Sentences with phrase «overall study population»

For the overall study population, 15.7 % had high sugar intake from sugar - sweetened drinks.

While nivolumab improved survival rates in the overall study population, it appeared to be most successful in patients whose tumors were positive for the human papillomavirus (HPV).

Not exact matches

A 2010 University of Brasilia study found that 1 in 5 Brazilian women under 40 — more than 5 million women overall, or about 22 % of Brazil's population — had had at least one abortion.

Overall, the national study revealed there are more similarities than differences between small business owners in all diverse segments and those in the general population.

Pew has released the findings of their 2014 U.S. Religious Landscape Study, which shows that among the overall population, the number of people who do not believe in God has increased 3 percentage points.

Overall, a number of studies suggest that restrictive alcohol policies have a protective effect on reducing suicide at a general population level.

The study by researchers in Italy and Switzerland predicts that although the actual number of deaths from all cancers in the European Union will continue to rise due to growing populations and numbers of elderly people, the rate of cancer deaths will continue to decline overall, with some notable exceptions: lung cancer in women and pancreatic cancer in both sexes.

«This study provides the first good evidence, with a large and diverse population of students, that such exposure through undergraduate research has dramatic benefits for all students, substantially improving both graduation rates in STEM and overall graduation rates.

Dr Louise McDowell, Dr Deborah Wells and Professor Peter Hepper from the School of Psychology at Queen's, recruited 44 cats for the study and found that while there was no overall population preference like the human preference for right handedness, there was a gender preference.

«Overall, the study suggests that all southern populations declined, so demographic compensation alone may not save these populations from extinction.

The sex ratio in the overall population is «nothing out of the ordinary,» with roughly one juvenile male for every four juvenile females, says study coauthor Michael Jensen, a marine biologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in La Jolla, Calif..

Nonetheless, the overall success rate in the high - risk population is over 88 percent, which the study authors consider high, although complications such as implant explantation and flap problems occur more frequently in the high - risk group than in lower - risk patients.

Overall, the study's data from mitochondrial DNA — different from nuclear DNA in that it helps scientists trace maternal lineages — reveal that population structure in humpback whales is largely driven by female whales that return annually to the same breeding grounds and by the early experience of calves that accompany their mothers on their first round - trip migration to the feeding grounds.

In the first study to report on the association of aspirin use with breast cancer outcomes in a large patient population, researchers examined the pattern of aspirin use, cancer pathology and overall survival in 1,000 patients treated at the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania and diagnosed with breast cancers, including receptor positive, HER2 - positive and triple negative cancers.

While it is challenging to assess the overall impact on the population of such a wide ranging and elusive big cat, the virus contributed to the decline of one well - studied sub-population, which went from 38 individuals to 9 between the years 2007 and 2012.

They found that among people in treatment for drug and alcohol use, the overall rate of smoking was 84 percent, compared with a rate of 31 percent for members of the general population, matched for gender and year of study.

Kuller and others are also concerned that if the proportion of black people included in studies is the same as that in the overall population — about 12 per cent — there will be too few in any one study to allow separate conclusions to be drawn about them.

Rather than look at the overall number of DNA changes, Harris focused on the frequency of changes in each kind of DNA base in the populations she studied.

«With more and more consumers recognizing the importance of protein for their overall health and well - being, the results of this study have particular relevance to a large segment of the population, from the serious sports and fitness enthusiast to the mainstream consumer.»

A smattering of studies have linked the condition, known as obstructive sleep apnea, to a host of serious health risks, such as cardiovascular disease, obesity and even accidents — but long - term, population - based data on mortality overall have been lacking.

While the new study adds to the Milky Way's tally of star - forming regions, it may not substantially boost our galaxy's star total because the young, massive stars focused on in this study make up only a small percentage of the overall population.

The key result of the study is that with longer dry seasons and more intense seasonal drought, there is an overall negative effect on bird populations.

Scientists have long studied how the interaction between species affects overall populations in ecosystems.

Most broad population studies comparing lab workers with nonlab workers show little overall increase in the risk of pregnancy complications or birth defects, although one study showed a tendency toward low birth weights and shorter gestational lengths in cases where either parent worked in a chemical factory.

«Overall, however, the study confirms the long - held assumption that the genetic differences between populations of a given species might predict its probability of contributing to the diversity of life,» Harvey said.

The study found a significant and long - lasting reduction in the incidence of STEMI hospitalisations in the overall population of Canton Ticino after the smoking ban was implemented.

«Although we did not find the overall traffic - related fatality rate to predict policy adoption, the size of the population ages 15 to 24 years — the group most at risk for death and injury from impaired driving — was associated with first time policy adoption, suggesting that states might be initially more receptive to regulation when it involves protecting younger populations,» said study author Diana Silver, associate professor of public health at NYU Steinhardt and NYU College of Global Public Health.

For this study, researchers examined records from the nation's largest cancer patient database to determine how rates of overall and disease - specific survival have changed as use of SBRT has increased, as well as to draw population - based comparisons between SBRT and surgery alone for elderly patients.

The number of men and women in the study was also similar to the overall COPD patient population.

The study was limited in that it did not represent the overall U.S. population because participants were selected based on location and also may have changed their sodium consumption during the study because they knew that it was under watch.

Online information on pancreatic cancer overestimates the reading ability of the overall population and lacks accurate information about alternative therapy, according to a study published online by JAMA Surgery.

«Furthermore, numerous field studies have shown that even untreated bed nets provide a considerable overall benefit to non-users 2, because while their share of remaining biting burden is increased, the overall number of infectious mosquitoes in the population is dramatically reduced3, 4.

Among the whole study population, the 5 - year overall survival probability rate was 70 %; it was 78 % for the 15 - mg / kg group compared with 62 % in the 30 - mg / kg group (P =.045).

The 3 - year overall survival for the study population was 94 % and the event - free survival was 91 %.

«Our findings confirm that the sense of smell is a key aspect of overall health in the aging population,» said Johan Lundström, PhD, a cognitive neuroscientist and senior Monell author on the study.

We also develop an isolation - index (Isx) that predicts the overall level of such key genetic characteristics and can thus help guide population choice in future complex - trait association studies.

(The overall rates of migraine and depression in the study were comparable to those in the general population.)

This was an «ecological study» that looked at how 42 countries in Europe eat (i.e. overall consumption of common foods as a population) compared to that country's incidence of CVD (including high blood pressure and high blood glucose).

Sex differences between our findings and those of prior studies may have been due to the overall healthy sample of our study population, but could also have been due to the race distribution and relatively small size of our sample.

This is in accord with the study Low protein intake is associated with a major reduction in IGF - 1, cancer, and overall mortality in the 65 and younger but not older population (2014), which found health benefits from consuming less than 10 % of from protein, except in the elderly, where adequate nutrition seems to require at least 10 %.

While the magnitude of the effect varies with training intensity and population studied, the overall effect was clear.

Texas has recently been ranked seventh and eighth in overall cougar population according to recent reports and studies from the online site known as Plenty of Fish as well as the Dallas Observer.

[17] This is a big problem for internal validity because we are left with the result that parents who refused participation in the Abecedarian program were less willing or able to commit to a long - term early childhood intervention for their children than the overall population of families who were recruited into the study.

The study also finds that these early users turn to the internet as their main source for news much more frequently than the public overall, and they have a strong preference for reading and listening to news rather than watching it - again much more than the population overall.

The 24 disorders were selected for the study because they can be diagnosed accurately, are highly prevalent in the overall dog population and are debilitating to the extent that owners would seek veterinary care for the animal.

Studies show that the animals caught by predators are generally weaker and more diseased than those killed by manmade sources.6, 7 One study found that «birds killed by cats had significantly lower mass, fat scores, and pectoral muscle mass scores» than birds of the same species killed by cars or windows.8 These studies indicate that cats are catching what some biologists refer to as the «doomed surplus» 9 — animals who would not have lived, and so whose death does not affect overall population Studies show that the animals caught by predators are generally weaker and more diseased than those killed by manmade sources.6, 7 One study found that «birds killed by cats had significantly lower mass, fat scores, and pectoral muscle mass scores» than birds of the same species killed by cars or windows.8 These studies indicate that cats are catching what some biologists refer to as the «doomed surplus» 9 — animals who would not have lived, and so whose death does not affect overall population studies indicate that cats are catching what some biologists refer to as the «doomed surplus» 9 — animals who would not have lived, and so whose death does not affect overall population levels.

A newly released study shows that the overall mental health of U.S. veterinarians is about the same as that of the general population, challenging long - held concerns that the industry is awash in depression and suicide.

Dr. Karen Overall PhD VMD MA DiplACVB tells us (2007), «There are no scientific studies on whether shock teaches dogs to avoid snakes, in part because the population data on the range of «normal» canine responses to snakes are lacking completely.»

However, this may be explained by the younger age of French Bulldogs in the current study (median age: 1.3 years) compared with the overall dog population in the previous study (median age: 4.5 years).

The new study, published May 18 in the journal Nature Climate Change, finds that the overall exposure of Americans to these future heat waves would be vastly underestimated if the role of population changes were ignored....