The time between diagnosis of COPD and mortality is much longer than that for LC, and thus the LC incidence data may better reflect mortality patterns than the COPD incidence data.
The unadjusted prevalence in our study was similar to that in developed countries, which is similar to large community-based studies of prevalence in the region (Edwards et al., 2008) and may reflect increased mortality in those with epilepsy and with coexistent disability (Carter et al., 2005).
The mortality figures we used thus reflect mortality that occurred in the early 2000s, before many of the interventions had been scaled up, which may underestimate the influence that changes in coverage have had on mortality.
You reflect: mortality, this is your sad face; you defy decay only as a ghastly pickle".
Crude mortality rates varied between countries and were lower for the United Kingdom and Italian cohorts, which may reflect true lower mortality or might be due to sampling variability or incomplete death ascertainment. Figure 1 (upper panel) shows mortality rates in the insured population according to sex, age and country.
The association of liver disease with the outcomes may reflect the high mortality associated with hepatorenal syndrome [ 18].
We posited that the higher CMRs observed in LMICs may reflect higher overall mortality in the general population in these countries, which is adjusted for through the calculation of SMRs [ 5].
Alternatively, the low number of patients with isolated cleft palate in this and other African studies may reflect a higher mortality rate in this group associated with functional difficulties during feeding in young infants [ 24, 25].
In contrast, we detected a positive correlation between serum CRT levels and white blood cell counts (r=0.5699, P=0.0169), which may reflect the spontaneous mortality of malignant blasts or, alternatively, a nonspecific release of CRT from such cells.
Contrary, the shorter duration of excess mortality in men compared with women, may reflect the higher early mortality in men, leaving few and relatively healthy subjects for follow up.
