Association between oxidative balance scores and peripheral artery disease in US adults: a cross-sectional study by Min Zhou, Min Zhou, Peng-Fei He, Peng-Fei He, Keren Zhang, Li-Juan Deng, Ning Wang, Gang Wang, Guang-Yao Yang, Shang Ju

“…Stratified analyses highlighted the significant influence of Age, particularly in the younger population aged 20–44 years, a group warranting greater attention.ConclusionOur study demonstrated that higher total OBS is associated with a lower likelihood of PAD. Adopting an antioxidant-rich diet alongside a healthy lifestyle may help mitigate PAD risk. …”
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Results of surgical treatment of patients with acute destructive diverticulitis of the colon using minimally invasive technologies by O.B. Tymchuk, S.L. Malinovskyi

“…Stoma creation was more frequent in Group II, in 40 (67%) patients, whereas in Group I, the occurrence of stomas was lower, in 15 (25.9%) cases. The average period to stoma closure was 5 months in Group II and 2 months in Group I. …”
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The Effects of Concentrate Supplement Levels on Feed Utilization and Red Meat Production of Blackhead Somali Sheep Fed Natural Pasture Grass Hay as a Basal Diet by Shashie Ayele Yimenu, Mengistu Urge Letta

“…On the other hand, the lean‐to‐fat ratio was significantly lower in sheep fed T2 than T1. In most parameters considered in this study, sheep fed T2 (1.75% BW) were superior, but its intramuscular fat (IMF) content was much higher than the limit that the consumers needed. …”
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Corneal Topographic Changes Due to Pediatric Epiblepharon Surgery by Shindo J, Matsumura N, Nakamura J, Asano M, Ohno T, Mizuki N

“…Jun Shindo,1,2 Nozomi Matsumura,1 Jutaro Nakamura,2 Mizuki Asano,1 Tomoko Ohno,1 Nobuhisa Mizuki2 1Department of Ophthalmology, Kanagawa Children’s Medical Center, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 232-8555, Japan; 2Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 236-0004, JapanCorrespondence: Jun Shindo, Department of Ophthalmology, Kanagawa Children’s Medical Center, Mutsukawa, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 232-8555, Japan, Tel +81 45 711 2351, Fax +81 45 721 3324, Email junjunon.nike.6228@gmail.comPurpose: This study aimed to investigate changes in corneal morphology following pediatric lower-lid epiblepharon surgery using a topographic modeling system 5 (TMS-5®).Patients and Methods: A randomized controlled trial compared two surgical interventions for pediatric epiblepharon: incisional (modified Hotz procedure with lid margin splitting) and nonincisional. …”
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Parasitological and clinical correlates of Plasmodium–Schistosoma mansoni co-infection and its determinants among Plasmodium-infected patients in the Wolaita Zone, South Ethiopia r... by Kemal Mohamed, Tariku Belay, Ahmed Zeynudin

“…Hemoglobin and hematocrit were significantly lower among co-infected individuals. On multivariate analysis, being male (AOR=3.03, CI: 1.56-5.91,p=0.001), being in the 6-15 years age group (AOR = 5.85, CI: 2.45–13.93,p=0.00), the presence of stream (AOR = 4.1, CI: 1.65–10.15,p=0.002), having a water body distance of less than 1,000 m (AOR=2.33, CI: 1.23–4.41,p=0.009), and presence of irrigation practice (AOR= 3.24, CI: 1.69–6.18,p=0.00) were found to be significant risk factors of co-infection.ConclusionMalaria attack and level of parasitemia were associated with the intensity of concurrent Schistosoma mansoni infection. …”
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The miR-1269a/PCDHGA9/CXCR4/β-catenin pathway promotes colorectal cancer invasion and metastasis by Haitao Mei, Qingshan Luo, Junyong Weng, Jialing Hao, Jinfeng Cai, Runkai Zhou, Ce Bian, Yingzi Ye, Shengzheng Luo, Yugang Wen

“…Results The expression of PCDHGA9 was found to be lower in CRC tissues compared with their corresponding adjacent tissues. …”
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Occupational physical activity and cardiovascular disease mortality in the United States, 1988–2019 by Tong Xia, Liwei Chen, Jian Li

“…This association was particularly pronounced among workers with lower SES.…”
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Sex-related functional outcome after periacetabular osteotomy in mild to severe hip dysplasia by Maximilian Fischer, Lars Nonnenmacher, Andre Hofer, Alexander Zimmerer, Andreas Nitsch, Rico Großjohann, Sabrina Erdmann, Georgi I. Wassilew

“…Female patients had significantly lower preoperative PROMs: mHHS (47 vs 57.4; p = 0.002); HOOS pain (44.9 vs 60; p = 0.003), sport (47 vs 57.4; p = 0.002), ADL (58.9 vs 69.3; p = 0.032), and QoL (26.8 vs 39.3; p = 0.009); and UCLA (5.6 vs 6.7, p = 0.042) scores. …”
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Effects of Nitrate Stress on Physiological and Biochemical Characteristics of Canna generalis Bailey at Seedling Stage by Zhaohu GU, Shuxin ZHAO, Wenwei WU, Huini XU, Kunzhi LI

“…POD activity was significantly higher at 50 mmol/L than that of other treatments within 5 weeks, and the lowest at 150 mmol/L, indicating that high concentration of NO3- inhibited POD enzyme activity.【Conclusion】A lower concentration of 50 mmol/L nitrate can enhance the photosynthesis, antioxidant enzyme activity, and nitrate nitrogen absorption of Canna generalis Bailey, promoting its growth. …”
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Predicting 28-day all-cause mortality in patients admitted to intensive care units with pre-existing chronic heart failure using the stress hyperglycemia ratio: a machine learning-... by Xiao-han Li, Xing-long Yang, Bin-bin Dong, Qi Liu

“…Patients with SHR higher than the cut-off had a significantly lower 28-day survival probability (P < 0.001). SHR was identified as one of the key factors for 28-day mortality by the Boruta algorithm. …”
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Comparative study between high and low dose methylene blue infusion in septic cancer patients: a randomized, blinded, controlled study by Ehab Hanafy Shaker, Ahmed Mohamed Soliman, Ahmed Abd Elmohsen Bedewy, Mai Mohamed Elrawas

“…Groups B and C had significantly lower noradrenaline dosages compared to Group A, however, no significant difference between Group B and Group C was found. …”
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Health utility scores of six common cancers in China measured by SF-6Dv2 by Yuchun Tao, Yiyin Cao, Lijun Xu, Jiaxuan Shi, Lei Leng, Hongbin Yang, Tiemin Zhai, Weidong Huang

“…Multivariate linear regression analysis indicated that patients who were older, from larger families, under greater economic pressures, undergoing fewer health examinations, smoking, and in advanced cancer stages had lower utility scores in the total cancer sample (p<0.05), with variations observed across different cancer types. …”
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Hypertension moderates the relationship between plasma beta-amyloid and cognitive impairment: a cross-sectional study in Xi’an, China by Ziyu Liu, Yaoli He, Simeng Cui, Liangjun Dang, Binyan Zhang, Jin Wang, Wenhui Lu, Kang Huo, Yu Jiang, Chen Chen, Ling Gao, Shan Wei, Yi Zhao, Ningwei Hu, Jingyi Wang, Hong Lv, Hong Lv, Qiumin Qu, Qiumin Qu, Suhang Shang

“…CI was defined as a Mini-Mental State Examination score lower than the cutoff. Firstly, plasma Aβ40, Aβ42, Aβ42/Aβ40 were analyzed as restricted cubic spline. …”
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Diagnostic Value of Sodium, White Blood Cell, Neutrophil Levels; White Blood Cell/Sodium and Neutrophil/Sodium Ratios in Appendicitis in Pediatric Patients by Cem Kaya, Gökhan Arkan, Fatma Nur Aracıer Uçaner, Leyla Nur Türker, Alparslan Kapısız, Ramazan Karabulut, Zafer Türkyılmaz, Kaan Sönmez

“…Although sodium levels were significantly lower in patients with appendicitis, no significant difference was found between acute and perforated appendicitis. …”
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Validation of the Polish version of the Functional Oral Intake Scale against flexible endoscopic evaluation of swallowing and the International Dysphagia Diet Standardization Initi... by Magdalena Milewska, Barbara Jamroz, Mariusz Panczyk, Joanna Chmielewska-Walczak, Tomasz Czernicki, Marta Dabrowska-Bender, Marcin Folwarski, Marcin Folwarski, Dorota Szostak-Wegierek

“…Significant differences in FOIS-PL scores were evident across patient subgroups stratified by PAS severity (PAS ≤ 2, PAS 3–5, PAS &gt; 5) and IDDSI levels. Lower FOIS-PL scores corresponded with more impaired swallowing safety (PAS &gt; 5). …”
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Associations between Children’s Exposure to PM2.5 and their Serum Inflammatory Responses in Taiwan by Wei-Jung Tseng, Jian-He Lu, How-Ran Chao, Ming-Hsien Tsai, Yu-Ting Chang, Liang-Jen Wang, Chih-Cheng Chen, Wan-Nurdiyana-Wan Mansor, Juliana Jalaludin, Chih-Lung Wang, Ying-I Tsai

“…Although serum levels of MCP-1 in children exposed to low PM2.5 concentrations were lower than those in children exposure to high and TRAP PM2.5 levels, the differences were nonsignificant. …”
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Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Primary Aldosteronism After Adrenalectomy or Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonist Treatment: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis by Chien‐Wei Huang, Tse‐Ying Huang, Ya‐Fei Yang, Li‐Yang Chang, Yu‐Kang Tu, Vin‐Cent Wu, Jui‐Yi Chen

“…Patients with PA after adrenalectomy had a lower MACE incidence rate (2.00/100 patient‐years [95% CI, 1.40–2.60]) compared with those undergoing MRA treatment (3.30/100 patient‐years [95% CI, 2.40–4.10], P=0.017). …”
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Serum Inflammatory Cytokines and Growth Factors in Patients with Sjögren’s Syndrome and Diabetes Mellitus by Yalçın Karaküçük, Sema Yilmaz, Ali Unlu, Banu Bozkurt, Şule Nur Acar Duyan

“…Results: Schirmer test and TBUT were significantly lower in the SS group (2.08±1.72 mm/5 min and 3.08±2.08 s) than in the DR (10.24±4.63 mm/5 min and 4.20±3.09 s) and control groups (13.30±5.95 mm/5 min and 9.00±1.75 s) (p&lt;0.001). …”
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Clinical Characteristics of Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Combined with Gastrointestinal Perforation and Prognostic Value of Circulating Tumor DNA by Hong Yang, Dongwen Rong, Wenhui Yang

“…The survival rate in the high expression group was lower than that in the low expression group (7.02% (4/57) vs 36.38% (15/40)) (P<0.001). …”
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The association between violence victimization and subsequent unplanned pregnancy among adolescent girls in Uganda: Do primary schools make a difference? by Katherine G Merrill, Louise Knight, Janet Nakuti, Angel Mirembe, Elizabeth Allen, Amiya Bhatia, Jenny Parkes, Dipak Naker, Karen M Devries

“…School and peer connectedness modified the association (p<0.05); girls who experienced violence had higher odds of unplanned pregnancy in schools with lower versus higher connectedness. Violence victimization in early adolescence is strongly associated with subsequent unplanned pregnancy among adolescent girls in Uganda but attending schools with more school or peer connectedness attenuated this link. …”
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