Clinical and Radiological Outcomes of Total Knee Arthroplasty Performed with Midvastus and Medial Parapatellar Approaches in Obese Patients by Olcay Guler, Gürkan Gümüşsuyu, Hakan Sofu, Hüseyin Bahadır Gökçen

“…This retrospective study was performed using data derived from 80 patients (70 women; 10 men) with an average age of 66.17 ± 5.42 (range: 54 to 77). …”
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Tobacco control environment: cross-sectional survey of policy implementation, social unacceptability, knowledge of tobacco health harms and relationship to quit ratio in 17 low-inc... by Annika Rosengren, Li Wei, Khalid Yusoff, Martin McKee, Clara K Chow, Rajeev Gupta, Koon Teo, Sumathy Rangarajan, Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo, Rafael Diaz, Alvaro Avezum, Fernando Lanas, Noorhassim Ismail, Romaina Iqbal, Jephat Chifamba, Gilles Dagenais, Salim Yusuf, Anna B Gilmore, Scott Lear, Wang Yang, Omar Rahman, Katarzyna Zatonska, Prem Mony, Rajesh Kumar, Afzalhussein Yusufali, Daniel J Corsi, Ehimario Igumbor, V Mohan, Annamarie Kruger, Krishnapillai Vijayakumar, Yuksel Altuntas, Ahmad Bahonar

“…Summary scores of policy implementation, social unacceptability and knowledge were positively and significantly associated with quit ratio and the associations varied by gender, for example, communities in the highest quintile of the combined scores had 5.0 times the quit ratio in men (Odds ratio (OR) 5·0, 95% CI 3.4 to 7.4) and 4.1 times the quit ratio in women (OR 4.1, 95% CI 2.4 to 7.1).Conclusions This study suggests that more focus is needed on ensuring the tobacco control policy is actually implemented, particularly in LMICs. …”
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One-Year Clinical Outcome in Middle Eastern Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: The Jordan Atrial Fibrillation (JoFib) Study by Ayman Hammoudeh, Yousef Khader, Ramzi Tabbalat, Yahya Badaineh, Nazih Kadri, Haneen Shawer, Eyas Al-Mousa, Rasheed Ibdah, Batool A. Shawer, Imad A. Alhaddad

“…OACs were used in 85.7% of high-risk patients with NVAF (CHA2DS2-VASc score>3 in women, and>2 in men), including direct OACs (DOACs) in 64.1% and vitamin K antagonists (VKA) in 35.9%. …”
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The impact of self-care training using the teach-back method on health anxiety in patients with coronary artery disease: A randomized controlled clinical trial by Mansoreh Barati, Zahra Amouzeshi, Fahimeh Nikraftar

“…BACKGROUND: Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the most prevalent heart disease and a leading cause of death among both men and women. It is worth noting that anxiety is highly prevalent among patients with CAD, and it can significantly affect their overall performance and well-being. …”
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Pretransplant Fasting Glucose Predicts New-Onset Diabetes after Liver Transplantation by Elizabeth J. Carey, Bashar A. Aqel, Thomas J. Byrne, David D. Douglas, Jorge Rakela, Hugo E. Vargas, Adyr A. Moss, David C. Mulligan, K. Sudhakar Reddy, Harini A. Chakkera

“…In 225 adult nondiabetic liver transplant recipients, the mean age was 51.7 years, the majority were men (71%), and half had HCV (49%). The mean calculated MELD score at transplantation was 18.7, and 19% underwent living-donor transplant (LDLT). …”
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Stathmin 1 expression in neuroendocrine and proliferating prostate cancer by Yingli Shi, Yunshin A. Yeh, Siyuan Cheng, Xin Gu, Shu Yang, Lin Li, Nazih P. Khater, Susan Kasper, Xiuping Yu

“…Abstract Prostate cancer (PCa) is the second leading cause of cancer-related mortality among men in the United States. While PCa initially responds to androgen deprivation therapy, a significant portion progresses to castration-resistant PCa. …”
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Qualitative Characteristics of Depression in Parkinson’s Patients and Controls by Cleo Kritzinger, Eva-Juliane Vollstedt, Katja Hückelheim, Anne Lorwin, Julia Graf, Sinem Tunc, Christine Klein, Meike Kasten

“…The sample comprised 331 men and 311 women, aged 65 ± 8 years. Out of the overall sample, 198 (41.5%) had a BDI score ≥9. …”
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Hospital Surgical Volume, Utilization, Costs and Outcomes of Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection for Testis Cancer by Hua-yin Yu, Nathanael D. Hevelone, Sunil Patel, Stuart R. Lipsitz, Jim C. Hu

“…Using the US Nationwide Inpatient Sample from 2001–2008, we identified 993 RPLND and used propensity score methods to assess utilization, costs, and inpatient outcomes based on hospital surgical volume. …”
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The relationship between IDH, P53 mutations, MGMT methylation with characteristics in high grade glioma patients by Duc Anh Tran, Ba Van Nguyen, Bac Thanh Nguyen, Hoe Van Vu, Lien Duc Nguyen

“…Research variables include age, sex, Karnofsky score, the rate of IDH, P53 mutation, MGMT methylation; the relationship between genes mutation with some characteristics and response to treatment according to the RECIST classification. …”
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Development of novel nomograms for predicting prostate cancer in biopsy-naive patients with PSA < 10 ng/ml and PI-RADS ≤ 3 lesions by Jia-gui Chai, Yu-hang Li, Chang-xing Ke

“…PurposeTo develop novel nomograms for predicting prostate cancer (PCa) and clinically significant prostate cancer (csPCa) in patients with prostate-specific antigen (PSA) &lt; 10 ng/ml and PI-RADS v2.1 score ≤ 3.MethodsWe retrospectively collected data from 327 men with PSA &lt; 10 ng/ml and PI-RADS score ≤ 3 from June 2020 to June 2024 in our hospital. …”
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Risk factor assessment of prediabetes and diabetes based on epidemic characteristics in new urban areas: a retrospective and a machine learning study by Li Xu, Xiangcheng Sun, Ning Wang, Yiyi Wang, Yan Li, Chuan Zhang

“…After the model was trained, the precision and recall rate of the prediction reached 0.76 and 0.86, respectively, with an F1 score of 0. 81. Moreover, there was a greater incidence of diabetes in men than in women (6.68% vs. 2.61%, χ2 = 1415.68, p < 0.001). …”
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How May Coexisting Frailty Influence Adherence to Treatment in Elderly Hypertensive Patients? by Bartosz Uchmanowicz, Anna Chudiak, Izabella Uchmanowicz, Grzegorz Mazur

“…It is the most important risk factor for premature deaths in the world. Treatment compliance at every stage is a condition for successful antihypertensive therapy, and improving the effectiveness of treatment is a major goal in preventing cardiovascular incidents. …”
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Factors associated with fear of hypoglycaemia among the T1D Exchange Glu population in a cross-sectional online survey by Jingwen Liu, Jeoffrey Bispham, Ludi Fan, Jiat-Ling Poon, Allyson Hughes, Alicia Mcauliffe-Fogarty, Oralee Varnado, Beth Mitchell

“…Multivariable regressions were performed on assessment scores.Results The study included 494 participants (mean±SD age 43.9±12.2 years, duration of T1D mellitus 16.6±16.8 years, self-reported glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) 6.9%±0.8% (52±9 mmol/mol)), 63% men, 89% on insulin pump, 25% experienced a severe hypoglycaemic event in the last 6 months. …”
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Essential Factors in Predicting the Need for Angio-Embolization in the Acute Treatment of Pelvic Fracture with Hemorrhage by Seok-Won Yang, Hee-Gon Park, Sung-Hyun Kim, Sung-Hyun Yoon, Seung-Gwan Park

“…Methods A total of 62 patients with pelvic ring fractures who underwent angio-embolization in Dankook University Hospital from March 2013 to June 2018 were retrospectively reviewed. There were 38 men and 24 women with a mean age of 59.8 years. …”
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Skull defect – Frontotemporal dementia sagging brain syndrome by Wouter I. Schievink, Marcel M. Maya, Robin Babadjouni, Angelique Sao‐Mai S. Tay, Rachelle B. Taché

“…A SIH Disability Assessment Score (SIHDAS) questionnaire was completed to assess the severity of the symptoms before and after custom implant cranioplasty. …”
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Using the alternative model of personality disorders for DSM-5 traits to identify personality types, and the relationship with disordered eating, depression, anxiety and stress by Tanya Gilmartin, Caroline Gurvich, Joanna F. Dipnall, Gemma Sharp

“…Methods A total of 391 women, 167 men and 10 gender-diverse individuals aged 16 to 31 years completed measures of the alternative model of personality disorder traits, disordered eating behaviours, eating pathology, depression, anxiety and stress. …”
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Acupuncture as a Therapeutic Intervention for Alleviating Pain Associated with Knee Osteoarthritis in the Elderly by Ida Ayu Suptika Strisanti, Ida Ayu Anom Rastiti, Kadek Buja Harditya, I Dewa Ayu Agra Darmawati, Komang Rosa Tri Anggaraeni

“… Introduction: Osteoarthritis is a common joint disease associated with aging, with knee osteoarthritis (KOA) affecting both elderly men and women in Indonesia. KOA is a major cause of disability and immobility, significantly impacting the quality of life of the elderly. …”
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Heterogeneous adverse childhood experiences and cognitive function in an elderly Chinese population: a cohort study by Ya Fang, Manqiong Yuan, Fengzhi Qin, Chuanhai Xu

“…Cognitive function was measured by the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and cognitive impairment was defined by education-specific threshold MMSE scores. Logistic models were constructed to examine the relationship between ACE classes and cognitive impairment. …”
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Association of the feeling of anxiety and the phenomenon of inferiority by O.R. Berezyuk, O.O. Filts

“…A comparison of the presence of anxiety by gender showed that anxiety symptoms are significantly more common in women than in men: 57.85% [51.82-63.77] vs 37.04% [32.07-42.15] respectively, p<0.001. …”
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Real-world assessment of effectiveness and safety of filgotinib in 286 patients with ulcerative colitis in 9 UK centres by David Young, Sohail Rahmany, Deborah Taylor, Emma Davis, Michael Colwill, Sonia Kalyanji Mehta, Roisin Campbell, Karl Hazel, Karishma Sethi-Arora, Susan Ritchie, Ashley I Heinson, Helen Moyses, Keith Bodger, Emma Johnston, Lucy Hicks, Anjan Dhar, Jimmy Limdi, Rachel Cooney, John Paul Seenan, Kamal Patel, Alissa Walsh, Fraser Cummings

“…Conclusions: In a large real-world cohort of patients with UC, filgotinib appears to be effective and welltolerated.…”
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