Sentences with phrase «compared with previous studies»

Another limitation of the study is that EC use in the clinic access group was relatively high compared with previous studies.4, 6 High use rates in the control group may explain why we did not observe a difference compared with the pharmacy access group.

As compared with previous studies that have suggested shared mobility services complement transit services, we find that the substitutive versus complementary nature of ride - hailing varies greatly based on the type of transit service in question.

This study also considers the distinct paths of diabetes development compared with previous studies which have predominantly used «full blown» diabetes as the measure of progression for the condition.

But compared with previous studies, she finds the speed of biodegradation in this one exciting.

So it's unclear what would be gained by using GHCNv3 to compare with previous studies that used USHCNv2.

Not exact matches

In a previous study where we explored women's preferences for aspects of intrapartum care regarding planned place of birth we reported that women with a preference for a hospital birth — both midwife - led and obstetrician - led — found the possibility of pain relief treatment much more important compared to women with a preference for a home birth [18].

There has been concern raised about a resurgence of vitamin D deficiency and rickets among infants and children, with reports emerging in the United States from Alaska, 1,2 Iowa, 3 Nevada, 4 California, 5 North Carolina, 6 Texas, 7 and mother - infant pairs in Boston, 8 among others.9 The prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in young children also appears to be high in other countries, including England, 10 Greece, 11 and Canada.12, 13 One study from China found a 65.3 % prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among 12 - to 24 - month - olds, but few cases (3.7 %) of radiographic or clinical rickets were noted.14 Previous studies suggest risk factors to be dark skin pigmentation1,3 - 12 and breastfeeding without supplementation.1 - 7, 9,12,13 To date, reports have focused primarily on young infants compared with toddlers.

Considering induction of labor and intrapartum interventions, our results are in line with previous studies showing that midwife - led care for low - risk women reduces the risk of some interventions when compared to obstetrician - or physician - led care [1,4,8,9].

Already, she and her collaborator, Julie Mennella, have confirmed the finding of a previous study that found that healthy babies randomized to receive cow's milk formula had accelerated weight gain compared to babies fed a hydrolyzed protein formula (a formula typically for infants with cow's milk allergy), who gained weight similarly to their breastfed counterparts.

This finding is consistent with a previous cross-sectional study in which fathers of newborns were found to have lower T compared with a group of expectant fathers, whose T had been measured during their partners» pregnancies (39).

NICE (2015) discusses a study by Landon et al (2006) that showed no significant difference in the rates of uterine rupture in VBAC with two or more previous cesarean births compared with a single previous cesarean birth, and states that these findings are consistent with «other observational studies,» (p 7).

Most previous studies have compared breast fed children with children who were exclusively formula fed, but some studies have found that the correlation between breast feeding and cognitive ability increases with a longer duration of breast feeding.3 13 30 A Finnish study of 1163 children found a mean difference of 2.4 points on a cognitive test at 6 months of age between children breast fed for less than five months, compared to children breast fed for at least five months.10

There has been slight improvement in study reporting or quality, with 44 out of the 73 trials that contributed data (60 %) reporting an approach to allocation concealment that we considered to be at low risk of bias compared to 26 of the 52 trials (50 %) in the previous review (Renfrew 2012b).

A larger number of published studies relating infant feeding to adult cholesterol concentrations were available for the present review than had been available at the time of our previous review (17 compared with 5)(10).

The conundrum was created by a series of studies beginning in the previous decade that directly compared the cognitive abilities of parrots and crows with those of primates.

Previous imaging studies have found that in PTSD sufferers, parts of the brain involved in memory, fear, and mood control are smaller compared with the brains of people who come through their trauma more - or-less unscathed.

These carriers were found to have only a 56 % chance of developing breast cancer by age 70, compared with a figure of 87 % in previous studies.

David Hibbett of Clark University, another of the study's senior authors, compared the work to a previous collaboration with the DOE JGI detailed in Science to trace the evolution of white rot fungi, which are capable of breaking down cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin in plants.

The researchers found that only 16 % of women with a family history of breast cancer had BRCA1 mutations, compared with the 45 % found in previous studies.

To be sure, previous research has found that young children who have been neglected in massive eastern European nurseries exhibit early developmental and even hormonal differences compared with their noninstitutionalized peers, but the six - to 12 - year - old children in the new study — many of whom had been in institutions since early childhood and infancy — appeared to be doing relatively well.

A previous study by Dr. John Kim, a Northwestern Medicine plastic surgeon, reported a nearly 300 percent increase in the number of complications for panniculectomies (removal of a hanging flap of loose skin and fat from the abdomen) performed by non-plastic surgeons compared with board - certified plastic surgeons.

Previous studies have shown that low - sodium, compared to average sodium intake, is related to increased cardiovascular risk and mortality, even though low sodium intake is associated with lower blood pressure.

Previous studies have shown that cardiovascular disease is more prevalent in RA patients compared with the general population, and contributes to greater mortality in this patient group.

Previous small studies have documented improvements in body fat and aerobic performance in BOKS participants, compared with nonparticipants.

To investigate this idea, Krogsboll's team pooled data from 14 previous studies involving nearly 183,000 people, comparing participants who were offered regular checkups with those who saw their doctors only when they had a complaint.

In keeping with previous studies comparing much smaller portions of the chimp and human genomes, the new comparison shows incredible similarity between the genomes.

The previous studies, however, were retrospective (relying on participants» recall), did not focus exclusively on ADHD (included other conduct disorders) or compared only men suffering from adult ADHD with those having remitted childhood ADHD, rather than to controls without ADHD.

Comparing this work with previous studies, she continues, «These results add to prior evidence of a potentially detrimental relation of rotating night shift work and health and longevity... To derive practical implications for shift workers and their health, the role of duration and intensity of rotating night shift work and the interplay of shift schedules with individual traits (e.g., chronotype) warrant further exploration.»

Previous research from other studies had linked hearing loss with marked differences in brain structure compared to those with normal hearing, both in humans and animals.

«Compared with several other strains that have been studied, the strain that is least sensitive to the most endocrine - disrupting chemicals has been identified, and the EPA is planning to use it in the screening assays,» says Spearow, now a staff toxicologist for the California EPA; he emphasizes that this is his personal opinion, based on previous work conducted at Davis.

Previous studies have reported that the psychological and social distresses associated with cancer diagnosis have led to an increase in suicides compared to the general population.

«When comparing organic and conventional milk composition (especially milk fatty acids), previous studies have generally compared organic dairying with milk produced from grass - fed cows to conventional dairying with milk produced from concentrate - fed cows.

The new study suggests that the impact may have released around three times as much sulfur and much less carbon dioxide compared with previous estimates from 20 years ago.

FAO's study found that globally, the rate of deforestation had declined to about 13 million hectares lost annually from 2000 to 2010 compared with 16 million hectares lost each year of the previous decade.

Already, she and her collaborator, Julie Mennella, have confirmed the finding of a previous study that found that healthy babies randomized to receive cow's milk formula had accelerated weight gain compared to babies fed a hydrolyzed protein formula (a formula typically for infants with cow's milk allergy), who gained weight similarly to their breastfed counterparts.

Compared with millet, barley is especially tolerant of cold and frost, making it ideal for high - elevation farming in Tibet, as Washington State University archaeologist Jade d'Alpoim Guedes pointed out in previous studies.

When confronted with two options, the computer showed up to 85 % accuracy in identifying the correct song, which is a great performance, comparing to previous studies.

In a sophisticated analysis, the scientists compared these data with those from previous studies involving tens of thousands of other people.

In a previous study, it was found that compared with women carrying a female fetus, women with a male fetus had decreased β - cell capacity and higher postprandial glucose levels during glucose challenge (89).

Also, the previous study was conducted with cumulus - oocyte - complexes from small antral follicles without hormone stimulation, which may dramatically change the mRNA expression profiles compared to those undergoing hormone stimulation.

The researchers studied various previous findings on the health effects of the gluteofemoral fat, i.e. fat stored in the lower part of the body, and then compared them with the ones produced by the fat stored around the waist.

These findings are counterintuitive, say the authors, but they're similar to those of previous research: A 2015 study found that people with normal BMIs but central obesity had the worst long - term survival rates, even when compared with overweight and obese people who also had central obesity.

However, a larger 20 % reduction in dietary fat with no change in the percentages of calories from protein produced less weight loss (3.7 ± 0.6 compared with 4.9 ± 0.5 kg; P = 0.13) in our previous study (11).

This is also in agreement with previous studies showing that leptin production is higher in subcutaneous adipocytes compared with omental adipocytes (25, 26).

The lower glucose AUC observed in this study is in agreement with previous research by Holmstrup et al. [120], who reported lower 12 - hour glucose concentrations as a result of consuming three high - carbohydrate meals compared to the equivalent distributed over the course of six meals.

The study showed that men seem to regret their decision more often than women, with 43 % of male singles admitting they regretted dumping a previous partner, compared with 34 % of women.

Teachers participating in the study saw gains of 20 percent on AP test pass rates when they adopted the Knowledge in Action PBL curriculum when compared with the performance of their students from the previous year at the same school using a traditionally taught curriculum.

Compared with the results of previous studies, our findings provide reason for optimism.

Here are tables of this year's GCSE business studies results in England compared with previous years.

Here are tables of this year's GCSE religious studies results in England compared with previous years.