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) ( 1 ). The term sex is used to primarily indicate biological differences and the term gender predominantly describes the psychosocial differences between sexes. Sex differences between women and men include differences in sex hormones and their effects
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60°C for 20 s. Expression levels of target genes were normalised to the geometric mean of GAPDH (Hs00266705_g1, Applied Biosystems), TBP (Hs00427621_m1, Applied Biosystems) and POLR2A (Hs00427621_m1, Applied Biosystems) using the formula 2 −ΔC
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circumference (WC) was adopted as a factor that is more suitable for the Chinese population. Criteria of MetS were as follows ( 15 ): (i) Central obesity: WC ≥ 90 cm in men or ≥ 80 cm in women; (ii) TG ≥ 1.7 mmol/L or treatment of this lipid abnormality; (iii
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autoantibodies ( 4 , 5 ). AD is part of the rare juvenile APS-1, which is usually diagnosed before age 15 years and is caused by recessive mutations in the autoimmune regulatory gene (AIRE) ( 4 , 5 ). The more common adult-onset APS-2 is defined through co
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Introduction Iodothyronines secreted from the thyroid gland – in particular triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4) – are vital to the regulation of genes associated with cell metabolism and cell growth ( 1 ). Hyperthyroidism and
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levels and HbA1c ( 11 , 13 ). Hypoandrogenism in men and hyperandrogenism in women (e.g., the polycystic ovary syndrome) have been linked to insulin resistance and the metabolic syndrome ( 13 , 14 ). In one report, SHBG levels predicted the development
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/or KEAP1 genes and retained pRB protein expression (non-small-cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC)-like) ( 7 , 8 ). In addition, a LCNEC subtype with lower Ki-67 PI was identified having a MEN1 mutation and, more recently, a study showed overlapping molecular
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more often never smokers and consumed less alcohol than men. With respect to metabolic syndrome-related parameters, women showed lower concentrations of total triglycerides, HbA1c, glucose, blood pressure as well as a smaller waist circumference and a
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study participants were women ( Table 1 ). The mean (± s.d. ) age of the main analysis population was 59.7 ± 7.8 years. The median TSH value in this main analysis population was 1.26 mIU/L (interquartile range: 0.83–1.84). Men and women did not differ