Furthermore, alcohol had a greater attenuating effect on ACTH and a related hormone (i.e., arginine vasopressin [AVP]) in people with alcoholic fathers, suggesting that alcohol may be more rewarding for such individuals (Zimmermann et al. 2004 b ).
Adjustment for cumulative behaviours had the greatest attenuating effect (38 77 %).
For Pakistani women, adjustment for education had the greatest attenuating effect reducing excess risk by 20%.
Adjustment for truncal or abdominal obesity partially attenuated the ethnic differential, but the Matsuda IR index had the greatest attenuating effect.
In this study we have used a measure of psychological distress, one mechanism linking psychosocial circumstances and health, and predicted that this psychological mediator would have the greatest attenuating effect, followed by material factors and then behavioral mediators.
While the level of mononuclear cells was attenuated, greater numbers of neutrophils were found in the BAL of CCR2 deficient smoke-exposed, influenza-infected animals than in wild-type controls.
After adjustment, the estimate of 25% greater incidence was attenuated to 8% (2.1% to 15%).
Overall, Ad36 seropositivity was associated with greater adiposity and attenuated deterioration in better glycemic control, both cross-sectionally and longitudinally (Supplementary Table 1).
Protectors that absorbed more energy demonstrated greater force attenuation at the higher impact velocities (3 and 4 m/s conditions), while protectors that did not directly contact (but instead bridged) the skin overlying the greater trochanter attenuated more force at velocities of 2 and 3 m/s.
If there is a slippery slope here, the much more widespread use of drugs in "problem" children who are diagnosed as having attention deficit hyperactivity disorder poses a far greater risk than attenuating growth in a small number of profoundly disabled children.
