21.   The specificity values of the above serological tests are also lower in patients receiving long term NSAID.

22.   The volume density of the acidophilic atypical acinar cell foci was significantly lower in the fundectomy group than in the PBD group.

23.   Total serum carnitine concentration was significantly lower in the patients with coeliac disease compared with the other two groups and to reference values.

24.   Total carnitine concentration was significantly lower in the group with symptomatic coeliac disease compared with the three other groups.

25.   The maximal gastric secretory volume was lower in old subjects with atrophy.

26.   Stearic acid was significantly lower in ulcerative colitis than in controls.

27.   The rise in anal pressure during the manoeuvre was much lower in spinal patients than in controls and varied according to the level of the spinal lesion.

28.   The phosphatidylethanolamine value was higher in duodenal ulcer and lower in chronic atrophic gastritis compared with the control group.

29.   The prevalence of such findings tended to be lower in patients treated with gold injections than in those receiving sulphasalazine and NSAIDs.

30.   In the Health Study clinic attendance rates were significantly lower in the vitamin A group than in the placebo group.