In particular, the importance of assessing mean and long-term outcome in survivors has been underlined [6].
This hypothesis is currently being investigated in an ongoing study assessing mean arterial level optimization through Doppler-based resistive index (RI) in patients with septic shock (NCT01473498).
Post-hoc analysis was performed by assessing mean difference between EBM groups.
Inter-examiner reliability was assessed (mean difference 0.163).
Participants used the analogue visual scale (VAS) to assess mean daily pain.
Trancranial color-coded duplexsonography was used to assess mean flow diastolic and systolic velocity changes in the posterior cerebral artery, in particular P2, during visual stimulation.
General linear models were used to assess mean differences in BMI, WHR, and WC among FTO SNP genotypes.
Χ2 tests were used to determine differences in frequencies across categories, and linear regression with categorical variables was used to assess mean differences among milk or dairy categories.
However, choosing an appropriate statistical inference procedure in order to assess mean differences between multiple groups often poses a non-trivial challenge.
We genotyped 49,094 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in >2,100 cardiometabolic candidate genes and assessed mean HDL particle size and HDL particle number by NMR spectroscopy.
