In Year 2 moderate, significant associations emerged between HPAT- Ireland 2 and Total HPAT- Ireland, and OSCE Communication Z-scores (r = .27,.29 respectively; all p values < .01).01
Moderate significant associations were found between percentage intramuscular fat and skeletal muscle attenuation, and measures of physical activity, exercise capacity and muscle fibre type independent of age, quadriceps strength and MTCSA.
We report a moderate statistically significant association between many pairs of symptoms, which remained after adjusting for cognitive and socio-demographic factors.
The meta-regression model showed a moderate, statistically significant association with the R-squared value of 37% and P value of < 0.05.
A moderate but significant association with happiness emerged (OR = 1.30, p = 0.001), showing that daily and regular exercise is more frequent among happier participants.
Overall, there was a moderate, but significant, association between BMI and post-menopausal breast cancer: the odds ratios (ORs) were around 1.3 for the three intermediate quintiles compared with the lowest one, and 1.4 for the highest one.
A moderate and significant association between heavy drinking status and education levels among study subjects, taking into account the differences in age and gender was observed only in Chililab.
Although the sample size was relatively large for this kind of study, the low prevalence of the exposure during pregnancy may have contributed to the failure to detect moderate statistically significant associations with preterm birth and small for gestational age.
Two of the strongest papers conducted on hazardous waste landfill sites in Europe (EUROHAZCON) found similarly moderate but significant associations between residential proximity (within 3 km) to hazardous waste sites and both chromosomal [ 22] (Odds Ratio, OR: 1.41, 95%CI: 1.00-1.99) anon-chromosomalmal [ 23] (OR: 1.33, 95%CI: 1.11-1.59) congenitanomaliesies.
