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    Pooled relative-risk of suicide in those diagnosed with a mental or substance...

    Note. 95% UI: 95% uncertainty interval; aDue to lack of data, simultaneously pooled cocaine and amphetamine relative-risk estimates into an overall estimate for...
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    Fate of protocols according to funding<sup>*</sup>.

    Values are n (%). *Information on PHRC 2000 funding was obtained from the French Ministry of Health, information on other funding was provided by the primary investigator (327...
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    r37980778c78--9e36793997275ae1a9ebf52b84a57a90

    *To identify whether the item should be included in future shortened checklist. If excluded, the
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    r37980778c78--ab54a1fa7867d82e8b40a62e7f0e26d5

    *1 = yes, 2 = no, 3 = can't answer, 4 =  not applicable.
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    Meta-Analysis of Repository Data: Impact of Data Regularization on NIMH Schiz...

    Human geneticists are increasingly turning to study designs based on very large sample sizes to overcome difficulties in studying complex disorders. This in turn almost always...
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    Pearson's correlation coefficients for different pairs of measures.

    For each pair, the first column provides the Pearson correlation coefficient calculated by using all cancer types, and the second is calculated by using only cancer types whose...
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    r37980778c78--db8cd6a8f3cbd3707ce6c78eaaabcaa5

    Abbreviations: CC, cubic centimeter; FWE, family-wise error; FDR, false discovery rate; FWHM, full-width at half-maximum; RESEL, resolution element. The conditional item which...
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    Results of fits of optimal excess relative risk model (2) (maximum likelihood...

    aUnless otherwise stated all p-values refer to improvement in fit of model immediately above indicated one in the Table.bp-value for improvement in fit over null model (without...
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    r37980778c78--a4cd5e11fb874d9076d5ff5fd05bfa27

    ObjectivesTo compare physical activity (PA) subcomponents from EPIC Physical Activity Questionnaire (EPAQ2) and combined heart rate and movement sensing in older...
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    r37980778c78--1036e307693425273c186e285e85c936

    Sample sizes are calculated according to Farrington and Manning [28] (for binary outcome), Rothmann [29] (continuous) and Crisp and Curtis [27] (survival). *overall number of...
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    Analysis of curvature in fits of EOR model (2) with or without adjustment for...

    All models have underlying rates adjusted for age (treated categorically) and gender. Unless otherwise stated all CI are profile-likelihood based. aunless otherwise stated all...
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    1973–78 Cohort quantitative measures S1 and S5 for those who commented and th...

    1973–78 Cohort quantitative measures S1 and S5 for those who commented and those who did not comment.
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    Baseline Maternal Characteristics of 522 HIV-Infected Women Initiating ARV Th...

    *Number indicates the number of women who chose each response. Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding. Sample sizes (in parentheses) may vary due to missing...
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    The Need for Randomization in Animal Trials: An Overview of Systematic Reviews

    Background and ObjectivesRandomization, allocation concealment, and blind outcome assessment have been shown to reduce bias in human studies. Authors from the Collaborative...
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    Characteristics of the study population.

    SD = standard deviation; BMI = body mass index; BFP = Body fat percentage measured with bioelectrical impedance [24]; WHR = waist-hip ratio; HGS = handgrip strength, the highest...
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    r37980778c78--d4d4bc4b38728a44c06d92e2384676a3

    Acronyms: D & B score (Downs & Black score); None OW/OB (none were overweight/obese); BMI (Body Mass Index); CDC-NCHS (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – National...
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    Choice of Non-Inferiority (NI) Margins Does Not Protect against Degradation o...

    ObjectiveNI margins have to be chosen appropriately to control the risk of degradation of treatment effects in non-inferiority (NI) trials. We aimed to study whether the current...
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    Modified Downs and Black checklist (Downs & Black, 1998).

    Modified Downs and Black checklist (Downs & Black, 1998).
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    r37980778c78--da0a36307b7bea065131edc565779156

    BackgroundThe 5-year survival rate of cancer patients is the most commonly used statistic to reflect improvements in the war against cancer. This idea, however, was refuted...