... serious limitation of the literature given the strong associationbetween bullying and psychiatric disorders on the one hand and suicidal ideation and psychiatric disorders on the other [50] In our ... Comparison with previous studies and interpretation of the findings We are not aware of other studies of theassociationbetween bullying and suicidal ideation in Greece and therefore we will base our ... using the gllamm command [44] We also performed the models with the survey commands of Stata (svylogit) using school as the stratum Results were very similar with both models and therefore in the...
... microvascular and macrovascular endothelial function in RA; one study reported no associationbetweenthe two vascular beds [33], while the other study did find an association [34] In the former ... in the design of the study, recruited patients, performed the vascular assessments, conducted data analysis and drafted the manuscript DC, GK and JVVZ participated in the design of the study and ... endothelial function requires further investigation using newer and more accurate assessments of endothelial function Accordingly, the aim of the present study was to examine the relationship between...
... much of the literature reviewing and contributed to the writing of the report HJM contributed to appraising the content andthe writing of the report CDS contributed to the supervision and conceptualisation ... quadratic and cubic terms, though not higher polynomials, increased the fit of the modelled associationbetween adjusted BMI and SDQ total score, reflecting a curvilinear relationship between weight and ... relatively small, andthe curve in Figure would not appear very different were these not controlled for by the introduction of a random intercept to the model Nevertheless, given the clearly hierarchical...
... associationbetween SES, depression and health 30 2.7 Theassociationbetween stress and depression 33 2.7.1 Conceptualising stress 33 2.7.2 Theassociationbetween stress and ... 2.9.4 Theassociationbetween mastery and depression 44 2.10 Theassociationbetween SES and stress, social support and psychological resources……………… 45 2.10.1 Associationbetween ... 2.8 Theassociationbetween social support and depression 36 2.8.1 ConceptualiSing social support 36 2.8.2 Theassociationbetween Social support and depression 38 2.9 The association...
... sulcus and through the patella, and measured the distance betweenthe lateral border of the patella and this vertical line (a) andbetweenthe medial border of the patella and this vertical line ... alignment we found the axial slice that refers to the middle of the patella by using the three-dimensional cursor on the sagittal image LPTA is the angle betweenthe posterior condylar line and a line ... the design and coordination of the study, read the MRIs, and prepared the manuscript YZ participated in the design of the study JN performed the statistical analyses JG participated in the sequence...
... participated in the development of the study and in the drafting of the manuscript SØ participated in the data collection andthe drafting of the manuscript PM gave statistical advice and helped in the drafting ... a significant predictor in the final model (Table 4) NT-proBNP levels increased between each follow-up visit andthe interactions between age and gender and gender and time of follow-up were ... Book and colleagues [33] find an associationbetween disease duration and mortality To our knowledge, no previous study has examined theassociationbetween markers of inflammation in RA and BNP/NTproBNP...
... analysis of the results In this way, the variability in the number of active regions andthe specific activity of the enzyme, as parameters, were analysed within andbetweenthe Amy and Amy genotypes ... intergroup difference in the variability of the enzyme specific activity of either genotype (H 5.727, P > 0.05) Analyses of theassociationbetweenthe number of active regions andthe enzyme-specific ... obscure The functional relationship betweenthe structural and regulatory genes, realised through complex and multiple interactions, leads to many hypotheses in the interpretation of the experimental...
... closest to the knee joint, which were reformatted in the axial plane The area was directly measured from these images The CVs for the medial and lateral tibial plateau area were 2.3% and 2.4%, ... hypersignal The assessments of subchondral bone cysts and BMLs were performed on the MRI slice that yielded the greatest lesion size The intensity and extent of cysts and BMLs were assessed in the medial ... 3, both BML and cyst present aAssociation with cysts and BMLs in the medial compartment bAssociation with cysts and BMLs in the lateral compartment Mean, 95% confidence interval, and P value...
... associated with the development and progression of osteoarthritis and osteoporosis (the overall response rate was 57%) The study was approved by the Southern Tasmanian Health and Medical Human ... process is unknown The aim of this study was, therefore, to describe the relations between radiographic hip OA and circulating levels of leptin and IL-6 among older adults Materials and methods Subjects ... examine the associations between JSN and leptin or IL-6 before and after adjustment for age, sex, BMI, ever smoking, and disease status (diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, cardiovascular disease, and...
... The Netherlands Authors’ contributions DU conducted the data collection, interpretation and analysis of the data and drafted the manuscript LT participated in interpretation and analysis of the ... the data and helped to draft the manuscript WL conceived of the Page 15 of 19 hypothesis of the manuscript and participated in study design and coordination MT, HR and WL helped to draft the manuscript ... studies have examined theassociationbetween atherosclerosis and osteoporosis An increased IMT has been associated with severity of atherosclerosis and increased cardiovascular risk and considered...
... of RCTs and observational studies to assess theassociationbetween systemic GC therapy andthe risk of infection in patients with RA, compared with patients with RA not exposed to GC therapy ... GC therapy (that is, excluding intra-articular and tendonsheath injections) in one arm and nonexposure in a further study arm (that is, in which the only major difference betweenthe arms was the ... in the analysis Details of the studies are described in Tables and AF2 (Additional file 2) There were 1,963 patients included in the 21 RCTs, and 526,629, in the 42 observational studies The...
... association, the temporal associationbetween GORD and asthma, and finally, the severity–response associationbetweenthe two diseases METHODS Search strategy Studies published between 1966 and October ... pressure increases.8 The aim of this systematic review is to provide a realistic estimate of the strength and direction of theassociationbetween GORD and asthma in adults Despite the large number ... studies were identified, and 28 of these met our inclusion and exclusion criteria The progression of studies through the search and selection process is illustrated in fig 1, andthe number of studies...
... diet and physical activity and provision of social support through an online message forum The analysis tests the hypothesis that greater engagement either with self-monitoring tools or the social ... subscription charge The service is a self-help tool assisting the user in recording diet and exercise and charting their progress towards a target weight The user registers online and enters personal ... posted) Weight and height These were self-reported on the website at registration and weight subsequently updated by the user Height and weights were used to calculate initial and final Body...
... dealing with the structure of the boards of directors 1994: Canada; 1995: Australia, France andthe European Union; 1996: The Netherlands; 1997: Japan and EE.UU.; 1998: Spain, Belgium Germany and Italy; ... of interests and helps to improve the monitoring function of the board (Jensen, 1983) Therefore, when the chairman andthe CEO functions fall onto the same person – CEO duality – the concentration ... compromise the monitoring role of the board (Forker, 1992) and affect the quality and amount of information disclosed Authors like Donnely and Mulcahy (2008), Ho and Wong (2001) and Gul and Leung...
... institutional investors and firms' earnings persistence, leading to hypothesis below Hypothesis There is an associationbetweenthe earnings persistence of a firm andthe number or the percentage of ... evidence that the magnitude of the relation between stock returns and earnings depends on the persistence of earnings They found a positive relationship betweenthe magnitude o f the eamings-retum ... associationbetween earnings persistence and institutional ownership This is examined in hypothesis which states, "there is an associationbetweenthe earnings persistence o f a firm andthe number/percent...
... grow quickly and others not That is, the variation in the dependent variables comes from both the time series andthe cross-sections, and some pooling of data is necessary to address the questions ... data, and note significant deviations betweenthe PWT 6.0 and PWT 5.6 results The PWT 6.0 data contain more observations than the PWT 5.6 data, but when matched with the data for other variables the ... and liberalization, on the one hand, and growth and growth volatility, on the other, were tradeoffs in democracies We explore briefly both lines of inquiry as a guide to further research 13 The...
... family Very often, the person who takes such a stand will command the respect of their peers—many of whom may wish that they too could make a similar commitment Nonetheless, such a stand can also generate ... primarily from the narrow focus on organizational goals and objectives to the exclusion of personal goals and objectives In other words, if all that matters is the organization's goals, there is simply ... organizations compete for a limited resource The success of one means that it tends to get more of the resource, which then reduces the success of the others The resource could be limited dollars to...
... 1–32 The definitions of household in the SCF and in the Surveys of Consumers are consistent enough to allow for comparisons In this article, we use the terms family and household interchangeably The ... ‘‘Saving and Financial Planning: Some ´ Household Financial Management: The Connection between Knowledge and Behavior and more research on budgeting and cash-flow management is needed Data from the ... questions covering consumer attitudes and expectations andthe respondents’ socioeconomic and demographic characteristics.34 In the November and December 2001 surveys, the Federal Reserve Board commissioned...
... their investigation As well, they adequately reported on the content of the interventions, the statistical analytic decisions, andthe dates of recruitment and follow-up, and they addressed their ... information regarding the intervention itself, the statistical analyses performed, andthe methodology and adequate discussion of the generalizability of the results and how they fit in the context of ... the statistical methods used, detailing of the flow of participants through the study and their baseline characteristics, and an interpretation of the results as they fit in the context of other...
... has termed the Matthew effect, with the better readers reading more and therefore increasing their exposure to print, and consequently their word recognition skills and their fluency and speed ... whom had received their research funding from the ARC, to discuss and review their work in the reading area As noted by Pratt and Coltheart7, the issues covered andthe emphases of the different ... comprehension and listening comprehension was still evident at the end of Year and at the end of Year At the end of Year the differences betweenthe experimental and control groups were significant on the...