Sentences with phrase «levels are at baseline»

(You've probably heard of «fasted training,» which we'll talk more about soon, and this is what it's referring to — exercising while your insulin levels are at a baseline level.)

During this time, your insulin levels are at baseline.

Not exact matches

As the job market rebounds and top talent enjoys greater opportunity, we need a better way to ensure our managers are performing at a baseline level across the board.

After studying oil prices over long periods, the GMO chief strategist has come to believe that there have been two major paradigm shifts when oil reset at higher baseline levels.

It's worth noting too that across all participants, cortisol levels at baseline were not associated with any of the study's other measures, such as intensity of Facebook use.

The budget baseline would be altered to assume discretionary spending is constant at its current level and that trust funds are not allowed to spend in excess of their resources.

«At a local level we are providing farmers with support to understand their emissions and how to identify efficiency opportunities, as we work towards a target of climate neutral growth to 2030 for on farm emissions from a 2015 baseline.»

The baseline heat level of the sausage is only warm, so if you want a real kick, add at least half a habanero to the pot.

Up front we have a few world - class players surrounded by some serious pretenders... Sanchez is by far the most accomplished player in our attack but the controversy surrounding his contractual mishandling could see him go before the window closes or most definitely by season's end... obviously a mistake by both parties involved, as Sanchez's exploits have never been more on display than in North London, but the club's irresponsible wage structure and lack of real intent have been the real undoing in this mess... Lacazette, who I think has some world - class skills as a front man, will only be as good as the players and system around him, which is troubling due to our current roster and Wenger's love of sideways passing... Walcott should have been sold years ago, enough said, and Welbeck should never have been brought in from the get - go... both of these players have suffered numerous injuries over their respective careers and neither are good enough to overcome such difficulties: not to mention, they both are below average first - touch players, which should be the baseline test for any player coming to a Wenger - led Arsenal team... Perez should have been played wide left or never purchased at all; what a huge waste of time and money, which is ridiculous considering our penny pinching ways and the fact that fans had been clamoring for a real striker for years... finally Giroud, the fact that he stills wears the jersey is a direct indictment of this club's failure to get things right... this isn't necessarily an attack on Giroud because I think he has some highly valued skills, but not for a team that has struggled to take their sideways soccer to the next level, as his presence slows their game even more, combined with our average, at best, finishing skills... far too often those in charge have either settled or chosen half - measures and ultimately it is us that suffer because no matter what happens Wenger, Gazidis and Kroenke will always make more money whereas we will always be the ones paying for their mistakes... so every time someone suggests we should just shut - up and support the team just think of all the sacrifices you've made along the way and simply reply... f *** off

Baseline pre-injury and post-injury neuropsychological or neurocognitive testing is now commonplace at the professional and collegiate level, and has become more and more common at the high school level as well, with a recent study showing computerized neuropsychological testing being used to assess fully 41.2 % of concussions at schools with at least one athletic trainer on staff in the 2009 - 2010 year, [2] an increase of 15.5 % from the 25.7 % of concussions in which such testing was used in assessing concussions during the 2008 - 2009 school year.

«Before she gets out of bed each morning, she takes her temperature, writes it down on a chart,» Dr. Marrs explains, «And at the time of ovulation, the temperature is at a baseline level, it's kind of consistently until ovulation, and it shifts up and stays up after ovulation.»

At the time of recruitment, all participants were invited to complete a baseline questionnaire that contained demographic information that included age, marital status, occupation, educational level and nationality.

it may be alarmingly high and we need to get at least a baseline level,» MRB Engineering Group consultant David Lukas wrote in a January 15 email to the health department's Vickerson.

A greater obesity level was associated with worse pain at baseline but greater postoperative pain relief, with average postoperative pain scores at six months similar across the BMI levels.

Neil Jones, programme manager at Upside Energy, said: «These tests at a single house level (Energy House) will help us establish a baseline of data which could be scaled up to hundreds if not thousands of homes and vehicles and start to identify what services can be offered to householders and the grid in the future.»

For that reason, says Travis Longcore, an urban ecologist at the University of Southern California Dornsife who was not involved in the study, the new atlas only provides a minimal baseline for what are likely much larger levels of light pollution.

In the lab, the e-cigs proved to be just as effective in suppressing the craving for a smoke as tobacco cigarettes were, while the amount of exhaled carbon monoxide remained at baseline levels.

Patient clinical characteristics, including age, sex, ethnicity, college and work status, body mass index (BMI), smoking, comorbidities, level of back and leg pain, self - assessment of general health and treatment preference, were reviewed at baseline.

Understanding how this immune system is regulated at the appropriate level of activity gives the researchers more ideas of points in the immune signaling pathway that could targeted to increase the plant's baseline ability to resist disease.

African - Americans and men reported the greatest levels of improvement, and the 79 patients who reported moderate levels of anxiety at baseline generally did well over the course of follow - up, whether they were later randomized to the study intervention or not.

Researchers measured cortisol levels by analyzing 7,000 samples of children's saliva; samples were collected at morning baseline, and after arts and homeroom classes on two different days at the start, middle, and end of the school year.

«Our study was designed to quantify the level of variation within each patient's cancer at baseline, prior to receiving any treatment.»

Compared with men with sodium levels of 141 - 142 mmol / L, men with levels of 126 - 140 mmol / L were 30 % more likely to have cognitive impairment at baseline and 37 % more likely to experience cognitive decline over time.

We thought that if we looked at vitamin D levels when the disease was inactive and then followed patients moving forward, the impact of baseline vitamin D levels on future events may be clearer.»

The results suggested that higher levels of PA at baseline were associated with an 11 % reduced risk of developing anxiety over the next 5 years, and a 15 % reduced risk of becoming depressed.

In nonhuman primates that received ALN - TTR01 in a single dose of 1.0 mg per kilogram, the mean percent transthyretin knockdown at the nadir level (7 days after administration) was approximately 50 %, with recovery to the baseline level by day 28 (Fig.

Furthermore, in a study of men age 60 years whose serum was stored and later assayed for PSA, there was a 0.5 % risk of developing metastatic disease and a 0.2 % risk of prostate cancer death at 25 years after a baseline PSA level of 1.0 ng / ml.99

Marine Biologist Tom Iliffe, also from Texas A&M University at Galveston, said: «Providing a model for the basic function of this globally - distributed ecosystem is an important contribution to coastal groundwater ecology and establishes a baseline for evaluating how sea level rise, seaside touristic development and other stressors will impact the viability of these lightless, food - poor systems.»

Notably, while baseline antibody levels among children in this trial were about 10-fold to 50-fold lower than pre-immunization levels in adults at this same site, children achieved post-immunization AMA1 antibody levels that were at least as high as those seen in vaccinated adults [17], [20].

At this time (baseline), 30 min before (t1), immediately before the examination started (t2), and subsequent to the 30 min examination (t3), saliva samples were collected to assess cortisol (Salivetten, Sarstedt AG & Co., Germany) and testosterone levels (SaliCaps, IBL, Germany).

And you do nt have to be Dara Torres to reap the benefits: Activities like brisk walking, biking, dancing, or any exercise that raises your heart rate above its baseline level for at least 20 minutes and makes you sweat are beneficial.

According to accredited exercise physiologist Anna - Louise Moule from Beyond Exercise Studio, «If you have always been a runner, walking will be enough to help maintain the health benefits of aerobic exercise and some baseline fitness, but not to maintain your fitness at the same level it is when running.»

When you're cutting you could begin with nine calories per pound of body weight as the baseline level for at least 2 - 4 weeks and then you'll proceed by lowering the calories at steady increments.

The lack of effect at the glucose disposal level amongst males in this study may be explained by their tendency for greater baseline glucose disposal rates, as has been observed by others.56

On the other hand, triglyceride levels were solely reduced in male subjects who, at baseline, possessed higher fasting levels than their female counter - parts.33

Results: There were no differences between groups in the performance tests or testosterone levels detected at baseline (p > 0.05).

Daily caloric intake was fixed at the level that would result in a stable weight with the baseline diet, and subjects were instructed to eat all food provided.

This is not the first study to show a link between inflammation and poor response to diet as there have been numerous studies (including one that I conducted at Pennsylvania State University) which show that people with higher baseline levels of inflammation do not respond as well to heart healthy diets.

CDC speculates that the observed association between low sodium intake and increased CVD risk may have been due to a higher proportion of participants in the low sodium group, compared to groups with higher intake levels, who had diabetes, hypertension, and pre-existing cardiovascular disease at baseline and therefore may have consumed less sodium, leading to a noncausal association between sodium intake and increased cardiovascular events.

Most of us are operating at a fairly stressed - out baseline level, and when you add a body - thumping activity into the mix, it doesn't get lower.

More recently, a 2008 study found that plasma 5α - DHT levels were reduced when testosterone was given to elderly men with below normal levels of testosterone and elevated 5α - DHT levels at baseline.

This article reviewed the state of the evidence and, based on the prospective longitudinal studies, concluded that «men who develop prostate cancer do not have higher baseline testosterone levels and men with higher testosterone levels are at no greater risk for developing prostate cancer than men with lower testosterone levels.»

They can be used to directly uplift your testosterone level at or above the baseline or by hormonal support.

What this means is that when you exercise with your insulin at a baseline level, your body is able to both mobilize and burn more fat during your workouts than when insulin levels are elevated.

In a study of 1002 cases and controls followed up for 12 years, those with gut disorders had elevated levels of anxiety and depression at baseline, but also those with higher levels of anxiety and depression were more likely to have gut disorders at follow - up (17).

In a subset of 20 patients who participated in TACT, the levels of toxic metals were measured at baseline and again after receiving a 3 - gram dose of EDTA.14 After treatment, the largest increases of metals were with lead (3700 %) and cadmium (750 %).

What this means is when you exercise with your insulin at a baseline level, your body is able to both mobilize and burn more fat during your workout than when insulin levels are elevated.

There is added risk at any level above a relatively low baseline, and that was my point.

Strength levels in the placebo group were reduced only up - to 4 days post-exercise, while strength levels in the vitamin C group were still significantly impaired at day 7 and 14, failing to return to baseline by the end of the study (16).

For the non — parametric - level sleep measure, fatigue level next day, we used a Kruskal — Wallis test to determine if all groups were equivalent at baseline (Portney & Watkins, 2015).