Sentence examples for of lesser duration from inspiring English sources

Since ECRHS is a study of young adults, it is possible that, being of lesser duration, exposure to tobacco smoke has not yet had time to cause serious damage to airways that may contribute to the appearance of asthma.

Independent predictors of NAFLD were BMI, lesser duration of diabetes, HbA1c, triglycerides, and metformin use.

For instance, when children are physically fleeing, which may be of greater or lesser duration, they do not have access to education.

Jessen et al. (abstract 1527) administered GLP-1 with a DPP-4 inhibitor and showed a lesser duration of suppression of food intake than that seen with exenatide, suggesting that exenatide may have effects differing from those of GLP-1 beyond its lack of susceptibility to degradation by DPP-4.

The early group showed more ventilator-free days at 28 and 90 days, lesser duration of sedation and the ICU length of stay than the late group (Table  4).> -wrap-foot>> -wrap-foot> Baseline and clinical characteristics at inclusion in the study.

In addition, the lesser duration of the pauses was also small (difference of means 3.0 and 2.6 s/min in newborn and infant groups, respectively).

That early surfactant administration via a minimally-invasive technique to preterm infants on CPAP results in a lesser duration of mechanical respiratory support, and a higher incidence of survival without BPD.

Factors associated with wood use in a multiple logistic regression model were absence of a window in the kitchen, having a separate kitchen, spousal and maternal illiteracy, house made of a mixture of straw and bricks, monthly income less than median (Rs. 3,000 ~ US$50), lesser duration of daytime rest during pregnancy, greater gravidity, and lower BMI.

Among the survivors patients randomly assigned to NIV had a lesser duration of mechanical ventilation (P = 0.006) and a shorter ICU stay (P = 0.002).

In univariate analysis, participants in the group with definite steatosis (grade 3) were significantly younger and had lesser duration of diabetes than the combined normal/probably normal groups (grades 0, 1, and 2) (P < 0.05).

Another possible explanation is a lesser duration of excessive GH secretion, but some reports describe such patients in whom excessive GH secretion has been documented for several years (9, 10).