It is acknowledged that differences in the reporting systems of the two countries could be responsible for some of the obtained findings.
It has been acknowledged that difference between naïve and activated cells exist, as several studies have shown that CD4+CD25low T cells have a different activation status than in vitro-activated naïve T cells [27], [28], [29], [30], [31].
It should be acknowledged that any differences related to race or ethnicity could be genetic (T1DM acting differently based on race/ethnicity) or biological but mediated via other risk factors, such as hypertension, or related to socioeconomic factors.
Even though there is a wide variation in the prevalence of anxiety from one country to the other, it should be acknowledged that methodological differences play an important role in the estimation of prevalence.
50 Although this is an interesting finding it should also be acknowledged that the difference between groups in SE was insignificant, and behavioral approaches vary.
It must be acknowledged that there are differences in our sample with regard to the distribution of sex, to GPs practicing in Vienna and with regard to GPs working in group practices.
Third, the coding of admissions abstract could differ among LHA units and this may induce some bias., Fourth, it must be acknowledged that substantive structural differences exist between Italian and the US health care systems, and the US PQI rates have been shown for merely descriptive purposes: a structured comparison between the countries would require extra data and analyses.
The time from stroke was comparable between groups, but it should be acknowledged that a mean difference over 1 month may be clinically relevant, requiring a stratified analysis according to distance since stroke onset for future reporting of the complete trial.
In general it has to be acknowledged that the observed signal differences were well below 1% of the mean MM (figure 4b) and are probably due to inaccuracies of both methods, as no systematic bias was evident.
It should also be acknowledged that there are probably cultural differences between countries, both in life style and the reporting of FOF.
