Political media use, civic knowledge, civic self-efficacy, and gender: measuring active citizenship in Turkey by Hakan Arslan, Sedat Yazıcı, Ensar Çetin, Kemal Dil, Fatma Sönmez Çakır

“…Contrary to our hypothesis, gender differences in civic self-efficacy in community engagement closely related to daily life remain present, although women are expected to prefer greater participation than men. Only education indicated some equalising effect. …”
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Economic rationales for kin marriage: Assessing the evidence using Egyptian panel data by Rania Salem, Sarah Shah

“…Additionally, we find a positive association between value of natal household agricultural enterprise and marriage to a relative for men only. These findings provide limited evidence supporting the first rationale. …”
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Subjective sleep quality, unstimulated sexual arousal, and sexual frequency by Rui Costa, David Costa, José Pestana

“…Methods: 275 Portuguese (169 women) reported their anxiety, sexual arousal and sexual desire during a resting state, and completed the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, the sexual satisfaction subscale of the LiSat scale, the Desire dimensions of the Female Sexual Function Index (women only) and International Index of Erectile Function (men only). They additionally reported how many days in the past month they engaged in penile-vaginal intercourse, noncoital sex, and masturbation. …”
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Income and Marital Status Interact on Obesity Among Black and White Men by Caryn N. Bell PhD, Roland J. Thorpe

“…Racial disparities in obesity among men are accompanied by positive associations between income and obesity among Black men only. Race also moderates the positive association between marital status and obesity. …”
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NT-proBNP, C-reactive protein and soluble uPAR in a bi-ethnic male population: the SAfrEIC study. by Ruan Kruger, Rudolph Schutte, Hugo W Huisman, Peter Hindersson, Michael H Olsen, Jesper Eugen-Olsen, Aletta E Schutte

“…NT-proBNP was significantly associated with both CRP (r = 0.38; p = 0.001) and suPAR (r = 0.42; p<0.001) in black men only. After full adjustment in multiple regression analyses, the above associations of NT-proBNP with CRP (β = 0.199; p = 0.018) and suPAR (β = 0.257; p<0.01) were confirmed in black men.…”
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An <it>IGF-I promoter </it>polymorphism modifies the relationships between birth weight and risk factors for cardiovascular disease and diabetes at age 36 by Stehouwer Coen DA, van de Waal Henriette, Twisk Jos WR, Voorhoeve Paul G, van Rossum Elisabeth FC, te Velde Saskia J, van Mechelen Willem, Lamberts Steven WJ, Kemper Han CG

“…Most birth weight – risk factor relationships were stronger in the VC subjects; among others the birth weight – systolic blood pressure relationship: 1 kg lower birth weight was related to an 8.0 mmHg higher systolic blood pressure</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>The polymorphism in the promoter region of the <it>IGF-I gene </it>is related to birth weight in men only, and to LDL concentration only. Furthermore, the genotype for this polymorphism modified the relationships between birth weight and the risk factors, especially for systolic and diastolic blood pressure.…”
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Social engagement and cognitive function among middle-aged and older adults: gender-specific findings from the Korean longitudinal study of aging (2008–2018) by Sarah Soyeon Oh, Eunhee Cho, Bada Kang

“…Transitioning from engagement to non-engagement was associated with lower cognitive function among men only. Not being part of a senior center was associated with decreased cognitive function among both genders, while not being part of a religious group was significant for women only. …”
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Spindle cell lipoma of the jejunal mesentery by Ryuji Okubo, Takuro Kazama, Masaki Nio

“…SCLs commonly occur in the posterior cervical region and shoulders of old and middle-aged men. Only three cases of SCLs in children have been reported.…”
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Differences in muscle protein synthesis and anabolic signaling in the postabsorptive state and in response to food in 65-80 year old men and women. by Gordon I Smith, Philip Atherton, Dennis T Villareal, Tiffany N Frimel, Debbie Rankin, Michael J Rennie, Bettina Mittendorfer

“…Feeding increased (P<0.05) Akt(Thr308) and p70s6k(Thr389) phosphorylation to the same extent in men and women but increased (P<0.05) the phosphorylation of eIF4E(Ser209) and eIF4E-BP1(Thr37/46) in men only. Accordingly, feeding increased MPS in men (P<0.01) but not in women. …”
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Genetic Association Analysis of Common Variants in FOXO3 Related to Longevity in a Chinese Population. by Rong Lin, Yunxia Zhang, Dongjing Yan, Xiaoping Liao, Xianshou Wang, Yunxin Fu, Wangwei Cai

“…In conclusion, our findings revealed that the FOXO3 variants we tested in our population of Chinese men and women were associated with longevity in men only. None of these associations passed Bonferroni correction. …”
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Relative Hand Grip and Back Muscle Strength, but Not Mean Muscle Strength, as Risk Factors for Incident Metabolic Syndrome and Its Metabolic Components: 16 Years of Follow-Up in a... by Yoo Jeong Jeon, Seung Ku Lee, Chol Shin

“…Moreover, increases in SD and high quintile groups (decreased HGS group) for the delta change in the mean and relative HGS were significantly associated with iMetS in men only. In addition, SD increases for the relative HGS and BMS were significantly associated with iMetS components in men and women. …”
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Associations between retinal arteriolar and venular calibre with the prevalence of impaired fasting glucose and diabetes mellitus: A cross-sectional study. by Kevin Phan, Paul Mitchell, Gerald Liew, Adam J Plant, Sarah B Wang, Aravinda Thiagalingam, George Burlutsky, Bamini Gopinath

“…Wider retinal venular calibre (second and third tertile) carried a significantly higher odds of DM in men only (multivariable-adjusted OR 2.447, p = 0.005; and OR 2.76, p = 0.002; respectively). …”
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Gender-Related Differences in the Correlation between Odor Threshold, Discrimination, Identification, and Cognitive Reserve Index in Healthy Subjects by Carla Masala, Paolo Solla, Francesco Loy

“…In women, odor threshold, discrimination, and identification were associated with CRI-Leisure Time, while in men, only a significant association between odor threshold and CRI-Education was observed. …”
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Prevalence of overweight and obesity and weight loss practice among Beijing adults, 2011. by Li Cai, Xiaoyan Han, Zhi Qi, Zhe Li, Yumei Zhang, Peiyu Wang, Aiping Liu

“…Education level was negatively associated with overweight and obesity in women but not in men. Only 49.1% men and 58.3% women had a correct perception of their body weight. …”
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Do dietary and supplementary intakes of antioxidants differ with smoking status? by Zondervan, K, Ocké, M, Smit, H, Seidell, J

“…A higher percentage of female heavy smokers compared with never-smokers consumed vitamin C (21.1% versus 14.1%), vitamin E (5.6% versus 1.8%), and multivitamin supplements (18.5% versus 12.2%). Among men only the moderate smokers differed significantly from never-smokers in supplement intake, in the sense that male moderate smokers had a higher percentage of multivitamin use (15.3% versus 12.2%) compared to never-smokers. …”

Group-based diet and physical activity weight-loss interventions: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials by Borek, A, Abraham, C, Greaves, C, Tarrant, M

“…Explicitly targeting weight loss, men-only groups providing feedback and dietary goals were significantly associated with greater effectiveness (p &lt; .05). …”

Exercise at different ages and appendicular lean mass and strength in later life: results from the Berlin Aging Study II by Eibich, P, Buchmann, N, Kroh, M, Wagner, G, Steinhagen-Thiessen, E, Demuth, I, Norman, K

“…In addition, treatment bounds are analyzed to address potential confounding using a method proposed by Oster.Analyses indicate that for men only, continuous exercise is significantly associated with higher muscle mass (SD = 0.24, p &lt; .001), grip strength (SD = 0.18, p &lt; .05), and lower risk for clinically relevant low muscle mass (odds ratio = 0.36, p &lt; .01). …”

Urological symptoms among 23,240 men in the general danish population – concerns about symptoms, their persistence and influence on primary care contacts by Majken Solvang, Sandra Elnegaard, Dorte Ejg Jarbøl

“…   • Increased symptom concern, influence on daily activities and long-term persistence consistently increased the likelihood of contacting a general practitioner with urological symptoms in men.   • Only 50% of the symptoms reported to be extremely concerning were however discussed with the GP…”
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Psychosocial stressors and depression at a Swedish primary health care centre. A gender perspective study by Strömberg Ranja, Backlund Lars G, Löfvander Monica

“…Unemployment and smoking were associated with depression in men only.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>Three questions, frequently asked by physicians, which involve patient's family and working situation as well as perceived stress and physical health, could be used as depression indicators in early detection of depression in men and women in primary health care.…”
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Shorter self-reported sleep duration is associated with worse virtual spatial navigation performance in men by Emre Yavuz, Christoffer J. Gahnstrom, Sarah Goodroe, Antoine Coutrot, Michael Hornberger, Alpar S. Lazar, Hugo J. Spiers

“…Shorter self-reported sleep durations were significantly associated with worse wayfinding performance in men only. Other self-reported sleep variables showed non-significant trends of association with wayfinding performance. …”
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