Therapeutic Adherence and Subjective Well-being in Patients with Type II Diabetes Mellitus by Ahmed José Pomares Avalos, Rocío Jorge González, Yuslemi Alfonso Trujillo, Marian Amanda Vázquez Núñez

“…The variables studied were: age, sex, level of education, occupation, diabetes mellitus, therapeutic adherence and subjective well-being. …”
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Lower Limb Exercise-Based Injury Prevention Programs Are Effective in Improving Sprint Speed, Jumping, Agility and Balance: an Umbrella Review by Loïc Bel, Nicolas Mathieu, Vincent Ducrest, Mario Bizzini

“…Only articles that investigated multicomponent lower limb injury prevention programs and their effects on the performance criteria of strength, balance, agility, jumping or speed by both amateur and professional athletes of all ages and sex were included. The methodological quality of the included systematic reviews was assessed by two reviewers independently using the Assessing the Methodological Quality of Systematic Reviews measurement tool…”
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Assessing Murphy Sequence as a Clinical Element in Acute Appendicitis Diagnosis by Andy Rocha Quintana, Orisel Fernández Suárez, Elianne Rodríguez Larraburu, César Jorge Castro Rodríguez

“…Variables analyzed: age, sex, skin color, evolution duration and order of appearance of symptoms, presentation of Murphy Sequence, complementary tests and pathological diagnosis. …”
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Risk Factors of Dental Cavities in Children by Elsa Luján Hernández, Marta Luján Hernández, Nora Sexto Delgado

“…Affectation due to cavities, malocclusion, and parodontopathies, age, sex, scholar degree, bad oral hygiene, previous experience of cavities in primary and permanent dentition, saliva viscosity, dental overlapping, orthodontic treatment, and sugar candies ingestions were the variables analyzed. …”
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Skin Diseases in a Pediatric Hospital of Nepal by Roushan Jahan, Shreedhar Khanal, Shraddha Shrestha, Niraj Parajuli

“…Demographic details of all the patients such as age and sex were recorded. The diagnosis was made clinically in most instances and appropriate laboratory and histopathological examination were performed wherever necessary. …”
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Sociodemographic Factors and Antenatal Service Utilization among Severe Acute Malnutrition Children under 2 Years of Age, Western India (Rajkot, Gujarat) – A Hospital-based Case-Co... by Rujal D. Bhitora, Vibha V. Gosalia, Harsha M. Solanki

“…Cases (77) and controls (77) were matched for age and sex with 1:1 ratio. Cases were selected from Nutritional Rehabilitation Centre and controls from an immunization clinic using WHO’s Multicentric Growth Reference Study Criteria 2006. …”
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BEHAVIOUR AMONG FEMALE MIGRANTS IN MAKURDI, BENUE STATE by ONYEMA ANGELA ABEL

“…Conflict and unemployment are the major causes of risky sexual behavior (29.3%and23.4%respective). 20.5% had multiple sexual pattern, 25 9% had casual sex without the use of condom. Pattern of movement was largely rural–urban. …”
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Cerebral Blood Flow Alterations in High Myopia: An Arterial Spin Labeling Study by Huihui Wang, Shanshan Li, Xi Chen, Yanling Wang, Jing Li, Zhenchang Wang

“…A total of sixteen patients with bilateral HM and sixteen age- and sex-matched healthy controls (HCs) were recruited. …”
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Application of Cart Method in Analyzing Factors Affecting Nutritional Status of Children Aged 6-23 Months by Izzati Rahmi, Yozza Hazmira, Husna Radhiatul, Rahmy Hafifatul Auliya

“…In this study,  variables that are hypothesized to contribute to nutritional status are sex, birth weight, family income, number of family dependents, exclusive breastfeeding status, mother's employment status, education level, knowledge and nutritional behavior. …”
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Motor Control and Neural Plasticity through Interhemispheric Interactions by Naoyuki Takeuchi, Yutaka Oouchida, Shin-Ichi Izumi

“…As a brain structural imaging, diffusion tensor imaging has revealed the microstructural connectivity underlying interhemispheric interactions. Sex, age, and motor training in addition to the size of the corpus callosum influence interhemispheric interactions. …”
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Characterization of Suicidal Attempt in Adolescents of the Cumanayagua Municipality by Tamara Montenegro Calderón, Juan Carlos Fernández Wilcapi, Julio César Díaz Marrero, Narciso Águila Rodríguez, Alexis Díaz Brito

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> there were a higher number of suicidal attempts in the female sex, white skin, single and secundary schooling. …”
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Comparison of low back pain prevalence in adults between pre-pandemic and pandemic periods and related biopsychosocial aspects by Kerolyne Soares Mayer, Betiane Moreira Pilling, Cláudia Tarragô Candotti

“…The sample of this retrospective study with a comparative ex post facto design consisted of 80 individuals with complaints of low back pain, divided by sex, age, height, and body mass-matched groups: 40 individuals in the pre-pandemic group (PPG) and 40 individuals in the pandemic group (PG), who were involved in university outreach projects. …”
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The leadership and supervisory practices of principals in public secondary schools of the State of Amhara, Ethiopia, as perceived by teachers by Melaku Mengistu Gebremeskel, Demeke Wolie Ambaye

“…Teachers have very weak differences in terms of three demographic factors, except sex which has no difference at all, regarding their poor leadership practices. …”
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Epidemiologic trends of cleft lip and/or palate in Switzerland by Joël Beyeler, Anic Lauener, Christos Katsaros, Giorgio C. La Scala, Martin Degen

“…Methods This is the first descriptive study to report data on the prevalence of the various cleft types, their sex, and regional distributions in Switzerland. …”
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A Study of Clinicoepidemiological Features and Association with Autoimmune Thyroiditis in Polymorphic Light Eruption by Mrudula Pulletikurti, KVT Gopal, PV Krishnam Raju, Rekha Rani Bulla

“…Materials and Methods: The study included 100 clinically diagnosed cases of PLE and 100 age- and sex-matched controls. In all patients, detailed history was taken regarding the skin eruptions, occupation, and symptoms of thyroid abnormality. …”
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The usefulness of Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) scoring in predicting all-cause mortality in Outpatients with Clinical Diagnoses of COPD by Kevin Ly, Dorothy Wakefield, Richard ZuWallack

“…In multivariable testing, which included covariates of age, sex, socioeconomic status, race, FEV1 percent-predicted, and all-cause hospitalizations in the preceding year, CCI expressed as a continuous variable strongly predicted mortality: hazard ratio (HR) 1.38 for each unit increase in the score (p < 0.0001). …”
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Drug Resistance among Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients in Calabar, Nigeria by Akaninyene Otu, Victor Umoh, Abdulrazak Habib, Soter Ameh, Lovett Lawson, Victor Ansa

“…The independent variables of HIV serology and sex were not significantly associated with resistance (P>0.05). …”
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Reference Ranges for Serum Uric Acid among Healthy Assamese People by Madhumita Das, N. C. Borah, M. Ghose, N. Choudhury

“…Samples from 1470 aged 35–86 years were used to establish age and sex related reference range by the centile method (central 95 percentile) for serum uric acid level. …”
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The evaluation of the prevalence of disease among the cats and dogs admitted to clinics of veterinary faculty, mustafa kemal university (2003-2006) by Nuri MAMAK, Ramazan DURGUT, Özkan GÖRGÜLÜ

“…Clinical examination of the 76 cats and 366 dogs were performed These animals were evaluated in breed, sex, seasons, clinical departments, and the diseases. …”
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The Effects of Substituting Glassware for Plasticware and the Use of an Ethanol Vector on Oocyte Maturation In Vitro by A. D. Macaulay, C. K. Hamilton, P. M. Bartlewski, W. A. King

“…Cell counts and percentage of TUNEL-positive cells did not differ significantly. Unexpectedly, sex ratio was significantly decreased (34% male) from the expected value of 50% male in the glassware group with added ethanol. …”
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