The phrase "the sample encompasses" is correct and usable in written English.
This phrase can be used to refer to a group of items, people, or ideas being included or encompassed within a larger group. For example, "The sample encompasses 500 participants from various backgrounds and locations."
As shown in Fig. 2, the primary constituent of NDsq0168 comprises most of the mutations characteristic of haplogroup M7a2 (except C12705T and G12771A), whereas the secondary constituent of the sample encompasses five seemingly "private" variants (viz. G12406A, C12882T, G13759A, G13928C, and A14002G) which clearly point to haplogroup F1a1b.
Furthermore, the sample encompasses a wide age range, so it is unlikely that this analysis would be able to capture any age-specific effects of smoking on depression and anxiety.
This helped to identify less major factors partly because the sample encompassed the full range of responses compared to clinical samples but also because the use of repeat measures helped to increase the proportion of variability in the data associated with such factors.
The strength of this study lies in the fact that the sample encompassed all healthcare sectors and stakeholders who were involved in insulin initiation.
The sample encompassed 67 autopsied human fetuses, comprising 35 males and 32 females of White racial origin, derived from spontaneous abortions or stillbirths in the years 1989 1999.
The sample encompassed 248 cases (154 males, 62%) with affective disorders with a mean age of 48.1 years (+ 15.7 SD) at recruitment.
The sample encompassed 248 cases (154 males) with recurrent depression and bipolar disorder according to ICD10 with a mean age of 48.1 years.
The inferential power of the study is limited by that the sample encompassed only of 99 subjects, that we had some loss of data and the group did not represent a fully randomised population sample.
The sample encompassed 920 cases (631 males, 68%) with psychosis according to ICD10 for schizophrenia or related diseases with an average age at onset of 26.5 years and an average age at recruitment of 41 years including 182 cases with schizoaffective disorder (ICD10 F20-F25).
The sampling encompassed the Near East, South Asia, Europe and Central Asia (Supplementary Table S2).
The samples encompassed 30 African marriage pairs from Yoruba in Ibadan (YRI), 30 Caucasian marriage pairs of European descent resided in Utah (CEU), and 90 Asian persons including 45 Han Chinese persons in Beijing (CHB) and 45 Japanese persons in Tokyo (JPT).
