"Using this group as a comparison group takes into account possible genetic or lifestyle factors associated with present or previous psychiatric disorders, " the researcher notes.
One examined 29 patients with Crohn's disease and found that after six months, 21 were considered remitted. (There wasn't a control group for comparison.) The other was study of 54 patients with ulcerative colitis.
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The battle then will make the fuss over the Berwick nomination look like a group hug by comparison.
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My analysis indicates, rather, that the risk premium on investment grade corporates is generous, making that group attractive by comparison.
One problem: The Erbitux trial lacks a control group or a comparison to conventional chemotherapy, so the study does not show clear survival benefit.
Twenty had relapsing remitting MS, 15 had secondary progressive MS, and five had primary progressive MS. Researchers also recruited 15 healthy control patients free from ophthalmological or neurological disease as a comparison group.
But the fact that the kids got injections despite the absence of a nerve gas attack does not sit well with critics who don't view Israel's tiny and military trained population as a good comparison group to U.S. civilians.
Well after the financial help and hand-holding had stopped, the families of those who had been randomly chosen for the Bandhan programme were eating 15% more, earning 20% more each month and skipping fewer meals than people in a comparison group.
The few trials conducted that separated participants, into a group taking fish-oil supplements and another that didn't, weren't well done, because the women often knew if they were getting the supplement, and in some cases there wasn't a comparison group at all, she said.
But the most scientifically credible study of the effects of Medicaid, based on randomly assigning 10, 000 people to Medicaid coverage in Oregon, found there was no statistically significant difference in ER use between those newly enrolled in Medicaid relative to the (largely uninsured) comparison group.
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The Danish study is prospective in nature, which distinguishes it from most other studies on the health effects of cell phone use, which were case-control studies and enrolled subjects diagnosed with brain tumors and a comparison group of subjects who were free of brain tumors in order to compare reported cell phone usage in the two groups.
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Moreover, the famine was short and geographically restricted, meaning that a natural control group was available for comparison.
The UK operations have been performing poorly in comparison to the group's businesses elsewhere.
In comparison, a group of people who did not undergo neurofeedback saw their recall rate increase from 73% to just 75%.
Armed with photographs and records from the original expedition, Schaller and a group of graduate students conducted comparison studies to look for signs of climate change.
For comparison, another group of nine volunteers with amblyopia wore similar goggles but had their good eye covered, and watched the whole game through only their lazy eye.
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On social media, reactions to the group are favourable across Libya in comparison to other militias, particularly over its charitable work.
Instead Argos, Currys and the now defunct Comet group agreed to set up a price comparison website where consumers can easily compare warranties.
There was no control group or head-to-head comparison with embolization.
This group reckon that he only looks dynamic in comparison with Mr Clinton because he enjoys the advantage of a parliamentary system, which makes it easy to get things done.
But EDF's former chief operating officer, Derek Lickorish, now head of the government's Fuel Poverty Advisory Group, said it was not a fair comparison as French electricity was 80% nuclear while the UK still relied on fossil fuels.
Using a group of 81 untrained testers, she conducted a comparison of five commercially available burgers made from soya (and one made from beef, as a control).
By comparison, only 28% of a control group of patients put on a waiting list saw their symptoms improve markedly.
One way to do that is with the classic comparison matrix, originated by the Boston Consulting Group, of four quadrants, charting values along the x- and y-axes.
For comparison, Keyes and colleagues also interviewed a control group of teenagers raised by their biological parents.
Last month, UnitedHealth Group bought Humedica, which aggregates information on large patient populations for comparison purposes, and ferrets out at-risk patients.
Thus, a comparison is made between the Soccernomics, Latinos Post (Group A, B, C, and D), Soccernews, and Wisdom Of Crowds approaches.
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By comparison, 4.4% of members in the control group suffered this outcome.
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In the case of Alliance Holdings Group LP, the RSI reading has hit 26.8 by comparison, the universe of dividend stocks covered by Dividend Channel currently has an average RSI of 60.2.
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