This is because it has about 72% more farm premises compared to the Aberdeenshire sample, meaning that the total number of possible connections is increased disproportionately to the actual number of connections that exist.
The frequency of the PTPN22 1858T allele was increased disproportionately in male patients (53.8% compared to 33.0% in female patients, p < 0.001), and the resulting odds ratio for male carriers was increased to 4.47 (95% CI 2.5 8.0, p < 0.001).
The global prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease and cancer is increasing. 1 2 Alarmingly, NCDs are set to increase disproportionately in low-income and middle-income countries over the next 20 years, placing additional burden on already overstretched health systems.
The gap between rich and poor is increasing as business and officials benefit disproportionately from US aid donations.
Evidence is increasing that maladaptive ways of thinking and behaving occur disproportionately among people with few social supports.
The global burden of surgical disease is steadily increasing, disproportionately affecting low- and middle-income countries as many move through the epidemiological transition away from communicable towards non-communicable diseases [ 1].
In the absence of net ATP synthesis, this allows the basal proton conductance of the membrane to be calculated [ 21, 45]; this is non-ohmic, increasing disproportionately at high pmf [ 19, 51].
CDAD appears to be increasing rapidly in the United States and is disproportionately affecting older persons.
14 Smoking continues to be disproportionately represented among socioeconomically disadvantaged populations, and these disparities are increasing over time.
For both, the increase in consumption was disproportionately higher as the target concentration was increased.
