Sentences with phrase «population study conducted»

Now results from the first large population study conducted to assess the association show that older age at natural menopause and the use of oral HT are each associated with a higher risk of hearing loss.

The problem of missing variables Janni Niclasen's study looks at the results of a large population study conducted between 1996 and 2002.

However, a recent population study conducted in Finland showed that religiosity does not increase the risk of anorexia nervosa.

Not exact matches

A comprehensive demographic study of more than 230 countries and territories conducted by the Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life estimates that there are 5.8 billion religiously affiliated adults and children around the globe, representing 84 % of the 2010 world population of 6.9 billion.

While we have come a long way since Johnson made that historic speech, in 2011, the U.S Bureau of Labor conducted a study and found that 46.2 million Americans (roughly 15 % of the population) lived at or below the poverty line.

Abstinence from Kona, tobacco, and alcohol by many Adventists has afforded a near - unique opportunity for studies to be conducted within that population group on the health effects of Kona drinking, free from confounding factors.

Venneman et al 2009 were first to find unqualified proof of this long suspected fact having conducted a populations - based study of 333 infants who died of SIDS between 1998 and 2001 matched in age to 998 «control infants» born 4 to 6 weeks after the case infants.

To see if these patterns were valid in a wider population, they undertook the larger, county - wide study, conducting an analysis of births at Women and Children's, Millard Fillmore Suburban, Sisters of Charity Hospital and Mercy Hospital, located either in the city of Buffalo or its nearby suburbs.

Studies were included if: (a) they were RCTs, (b) the population comprised parents / carers of children up to the age of 18 where at least 50 % had a conduct problem (defined using objective clinical criteria, the clinical cut - off point on a well validated behaviour scale or informal diagnostic criteria), (c) the intervention was a structured, repeatable (manualised) parenting programme (any theoretical basis, setting or mode of delivery) and (d) there was at least one standardised outcome measuring child behaviour.

This cross-sectional study was to assess the relationship between RA, breastfeeding, and also use of oral contraceptives, in a population of older women from South China, where cultural habits differ from those in the West, where most previous studies were conducted.

Pugh et al. (33) conducted a pilot study in 2002 that paired a nurse and a PC to form a breastfeeding team who provided breastfeeding education and support to a low - income, predominantly black population.

The study was conducted in British Columbia, a province in Canada with a population of more than 4.4 million.

Such trials should be conducted in varied populations and settings and include longer periods of restricted exposure to pacifiers than have been examined thus far.13 Until such studies can be completed, it is important that breastfeeding support and education be incorporated into prenatal obstetric and early pediatric patient encounters.

However, in malnourished populations motor development may be a useful predictor of subsequent human function.5 A study conducted in Denmark6 found a positive relationship between breastfeeding duration and an earlier ability to crawl and perform the «pincer grip» after adjusting for potential confounding variables.

Because there is a clear genetic predisposition to IBD, these populations should probably be composed of families that include persons who already have IBD [such as the studies conducted by Koletzko et al (20, 26)-RSB-.

The findings of the 7 published observational studies relating breastfeeding to reduced risks of diabetes were broadly consistent, despite the widely differing nature of the populations [including one study conducted in a population born during the Dutch Famine of World War II (6) and 2 conducted in Native American populations (21, 22)-RSB-.

Earlier this year, a study conducted by the Manhattan Borough President's office showed CB12 to be one of the worst areas affected by heavy rat populations.

AAAS is partnering with HelpAge USA to conduct a study assessing the prevalence of sexual and gender - based violence (GBV) among persons older than 49 years of age in populations of protracted displacement.

To that end, AAAS, in coordination with an advisory council, will identify and coordinate ethicists and a multi-disciplinary team of highly qualified scientists who have experience conducting prevalence studies in vulnerable and marginalized populations.

AAAS is partnering with HelpAge USA to conduct a study assessing the prevalence of sexual and gender - based violence among older populations.

In this context, the team of researchers of UPM and UEM has conducted a study that reveals the existing relationship between physical activity and mental health in the population of Madrid.

Meta - analyses of genome - wide association studies conducted in these ethnically - diverse populations identified a total of 878 genetic variants belonging to 18 loci associated with asthma risk.

In a controlled study conducted in experimental ponds, researchers found dramatic differences in pond ecosystems depending on the ratio of males to females in the mosquitofish populations.

Given such variation, as well as the expense and logistical challenges of conducting population surveys, indigenous communities will be important partners in developing workable conservation strategies, such as the creation of new protected areas or harvest quotas, the study suggests.

Dr Allan Debelle, who conducted the study as part of his PhD under the supervision of Dr Rhonda Snook at the University of Sheffield, said these results suggest that mate choice can be an important driver of the evolution of motor performance, «Our research shows that when, at each generation, females are given a choice among several mates performing energetically costly courtship, the motor performance of males in that population can respond to this selection process and progressively improve.»

This is the conclusion of an investigation conducted by researchers at the Helmholtz Zentrum München, as part of the population - based KORA - Age study in the region of Augsburg.

To do so, they analysed nearly 100,000 data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe, a 12 - year population survey conducted by the European Union to study the economic, social and health status of older people.

Servheen adds that USGS biologists are conducting a marking and tracking study that by this summer might help resolve questions over the current population.

Conducted from 1999 to 2004 in a population of 60 patients (29 treated and 31 controls), that study produced statistically inconclusive results, in part because too many drug - treated patients dropped out complaining of weight gain.

The study was conducted at Parkland, the public health system for Dallas County, the ninth largest county by population and one of the most ethnically diverse counties in the U.S.. From Parkland's system of 10 neighborhood - based pediatric clinics, researchers identified four clinics with the largest volume of patients aged 11 to 18.

To test the hypothesis that the web is a primary driver of rising polarization, Shapiro and his coauthors used data from the American National Election Study (ANES), a nationally representative, face - to - face survey of the voting - age population that has been conducted both pre - and post-election since 1948.

The study, conducted using fruit fly populations bred to model natural variations in human sleep patterns, provides new clues to how genes for sleep duration are linked to a wide variety of biological processes.

The authors caution that because the study was conducted in Norway, which has a relatively homogenous and well - educated population, the findings should not be generalized to more diverse populations or to cultures with other feeding and eating practices without further study.

With the aim of studying the history and genetic diversity of the species, analysis was conducted on the genomes of another ten Iberian lynxes from Doñana and Sierra Morena, the only two surviving populations on the Iberian Peninsula, which have been isolated from each other for decades.

However, this was the first HPV and cytology study conducted in a rural population in Nepal, so its results should be considered useful.

Hare had no lab space, equipment or volunteers, so he called on colleagues at the BC Penitentiary and persuaded Correctional Services Canada to let him conduct risk assessment studies on the inmate population.

Our goal for this new program is to provide in - depth and customized education in ethical issues that arise in research conducted with human subjects, such as informed consent, genetics research, and in the study of vulnerable populations.

Anna Sellas is conducting genetic studies of dolphin population structure.

The intensive population study was conducted in a project founded by George Wittemyer of Colorado State University with Save the Elephants, and in association with the Kenya Wildlife Service.

«For the first time, our study points to a risk difference between drinking daily and drinking five or six days a week in the general male population, since earlier studies were conducted on alcohol misusers and patients referred for liver disease and compared daily drinking to «binge pattern» or «episodic» drinking,» observed lead investigator Gro Askgaard, MD, of the Department of Hepatology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, and the National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark.

A parallel project in an urban area conducted by the Haitian Group for the Study of Kaposi's Sarcoma and Opportunistic Infections (its French acronym is GHESKIO) was similarly successful: it reached 75 percent of its targeted population, and 90 percent returned for the second dose.

The research was conducted as part of the Beaver Dam Eye Study, a long - term population - based cohort study from 1988 to 2013 of nearly 5,000 adults aged 43 to 84 yStudy, a long - term population - based cohort study from 1988 to 2013 of nearly 5,000 adults aged 43 to 84 ystudy from 1988 to 2013 of nearly 5,000 adults aged 43 to 84 years.

Very few studies on screening for other gynecologic conditions with pelvic examination alone have been conducted, and the USPSTF found that these studies have limited generalizability to the current population of asymptomatic women seen in primary care settings in the United States.

Researchers conducted a nationwide, population - based long - term observational cohort study using the Swedish Multi-Generation Register to monitor the risk of nonceliac autoimmune disease, which includes Crohn's disease, type 1 diabetes mellitus, hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, sarcoidosis, systemic lupus erythematosus and ulcerative colitis.

Saba, who has conducted modeling studies on the impacts of climate change on endangered leatherback turtles in the eastern Pacific Ocean, says the Northwest Atlantic loggerhead study offers a new approach in understanding how climate variability affects sea turtle populations.

Researchers conducted a population - based perspective birth cohort study of 7,046 pregnant women, and categorized subjects into three groups: negative anti-tTG (control), intermediate anti-tTG (just below the clinical cut - off point used to diagnose patients with celiac disease) and positive anti-tTG (highly probable celiac disease patients).

«This is important because previous studies conducted in West Africa are not generalizable to the U.S. population.

These limitations «suggest that the ability to estimate population trends in caloric intake and generate public policy relevant to diet - health relationships is extremely limited,» said Archer, who conducted the study with colleagues at the Arnold School.

For this study, the researchers used data from a population of patients with both diabetes and chronic kidney disease (stage 3 and 4) enrolled in follow up studies conducted by Dr. Krolewski and his team at the Joslin Diabetes Center and followed for four to 15 years.

The study was conducted on a free - living population of European shags (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) that breed on the Isle of May National Nature Reserve in the Firth of Forth, Scotland.