Myocardial hypertrophy represents a great determinant in predicting the mortality and morbidity in cardiovascular diseases [ 2].
Dissatisfaction with conventional orthodox medicine was not a great determinant of patients resorting to using CAM, with only 1% (n = 6) of patients quoting this as a reason [ 39].
One of the greatest determinants of a person's health is their income.
As you might expect, Park Avenue medians contain fewer gar-bage cans (the greatest determinants of ant variety and abundance) and less complex flora; they are more manicured, less riotous.
In an article written in my online publication, one author asked of modern Holocaust education: "Who defines themselves by a horrific genocide?" Yet for many American Jews, the Holocaust and other tragedies are sometimes the greatest determinants of their Jewish identities.
I learned in law school, and it is still true today, that it is the color of the victim, not the perpetrator, that is the one of the greatest determinants in criminal sentencing.
Two areas that have been researched focus on the impact of how much weight you gain during the pregnancy as well as how much you gain directly after as greater determinants of long-term weight regulation.
For example, 6-wk and baseline pain were the greatest determinants of 12-wk pain (β = 0.66 and 0.41, respectively).
Indeed, other factors, such as depth of sedation [ 42], may be greater determinants of length of ventilation and ICU stay than development of pneumonia.
For Patel and Kleinmain [ 31], poverty itself can only partially explain the greater vulnerability of the poor to psychiatric disorders, and other individual and social characteristics that are greater determinants [ 32].
