Sentence examples for as a continuous exposure from inspiring English sources

In separate survival analyses, area participation rate was included both as a continuous exposure variable and as a categorical variable (tertiles; low: 35 49%, meddle: 50 54%, high: 55 84%).

A sustained release of the drug from the NPs is important as a continuous exposure of the tumor cells to anticancer drugs of a relatively lower but safer concentration that gives little chance for the tumor blood vessels to grow, resulting in much better efficacy and fewer side effects than intermittent chemotherapy.

The design of this study was similar to previous studies, although one potentially important difference is that we estimated the effect of air pollution as a continuous exposure (as did [24], [25]), whereas other studies categorized exposure into quartiles [22], [23].

d P trend values were obtained from regression models using physical activity as a continuous exposure.

Maternal CMD was added into the model as a continuous exposure variable (SRQ score) in order to maximise power to detect an effect.

In a multivariable logistic regression use of SRQ score as a continuous exposure variable did not altered our finding of no association between CMD and infant undernutrition.

The animals were allocated to three groups (n=12 in each group) and exposed to 8% oxygen as follows: group A: continuous exposure for 180 min; group B: continuous exposure for 90 min; and group C: 10 min of exposure repeated at 10-min intervals over a period of 180 min (total exposure time, 90 min).

This probably indicates a low level of exposure as animal hosts with a continuous exposure to tetracycline have a higher percentage of Tet-R E. coli, and these isolates carry a greater diversity of resistance genes.

We can interpret this observation as either a threshold continuous exposure period that is required before cell death occurs, or a fixed delay period (lag) that occurs after the initial insult during which the apoptotic mechanism is engaged.

(H epatology 2014 59 1351-1365) Immune cells within the liver are maintained in a state of active tolerance as a result of continuous exposure to microbe-derived pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs), toxins, and food-derived antigens.

Acute exposure was defined as a single exposure, continuous exposure lasting less than 8 hours, or repeated exposures over a period no longer than one week [ 2].