Given that we related 17 outcomes (the cancers plus total mortality, CHD, and stroke) to two components of blood pressure, it is highly plausible that these latter two associations are attributable to the play of chance, or, because of their small magnitude, confounding by unmeasured factors, residual confounding by measured factors, or both.
Our study further suggests that reversible prerenal factors attributable to the cirrhotic milieu play a major etiologic role in approximately 50% of patients with re-OLT renal dysfunction.
Howard's modest number of endorsements is attributable to the area where he plays and the Magic's absence from the postseason, said Doug Shabelman, the president of Burns Entertainment and Sports Marketing in Chicago.
As Dave Stevens, former FHA director and now CEO of the Mortgage Bankers Association, pointed out, the losses the agency is now facing "are attributable to the critical function it played when the market turned and many private lenders refused to lend.
In addition to their skeletal features, these patients have cardiovascular, pulmonary, gastrointestinal, neurologic and metabolic abnormalities, likely attributable to the role that LIFR plays in embryonic or fetal development.
I say that because I believe that much of my success in the N.Y.P.D. is attributable to my playing a team sport that not only taught me how to play with others but gave me the confidence to succeed in what was always considered a difficult job.
In fact, all of the district agricultural experts interviewed about the cause of flooding mentioned that flooding in the district is partly attributable to the following human activities that played a greater role in determining flood damage.
This may be partly attributable to the transformational role that education plays as a catalyst for change that informs and influences decisions and choices [ 33, 34].
There are slow spots in this two-and-a-half-hour play, some attributable to the script's age, some to imperfect pacing.
While last year's recession and the costs of the war on terrorism played a role, he said, the bulk of the deteriorating fiscal outlook over the long run was attributable to the administration's emphasis on tax cuts.
