Although low, these figures are broadly comparable with a similar analysis of the white shark heart transcriptome [ 31], which found matches of 23.5% and 21.5%, respectively.
Mean weight and shape concern was higher in girls than in boys; the prevalence of high weight and shape concern was slightly higher than, but broadly comparable with, a population-based US study that used the same measure.
43 However, the results of these studies for the two-item Whooley questions appeared broadly comparable with studies using a different gold standard.
Results from our quantitative, randomized sample (n = 695) also are broadly comparable with findings from a qualitative study (n = 400) compiled from interviews obtained through convenience sampling, on tsunami awareness and evacuation preparedness in the Wellington Region [ 137].
Our earlier research also showed that MSM recruited through the Internet are broadly comparable with MSM in a national probability sample in Britain in terms of education, social class, area of residence, country of birth, alcohol consumption, age at first sex and HIV testing history [ 25].
This is broadly comparable with the typical £150 a week students pay to rent privately in neighbouring Newham.
Lead concentrations found in pheasants in our study were broadly comparable with those found in a previous survey commissioned by the UK Food Standards Agency [37], [38].
Six of our 450 participants (1.3 %) underwent total knee arthroplasty during the study period, broadly comparable with the findings of a cohort study conducted by Muraki et al., in which 30 people (1.0 %) in a population of 2,992 underwent knee arthroplasty during a 3.3-year surveillance period [ 42].
The yields of bronchoalveolar lavage (beyond the resources of most high TB-burden settings), sputum induction and gastric aspiration are broadly comparable with some data suggesting a modest advantage in favour of sputum induction and gastric aspirate culture [ 9, 10, 25].
The primary provision was praised for providing a safe and engaging learning environment in which children are able to progress to a level broadly comparable with children nationally and where pupils are extremely well behaved.
These findings are broadly comparable with the proportion of individuals prescribed a statin in the routine care group in ADDITION-Denmark between 2001 and 2006 (33%).
