The predominant study designs were surveys based on either retrospective or prospective analysis of absenteeism data obtained from administrative records.
Though an RCT would provide the most valid data on efficacy, the prospective cohort design seemed substantially superior to uncontrolled case series, which remain the predominant study design in the surgical literature.
Analysis by number of endpoints included in the studies in each drug management tool category (n = 76) The predominant study endpoint category utilized in evaluating the impact of drug management program tools was plan focused (53/76 studies, 68%; Table 3).
Most of the reports that were retrieved evaluated infectious diseases, and within this group, the predominant condition studied was traveler's diarrhea, a condition that may be more relevant to travelers from developed countries visiting less developed areas.
Comparator NSAIDs were naproxen 1,000 mg daily, diclofenac 150 mg daily and ibuprofen 2,400 mg daily; diclofenac was used predominantly in longer duration studies, and naproxen was the predominant comparator in studies of 12 weeks or less.
Serotyping of MHC class I and II have found that A2, 3, 11 and 24, B51 and 60, and DR4, 9, 12, and 15, and DQ5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 are the predominant among our study population (Table 1).
53 Anopheles darlingi is the predominant vector in study sites near Iquitos, Peru, and near Acre, western Brazil, in this ICEMR.
In keeping with the above previously reported studies the predominant DLT encountered in this study was diarrhoea, with lesser degrees of fatigue, neutropenic sepsis, anorexia and PPE.
In our Chinese-predominant study population, the HRQoL instrument, EQ-5D, showed results and characteristics which were largely in line with Western data but with minor differences which were also observed with another HRQoL instrument in China.
Subserotypes 2a and 3a have been reported as common in studies from India, Thailand, and Malaysia, while subserotype 1b was the predominant type in studies from Malaysia and Peru [ 4].
The study herder in China was of Kazakh ethnicity (as all other herders in the study region), whereas in Mongolia the study herder was Mongolian (Torguud tribe, the predominant ethnicity in the study region).
