Sentences with phrase «participants with lower levels»

However, self - management of diabetes was higher among participants with lower levels of negative effect, higher community engagement and lower levels of risk engagement.

The study's first experiment showed that participants with lower levels of emotional understanding allowed anxiety unrelated to decisions they were making concerning risk influence these decisions.

Compared with participants with the lowest levels of hsTnT at the start of the study, those with the highest hsTnT levels had a nearly 5-fold higher risk of developing heart failure.

According to a study from 2006 on 80 elderly patients, study participants with the lowest levels of vitamin D were 11 times more likely to be depressed than the study participants with the highest vitamin D levels.

Not exact matches

Studies — including at least one clinical trial with 100 participants — have found that this diet can significantly alter signs of disease, reduce weight and body fat, lower blood pressure, decrease levels of biomarkers associated with cancer, and improve blood - sugar levels.

Groups of participants with varied testosterone levels were better at the cooperative task than groups made up solely of high - testosterone or low - testosterone individuals.

The combination of low levels of ES funds and the cash rate remaining close to its target suggests a couple of conclusions: first, the market players involved with RTGS have adapted well to operating in the new environment; and second, participants have reasonable confidence about the availability of cash near the interest rate announced by the Reserve Bank as its policy target.

In subjects consuming muffins made with either whole pea flour or pea fiber, fasting insulin levels were 15 % lower than with participants consuming control muffins made with wheat flour.

As expected, the researchers found that the group of participants who had high levels of anti-HA antibodies when enrolled in the trial experienced a significantly lower incidence of mild - to - moderate influenza disease and some reduction in its duration compared with participants with low HA antibody levels.

However, the NIAID researchers also found that these participants were just as likely to experience some flu symptoms as those with low levels of HA antibodies.

Study participants with TSH levels at the low end of the normal range — signaling they had more active thyroid glands — were more likely to have depression symptoms emerge during the course of the study.

While ethical considerations prevented a full replication of the experiments, researchers created a similar set - up with lower «shock» levels to test the level of obedience of participants.

In particular, vitamin D supplementation was found to have a strong and statistically - significant protective effect in participants who had low vitamin D levels to start with.

In addition to effects on the brain, Brody's research with the SAAF participants has found they have lower levels of stress hormones circulating in their bodies, they have lower levels of inflammation, and they are less likely to show biological markers of premature aging.

In this new study of participants from the Bristol - based «Children of the 90s» cohort, 83 children with early - onset conduct problems were compared with 81 children who had low levels of conduct problems.

Study participants with higher blood sugar levels lost more weight on a high - fiber, low - glycemic diet than those on the same diet with lower blood sugar levels, suggesting that it might be possible to optimize weight loss approaches based on a simple clinical measure,» she continued.

Halloway's analysis found the association between participants» actual physical activity and gray matter volumes remained after further controlling for age, gender, education levels, body mass index and symptoms of depression, all of which are associated with lower levels of gray matter in the brain.

The outcomes were significant: After 15 months of working with a diabetes educator, participants on average lowered their A1C (blood sugar) levels by 67 percent and their LDL (bad) cholesterol levels by 53 percent.

In a study that included overweight and obese participants, those with diets with low glycemic index of dietary carbohydrate did not have improvements in insulin sensitivity, lipid levels, or systolic blood pressure, according to a study in the December 17 issue of JAMA.

In a study of 6,654 middle - aged and older U.S. adults from diverse ethnic backgrounds, participants living in areas with high levels of traffic - related air pollution tended to have lower HDL levels.

The treatment response was related to baseline homocysteine levels: the rate of atrophy in participants with homocysteine > 13 µmol / L was 53 % lower in the active treatment group (P = 0.001).

Third, two other randomised controlled trials of homocysteine - lowering treatments have shown effects on cognition: a trial in which normal participants with baseline tHcy levels > 13 µmol / L were treated with folic acid (0.8 mg / d) for three years showed a beneficial effect on several cognitive tests [44].

The researchers also factored in other characteristics of the participants that have previously been correlated with dementia risk including physical activity, age, sex, level of education, obesity, low body mass index (BMI), and a history of high blood pressure, stroke, or diabetes.

In March 2008, a 15,000 - person study comparing Crestor (rosuvastatin) against placebo in two groups of outwardly healthy people with low levels of LDL cholesterol and high levels of CRP was stopped early — a «stunning» outcome, the lead researcher said at the time — because the reduction in cardiac events was so marked among the participants taking the drug that to continue the trial and deprive the placebo group of the drugs benefits would have been unethical.

For instance, although none of the study participants had diabetes, people with higher pre-surgery levels of the hormone insulin had a lower long - term risk of heart attacks and strokes than people with lower insulin levels who also had surgery.

The researchers found that when the participants downed two tablespoons of apple cider vinegar before bed with a snack (one ounce of cheese), they had lower blood sugar levels the next morning, compared to when they ate the same bedtime snack paired with two tablespoons of water.

But when the participants were asked to design the most attractive female body, they consistently chose figures with levels of body fat lower than the healthy range.

Researchers tracked weight and cholesterol levels for 65 overweight participants who also had at least one other metabolic condition (e.g., heart disease, type 2 diabetes) and randomized half into a low - fat, vegan dietary intervention group with no calorie -LSB-...]

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.

From the research I was a part of with Dr. Barnard, study participants received either a low - fat vegan diet or a typical diet for diabetes and found significant changes in weight loss and insulin levels.

The addition of sacha inchi oil slowed down glucose production in 16 (38.1 %) participants that showed a higher concentration of triglycerides before meals (fasting hypertriglyceridemia), whereas an improved expression of sirtuin - 1 (SIRT1), a gene responsible for regulating energy within the cells and coordinating cellular functions, was registered four hours after ingesting the meal enriched with sacha inchi oil, and linked to lowered levels of blood sugar measured at the same time.

According to research12 published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, after four nights of sleep deprivation (sleep time was only 4.5 hours per night), study participants» insulin sensitivity was 16 percent lower, while their fat cells» insulin sensitivity was 30 percent lower, and rivaled levels seen in those with diabetes or obesity.

Study participants with the lowest baseline levels of vitamin D were more likely to develop Parkinson's disease versus individuals with the highest baseline levels.

When the participants» insulin and blood sugar levels were measured at one hour and two hours after lunch, blood sugar levels were found to be significantly lower for participants with the added EVOO.

The participants of this study not only experienced less anxiety when faced with negative stimuli, but also showed lower levels of the stress hormone

The participants of this study not only experienced less anxiety when faced with negative stimuli, but also showed lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol (the stress hormone — «fight or flight»).

Compared with the participants who consumed less than 10 % of calories from added sugar (same as in Q1), those who consumed above the thresholds of 10 % or 25 % of calories from added sugar were younger; more likely to be non-Hispanic black; less likely to be currently smoking; had lower levels of physical activity, total serum cholesterol, systolic blood pressure, HEI, American Heart Association healthy diet score, 44 and antihypertensive medication use; and had higher intake of sugar - sweetened beverages and prevalence of family history of CVD (Supplement [eTable 2]-RRB-.

In this nationwide study of adult women, higher levels of greenness around each participant's home address were associated with lower rates of all - cause, nonaccidental mortality regardless of adjustment for age, race / ethnicity, smoking status, individual - level SES, and area - level SES.

Specifically, a brief self - affirmation was effective in eliminating the deleterious effects of chronic stress on problem - solving performance, such that chronically stressed self - affirmed participants performed under pressure at the same level as participants with low chronic stress levels.

Next, we adapted this educational intervention for low birth - weight and premature children in the Infant Health and Development Program, conducted in eight cities with 985 participants, and found benefits in all eight cities, with the greatest benefits for children from families with the lowest levels of parent education.

The study assumed a low level of familiarity on the part of the participants with the presented technologies and measured the impact of participants» exposure to the technologies across a 5 - week period.

Participants looked specifically at how states could partner further with businesses in order to accelerate the deployment of key low carbon technologies, as well as looking ahead to what new commitments can be developed on a subnational level for Cancun.

As expected, when compared with participants living with others, those living alone were more likely to report (any) depressive symptoms when living in neighbourhoods with poorer access to civic / institutional destinations, retail, food / eating outlets, public transport stops and health clinics / services, lower levels of crowdedness and fewer people on the streets (table 4).

Furthermore, a study investigating parasympathetic and sympathetic activity through the use of RSA in 12 patients with BPD and 28 healthy controls had ECG recorded for three 5 min stages (at rest or stressed) found BPD was associated with lower values of RSA suggesting increased levels of sympathetic activity and decreased levels of parasympathetic activity.33 Meyer et al recorded 5 min ECG signals on 27 participants with BPD, 23 in remission from BPD, 18 suffering from PTSD and 23 healthy controls.34 Significant differences were only found between PTSD participants and controls; however, BPD participants had reduced variability across linear time and frequency domain measures compared with controls.

Participants with rigid, literalistic or guilt - driven approaches to religion reported an increased emphasis on control, difficulties in communication, and lower levels of marital satisfaction.

However, participants of high socioeconomic status exhibited lower levels of anxious attachment than those with low socioeconomic status.

Interestingly, agapic love scores also differed as a function of participant ethnicity, with African American participants reporting lower levels of agapic love than Latino / a, Asian / Pacific Islander, and non-Hispanic White participants.

US participants with higher rates of offline friendship quality showed lower levels of life satisfaction.

Methods We systematically reviewed the literature of longitudinal studies considering outcomes of three CP trajectories: EOP, AO, CL compared with groups with low levels of aggression or control participants.

In addition, older participants who rapidly regulated their mood scored significantly lower on LOT items measuring pessimism compared with younger rapid regulators, t (23) = 3.45, p <.01; however, a significant difference in levels of optimism was not found, t (23) = −.73, p =.47.