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1 low expressor" (neither EREG nor AREG in top tertile).

2 ratio, 1.8 [95% CI, 1.1-2.9]; stratified by tertiles).

3 reductions occurring in women in the highest tertile.

4 to calculate HRs and 95% CIs of CRTs by ADII tertile.

5 92) for the highest compared with the lowest tertile.

6 ) metabolites than in children in the lowest tertile.

7 1.27 to 6.61) for participants in the lowest tertile.

8 DR compared with participants in the bottom tertile.

9 resistance compared with those in the lowest tertile.

10 end = 0.06) compared with those in the first tertile.

11 d metabolically unhealthy if above the first tertile.

12 to 4.80) compared with those in the highest tertile.

13 ency programs that were ranked in the bottom tertile.

14 risk of all cardiac events in only the first tertile.

15 rdiovascular events compared with the lowest tertile.

16 th daughters with prenatal PFOS in the lower tertile.

17 e tertile were in the lowest respective RSMR tertile.

18 n the highest tertile relative to the lowest tertile.

19 .16, p = 0.49) when compared with the median tertile.

20 DR compared with participants in the lowest tertile.

21 ly ammonium excretion compared with the high tertile.

22 val, 0.97-2.46; P=0.066), favoring the upper tertile.

23 g disposable household income and divided in tertiles.

24 d by risk-adjusted mortality and sorted into tertiles.

25 red mortality, complications, and FTR across tertiles.

26 ts whereas outcome was similar for the other tertiles.

27 ated prediabetes prevalence across bacterial tertiles.

28 f glaucoma compared with those in the bottom tertiles.

29 unchanged in patients in the 2 lower hs-TnT tertiles.

30 tality was increased for those in the middle tertile (0.83-1.00 m/s; odds ratio [OR], 1.77; 95% CI, 1

31 om lower to middle and further to higher CAP tertiles (0.915, 0.848-0.982; 0.830, 0.753-0.908; 0.806,

32 sk of T2D [HRs (95% CIs) (highest vs. lowest tertile): 0.51 (0.36, 0.73), 1.68 (1.18, 2.39), and 1.82

33 y of follow-up (OR for comparison of extreme tertiles: 0.11; 95% CI: 0.03, 0.45; P-trend = 0.002) but

34 th shorter luteal phase [2nd tertile vs. 1st tertile: -0.5 days (95% CI: -0.9, -0.1), 3rd vs. 1st: -0

35 skin cancer [HR for tertile 3 compared with tertile 1 (HR(T3vs.T1)): 1.79; 95% CI: 1.07, 2.99; P-tre

36 er mortality (HR for tertile 3 compared with tertile 1 = 1.53; 95% CI: 1.01, 2.32; P-trend = 0.05) an

37 er mortality (HR for tertile 3 compared with tertile 1 = 1.83; 95% CI: 1.12, 2.99; P-trend = 0.02).

38 lacebo group (HR for tertile 3 compared with tertile 1 = 2.10; 95% CI: 1.15, 3.84; P-trend = 0.02) bu

39 of patients in the MI-ERR greater than 1 and tertiles 1, 2, and 3 of the MI-ERR greater than 1 groups

40 reased significantly with increasing hs-cTnI tertile (1.3%, 6.0%, and 10.4%, respectively).

41 ertiles (HR for highest compared with lowest tertiles: 1.37; 95% CI: 0.80, 2.34).

42 ratio (1.44, 1.27-1.64 for highest vs lowest tertile; 18.6%, 13.3-25.3 for top two tertiles vs lowest

43 ratio (1.84, 1.65-2.06 for highest vs lowest tertile; 26.8%, 22.2-31.9 for top two tertiles vs lowest

44 ncreased risk of overall skin cancer [HR for tertile 3 compared with tertile 1 (HR(T3vs.T1)): 1.79; 9

45 th cardiovascular + cancer mortality (HR for tertile 3 compared with tertile 1 = 1.53; 95% CI: 1.01,

46 0.05) and specific cancer mortality (HR for tertile 3 compared with tertile 1 = 1.83; 95% CI: 1.12,

47 cause mortality in the placebo group (HR for tertile 3 compared with tertile 1 = 2.10; 95% CI: 1.15,

48 of cerebral macroinfarctions (odds ratio for tertiles 3 vs 1, 0.51 [95% CI, 0.27 to 0.94]).

49 Of 225 SAVR hospitals in the highest-volume tertile, 34.7% and 36.0% were in the highest-RSMR tertil

50 d in kilopascals, increased according to CAP tertiles (6.8 versus 8.6 versus 9.4, P = 0.001), and alo

51 or F3-F4 fibrosis increased according to CAP tertiles (7.2% in lower versus 16.6% in middle versus 18

52 C in relation to individual FAs divided into tertiles according to the FA distribution in controls.

53 n(a) concentrations in plasma in the highest tertile (adjusted hazard radio [HR] 1.44, 95% CI 1.14-1.

54 were 1.46 (95% CI, 1.13 to 1.87) in the low tertile and 1.14 (95% CI, 0.89 to 1.46) in the middle te

55 ined in programs that were ranked in the top tertile and those who were operated on by surgeons train

56 There was a graded association between Hcy tertiles and eGFR decline.

57 d IL-10 concentrations were categorized into tertiles and evaluated for associations with outcomes of

58 event analyses, the interaction term between tertiles and treatment with atorvastatin was significant

59 32 to 0.80] for highest versus lowest YKL-40 tertile) and recipients of non-AKI donor kidneys (adjust

60 telomere length classified into long (third tertile) and short (first and second tertiles combined)

61 vely, were in the corresponding highest-RSMR tertile, and 17.4% and 11.2% of the low-volume hospitals

62 centrations compared with days in the lowest tertile, and a significant concentration-response trend

63 logy (EWP)-specific, meanCAL >/=2.55 mm, CAL-tertile, and PD-CAL definitions.

64 Activities were categorized into tertiles, and the lowest tertiles were used as reference

65 ed on stratification of variable values into tertiles, and validated in an independent cohort of 300

66 tiles or the median of C-peptide, instead of tertiles, as the cut-point of hyperinsulinaemia, a simil

67 atients in each treatment group divided into tertiles based on each characteristic.

68 were categorized into low, moderate, or high tertiles based on mean percentage ABL.

69 s and 737 matched controls were divided into tertiles based on the distribution of C-peptide concentr

70 (odds ratio [OR]: 1.53) and high (OR: 2.28) tertiles based on traditional risk factor-adjusted model

71 Compared with the lowest tertile, the third tertile (beta = -0.13; 95% CI: -0.24, -0.01) of adipose

72 ile) versus less time spent sedentary (first tertile) (beta = 0.73 kg/m(2) [SE, 0.10 kg/m(2)] vs. 0.4

73 PA (first tertile) versus higher MVPA (third tertile) (beta = 0.78 kg/m(2) [SE, 0.10 kg/m(2)] vs. 0.3

74 continued to be inversely associated [third tertile: beta = -0.17 (95% CI: -0.31, -0.02)] with the H

75 ltiple linear regression with continuous and tertile BPA concentrations.

76 nificant trends (p < 0.01) across increasing tertiles, but there were no associations among white Bri

77 and PPV values >/= 0.75 for the high and low tertiles, but, similar to females, classification for th

78 nts were stratified into upper and lower two tertiles by a ScvO2 of 61.1%.

79 Patients were stratified into tertiles by baseline serum indoxyl sulfate levels.

80 Patients were stratified after TAVR into tertiles by discharge LVSVI status (severe low flow [SLF

81 Patients in the trial were split into risk tertiles by IMPACT extended model sum scores.

82 Patients in the lowest chloride tertile (chloride </=100) were older, had more comorbidi

83 (third tertile) and short (first and second tertiles combined) based on donor telomere length distri

84 ith prenatal PFOS in the upper concentration tertile compared with daughters with prenatal PFOS in th

85 e and a reduced risk of anovulation (highest tertile compared with the lowest tertile: RR: 0.42; 95%

86 The highest tertiles compared with the lowest tertiles of caffeine a

87 analysis by cholestanol-to-cholesterol ratio tertiles confirmed this effect modification: atorvastati

88 levated baseline hs-TnT>/=15.19 pg/mL (upper tertile) demonstrated a significant (P=0.04) reduction i

89 Plasma apoE tertiles did not interact with epsilon2/epsilon3/epsilon

90 alyzed either as a continuous variable or in tertiles, did not consistently show enhanced association

91 8%, 22.2-31.9 for top two tertiles vs lowest tertile), diet (0.60, 0.53-0.67 for highest vs lowest te

92 d all investigated plasma analytes (based on tertile distribution).

93 ihood of pregnancy was associated with upper tertile doses of cyclophosphamide (HR 0.60, 95% CI 0.51-

94 nd that PSC patients stratified by ELF score tertiles exhibited significantly different transplant-fr

95 ent depression were increased in the highest tertile for both sexes, but not statistically significan

96 "high expressor" (either EREG or AREG in top tertile for messenger RNA level) or "low expressor" (nei

97 low-volume hospitals were in the lowest-RSMR tertile for MV replacement and repair, respectively.

98 le, 34.7% and 36.0% were in the highest-RSMR tertile for SAVR + CABG and isolated SAVR procedures, re

99 ry markers compared with those in the lowest tertile for sPLA2 activity.

100 nitive restraint, and weakest in the highest tertile.Genetic susceptibility to obesity was partially

101 mplant and were used to divide patients into tertiles: group L = low impedance, </= 65 ohms; group M

102 mate how baseline concentrations of phenols (tertile groups) were related to changes in girls' adipos

103 ared with patients in the fastest gait speed tertile (>1.00 m/s), operative mortality was increased f

104 ce interval: 1.05 to 2.15) in highest/lowest tertiles (>195/</=135 mg/dl).

105 ammonium tertile, those in the low ammonium tertile had higher adjusted odds of incident acidosis at

106 with baseline pro-ENK levels in the highest tertile had significantly greater yearly mean decline of

107 The low mortality tertile had significantly lower rates of complications (

108 e in the lowest tertile, those in the middle tertile had similar mortality risk (TNF-alpha: HR, 1.09;

109 Participants with both GRSs in the top tertiles had a 5.5-fold increased risk of glaucoma compa

110 ge, those in low-polygenic and clinical risk tertiles had a lifetime risk of AF of 22.3% (95% confide

111 erval, 15.4-9.1), whereas those in high-risk tertiles had a risk of 48.2% (95% confidence interval, 4

112 YKL-40 levels (defined as the highest YKL-40 tertile) had increased odds for asthma compared with sub

113 loss during treatment of 9% or more (lowest tertile) had significantly lower survival rates than pat

114 the highest duration and cumulative exposure tertiles having a significantly higher association with

115 f reaching the primary endpoint in the first tertile (hazard ratio [HR]: 0.72; p=0.049), but not the

116 r risk of cataracts than those in the lowest tertile (hazard ratio, 0.71; 95% CI, 0.58-0.88; P = .002

117 3 years (82.8% vs. 96.3%, lowest vs. highest tertile; hazard ratio 2.42).

118 ratio=1.14;P=0.01) and free indoxyl sulfate tertiles (high versus low, hazard ratio=2.41;P=0.001).

119 Compared with the lowest apoB tertile, higher odds of developing Y25 CAC were seen in

120 wn between highest compared with lowest ADII tertiles (HR for highest compared with lowest tertiles:

121 not the second (HR: 0.79; p=0.225) or third tertiles (HR: 1.21; p=0.287).

122 HR = 4.68; P = 0.003; and lowest vs highest tertile; HR = 2.36; P = 0.027).

123 lized to muscle wet weight (lowest vs middle tertile; HR = 2.93; P = 0.008) and citrate synthase norm

124 d to protein concentration (lowest vs middle tertile; HR = 4.68; P = 0.003; and lowest vs highest ter

125 nificant difference was found favoring upper tertile in terms of overall vessel-oriented composite en

126 vention and IMPACT extended model sum scores tertiles in both the intention-to-treat and the per-prot

127 The ADII was split into tertiles in which the highest tertile reflects the most

128 transplant center volume was categorized by tertiles into low, medium, and high volume, respectively

129 Combining risk-score tertile levels and hepatitis virus status to stratify pa

130 an unfavorable lifestyle (bottom versus top tertile lifestyle score) had 3.6, 3.5, and 3.6 mm Hg low

131 CAP values were grouped by tertiles (lower 132-298, middle 299-338, higher 339-400

132 The lowest chloride tertile (</=100 mmol/L) was associated with increased mo

133 o [OR], 1.77; 95% CI, 1.34-2.34) and slowest tertile (<0.83 m/s; OR, 3.16; 95% CI, 2.31-4.33).

134 Tertiles (< 0.29; 0.29-0.42; >/= 0.43 mug/g Cr) were def

135 h the lowest tertile, women with the highest tertile of 25OHD levels had superior overall survival (O

136 ERRs seemed to decrease with each tertile of age at treatment (ERR/Gy(<27.5years), 20.0%;

137 CI, 2.12-6.70), whereas being in the lowest tertile of ASA by volume was not independently associate

138 lowest tertile, participants in the highest tertile of baseline pro-ENK concentration had increased

139 Compared with individuals in the lowest tertile of BUN, those in the highest tertile were at sig

140 as metabolically healthy if below the first tertile of C-peptide and metabolically unhealthy if abov

141 In children, the lowest tertile of CC16 concentrations was associated with a sub

142 Individuals in the lowest tertile of circulating ANGPTL3 concentrations, compared

143 tality was lowest for patients in the middle tertile of citrate synthase activity when normalized to

144 BMI-GRS and BMI was strongest in the lowest tertile of cognitive restraint, and weakest in the highe

145 nd 1.14 (95% CI, 0.89 to 1.46) in the middle tertile of daily ammonium excretion compared with the hi

146 Participants in the highest tertile of dietary vitamin K1 intake had a lower risk of

147 tertile of exposure, offspring in the third tertile of dioxin-like PCB exposure had an OR of 2.96 (9

148 ong those living in counties with the lowest tertile of each county-level characteristic.

149 epicatechin intake than in men in the bottom tertile of epicatechin intake (HR: 0.62; 95% CI: 0.39, 0

150 HD mortality was 38% lower in men in the top tertile of epicatechin intake than in men in the bottom

151 Participants in the highest tertile of ERI exposure had a higher prevalence of unsuc

152 Among conventional consumers, increasing tertile of estimated dietary OP exposure was associated

153 Compared to offspring in the first tertile of exposure, offspring in the third tertile of d

154 otential confounders, individuals in the top tertile of GI had greater odds of depression (OR: 1.44;

155 ertile (OR = 1.6, 95% CI = 0.8-3.6) or lower tertile of glucose (OR = 1.1, 95% CI = 0.5-2.6).

156 ot in the middle tertile (p = 0.95) or lower tertile of glucose (p = 0.30).

157 is >60% stronger among those in the highest tertile of homeostasis model assessment of insulin resis

158 d in LURIC with all-cause mortality (highest tertile of lipoprotein(a) concentration in plasma 0.95,

159 45 [95% CI, 0.30-0.67] for highest vs lowest tertile of long-chain n-3 PUFAs; P trend < .001).

160 nd baseline AS severity, patients in the top tertile of Lp(a) or OxPL-apoB had increased risk of aort

161 93) for the highest compared with the lowest tertile of lutein blood concentration or intake.

162 18.2-28.9 for lowest two tertiles vs highest tertile of mAHEI), waist-to-hip ratio (1.44, 1.27-1.64 f

163 -0.09%) lower among children in the highest tertile of maternal urinary concentrations of summed di(

164 diet (0.60, 0.53-0.67 for highest vs lowest tertile of modified Alternative Healthy Eating Index [mA

165 Those with the highest tertile of nutrient pattern 6 score had a mean of 0.01 (

166 , 3.4%-12.1%), with hospitals in the highest tertile of off-label use associated with increased 30-da

167 d HRs (95% CI) for the highest versus lowest tertile of patella lead of 1.34 (0.90, 2.00), 1.46 (0.86

168 lysis showed that the third versus the first tertile of PCSK9 (hazard ratio: 1.640; 95% confidence in

169 4%]) compared with facilities in the highest tertile of referral (>31.3%).

170 Facilities in the lowest tertile of referral (<19.2%) were more likely to treat p

171 rst QoL at baseline (ie, those in the lowest tertile of score) had the best improvement in QoL for 12

172 ality rate was 74% among those in the lowest tertile of SES and 57% among those in the highest; for w

173 ality rate was 89% among those in the lowest tertile of SES and 86% among those in the highest; for w

174 ted a day clinic, for patients in the lowest tertile of SES versus those in the highest, the adjusted

175 obese individuals (BMI >/=30) in the lowest tertile of sex-specific grip strength (<35.3 kg for men

176 tial confounders, participants in the lowest tertile of skin capillary recruitment during postocclusi

177 The lowest tertile of SM volume among hospitals was an independent

178 strated that patients in the medium and high tertile of sodium density had a HR of 0.69 (95% CI 0.37

179 EPIC-Norfolk subjects in the highest tertile of sPLA2 activity were older and had higher infl

180 In prospective analyses, men in the highest tertile of sugar intake from sweet food/beverages had a

181 Comparing the highest tertile of summation operatorAs with the lowest, the adj

182 Moreover, the highest tertile of the antepartum ratio of soluble fms-like tyro

183 e aortic diameter increased according to the tertile of the aortic diameter.

184 Participants in the top tertile of the Asian-specific GRS were 2.00-fold more li

185 Participants in the top tertile of the overall GRS were 2.56-fold more likely to

186 In the highest tertile of the Perceived Stress Scale, the Beadchip data

187 erval (CI): 3.4, 7.6) on days in the highest tertile of total pollen concentrations compared with day

188 RTRs in the lowest sex-specific tertile of UKV (women, <55 mmol/24 h; men, <65 mmol/24 h

189 mL) in 98.24% of maternal urine samples with tertile of urinary TCS levels: low (>0.1-2.75 mug/g.Cr),

190 tive number of tanning sessions (for highest tertile of use vs. never use, adjusted relative risk = 1

191 36.8% and 43.5% of hospitals in the highest tertile of volume for MV replacement and repair, respect

192 adjusted OR of myopia; those in the highest tertile of years of education had twice the OR of myopia

193 ere observed in highest compared with lowest tertiles of 16:1n-9 (OR: 1.75; 95% CI: 1.00, 3.06; P-tre

194 Baseline apoB values were divided into tertiles of 4 mutually exclusive concordant/discordant g

195 of MIRACL, short-term risk increased across tertiles of baseline triglycerides (p=0.03), with a haza

196 of type 2 DM between the lowest and highest tertiles of both aerobic capacity and strength was 0.22%

197 he highest tertiles compared with the lowest tertiles of caffeine and paraxanthine were also associat

198 omparison between the lowest and the highest tertiles of capillary recruitment during venous congesti

199 d cause-specific mortality hazard ratios for tertiles of CD4:CD8 ratio (0-0.40, 0.41-0.64 [reference]

200 By tertiles of cognitive restraint, the association between

201 Associations between sex-specific tertiles of dietary and erythrocyte folate and skin canc

202 P-interaction values between tertiles of dietary folate intake and sex were 0.04, 0.0

203 nconsistent patterns in hazard ratios across tertiles of each dietary factor that are likely explaine

204 y (P=0.31) with increasing gender-stratified tertiles of efflux capacity.

205 ed mortality risk was observed across higher tertiles of elevated preprocedural hs-cTnT, but not amon

206 We examined the association between tertiles of genetic risk and tertiles of lifestyle score

207 erall outcomes after each procedure based on tertiles of hospital volume of SM and ASA.

208 when stratified by first, second, and third tertiles of hospital volume, respectively.

209 n association with the highest versus lowest tertiles of integrated THM uptake (e.g., -53.7 g; 95% CI

210 eath increased significantly with decreasing tertiles of lateral MAPSE (log-rank P = .0001).

211 ciation between tertiles of genetic risk and tertiles of lifestyle score with BP levels and incident

212 We tested associations of tertiles of lipoprotein(a) concentration in plasma and t

213 ed on the entire sample, and on high and low tertiles of mean cortical DVR.

214 iations of standard deviation differences or tertiles of natural log phthalate metabolite concentrati

215 asting less than 13 hours per night (lower 2 tertiles of nightly fasting distribution) was associated

216 ine use in the third trimester by increasing tertiles of nitrite intake were 0.67 (95% CI: 0.35, 1.31

217 and PFS were significantly different across tertiles of nomogram scores (log-rank P = .003;< .001).

218 The population was divided into tertiles of PCSK9 for the analysis.

219 d 87 (28.0%) in the first, second, and third tertiles of PCSK9, respectively (log-rank test p = 0.009

220 2) and highest (HR, 2.02; 95% CI, 1.01-4.06) tertiles of plasma total tau level, compared with the lo

221 We estimated the lifetime risk of AF within tertiles of polygenic and clinical risk.

222 paring the 2-year outcome of lower and upper tertiles of post-PCI FFR significant difference was foun

223 When analyzed by tertiles of renal function decline, mGFR did not outperf

224 forming) when assessing performance based on tertiles of RSMR.

225 dicated a shorter survival time in the lower tertiles of ScvO2 (P = 0.005, log-rank test).

226 Patients in the lower tertiles of ScvO2 were older, had longer hemodialysis vi

227 times between persons in the lower and upper tertiles of SES were 260 days for men and 300 days for w

228 times between persons in the lower and upper tertiles of SES were 80 days for men and 130 days for wo

229 9%, and 50% of all subjects switched between tertiles of sodium intake when the 1-, 5-, or 15-year av

230 Sex-specific tertiles of the DII were positively associated with card

231 hers were divided into 3 groups based on the tertiles of their consumption of gluten-containing foods

232 tervals across energy-adjusted, sex-specific tertiles of total servings of F/V per day.

233 , 1.32) for the lowest compared with highest tertiles of vitamin D intake.

234 esticides and across 4 levels (never use and tertiles) of lifetime days of use for 16 pesticides with

235 .001) and similarly prevalent in the highest tertile (OR = 0.92, 95% CI = 0.73-1.16, p = 0.49) when c

236 s significantly more prevalent in the lowest tertile (OR = 1.58, 95% CI = 1.29-1.94, p < 0.001) and s

237 was not apparent for patients in the middle tertile (OR = 1.6, 95% CI = 0.8-3.6) or lower tertile of

238 atios for GDM increased with increasing U-Cd tertile (OR = 1.64; 95% CI: 0.88, 3.05 for middle vs. lo

239 1.64; 95% CI: 0.88, 3.05 for middle vs. low tertile; OR = 2.07; 95% CI: 1.15, 3.73 for high vs. low

240 tney U test, p = 0.04) but not in the middle tertile (p = 0.95) or lower tertile of glucose (p = 0.30

241 m 1.4% to 8.1% in the low and high mortality tertiles (P < 0.01).

242 the validation panel stratified by ELF test tertiles (P = 0.003).

243 nce of heterogeneity, when modeled either in tertiles (P interaction=0.87) or continuously (P interac

244 .55-0.97 for the third compared to the first tertile, P-value for trend = 0.031).

245 = 2.07; 95% CI: 1.15, 3.73 for high vs. low tertile; p-trend = 0.015).

246 re, compared with participants in the lowest tertile, participants in the highest tertile of baseline

247 cebo in limiting infarct growth in the upper tertile range (Mann-Whitney U test, p = 0.04) but not in

248 individual models between the top and bottom tertiles ranged from 1.5% to 12.3% (20 years), 9.1% to 3

249 was split into tertiles in which the highest tertile reflects the most proinflammatory potential of t

250 d graft function (highest versus lowest NGAL tertile relative risk, 1.21; 95% confidence interval, 1.

251 irborne MeFOSE concentrations in the highest tertile relative to the lowest tertile.

252 epsilon3/epsilon4 APOE genotype, plasma apoE tertiles remained associated with Alzheimer disease (p f

253 CI, 0.68-1.62), but patients in the highest tertile reported higher risk of mortality: TNF-alpha: HR

254 p=0.32) compared with patients in the lowest tertile, respectively.

255 11-0.86], P = 0.025 for the second and third tertiles, respectively), both independent of potential c

256 nd 0.27 [0.09-0.83] for the second and third tertiles, respectively, P < 0.001), and in RTR with eGFR

257 6 and 10 repeat samples for the high and low tertiles, respectively, were required.

258 54%, 38%, and 26% for low, middle, and high tertiles, respectively;P=0.001).

259 on (highest tertile compared with the lowest tertile: RR: 0.42; 95% CI: 0.18, 0.95).

260 High CT-LeSc was defined by upper tertile (score, >5) cutoff.

261 Analyses were stratified by 25(OH)D tertiles, sex and age.

262 tion were similar when stratified by 25(OH)D tertiles, sex and age.

263 ents with graft access, free indoxyl sulfate tertiles showed a negative association with thrombosis-f

264 ) higher FA value than those with the lowest tertile, similar to the effect of a 10-year decrease in

265 For the medium tertile, specificity reached 0.87 with 10 repeat samples

266 nd consumers were divided into three groups (tertile split) with respect to severity of defeatist att

267 rence group (normal BMI and highest handgrip tertile), the risk of all-cause mortality increased as g

268 Compared with the lowest tertile, the third tertile (beta = -0.13; 95% CI: -0.24,

269 For participants in the lowest handgrip tertile, there was little difference in the risk between

270 pared with participants in the high ammonium tertile, those in the low ammonium tertile had higher ad

271 m TNF-alpha or IL6 levels were in the lowest tertile, those in the middle tertile had similar mortali

272 patients within the highest body mass index tertile versus the lowest (13.9; 95% confidence interval

273 ronger in individuals with lower MVPA (first tertile) versus higher MVPA (third tertile) (beta = 0.78

274 those with more time spent sedentary (third tertile) versus less time spent sedentary (first tertile

275 re associated with shorter luteal phase [2nd tertile vs. 1st tertile: -0.5 days (95% CI: -0.9, -0.1),

276 dex [mAHEI]; 23.2%, 18.2-28.9 for lowest two tertiles vs highest tertile of mAHEI), waist-to-hip rati

277 lowest tertile; 26.8%, 22.2-31.9 for top two tertiles vs lowest tertile), diet (0.60, 0.53-0.67 for h

278 lowest tertile; 18.6%, 13.3-25.3 for top two tertiles vs lowest), psychosocial factors (2.20, 1.78-2.

279 usted hazard ratio (aHR) for lower vs middle tertile was 1.11 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.00-1.2

280 ality was U-shaped: aHR for higher vs middle tertile was 1.13 (95% CI, 1.01-1.26).

281 entage of energy from total fat, the highest tertile was associated with increased total and free tes

282 saturated fatty acids (PUFAs) in the highest tertile was associated with increases in total and free

283 hest compared with the lowest serum caffeine tertile was associated with lower total testosterone [27

284 ar to females, classification for the medium tertile was less accurate.

285 0.88, 2.93) for highest compared with lowest tertiles was shown.

286 ach normalized index, patients in the lowest tertile were at high risk of events whereas outcome was

287 lowest tertile of BUN, those in the highest tertile were at significantly greater risk for CHD (HR 1

288 the 228 SAVR hospitals in the lowest-volume tertile were in the lowest respective RSMR tertile.

289 sidency programs that were ranked in the top tertile were significantly less likely to experience an

290 d in programs that were ranked in the bottom tertile were, respectively, 0.483% vs 0.476% for death,

291 lation and sex-specific lower and higher WHR tertiles were <0.91 and >/=0.96 for men and <0.79 and >/

292 re categorized into tertiles, and the lowest tertiles were used as reference.

293 If solely volume-based tertiles were used to categorize hospitals for quality,

294 ts (categorized into low, moderate, and high tertiles) were also collected.

295 tic effects were highest in the lower income tertile with a 53.1% (95% confidence interval, 30.6%-79.

296 Associations of race-specific NSES tertiles with 3MS, DSST, and WMH were estimated using li

297 When comparing the highest tertiles with the lowest, carbohydrate intake during ado

298 ity, excess sodium intake and sodium density tertiles with time to relapse following study enrolment,

299 6 (95% CI: 1.13 to 4.92) with increasing cPB tertile, with similar results for CAC.

300 Compared with the lowest tertile, women with the highest tertile of 25OHD levels