During a median follow-up period of 11.9 years (0.05 15.4), a total of 81 colorectal cancer cases were ascertained in the cohort of 4902 non-diabetic women with fasting serum insulin and glucose values at baseline.
Further, it is possible that cases of depression were not ascertained in the cohort because of the stigma associated with mental health treatment.
13, 14 We obtained, by review of the case records and outpatient lists, details of the detection and management of all cases of PCHI ascertained in the birth cohort described above.
Table 1 reports the characteristics of cases ascertained in the 5-km circular area around the nuclear power plant (KKK).
Cases ascertained in the UK in travelers were obtained from a comprehensive scan of press reports cross-checked with UK Health Protection Agency daily updates to ensure consistency of numbers, and possible clusters were ascertained the same way.
It should be noted that from the studies mentioned, it cannot be safely ascertained whether the adverse events observed in the case of hyperchloraemia are due to elevated levels of Cl− or acidosis per se.
Consequently, the CA-125 cannot be exclusively employed as a surveillance measure in ovarian cancer because elevated values may be ascertained in cases of non-malignancy (Rettenmaier et al, 2005).
In the case of events only ascertained by self-report (n = 67, 13% of all events), only a year was given; 31st December was therefore used for the purposes of analysis (those with missing year are excluded (n = 47 where no other incident event occurred)).
The serpentinite origin of such detrital grains may be ascertained in some cases by the presence of chrome spinel or the pseudomorphing of serpentinite textures by polycrystalline chlorite clots.
In contrast to what's been done in the case of paper, no one has yet ascertained the future costs of preserving electronic books and newspapers over the long term.
