Sentence examples for by differences in definition from inspiring English sources
These discrepancies may be explained at least in part by differences in definition.
However, as mentioned above, not all differences can be explained by differences in definition.
These discrepancies might be explained by differences in definition, as growth failure has often been defined as a height below −2 SD compared with the reference population ("short stature") [ 4], whereas we defined it as either height below the expected target or abnormal deflection of the growth.
However, trend analyses of national asthma prevalence and international comparison of asthma prevalence in different populations have been constrained by differences in definitions and inconsistent measures of asthma used in prevalence surveys [ 5].
To the extent that the differences between countries are caused by differences in definitions and coverage, the differences may be expected to remain systematic over time.
However, the analysis was limited by differences in definitions of AEs between studies, and the total number of AEs in studies was low resulting in wide CIs.
Many studies had unclear or high risk of bias in at least one domain of the Cochrane risk of bias tool, and safety outcomes were limited by differences in definitions of events.
Finally, we checked whether our conclusions could have been influenced by differences in definitions for clinical OA (cOA) progression in the included articles; for instance, knee joint replacement as opposed to pain progression or function decline.
This was necessary to overcome the potential bias generated by differences in definitions or coding and to improve inter-institutional reproducibility of information about the obstetric conditions leading to CD [ 21, 22].
