As shown in Figure 6, while the HTLV-1 provirus DNA loads between the 2 groups were equivalent, the HTLV-1 tax mRNA expression in CD4+CD25+CCR4+ T cells was significantly increased in the HAM/TSP patients than in the ATL patients.
The observation group received acupuncture at Baihui (GV20), Yintang (EX-HN3), Sishencong (EX-HN1), Taichong (LR3), etc. and the control group received acupuncture at non-acupoints, showing that the total effective rate between two groups was equivalent efficacy.
The severity of illness between the two groups is equivalent.
The survival rates between the two groups was equivalent (log-rank Mantel Cox χ=0.023, df=1, P=0.880; Figure 2), although there were again only a small number of deaths in each group.
Chlorpromazine-equivalent dosages will be compared between groups in order to verify whether groups are equivalent, and correlations will be examined between dosage changes during the study period and clinical outcomes in order to exclude the possibility that medication changes are responsible for outcome.
Groups are equivalent in composition.
Statistical differences between groups were robust, so equivalent decisions were usually obtained from more efficient standard density indices.
This group is equivalent to a non-rehabilitation control group.
Given a large enough set of simulations (e.g., 10,000), the fraction of runs in which a statistically significant difference is identified between groups should be equivalent to the Type I error rate - the probability of falsely rejecting the null hypothesis - or 5% in this case for a two-sided test (10% if using a one-sided test).
