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NL888 Posted 18 years ago
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00The breast-feeding rate was lower in subjects with type 2 diabetes compared with the control subjects, at 20 versus 27 percent in African Americans; 50 versus 84 percent for Hispanics; and 39 percent versus 78 percent for non-Hispanic whites, respectively.02p

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00 In the context above, I think:02p

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00 Hispanics = Hispanic-Americans;02p

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00 non-Hispanic whites = non-Hispanic American whites.02p

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0For the most part, you'll see -Americans with African. African-Americans. It's not used for Hispanics.

— BarbaraPA

  • 0For the most part, you'll see -Americans with African.
  • African-Americans.
  • It's not used for Hispanics.
  • 02br 02br 00I'm not sure I understand this, though.
  • You can't have 20% of African-Americans with Type II as those who were breast fed while only 29% were not.
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0For the most part, you'll see -Americans with African. African-Americans. It's not used for Hispanics. 02br
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00I'm not sure I understand this, though. You can't have 20% of African-Americans with Type II as those who were breast fed while only 29% were not. What did the other 51% do? LIkewise, if 39% of the non-Hispanic whites with Type II were breast fed, how can 78% no
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0Let's look at two pools of subjects, non-Hispanic whites in control pool vs non-Hispanic whites in experiment pool, each having 100 subjects for the sake of discussion02br
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00After conducting the experiment for a period of time, some subjects have type 2 diabetes while the others do not have.02br
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0078% of the non-Hispanic whites in the control po
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0 Close, but no cigar.02br
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00"The breast-feeding rate was lower in subjects with type 2 diabetes compared with the control subjects, at 20 versus 27 percent in African Americans; 50 versus 84 percent for Hispanics; and 39 percent versus 78 percent for non-Hispanic whites, respectively."02br
00(Experimental) Subjects (i.e., with type 2 diabetes):02br
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0I couldn't understand whether the sentence meant 'all the subjects in the experiment had type 2 diabetes' to begin with or a percentage develop the diabetes after completion of the experiment. I chose the latter because if the subjects already had type 2 diabetes at the beginning of the experiment, what's there to experiment with? But at the same time, I felt the experiment would be a long expe
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00 The entire context is here:02br
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01b00Study Shows Breastfed Kids Score Better on Some IQ Tests02b02p

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00May 5, 2008 -- Breastfeeding may make your kid mor

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