Socio-economic status (SES) as assessed by mothers was calculated by means of a 6-point SES-score of both paternal occupation and maternal education.
How precisely the decoding can be done is assessed by calculating the average mean square error of the decoder.
Possible population stratification was assessed by calculating identity-by-state (IBS) sharing among all pairs of individuals.
Finally, the size – shape relationship was assessed by calculating directions of allometry by multiple regressions between size and FCs.
Carcinologic results were assessed by calculating local and metastatic recurrences rates.
Intraobserver and interobserver agreement according to the level of experience were assessed by calculating the kappa index.
Correlation between ELISA and TNA results were assessed by calculating the linear regression and applying the Spearman correlation test.
Correlations between the three techniques were assessed by calculating Spearman's rank correlation coefficient.
Correlations were assessed by calculating the Spearman rank coefficient with 95% confidence interval.
Correlations among initial biomarker levels were assessed by calculating Spearman's rank correlation coefficients.
