There is very limited data on the protection provided by BCG in adult tuberculosis and although this data is too small to draw any conclusions it suggests that BCG vaccination may result in a preponderance of less severe extrapulmonary TB disease.
In the pediatric population, the female preponderance is less obvious.
The preponderance of less severe forms of IPV in our sample and the use of aggregate outcomes mean that our findings are driven by the more common, less injurious forms of IPV rather than those of greatest clinical significance.
On the other hand, they comprised only 24% of direct medical costs in private clinics, but this was largely due to the relative preponderance of less severe PAC cases in private facilities.
Groves and Couper relate this in part to these areas have a higher preponderance of less accessible household types, with more multi-unit dwellings, single-person households (thus a reduced likelihood of anyone being home when an interviewer calls), renter-occupied homes, more time spent commuting, and more entertainment options [ 56].
Given the relatively wide therapeutic index of meropenem, highly variable CrCL between ECMO patients based on modality and intensity of RRT used, loss in the ECMO circuit and preponderance of less susceptible organisms in this population especially with prolonged ECMO support, a dose of 1 g 8-hourly may be considered appropriate till more PK data becomes available.
He and his co-defendants, Officers Alex Cruz and Andrew Morales, could face other legal challenges in the coming months, both within the Police Department and in a civil trial in federal court, where the burden of proof is a preponderance of evidence — less than the reasonable doubt a jury in State Supreme Court had about their guilt.
"While some contrarian scientists have changed their arguments over time so they are less out of step with the preponderance of scientific evidence, on skeptic blogs and among politicians one can constantly find these zombie arguments," Dunlap said.
The preponderance of patients were less than 24 months of age (90.6% in HCMC and 94.9% in DT), and the most common 6-month age group was between 7 and 12 months.
Metastases to distant sites other than bone marrow were common among stage 4 patients (25/25), with preponderance to bone (21/25), less to liver (8/25), and uncommon to skin (2/25) or CNS (2/25).
