After stratifying by protocol type, we identified a potentially more sensitive subgroup of women.
However, psychological morbidity was reported to be much higher in the subgroup reporting two or more symptoms, indicating that those with many symptoms represent a more sensitive subgroup within the population which should be especially targeted in preventive actions.
The data of Greer et al. (2002) point toward a more sensitive subgroup, which in this case represents more than half of the test group but is not evident in the group mean analysis due to the variable nature of the response.
The scales within the QLQ-GINET21 were more sensitive to differences between patient subgroups (as determined by patients' Karnofsky Performance Scores) and more responsive to changes over time than were the scales in the QLQ-C30.
We suggest stratifying the data into epidemiological subgroups in order to make the genome-wide scans more sensitive to loci specific to these subgroups.
In several studies specific subgroup analyses were conducted to identify subgroups whose BP is more sensitive for protein intake.
Diabetes-specific instruments, such as the ADDQoL, are more sensitive to change and responsive to subgroup differences than a generic instrument [ 15].
Furthermore, titration of IL-18 did not reveal the MAIT cell subgroup to be more sensitive to lower IL-18 concentrations compared with either the Vα7.2−CD161++CD8+ T-cell or NK-cell populations (Fig. 3D).
Diabetes-specific instruments do not allow comparison with other conditions, but they are likely to be "more sensitive to change and responsive to subgroup differences than a generic instrument" [ 47].
