Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Waterpipe Smokers in Sulaimani City/ Kurdistan Region of Iraq by Bestun Ibrahim Hama Rahim, Abdulrahman M. Ibrahem, Niaz Mustafa Kamal

“…The age distribution was a sharp peak in the age group of 21 to 25 years, over two fifths (40.9%) of the study subjects lay in this age group. …”
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The incidence of eating disorders in the UK in 2000–2009: findings from the General Practice Research Database by Irene Petersen, Nadia Micali, Janet L Treasure, Katrina W Hagberg

“…The incidence of the diagnosed ED was highest for girls aged 15–19 and for boys aged 10–14.Conclusions The age-standardised incidence of ED increased in primary care between 2000 and 2009. …”
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The motives for seeking dental health services in a sample of children attending a College of Dentistry Erbil, Iraq. by Alla Mahmud Mustafa, Heran Ibrahim Hassan, Fighan Jalal Huseen

“…Patients at the age of 3 - 14 years old. The chi-square test was used to find any statistical association between the variables. …”
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Normative Values of Isometric Shoulder Strength Among Healthy Adults by Helen Bradley, Lauren Pierpoint

“…A secondary goal of this study was to analyze the effect of age, gender, weight, height, activity level and arm dominance on shoulder strength…”
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Determinants of infertility among married women who attend gynecologic unit at health facilities of Gamo Zone and South Omo Zone, Southern Ethiopia: a case control study by Firehiwot Haile, Selamawit Gebeyehu, Hanan Abdulkadir, Yordanos Gizachew, Mesrach Hailu

“…Result A total of 760 married women (152 cases and 608 controls) in the reproductive age group were included in this study. The mean age of the respondents was 26.5(SD ± 5.27) years. …”
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A comprehensive analysis and comparative study of the trends in thyroid cancer burden in China and globally from 1990 to 2021, with projections for the next 15 Years by Yulai Yin, Xiaoyu Zhang

“…Conversely, the mortality rate and DALYs show a declining trend over the same period. Age-specific analysis revealed that thyroid cancer is most prevalent among individuals aged 50–64. …”
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Editorial by Ann-Kristin Kölln, Antony Mason, Maria Lenk, Jörg Tremmel, Markus Rutsche

“…By combining these data with MPs’ ages from around the world, they are able to show a strong correlation between eligibility age and MPs’ ages. …”
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Prevalence and factors associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes in South Africa: Evidence from the 2016 Demographic and Health Survey by L Mpolokeng, A Musekiwa

“…The odds of experiencing adverse pregnancy outcomes were significantly higher for those aged 35 - 49 years (adjusted odds ratio (aOR) 7.41, 95% CI 3.46 - 15.85) or 20 - 34 years (aOR 2.07, 95% CI 1.02 - 4.18), compared with those aged 15 - 19 years. …”
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Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) trends in Sri Lanka: insights from a hospital-based seroprevalence analysis by Narapity Pathirannehalage Sunil-Chandra, Madawala Vithanage Madusha Lakmali Jayasundara, Maththe Gama Ralalage Shobha Sanjeewani Gunathilaka, Suduwa Dewage Himal Suminda

“…Overall seroprevalence of HCMV increases with age ranging from 94.3% (33/35) in 15–19 years age group to 98.8% (84/85) in ≥ 60 years age group. …”
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Lifetime Health Care Costs of the Danish Population by Jan Sørensen, Rikke Søgaard

“…The objective of this study was to estimate the lifetime health care costs for individual gender and age strata. **Methods:** Register data on individual’s health service utilization (hospital services, primary care and prescription medication) were available for all Danes above age 16 years (N=4.3 millions) for the year 2006. …”
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Economic Sustainability and Intergenerational Fairness: A New Taxonomy of Indicators by Róbert I. Gál, Judit Monostori

“…Second, sustainability analysis is frequently built on exogenously set age limits even though it is obvious that old age does not everywhere start at age 65; it did not always start there where it does today; and most likely it will not start there in the future. …”
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Smoking recurrence: A Survival Analysis by Ana Beatriz Ramos da Silva, Débora de Sousa Cordeiro, Giovana de Souza

“…The Logrank and Wilcoxon tests indicated significance only for age group. In the Cox modeling, the type of treatment and age group stood out as relevant. …”
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Scapular Osteochondroma: A Unique Site in 50 Years Old: An Unusual Case by Ravi Sauhta, Dheeraj Makkar

“…We describe a unique location and age range in which osteochondroma manifests. Because the risk of malignancy grows with age, we underline that osteochondroma should be considered a differential diagnosis in both unusual locations and age groups. …”
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Confounding Risk Factors in Developing Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus among Children and Adolescents at Sulaimani Chronic Diabetes Health Center by Pary Mohammad Azize, Chia H. Sadiq

“…The finding show that, 39.4 %  of samples were aged between (9-13) years old, which stated as the highest rate among all age groups, while the minority of age was between (1-4) years old, which was equal to 8.2% of the total and the (Mean ±S.D) was equal to 10.44±4.04 respectively. …”
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Factors Influencing Background Parenchymal Enhancement in Breast Contrast-Enhanced Mammography: A Retrospective Study by Xue J, Qu T, Li Z, Shi B, Yang G, Rong X, Li Y, Lin G, Ping Y

“…Statistical analysis was performed to determine the relationship between BPE (level and extent) and age, menopausal status, breast density, and menstrual cycle phase. …”
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Syphilis and Urogenital Diseases during Pregnancy and Developmental Defects of Enamel: A Brazilian Prenatal Cohort (BRISA) by Elisa Miranda Costa, Judith Rafaelle Oliveira Pinho, Maria da Conceição Pereira Saraiva, Cecília Cláudia Costa Ribeiro, Claudia Maria Coêlho Alves, Erika Barbara Abreu Fonseca Thomaz

“…Material and Methods: This study is a prospective cohort – the Brazilian Ribeirão Preto and São Luís Cohort Study (BRISA) – including 865 mother-child dyads, evaluated in three moments: prenatal care (22nd and 25th weeks of gestational age); baby birth; and between 12.3-36 months of age. …”
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Prescription Patterns of Analgesics for Oral Conditions in India - Analysis of Large Medical Audit Data of Outpatients in India’s Private Healthcare Sector by Saif Sayeed, Manu Raj Mathur, Vijay Kumar Mishra, Deepti Nagrath, Richard G. Watt

“…Cross-tabulations were conducted to analyse the prescription rate and their changes across different age groups, gender and oral conditions. Findings: The mean analgesic prescription rate was highest among the 20-40 age group, and the highest increase was noted in ‘non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) combinations’ (3.56 per 1000 persons per year) from May 2013 to April 2016. …”
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Comparing the effect of Centella asiatica L. and Acalypha indica L. treatment to carbonyl and glutathione level in the brains of old rats by Ninik Mudjihartini, Reni Paramita, Astrid Mariam Khairani Siregar, Estiana Filzadiyanti, Pungguri Ayu Nega Sarsanti, Erni Purwaningsih

“…In addition, 18-month age and 2-month age untreated rats were used as a negative control. …”
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Adulthood consequences of spinal deformity surgeries in neurofibromatosis type 1 patients by Arihiko Tsukamoto, Koki Uno, Teppei Suzuki, Masaaki Ito, Keita Nakashima, Kenichiro Kakutani, Yoshiki Takeoka

“…Results The mean age at the initial surgery was 14.6 [4〜49] years, and the mean age at the last observation was 29.4 [18〜56] years. …”
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Up-to-date approaches to treatment of the functional constipation at children by V. F. Privorotsky, N. Ye. Luppova

“…Rome criteria of IBS are applicable only in relation to children of middle and senior school age. At drawing up medical programs for children with functional constipation, it is advisable to take into account its type (spasmodic or hypotonic), degree of compensation, age of a child. …”
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