The oldest patients had the lowest odds ratios of having indication for treatment, and patients with the highest morbidity had the highest odds ratios of having indication for treatment.
Participants who reported having more than one co-morbidity had the poorest QoL (Table 1).
It is not stated that obese people without co-morbidity have the same risk as obese people with co-morbidity, which of course is also true for the non-obese.
Although iliac crest bone graft remains the gold standard today, the associated morbidity has inspired the search for alternatives, including allograft, synthetic and factor/cell-based grafts; and has further led to a focus on cage fusion technology.
The increase in resident morbidity has highlighted the need for clinical leadership for middle managers in residential aged care, yet there are few aged care-specific managerial leadership programs encompassing clinical leadership on offer from educational institutions.
However, in addition to the problem of limited quantity, harvesting morbidity has prompted the search for suitable alternatives [ 1, 2].
Although autogenous iliac bone graft (AIBG) remains the gold standard for spine fusion, harvesting morbidity has prompted the search for alternatives especially for multi-segment fusion.
Since no vaccine is available at this time, reduction of morbidity has become the most important goal for all schistosomiasis control programs.
This reduction in morbidity has enabled the use of escalating dose to treat prostate cancer.
With increasing awareness of the association between hyperglycemia [ 10], hypoglycemia [ 11], and glucose variability [ 12] with increased mortality and morbidity has come the realization that more accurate measurement of blood glucose concentration might be crucial for improving patients' outcomes.
