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In addition, a record linkage study of mortality in more than 42,000 ex-prisoners in Queensland (Kinner et al. 2012) found only modest attenuation of the mortality rate when state-based mortality records were used, suggesting relatively low interstate mobility in this population.

Relative to controls, a modest attenuation in the risk of smoking initiation was found for students who had been assigned to either the CC or FSP intervention classrooms (26% versus 33%) (adjusted relative risk for CC/control contrast=0.57, 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.34 0.96; adjusted relative risk for FSP/control contrast=0.69, 95% CI, 0.50 0.97).

Although this virus showed an increased NK cell activity, only a modest attenuation in terms of viral titers was described.

However, blocking CD36 did not appear as integral to LAP's ability to block allogeneic DTHR as there appeared to only be a trend toward modest attenuation in this system.

Education level was weakly but significantly positively associated with invasive breast cancers in women, which is consistent with findings from other studies.[6], [21] Age at first birth, parity, and use of MHT are all related both to education and breast cancer, which likely accounts for the modest attenuation of the positive education breast cancer relation in the multivariate analyses.

However, in contrast to the MTT cell viability assay performed 48 hrs after light exposure, 24 hrs after the light exposure only a modest attenuation of cell viability was observed by scFvMEL/rGel or rGel in photochemically treated cells as compared to PDT (Figure S2).

This compels us to postulate that the cumulative effects of chronic, but modest, attenuations of delta spectral power evokes outcomes similar to those appearing after a brief, but significant suppression.

These have demonstrated a mild attenuation of p53 function, with modest tumorigenesis, but significant synergistic effects following inactivation of both CHEK2 and Brca1 (McPherson et al, 2004).

Compared with the wild type virus, the TK-recombinant SPV showed a modest level of attenuation in porcine cells while more attenuation was observed in monkey or human cells.

Only a modest degree of attenuation was observed in the pneumonic model (unpublished data).

Considering the magnitude of the observed benefit of higher 25(OH D levels and the very modest effect-size attenuation seen after comprehensive statistical and sample adjustments, it seems fair to conclude that residual confounding is a unlikely hypothesis.