Comparing Assisted Reproductive Outcomes in Women with Different Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Phenotypes Undergoing Frozen Embryo Transfer by Anubhuti Patel, Anviti Saraf, Vyshnavi A. Rao, Kamini A. Rao

“…Materials and Methods: A total of 190 infertile women with PCOS (Rotterdam criteria) were enrolled and were subdivided into four phenotypes. …”
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Anemia Prevalence and Risk Factors in Two of Ethiopia’s Most Anemic Regions among Women: A Cross-Sectional Study by Gebru Gebremeskel Gebrerufael, Bsrat Tesfay Hagos

“…In order to determine the causes of anemia in women in two of Ethiopia’s most anemic regions, an ordinal logistic regression model was taken into consideration. …”
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Statistical exploration of factors associated with birth of children having sickle cell traits among reproductive-age women in Nigeria by Gabriel Ogunde, Ayodele Shabi, Joshua O. Akinyemi

“…Results from the multilevel binary logistic regression revealed that women who were traditionalists (AOR = 1.77; 95% CI = 1.04–3.02) were more likely of having children with SCT. …”
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Relationship between social media use and disordered eating behavior among female university students in Qatar by Yara Qutteina, Catherine Nasrallah, Linda Kimmel, Salma M. Khaled

“…Such an understanding of social media’s role is instrumental for the promotion and prevention of disordered eating among young women.…”
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Factors influencing role preferences in decision-making of healthy women with BRCA1/2 pathogenic variants: subanalysis from a randomised controlled decision coaching trial by Sibylle Kautz-Freimuth, Arim Shukri, Claudia Stracke, Anna Isselhard, Birte Berger-Höger, Anke Steckelberg, Frank Vitinius, Nicola Dikow, Marion Kiechle, Cornelia Meisel, Achim Wöckel, Marion Tina von Mackelenbergh, Rita Schmutzler, Kerstin Rhiem, Stephanie Stock

“…This exploratory study aimed to identify predictors of preferred and actual roles in decision-making in healthy women with BRCA1/2 pathogenic variants (PVs). Methods Women with BRCA1/2 PVs without a history of breast and/or ovarian cancer were recruited in six centres across Germany. …”
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Gender Equity in Commonwealth Higher Education: by Kwesiga, Joy Constance

“…There are concerns about the current distribution patterns of women in universities as students, academics and managers and the qualitative experiences of women in Commonwealth universities. …”
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Role of epigenetics in aetiology and therapies for Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: A narrative review by Yahaya O Tajudeen, Ufuoma B Shemishere

“…Such an understanding of social media’s role is instrumental for the promotion and prevention of disordered eating among young women.…”
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Quality of Life among Obstetric Fistula Patients at Kitovu Mission Hospital: A Health Facility-Based Cross-Sectional Study in Masaka District, Uganda by Samuel Kakembo, Christine Atuhairwe, Ivan Mugisha Taremwa

“…A cross-sectional study was conducted among 63 women diagnosed with OF at Kitovu Mission Hospital. …”
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Social support in old age: differences by sex in a sample from northern Mexico by Rosa Isabel Garza-Sánchez, José González-Tovar

“…We used the multi-dimensional scale of perceived Social support (MSPSS), measures the perceptions of support of three main sources: family, friend and other significant, obtained an ordinal alpha coefficient of ω =. 934. We used an intentional sampling, participated 396 adults (Mage = 69.81, of = 6.95), 56.3% were women and 43.8% men. …”
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Metformin increases mammographic breast density: a randomized controlled trial by Sadaf Alipour, Ladan Hosseini, Zohreh Forootan, Hadith Rastad, Leila Bayani, Mahboubeh Abedi, Bita Eslami

“…A total of 151 premenopausal women received 500 mg metformin tablets twice a day for 6 months, or a placebo, were included. …”
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Determining the factors affecting the happiness levels of divorced individuals by ordered logistics regression analysis by Burak Uyar, Cevdet Büyüksu

“…In this context, the model ordinal logistic regression model was estimated. The statistically significant gender variable shows that divorced women are happier than divorced men. …”
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Psychometric properties of the Stress Coping Scale Brief-COPE 28 in a Peruvian population by Neicer Joel Delgado-Requejo, Julio Cesar Castillo Ramos, Lourdes Carolina Cerda Sánchez

“…Results: It is evident that the alpha coefficient of coping styles ranges from α ordinal = 0.74 to 0.82; while in strategies it was between α ordinal = 0.59 to 0.90. …”
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Life course socioeconomic position and care dependency in later life: a longitudinal multicohort study from 17 countriesResearch in context by Ting Pan, Chenshuang Li, Ying Zhou

“…Low SES at any stage of life was associated with elevated probability, increased severity, and accelerated deterioration of care dependency in later life, with women being particularly vulnerable. For the probability of IADL dependency, socioeconomic differences by parental education persisted and were greatest at ages 75–80 years (18.10%, 95% CI 14.25%–21.95% for women; 10.23%, 5.82%–14.64% for men). …”
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Stroke survivors’ health literacy is not associated with caregiver burden: a cross-sectional study by Andrea Hess Engström, Sebastian Lindblom, Maria Flink, Susanna Söderberg, Lena von Koch, Charlotte Ytterberg

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Implementing E-MOTIVE for detection and treatment of postpartum haemorrhage in South Africa by M Singata-Madliki, S Fawcus, N Moran, E Arends, E Muller, S Mandondo, G J Hofmeyr

“…This breakthrough intervention provides hope for women in SA, and requires a purposeful, co-ordinated implementation strategy on a national scale to reach all levels of the health service. …”
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Internet gaming disorder and the alternative five factor personality model: a study in a Spanish community sample by Anton Aluja, Oscar García, Ferran Balada, Neus Aymamí, Luis F. García

“…Participants and procedure A sample community of 1,548 subjects, 707 men and 841 women, with a mean age of 40.90 and 38.89 years, respectively, was evaluated. …”
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Influence of Image Acquisition on Radiation Dose and Image Quality: Full versus Narrow Phase Window Acquisition Using 320 MDCT by Faisal Khosa, Atif Khan, Khurram Nasir, Waqas Shuaib, Matthew Budoff, Ron Blankstein, Melvin E. Clouse

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Self-assessment of didactic performance of psychology and education professors in Mexico and Peru by Aldo Bazán-Ramírez, Walter Capa-Luque, Roberto Chávez-Nava, Mónica C. Dávila-Navarro, Homero Ango-Aguilar, Edmundo Hervias-Guerra, Catalina Bello-Vidal

“…The reliability for the overall score of the questionnaire as well as for the interactive episodes evidenced McDonald’s ordinal alpha and omega coefficients ≥0.94 and H coefficient ≥ 0.95. …”
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Association of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors With Estimated Dietary Salt Consumption in Bangladeshi Adults: A Nationally Representative Cross‐Sectional Study by Lingkan Barua, Tahmina Akhter, Rijwan Bhuiyan, Halima Akter Sathi, Palash Chandra Banik, Mithila Faruque, Muhammad Aziz Rahman, Sheikh Mohammed Shariful Islam

“…It included a non‐institutionalized adults’ population of 6189 men and women aged 18–69 years. Their daily salt consumption was estimated using the spot urine sodium concentration following the Tanaka equation and reported according to the standard nomenclature proposed by the World Hypertension League and partner organizations involved in dietary salt reduction. …”
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Obesity is South Africa’s new HIV epidemic by Nomathemba Chandiwana, Willem Venter, Jennifer Manne-Goehler, Alisha Wade, Carel le Roux, Nzama Mbalati, Angelika Grimbeek, Petronell Kruger, Eunice Montsho, Zukiswa Zimela, Anele Yawa, Sibongile Tshabalala, Ndivhuwo Rambau, Ngqabutho Mpofu, Sasha Stevenson, Bridget McNulty, Ntobeko Ntusi, Yogan Pillay, Joel Dave, Angela Murphy, Sue Goldstein, Karen Hfman, Sameera Mahomedy, Elizabeth Thomas, Busi Mrara, Jeff Wing, Jeanne Lubbe, Zack Koto, Marli Conradie-Smit, Sean Wharton, Wayne May, Ian Marr, Hilton Kaplan, Mariam Forgan, Graham Alexander, John Turner, V R Fourie, Jocelyn Hellig, Mandy Banks, Kim Ragsdale, Marisa Noeth, Farzahna Mohamed, Landon Myer, Limakatso Lebina, Salome Maswime, Yunus Moosa, Sumy Thomas, Mzamo Mbelle, Phumla Sinxadi, Linda-Gail Bekker, Sindeep Bhana, June Fabian, Eric Decloedt, Zaheer Bayat, Reyna Daya, Bilal Bobat, Fiona Storie, Julia Goedecke, Kathleen Kahn, Stephen Tollman, Brett Mansfield, Mark Siedner, Vincent Marconi, Aaloke Mody, Ntombifikile Mtshali, Elvin Geng, Suman Srinivasa, Mohammed Ali, Samanta Lalla-Edwards, Alison Bentley, Gustaaf Wolvaardt, Andrew Hill, Jeremy Nel

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