To our knowledge, the effects of metformin on BMI in obese children without diabetes have been synthesized in only one published review based on three studies (11), which identified no treatment effect at 6 months (−0.17 kg/m [95% CI −0.62 to −0.28]).
Our results are in contrast with those reported by Zhou et al. [ 14], which was based on three studies reporting HPV infection status; however, only one of these focused on an Asian population [ 20].
The IPS-I-model is based on three studies, in which students in secondary and (post) higher education were asked to solve information problems, while thinking aloud.
Similarly, the failure risk for mandibular stainless steel fixed retainers bonded to canines was 0.25 (95 % CI, 0.16, 0.33) based on three studies [13, 25, 28] (n = 79) over a follow-up period of 12 to 36 months (Fig. 5).
Based on three studies [24, 25, 27], WMD in BOP scores between test and control groups amounted to −23.12 % [SE = 4.81; p < 0.001; 95 % CI (−32.56, −13.69)] favouring alternative methods (i.e. Er:YAG laser, glycine air polishing,) for biofilm removal over mechanical debridement (p value for heterogeneity: 0.55, I 2 = 0.0 % = low heterogeneity; 0.39) (Fig. 3a).
The report was based on three studies with a total of about 25,000 people and the findings were published in the current issue of the Archives of Sexual Behavior, an academic journal.
This is due to the fact that this analysis is based on two studies, one in children and one in adolescents.
These estimates, which, being estimates, aren't perfect, were based on five studies.
The decision to approve -- at least to some extent -- the expansion of Xenical to children was based on two studies.
The recommendations were based on two studies, also published in the medical journal, that examined the effectiveness of screening.
Our research is based on two studies we conducted on email use among North American business-to-business (B2B) salespeople.
