The phrase "adverse variance" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in financial or business contexts to describe a situation where actual results differ negatively from expected or budgeted results.
Example: "The company reported an adverse variance in its quarterly earnings, indicating that expenses were higher than anticipated."
Alternatives: "negative variance" or "unfavorable variance".
Aviva, the UK's second-biggest insurer, recently announced a pre tax profits slump to £87m last year, compared with £2.4bn in 2010, due to "adverse unrealised investment variances".
Variance in adverse outcomes was explained by a protective effect of the perceived adequacy of training and support and by a provocative effect of maladaptive coping style and other individual factors.
As estimates of the within study variance of the adverse event scores were not available, a customary network analysis investigating heterogeneity was not possible.
Univariate relationships significant at the level of p<0.05 were retained for stepwise regression analysis to determine which of these variables accounted for significant variance in each adverse outcome (Table 7).
AEs: Adverse events; ANOVA: Analysis of variance; APaT: All patients as treated; FAS: Full analysis set; IMMPACT: Initiative on methods, measurement, and pain assessment in clinical trials; LDA: Longitudinal data analysis; LS: Least squares; NRS: Numerical rating scale; NSAIDs: Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs; PCA: Patient-controlled analgesia; RI: Recovery index.
AE: adverse event; ANOVA: analysis of variance; BDP: beclomethasone dipropionate; BID: twice daily; HRQOL: health-related quality of life; ICS: inhaled corticosteroid; ITG-ASF: Integrated Therapeutics Group Asthma Short Form; MF-DPI: mometasone furoate administered via a dry powder inhaler; QD PM: once-daily in the evening.
5 A range of environmental risk factors may contribute to the remaining variance in liability, including adverse life events, poverty, childhood adversity and physical disease.
This implies that the subjective resource variance of a more adverse environment is larger than the subjective variance of a less adverse environment, if the acceptable part of the resource distribution includes more than half of the full resource distribution.
Results suggest that "Partier" self-concept partially mediates the relationship between binge drinking and adverse consequences, and it contributes unique variance beyond that explained by frequency of binge drinking and duration of alcohol consumed during binge episodes.
This induction or inhibition can cause unforeseen variances in drug metabolism, adverse events, and therapeutic failures.
