Physician Perceptions on Colonoscopy Quality: Results of a National Survey of Gastroenterologists by Ziad F. Gellad, Corrine I. Voils, Li Lin, Dawn Provenzale

“…Respondents and nonrespondents did not differ in age, sex, practice setting, or years since training. 38.8% of respondents receive feedback on their colonoscopy quality. …”
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Hamstring Injury Rehabilitation and Prevention in the Female Athlete by Lucy O'Sullivan, Jamie Preszler, Miho Tanaka

“…The goal of this clinical commentary is to discuss sex-specific anatomic and biomechanical differences of the lumbar, pelvic, and hip regions with the aim of providing guidelines for rehabilitation and injury prevention of HSIs in female athletes…”
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Vaccination Coverage and Associated Factors among Children Aged 12–23 Months in Debre Markos Town, Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia by Tenaw Gualu, Abebe Dilie

“…There was relatively high immunization coverage in the study. Child’s sex, ANC follow-up, type of pregnancy, and distance from health institution were factors associated with complete vaccination. …”
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Influence of Critical Shoulder Angle and Rotator Cuff Tear Type on Load-Induced Glenohumeral Biomechanics: A Sawbone Simulator Study by Jeremy Genter, Eleonora Croci, Andreas M. Müller, Annegret Mündermann, Daniel Baumgartner

“…Linear mixed effects models (CSA, RC tear type, and weight bearing) with random effects (specimen and sex) were used to assess differences in GH biomechanics. …”
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Morphometrics and Reproductive Characteristics of the Freshwater Crab Sartoriana spinigera from the Habitat of Ratargul Swamp Forest, Bangladesh: An Approach to Conservation by Sanjida Akther, Mohammad Amzad Hossain, Debasish Pandit, Thouhidur Rahman Chowdhury, Sohel Mian

“…Fulton’s condition factor and allometric condition factor were found to be highest in March and lowest in October. The sex ratio was 1.59 : 1 for the male to female, which did not show a considerable divergence from the expected 1 : 1 ratio in the chi-square test (P<0.05). …”
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Effect of Relocation, Social Housing Changes, and Diarrhea Status on Microbiome Composition of Juvenile Cynomolgus Macaques (<i>Macaca fascicularis</i>) by Keely McGrew, Nicole Monts de Oca, Therese A. Kosten

“…Alpha diversity increased after relocation and differed by sex with males demonstrating a greater change in alpha diversity (<i>p</i> < 0.01). …”
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Ovine Eimeria infection, OPG and determinants in and around Gondar town, Ethiopia by Senait Belay, Desie Sheferaw

“…The intensity of Eimeria species infection was influenced by the age, sex, body condition, fecal consistency, and production system of sheep (P< 0.05). …”
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Characterization of hemorrhoidal disease in patients treated in the Coloproctology service. Cienfuegos, 2020-2022 by Victor Manuel García Pino, José Alberto Puerto Lorenzo, Lidia Torres Aja

“…The studied variables were: age, sex, history of the disease, comorbidities, type of hemorrhoids, classification according to grade, reason for consultation, surgical technique used and postoperative complications.…”
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Genetic Variations of Cytokines and Cytokine Receptors in Psoriasis Patients from China by Xiao-Lan Li, Chun-Feng Wu, Gui-Sheng Wu

“…In this case-control study, 200 unrelated Chinese psoriasis patients and 298 age- and sex-matched control subjects were enrolled. Genomic DNA was prepared from peripheral blood obtained from all psoriasis patients and control subjects. …”
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Comorbidities related to the COVID-19 severity in adults. Hospital San Vicente de Paul. 2021 by Mónica Echeverría Martínez, Jorge Luis Anaya González, Secundino González Pardo, Juan Francisco Vaca Oña

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> 53% of the patients belong to the male sex and 61.5% presented at least one comorbidity, and arterial hypertension was the most reported (35%); 70% predominated with a serious disease and 2.5% died. …”
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Oculodentodigital Dysplasia: A Case Report and Major Review of the Eye and Ocular Adnexa Features of 295 Reported Cases by Virang Kumar, Natario L. Couser, Arti Pandya

“…The syndrome appears with an approximately equal sex ratio. The most common eye features reported among all mutations were microcornea, microphthalmia, short palpebral fissures, and glaucoma.…”
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Functional Outcome of Surgical Management of Mid-diaphyseal Clavicle Fractures Treated by Plate Osteosynthesis by Selvaraj Ramalingam, K. Arvind Kumar, V. Dhivaakar, M. S. Santhosh

“…No statistical significance was noted between age, sex, mode of injury, and different method of fixation on functional outcome. …”
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Pediatric patients clinical-epidemiological characterization with suicide attempt at the Holguín Provincial Pediatric Hospital by Nilda Ramona Sarmiento Ardebol, Jorge Antonio Fernández Carballo, Dayana María Fernández Sarmiento, Frank Miguel Hernández Velázquez

“…The variables were: age, sex, origin and method used. Descriptive statistics were used.…”
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Exploring barriers to parent-adolescent sexual-risk communication among adolescents in Port Harcourt Nigeria: Adolescents' and parents' perspective. by Chidinma Joycelyn Okpalaku, Chigozirim Ogubuike

“…The mean age of the adolescents was 16.0 ± 1.1 years and 55% were males. 21% of the parents had never discussed sex with their adolescents. The barriers identified from the adolescents' perspective were parental factors (parents being too busy, judgmental, low knowledge), individual factors (discomfort to initiate communication, lack of trust), religious and cultural factors. …”
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Thickness Mapping of Eleven Retinal Layers Segmented Using the Diffusion Maps Method in Normal Eyes by Raheleh Kafieh, Hossein Rabbani, Fedra Hajizadeh, Michael D. Abramoff, Milan Sonka

“…This study was conducted to determine the thickness map of eleven retinal layers in normal subjects by spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) and evaluate their association with sex and age. Mean regional retinal thickness of 11 retinal layers was obtained by automatic three-dimensional diffusion map based method in 112 normal eyes of 76 Iranian subjects. …”
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Characterization of patients hospitalized for bronchiolitis according to severity and risk factors. Ghardaia, 2023-2024 by Alexander Torres Molina, Rafael Rosales González

“…In a population of 327 patients admitted for bronchiolitis, the studied variables: age, sex, severity of the disease, risk factors related to the host and environmental factors. …”
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Influence of the pairs in the expression of bullying in high school students in Arequipa by Filiberto Bellido, Renzo Rivera, Julio C. Salas, Verónica Bellido, Norma Peña, Guillermo Villasante, Yesenia Casapía

“…The aim of this study was to determine the degree of influence of the proximity of high school students with peers who break rules on the role assumed these students within the bullying (bully, victim or viewer) in the metropolitan area of ​​the city Arequipa, considering sex and level of education. We evaluated 3979 high school students from state, private and parastatal schools in 19 districts in the province of Arequipa, aged between 11 and 19 years. …”
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The Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR) in Veterinary Medicine: A Focused Review in Dogs and Cats by Daniela Diamanti, Carolina Pieroni, Maria Grazia Pennisi, Veronica Marchetti, Eleonora Gori, Saverio Paltrinieri, George Lubas

“…The application of the modified ESR is supported by appropriate reference intervals; however, further studies are needed to assess the influence of age, sex, and breed both for dogs and cats.…”
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The Comparative Mental Health Responses Between Post-Musculoskeletal Injury and Post-Concussive Injury Among Collegiate Athletes: A Systematic Review by Joseph Sabol, Cecelia Kane, Mark P Wilhelm, Jennifer C Reneker, Megan Burrowbridge Donaldson

“…Data extracted from the included articles included the study design, number of participants, type of injury, sex, age, sport participation, outcome measures, and time to return to play…”
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Stated-preference research in HIV: A scoping review. by John M Humphrey, Violet Naanyu, Katherine R MacDonald, Kara Wools-Kaloustian, Gregory D Zimet

“…Moreover, few studies surveyed key populations including men who have sex with men, transgender people, pregnant and postpartum women, adolescents, and people who inject drugs. …”
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