Sentence examples for double the prevalence from inspiring English sources

The psychological and social stresses often experienced by refugees during migration can double the prevalence of severe disorders (psychosis, severe depression and disabling anxiety), and increase the figures of mild to moderate mental disorders from 10% to 15-20%, according to the World Health Organisation (pdf).

As a group, they include asthma, now estimated to affect 1 in 10 children — at least double the prevalence of 1980 — and autoimmune disorders, which afflict 1 in 20.

The prevalence of moderate to severe cognitive impairment in hemodialysis patients is more than double the prevalence in the general population.

The CDC reported more than double the prevalence of obesity compared to the IOTF and approximately 30% more obese than the WHO.

Disparities in maternal and infant health are substantial in this population; Hispanic women tend to be more physically inactive and have almost double the prevalence of prepregnancy diabetes, as compared to non-Hispanic white women.

Of the remaining RA patients, 2 in every 5 individuals had abnormal office BP (systolic/diastolic >139/89 mmHg), contributing to almost double the prevalence of declared/office hypertension compared to the general matched population (67% vs. 34%).

Doubling the prevalence of severe lameness (i.e., from 2.5 to 5%) was associated with reductions in milk production of 0.7 kg/cow per day and 39 kg/AMS per day.

However, apart from the two above-mentioned exceptions, the co-existence of multiple vascular co-morbidities at least doubled the prevalence of depression compared with having only one specific vascular co-morbidity.

Inclusion of the excluded schools approximately doubled the prevalence of reported odor, and the effect of low white/low SES, compared with high white/high SES, changed from elevated risk to reduced risk in each of the three livestock odor models, suggesting that schools with high white enrollment are disproportionately exposed to odors from other types of livestock operations.

Inclusion of these 39 schools approximately doubled the prevalence of reported odor (outside or inside, 34%; outside only, 18%; outside and inside, 19%) and resulted in marked attenuation of the effect of low white enrollment (outside or inside: PR = 0.89; 95% CI, 0.59 1.32; outside only: PR = 0.88; 95% CI, 0.48 1.61; outside and inside: PR = 0.86; 95% CI, 0.45 1.64).

A cross-sectional study of migrant fishermen in Thailand conducted in 2000 found a 15% prevalence of HIV/AIDS, while a 2004 cross-sectional study among fishermen in Sihanoukville, Cambodia documented an HIV prevalence of 16.1%, more than double the HIV prevalence estimated for the general population [ 6, 11].