Sentences with phrase «relatively high mortality»

«Even though these patients are classified as low - risk, the incidence of ischemic stroke in our study population is neither negligible nor ignorable and it carries a relatively high mortality,» Al - Khalili said in a society news release.

Dr Al - Khalili said: «Even through these patients are classified as low risk, the incidence of ischaemic stroke in our study population is neither negligible nor ignorable and it carries a relatively high mortality.»

Not exact matches

Researchers reported high overall perinatal mortality in a study of home birth in Australia, 35 qualifying that low risk home births in Australia had good outcomes but that high risk births gave rise to a high rate of avoidable death at home.36 Two prospective studies in North America found positive outcomes for home birth, 23 24 but the studies were not of sufficient size to provide relatively stable perinatal death rates.

Relatively high perinatal mortality rates in the Netherlands have required a critical assessment of the national obstetric system.

However, the study finds about a 5 percentage - point increase in mortality at hospitals that have relatively high rates of spending on «downstream» nursing facilities.

Although pancreatic cancer is relatively rare, accounting for about 3 percent of all the cases of cancer in the United States, it has an extremely high mortality rate so it accounts for about 7 percent of all cancer deaths.

According to this explanation, patients with longstanding RA who reached normal or underweight BMI have higher observed mortality and are relatively less healthy than RA patients who maintained obesity or overweight.

The authors did not examine the deaths due to dangerous work conditions, but Tapia says earlier studies have found workplace injuries also increased during high employment but, compared with heart attacks, they were a relatively minor cause of mortality, overall.

Herring larvae close to the oil spill showed proof of injuries and a high mortality, but the local stock of herring was relatively stable in the beginning.

The outcomes of this research indicate that individuals who adhere to a dietary pattern in line with current guidelines to eat relatively high quantities of fruit, vegetables, whole grains, low - fat dairy products, fish and poultry, could have a lower mortality risk.

Conclusion «Our results suggest that the dietary intake of both active forms of vitamin K has a potential protective role in cardiovascular mortality, cancer mortality, and all - cause mortality in a cohort of Mediterranean individuals at high cardiovascular disease risk with a relatively high consumption of this vitamin», the researchers conclude.

For example, relatively small increases in sea temperature (as little as 1 — 2 °C) can cause mass coral bleaching and mortality across hundreds of square kilometers of coral reef (high confidence).

In several cities with relatively low ground level ozone, the increase in premature death was greater than the premature mortality of cities with high levels of ground level ozone.

Since insurance companies typically invest in relatively safe fixed - income securities, e.g., bonds, the added mortality credits in a longevity annuity can make it more efficient (higher return) over the long run that a bond portfolio.