Sentences with phrase «differences in outcomes at»

After controlling for demographic characteristics there were no statistically significant differences in outcomes at baseline and also no evidence of differential attrition.

There are minimal differences in outcomes at academies compared to local authority maintained schools — although, overall, LA maintained schools performed slightly better — by 1 per cent across almost all areas.

Not exact matches

The briefing is intended to highlight the differences in economic outcomes of individuals, households and regions observed when examining data in more granular detail than at the aggregate level.

If the borrower in the above situation had also taken out an additional $ 40,000 in unsubsidized direct federal loans to attend graduate school at the current interest rate of 5.8 percent, the differences in outcomes between repayment plans are even more dramatic (see chart below).

In the study that established the difference, researchers looking at people two years after they first showed up at a hospital for care found that they scored significantly better on most outcome measures than a comparable group in the West..In the study that established the difference, researchers looking at people two years after they first showed up at a hospital for care found that they scored significantly better on most outcome measures than a comparable group in the West..in the West....

Amazingly, some extraordinarily courageous individuals (initially Arnold himself, journalists David Quinn and Breda O'Brien, the Iona Institute; later on, John Waters, retired Regius Professor of Laws at Trinity College Dublin, William Binchy and the distinguished historian Prof. John A. Murphy; the gay campaigners for a «No» vote, Paddy Manning and Keith Mills, deserve special mention) did succeed in making a difference to the eventual numbers, although not the outcome: in the early Spring, polls indicated that 17 percent of the electorate would vote against the amendment, but by the time the actual referendum came around, 38 percent were indicating a «No» vote, and that was the eventual outcome.

It should be noted that at these physiologic doses (0.99 — 1.53 mg β - carotene), it is unlikely that the differences in dose would influence the outcome of retinol equivalence per milligram of β - carotene.

MMA is a sport for sure but UFC is here to produce entertainment content in the form of combat fighting, they try to «regulate» it and «administer» it as much as possible so it appears like a sport (e.g. fake rankings that no one know how it works), reebok deal etc. but at the end of the day it is a entertainment show similar to WWE, the only difference being that as long as fighters to rig the fights, the UFC can not determine the outcome...

It made little difference to the eventual outcome as Blackpool were 3 - 0 up at the time but it went down in history as one of the most bizarre goals ever seen at the seaside.

Flint and colleagues suggested that when midwives get to know the women for whom they provide care, interventions are minimised.22 The Albany midwifery practice, with an unselected population, has a rate for normal vaginal births of 77 %, with 35 % of women having a home birth.23 A review of care for women at low risk of complications has shown that continuity of midwifery care is generally associated with lower intervention rates than standard maternity care.24 Variation in normal birth rates between services (62 % -80 %), however, seems to be greater than outcome differences between «high continuity» and «traditional care» groups at the same unit.25 26 27 Use of epidural analgesia, for example, varies widely between Queen Charlotte's Hospital, London, and the North Staffordshire NHS Trust.

For the restricted sample of women without any complicating conditions at the start of care in labour, the odds of a primary outcome event were higher for births planned at home compared with planned obstetric unit births (adjusted odds ratio 1.59, 95 % confidence interval 1.01 to 2.52) but there was no evidence of a difference for either freestanding or alongside midwifery units compared with obstetric units.

For healthy multiparous women with a low risk pregnancy, there are no differences in adverse perinatal outcomes between planned births at home or in a midwifery unit compared with planned births in an obstetric unit

There was no difference overall between birth settings in the incidence of the primary outcome (composite of perinatal mortality and intrapartum related neonatal morbidities), but there was a significant excess of the primary outcome in births planned at home compared with those planned in obstetric units in the restricted group of women without complicating conditions at the start of care in labour.

The strengths of the study include the ability to compare outcomes by the woman's planned place of birth at the start of care in labour, the high participation of midwifery units and trusts in England, the large sample size and statistical power to detect clinically important differences in adverse perinatal outcomes, the minimisation of selection bias through achievement of a high response rate and absence of self selection bias due to non-consent, the ability to compare groups that were similar in terms of identified clinical risk (according to current clinical guidelines) and to further increase the comparability of the groups by conducting an additional analysis restricted to women with no complicating conditions identified at the start of care in labour, and the ability to control for several important potential confounders.

Most studies of homebirth in other countries have found no statistically significant differences in perinatal outcomes between home and hospital births for women at low risk of complications.36, 37,39 However, a recent study in the United States showed poorer neonatal outcomes for births occurring at home or in birth centres.40 A meta - analysis in the same year demonstrated higher perinatal mortality associated with homebirth41 but has been strongly criticised on methodological grounds.5, 42 The Birthplace in England study, 43 the largest prospective cohort study on place of birth for women at low risk of complications, analysed a composite outcome, which included stillbirth and early neonatal death among other serious morbidity.

The aim of our study was to explore whether the initial preferred place of birth at the onset of pregnancy and model of care are associated with differences in the course of pregnancy and intrapartum interventions and birth outcomes.

«I think it makes a big difference in the outcome,» said Young, who, as a side note, also is willing to fax clients» records to doctors on call at TGH if they opt for a hospital delivery.

To assess the robustness of the results of our regression analysis, we performed covariate adjustment with derived propensity scores to calculate the absolute risk difference (details are provided in the Supplementary Appendix, available with the full text of this article at NEJM.org).14, 15 To calculate the adjusted absolute risk difference, we used predictive margins and G - computation (i.e., regression - model — based outcome prediction in both exposure settings: planned in - hospital and planned out - of - hospital birth).16, 17 Finally, we conducted post hoc analyses to assess associations between planned out - of - hospital birth and outcomes (cesarean delivery and a composite of perinatal morbidity and mortality), which were stratified according to parity, maternal age, maternal education, and risk level.

We used multiple regression to estimate the differences in total cost between the settings for birth and to adjust for potential confounders, including maternal age, parity, ethnicity, understanding of English, marital status, BMI, index of multiple deprivation score, parity, and gestational age at birth, which could each be associated with planned place of birth and with adverse outcomes.12 For the generalised linear model on costs, we selected a γ distribution and identity link function in preference to alternative distributional forms and link functions on the basis of its low Akaike's information criterion (AIC) statistic.

«We found small but meaningful differences in developmental outcomes between late preterm infants and full term groups, which if applied to larger populations, may have potentially significant long term public health implications,» says lead author Prachi Shah, M.D., a developmental and behavioral pediatrician at U-M's C.S. Mott Children's Hospital.

The principal difference in outcome was the induction rate of 19 % in the hospital group compared with 8 % in the group booked for delivery at home.

So women need to know the death and damage rates at home v hospital, the death and damage rate when under professional medical care v under other care, and that there are no differences in outcome in terms of bonding, intelligence or socialisation for caesarian v vaginal delivery and breast v bottle.

Despite the care taken in this study to match the 3 groups, there may be differences regarding the women who chose home birth that placed them at either lower or higher risk for adverse outcomes that we are unable to measure.

In one key study, researchers at Stanford University and the University of Texas at Austin found that a simple, one - sentence note of encouragement made a huge difference in academic outcomes for African - American students, who often have fraught power relationships with teacherIn one key study, researchers at Stanford University and the University of Texas at Austin found that a simple, one - sentence note of encouragement made a huge difference in academic outcomes for African - American students, who often have fraught power relationships with teacherin academic outcomes for African - American students, who often have fraught power relationships with teachers.

The most recent U.K. data for planned place of birth shows no significant differences in negative outcomes between births at home, at birth centers, and obstetric units for mothers who have already had children.

The difference in total cholesterol between infant feeding groups varied slightly with the age of the subject at the outcome measurement.

It showed that there was no difference at all in physical and mental health outcomes between different control groups ranging from those who used no cannabis, to those who were regular, heavy users.

This chimes with the views of others that AV would make only a modest difference to outcomes, likely to leave the Lib Dems at the next election somewhat better off at the expense of the Tories, especially in the South - West.

«We did not see statistically significant differences between hatha yoga and a control group (health education) at 10 weeks, however, when we examined outcomes over a period of time including the three and six months after yoga classes ended, we found yoga was superior to health education in alleviating depression symptoms.»

In 2002, NIH put out a call for research applications to look at health disparities — differences in health and health care outcomes among diverse populations — from a transdisciplinary perspectivIn 2002, NIH put out a call for research applications to look at health disparities — differences in health and health care outcomes among diverse populations — from a transdisciplinary perspectivin health and health care outcomes among diverse populations — from a transdisciplinary perspective.

An analysis of data on 945 patients with prostate cancer that is managed with active surveillance shows differences in outcomes depending on whether the patient was low or intermediate risk at diagnosis.

It may seem surprising to people, but you can look at something like Mars, which has a very thin atmosphere, and you can look at something like Venus which we tend to think of as sort of having this rather heavy, clouded atmosphere, which [is] hellishly warm because of runaway greenhouse effect, and on both of those planets you are seeing this phenomenon of the atmosphere leaking away, is actually what directly has led to those very different outcomes for those planets; the specifics of what happened as the atmosphere started to go in each case [made] all the difference.

Improvements in care at non-trauma centers would also reduce the differences in outcomes, Delgado said.

Modelling flood risk in Europe — global warming the biggest influence In the framework of the HELIX FP7 Project, scientists analysed the differences in projected changes in flood risk at country scale under global warming scenarios of 1.5, 2 and 3 degrees from pre-industrial levels, and discussed reasons for the observed outcomein Europe — global warming the biggest influence In the framework of the HELIX FP7 Project, scientists analysed the differences in projected changes in flood risk at country scale under global warming scenarios of 1.5, 2 and 3 degrees from pre-industrial levels, and discussed reasons for the observed outcomeIn the framework of the HELIX FP7 Project, scientists analysed the differences in projected changes in flood risk at country scale under global warming scenarios of 1.5, 2 and 3 degrees from pre-industrial levels, and discussed reasons for the observed outcomein projected changes in flood risk at country scale under global warming scenarios of 1.5, 2 and 3 degrees from pre-industrial levels, and discussed reasons for the observed outcomein flood risk at country scale under global warming scenarios of 1.5, 2 and 3 degrees from pre-industrial levels, and discussed reasons for the observed outcomes.

«In all three of these measures of treatment outcome we found significant differences between before - and after the switch to biological treatment, both at 3 - 5 months after the switch and also sustained over the entire observed timespan,» says Marcus Schmitt - Egenolf.

In the present study, performed by Prof. Latzer who is also the director of the Eating Disorders Clinic at Rambam Medical Center, the research student Adit Zohr - Beja, and Dr. Eitan Gur from the Eating Disorders Department, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, the researchers sought to examine claims concerning the ineffectiveness of involuntary hospitalization and examined whether there is a difference in outcome between patients in extreme condition who were forcibly hospitalized and those who were hospitalized willinglIn the present study, performed by Prof. Latzer who is also the director of the Eating Disorders Clinic at Rambam Medical Center, the research student Adit Zohr - Beja, and Dr. Eitan Gur from the Eating Disorders Department, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, the researchers sought to examine claims concerning the ineffectiveness of involuntary hospitalization and examined whether there is a difference in outcome between patients in extreme condition who were forcibly hospitalized and those who were hospitalized willinglin outcome between patients in extreme condition who were forcibly hospitalized and those who were hospitalized willinglin extreme condition who were forcibly hospitalized and those who were hospitalized willingly.

A paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine has found that much of that variation in outcomes for infants born at 22, 23 or 24 weeks of gestation is explained by differences in the hospital rates of active treatment.

William Kwok and Eddie James, both from the Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason in Seattle, USA, and colleagues are interested in what determines the different outcomes of WNV infection, and whether differences in the immune response play a role.

The primary measured outcome for the study was the difference in maximum treadmill walking distance at 12 months between the groups.

«While our study determined differences in post-transplant outcomes between minority and white pediatric liver transplant recipients, we were unable to fully explain the reason for these disparities,» concluded senior author Rachel Patzer, PhD, MPH with the Division of Transplantation at Emory University.

Her doctoral thesis, «Investigating genetic and biochemical differences in nutrient metabolism,» underscores the inter-individual differences in vitamin metabolism that occur at recommended intakes, and highlights the need for personalized nutrient recommendations to achieve optimal and equal outcomes for everyone.

At the same time, the undefined composition of the above components can lead to inconsistent outcomes in experiments due to batch differences in their production.

Our results show that trangenerational epigenetic effects play a role in adaptive evolution, and suggest that the relationship between changes in methylation patterns and differences in evolutionary outcomes, at least for quantitative traits such as cell division rates, is complex.

«Much to our surprise, the trial showed that patients receiving standard therapy compared to those receiving cetuximab with standard therapy had no difference in outcomes,» said study author Dr. Steven Alberts, a professor of oncology at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in Rochester, Minn. «It also indicates that disease in earlier stages may be different than diseases in later stages.»

For example, a brand new UK study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition looked at obese adults who ate the a.m. meal and those who skipped it, and found no differences between the two groups in weight change, or most health outcomes.

My results reflect the average difference in outcomes between winners and losers across all of the lotteries conducted at each level.

Before looking at student outcomes, we first used the same method to confirm that participation in the district's standard G&T programs led to measurable differences in students» educational experiences.

And we've got several examples of school models that are making a tremendous difference in educational outcomes for kids, regardless of what's happening at home.

How Poverty Changes the Brain Newsweek, 8/25/16» «We have [long] known about the social class differences in health and learning outcomes,» says Dr. Jack Shonkoff, director of the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University.

In light of these differences, it is possible that the poor outcomes at closure schools reflected students» incoming readiness rather than the schools» effectiveness at ensuring student success.