For months when specimens were available from both groups, the proportion of positive samples from both groups was highest during the cool months (November 2013 January 2014), then steadily declined, reaching the lowest point during the warm month of May 2014.
In both groups, the proportion of node-positive cases was positively associated with tumour size (P=0.000).
Although the proliferation was high in both groups, the number of Ki67-positive cells was significantly higher in Hes-6yexpressing xenografts compared with controls.
During the follow-up period (that is, when RL was infused in both groups), the chloride cumulative balance became positive in the HSL group (P < 0.0001), but remained significantly lower than in the RL group (P < 0.0001).
Although the combination therapy with prednisone and cyclophosphamide was the most common initial treatment in both groups, the relapse rate in MPO-ANCA positive cases was lower than that of PR3-ANCA positive cases (17 % and 56%%, respectively).
In both groups, the majority of the patients with positive bacterial cultures had underlying diseases.
The findings indicate that both groups were positive about the learning task as a whole and especially valued the provided video examples.
The vast majority of participants of both groups was positive about the number of sessions and its duration, about 15% indicated the need for an additional session.
Both groups were positive about the care they had received, although the early discharge patients were concerned about the withdrawal of home support after the removal of the drain, and disliked having to return to the hospital for seroma aspirations.
Regarding lifestyle, after adjusting for the control variables both groups showed positive changes during the 12-week period, but no significant difference was found between the 2 groups in overall lifestyle.
