Risk of hepatocellular carcinoma in Asian patients with primary biliary cholangitis: A nationwide and hospital cohort study by Jihye Lim, Ye-Jee Kim, Sehee Kim, Jonggi Choi

“…Older age, male sex, smoking, and diabetes were identified as prominent risk factors for HCC in patients with PBC in the nationwide cohort. …”
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Influence of Smartphone Usage on development of Sexuality among Late Adolescent Boys in Health Sciences Colleges of South India [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] by Sara J Ommen, Preeti M Galagali, Sharath M Manya, Prasanna Mithra, Jayashree K

“…Among study participants, 88% were attracted to the opposite sex, 6% were attracted to the same-sex, and 6% were attracted to both sexes. …”
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Deficiency of the palmitoyl acyltransferase ZDHHC7 modulates depression-like behaviour in female mice after a mild chronic stress paradigm by Christa Hohoff, Nicole Kerkenberg, Mingyue Zhang, Weronika Palkowska, Lydia Wachsmuth, Maja Peng, Lena Stiehl, Christiane Schettler, Johannes C. S. Zang, Andreas Huge, Evgeni Ponimaskin, Cornelius Faber, Bernhard T. Baune, Weiqi Zhang

“…These effects are partly mediated by sex and sex steroid hormones, which in turn are affected by the palmitoyl acyltransferase ZDHHC7. …”
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Vitamin D Deficiency in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus with and without Pulmonary Tuberculosis by Wahiduddin Wahiduddin, Agung Pranoto, Sudjarwo Sudjarwo

“…Conclusion: Sex, age, BMI, and duration of T2DM had a significant correlation with vitamin D deficiency in T2DM patients with and without pulmonary TB.…”
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Characterization of Cannabis usage in individuals with non-cancer chronic pain in the state of Maine using the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) by Rachel Bordonaro, Elizabeth N. Bean, Ling Cao

“…Data were stratified by sex and analyzed in Microsoft Excel and SigmaPlot. …”
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Smoking as a risk factor for lung cancer in women and men: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Sanne A E Peters, Mark Woodward, Paul Mitchell, Rachel R Huxley, Gemma Taylor, Linda M O’Keeffe

“…Objectives To investigate the sex-specific association between smoking and lung cancer.Design Systematic review and meta-analysis.Data sources We searched PubMed and EMBASE from 1 January 1999 to 15 April 2016 for cohort studies. …”
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Long-term risk factors for developing Barrett’s oesophagus in patients with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease: a longitudinal cohort study by John F Dillon, Paul Brennan, James Cotton, James Carberry, Christopher J Byrne

“…At follow-up (n=363), 22 (6.1%) participants developed BO; male sex (aOR 3.18 (95% CI 1.28 to 7.86), p=0.012), pack-years cigarettes smoked (aOR 1.04 (95% CI 1.00 to 1.08), p=0.046) and increased alcohol intake (aOR 1.02 (95% CI 1.00 to 1.04), p=0.013), were associated with increased odds of BO.Conclusion Male sex, pack-years cigarettes smoked, and increasing alcohol intake, were independently associated with increased odds of developing BO over 20-year follow-up. …”
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Periodontal disease status and treatment need among a Kurdish population in Sulaimani - Iraq as assessed by CPITN index by Sarhang Sarwat Gul

“…Logistic regression analysis showed that age, sex, frequency of brushing and smoking significantly correlated with CPITN scores. …”
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Reproductive Strategy of Labeobarbus batesii (Boulenger, 1903) (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) in the Mbô Floodplain Rivers of Cameroon by Claudine Tekounegning Tiogué, Minette Tabi Eyango Tomedi, Joseph Tchoumboué

“…The sex ratio was female skewed (overall sex ratio: 1 : 1.42). …”
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Seropositive patients’ characterization to the human immunodeficiency virus. Cienfuegos Municipality, 2017-2021 by Aliuska Tamayo Verdecia, Lizette Rodríguez Fernández, Miriela Roque Gutiérrez, Caridad Geanicet Díaz Sánchez, Sadis Suarez del Villar Seuret, Martha Morales Carmenate

“…The analyzed variables were: age, sex, level of education, sexual orientation, health areas and research group. …”
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Changes in lake sturgeon spawning periodicity is associated with prior reproductive effort by Douglas L. Larson, Travis O. Brenden, Edward A. Baker, Kim T. Scribner

“…Male spawning periodicity (1.60 ± 0.63 years; mean ± SE) decreased with increasing body size and intra-sex interactions and increased with increasing cumulative temperature, discharge, number of inter-sex interactions, and complete river migrations in a season. …”
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STUDI JUMLAH TROMBOSIT ANTARA PENDONOR LAKI-LAKI DAN PEREMPUAN PADA USIA YANG BERBEDA DI UNIT TRANSFUSI DARAH CABANG KOTA MALANG by Anis Nur Khasanah, Suyadi Suyadi

“…This study is aimed to evaluate the influence of the sex and age of donor on the number of thrombocyte. …”
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Serum Alkaline Phosphatase Levels in Pediatric Kikuchi‐Fujimoto Disease: A Retrospective Observational Analysis by Shintaro Fujiwara, Yousuke Higuchi, Junya Shimizu

“…Serum alkaline phosphatase levels were analyzed employing age‐ and sex‐specific reference intervals. Clinical and laboratory data were evaluated to determine their association with serum alkaline phosphatase levels. …”
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Study of Clinical and Epidemiological Factors in Patients Diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis by Rolando Rodríguez Puga, Yasnier Dueñas Rodríguez

“…The variables were studied: age group, sex, skin color, years of diagnosis, clinical signs and symptoms, risk factors; as well as complications presented. …”
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Prevalence of the Hypertriglyceridemic Waist Phenotype: Results from the Second Measurement of the CARMEN Initiative by Alain Francisco Morejón Giraldoni, Eloida Rivas Alpízar, Verónica Salas García, Mikhail Benet Rodríguez

“…The variables analyzed were: sex, age, skin color, waist circumference, triglyceride levels and hypertriglyceridemic waist phenotype. …”
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Psycho-educational program for high school females by Perla Caridad López Hernández, Laura López Angulo, Eneida Bravo Polanco, Carmen Benítez Cabrera, Lisbet Cepero Águila, Rafael Luis Pino Pich

“…<strong>Introduction:</strong> sex education provides knowledge, values and attitudes that both, men and women need to live with dignity and develop fully and happily. …”
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Effect of turkey berry (Solanum torvum) stalk extract on masculinization of guppy fish (Poecilia reticulata) by Nurhayati, Vicana Pandang Ivonda, Razi Fakhrul, Syahputra Faisal, Thaib Azwar, Handayani Lia

“…It has potential as one of the natural hormones for sex direction in fish. Sex direction aims to produce monosexed fish. …”
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Esclaves et affranchis chez les Voconces au Haut-Empire : l’apport des inscriptions by Marianne Béraud, Nicolas Mathieu, Bernard Rémy

“…Outside the Collegium venatorum at Deensium 92 individuals have been numbered, or at least probably (64 men, 26 women and 2 anonymous of undetermined sex). There were 23 individual slaves (17 men and 6 women), 69 were freedslaves (47 men, 20 women and 2 anonymous of undetermined sex) – among them 58 freedslaves of Roman citizens (43 men, 15 women) and 11 freedslaves of peregrines (4 men, 5 women and the 2 anonymous). …”
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In, Out, and Beyond: Dislocation, Contamination and the Redemptive Power of Womanhood in California, In-doors and Out by Eliza W. Farnham, 1856 by Claire Sorin

“…Yet, the deep originality of Eliza Farnham’s account lies in its gendered perspective, which combines traditional and radical views of the female sex and disrupts dialectics of public and private spheres. …”
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Nuestra Madre Milpa Joven: una imagen de la totalidad efímera en un ritual wixárika by Regina Lira Larios

“…We will show how each of its parts is created and manipulated throughout a ritual cycle, during interactions among humans in the ritual patio and among non humans in the ritual chant, while establishing plural and contradictory same sex, cross sex and Indian and Non-Indian relations. …”
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