Based on personal interview reports the men were characterised as smokers or non-smokers (including ex-smokers) according to smoking status at age 50.
Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1), in man, is characterised by the combined occurrence of tumours of parathyroids, pancreatic islets and anterior pituitary (Marx 2005, Thakker 2006).
In men, it is characterised by a receding hair line that forms a rough "M" shape.
The third stage, 'the age of degenerative and man-made disease', is characterised by decreasing and relatively stable low mortality and increasing life expectancy at birth to over 70 years, manifesting in a population that is ageing.
The situation of lots of young men with an immigration background is characterised by difficulties at school, conflicts between the expectations of parents inspired by their cultures of origin and the expectations of our society.
Migraine is a common, chronic disorder with episodic attacks. 1 It affects 10-20% of the population during the most productive periods of their working lives; women are affected up to four times more often than men. 2 Clinically, migraine is characterised by recurrent attacks of headache and various combinations of symptoms related to the gastrointestinal and autonomic nervous system.
Human rights campaigners say it is characterised by what they call "corrective rape" committed by men behind the guise of trying to "cure" lesbians of their sexual orientation.
Troilus is characterised as a young man who expresses whatever moods he has strongly, weeping when his love is unsuccessful, generous when it is.
The programme's main subject, nursing science, is characterised by its holistic view of man and a scientific and ethical approach.
If it characterises an age, then that age is characterised by solipsism and greed.
