Other studies, from other countries report significantly different findings of frequency of Neisseria meningitidis as the causative pathogen for childhood meningitis [15].
Richard F. Culp, a professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, who compared more than 200 juvenile correctional facilities across the country, reported significantly less crowding, better morale and fewer problems at private institutions.
The majority of the doctors in both countries reported good health, but this proportion was significantly lower in Germany (Table 1).
But both countries reported weak exports.
All participants from both countries reported having learned a great deal from the experience.
For men a visit to a specific country was reported significantly more often as the reason for faecal testing (28% (n = 27) vs. 15% (n = 18) for women, Chi-square test p = 0.02).
A recent independent study of UK radiation workers, which did not contribute in its entirety to the 15-country study, reported significantly increased risks of mortality from leukaemia and from all cancers excluding leukaemia (ERR/Sv=1.712, 90% CI: 0.06, 4.29 and ERR/Sv=0.275, 90% CI: 0.02, 0.56, respectively; Muirhead et al, 2009).
For the report of parental concerns on the PEDS indicating moderate developmental risk, studies done in high income countries reported a significantly higher rate than those done in low and middle income countries.
In addition, in these countries the ISAAC studies reported significantly higher wheezing prevalence than non-ISAAC studies and this was not due to an increase over time, nor age of child, both of which (and various other variables) were adjusted for in the analyses.
Within each country, those with PAD reported significantly lower mean health utilities than those without PAD; the unadjusted decrease in utilities, i.e., the disutility ranged from 0.07 to 0.13.
