Abnormal glymphatic system in patients with autoimmune encephalitis: Relationship with cognitive performance by Yingchi Zhang, Dianwei Wu, Zhirong Fan, Xiuxiu Leng, Ting Wan, Xiaodan Shi, Xiaomu Wang, Xuan Wang, Changgeng Song, Fang Du, Wen Jiang

“…Results: A total of 115 individuals were enrolled, including 85 patients with AE and 30 age- and sex-matched healthy controls (HCs). After correcting for age and sex, patients with AE had a significantly lower baseline ALPS index compared to HCs (1.173, 95 % CI [1.135, 1.210] vs. 1.456, 95 % CI [1.371, 1.541]; P < 0.001). …”
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Association of weight-adjusted-waist index with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Chinese urban adults: a cross-sectional study by Qingzheng Wu, Bing Li, Yuepeng Wang, Yuepeng Wang, Yue Zhang, Qian Wang, Binqi Li, Binqi Li, Wei Jing, Jing Yang, Yiming Mu

“…After adjusting for all factors with the exception of the stratified variable, this association held true in age, sex, BMI, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia subgroup and was especially pronounced in those aged &lt;60 years, BMI ≥24 kg/m2, and males, with interactions between WWI and age, sex, and BMI (P for interaction &lt;0.05).ConclusionWWI was positively associated with T2DM in Chinese urban adults, especially in young and middle-aged males with BMI ≥24 kg/m2.…”
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Forty years of HIV infection and AIDS in Taiwan: Reflection on the past and looking toward the future by Sung-Hsi Huang, Hsun-Yin Huang, Stephane Wen-Wei Ku, Po-Hsien Kuo, Kuan-Yin Lin, Guan-Jhou Chen, Chia-Chi Lee, Yen-Fang Huang, Chien-Ching Hung

“…However, despite improved access to HIV testing and treatment, late presentation of HIV infection remains common. Unprotected sex, particularly among men who have sex with men, continues to be the leading risk for HIV transmission after implementation of harm reduction program to control an outbreak of HIV infection among people who inject drugs that occurred in 2003–2007. …”
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Collecting Real-World Data via an In-Home Smart Medication Dispenser: Longitudinal Observational Study of Survey Panel Persistency, Response Rates, and Psychometric Properties by Benjamin Ogorek, Thomas Rhoads, Erica Smith

“…Fall risk responses were not significantly associated with sex (PPP ConclusionsA smart medication dispenser, spencer, generated years of longitudinal survey data from patients in their homes. …”
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Autistic and transgender/gender diverse people’s experiences of health and healthcare by Kate Green, Elizabeth Weir, Lily Wright, Carrie Allison, Simon Baron-Cohen

“…Methods We compared the healthcare experiences and health outcomes of cisgender autistic (n = 1094), transgender/gender diverse autistic (n = 174), and cisgender non-autistic adults (n = 1295) via an anonymous, self-report survey. All individuals whose sex assigned at birth did not match their current gender identity were categorized as transgender/gender diverse; this was possible to determine, as the survey asked about sex assigned at birth and gender in separate questions. …”
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Long COVID and its risk factors in migrants: a nationwide register study from Sweden by Agneta Cederström, George Frederick Mkoma, Thomas Benfield, Charles Agyemang, Marie Nørredam, Mikael Rostila

“…Poisson regressions were used to calculate incidence rate ratios (IRR) of long COVID by country/region of birth. The contribution of sex, preexisting health status, disease severity, vaccination status, and socioeconomic factors to differences in long COVID diagnosis by country/region of birth were further investigated. …”
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An exploratory study of serum creatine kinase as a prognostic marker for patients with resectable pancreatic cancer: looking into the relationship with body composition by Cong Chen, Xin Luo, Xianchao Lin, Ronggui Lin, Yuanyuan Yang, Congfei Wang, Haizong Fang, Tianhong Teng, Heguang Huang, Fengchun Lu

“…The prognostic significance of CK was analyzed based on sex-stratified groups. The Kaplan-Meier method was used to compare overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS). …”
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Thyroid Function in Korean Adolescents with Obesity: Results from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey VI (2013–2015) by Won Kyoung Cho, Hyo-Kyoung Nam, Jae Hyun Kim, Young-Jun Rhie, Sochung Chung, Kee-Hyoung Lee, Byung-Kyu Suh

“…Positive linear associations were observed between TSH and BMI z-score (P=0.031), waist circumference (P=0.013), waist-height ratio (P=0.002), systolic blood pressure (P=0.001), total cholesterol (P=0.008), and triglyceride (P=0.002) after adjusting for age and sex. With per-unit increase in TSH, the odds ratios of having abdominal obesity (OR = 1.18, 95% CI, 1.01–1.38) and triglyceride ≥ 150 mg/dL (OR = 1.18, 95% CI, 1.04–1.34) were significantly increased after adjusting for age, sex, and BMI. …”
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Global, regional and national burdens of cardiovascular disease attributable to secondhand smoke from 1990–2019: an age-period-cohort analysis by Hong Jiang, Xiang-Bin Pan, Xiaofei Li, Shouzheng Wang, Zeye Liu, Peijian Wei, Fengwen Zhang, Wen-Bin Ou-yang

“…The distribution by sex revealed a slightly lower percentage of males (46.5%) than females (53.5%). …”
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Predictors and Prognostic Effects of Perioperative Myocardial Injury After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement According to VARC-3 Criteria by Hu X, Zhao Z, Wang C, Feng D, Chen Y, Niu G, Zhou Z, Zhang H, Li Z, Ye Y, Wang M, Wu Y

“…Patients with PPMI had short- and long-term outcomes similar to those without PPMI.Conclusion: Female sex and secondary valve implantation are predictors of an increased risk of PPMI, whereas baseline anticoagulant use and the use of balloon-expandable valves are protective factors. …”
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Healthy aging in frail older adults: Active aging project of a national survey by Jisu Seo, Kyungok Joo, Yuelin Li, Nayoung Kim, Eunna Oh, Lkhagvajav Gansukh, Rhayun Song

“…The model was tested after controlling for age, sex (ref=male), economic status, and years of education. …”
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A Study On The Histopathological Analysis Of Nasal Masses Among Patients Attending The Ent Department Of Pakistan Institute Of Medical Sciences, Islamabad by Malik Jawad Faisal, Muhammad Arshad, Moniba Zafar, Ahmed Hasan Ashfaq, Syed Fahd Shah

“… Objective: The study was conducted to understand the different histopathological patterns, the classification of nasal tumours, and the relative distribution of the various lesions by age and sex. Method: In this study, 80 patients admitted to our hospital with nasal weights and numerous clinical presentations were selected. …”
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Intergenerational Transfers in Infant Mortality in Southern Sweden, 1740-1968 by Luciana Quaranta

“…The results remained consistent when restricting the sample only to cases where the grandmother had been observed for her entire reproductive history or when controlling for socioeconomic status. When running sex specific models, significant effects of the number of infant deaths of the grandmother were observed for girls but not for boys.…”
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Supernumerary Teeth in Indian Children: A Survey of 300 Cases by Amita Sharma, Varun Pratap Singh

“…The results indicated that males were affected more than females with a sex ratio of 2.9 : 1. Single supernumerary tooth was seen in 79% of the patients, 20% had double, and 1% had three or more supernumeraries. …”
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Comparison of Prevalence and Angulation of Impacted Third Molar among Erbil Population with That of Iraq Neighboring Countries by Khurshid Kheder, Hassan Barzanji, Sarkawt Ali

“…Results: regarding the age and sex, there is no such significant differences between all included countries; considering dominant type of impaction, Kuwait was different from others by dominance of vertical impaction; Distoangular impaction in Erbil was twice of other countries. …”
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Intergenerational Transfers in Infant Mortality in Southern Sweden, 1740-1968 by Luciana Quaranta

“…The results remained consistent when restricting the sample only to cases where the grandmother had been observed for her entire reproductive history or when controlling for socioeconomic status. When running sex specific models, significant effects of the number of infant deaths of the grandmother were observed for girls but not for boys. …”
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Diet-Intestinal Microbiota Axis in Osteoarthritis: A Possible Role by Yusheng Li, Wei Luo, Zhenhan Deng, Guanghua Lei

“…Although various person-level risk factors, such as age, sex, and obesity, have been proposed for the pathogenesis of OA, the underlying links between these person-level factors and OA are still enigmatic. …”
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Bupropion Induced Hyponatremia in an Elderly Patient: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Sahil Munjal, Yvette Smolin

“…We recommend that clinicians should be well aware of this side effect and that sodium levels should be checked within the first 2 weeks after initiating treatment in patients, especially those with additional risk factors for hyponatremia, such as older age, female sex, diuretic use, low BMI, and unexplained mental status changes at any time during treatment with antidepressants. …”
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Gender Differences in Age-Related Changes in Cardiac Autonomic Nervous Function by Shailaja Moodithaya, Sandhya T. Avadhany

“…The finding that gender differences are limited to adolescent and adult age groups may indicate a role for female sex hormones in cardiac autonomic modulation.…”
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