Our observation of raised serum IL-5 levels in a different and more common subgroup i.e. in mild and moderate persistent asthmatics using regular inhaled glucocorticoids, is consistent with this report.
Furthermore, unhealthy dietary habits and less active lifestyle are more common amongst subgroups with a relatively low socio-economic status [ 8- 13, 13].
The following features were significantly more common in the subgroups of patients who met multiple entry criteria for spondyloarthropathy: oligoarthritis, heel pain, uveitis, balanitis, family history of spondyloarthropathy, and presence of the HLA B27 antigen.
The following features were significantly more common in the subgroups of patients who met Amor's criteria for spondyloarthropathy: oligoarthritis, heel pain, uveitis, balanitis, family history of spondyloarthropathy, and presence of the HLA B27 antigen.
Nevertheless, it is more common in certain subgroups in the population than in others.
In particular, right-sided temporal lobe atrophy was more common in the subgroup of patients with pain and temperature symptoms than the subgroup without symptoms (case ratio 5 1; see Table 1).
This SNP was at very low frequency in the Xhosa group; however, in the mixed ancestry population the heterozygous variant was significantly more common in the subgroup with TBM.
The higher triglyceride levels were probably related to the insulin resistance or unhealthy lifestyles that were more common in the subgroup with suicidal behaviour [ 29].
In the aged cohort, responders to H1N1 were more common in the subgroup that reported vaccinations or influenza-like illnesses while non-responsiveness was more common in individuals without recent exposure to influenza virus antigens.
A positive difference means that the characteristic was more common in this subgroup than in the population as a whole, and a negative difference means that the characteristic was less common.
