Study design adjusted models accounted for DCCT treatment assignment, presence of baseline retinopathy, duration of diabetes, and baseline measures of AER, HbA1c, and ETDRS score.
Due to the nature of the intervention, participants are un-blinded to group assignment, following completion of baseline assessments.
These measures were collected at baseline using a variety of commonly utilized and previously validated self-report questionnaires and physical examination procedures performed by research personnel unaware of randomization assignment at baseline.
Irrespective of intervention group assignment and baseline burden of illness, improved HbA1c levels from baseline to one-year follow-up were significantly associated with greater quality of life on the diabetes control (β = 0.23, p = .04) and sexual function subscales (β = 0.25, p = .03).03
Random assignment took place after completion of baseline measurements.
We ensured that all men received STI treatment regardless of their randomization assignment, at both baseline and follow-up.
We tested for interactions between assigned treatment and baseline characteristics for the primary outcome measure of cardiac death using stratified Cox models with random effects that included treatment assignment, the baseline characteristic of interest, and their interaction.
Kaplan-Meier analysis (figure 6) showed that assignment of the risk score at baseline maintained the prognostic implication at all time point up to 1 year (log-rank test p<0.001).
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We extended the Cochrane tool for assessing risk of bias by five criteria that consider non-randomised studies: prospective design, comparable baseline characteristics, assignment of patients to treatment groups, concurrent control, and loss to follow-up.
DESIGN: Randomized, controlled trial (modified cross-over) with site as unit of assignment; testing at baseline and 3, 6, 9, and 12 months.
