A competing risks extension of the Cox time-to-event model was used to further assess for the influence of informative censoring on event ascertainment, for example the influence of differences in follow-up time (censoring at last observed assessment) by treatment arm on observing relapse or discontinuation events.
Patients were grouped by pre-therapy hemoglobin value and hemoglobin nadir to assess for the influence of hemoglobin on the survival probability.
Statistical analysis was performed (with Sigmastat 3.0, SPSS) by two-way analysis of variance (two-way ANOVA) to assess for the influence of exercise (TRN vs. SED), region (EPI vs. ENDO) and interaction of these factors [ 2].
To assess for a possible influence of the IGF axis after longer periods of follow-up and to rule out an effect of preclinical disease on IGF levels, we sequentially excluded cases and matched controls, requiring longer periods of time between plasma collection and pancreatic cancer diagnosis.
Conservation easements are created to prevent development but are rarely assessed for their influence on development patterns.
Soil type, level of sewage pre-treatment and irrigation rate were assessed for their influence on the success of soil treatment in removing pharmaceuticals remaining after conventional sewage treatment.
With the Branch-Site approach, the branches to be assessed for the influence of positive selection, i.e. the "foreground" branches, require to be chosen in advance.
> -wrap-foot> and and renal function were assessed for their influence on plasma concentrations.
The patient, tumour and treatment characteristics shown in Table 1 were assessed for their influence on recurrence risk using multivariable binary logistic regression analysis.
The 14 preliminary hit compounds were independently assessed for their influence on cell viability, with effects benchmarked to the EGFR-inhibiting agents erlotinib and cetuximab.
