We analyzed this variable, but found no significant association.
Three studies analyzed this variable using the absolute Cobb angle value [ 26, 32, 33].
However, because most transfusions (86%) were leukoreduced, there is not sufficient power to analyze this variable.
However, among the 5 indicators used for variables, "trust in the MD" could be considered the most relevant to treatment effectiveness, so we analyzed this variable.
Unfortunately, the length of resected intestine was not registered in the database used for this retrospective study, which limits the ability to analyze this variable.
We have no knowledge of studies other than the one conducted in Dubai that have analyzed this variable as a determinant of EBF.
Given the importance of exposure to tobacco smoke on fetal growth, we also analyzed this variable, dividing it into three categories: nonsmokers during pregnancy, smokers during the first trimester but not after week 12, and still smoking after week 12.
The six studies that analyzed this variable before and after BKP reported reductions in pain intensity, and that the reduction was maintained during follow-up [see Additional file 1].
In our paper we did not state the contrary, we only stated that we analyzed this variable in another way - using the standardized mean difference, which is a methodology different from meta-regression to analyze the reduction in norepinephrine requirements [ 1].
*322 over 388 patients were submitted to liver biopsy and analyzed for this variable.
We intended to analyze this response variable with a repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA), which is a two-way, randomized-block design, without replication.
