Sentence examples for as the entry criterion from inspiring English sources

They proposed Aspergillus-positive lower respiratory tract specimen culture as the entry criterion and that physicians should increasingly consider the possibility of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis [20, 22, 37].

A multiple logistic regression model, with RA diagnosis as the dependent variable, was constructed using forward selection, with smallest P < 0.05 as the entry criterion.

With the remaining variables, backward-stepwise logistic regression analysis was conducted by using Wald p>0.1 as the exit criterion and p<0.05 as the entry criterion.

Additionally, a multiple ordinal logistic regression model, with number of diseased vessels as the dependent variable, was constructed using forward selection, with smallest P < 0.05 as the entry criterion.

The majority of the authors used massive transfusion (10 RBC units within 24 hours) as the entry criterion; however, to limit bias due to FFP unavailability, one study [ 261] excluded patients who died within the first 30 minutes.

A multivariate Cox regression analysis was then performed using a backward stepwise selection method, with a P value less than 0.05 as the entry criterion and a P value 0.10 or higher as the removal criterion.

In this study FFR<0.80 was used as the entry criteria.

Mammographically detected calcification is sometimes used as the entry criteria and MRI is used to differentiate between benign and malignant disease or between invasive and non-invasive disease.

This was particularly noticeable for the sulphonylurea comparison, and may reflect the early and rapid effect of these drugs noted above, particularly as the entry criteria for HbA1c (< 9.0%) were above the threshold for discontinuation (8.5%).

Serum creatinine measurements were done in the CRIC central laboratory at University of Pennsylvania on the Hitachi Vitros 950 calibrated to the MDRD central laboratory at Cleveland Clinic [ 15] (because the original 4-variable MDRD equation [ 16] was used as the entry criteria for CRIC).

As the entry criteria of this study were a diagnosis of asthma with no attempt to exclude co-existent COPD, it is possible that this reflects a period of life when the effects of the inflammatory process associated with COPD are particularly apparent.