inverse association
collocation in Englishmeaningsofinverseandassociation
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inverse
adjective[before noun]
uk/ɪnˈvɜːs/us/ɪnˈvɝːs/
opposite in relation to ...
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association
noun
uk/əˌsəʊ.siˈeɪ.ʃən/us/əˌsoʊ.siˈeɪ.ʃən/
a group of people who work together in a single organization for a ...
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Among studies with significant results, 65% found aninverseassociationamong women, and 79 % found aninverseassociationamong men (p>0.10).
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Among statistically significant results using 1941-1960 data, no analyses demonstrated aninverseassociation.
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Theinverseassociationbetween responsiveness and intrusive directiveness raises two questions.
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Aninverseassociationof auditory threshold with immediate and delayed recall was found.
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Table 10 shows clearly thisinverseassociationbetween age at marriage and family size.
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There is usually aninverseassociationbetween age at marriage and the size of the complete family.
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A stronginverseassociationwas found between the smokiness of the hall bar and the incidence of cases.
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Furthermore, theinverseassociationbetween breast density and body size is a major inconsistency with the hormone hypotheses.
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At the community level, all of the significant results supported aninverseassociation, using either poverty/deprivation or median income as the socio-economic measure.
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Additionally, a smallto-moderateinverseassociationwas observed between the degree of dependency and the degree to which these principles were perceived to be adhered to.
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While little association has been found between income and mortality at the national level, many studies have used individual-level data to show aninverseassociationbetween income and mortality.
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Among significant results, 95 % of studies using percent below poverty/deprivation showed aninverseassociation, as well as 73 % of studies using percent unemployed and 73 % of studies using education.
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Education has aninverseassociationwhich is stronger in established democracies than in emerging.
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The majority of studies included show aninverseassociationbetween both raw and cooked vegetables and cancer.
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