Question

Results of a United States study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine have shown college-educated women and women living in the South and West to be significantly more likely to be using supplemental hormones as women living in the Northeast and Midwest.

• A. college-educated women and women living in the South and West to be significantly more likely to be using supplemental hormones as women living
• B. college-educated women and women living in the South and West as significantly more likely to use supplemental hormones than if they are living
• C. college-educated women and those living in the South and West being significantly more likely to use supplemental hormones than if they lived
• D. that college-educated women and women who live in the South and West are significantly more likely to be using supplemental hormones as were women that lived
• E. that college-educated women and women living in the South and West are significantly more likely to use supplemental hormones than women living

Answer 1

The correct option is E that college-educated women and women living in the South and West are significantly more likely to use supplemental hormones than women living

"results have shown that" is necessary, we can eliminate A B C.
If we continue to read the choices left we'll notice some errors in D:"more likely to be using" VS "more likely to use"(more clear) and "more (...) as" VS "more (...) than" (the correct idiom). E is the correct answer