Sentence examples for age at biopsy from inspiring English sources
Older age at biopsy was associated with a longer MMR-biopsy interval, independent of case status (Spearman rank correlation, Rho = 0.65, p<0.0001).
Spearman rank correlation was used to evaluate whether older age at biopsy was associated with longer MMR biopsy intervals, independent of case status.
Age at biopsy was similar for cases and controls [median (interquartile range, IQR), cases, 5.5 (3.0) years; controls, 5.1 (3.0) years], as was the distribution of cases and controls across the three age strata.
Age at biopsy varied from 29 weeks of adjusted gestational age to 21 years.
Patients' mean age at biopsy was 47.2 years and 39.6% were male.
The biopsies of 119 consecutive patients (66 females, age range at biopsy 1.5 72 years, median age 17 years; 53 males, age range at biopsy 2 66 years, median age 7 years) revealed a normal mucosa or a mucosa with slight, nonspecific changes; these patients were considered free of CD and served as controls (The Control group was younger than the group with CD, P=0.0074).
The histology of 149 consecutive patients (104 females, age range at biopsy 0.9 80 years, median age 29 years; 45 males, age range at biopsy 2 73 years, median age 13 years) revealed subtotal or complete villous atrophy, hyperplasia of the crypts, and an increase in intraepithelial lymphocytes (Marsh classification 3a, b, or c lesions).
Age in years at biopsy retrieval M male, F female, BV/TV vital bone volume/total volume, BS/TV bone surface/total volume, Tb.Th trabeculae thickness, OV/BV osteoid volume/vital bone volume, OS/BS osteoid surface/bone surface, O.Th osteoid thickness, NOc/BPm not measured as an insignificant number of osteoclasts were available.
The patients' ages at biopsy ranged from 11 to 70 years (mean, 30.4 years).
In post-hoc analyses we compared the prevalence of symptoms and signs according to the type of CD serology (EMA vs. AGA vs. TTGA) using the Chi-2 test (Kruskal-Wallis test was used when we examined year of biopsy and age at first biopsy).
