Inflammatory Markers Are Positively Associated with Serum trans-Fatty Acids in an Adult American Population by Mohsen Mazidi, Hong-kai Gao, Andre Pascal Kengne

“…After adjustment for age and sex, mean serum TFAs rose with the increasing quarters of hs-CRP and fibrinogen (both p<0.001). …”
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Differences in risk factor profiles for peripheral artery disease compared to coronary, cerebral and carotid artery by Stefan Acosta, Yufeng Du, Yan Borné, Anders Gottsäter

“…Male sex, age, and hypertension were risk factors for development of all atherosclerotic manifestations. …”
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Ultrasound Assessment of Carotid Intima-Media Thickness: Comparison between Diabetes and Nondiabetes Subjects, and Correlation with Serum Vitamin D by Sameeah Abdulrahman Rashid

“…Comparison was made between each group, and the association of CIMT with each of age, sex, BMI, serum vitamin D status, smoking, and physical activity status was studied. …”
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HIV/AIDS infection in people aged 50 and older. Cienfuegos 1986-2021 by Leticia Castro Morejón, Lourdes Elena Duany Badell, Dianelys María López Castro, Joliette Rodríguez Peña, Vivian Isabel Chávez Pérez, Miladys Llanes Cartaya

“…The analyzed variables were: age, sex, sexual orientation, research group, diagnoses by year and residence municipality.…”
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University students’ understanding and opinions of eating disorders: a qualitative study by Sheila Greenfield, Millie Manning

“…Many referenced informal sources of information such as social media and expressed a desire for ED teaching. Sex did not have a significant influence on knowledge or opinions of EDs in this study; however, there were some differences, for example, some males were more likely to see EDs as a weakness and to perceive themselves as having low levels of knowledge.Conclusions University students show broad awareness of EDs; however, knowledge of certain aspects of ED-MHL including help sources and symptom recognition was lacking. …”
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Clinical Characteristics and Mortality-Associated Factors in Trauma Patients Undergoing Permanent Versus Temporary Tracheostomy by Ahmad K. Alnemare

“…Key factors influencing survival outcomes include age, injury severity, sex, and cardiovascular surgical intervention. These findings provide valuable insights for clinical decision-making and risk assessment in trauma patients requiring tracheostomy. …”
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Knowledge about sexually transmitted infections in adolescents from the Naiguatá Parish. La Guaira. Venezuela, 2021 by Bárbara Teresa Zabala Enrique, Natasha Sànchez Bouza, Lourdes Elena Duany Badell, Magdalena Omayda Albelo, Josè Demiàn Rodrìguez Medina, Yusimì Cabada Martìnez

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> the prevailing age was 16 years old and the female sex; 41.5% started sexual relations at 14 years of age. …”
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Individuals of older adults hospitalized with social isolation by Jercy Subyen Iglesias Toriza, Elaine Teresa Gutiérrez Pérez, Linet Pérez Jurajuria, Galia Yagnalis Delgado Pagán, Yara Díaz Ibáñez

“…Family emigration, toxic habits and disabling diseases were the causes of isolation and depression was the most frequent consequence in both sexes.…”
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Characterization of Positive and Suspected COVID-19 Cases with Comorbidities by Yoenny Peña García, Annia Suárez Padilla, Niuva Milagro Arruebarrena Blanco

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> the mean age was 50 years in suspects and 37 years in confirmed, male sex (53.80 %) prevailed in suspects and female (60.00 %) in positives. …”
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Educational intervention on the smoking consequences in adolescents from Nuevitas by Moraima Martell Martínez, Norki Betancourt Sánchez, Rosabel Lozada Bazain, Edwin Echemendía Reyes, Leydis Suárez Ramos, Bismar Reyes Hernández

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> male sex and ages 18 to 19 predominated, an age group that also showed the greatest knowledge about the effects of smoking. …”
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Impacted Maxillary Canine Prevalence and Its Association with Other Dental Anomalies in a Mexican Population by José Rubén Herrera-Atoche, María del Rosario Agüayo-de-Pau, Mauricio Escoffié-Ramírez, Fernando Javier Aguilar-Ayala, Bertha Arelly Carrillo-Ávila, Marina Eduviges Rejón-Peraza

“…IMC were present in 6.04% of the sample with no difference by sex (p=0.540). Other DAs occurred in 51.92% of the IMC group and in 20.17% of the controls (p<0.05). …”
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Factors associated with poor outcomes in patients with maple syrup urine disease in a tertiary government hospital: A retrospective cohort study by Christine Mae S. Avila, Mary Ann R. Abacan

“…In conclusion, among our cohort of MSUD patients, the age at collection of newborn screening and the number of metabolic crises annually were associated with increased mortality. Male sex, dietary non‐compliance, and nosocomial infections were associated with increased neurodevelopmental morbidity.…”
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Physical activity and metabolic syndrome in primary care patients in Spain. by Rafael Manuel Micó-Pérez, Natalia Hernández Segura, Vicente Martín-Sánchez, Alfonso Barquilla-García, Sonsoles M Velilla-Zancada, José Polo-García, Miguel Ángel Prieto-Díaz, Vicente Pallares-Carratala, Antonio Segura-Fragoso, Leovigildo Ginel-Mendoza, Sergio Cinza-Sanjurjo

“…The analyses were performed stratifying by sex.<h4>Results</h4>A total of 854 men and 1,505 women with no identified diseases were included. …”
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Prosthetic rehabilitation, failures and their causes by Yulemy Portal García, Anabel Zurbano Cobas, María Gabriela Pérez Cuevas, Lorena Camacho Guerrero, Lisbet Pineda Bombino, Dairon Aguilar Valdez

“…Document analysis of the medical records was used and the variables were worked on: the result of the rehabilitation (success/failure), sex, age group, type of prosthesis and causes of failure. …”
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Smoking Behavior in First-year Medical Students at the University of Medical Sciences of Cienfuegos by Yoel Hernández Guerra, Alain Rodríguez Gómez, Ignacio Marrero Silva, Carlos Manuel Mora Hernández, Zulema Tamara Mesa Montero

“…<br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> there was evidence of an increase in the smoking habit in adolescents at the expense of the female sex, whose habit began at an early age.…”
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Association between phase angle, body mass index and insulin resistance in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a cross-sectional study by Yezi Hu, Hui Jin

“…In the unadjusted model, Model 1 (adjustment for age), Model 2 (adjust for age+duration), Model 3 (adjust for age+duration+sex+UA+TG+TC) and Model 4 (adjust for age+duration+sex+UA+TG+TC+HDL+HbA1c), the adjusted ORs for participants were 4.4 (95% CI [1.72–11.24]), 4.41 (95% CI [1.73–11.27]), 4.75 (95% CI [1.83–12.32]), 2.93 (95% CI [1.04–8.23]) and 3.1 (95% CI [1.09–8.86]) respectively, compared to LPHB group. …”
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Oxidative Stress Markers in Patients with Metabolic Syndrome by Axana Rodríguez Núñez, Jorge Calá Fernández, Haydee Cruz Vadell, Miguel Ángel Montoya Deler

“…The variables analyzed were: age, sex, presence of arterial hypertension, triacylglycerides, glycemia, anthropometric variables, levels of oxidative markers for protein and lipids, defense marker against oxidative stress. …”
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Risk factors for type 2 diabetes mellitus in adolescentes by Wendy Valdés Gómez, Arianna Almirall Sánchez, Miguel Ángel Gutiérrez Pérez

“…Variables such as age, sex, history of gestational diabetes, low birth weight, breastfeeding time, family history of DM2, fruit / vegetable intake, physical activity and physical examination results were collected. …”
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Association between Urinary N-Acetyl-Beta-D-Glucosaminidase and Microalbuminuria in Diabetic Black Africans by Francis Patrick Udomah, Udeme Ekpenyong Ekrikpo, Emmanuel Effa, Babatunde Salako, Ayodeji Arije, Solomon Kadiri

“…We measured the urinary excretion of N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase (NAG), NAG/creatinine ratio, urinary protein-creatinine ratio and calculated eGFR in 30 recently diagnosed nonhypertensive diabetics and 67 controls. The age and sex distribution, systolic blood pressure, serum and urinary creatinine were similar for both groups. …”
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Intervention program through therapeutic physical exercise in patients with lung cancer by Onesio Esteban de León Gutierrez, Israel Triana Pérez, Iván Castillo Ledo

“…<br /><strong>Results</strong>: the age group from 65 to 79 years old and the male sex prevailed. Rehabilitation start time ranged from 6 to 12 months. …”
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