The dose-response curve did not betray any obvious signs of correlation: in some instances a decrease in risk was even seen, with the possible exception of heaviest users, where biases in the data made it impossible to ascertain any solid relationship.
A recent meta-analysis including 18 randomized studies (7593 patients) suggested a decrease in risk of nosocomial infection with a restrictive transfusion strategy [148].
"Relatively small amounts of training resulted in a decrease in risk of dementia over the 10-year period of 29percentt, as compared to the control," said Dr. Jerri Edwards, lead author of the article and a Professor at the University of South Florida, College of Medicine in a statement.
In multivariate models for all respondents (Table 3) and in the sensitivity analysis (Additional file 3: Table S3), respondents' age and prior arrest history were most strongly associated with risk of arrest, and there was a trend toward a decrease in risk associated with a linkage to firearms.
Some preliminary estimates that the IMF is working on suggest that it does not take large multipliers for the joint effects of fiscal consolidation and the implied lower growth to lead in the end to an increase, not a decrease, in risk spreads on government bonds.
Urbanization profoundly changes the epidemiology of malaria, causing a decrease in risk, when compared to rural areas [1] [3].
For HADHA/B, the minor G-allele associated with a decrease in risk of developing central obesity (ORadd = 0.93 0.87 0.99), Padd = 0.03).
Interestingly, a large population-based cohort study of the use of phenothiazines has indicated a decrease in risk of rectal, colon and prostate cancer [44].
The use of surrogate markers as endpoints presents some study feasibility advantages [52], but improvement in a surrogate endpoint does not itself confer a definitive proof of patient benefit (i.e., a decrease in risk of AAA rupture) [53].
[1], [3] The Kenyan trial reported a decrease in risk behavior among both the circumcised and uncircumcised groups, with the uncircumcised men reporting less unprotected sex and greater condom use at 24 months follow-up.
Two studies reported a decrease in risk of colon or colorectal cancer (10, 12).
