Newcastle disease virus genotype VII.1.1 identified from backyard chickens with low antibody titer: Jimma Zone, Southwest Ethiopia. by Bezina Arega Emeru, Haregawi Tesfaye Desta, Yosef Deneke

“…However, local breeds, young, and male birds were at higher risk according to RT-PCR results, while young and female birds were more likely to be seropositive. …”
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Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) trends in Sri Lanka: insights from a hospital-based seroprevalence analysis by Narapity Pathirannehalage Sunil-Chandra, Madawala Vithanage Madusha Lakmali Jayasundara, Maththe Gama Ralalage Shobha Sanjeewani Gunathilaka, Suduwa Dewage Himal Suminda

“…Results Overall HCMV seroprevalence was found to be 94.9% (778/820), whereas in males it was 95.2% (395/415) and in females it was 94.6% (383/405) (p = 0.691). …”
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Serum uric acid/creatinine ratio and 1-year stroke recurrence in patient with acute ischemic stroke and abnormal renal function: results from the Xi'an stroke registry study of Chi... by Zhongzhong Liu, Zhongzhong Liu, Zhongzhong Liu, Dandan Zhang, Dandan Zhang, Lingxia Zeng, Weiyan Guo, Qingli Lu, Qingli Lu, Zhen Lei, Yunlong Hao, Pei Liu, Pei Liu, Tong Liu, Tong Liu, Linna Peng, Linna Peng, Qiaoqiao Chang, Qiaoqiao Chang, Mi Zhang, Mi Zhang, Xuemei Lin, Xuemei Lin, Fang Wang, Fang Wang, Songdi Wu, Songdi Wu, Songdi Wu, Songdi Wu

“…Multivariable Cox regression, curve fitting, and stratified analyses were employed to assess the relationship between SUA/SCr and 1-year stroke recurrence in patients with AIS and abnormal renal function, considering SUA/SCr as both a continuous variable and in quartiles (Q1–Q4).ResultsOf 1,932 enrolled patients (65.3% male; mean age 66.7 ± 11.3 years), each unit of increase in SUA/SCr was associated with a 17% decrease in 1-year stroke recurrence (HR = 0.83, 95% CI 0.73 to 0.96, P = 0.009). …”
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A post-marketing pharmacovigilance study of triazole antifungals: adverse event data mining and analysis based on the FDA adverse event reporting system database by Yalan Tian, Min Jin, Hong Ning

“…From the basic analysis of the adverse event reports, male patients (50.31%) outnumber female patients (32.11%). …”
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Laminoplasty vs laminectomy in the surgical management of spinal intradural extramedullary tumors by Deepak Kumar Singh, Prevesh Kumar Sharma, Vipin Kumar Chand, Kaif Mohammad, Kuldeep Yadav, Neha Singh

“…Results Of the total, there were 23 males and 33 females, with a mean age of 39.47 ± 13.65 years in the laminectomy group and 37.23 ± 12.03 in the laminoplasty group. …”
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The prevalence of thromboembolic events among COVID-19 patients admitted to a single centre intensive care unit (ICU): an epidemiological study from a Malaysian population by Nur Farhani Mansor, Izzati Abdul Halim Zaki, Lee Chew Kiok, Eng Kar Seng, Tharmini Ravi, Mohan Pathmanathan, Khang Wen Goh, Long Chiau Ming, Pakhrur Razi, Hanis Hanum Zulkifly

“…TE event is a combination of venous [(deep vein thrombosis (DVT), pulmonary embolism (PE)] and arterial (myocardial infarction (MI), stroke) thromboembolism.Results Mean (SD) age 56.6 (13.7), 63.5% were male, 61.6% Malays, median (IQR) 7 (3–14) days of ICU stay, 64.2%, 53.2% and 20.9% had underlying hypertension, diabetes and obesity respectively. …”
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Hippocampal Anti-inflammatory Effect of Electroacupuncture at Baihui and Shenting on Cognitive Dysfunction Induced by Systemic Inflammation by CHEN Xiaomei, PANG Lina, WANG Zhifu

“…ObjectiveTo investigate the hippocampal anti-inflammatory mechanism of electroacupuncture at Baihui and Shenting on cognitive dysfunction induced by Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) intraperitoneal injection.MethodsA total of 45 clean grade adult C57BL/6 male mice (bodyweight 18-22 g) were randomly divided into control group, endotoxic brain injury group (model group) and endotoxic brain injury + electroacupuncture group (EA group). …”
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Reversal of Myopic Correction for Patients Intolerant to LASIK by Amr A. Gab-Alla

“…This study included 48 eyes of 24 patients (6 male and 18 female patients). The average duration between the primary LASIK surgery and reversal treatment was 3.20 ± 0.30 months (range 3 to 4 months). …”
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Cancer mortality trends after implementation of the national programme for dispensarization of certain groups of the adult population: a population-based study from arkhangelsk, no... by L. E. Valkova, M. L. Levit, V. M. Merabishvili, A. Yu. Pankrateva, M. V. Krupina, D. M. Dubovichenko, A. V. Agaeva, A. Yu. Ryzhov, E. F. Potekhina, M. Yu. Valkov

“…We compared the averaged crude and age-standardized (WHO world standard 2001) mortality rates in the periods before (2006–2012) and after the implementation of DCGAP (2013–2019) in the entire population, as well as in men and women and in age groups 15–59 years old for males and 15–55 years old for the female population ("mortality at working age") and 30–69 years old ("premature mortality"). …”
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Trunk muscle behaviors during the full-cycle stoop and squat lifting tasks by Fumin Pan, Wei Wang, Chao Kong, Shibao Lu

“…The maximum electromyographic (EMG) activities among different tasks and different stages were compared. Eighteen males aged 20–35 years without low back pain were included, with a mean age of 26.55 ± 2.12 years, body height of 175.18 ± 4.29 cm, body weight of 69.27 ± 4.29 kg, and BMI of 22.56 ± 0.87 kg/m2. …”
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A novel consensus bacterial 6-phytase variant supplemented to an all-vegetable broiler diet totally replaced added trace minerals including zinc, iron, copper and manganese in two... by Yueming Dersjant-Li, Cees Kwakernaak, Abiodun Bello, Leon Marchal

“…Each tested 12 treatments in a 2 × 6 factorial arrangement with 3,360 Ross 308 males (35 birds/pen, 8 pens/treatment) in a randomized complete block design. …”
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An Experimental Intervention Study Assessing the Impact of a Thin Silicone Gel Surface Overlay on Interface Pressure by Seth Kwadjo Angmorterh, Andrew England, Sonia Aboagye, Eric Kwasi Ofori, Peter Hogg

“…Study participants were 14 males (70%) and six females (30%), with an age range of 25–53 years (mean = 34.4 ± 7.0). …”
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Measuring the Average Peak Timing of Kinematic Variables in Youth and Adolescent Baseball Pitchers by Mark Boland, Daniel Zambanini, Ivan Mulligan, Sean Donegan

“… # Results Twenty-four male participants (mean age 12.75 years, SD ± 2.02) were included in the study. …”
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Individual, household, and community-level factors associated with high-risk fertility behaviour among Nigerian women: secondary analysis of the 2018 demographic and health survey... by Michael Ekholuenetale, Chimezie Igwegbe Nzoputam, Amadou Barrow, Amit Arora

“…Respondents from female-headed households had 21% reduction in the odds of HRFB when compared with those from households with male head (aOR = 0.79; 95% CI 0.69–0.92). The geographical region was significantly associated with HRFB among women. …”
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Inverted U-shaped association between the systemic immune-inflammation index and colorectal polyps in Chinese patients: a cross-sectional study by Jie Bao, Yajie Teng, Yingxue Yang, Qinghua Wang

“…After adjusting for confounding variables, the natural logarithm of the SII (Ln-SII) was significantly associated with the prevalence of adenomatous polyps in both males and females, with an odds ratio (OR) of 0.76 [95% confidence interval (CI): 0.65–0.88, p = 0.0003]. …”
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Ethnobotanical survey of plants locally used in the control of termite pests among rural communities in northern Uganda by Betty C. Okori, Christine Oryema, Robert Opiro, Acur Amos, Gilbert I. Obici, Karlmax Rutaro, Geoffrey M. Malinga, Eric Sande

“…A total of 381 indigenous people were interviewed [male, 281 (73.8); female, 100 (26.2)]. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics and Informant Consensus Factor (ICF), and the relative frequency of citation (RFC) was determined. …”
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Survival Status and Predictors of Mortality among Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Patients in Saint Peter’s Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by Mikyas Arega Muluneh, Abayneh Birlie Zeru, Behailu Tariku Derseh, Abebaw Molla Kebede

“…Among the total patients, nearly half, 238 (48.8%), were males. The median age of patients was 30 years (interquartile range (IQR), 24–39), and 56 (11.6%) were aged between 1 and 19 years. …”
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Sex Differences in Computed Tomography Coronary Stenosis Severity Versus Flow Impairment and Impact on Revascularization, Clinical Events and Health Care Costs: A FORECAST Substudy by Lavinia Gabara, Jonathan Hinton, Mohamed Kira, James Shambrook, Ausami Abbas, Sam Wilding, Jonathon A. Leipsic, Pamela S. Douglas, Nick Curzen

“…This resulted in lower overall health care costs for female participants compared with male counterparts (median total cost, £1276 versus £2051; P=0.014). …”
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Coexistence of accompanying autoimmune diseases in adolescents with autoimmune thyroiditis by V.I. Pankiv

“…Of the 110 patients, 74.6 % were female and 25.4 % were male, with a mean age of 15.9 ± 2.1 years. A total of 9 (8.2 %) of the patients had overt hypothyroidism, 29 (26.4 %) had subclinical hypothyroidism, and 72 (65.4 %) had euthyroidism. …”
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Association of lower-limb strength with different fall histories or prospective falls in community-dwelling older people: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Ringo Tang-Long Zhu, Jenny Jing-Jing Zuo, Ke-Jing Li, Freddy Man Hin Lam, Arnold Yu Lok Wong, Lin Yang, Xue Bai, Man Sau Wong, Timothy Kwok, Yong-Ping Zheng, Christina Zong-Hao Ma

“…Results Twenty observational studies with 8,231 community-dwelling older adults were included (mean age: 73.5 years; male to female ratio: approximately 6:1). Moderate quality of evidence showed that the lower average leg-press power (SMD & 95% CI: -0.17 [-0.23, -0.12]; OR & 95% CI: 0.84 [0.79, 0.89]) and lower peak sit-to-stand power (Cohen’s d = 0.41) could predict prospective falls in older adults, especially the injurious/recurrent falls. …”
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