Sentence examples for fragile subgroups from inspiring English sources
Thus, designing and implementing interventions that are both effective against injurious falls and acceptable over the long term remains a challenge, especially for the oldest and more fragile subgroups.
In particular, we have tried to identify cross-sectionally fragile subgroups on inclusion in a cohort[ 11], based on associations of 1) BHR (the gold standard in terms of obstructive disorder investigation) and, 2) post-methacholine AR, FENO, eosinophils percentages in nasal lavage fluid and symptoms.
It should be noted that our patients represent a particularly fragile subgroup, as most patients had been previously treated with chemoradiotherapy.
To determine whether identification of risk factors reflected a more medically fragile subgroup, we evaluated the proportion of patients with bulbar insufficiency.
This reduction in major bleeding was consistent for all of the groups that made up the fragile patient subgroup (older age [1.2 vs 4.5 %], reduced CrCl [0.9 vs 4.1 %], and light body weight [0 vs 4.6 %]).
22, 23 The excess mortality during the first 3 months after fracture is most likely explained by a higher rate of preexisting comorbidities in a subgroup of fragile patients.
However, to postulate a causal difference based on our study would be highly speculative – considering among others the fragile dataset of HRT formulation subgroups.
Fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS) is seen in a subgroup of older adults who are carriers of premutation alleles (55 200 cytosine, guanine and guanine [CGG] repeats) of the fragile X mental retardation 1 (FMR1) gene (Hagerman et al 2001; Berry-Kravis et al 2007; Jacquemont et al 2007; Leehey et al 2007).
He said the original goal had been undermined by "realities outside our own control," including fragmentation of rebel groups into warring subgroups and a new division in the capital, Khartoum, between northern and southern leaders who had been working in a fragile so-called government of national unity.
