The phrase "a more strict definition" is not correct in standard English; it should be "a stricter definition." You can use it when discussing the need for a definition that is more precise or rigorous than a previous one.
Example: "In this context, we need a stricter definition of what constitutes plagiarism."
Alternatives: "a more rigorous definition" or "a tighter definition."
The NODS, as designed, provided a more strict definition of disordered gambling than the SOGS.
Excluding these cases for a more strict definition of diabetes resulted in 2,752 cases.
However, it might be possible to apply our findings to general medical students by using a more strict definition of peer social support.
In sensitivity analyses, we first repeated all analyses excluding outpatients and also applied a more strict definition of febrile seizures by using ICD-10 code R56.0 only.
(Some individuals adhere to a more strict definition of prognostic marker as applying only to the natural history of patients who received no treatment following local therapy).
Similar results were observed when a more strict definition of diabetes combining both diabetes diagnosis and anti-diabetic treatment was used.
In a similar model, classifying individuals as GADA positive (GADA>21.2 WHO units/ml) or negative, the risk for GADA positive participants at baseline was 1.37 [95% CI 0.98 to 1.92] compared to GADA negative individuals and using a slightly more strict definition for GADA positive (GADA>30.0 WHO unit/ml) the relative risk was 1.49 (1.10 to 2.01).
We decided to use the more strict definition with a 3-month limit, because it is reasonable to assume that 2 months is not enough in joint replacement patients.
This more strict definition led to a later start of the heat wave, a greater influence by the "added" effect of temperature, and relatively less important interaction effects.
When this more strict definition of bleeding was used, there was still a numerical trend towards a higher risk in Malmö, but the difference lost statistical significance; a type II statistical error cannot be excluded.
Similar results were seen using the more strict definition of malaria (>7000 parasites/µl).
