... 001 04 307 Abbreviations: CABG, Coronary artery bypass graft; MACE, Major adverse cardiac event (ie, death, myocardial infarction, and target vessel revascularization a Indicates patients who ... was associated with poor overall clinical outcomes comparedwith outcomes associated with SES treatment Also, in the multivariate analysis, after adjusting for clinical variables, we found that ... Cardiology; AHA: American Heart Association; CABG: coronary artery binding graft; CK: creatine kinase; MACE: major adverse cardiac events; MI: myocardial infarction; PES: paclitaxel-eluting stent; RESEARCH:...
... NH, and MKW designed and interpreted the analysis of health-related quality of life data AM and SF assisted Abbott Laboratories with the original Phase III study design and acquisition of data All ... patients with psoriasis comparedwith the general population of the United States (US) The normbased approach compared mean HRQOL scores in a target patient group (in this case psoriasis) to age-, ... men and women 45 to 50 years of age (similar to the REVEAL sample) and were comparedwith baseline SF-36 scale scores for each of the REVEAL treatment groups (adalimumab and placebo) before treatment...
... cereal fiber, saturated fat, polyunsaturated fat, monounsaturated fat, trans fat, and total calories ¶ The multivariate model included cereal fiber, saturated fat, polyunsaturated fat, monounsaturated ... monounsaturated fat, trans fat, vegetable protein, and total calories ∥ The multivariate model included cereal fiber, saturated fat, polyunsaturated fat, monounsaturated fat, trans fat, animal protein, ... ed22,26,27 and trans22,28-30 fats have been associated with an increased risk of coronary heart disease, and polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats with decreased risk.22 Total dietary fat, however,...
... proximate chemical analysis [43] All chemical analyses were carried out in triplicate on the same subsample 2.5 Statistical analyses and calculations The data on mean annual litterfall amounts, mass ... (Cunninghamia lanceolata) plantation forest; FH, Fokienia hodginsii plantation forest; OX, Ormosia xylocarpa plantation forest; CK, Castanopsis kawakamii plantation forest; NF, natural forest dominated ... litter and its patterns in four plantation forests of Cunninghamia lanceolata (Chinese fir, CF), Fokienia hodginsii (FH), Ormosia xylocarpa (OX), and Castanopsis kawakamii (CK), and an adjacent natural...
... (Cunninghamia lanceolata) plantation forest; FH, Fokienia hodginsii plantation forest; OX, Ormosia xylocarpa plantation forest; CK, Castanopsis kawakamii plantation forest; NF, natural forest of C kawakamii ... climate, witha mean annual temperature of 19.1 °C and a mean relative humidity of 81% The mean annual precipitation is 1749 mm, mainly occurring from March to August (Fig 1) Mean annual actual ... was initiated to determine in four plantation forests of Cunninghamia lanceolata (Chinese fir, CF), Fokienia hodginsii (FH), Ormosia xylocarpa (OX) and Castanopsis kawakamii (CK), and an adjacent...
... Psychiatry 2003, 64:1048-1056 Dossenbach M, Arango-Davila C, Silva Ibarra H, Landa E, Aguilar J, Caro O, Leadbetter J, Assuncao S: Response and relapse in patients with schizophrenia treated with ... schizophrenia and acute exacerbation, olanzapine comparator Risperidone week study, patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder and acute exacerbation, aripiprazole comparator Olanzapine ... The therapeutic approach for symptoms of schizophrenia is mainly based around pharmaceutical treatment Atypical antipsychotics could offer particular advantages over typical antipsychotics and more...
... Ollandezos M, Athanasakis K, Papanicolaou S, Kyriopoulos I: Costs and effects of paliperidone extended release comparedwith alternative oral antipsychotic agents in patients with schizophrenia ... Annals of General Psychiatry 2009, 8:15 http://www.annals-general-psychiatry.com/content/8/1/15 Table 1: Mean annual number of stable days and cost per patient by pharmaceutical treatment Paliperidone ... there was an error with the values listed for Ziprasidone and Aripiprazole in Table Ten Table Ten should therefore appear as shown in this correction (Table 1) References Geitona M, Kousoulakou...
... were assumed to be the absence of the extra-articular manifestation for pulmonary nodule When radiologic and laboratory data were not available, the data was considered as missing ACR, American ... functional status (arthritis flares, morning stiffness, physician global rating, and functional status), and extra-articular manifestations (vasculitis and pulmonary nodule) These indicators are available ... functional status on the medical chart, we assumed a patient had no apparent clinical and functional manifestations during that period The value associated Page of (page number not for citation...
... clinical status (joint counts and global health) and acute phase reactants [4] Disease activity is associated with radiographic damage [5] and with surgery [6], both components of the RARBIS Acute ... Arthritis Research & Therapy Vol No Landewé and van der Heijde Feasibility, finally, pertains to the ease with which the RARBIS can be elicited and calculated in practice Time and costs are ... variables from outcome variables Outcome variables measure the consequences of disease In chronic diseases such as RA the outcome is assessable only after many years Process variables measure...
... was compared between treatments in an additive analysis of variance model with subject, period and treatment as fixed factors and the test-day baseline FEV1 as covariate Mean changes in FEV1 and ... Inhalers containing placebo or active medication had an identical appearance The primary (FEV1) and secondary parameters (mean forced expiratory flow between 25% and 75% of forced vital capacity ... Schreurs AG, Rasidakis A: Comparison of formoterol and terbutaline for as-needed treatment of asthma: a randomised trial Lancet 2001, 357:257-261 Pauwels RA, Sears MR, Campbell M, Villasante C, Huang...
... Microarray Analysis Suite 5.0 (MAS5) and Robust Multichip Analysis (RMA) statistical algorithm with default parameters for the array type used in this study (Affymetrix HG-U133-Plus2, CA, US) Data ... ethylenediamineteraacetic acid and samples were processed within 30–60' after blood drawn under careful and frequent decontamination of the working space and all materials needed (RNAseZAP, Ambion, TX, US, Cat ... the array data were analyzed by GeneChip® Operating Software (GCOS, Affymetrix, CA, US) and genesprings software (GSS, Agilent Technologies, CA, US) Both softwares are able to statistically analyze...
... trial of at least 12 weeks duration 2) Data was available on at least one of the specified endpoints (withdrawal rate, moderate/severe exacerbations, pre-bronchodilator FEV1 and health status) ... inhaled and oral corticosteroids at baseline Analysis of data on FEV1 and health status included the actual data recorded at each time point (Observed), and, to account for withdrawals, the last ... studies and for all studies, and calculate the relative risk between treatments This approach was also used to analyse time to withdrawal from studies For health status, a repeated measure analysis...
... Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565, Japan Published: 22 May 1998 References Doebbeling BN, Stanely GL, Sheetz CT, et al: Comparative efficacy of alternative hand-washing ... et al Critical Care 1998, 2:79 http://ccforum.com number of bacteria after hand-washing/the number of bacteria before hand-washing)] Values are calculated from raw data and expressed as mean ... 15:301-309 Graham M: Frequency and duration of hand washing in an intensive care unit Am J Infect Control 1990, 18:77-81 Yoh M, Akiyama Y, Shimokawa M, Honda T: Flow water hand washing with electrolytic...
... relatively better comparedwith CV OI was evaluated as an interaction term in a Cox Proportional Hazard model with treatment, age and OI as explanatory variables The likelihood ratio test comparing the ... conventional mechanical ventilation (CV) Values are presented as means with standard deviations aHigher mean airway pressures in HFOV comparedwith CV (p = 0.03) bSignificantly lower pH in patients that ... than mean airway pressure (MAP) on CV and then adjusted to achieve and maintain optimal lung volume Therefore, initially, CDP was increased until an O2 saturation > 95% was achieved CDP Available...
... was unchanged in sensitivity analyses using expected mean scores based on additional characteristics (Table 4), and when the analyses were repeated separately for each gender Analyses of data ... immigrant adolescents may feel less comfortable reporting behaviours that might be perceived as deviant Such social desirability may be seen as a bias, as well as an adaptation to Vietnamese ... in Canada American Journal of Public Health 2002, 92(2):220-227 Ali JS, McDermott S, Gravel RG: Recent research on immigrant health from statistics Canada's population surveys Canadian Journal...
... as having ALI/ARDS had hydrostatic pulmonary edema or pulmonary infection and that patients identified as not having ALI/ARDS actually had ALI/ARDS This may have happened in cardiac-arrest patients, ... of disagreement, consensus had to be obtained while reviewing the patient together Statistical analysis Data are presented as mean with standard deviation for parametric data or as medians with ... conventional tidal volumes in patients without ALI is associated with sustained cytokine production, as measured in plasma • Our data at least suggest that mechanical ventilation with conventional tidal...
... SF-36 manual [47] When an item was missing on the HADS and IES, missing data were replaced with the patients’ mean value for each subscale Data on categorical variables are presented as numbers and ... the data, performing the data analyses and writing the article LS also collected data ISB, LS and HM participated in the planning of the study and discussions during data analyses, read the manuscript ... LPH: Prevalence and determinants of disabilities and return to work after major trauma J Trauma 2005, 58:126-135 Vazquez MG, Rivera FR, Perez AA, Gonzalez CA, Fernandez ME, Navarrete NP: Analysis...
... BNC, and JOF), data acquisition (KID), data analysis (KID, AD), and statistical expertise (AD) All authors have read and approved the final manuscript 20 Competing interests Statement The authors ... in the ratio of omega and omega fatty acids between human milk and formula have been associated with adipose tissue growth in infants [9] and insulin response in animal models [10] A causal role ... coded as being White or not Maternal Education was coded as having a College degree and Beyond or having less than a College degree DiSantis et al International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and...
... treated the same way as any other sample, but no ISTD is added during extraction and cleanup.(The preparation of calibration solutions is described below Michelangelo Anastassiades, CVUA Stuttgart ... the sample amount may have to be reduced and water has to be added as shown in the table below The added water should be at alow temperature (e.g
... pathologists RNA preparation and cDNA microarray hybridization Rat liver total RNA was isolated using the Trizol reagent (Invitrogen) and purified with an RNAeasy column (Qiagen) RNA quality was ... scanned with an Agilent microarray scanner Data analysis Raw intensities of spots were extracted from images by imagene v9.0 software, and the spots withalow signal-tonoise ratio (< 2) were automatically ... automatically denoted ‘flag > 0’ Signal intensity normalization within each array was performed by Lowess regression, and the signal ratio was transformed to a log base ratio Further scale normalization...