ibtissem Zgaoula, Maamar Ghit, Abdelhamid Roubhia, Soumaya Boudra, Feryal Atoui, Randa Yakoubi, Rachid Benali, Abdelghani Bencheikh, Nadia Ait-Khaled, Guy Marks, Tessa Bird, Paola Espinel, Brett Toelle, Torkil Dawes, Bernd Lamprecht, Lea Schirhofer, Akramul Islam, Shayla Islam, Qazi Shafayetul Islam, Mesbah Ul-Haque, Tridib Roy Chowdhury, Sukantha Kumar Chatterjee, Dulal Mia, Shyamal Chandra Das, Mizanur Rahman, Shahaz Uddin, Nurul Islam, Luiza Khatun, Monira Parvin, Abdul Awal Khan, Maidul Islam, Arsene Kpangon, Karl Kpossou, Gildas Agodokpessi, Paul Ayelo, Benjamin Fayomi, Atongno Humphrey Ashu, Wan C Tan, Shengming Liu, Jiachun Lu, Pixin Ran, Yumin Zhou, Hendrik Laja, Katrin Ulst, Vappu Zobel, Toomas-Julius Lill, Isabelle Bodemann, Henning Geldmacher, Bryndis Benedikdtsdottir, Kristin Jörundsdottir, Lovisa Gudmundsdottir, Sigrun Gudmundsdottir, Mahesh Rao, Sajjad Malik, Nissar A Hakim, Umar Hafiz Khan, Rohini Chowgule, Vasant Shetye, Jonelle Raphael, Rosel Almeda, Mahesh Tawde, Rafiq Tadvi, Sunil Katkar, Milind Kadam, Rupesh Dhanawade, Umesh Ghurup, Siddhi Hirve, Somnath Sambhudas, Bharat Chaidhary, Meera Tambe, Savita Pingale, Arati Umap, Archana Umap, Nitin Shelar, Sampada Devchakke, Sharda Chaudhary, Suvarna Bondre, Savita Walke, Ashleshsa Gawhane, Anil Sapkal, Rupali Argade, Vijay Gaikwad, Jyoti Londhe, Sapna Madas, Akosua Francia Aikman, Meerim Akmatalieva, Saadat Usenbaeva, Jypara Kydyrova, Eliza Bostonova, Ulan Sheraliev, Nuridin Marajapov, Nurgul Toktogulova, Toktogul Azilova, Gulnara Beishekeeva, Nasyikat Dononbaeva, Aijamal Tabyshova, Wezzie Nyapigoti, Ernest Mwangoka, Mayamiko Kambwili, Martha Chipeta, Gloria Banda, Suzgo Mkandawire, Justice Banda, Li-Cher Loh, Siti Sholehah, Mohamed C Benjelloun, Chakib Nejjari, Mohamed Elbiaze, Karima El Rhazi, Daniel Obaseki, Gregory Erhabor, Olufemi Adewole, Tina Endresen, Lene Svendsen, Asaad A Nafees, Aysha Zahidie, Natasha Shaukat, Meesha Iqbal, Luisito F Idolor, Norberto A Francisco, Camilo C Roa, Fernando G Ayuyao, Cecil Z Tady, Daniel T Tan, Sylvia Banal-Yang, Vincent M Balanag, Renato B Dantes, Lourdes Amarillo, Lakan U Berratio, Lenora C Fernandez, Gerard S Garcia, Teresita S de Guia, Thessa Reyes, Leander P Simpao, Jakub Frey, Rafal Harat, Pawel Nastalek, Wojciech Skucha, Andrzej Szczeklik, Magda Twardowska, Fátima Rodrigues, Hermínia Dias, João Almeida, Maria João Matos, Paula Simão, Moutinho Santos, Reis Ferreira, H Alorainy, E El-Hamad, A Hashi, R Dela, R Fanuncio, E Doloriel, I Marciano, Anamika Jithoo, Desiree Adams, Edward Barnes, Jasper Freeman, Anton Hayes, Sipho Hlengwa, Christine Johannisen, Mariana Koopman, Innocentia Louw, Ina Ludick, Alta Olckers, Johanna Ryck, Janita Storbeck, Kirthi Gunasekera, Rajitha Wickremasinghe, Asma Elsony, Hana A Elsadig, Nada Bakery Osman, Bandar Salah Noory, Monjda Awad Mohamed, Suhaiba Khalifa, Mahmoud Elhadi, Mohand Hassan, Dalia Abdelmonam, Katarina Nisser, Gunilla Hägg, Terence Seemungal, Fallon Lutchmansingh, Liane Conyette, Myriam Denguezli, Hager Daldoul, Zaki Boukheroufa, Firas Chouikha, Wahbi Belhaj Khalifa, Attila Hancioglu, Ismail Hanta, Sedat Kuleci, Ahmet Sinan Turkyilmaz, Sema Umut, Turgay Unalan, Peter GJ Burney, Hadia Azar, Caron Amor, Michael Tumilty, Risha Dudhaiya, A Sonia Buist, Mary Ann McBurnie, William M Vollmer, Suzanne Gillespie, Sean Sullivan, Todd A Lee, Kevin B Weiss, Robert L Jensen, Robert Crapo, Paul Enright, John Cain, Rebecca Copeland, Dana Hazen, Jennifer Methvin, Rana Ahmed, Ewa Niżankowska-mogilnicka, Sullian S Naval, Jin-Ping Zheng, Gunnar Gudmundsson, Ben Knox-Brown, Dhiraj Agarwal, M Al Hajjaj, L Safia, Namarig Mohamed Elhassan, Marwa Mohamed Mohamaden, Sanjay K Juvekar, Stefanni Nonna M Paraguas, Anders Ørskov Rotevatn, Alexandra SchwedaLinow, Talant M. Sooronbaev, Bermet M. Estebesova, GJ Wesseling, MariaTeresita N Reyes, Flordeliza Sanchez, MAl Ghobain, Hasab Alrasoul Akasha Ahmed Osman, Abdel Mu’is El Zain, Ulrike SpetzNystrom, GunMarie Lund

“…Models were adjusted for sex, age, smoking, body mass index and educational level.Results Participants with greater per cent predicted FVC were less likely to have new-onset diabetes (OR per 10%=0.91, 95% CI 0.84 to 0.99), heart disease (OR per 10%=0.86, 95% CI 0.80 to 0.92) and stroke (OR per 10%=0.81, 95% CI 0.73 to 0.89) during the follow-up period (mean±SD 9.5±3.6 years). …”
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Cohort profile: the BangladEsh Longitudinal Investigation of Emerging Vascular and nonvascular Events (BELIEVE) cohort study by Anisur Rahman, Stephen Sutton, Mahbubur Rahman, Jason Crawte, Tahmeed Ahmed, Md Saimul Islam, Aliya Naheed, Adam S Butterworth, Emanuele Di Angelantonio, Matthew Walker, John Danesh, Angela Wood, Sarah Hawkes, Sadika Akhter, Catherine Perry, Aytalina Azarova, Ruchira T Naved, Meerjady Sabrina Flora, Nusrat Khan, Rajiv Chowdhury, Sohel Reza Choudhury, Nusrat Jahan, Stephen Kaptoge, Md Zahidul Islam, Kaniz Fatema, Kim Robin van Daalen, Shammi Luhar, Roderic L Jones, Abbas Bhuiya, Md Khalequzzaman, Syed Shariful Islam, Henry Taylor, Shamima Akter, Simon Griffin, Khairul Islam, Salma Akter, Ruchira Tabassum Naved, Abdul Malik, Rubhana Raqib, Animesh Talukder, Richard Houghton, Tahmina Shirin, Lawrence King, Kamrun Nahar, Samantha Farrow, Giulia Loffreda, Samsad Rabbani Khan, Valerie Rhenius, Nahida Akter, Md Mostafa Monower, Sabina Akter, Mantaka Rahman, Lisa Pennells, Maria L C Iurilli, Md Taslim Uddin Miah, Khan Mohammad Thouhidur Rahman, Sharraf Samin, Kazi Nazmus Saqeeb, Ishrat Tasmin, Eleanor Farrow, Ank Michielsen, Sarah Spackman, Charlotte van Coeverden, James Ajioka, Khondker Abdul Abdul Awal, Evangelia Chatzidiakou, Jörg Feldmann, Richard Fenner, Tuhin Haque, Sirajul Islam, Kamrul Hasan Khan, Fazila-Tun-Nesa Malik, Olalekan Popoola, Nicholas Mascie Taylor, Md Alfazal Khan, Israt Akter, Laboni Akter, Shoriful Islam, Mohammad Kamruzzaman, Monalisa Moni, A H M Rezwan, K M Thouhidur Rahman, Monjeline Sultana, Jesmin Akhter, Ayasha Akter, Bakul Akter, Jharna Akter, Jesmin Akter, Juba Akter, Khadiza Akter, Khadija Akter, Lipi Akter, Maksuda Akter, Mousumi Akter, Mst Lovely Akter, Nasima Akter, Samima Akter, Sema Akter, Shahida Akter, Shahnaj Akter, Taslima Akter, A T M Zorjis Alam, Mahmuda Atique, Lutfa Begum, Mst Nazma Begum, Farjana Choudhury, Mitali Paul Chowdhury, Robin Reza Chowdhury, Mukul Rani Debnath, Nahid Ferdash, Naima Ferdous, Md Rakib Al Hasan, Khandaker Hashanuzzaman, Shamima Haq, Md Riazul Haque, Alamgir Hossain, Md Ibrahim, Shahi Israt Jahan, Israt Jahan Jarin, Zohora Pradhan Jonaki, Asik Kabir, Tonema Kader, Md Mostafa Kamal, Sayed Kamruzzaman, Sadik Fatima Kanon, Nazmul Karim, Shamsul Karim, Tanuja Khanom, Shamim Ara Khatun, Badrun Nahar Lorin, Mst Sirajum Manira, Farhana Jahan Mary, Kazi Dilruba Mita, Lipi Mitra, Basudeb Mollik, Sudipta Nargis, Nusrat Alam Nawmee, Esrat Zahan Nesa, Mahmuda Akter Nipa, Mehenaz Parvin, Sanjida Parvin, Shahnaj Parvin, Suraiya Parvin, Nayan Rabidash, Rulia Rahman, Madhabi Rani, Shahjalal Sarker, Smriti Sarker, Razia Sultana Shathi, Fatema Shelly, Ireen Sultana, Rovaiya Sultana, Israt Jahan Sumi, Sharmin Tamanna, Khadija Akter Topy, Umme Habiba Urmee, Suraya Yesmin, Julianne Halley, Charlotte van Coeverden, Mahmuda Akther Akhi, Asia Akter, Labony Akter, Ms Mili Akter, Mst Shamima Akter, Setu Akter, Tahmina Akter, Md Sabdar Ali, Mst Jesmin Ara, Edyta Bujnik, Apu Chandra Das, Many Das, Nurjahan Fatema, Md Riyad Hasan, Soniya Jannat, Mst Amena Khatun, Most Nurnahar Khatun, William Mossman, Robyn Murdoch, Zannaton Naeem, Evrikleia Ntasi, Silvia Alonso Rodriguez, Tripty Roy, Most Abida Sultana, Laryssa Amado, Tanya Braune, Eilidh Cowan, Steve Ellis, Ellie Farrow, Hannah Lombardi, Niko Ovenden, Tamara Sabri, Md Khalid Sultan, Jim Ajioka, Khondker Abdul Awal, Arul Baradi, Emanuele Di Angelantonio, Camilla Faidutti, Joerg Feldmann, Louise Hair, Sharifuddin Hasnat, Shahid Akhter Hossain, Md Mominul Islam, Shafiul Islam, Joe Lavallée, Fazila Tun-Nesa Malik, Nick Mascie-Taylor, Md Sirajul Islam, Laurie Savage, Sara Shazad, Lalitha Sundaram, Aloka Tulukdar, Kim Van Daalen, Tanvir Chowdhury, Nurul Huda, Samia Naz Isha, Riaz Hossain Khan, Aliva Salmeen, Zeeba Zahra Sultana

“…Focusing only on the 65 822 adult participants aged 20–79 years at baseline, 15 411 (23%) reported being diagnosed with hypertension; 10 578 (16%) with type 2 diabetes and 7624 (12%) with hypercholesterolaemia. Age and sex-standardised prevalences of these conditions were much higher in urban than slum and rural settings. …”
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Attitudes towards vaccines and intention to vaccinate against COVID-19: a cross-sectional analysis—implications for public health communications in Australia by Leslie Swartz, Jean Bourbeau, Naja Hulvej Rod, Colleen Norris, Molly Byrne, Samir Gupta, Juhee Cho, Amos Laar, Jacqueline Boyle, Eva Suarthana, Mohsen Sadatsafavi, Bronwynè Coetzee, Susan Michie, Richard Fleet, Jason Bantjes, Beate Ditzen, Justin Presseau, Lucie Byrne-Davis, Claudia Gemme, Valeria Raparelli, Alexandra Kautzky-Willer, Sandra Peláez, Hannah Durand, Olivier Drouin, Sze Man Tse, Louise Pilote, Hagai Levine, Richard Ayah, Drieda Zaçe, Paul Poirier, Helena J Teede, Paula Griffiths, Elizabeth W Kimani-Murage, Lisa Kakinami, Angelos Kassianos, Chiwoza Bandawe, Ariane Belanger-Gravel, Lise Gauvin, Ilda Hoxhaj, Stefania Boccia, Jovana Stojanovic, Keven Joyal-Desmarais, Emily Petherick, Joanne Liu, Linda Booij, Joanne Enticott, Ahmed Abou-Setta, Kyle Warkentin, Roland Grad, Michael Vallis, Gary Garber, Mohsen Alyami, Johannes Thrul, Gregory Ninot, Susanne Fischer, Lauren Sherar, Paula Simão, Daniel Akunga, Jackim Nyamari, John Bosco Isunju, Michel Fournier, Francine Ducharme, Sarah Bernard, Shawn Aaron, Susan Bondy, Rizwana Roomaney, Jiyoung Lee, Violet Naanyu, Chris Noone, Abdhalah Ziraba, Eli Puterman, Jaskirath Singh Gill, Simon L. Bacon, Kim L. Lavoie, Daniel S. Epstein, Shrinkhala Dawadi, Zahir Vally, Analía Verónica Losada, Shajedur Rahman Shawon, Arobindu Dash, Marilia Estevam Cornelio, Darlan Lauricio Matte, Angela Alberga, Tracie Barnett, Silvana Barone, Lisa Maureen Birch, Roxane Borgès Da Silva, Rachel Burns, Tavis Campbell, Linda Carlson, Kim Corace, Mohsen Farhadloo, Carl Falk, Jennifer Gordon, Kim Hellemans, Catherine Herba, Heungsun Hwang, Jack Jedwab, Eric Kennedy, Sunmee Kim, Joshua Rash, Paula A B Ribeiro, Paramita Saha Chaudhuri, Nicolás Bronfman Caceres, Manuel Ortiz, Paula Beatriz Repetto, Mariantonia Lemos-Hoyos, Mathieu Beraneck, Thomas Kubiak, Sam Codjoe, Lily Kpobi, Naorem Kiranmala Devi, Sanjenbam Meitei, Suzanne Tanya Nethan, Lancelot Pinto, Kallur Nava Saraswathy, Dheeraj Tumu, Silviana Lestari, Grace Wangge, Jennifer McSharry, Oonagh Meade, Gerry Molloy, Anat Zaidman-Zait, Stefania Paduano, Ala'S Aburub, Chris Barasa, Pamela Miloya Godia, Nicholas Mutuku, Teresa Mwoma, Hildah Oburu, Joyce Olenja, Dismas Ongore, Loh Siew Yim, Andrea Herbert, Daniela Liggett, Ademola Ajuwon, Nisar Ahmed Shar, Bilal Ahmed Usmani, Rosario Mercedes Bartolini Martínez, Hilary Creed-Kanashiro, Pierre Claver Rutayisire, Abu Zeeshan Bari, Iveta Nagyova, Brendon Barnes, Ashraf Khagee, Tebogo Mothiba, Man-gyeong Lee, Anne Berman, Nouha Saleh Stattin, Debbie Hu, Yasin Kara, Ceprail Şimşek, Bilge Üzmezoğlu, James Mugisha, Joanne Hart, Will Johnson, Nicola Paine, Robert M Bilder, Matthew Burg, Susan Czajkowski, Ken Freedland, Sherri Sheinfeld Gorin, Alison Holman, Gilberto Lopez, Sylvie Naar, Michele Okun, Lynda Powell, Sarah Pressman, Tracey Revenson, John Ruiz, Sudha Sivaram, Claudia Trudel-Fitzgerald, Abehaw Yohannes, Rhea Navani, Kushnan Ranakombu, Daisuke Hayashi Neto, Tair Ben-Porat, Anda Dragomir, Amandine Gagnon-Hébert, Vincent Gosselin Boucher, Mahrukh Jamil, Lisa Maria Käfer, Ariany Marques Vieira, Tasfia Tasbih, Maegan Trottier, Robbie Woods, Reyhaneh Yousefi, Tamila Roslyakova, Lilli Priesterroth, Shirly Edelstein, Tanya Goldfrad, Ruth Snir, Yifat Uri, Comfort Sanuade, Olivia Crescenzi, Katya Grinko, Lalita Angne, Jigisha Jain, Nikita Mathur, Anagha Mithe, Sarah Nethan

“…Findings regarding vaccines in general were similar except there were no sex differences. For both the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine and vaccines in general, there were no differences in intentions to vaccinate as a function of education level, perceived income level and rurality. …”
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Selected Abstracts of the 20th International Workshop on Neonatology and Pediatrics; Cagliari (Italy); October 23-26, 2024 by --- Various Authors

“…INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS FOR TWIN NEWBORN WEIGHT, LENGTH, AND HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE BY GESTATIONAL AGE AND SEX: THE INTERGROWTH-21ST CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY • F. …”
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Conscientious Objection Based on Patient Identity by John Dinelli

“…This patient-based objection is discriminatory and unrelated to the patient’s requested medical service which may conflict with the physician’s morals.[14]  A virtuous physician would never refuse to treat a patient based on the patient’s race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin. …”
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Global burden of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, 2010 to 2021 by Gong Feng, Giovanni Targher, Christopher D. Byrne, Yusuf Yilmaz, Vincent Wai-Sun Wong, Cosmas Rinaldi Adithya Lesmana, Leon A. Adams, Jerome Boursier, George Papatheodoridis, Mohamed El-Kassas, Nahum Méndez-Sánchez, Silvia Sookoian, Laurent Castera, Wah-Kheong Chan, Feng Ye, Sombat Treeprasertsuk, Helena Cortez-Pinto, Hon Ho Yu, Won Kim, Manuel Romero-Gómez, Atsushi Nakajima, Khin Maung Win, Seung Up Kim, Adriaan G. Holleboom, Giada Sebastiani, Ponsiano Ocama, John D. Ryan, Monica Lupșor-Platon, Hasmik Ghazinyan, Mamun Al-Mahtab, Saeed Hamid, Nilanka Perera, Khalid A. Alswat, Qiuwei Pan, Michelle T. Long, Vasily Isakov, Man Mi, Marco Arrese, Arun J. Sanyal, Shiv Kumar Sarin, Nathalie Carvalho Leite, Luca Valenti, Philip N. Newsome, Hannes Hagström, Salvatore Petta, Hannele Yki-Järvinen, Jörn M. Schattenberg, Marlen I. Castellanos Fernández, Isabelle A. Leclercq, Gulnara Aghayeva, Abdel-Naser Elzouki, Ali Tumi, Ala I. Sharara, Asma Labidi, Faisal M. Sanai, Khaled Matar, Maen Al-Mattooq, Maisam Waid Akroush, Mustapha Benazzouz, Nabil Debzi, Maryam Alkhatry, Salma Barakat, Said A. Al-Busafi, John Rwegasha, Wah Yang, Agyei Adwoa, Christopher Kenneth Opio, Mohammadjavad Sotoudeheian, Yu Jun Wong, Jacob George, Ming-Hua Zheng

“…Methods: Total numbers and age-standardized rates per 100,000 population for MASLD prevalence, annual incidence, and YLDs were compared across regions and countries by age, sex, and sociodemographic index (SDI). Smoothing spline models were used to evaluate the relationship between the burden of MASLD and SDI. …”
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Exploring shape diversity and sexual dimorphism in two populations of Nigma conducens through geometric morphometrics by Safa M. El-masry, Tarek G. Ismail, Asmaa N. Mustafa

“…This study employed geometric morphometrics to investigate prosoma shape and size variations between two populations of Nigma conducens spiders and between sexes within each population. Principal Component Analysis (PCA) explored shape variation, while Canonical Variate Analysis (CVA) compared shape differences between populations and sexes. …”
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Determining The Relationship Between Speed and Branch Specific Test for Fencers in The U 10-12 Categories by Sercin Kosova, Merve Koca Kosova, Celal Gençoğlu, Hikmet Gümüş, Fırat Özdalyan, Egemen Mancı

“…When the results of the study were examined, there was no significant difference between the sexes in the physical characteristics and performance tests of the athletes (p gt;0.05). …”
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Abdominal Obesity Is Associated with an Increased Risk of All-Cause Mortality in Males but Not in Females with HFpEF by Liyao Fu, Ying Zhou, Jiaxing Sun, Zhaowei Zhu, Shi Tai

“…Association between abdominal obesity and development of heart failure (HF) with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) between the sexes is not completely understood. Objectives. This study evaluated the association between abdominal obesity and the risk of all-cause mortality in patients with HFpEF while performing a gender outcome comparison. …”
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Chemical Immobilization of Sloth Bears (Melursus ursinus) with Ketamine Hydrochloride and Xylazine Hydrochloride: Hematology and Serum Biochemical Values by M. Veeraselvam, R. Sridhar, P. Perumal, M. G. Jayathangaraj

“…Comparison between sexes revealed significant difference in PCV (P<0.05) and mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC) (P<0.05). …”
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