This association was similarly observed using several definitions of periodontal disease, which could reflect various aspects of periodontal disease.
Additionally, rates of anaemia were lower with coxibs than with NSAIDs in two large meta-analyses [ 24, 25], using several definitions of anaemia.
Cox regression analysis models were developed to assess the influence of age, sex, ethnicity, and the individual components of MetS on risk associated with the MetS (using several definitions) of coronary outcomes, stroke, and all-cause mortality.
That particular study used several definitions of a core-genome and only considered complete genomes in the analysis.
However, OA is believed to be a collection of disorders with shared features rather than a single disease entity, suggesting that it is appropriate to use several definitions of OA.
Water points were categorized using several definitions, but for the purposes of the constrained randomization, we considered only those that were fully functional, perennial, protected, and had unrestricted public access (defined as "optimal water source").
Prevalence of diastolic dysfunction using several definitions, according to weaning category (n = 67).
Indices were calculated using several different definitions of small geographic area as the basis of analysis, consisting of census Enumeration District (ED) 1991, electoral ward 1991 and 1998, census-defined Standard Table wards 2001 and Lower-Level Super Output Area 2001 (SOA, a new census geography).
The present meta-analysis reviews studies using several different definitions of the term 'infertile', and includes all studies of patients diagnosed with different types of infertility and in different types and stages of ART treatments, for example, intrauterine insemination (IUI), IVF and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI).
When using several other definitions of HP infection status, the MMP2 HP interaction terms were similarly significant: MMP2 and CagA+ infection (interaction term, P=0.03), and MMP2 and current HP infection (interaction term, P=0.005).
Several previous studies on protein-DNA binding site prediction [ 8, 13- 15] have used various definitions of DNA-binding sites.
