In Spain, the role of differences in the consumption of hot beverages in different geographical areas has not been studied.
Although many studies have analyzed the role of spouses' differences along several dimensions, the literature has remained silent on the role of differences in physical attractiveness1.
In addition, we sought to investigate on a national basis the role of differences in demographic and pregnancy related risk factors between ethnic groups in the occurrence of severe maternal morbidity.
Investigating the role of differences in genetic background, causative mutations, age or sex in this variability requires a very large number of patients for each disorder and, therefore, was not an aim of our study.
If confirmed, this racial discrepancy between the relative effect of maternal vs. paternal SES may prove to be an interesting clue to the role of differences in family and community support systems, income, and discrimination in birth outcome disparities.
Thus our data offer a somewhat mixed picture with regard to the potential role of differences in diabetes duration and complications between the two glycemic control classes in explaining the moderating effect of glycemic control on lower-extremity functioning.
RKN-soybean microarray studies have also consistently showed the key role of differences in ROS concentrations, defense genes and inductions of toxins in the resistance mechanism during pathogen attack [ 14, 15].
The SOA Assessment also does not fully consider the role of differences in endocrine signaling across animal species, and the cross-species generality of the phenomena cited is often simply presumed.
The EPOSA study was initiated to add to the insight into the correlates of OA and the role of differences in geographics, socio-economic status, and health care policies between European countries.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the short, middle and long-term effects of an inpatient weight-loss program for children and adolescents and to investigate the likely determinants of weight changes, whereby the primary focus lies on the potential role of differences in polymorphisms of adiposity-relevant genes.
