Sentences with phrase «similar aged controls»

Not exact matches

Lets just say this, using the census data, controlling on 4 digit occupation (NocS), gender and age, there is less than a 2 % difference in average annual pay, between private and public sector workers working within similar occupations.

The 2 groups of women appeared to have similar baseline characteristics: «Dyads in the intervention and control group did not differ with regard to maternal age, education, type of medical coverage, week at which prenatal care was initiated, infant gestational age at birth, race, or rate of vaginal delivery».

«The two groups were medically similar and had the same outcomes in individual cycles after controlling for factors such as age,» Jungheim said.

The 2 groups were similar on all measured characteristics, including maternal ethnicity, educational status, age, parity, breastfeeding history, and infant birth weight (intervention group, 1914.4 g; control group, 1840 g); gestational age; sex; and length of hospital stay (intervention group, mean 27.1 days [range, 2 - 81 days]; control group, mean 25.2 days [range, 1 - 104 days]-RRB-(Table 1).

Subsequent prospective studies yielded similar results, whether they controlled for parental age, child age, race and family structure; 12 poverty, child age, emotional support, cognitive stimulation, sex, race and the interactions among these variables; 13 or other factors.14 — 17 These studies provide the strongest evidence available that physical punishment is a risk factor for child aggression and antisocial behaviour.

The prone or side sleep position can increase the risk of rebreathing expired gases, resulting in hypercapnia and hypoxia.54, — , 57 The prone position also increases the risk of overheating by decreasing the rate of heat loss and increasing body temperature compared with infants sleeping supine.58, 59 Recent evidence suggests that prone sleeping alters the autonomic control of the infant cardiovascular system during sleep, particularly at 2 to 3 months of age, 60 and can result in decreased cerebral oxygenation.61 The prone position places infants at high risk of SIDS (odds ratio [OR]: 2.3 — 13.1).62, — , 66 However, recent studies have demonstrated that the SIDS risks associated with side and prone position are similar in magnitude (OR: 2.0 and 2.6, respectively) 63 and that the population - attributable risk reported for side sleep position is higher than that for prone position.65, 67 Furthermore, the risk of SIDS is exceptionally high for infants who are placed on their side and found on their stomach (OR: 8.7).63 The side sleep position is inherently unstable, and the probability of an infant rolling to the prone position from the side sleep position is significantly greater than rolling prone from the back.65, 68 Infants who are unaccustomed to the prone position and are placed prone for sleep are also at greater risk than those usually placed prone (adjusted OR: 8.7 — 45.4).63, 69,70 Therefore, it is critically important that every caregiver use the supine sleep position for every sleep period.

Leeper and collaborators at OSU and Iowa State University compared 64 dogs with osteosarcoma against two control groups: 30 dogs that had suffered traumatic bone fractures and 31 healthy dogs similar in age and weight to the animals with cancer.

To see just how unusual MX was, the scientists decided to assemble a group of control subjects who were similar to him except for his complaint, so they recruited 10 male architects around the age of 60.

The researchers also brought in 12 healthy women of similar ages to serve as a control group.

«The two groups were medically similar and had the same outcomes in individual cycles after controlling for factors such as age,» Jungheim said.

Tatar's research, along with simultaneous independent work by Linda Partridge of University College London, U.K., and her colleagues, demonstrated that an insulin - like signaling pathway controls diapause and aging in flies — similar to what had already been found in the roundworm Caenorhabiditis elegans (see «Growing Old Together»).

Partners in the control group received no training or instructions but were otherwise similar in age, education, ethnicity, relationship satisfaction, and other dimensions.

Treatment with AFF 1 or vehicle control was initiated in mThy1 - AS mice at age 3 mo, when early sensorimotor deficits first appear — similar to the target population for the first rollout of the human vaccine.

Goldstein and her colleagues found that patients diagnosed with â $ œamnesticâ $ MCI showed greater loss of white matter integrity in a certain part of the brain — the medial temporal lobe â $ «than cognitively normal controls of similar age.

Previous studies have shown that aged Polg mutator mice accumulate SNpc mtDNA deletions to a similar extent as that found in the SNpc in both PD patients and aged neurologically normal controls (∼ 50 % of mtDNA molecules harboring deletions)(Bender et al., 2006; Kraytsberg et al., 2006; Perier et al., 2013).

They also studied a control group of seven people of similar age who don't have diabetes.

Researchers analyzed data from several national health surveys conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and found that people with arthritis — which includes those with aging - related osteoarthritis and similar conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis and gout — tend to rate lower than their peers on measures of overall health.

Biomarkers in urine and blood samples were analyzed from a total of 16 women and men aged 23 — 44 who consumed a sequence of 3 diets made up of pecans blended with water, whole pecans, or a control meal of similar nutritional make up.

The control group consisted of 24 women of similar age without signs of menopause

Similar to the allure of BioWare games like Dragon Age versus Square Enix's Final Fantasy, the draw is first on being able to explore a rich and compelling storyline — and also to be able to control which way that storyline leads.

We obtain more precise results by controlling for gender, race / ethnicity, citizenship, age, employment, and college major, but we obtain similar findings without these controls.

The proportion of students receiving a free school lunch, the proportion of students who are white British, student performance on the age - 11 test in the prior year, and the school's inspection rating from the previous inspection round are all similar, on average, in the treatment and control schools.

Our main analyses control for students» age, gender, and the average test scores at their middle schools, but we obtain similar results from a simple comparison of lottery winners and losers, as we would expect given the use of the lottery.

I don't understand why we don't see the MR2 Spyder on these lists more?!? I know the earlier ones were plagued with oil / engine - eating problems, but the later models are reliable to 100k + miles and cost similar to the same aged Smart Roadster above... but compared to the Smart, for your # 2k - # 5k you get a 6 speed manual gearbox, over 70 % more power (~ 20 % more weight) but this is packaged in a mid-engined, rear wheel drive, normally aspirated car with no traction control and a LSD as standard:)

Generally though, the game feels very similar in style to the original Dragon Age game, you can pause and allocate commands during combat, control any character and set their spells, talents etc..

The medical experts evaluated about 38 years of medical records comparing constipation history in 196 men and women who developed Parkinson's at an average age of 71 years, and 196 Parkinson's - free «controls» of similar age and gender.

Similar numbers of child protection issues were identified in the two groups between 6 and 12 months of age (17 % home visiting groups and 15 % control group), but a non-significant increase in the likelihood of placement on the child protection register or care proceedings in the intervention group (RR 2.02, 95 % CI 0.46 to 2.54) and a non-significant difference in the proportion of children being removed from the home (6 % v 0 %) were observed.

Some observers have argued that female offenders can, in theory, be either adolescent - limited or life - course - persistent and that the relative scarcity of early - onset aggression in females indicates that they are generally less likely to follow the latter pathway.56 Others, however, have argued that the relative prevalence of adolescent - onset aggression in girls (compared with childhood - onset) indicates that persistent delinquency simply manifests at a later age in girls than it does in boys.57 In Persephanie Silverthorn and Paul Frick's model, girls and boys are influenced by similar risk factors during childhood, but the onset of delinquent behavior in girls is delayed by the more stringent social controls imposed on them before adolescence.

However, there was no evidence of selective attrition according to whether the family had received the intervention; the percentages of nonresponders in the intervention and control groups were similar for mothers who were < 20 years of age, who had less than high school education, and who were black, Hispanic, and not married (data available on request).

Despite these modifications, consistencies with data from other developed nations were apparent: children's reports of Social Integration at school were similar to those reported previously in primary school samples in Australia14 and Hong Kong30 31; response patterns on the EATQ - R scales (Attention, Inhibitory Control, Perceptual Sensitivity and Aggression) aligned with data from a community sample of 1055 Dutch32 school students of similar age and access to Supportive Relationships at Home, School and in the Community was similar to that reported for a community sample of Canadian fourth - grade school children (~ 2 years younger than our sample).16 The pattern of responses on the Big Five personality constructs was also consistent with that reported for an Australian sample of 268 children aged 10 — 12 years33 using the full 65 - item version of the BFQ - C.20

The mean child internalising scores were also similar between the universal prevention and control groups at age 3 years (table 2).

The low IQ mothers were randomly assigned to training or a control group, and also compared to a group of nonhandicapped mothers with similar - aged children.

Although we took great care to recruit pregnant and nonpregnant women that had similar demographic backgrounds, we wanted to control for any influences of participant age, relationship duration, and relationship status (i.e. whether participants were married, cohabiting, etc).

Pajer [12] studied non-referred adolescent females aged 15 — 17 years with conduct disorder and found diminished salivary cortisol levels in girls with DBD compared to controls, similar to the findings in boys.

Controls, contacted first by advertising or by a research marketing company, were similar to the patient group with respect to age, race, and zip code of residence.

In contrast, the study of Dorn et al. [14] found no significant associations between low arousal and conduct problem in girls aged 6 — 11 years, as their cortisol output was similar to those in healthy controls.

Longitudinal studies have consistently reported higher rates of major depression and other psychopathology (anxiety disorders, conduct disorders and substance abuse disorders) in adolescents with an affectively ill parent than in control families with similar demographic characteristics (age, ethnicity, socioeconomic status and educational level).

The results for pubertal status and age are strikingly similar, indicating that after controlling for the effect of all the other variables in the regression model, the impact of life events on depression is significantly greater in the pubertal girls (sex × pubertal status [age] × life events interaction).

Liu (2004) found a similar association, with adolescents who obtained less than 8 h of sleep per night being at increased risk for attempting suicide, even after controlling for age, sex, and depressive symptoms.

This pattern of EEG (high alpha) among the foster care children at age 8 for those who were removed from institutions before 24 mo of age was similar to that of typical age - matched community controls (10).