41.   But other factors affecting well being - low birth rates, poverty and missing a parent - worsened over the last several years.

42.   Dr. Barry J. Maron of the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation wrote in an accompanying editorial that two factors might have affected the results.

43.   Frequently, economic, social and political factors affect the outcome.

44.   He said that external factors affected the local markets more than domestic factors.

45.   Other factors may affect the stocks, Yagi said, especially issues of large companies with disparate operations.

46.   The Thaksin factor could also affect Chat Pattana and other parties finding it difficult to exist under the new electoral system.

47.   These factors will affect profit in the second half of the year as well, the company said.

48.   They want to find out if environmental factors affect the incidence of the cancer among people who may have a genetic predisposition for the disease.

49.   Gautier said several factors affected the sequence of releases.

50.   The planned mutual funds will be used to stabilize share prices when the bourse is affected by non-economic factors, he said.