Sentences with phrase «cent of a healthy person»

At some point in their lives, between 5 and 30 per cent of healthy people have had symptoms such as delusions or hallucinations, which can be triggered by something as simple as sleep deprivation.

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Type 2 diabetes accounts for between 85 and 95 per cent of all people with diabetes, usually affects people over 40 (over 25 in people from South Asian and Black backgrounds) and is treated with a healthy diet and increased physical activity.

According to Audiobooks.com, a healthy 67.5 per cent of people who downloaded the Clegg book went on to finish it.

When Thompson's team looked at brain scans of 206 healthy people aged 70 to 80, they found that those with at least one copy of the FTO variant had 8 per cent less volume in their frontal lobes and 12 per cent less in the occipital lobes, compared with their counterparts lacking the variant.

But when Sly syndrome patients produce just 1 per cent of the βglucoronidase found in healthy people, their symptoms are much milder than those of patients who produce no enzyme at all, says Heard.

In 18 of them, the increase in the size of the pupils was pronounced — an average change of 23 per cent after half an hour — compared with a «minimal» 5 per cent in a group of 32 healthy elderly people.

As for the 20 per cent reduction in carcinoembryonic antigens, it isn't clear whether this is likely to affect an otherwise healthy person's chances of developing cancer.

When the dengue virus is transmitted to a healthy person, the change in the temperature of the host — from 28 degree Celsius in a mosquito to 37 degree Celsius in a human body — causes the virus to swell by 20 per cent.

Led by King's College London, the research shows that people with severe mental illness (SMI), including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depression, have a 53 per cent higher risk for having cardiovascular disease than healthy controls, with a 78 per cent higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease over the longer term.

The risk of both heart disease and diabetes may be up to 30 per cent lower in people who regularly eat wholegrains as part of a low fat diet and healthy lifestyle.

Some people prefer to abide by what is called the 80/20 rule: eat healthy 80 per cent of the time, and your body will be able to deal with the remaining, imperfect 20 per cent of time.

There have been a few issues with implementation, however it's a great opportunity for our people to get healthier and stay healthier, given that smoking contributes to about 20 per cent of the burden of death for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and is a major contributor to a number of chronic diseases.