Although the present study was not population-representative the proportion of microalbuminuria and macroalbuminuria is similar to that reported in other studies and gives therefore a realistic estimation of the prevalence of albuminuria among type 2 diabetic persons in Germany [ 16- 20].
Colombian military officials say they believe that as many as half the FARC fighters who comprised the original 360-member column were under 18. "If this is representative of the proportion of kids in the groups, then the figures are much bigger than the 6,000 that we've talked about in the past," said Carel De Rooy, Unicef representative in Colombia.
We assume the national figure is representative of the proportion of facility-based births in the voucher region.
The age sex composition of the population is representative, but the proportion of ethnic minority patients is lower than the UK average.
The percentage of migrants in this sample, as assessed by the number of non-German-citizens, was of considerable size and was representative of the proportion of migrants living in the catchment area of the hospital.
The patients in our study had endothelial dysfunction despite satisfactory control of blood pressure, glycemia, and lipids and may be representative of the proportion of statin-treated patients at increased residual risk of cardiovascular disease.
Treatment members were assigned a weight of 1, while comparison members were assigned a weight specific to their stratum and representative of the proportion of members in that stratum.
In a representative experiment, the proportion of tetramer-positive T cells increased from less than 3% prior to stimulation to almost 10% after 8 days of culture.
This study has shown, using large representative surveys, the proportion of mobile only households has been increasing in Australia and is following international trends.
Of the 144 candidate genes, 96 genes fell into the SCO category, which is representative for the proportion of SCO in the D. melanogaster genome (≈50%) (Drosophila 12 Genomes Consortium 2007).
Once these "second votes" are tallied, the parties get to fill another 299 seats from candidate lists until each party's share of the Bundestag's 598 representatives matches the proportion of second votes that it won.
