Naomi Allen, a cancer epidemiologist who led the research, used medical records to identify cases of cancer among a group of 1,280,296 middled-aged women.
The variability of the risk is because the research used pooled data from different studies, which took place in different countries and asked about different time periods.
Of course there are some negative comments — many people were concerned that so much of the research used very low-calorie diets and fast weight loss.
After speaking with David Bianco of UBS in New York, who conducted the research used in the article, we believe his methodology for determining adjustments does not apply in Cendant's case.
Using a sample of over 2,000 female engineers, the research used aspects of 'social cognitive career theory', why people choose their career, and 'turnover theory', which asks why people leave their jobs or career.
The research used a sample of 10,419 children born in the early 1990s, and took into account a range of background factors, including parental educational levels, family income, a child's sex and age, maternal health and parenting styles.
Because privately underwritten studies rarely replicate the stringency of the research used in the F.D.A. approval process, off-label uses are simply not as reliable as their "on-label" counterparts.
The research used a database of all actively managed domestic equity funds in the United States from January 1991 through June 2001 and focused on the 50 largest fund families, whose combined assets amount to more than 80percentt of assets in such funds.
The research used data provided by Fera Science Ltd and the Bees, Wasps and Ants Recording Scheme, and examined changes in the occurrence of 62 wild bee species with oilseed rape cropping patterns in England for the years 1994 to 2011, the time period spanning the introduction of the widespread use of neonicotinoid pesticides.
In a joint study with colleagues at the University of Heidelberg in 2012, Erlacher found that while most lucid dreamers participating in the research used the experience to have fun, 29% used it for problem-solving, 27% explored creative ideas and insights and 21% practised skills.
The research used something called a "memory confusion protocol".
