Tuberculosis was the commonest cause of respiratory system death.
The commonest causes of secondary glaucoma (n = 53 participants) were couching (an ancient, traditional non-medical manipulation of the crystalline lens; 38%%), trauma (21%%), uveitis (19%%) and following intracapsular cataract surgery (17%%).
Abnormal uterine bleeding affects women of all ages and is the commonest reason for referral to secondary care [1, 2].
Worldwide, the liver is the commonest site of primary and secondary cancer, yet the large majority of these tumours have hitherto been incurable.
8 % of glaucoma was secondary with the commonest causes being couching (38%%), trauma (21%%) and uveitis (19%%).
Similarly, in EGFR-mutated tumors, the efficacy of TKIs is limited by the development of resistance mechanisms, the commonest of which is the secondary T790M mutation within exon 20 of the EGFR gene.
The commonest form of duodenal inflammation is secondary involvement from acute pancreatitis ( Fig. 5d, e), which usually affects the descending duodenum along its medial aspect, rather than the duodenal bulb.
Abnormal uterine bleeding affects women of all ages and is the commonest gynaecological reason for referral to secondary care. 1 2 Uterine polyps are focal outgrowths of the endometrium and are often found in association with uterine bleeding in both premenopausal and postmenopausal women.
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), defined as hepatic steatosis in the absence of a secondary cause, is the commonest cause of liver disease in westernized countries, affecting up to 33% of the general population (1, 2) and up to 75% in some subgroups such as obese patients (3).
Most of the people also had some form of formal education and the commonest completed educational levels were senior secondary school (SSS), followed by universities or polytechnics and the average number of years that the respondents spent in school was 11 years.
