Prevalence of depression in visually impaired children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Ajay Kumar Bakhla, Puja Pallavi, Ravi Rohan Kisku, Nishant Goyal, Amit Kumar, Kameshwar Prasad

“…Five studies that expressed gender distribution showed a cumulative prevalence of diagnosed depressive disorders was 6.85% and 18.96%, respectively, for male (n = 219, I2 = 47.52) and female (n = 116, I2 = 60.6%) participants. …”
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Associations between body mass index, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, and depressive symptoms: NHANES 2015-2016 by Yan Zhang, Fengya Zhen, Yaxing Zhang, Cuixia An

“…No nonlinear association was found between BMI and DP (P =0.677) and between HSCRP and DP (P =0.439) in males. The results of the interaction test reveal a significant interaction between HSCRP and gender.ConclusionsResearch has found both BMI and HSCRP are risk factors for DP and the relationship between them was non-linear. …”
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Risk Factors for Amputation in the Surgical Treatment of Hemophilic Osteoarthropathy: A 20-Year Single-Center Report by Yiming Xu, Bin Feng, Wei Zhu, Yingjie Wang, Xisheng Weng

“…The risk factors of amputation were summarized and analyzed via descriptive statistics and Fisher’s precision probability test. Results. Four male hemophilia A patients out of 201 patients underwent lower limb amputation. …”
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Clinical and Radiological Outcome of Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion with Polyether Ether Ketone Cage in Patients with Lumbar Spondylolisthesis by Rishab Chandraprakash, Rajavel Kalirajan, Milap Bhalodiya, Vijayanand Balasubramanian, Gowthaman Nambiraj, Mohan Mahendramani

“…Materials and methods: A total of 38 patients with varying grades of lumbar spondylolisthesis, among which, 11 males and 27 females were included in this study. …”
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Assessment of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Women Having Female Pattern Hair Loss by Damini Verma, Vibhu Mendiratta, Taru Garg, Smita Tripathi, Shaili Tomer

“…Background: Many studies have associated male androgenetic alopecia with the risk of cardiovascular disorders but very few studies have addressed this association in women with FPHL. …”
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Impact of smoking cessation, coffee and bread consumption on the intestinal microbial composition among Saudis: A cross-sectional study. by Steve Harakeh, Emmanouil Angelakis, Timokratis Karamitros, Dipankar Bachar, Suhad Bahijri, Ghada Ajabnoor, Sulaiman M Alfadul, Suha A Farraj, Turki Al Amri, Ahmed Al-Hejin, Abdalla Ahmed, Ahmed A Mirza, Raoult Didier, Esam I Azhar

“…Feces from 104 Saudi volunteers (48% males) were tested for microbiota by sequencing the V3-V4 region of bacterial 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA). …”
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Standardized Mortality Ratios (SMRs) and Radon Exposure Analysis for Lung Cancer and All-Cause Mortality in Locorotondo, Southern Italy by Giovanni Maria Ferri, Luigi De Maria, Giuseppe Delvecchio, Antonio Caputi, Stefano Sole, Gianmarco Giannelli, Gianfranco Sifanno, Ilaria Maria Di Somma, Floriana Pentimone, Domenica Cavone, Angela Stufano, Piero Lovreglio, Vitantonio Ricci, Luigi Vimercati

“…With respect to the cardio-circulatory system, only in 2014 did the male SMRs significantly influence the total SMR; after this period, a decreasing stable trend was observed. …”
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A case of hypophysitis after COVID-19 vaccination with a detection of anti-pituitary antibody, with review of literature by Chika Kyo, Tomoko Kobayashi, Shintaro Iwama, Rieko Kosugi, Fumikazu Sawabe, Ryo Hayafusa, Yuki Sakai, Tatsuo Ogawa, Masato Kotani, Tatsuhide Inoue, Hiroshi Arima, Hiroyuki Ariyasu

“…This case involved a 72-year-old male with type 1 diabetes who experienced symptoms such as vomiting, appetite loss, and headaches following his fifth COVID-19 vaccine dose. …”
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The Use of Yoga in the Treatment of PCOS by Agnieszka Przesor Przezor, Natalia Medźwiedzka

“…Symptoms include multiple ovarian cysts, hyperandrogenism (high levels of male hormones), and irregular menstrual cycles. PCOS is associated with a variety of health problems, including insulin resistance, obesity, hirsutism (excessive hair growth), and fertility problems. …”
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Remote Limb Ischemic Postconditioning Protects against Ischemic Stroke via Modulating Microglia/Macrophage Polarization in Mice by Dong Han, Jue Wang, Lulu Wen, Miao Sun, Hang Liu, Yan Gao

“…We carried out middle cerebral artery occlusion/reperfusion (MCAO/R) surgery on C57BL/6 male mice. RIPC was generated by 10-minute occlusion followed by the same period of reperfusion of the bilateral hind limb femoral artery and repeated for 3 cycles. …”
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Modeling the determinants of cigarette consumption in Iranian households with children under 5 years of age using the Income and Expenditure Survey 2021 by Shakila Bagheri, Naser Kamyari, Saeed Hesam, Maryam Seyedtabib

“…Key predictors of smoking included older age, male gender, lower education, higher income, and larger homes. …”
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Finger roots (Uvaria chemea) and African greenheart (Cylicodiscus gabunensis): Alternative potent therapy to sildenafil in erectile dysfunction by Etukudo Okon Jimmy, Grace Edet Bassey, Abijah Ekwere, Udoh Idorenyin Umoh, Adeyemi Fatai Odetayo, Udoh Nsikan Malachy

“…Experimental procedure: Forty male Wistar rats were randomly divided into five groups: control (treated with distilled water), low, medium, and high doses (treated with 61.23, 122.47, and 183.71 mg/kg each of Uvara chemea and Cylicodiscus gabunensis respectively), and a positive control group (treated with sildenafil citrate). …”
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The role of Shock Index and its derivatives in predicting mortality in patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding by Mehmet Seyfettin Saribas, Ali Aygun, Furkan Kara, Adem Koksal, Ibrahim Caltekin

“…Of the 201 patients included in the study, 112 (55.7%) were male, with a mean age of 70.68±16.617. In-hospital mortality occurred in 17 patients (8.5%), and 30-day mortality was observed in 22 patients (10.9%). …”
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Simultaneous paratesticular liposarcomas with histopathological differences. A Case report by Pedro León Acosta, Pedro Rosales Torres

“…The purpose of this work is to present a case of simultaneous paratesticular liposarcomas with different histological types, in an 80-years-old male patient with a health history and low socioeconomic level; For two years he had been experiencing an increase in volume in the left inguinal region and ipsilateral testicle, which at first was painless; Then, as it increased in size, it became painful, covering the entire right inguinoscrotal region. …”
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CORRELATION OF CLINICAL EXAMINATION ANDMRI FINDINGS WITH ARTHROSCOPIC EVALUATIONOF MENISCUS TEARS AND CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURES by Saad Iqbal, Sumaiya Khan, Raza Mehmood, Muhammad Sufyan, Muhammad Kazim Najjad, Aimen Najam

“…Methods: The research involved a retrospective review of 165 patients, including 142 males and 23 females, who underwent arthroscopy for meniscal or cruciate ligament injuries between January 2018 and July 2020. …”
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Awareness of Hypertension, Hypercholesterolemia, and Diabetes Mellitus and Associated Characteristics in Russian Adults by Filip Sahatqija, Monica Hunsberger, Sarah Cook, Kamila Kholmatova, Marina Shapkina, Sofia Malyutina, Alexander V. Kudryavtsev

“…The major CVD risk factors are age, male sex, and three conditions, namely hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and diabetes mellitus (DM). …”
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Factors associated with early hospital readmission for acute decompensation of cirrhosis - prospective cohort study by Tamara Liana Zocche, Cláudia Maccali, Fernanda Cristina de Augustinho, Elayne Cristina de Morais Rateke, Camila Matiollo, Ariane Borgonovo Rayes, Dariana Carla Maggi, Esther Buzaglo Dantas-Corrêa, Leonardo de Lucca Schiavon, Janaina Luz Narciso-Schiavon

“…The mean age was 55.68±11.21 years, and 71.8% were males with a mean MELD of 15.65±5.64 and 41.4% Child-Pugh C. …”
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Evaluating Active Labour Market Policies in Türkiye by Regions via Multidimensional Scaling and Clustering Analysis by Özlem Demir, Batuhan Ersöz

“…In this study, regional similarities and differences of female, male, and total participation in ALMP programmes in Türkiye according to NUTS-I classification are examined using multidimensional scaling and K-means clustering analysis. …”
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Analysis of Staphylococcus aureus infection and enterotoxin gene carriage in diarrhoeal patients in Jiading District, Shanghai by CHEN Peichao, HUANG Qiang, CHENG Fangzhou, CHEN Huijuan, MA Zhiqi, SUN Pan, PENG Qian

“…There was no statistically significant difference in detection rates between males and females (χ2=0.821, P=0.365). S. aureus detection rate was highest in infants and young children with diarrhea (29.51%), followed by 14.06% in the people aged between 4‒<31 years, and 2.99% in those aged ≥31 years. …”
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Body mass index levels in students living in areas of military conflict by Iryna Kryventsova, Katarzyna Prusik, Victoriya Klymenchenko, Olha Sokoliuk

“…The study revealed that the mean Body Mass Index (BMI) values are 22.73 kg/m2 in males and 21.20 kg/m2 in females. Among women, the BMI breakdown is: 73.75% normal weight, 17.5% underweight, 7.5% overweight, and 1.25% obese. …”
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