Sentences with phrase «certain ethnic backgrounds»

Some blood tests are offered only to women of certain ethnic backgrounds, who may be at higher risk of carrying genes for specific diseases.

If you prefer to meet people from certain ethnic backgrounds, be clear at the start.

It is known that it tends to run in families and that it is more common among people of certain ethnic backgrounds according to the National Institutes of Health.

Hermitt commented: «Institutional racism is where the structures and the systems and everything around how an institution works make it more difficult for people from certain ethnic backgrounds to succeed.

Androgen excess may cause abnormal hair growth on the face and body, but women of certain ethnic backgrounds (like Northern European and Asian) may not show physical signs.

Certain ethnic backgrounds are also a risk factor.

Certain ethnic backgrounds, such as pacific islanders had significantly lower risk for both diseases.

And additional risk factors include a family history of diabetes, certain ethnic backgrounds, and having gestational diabetes or giving birth to a baby that weighs more than 9 pounds.

The personal obstacles faced by the Fantastic Four - Reed Richards, Johnny and Susan Storm, and Ben Grimm - are very much universal, as opposed to being restricted to people of a certain ethnic background.

The data released last week also shows a continued underperformance in phonics of pupils eligible for free school meals or with special educational needs, and those from certain ethnic backgrounds, such as gypsy or Roma children, or those of Irish traveller heritage.

For example, if a police officer is given information that previous illegal operations involved people of a certain ethnic background, and that the occupiers of the home in question are part of that same ethnic group, it would be erroneous and offensive for the officer to conclude, since all previous cases involved people of that ethnicity, and people of that ethnicity are involved in this crime, that the home in question must therefore contain an illegal operation.