... analyses were performed to assess the effect of both the smoking variables (current smoking and past smoking) on the riskfor RA Forward or backward stepwise selections were not used, and all clinically ... District of Finland were obtained from the organization Statistics of Finland (with the permission from the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Finland) Statistics of Finland obtains the majority ... 1495 candidate patients with RA and to 2000 candidate control individuals in June 2000 A reminder letter was sent weeks later to nonresponders The response rate for questionnaires among candidate...
... 0.47 for total protein, 0.55 for total iron [20], and 0.38 for meat [21] In this analysis, we examined associations between riskfor RA and intakes of the following individual nutrients and components: ... eAnimal and vegetable protein were adjusted for each other, total iron, andfor the same variables adjusted for in all the multivariate models fTotal iron was adjusted for total protein as well as for ... [15] that reported increased risk of IP with greater consumption of protein and red meat Pattison and coworkers [15] studied dietary intake andriskfor IP between 1993 and 2002, within a prospective...
... PTPN22 risk allele and heavy smoking for both seropositive and seronegative RA We did not observe similar gene-smoking interactions for CTLA-4 or PADI-4, for the overall riskfor RA, or for RF-positive ... ratio (OR) for RA of approximately 1.8 [9], and it appears to carry greater riskfor autoantibody-positive RA [12,24,25] Homozygotes for the variant T allele are at greatest riskfor RA (OR = ... increased riskfor RA associated with polymorphisms in the PTPN22, PADI-4 and CTLA-4 genes, and to assess whether of behavioral and reproductive factors that are known to be associated with RA risk...
... may be a risk factor for balance impairment One study found an increased riskfor balance impairment for people who used 3–4 medications per day (OR 1.72)[28] Providing some support for this, ... Dominguez, for her research coordination skills and her unflagging attention to details; Anjum Odhwani, MD, MPH, for her assistance in recruitment and training; and Harold Mayfield, for his generous ... investigators to indicate a greater riskfor falls[18-20] Research assistants were trained to perform the BBS according to standard protocols as described in the literature and with advice from a physical...
... ten-fold higher riskfor traumatic intracranial hemorrhages and more than a doubled riskfor non-traumatic intracranial hemorrhages, whereas infants delivered by CS had no increased riskfor either ... described association between VE-assisted birth and increased riskfor neonatal intracranial hemorrhages, and provides robust data on incidence andrisk factors for this complication The finding that ... intra-cranial lacerations and haemorrhage due to birth injury and, intracranial non-traumatic haemorrhage of foetus and newborn After adjustment for indication for operative delivery and other co-variates,...
... above-BTL) Significant group differences were observed for LSS and CFS above-BTL, andfor LSS at-BTL Symbols for p (or adjusted) values: ** b 0.01, * b 0.05, and ? b 0.10 78 W.-N Bair et al / Clinical ... fallers and non-fallers for any step type except for MS at-BTL Fig Mean single stance duration (standard error) Post-hoc analyses for significant group by step type interactions above- and at-BTL ... group variance, and Kenward–Roger adjustment Each mixed ANOVA model was first tested for main effects (i.e., main group, step type and perturbation magnitude), and then tested for group by step...
... AHR risk in obesity was 1.09 (CI 0.76–1.54) for class I, 1.5 (CI 0.92–2.46) for class II, and 2.78 (CI 1.56–4.94) for class III (Table 2) The p values were 64 for class I, 10 for class II, and ... class II obesity in men, whereas the OR was 4.82 and the AR was 51% for males with class II obesity In females, obesity was a significant risk factor for AHR at all levels of obesity Class I obesity ... significant risk factor However, for higher levels of obesity, classes II and III, there was a positive association between obesityand AHR The OR was 2.75 (95% CI 1.21–6.20) and the AR was 41% for class...
... (N=319), the risk estimates did not change markedly The adjusted OR for exposure to loratadine in the first trimester and 30 days before conception was 1.1 (95% CI: 0.0-7.7), and the OR for exposure ... gestational age, height and weight of the neonate, and personal identifiers for both mother and child [24] Use of loratadine, other antihistamines, IVF drugs, antidiabetics and epileptics As a part ... diabetes and preeclampsia Our case-control study had complete and independent registration of birth, birth outcome, and prescription data which prevented selection bias and some types of information...
... Project appraisal andrisk management for the public sector A IDEA AND PROJECT DEFINITION KEY QUESTIONS: a Where is the demand? b is this project consistent with company's expertise and strategy? ... Appraisal of Development Expenditures Project appraisal andrisk management for the public sector OUTPUT OF MODULE – Forecast of quantities and prices for life of project – Taxes, tariffs, subsidies, ... andrisk management for the public sector OUTPUT OF MODULE – Technology and life of project – Quantities of inputs by type needed – For investment and operation – Labour required by type and...
... and conference participants for useful comments and discussion and Bilyana Bogdanova, Pablo Garcia, Jimmy Shek and Jhuvesh Sobrun for research assistance Authors are members of the Monetary and ... cross-border) runs the risk of missing important developments in other forms (eg indirect cross-border) Borio and Lowe (2002) and Borio and Drehman (2009) examine credit-to-GDP ratios for a large sample ... the mid-1990s and Asia in the 2000s, but also between eastern Europe and Latin America, on the one hand, and Asia now Compared to emerging Europe and Latin America, in Asia the foreign currency...
... Rứisland, Anders Vredin, seminar participants at the Norges Bank Macro-Finance Forum, the 2012 Meeting of the International Finance and Banking Society, and the 2012 Meeting of the Society for ... Shiller (1981) and LeRoy and Porter (1981) have shown that stock prices See, for example, Roxburgh, et al (2012) Examples include Iacoviello (2005), Iacoviello and Neri (2010), and Walentin and Sellin ... knowledge is imperfect 12 See, for example, Kannan, Rabanal and Scott (2009), Angelini, Neri, and Panetta (2010), Christensen and Meh (2011), and Lambertini, Mendicino and Punzi (2011) then, the...
... economic growth changed? Evidence and lessons for public policy Abstract1 New Zealand’s recent rate of economic growth has remained strong despite a worldwide recession Policymakers, the press, and ... considerable gloom and uncertainty for the world economic outlook Notwithstanding these negative factors weighing on the economy and perceptions about the prospects for economic growth, the level ... economic reforms • New Zealand’s recent and current rate of GDP growth has run ahead of the world average • New Zealand has not suffered from the worldwide downturn that started in early 2001 and that...
... Quantitative data is provided for shared risk, risk taken on by Defence Management, and availability fee but not forrisk premiums Post contract data: risk, risk premium and availability fee 57 National ... airlines Public Riskfor Private Gain? and 42 their passengers.96 And the workforce bore risks in the form of support staff and management cuts of 20% The general public assumed risk through the ... transfer the risk of development cost overruns and delivery risk to Accenture In the revised contract development risks were shared61 and the Inland Revenue formally recognised that delivery risk had...
... was expressed as relative risk (RR) andrisk difference (RD) for categorical variables, and weighted mean difference (WMD) for continuous variables Main results Six randomized controlled clinical ... clinical and safety outcomes performed for inclusion in this review The VON trial has completed enrollment and is in data analysis and manuscript preparation The NICHD trial terminated early, and ... for administration of surfactant)was blinded to the clinical care team Low threshold for early surfactant administration, including need for CPAP, need for any supplemental oxygen and signs and...
... Guidelines, Standards and Health: Assessment of riskandrisk management for water-related infectious disease This page intentionally left blank Water Quality Guidelines, Standards and Health: ... regional strategies and standards and are: • • Guidelines for drinking-water quality Guidelines for the safe use of wastewater and excreta in agriculture and aquaculture2 Guidelines for safe recreational ... an increasing demand for evidence-based decision making There has been an increasing demand for information to support cost-benefit analysis Harmonised assessment of riskandrisk management:...
... computation method of [LaH] and pH for different growth media and different values for the initial pH Moreover, alternative model structures which describe both cell growthand metabolite production ... acid and pH measurements) is necessary Obviously, use is made of relations (14) and (15) and the determined values for a, b, c, a1, b1, c1 and pH0 to determine the input values [LaH](t) and [H ... gaining more and more attention for process evaluation, optimisation and design (Walls and Scott, 1997) For mathematical models to be of use in the specific subareas of food fermentation and biological...
... TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS FOR GREEN GROWTH FOREWORD This report was presented to the Working Party on the Information Economy (WPIE) in June 2009 and declassified by the Committee for Information, ... TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS FOR GREEN GROWTH TABLE OF CONTENTS SMART SENSOR NETWORKS: TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS FOR GREEN GROWTH Summary Sensor technology for green growth ... information on the status of the grid and power quality and rapid information on instabilities and outages Finally, geographic information systems provide geographic, spatial and location information...
... significantly higher for low- and highrisk respondents (0.870 and 0.792, respectively) than for those with type diabetes (0.778, p < 0.001 for each) The mean index score for low -risk respondents ... score and 0.049 for index score; p < 0.0001) and high -risk respondents (3.18 for VAS score and 0.009 for index score; p = 0.008) reported higher EQ-5D scores The model F statistic was 94.0 for ... higher for lowand high -risk respondents (79.6 and 70.4, respectively) compared with type diabetes respondents (66.8, p < 0.001 for each) (Figure 1) In addition, the mean VAS score for low-risk...