These authors also suggested that urban/rural differences in the prevalence of asthma reported in some studies could be due to how urban and rural areas are defined in different settings, differences in types of exposures, cultural practices and lifestyle factors, which present a challenge in comparing data from different settings.
The discrepancies in the different studies' results may be explained by differences in types of vaccines used, use of adjuvants, host immune factors, and previous vaccinations [ 3].
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 The inconsistency among these studies may be explained by differences in types of fruits consumed in different study populations as well as difference in participants' characteristics, study design, and assessment methods, although a meta-analysis did not show that the associations differed by sex, study design, or location.
The wide range of SIRs reported from different studies may be caused by the differences in types of studies (population-based, clinical-based or questionnaire), ages at diagnosis (the upper-limit), follow-up time, completeness and criteria for inclusion of childhood cancer form and/or treatment regimens.
Other factors may be the exploration of different risk factors for developing CIRI across settings, for example differences in types of drugs used (e.g., black tar heroin in California, United States vs. white heroin in British Columbia, Canada), intensity of drug use, and availability and access to clean injection paraphernalia [ 9].
Also, differences in types of the elevated antibodies have served to propose different mechanisms of viral carcinogenesis and biomarkers for risk stratification.
Different studies found different analgesia time in caudal application of bupivacaine, which may be due to differences in types of surgery, pain scoring systems, drug dosage and volume, analgesia time assessment methods, and family factor [ 15].
Booking in Europe can be tricky because of the wide differences in types of accommodations.
Carmela Coyle, a senior vice president of the American Hospital Association, said that comparing hospitals was "a very complex science" because of the differences in types of patients being treated.
Various factors shape the environment in which interest groups operate and provide a foundation for understanding similarities and differences in types of interest group systems around the world.
