Apoyeque was reduced to n = 200 to decrease disparity between population sample sizes, as such disparity can cause problems for parameter convergence.
Such disparities are well recognised (Rachet et al, 2008) and has prompted the American Society of Clinical Oncology to release a set of recommendations to decrease disparities (Moy et al, 2011).
In Germany there was a 50% reduction in overall CVD-related mortality from 1980 to 2007, with a constant trend over time and decreasing disparities between males and females.
To decrease survival disparities between AAW and CW with breast cancer, the source of outcome differences must be identified.
Elucidating the mechanisms and interrelations between known determinants of screening behaviour will enable improved message development and intervention design to increase screening rates and decrease disparities across sociodemographic subgroups.
Mandatory minimums were developed decades ago partly for deterrence but mainly to try to decrease the disparities in sentencing between races.
Anything that we can do to decrease the disparities that exist between the experiences that people of color encounter, particularly in the judicial system, are subjects that I think are worth grappling with.
Access to health care for women is improving, but there are still many obstacles to overcome to decrease the health disparities between men and women [18, 22].
Any real political change here must be followed by an enormous effort to decrease those disparities.
Effective interventions in these people are needed to decrease these disparities.
