Sentences with phrase «at low risk comparison»

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«The sheer magnitude of numbers in de Jonge et al. — over half a million midwife - attended low - risk births, either at home or in the hospital — combined with a true comparison group (low - risk, women who chose hospital birth but could have chosen a home birth; both home and hospital groups, attended by the same group of midwives) makes this a valuable study (Freeze, 2010, p 8).»

I see it a bit differently — I can't see how a paper that didn't look at causes of death, or comment on the neonatal death rate in comparison to low - risk hospital birth, made it to publication.

But a comparison of «low - risk» women who planned to give birth at home with those who planned to give birth in hospital with a midwife found no difference in death or serious illness among either baby or mother.

Comparison of Midwife - led and Consultant - led Care of Healthy Women at Low Risk of Childbirth Complications in the Republic of Ireland: a Randomised Trial [thesis]

Comparison of midwife - led and consultant - led care of healthy women at low risk of childbirth complications in the republic of Ireland: a randomised trial [Thesis - under review for publication]

But there's another way to look at those data: a straight - up comparison of low - risk volunteers who take the drug with those taking a placebo.

The likelihood that one of these space rocks poses a real threat to human lives may be low — researchers at Prince - ton University have placed 1 - in - 5,000 odds on an asteroid two - thirds of a mile across smacking into Earth sometime in the next century (for comparison, the risk that you will be struck by lightning in your lifetime is about 1 in 3,000)-- but the stakes are high.

By comparison, in a «low - risk» group, the risk of HIV infection in a single encounter has been estimated at 0.1 per cent.

In comparison with term newborns (birth at 39 to 41 weeks), early - term newborns had higher risks for birth complications, including: hypoglycemia (low blood sugar, 4.9 percent vs. 2.5 percent), NICU or neonatology service admission (8.8 percent vs. 5.3 percent), need for respiratory support (2.0 percent vs. 1.1 percent), and requirement for intravenous fluids (7.5 percent vs. 4.4 percent).

A landmark Spanish government sponsored study (PREDIMED) revealed that middle aged men and women who consumed a Mediterranean diet supplemented with at least four tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil daily had a 30 per cent relative risk reduction in suffering a heart attack, stroke or death within five years in comparison to those advised to follow a «low fat» diet.

Moderate coffee drinkers at midlife showed a 65 % DECREASED risk for developing Alzheimer's in comparison to low coffee drinkers.

Comparisons of the at - risk intervention group with the high - average and low - average classroom groups at the transition period showed that the at - risk students had closed the achievement gap with their average peers.

Because the borrower assumes some of the risk of increasing interest rates, lenders tend to charge lower interest rates at the start of variable rate loans in comparison to fixed rate loans.

Specifically, in the absence of findings from a comparison group at low risk for antisocial behavior, our findings could alternatively be interpreted as suggesting either that the intervention produced compensatory but abnormally high elevations in cortisol levels before peer entry or that the intervention normalizes an already perturbed HPA axis.

Summary: (To include comparison groups, outcomes, measures, notable limitations) This study evaluated home - based parent training consisting of instructions, picture books, modeling, feedback, and tangible reinforcement to teach crucial child - care skills (e.g., diapering, bathing, feeding, safety) to low IQ mothers considered at - risk for child neglect.

Consistent with other prospective studies, 14,31 findings do not support that ADHD per se places children at increased risk for mood and anxiety disorders, as suggested elsewhere.32 Lifetime rates of these disorders were not low in probands but no higher than in comparison participants.

If PAE causes externalizing problems, the association will be found at all levels, especially within mothers (ie, siblings exposed to higher levels of prenatal alcohol would have more problems than their siblings exposed to lower levels).26 The comparison of siblings explicitly controls for maternal genetic confounds because PAE is not correlated with genetic risk within mothers.