Being belted is protective for ejection, but may not protect against occupant compartment infringement.
For example, HLOF at PCSK9 can lead to reduced levels of LDL cholesterol (3), HLOF at SLC30A8 is protective for type 2 diabetes (4) and a homozygous partial deletion of CCR5 protects against HIV infection (5, 6).
It is important to bear in mind that a study of this nature does not necessarily prove that pizza is protective for heart disease, as those eating pizza may have a reduced risk of heart disease due to favourable differences in what are known as confounding factors (such as smoking habits, alcohol consumption and body weight).
The result suggests that an acute-to-chronic extrapolation factor of 100 is protective for more than 90%% of the chemicals.
To determine whether diabetes mellitus is protective for nuclear sclerotic cataract at baseline and 6 and 12 months after vitrectomy surgery.
The determined ACRaqu as well as the ACRs of Daphnia and fish shows that an extrapolation factor of 100 is protective for more than 90%% of the chemicals within the scope of REACH (Table 1).
Based on the evaluated dataset, an AF of 100, as implied by the European guidance documents, is protective for more than 90%% of industrial chemicals to estimate Daphnia and fish toxicity.
The objective of the study was to evaluate the frequency of obstetrical anal sphincter injuries (OASIS) in women undergoing operative vaginal deliveries (OVD) and to assess whether a mediolateral episiotomy is protective for developing OASIS in these deliveries.
Practicing mindfulness is protective for caregivers (as well as patients... but that's another blog post) because it facilitates the experience of staying present during a patient's process of dying.
While having two copies of the sickle cell gene increases the risk of bacterial meningitis, and the risk of child mortality overall, having just one copy of the gene is protective for malaria.
Interestingly, similar to the effect of the STAT4 SNP rs7574865 shown in this study, the IL23R SNP rs11209026 is protective for CD susceptibility.
