Even in the presence of 'apparently good' glycaemic control, overexposure to postprandial glucose excursions 8, 9 and its consequences persists 3, 4, 10– 10.
Their consequences persist today, particularly for LGBTQ prisoners, immigrants, and people in poverty.
Many of these effects, or their secondary consequences, persist throughout the life span of the offspring, causing a range of physical, behavioral, cognitive, and social dysfunctions that are collectively termed fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (Streissguth and O'Malley, 2000).
Depression leads to suffering and disability among adolescents [ 1], and also has serious long-term consequences persisting into young adulthood [ 2- 4].
The observation that GALT is not as rapidly restored as peripheral blood CD4 T cell counts following cART [7], [8] suggests that immune activation due to elevated bacterial products and its downstream consequences also persist after viral suppression, which is indicated by elevated endotoxin levels in plasma even after 48 weeks of cART [3].
Mortality caused by community exposure to a carcinogenic risk factor such as asbestos is characterised by a great degree of inertia, and its catastrophic consequences will persist and remain in evidence until the disappearance of the last surviving representatives of the exposed cohorts.
But regardless of motives, the consequence persists: 150 years after emancipation, African-Americans still lack access to social welfare programs that millions of other Americans enjoy.
Although the efficacy of hospital case-mix funding in reducing resource use has been largely documented (at least in the short term), many debates persist as regards its consequences on equity.
Because of Russian and French opposition, the council could not agree to a proposal from America and Britain that Iraq be warned of "serious consequences" should it persist in thumbing its nose.
