Validated HPLC method for simultaneous determination of azelastine hydrochloride fluticasone propionate and oxymetazoline in nasal mucosa and nasopharyngeal swabs from real human s... by Neven N. Mikawy, Nancy Magdy, Marwa H. Mohamed, Amira M. El-Kosasy

“…It shows that the results of the swabs were not affected by gender or age. Good recoveries with low % RSD were observed: 99.03% ± 0.75, 100.02% ± 0.94, and 100.94% ± 1.98 for both genders, and 100.45% ± 0.96, 100.69% ± 1.08, and 100.32% ± 1.53 for different ages for AZT, FP, and OXY; respectively. …”
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Evaluation of Sialic Acid Levels in the Umbilical Cord Blood of Newborns of Diabetic and Non-Diabetic Mothers and the Relation with Poor Neonatal Outcome by Yuksel Kurban, İbrahim Uyar, Koza Murat, Murat Alan

“…Also mean platelet volume, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, mean corpuscular hemoglobin, platelet, bilirubin values were recorded as well as the age, gravida, parity, gestational week of the participant mothers and type of delivery, gender, weight, height and the APGAR score of the newborn, and whether insulin was used or not. …”
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The impact of delay in HIV diagnosis on patient survival: analysis of HIV infection trends from 2007 to 2023 by Riyaz A. Shaik, Sharan K. Holyachi, Mohammad S. Ahmad, Mohammed Miraj, Syed Yousaf Kazmi, Mohammad Rehan Asad, Ali Faraz, Mirwais Ramozi, Ritu Kumar Ahmad

“…Demographic and clinical variables including age, gender, HIV status, treatment, laboratory parameters, TB infection and survival were investigated. …”
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Patients’ satisfaction and efficacy of modern conventional hearing aids: A comprehensive analysis of the self-reported user experiences in adult people by Daniele Portelli, Cosimo Galletti, Sabrina Loteta, Leonard Freni, Francesco Ciodaro, Angela Alibrandi, Giuseppe Alberti

“…Results: Results indicated no significant gender differences in most APHAB and SADL subscales, except for the SADL “personal image” subscale, which showed lower scores for women (p =  0.023). …”
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A machine learning-based model for predicting paroxysmal and persistent atrial fibrillation based on EHR by Yuqi Zhang, Sijin Li, Peibiao Mai, Yanqi Yang, Niansang Luo, Chao Tong, Kuan Zeng, Kun Zhang

“…Good predictive performance was stably achieved in different age subgroups and different gender subgroups. LA and NT-proBNP were the two most important variables for predicting paroxysmal and persistent AF in all models, except for the female subgroup aged less than 60 years. …”
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Chaperones Utilization in Clinical Practice: Intimate and Sensitive Physical Examination Best Practice Strategies and Concepts in Modern Urological Medicine by Tarini Mitra, Nicolas K. Koerber, Harini Shah, Austin C. Kassels, Danyon J. Anderson, Brennen J. Cooper, Meghan B. Schaefer, Alan D. Kaye, Harish B. Bangalore Siddaiah, Jibin S. Mathew, Jeffrey R. Sterritt, Zachary S. Lee, Ivan Urits

“…Two studies reported the likelihood of chaperone utilization depending on gender of the physician, showing that male physicians were more likely to utilize chaperones and were 3x more likely to offer chaperones to their patients compared to female physicians. …”
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Dyslipidemia among Patients with End Stage Renal Disease on Maintenance Hemodialysis by Mohammed Ghazi Abdulhadi, Mohammed Omer Mohammed, Fenk Bakir Maarouf

“…Patients and Methods: A case-control study was conducted from February 2015 until August 2015 in Ibn-Sena teaching hospital on 100 participants (52 males and 48 females), 50 were patients with end-stage renal disease on regular hemodialysis and 50 were age and gender-matched apparently healthy subjects as the control. …”
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Impact of gas flaring on acute respiratory distress among pregnant women and newborn babies in Delta State Central Senatorial District, Nigeria by Omatseye Alero Akuirene, John Esimaje Moyegbone, Charity Omoikhekpen Chukumah, Mercy Ebiyemi Kalaroo, Josiah Obaghwerhievwo Adjene, Emmanuel Agbonomhen Agege, Joseph Onyedenyifa Odoko, Ezekiel Uba Nwose

“…While the age, educational level, gender, and marital status of women were not significant statistically with having children experiencing RDS, bearing children was statistically significant (P<0.001). …”
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von Willebrand factor polymorphism (rs1063856) as a risk factor for portal vein thrombosis in chronic liver diseases by Isis Samy Bedira, Olfat M. Hendy, Moones Abdelaal, Ashraf A. Basuni, Asma Ebrahim Gaber Koshoo, Alzhraa Alkhatib, Sally S. Mandour

“…Additionally, 30 healthy volunteers of the same age and gender as the patients were included in the study as a control group. …”
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Pre-diabetes and cardiovascular risk factors in NAFLD patients: a retrospective comparative analysis by Azam Teimouri, Zahra Ebrahimpour, Awat Feizi, Bijan Iraj, Elahe Saffari, Mojtaba Akbari, Mozhgan Karimifar

“…Statistical analysis was conducted to assess cardiovascular risk factors in NAFLD patients.ResultsHigher age, female gender, higher BMI, triglyceride, waist and hip circumference and waist-to-hip ratio were found in pre-diabetic NAFLD individuals compared with normoglycemic ones (P-value&lt;0.05). …”
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Advancing Alzheimer’s disease risk prediction: development and validation of a machine learning-based preclinical screening model in a cross-sectional study by Yanfei Chen, Bing Wang, Yankai Shi, Wenhao Qi, Shihua Cao, Bingsheng Wang, Ruihan Xie, Jiani Yao, Xiajing Lou, Chaoqun Dong, Xiaohong Zhu, Danni He

“…An oversampling method was applied to balance the data set.Interventions This study has no interventions.Participants The study included 2379 participants, of whom 507 were diagnosed with AD.Primary and secondary outcome measures Including accuracy, precision, recall, F1 score, etc.Results 11 variables were critical in the training phase, including educational level, depression, insomnia, age, Body Mass Index (BMI), medication count, gender, stenting, systolic blood pressure (sbp), neurosis and rapid eye movement. …”
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Association of urban green and blue space with accelerated ageing: A cohort Study in the UK Biobank by YiNi Wang, XinYu Shi, Fei Yang, ShengYuan Wang, TianShu Han, Kun Ma

“…Other factors such as gender, race and lifestyle also influence the impact of the environment on accelerated ageing.…”
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Clinical characteristics and outcomes in Asian patients with heart failure with mildly reduced ejection fraction by Julian Cheong Kiat Tay, Shaw Yang Chia, Siew Hui Michelle Koh, David Kheng Leng Sim, Ping Chai, Seet Yoong Loh, Fazlur Rehman Jaufeerally, Sheldon Shao Guang Lee, Patrick Zhan Yun Lim, Jonathan Yap

“…HFmrEF patients were more likely to be gender neutral, of mid-range age and have concomitant diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidaemia, peripheral vascular disease and coronary artery disease (P < 0.001). …”
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Medicaid Eligibility and Time to Re-incarceration Among Previously Incarcerated Subjects With Schizophrenia by Chris Kozma, Michael Dickson, Jacqueline Pesa, Carmela J. Benson

“…Covariates included age, race, gender, marital status, and reason for incarceration. …”
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Indicators Of Morbidity And Mortality From Diseases of the Digestive System in the Krasnodar Krai and the Quality of Medical Care for Gastroenterological Patients by N. V. Korochanskaya, V. M. Durleshter, O. V. Kovalevskaya, S. N. Serikova, K. I. Popandopulo

“…The analysis was carried out according to C 51 “Distribution of deaths by gender, age groups and causes of death” form of the Territorial Authority of the Federal State Statistics Service for the Krasnodar Krai for the period from 2006 to 2018, as well as on the basis of the “Demography” block database of the Parus software of the healthcare management system of the Krasnodar Krai for 6 months of 2019. 1341 medical records of patients receiving outpatient medical care and the medical records of people who had died from digestive diseases in 2017-2019 were reviewed.Results. …”
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Creating accountable hospital service areas in China: a case analysis of health expenditure in the metropolis of Chengdu by Jay Pan, Peiya Cao, Xiaoshuang Zhao, Yili Yang

“…Total in-patient expenditure per admission varied more than threefold across HSAs after adjusting for age and gender. Apart from a list of demand-side factors, an increased number of physicians, healthcare facilities at higher levels and for-profit healthcare facilities were significantly associated with increased total in-patient expenditures. …”
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A systematic review of barriers to early presentation and diagnosis with breast cancer among black women by Ruth H Jack, Jill Maben, Elizabeth A Davies, Emma Ream, Grace Lucas, Claire EL Jones, Lindsay JL Forbes

“…Studies were excluded if they did not report separate findings by ethnic group or gender, only reported differences in time to presentation/diagnosis, or reported on interventions and barriers to cancer screening. …”
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Postoperative Pain and Opiate Requirement is Increased Following Second-Side Surgery Among Patients Undergoing Staged Total Knee Arthroplasty by Vivek P. Chadayammuri, MD, Shuvalaxmi D. Haselton, MS, Elizabeth Diaz, PA-C, Roger H. Emerson, MD

“…Our study identified weekly interval between staged procedures as the single-most predictive factor of pain, and female patients being predisposed to heightened pain following second-side TKA; implicating nociceptive pathways require weeks to normalize, necessitating gender-specific pain management and extended intervals.…”
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Features of the Expression of Second-Type Melatonin Receptors by Esophagus Epiteliocytes in Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease by O. A. Karpovich, T. T. Shtabinskaya, V. I. Shishko, Ya. A. Kolodzeysky

“…The control group consisted of 18 patients without GERD, comparable with the main groups by gender, age and body mass index. In order to determine the expression of MTNR1B, esophagogastroduodenoscopy with the collection of biopsy material from the mucous membrane of the distal esophagus was performed. …”
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&lsquo;That&rsquo;s Enough&rsquo; - Workplace Violence Against Physicians, Pharmacists, and Nurses in Saudi Arabia: A Systematic Review of Prevalence, Causes, and Consequences by Alhomoud F

“…Contributing factors of WPV included gender, age, profession, workload, shift patterns, nationality, experience, and inadequate training. …”
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