Table 1 shows selected background of the study subjects from the two surveys.
Moreover, since a protective genotype in one population may increase the cancer risk in another population due to other linked polymorphisms that exhibit stronger effects on the susceptibility to cancer, the different genetic background of the study subjects should be also considered.
A factorial design was chosen instead of a repeated measures design because there were few differences in experience, training, or background of the subjects in this experiment which makes it unlikely that real differences between treatments would be confounded with inter-subject variance other than their perception of the CRE, which could not be separated by a repeated measure design.
Thus, genetic studies about the association of genetic polymorphisms with prostate cancer risk might show different results depending on the ethnic background of the subjects.
While the reasons for the lack of body mass increase following Mecp2 reactivation is not clear, and the influence of Mecp2 on body mass is clearly dependent upon the specific genetic background of the subjects (17), the lack of apparent body mass 'rescue' is not unprecedented.
Moreover, it was observed that breakfast with a source of monounsaturated fat as olive oil did not modify the lipid profile of the analyzed population, maybe due to the sample size and the time of intervention or the genetic background of the subjects.
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