Sentence examples for medium prevalence from inspiring English sources

Obese males and females have higher prevalence (above 30%) in the U.S. and some Middle Eastern and Oceanian countries, medium prevalence in the rest of North America and Europe, and lower prevalence ( In 1997 the WHO formally recognized obesity as a global epidemic. As of 2008 the WHO estimates that at least 500 million adults (greater than 10%) are obese, with higher rates among women than men.

In a medium prevalence setting, 'Selective Chromogenic' costs $6.4 m and averts 622 (622/918 = 68%) infections compared to baseline.

At thresholds of $45 and $106, in high and medium prevalence settings respectively, selective screening with PCR becomes dominant over selective chromogenic media-based screening.

In a medium prevalence setting, the net benefits are lower; $4.6 m for 'Selective Chromogenic' and $3.5 m for 'Selective PCR', followed by $1.0 m for 'Universal Chromogenic'.

The total number of infections at baseline - over the 15 year timeframe - amounted to 2,753 and 918 for high and medium prevalence, respectively.

The most effective strategy was 'Universal PCR', averting 2,252 (82%) and 709 (77%) infections in high and medium prevalence settings, respectively.

The Integra Initiative selected Kenya, a medium-prevalence HIV country, and Swaziland, a high prevalence HIV country as contrasting settings where a partial evidence base existed to build on, and where Integra Initiative partners already had experience in working.

The incidence of HIV remains high even in a medium-prevalence country like Tanzania, but also there seems to be a levelling off of between 200,000 and 250,000 newly infected persons per year (Fig. 1) or around 1% of the adult population, if the projection, although based on uncertain data, reflects reality, which at least seems plausible.

With the exception of Japan, a country with medium TB prevalence, these countries are considered to have low TB prevalence.

On the contrary, since individuals in low- and medium HIV prevalence settings reported higher uptake of couples' HCT than those in high HIV prevalence settings, it is likely that promotion of couples' HCT uptake may be a more acceptable approach for increasing the proportion of married individuals that are aware of each other's accurate HIV status (10).

This is in line with recent findings of a similar study in Columbia, a country of medium TB prevalence, where the rate of development of TB was highest in household contacts with high IFN-γ response to CFP-10 at baseline [26].