Factors Contributing to Inferior Vena Cava Filter Removal Failure using Advanced Techniques: A Single-Center Study by Hyeong Ryun Cho, Young Min Han, Hong Pil Hwang

“…Of the 29 patients in whom IVC filter removal failed using a simple technique, the IVC filter was successfully removed using an advanced technique in 18 patients and failure was noted in 11 patients. Age, sex, filter type, indwelling period, IVC diameter, tilting angle between the IVC and the filter, IVC wall penetration of the filter strut, and whether the filter was embedded or endothelialized within the IVC wall were compared in each group. …”
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Hip Fracture Mortality: Is It Affected by Anesthesia Techniques? by Saffet Karaca, Egemen Ayhan, Hayrettin Kesmezacar, Omer Uysal

“…There were no differences between three anesthesia groups regarding to sex, followup, delay in surgery, and Barthel score. …”
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The Effects of Fetal Gender on Serum Human Chorionic Gonadotropin and Testosterone in Normotensive and Preeclamptic Pregnancies by Nahid Lorzadeh, Sirous Kazemirad

“…The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of fetal sex on serum human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) and testosterone in normotensive and preeclamptic pregnancies. …”
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Catgutpuncture and ozone therapy combined treatment in vulgar psoriasis. Lucia Íñiguez Landín Clinical Surgical Hospital. 2019- 2021 by Lisbet López Mulet, Yaima Quintana Rojas, Annarelis Pérez Pupo

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> the female sex and the age group of 40 to 49 years old predominated. …”
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Repeatability for weight at birth in Murrah buffaloes in the Zulia state of Venezuela by José Raúl Pérez-González, Néstor Simón Montiel-Urdaneta

“…The following linear additive mixed effects model was used to calculate R and its variance components for BW: is low, suggesting that a large number of data would be needed to evaluate the performance of a buffalo. The fixed effects (sex, season of birth, and year of birth) had a significant effect on BW (p<0.05). …”
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Study of the Leading Causes of Death in Guanajay in the year 2013 by Jorge Julian Sánchez Fernández, Ana Lilia Cabrera Menéndez, Ailed Pérez Pi, José Carlos Merino Concepción

“…The 67-83 age group was the most affected in both sexes. The three leading causes of death were malignant neoplasms, acute myocardial infarction and cerebrovascular disease. …”
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Epidemiological Research Advances in Vascular Calcification in Diabetes by Haipeng Yao, Zhen Sun, Guangyao Zang, Lili Zhang, Lina Hou, Chen Shao, Zhongqun Wang

“…Because basic research on the clinical transformation of vascular calcification has yet to be conducted, this study systematically expounds on the risk factors for vascular calcification, vascular bed differences, sex differences, ethnic differences, diagnosis, severity assessments, and treatments to facilitate the identification of a new entry point for basic research and subsequent clinical transformation regarding vascular calcification and corresponding clinical evaluation strategies.…”
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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on utilization of mental health services among children and adolescents using an interrupted time series analysis by Fumihiro Endo, Yuji Hiramatsu, Hiroo Ide

“…We conducted an interrupted time series analysis of the number of mental health visits and average incurred medical expenses, stratified by sex and age group, using monthly medical claims data on 3,029,048 patients for the period from January 2016 to December 2020. …”
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Nutritional assessment of children at the day care center “Marineritos del Sur” in Cienfuegos province, Cuba. by Zeida Bárbara Alejo Cruz, Gema Matienzo González Carvajal, Caridad Hernández Gutiérrez, Ernesto Martínez Ferrer

“…<strong><br />Methods: </strong>The variables under study were age, sex, weight, folds brachial circumference and past illnesses. …”
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The Role of Lifestyle Behaviors on 20-Year Cognitive Decline by D. Cadar, H. Pikhart, G. Mishra, A. Stephen, D. Kuh, M. Richards

“…ANCOVA models were adjusted for sex, social class of origin, childhood cognition, educational attainment, adult social class, and depression; then the lifestyle behaviors were additionally mutually adjusted. …”
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Unplanned Student Pregnancy: Should the University Be There for Its Students? by E. Yu. Samuticheva

“…Their relationship with the opposite sex may result in the unplanned pregnancy that can affect the student’s plans. …”
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Governing bodies? by Kudzaiishe Peter Vanyoro, George Mavunga, Zvenyika Eckson Mugari

“…Overall, we argue that the flyers and posters commodify sex, gender and class into a purchasable package of attributes which, supposedly, complete the individual, making them a fuller member of society. …”
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Long-Term Followup of Adolescent and Young Adult Females with Hypergonadotropic Hypogonadism by Tsimaris Pantelis, Vrachnis Nikolaos, Iliodromiti Zoe, Deligeoroglou Efthymios

“…The condition characterized by elevated gonadotrophins (gonadotropins elevated into the menopausal range), low sex steroids, and menstrual disorders was previously termed Premature Ovarian Failure (POF). …”
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Therapeutic adherence and factors involved in young people and adults with problematic substance use by María Pilar Giacinti, Paloma Navarro Illia, Elizabeth Jorge

“…Participants were 31 users and 6 professionals (psychologists and psychiatrists) of both sexes from a private psychiatric institution. Results:The majority of users adhere to the treatment, especially those of male sex, from 41 to 50 years old, single and with full secondary. …”
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Analyse généalogique et structure de la population. L’ascendance des natifs de la vallée de la Valserine (Jura français), XVIIe-XXesiècles by Guy Brunet, Stéphane Lallich, Alain Bideau

“…The SOSA rankings of the ancestors show a relation between the probability for a genealogical line to stay in the valley and the sex of the ancestors born in the valley.…”
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Pattern and In-Hospital Mortality of Thoracoabdominal Injuries Associated with Motor Vehicle Accident-Related Head Injury: a Single-Center Retrospective Study by Walid M. Abd El Maksoud, Mubarak Ali Algahtany

“…Descriptive analysis was conducted to evaluate sex, age, types of head injury, associated thoracoabdominal injuries, particular admission day, duration of hospital stay, and discharge category, and associations between different variables and outcomes were analyzed. …”
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Some COVID-19 relevant considerations in the elderly by Ana Esther Despaigne Biset, Idalmis Vallejo Santiago, Leysa Margarita Gòmez, Caridad Tamayo Reus, Sandra Laurencio Vallina

“…COVID-19 can affect anyone regardless of age, sex or race; but numerous studies have focused on characterizing its heterogeneity in demographic terms, with clear evidence of high mortality in men and older adults. …”
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The Frequency of Langerhans Islets β-Cells Autoantibodies (Anti-GAD) in Georgian Children and Adolescents with Chronic Autoimmune Thyroiditis by Mariam Balakhadze, Elene Giorgadze, Marina Lomidze

“…The frequency of anti-GAD antibodies was measured in Georgian school-aged children with chronic autoimmune thyroiditis and compared to healthy age and sex matched controls. Results. Of the 41 patients with chronic autoimmune thyroiditis 4 (9.8%) were positive for GAD antibodies. …”
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Multifractal-Multiscale Analysis of Cardiovascular Signals: A DFA-Based Characterization of Blood Pressure and Heart-Rate Complexity by Gender by Paolo Castiglioni, Davide Lazzeroni, Paolo Coruzzi, Andrea Faini

“…Applied to cardiovascular signals recorded in 42 female and 42 male volunteers, it showed that scale coefficients and degree of multifractality depend on the temporal scale, with marked differences between IBI, SBP, and DBP and with significant sex differences. Results may be interpreted considering the distinct physiological mechanisms regulating heart-rate and blood-pressure dynamics and the different autonomic profile of males and females.…”
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CHANGES IN PLASMA LEVELS OF STEROID HORMONES DURING SEXUAL MATURATION OF MALE HELICOPTER CATFISH (WALLAGO ATTU) IN CAPTIVITY by Duc Nghia Vo, Thi Thu An Le, Ngoc Phi Chau, Van Huy Nguyen

“…GSI was estimated as the percentage of the relative weight of testis to total body weight. Plasma levels of sex steroids were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (EIA). …”
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