Even more relevant with respect to the potential specificity for breast cancer with a basal phenotype is a recent population based study showing a reduction in ER/PR negative breast tumors in women treated with lipophilic statins such as Simvastatin [49].
How prevalent the condition is remains debatable but recent general population based studies showed an incidence of 11.4 per 100,000 person-years [2] and a point prevalence of 0.11%, or 105.6 955% CI, 88.6 122.6) per 100,000 persons [3].
A recent population based study showed that ADT was associated with an increased risk of diabetes, myocardial infarction, and hypertension [ 7].
A community based study showed that abdominal pain is more frequently reported in childhood than in adolescence [ 18].
A population based study showed that only about one-third of vertebral fractures comes to medical attention, whereas the majority remains unnoticed [ 5].
A US based study showed that people with low socioeconomic status had worse ratings of their healthcare provider [ 25], Conversely a 2001 UK study showed that socioeconomic differences accounted for a small amount of variability in patient evaluations of care [ 26], One previous study in Hong Kong suggested that the public specialist outpatient care was highly equitable [ 18].
A recent EST based study showed HKGs primarily use CpG-dependant core promoters [ 24].
We previously reported a hospital based study showing that short foot length had the potential to be used as a low-cost tool to identify low birth weight or preterm newborns born at home in the event that weighing scales and clinical assessment were not available [ 12].
A nationwide facility based study shows 42% unintended pregnancies [ 14].
A recent Canadian register-based study showed a similar odds ratio [ 23], but it should be noted that those results pertained specifically to use of benzodiazepines, and diagnoses were based on physicians claims files.
