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His immune cell count at baseline was slightly lower than the others, with 504 CD3+, 254 CD4+, and 229 cells/mmls/mm due to prolonged prior dexamethasone use but it was maintained at a steady level throughout his treatment.

While recruitment at baseline was slightly lower than anticipated, it is similar to that of other studies of this nature [ 62] and is consistent with research showing that participation rates in large cohort studies appear to be decreasing.

Baseline CD4 was slightly lower in migrant workers than in the general population (205 vs 212 cells/mm3) but this difference was not statistically significant (p = 0.70) (Table 1).

In our study, mean waist circumference did not differ significantly between early and intermediate matured girls at baseline, but was slightly lower among late maturing girls.

At baseline, IGF-I bioactivity was slightly lower in the type 2 diabetic patients than in the leaner non-diabetic participants.

The actual size of the potentially beneficial effect should further be determined in a placebo controlled study to rule out the impact of, for instance, regression to the mean, which might have exerted some influence in our cohort study, because baseline femur neck BMD was slightly lower in prednisone users.

Interestingly, baseline content of intracellular insulin was slightly lower in RS cells than in RR cells (34.1±7.3 vs. 80.1±16.0 ng/mL per 1 ng DNA respectively; n = 4, p<0.05; Fig. 10B).

It also meant that despite random allocation the static lung compliance at baseline was slightly higher and the PEEP was slightly lower in the PHARLAP group (Table 1).

This may explain why disease activity, although not significantly different at the baseline of the second anti-TNF drug, was slightly lower in the group that developed ADA, because patients are more sensitive to deterioration once they have previously improved, and the switch is performed at lower levels of disease activity.

At the baseline, i.e., 2 weeks after surgery, mean body weight was slightly lower in MI animals (BD and CD) than in SH (Fig. 2A).

The proportion of patients with signs of decompensation was slightly lower at all three visits in the subgroup with a baseline HR of <75 bpm compared with the two other subgroups with higher baseline HRs.