Smoking as a risk factor for lung cancer in women and men: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Sanne A E Peters, Mark Woodward, Paul Mitchell, Rachel R Huxley, Gemma Taylor, Linda M O’Keeffe

“…Objectives To investigate the sex-specific association between smoking and lung cancer.Design Systematic review and meta-analysis.Data sources We searched PubMed and EMBASE from 1 January 1999 to 15 April 2016 for cohort studies. …”
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Body image of men and women with congenital heart disease over a 15 years observational period by Siegfried Geyer, Claudia Dellas, Elmar Brähler, Johannes Beller

“…Contrary to expectation, effects of age and sex were largely absent. The body image of men turned out to be more affected by congenital heart disease than women. …”
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Reduction of intestinal RIPK1 ameliorates HFD-induced metabolic disorders in female mice by Ye Yuan, Xiaomin Hu, Chunguang Guo, Yihua Xu, Shihan Li, Wei Wen, Xinli Hu, Fanxin Zeng, Weiyi Cui, Wenli Chen, Xueting Sun, Ning Hou, Jue Wang, Rui-Ping Xiao, Xiuqin Zhang

“…In this study, using receptor-interacting protein kinase 1 (Ripk1) intestine-specific heterozygous knockout mice (Ripk1IEC+/−) and high-fat diet (HFD)-feeding mouse model, we report that HFD-induced shift in the transcriptional profile of the ileum toward that of the jejunum, characterized by increased expression of jejunal feature genes in the ileum, are attenuated in Ripk1IEC+/− female mice, but not in males. …”
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The Closed Kinetic Chain Upper Extremity Stability Test (CKCUEST) Performance in Elite Team Handball Players Playing with Shoulder Pain, Previous Pain, or No Pain by Tina Piil Torabi, Jesper Bencke, Roland van den Tillaar

“… # Conclusion A comparison of scores across sexes appears unsuitable, due to the possible positive influence of height on the final score. …”
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Prenatal Cytogenetic Findings in 13.466 Cases of High-Risk Pregnant Women in One Laboratory by Leyla Özer, Evrim Ünsal, Özge Ayvaz, Aşkın Şen, Volkan Baltacı

“…Trisomy 21 was the most common chromosomal abnormality found in 228/1029 cases (22.2%). Of sex chromosomal abnormalities, monosomies were the most common abnormality (3.3%). …”
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Molecular prevalence and associated risk factors of Entamoeba spp. in donkeys in Shanxi Province, North China by Ze-Dong Zhang, Han-Dan Xiao, Dong-Yang Wang, Nan Su, Xun-Zhi Liu, Zi-Rui Wang, Shi-Chen Xie, Xing-Quan Zhu, Shuo Zhang, Wen-Wei Gao

“…Abstract Background The intestinal protozoa Entamoeba spp. can infect humans and various animals, including donkeys, causing diarrhea and malabsorption and presenting significant risks to animal husbandry and public health. …”
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Sport Specialization, Physical Performance and Injury History in Canadian Junior High School Students by Chris Whatman, Carla van den Berg, Luz Palacios-Derflingher, Carolyn Emery

“…There were no significant differences in vertical jump height (mean diff [MD] = -0.4 to 2.1cm), predicted VO2max (MD = 2.2 to 3.1mL/kg/min), single leg balance (MD = 0.5 to 1.9sec) or Y-balance (MD = 0.6 to 7.0%) between sport specialization categories…”
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The Association between Ambient Fine Particulate Matter and Oral Neoplasm among Smokers and Betel Quids Chewers by Mei-Sheng Ku, Pallop Siewchaisakul, Amy Ming-Fang Yen, Chen-Yu Liu

“…After adjusting for sex, age, and behavior of betel quid chewing and cigarette smoking, we found that subjects from areas of higher levels of PM2.5 (≥ 35 µg m−3) had an increased risk of OPMD/OC and OC by 11% (aRR = 1.11; 95% CI: 1.09–1.13) and 55% (aRR = 1.55; 95% CI: 1.49–1.60) respectively, compared to those from areas of lower PM2.5 (< 35 µg m−3). …”
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Evaluation of the effectiveness of the Iran-package of essential non-communicable disease (IraPEN) program in reducing cardiovascular disease risk in pilot areas by Somayeh Derakhshan, Davood Khalili, Alireza Mahdavi, Seyed-Saeed Hashemi-Nazari, Amir Kavousi, Fatemeh Hadavandsiri, Afshin Ostovar, Koorosh Etemad

“…Based on the revised WHO risk score, the mean CVD risk for those with a risk score above 10% at baseline and one year later was 0.198 and 0.177 in men and 0.119 and 0.109 in women, respectively. …”
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Type 2 diabetes mellitus’ impact on heart failure patients’ exercise tolerance: a focus on maximal fat oxidation during exercise by Huiying Zhu, Huiying Zhu, Jianchao Pan, Jianxuan Wen, Jianxuan Wen, Xiaojing Dang, Xiaojing Dang, Xiankun Chen, Xiankun Chen, Yunxiang Fan, Yunxiang Fan, Weihui Lu, Weihui Lu, Wei Jiang, Wei Jiang

“…After adjusting for age, sex, body mass index (BMI), log N-terminal pro-B type natriuretic peptide (log NT-proBNP), left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), hemoglobin, renal function, coronary heart disease and hypertension, the peak VO2 was lower in the T2DM group compared to the non-T2DM group with a mean difference (MD) of −2.0 ml/kg/min [95% confidence interval (CI), −3.18 to −0.82, P &lt; 0.01]. …”
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Regulación genética de la determinación sexual y diferenciación gonadal en peces teleósteos by Cruz Elena Enriquez-Valencia, Camilo Alberto Prieto-Mojica, Francy Zorayda Gómez-Balanta

“…La determinación del sexo puede ser definido por sistemas cromosómicos como XX/XY ZZ/ZW XX/X0, ZZ/Z0, XXI, XX2 y XIX2Y o modulado por diferentes genes autosómicos tales como cyp19al , fox12, figla, dmrtl , sox9, amh ygsdf sin embargo, a pesar de los grandes avances en la investigación en el área molecular; el proceso de regulación en la determinación y diferenciación del sexo en peces aún no está completamente dilucidado, especialmente en especies Neotropicales.…”
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BEHAVIOUR AMONG FEMALE MIGRANTS IN MAKURDI, BENUE STATE by ONYEMA ANGELA ABEL

“…Neglecting the sexual and reproductive health of women can lead to high social and economic crisis. Benue state is one of the states in Nigeria which is worse hit by insurgency (BokoHaram) and comfits (Farmers-Herders conflict),leading to Migration of people. …”
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A prospective cohort study on the impact of healthy lifestyles on all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality among adult residents in Guizhou province by Jie ZHOU, Ling LI, Ji ZHANG, Lisha YU, Yujin REN, Wei JI, Yingjiao MU, Tao LIU

“…After adjusting for confounding factors such as sex, age, ethnicity, education level, marital status, residence, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, fasting blood glucose (FBG), 2-hour postprandial blood glucose (PBG), total cholesterol (TC), triglycerides (TG), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), the multivariable Cox proportional hazards regression analysis showed that the risks of all-cause mortality among adult residents in Guizhou province with 4, 5, 6, and ≥ 7 healthy lifestyle factors were 0.732 times (HR = 0.732, 95%CI: 0.542 – 0.990), 0.667 times (HR = 0.667, 95%CI: 0.499 – 0.893), 0.664 times (HR = 0.664, 95%CI: 0.490 – 0.900), and 0.566 times (HR = 0.566, 95%CI: 0.391 – 0.820) that of those with ≤ 3 healthy lifestyle factors, respectively. …”
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Potentially inappropriate prescribing in hospitalised children: a retrospective, cross-sectional study at a tertiary children’s hospital in China by Linan Zeng, Lingli Zhang, Dan Yu, Huiqing Wang, Liang Huang, Siyu Li, Guo Cheng, Zhi-Jun Jia

“…Introduction For improving and optimising drug use in children, we previously developed a tool (including a series of criteria for identifying potentially inappropriate prescribing in children) by literature review and the two-round Delphi technique to prevent inappropriate medication prescriptions at the prescribing stage.Objective To assess the prevalence of potentially inappropriate prescription (PIP) among hospitalised children and explore risk factors associated with PIP.Design A retrospective cross-sectional study.Setting A tertiary children’s hospital in China.Participants Hospitalised children with complete medical records who received drug treatment and discharged from 1 January to 31 December 2021.Outcome measures We evaluated the medication prescriptions by using a series of previously developed criteria for detecting the prevalence of PIP in hospitalised children and used logistic regression to explore the risk factors (including sex, age, number of drugs, number of comorbidities, days of hospitalisation and admission departments) for PIP in children.Results A total of 87 555 medication prescriptions for 16 995 hospitalised children were analysed, and 19 722 PIPs were detected. …”
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Lower-Quarter Y-Balance Test Differs by Age: Younger Athletes May Not Be Generalized to High School-Aged Counterparts by James J McGinley, Ben Randoing, Laura Saleem, Caroline Podvin, Henry B Ellis, Philip L Wilson, Sophia Ulman

“…# Background Given rising youth sport participation, 8 to 10-year-olds increasingly display comparable lower-extremity injury incidence to 11 to 17-year-olds and require effective return to sport criteria. One such criterion which quantifies dynamic stability is the Y-Balance Test (YBT), though it has not been validated in children under age 11…”
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Risk factors for postoperative acute kidney injury after cytoreductive surgery combined with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy: a meta-analysis and systematic review by Dengzhuo Chen, Yongli Ma, Jinghui Li, Liang Wen, Linfeng Liu, Guosheng Zhang, Hongkai Hu, Chengzhi Huang, Xueqing Yao

“…In addition, there are large discrepancies in the results of available observational studies. Methods We searched The Cochrane Library, Embase, Web of Science,and PubMed to identify observational studies reporting risk factors for AKI after CRS + HIPEC. …”
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The association between stress-induced hyperglycemia ratio and cardiovascular events as well as all-cause mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease and diabetic nephropathy by Boning Cao, Zhendong Guo, Dan-Ting Li, Le-Ying Zhao, Zhen Wang, Ya-Bin Gao, Yao-Xian Wang

“…Abstract The stress hyperglycemia ratio (SHR) is an emerging biomarker used to assess blood glucose levels under acute stress conditions and has been linked to the incidence of adverse clinical outcomes. …”
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Global, regional and national burdens of cardiovascular disease attributable to secondhand smoke from 1990–2019: an age-period-cohort analysis by Hong Jiang, Xiang-Bin Pan, Xiaofei Li, Shouzheng Wang, Zeye Liu, Peijian Wei, Fengwen Zhang, Wen-Bin Ou-yang

“…Background Over the past three decades, significant disparities in the global burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD) have been observed, particularly CVD attributed to secondhand smoke. …”
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Symptoms and coronary risk factors predictive of adverse cardiac events in chest pain patients in an Asian emergency department: the need for a local prediction score by Ziwei Lin, Swee Han Lim, Qai Ven Yap, Cheryl Shumin Kow, Yiong Huak Chan, Siang Jin Terrance Chua, Anantharaman Venkataraman

“…Methods: Patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with chest pain and non-diagnostic 12-lead electrocardiograms were recruited. …”
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Sedentarismo e inactividad física según sexo, edad y nivel socioeconómico en el País Vasco. Estudio transversal by Marta Ijalba Martínez, Antonio Moreno Llamas, Unai Martín Roncero

“…Método: Se realizó un estudio transversal basado en la Encuesta de Salud de la Comunidad Autónoma Vasca de 2018 (n = 7814 adultos). …”
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