Sentence examples for before the study start date from inspiring English sources
Two swards, a low HM (L HM) sward (1600 kg dry matter (DM /ha) and a high HM (H HM) sward (2400 kg DM/ha), were created by varying the regrowth interval before the study start date, with two PA, 15 and 20 kg DM/cow/day imposed on each sward.
Three separate group training sessions were organised by one investigator (PR) at each centre one month before the study start date, coinciding with weekly mandatory departmental teaching sessions.
We excluded patients who did not have a postcode related Townsend deprivation score (5.2% of patients), those who had been prescribed statins before the study start date (3.0% of patients), and those with pre-existing cardiovascular disease (3.6%).
Consequently, delivery record books for the period between 3 and 5 months before the study start date at a large urban obstetric hospital [8,900 births per year] were used to randomly sample 124 women.
The criteria for exclusion from the study were: any systemic disease, intraocular surgery less than six months before the study start date, refractive surgery, conjunctival or intraocular inflammation, corneal abnormalities such as edema or scars, and contact lens wear.
We excluded patients who did not have a postcode related Townsend score, patients with a history of venous thromboembolism, and those who had been prescribed oral anticoagulation drugs at any time before the study start date.
Individuals with a diagnosis of ICH or SAH before their study start date were excluded from the study cohort.
To minimize the impact of this potential confounder, we developed a proxy of duration on dialysis (dialysis 0 – 2 years before each subject's study start date) for adjusted analyses.
Length of time in days from study start date to the purchase date will be recorded.
