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A first checking of the actual representativeness of the sample was done by comparing characteristics of dwellings and occupants in the sample with corresponding data from the latest National Census.

By comparing characteristics of different fluvial sediments, such as recent flood deposits or historical sediments, and by monitoring pollutants, the influence of sediment contamination is validated.

Factors associated with MVCT participation, risk selection among MVCT clients, and barriers to HIV testing, were evaluated by comparing characteristics of clients presenting for HIV testing and randomly selected community respondents who did not present for testing.

Consistency between direct and indirect evidence from two-arm trials can be assessed by comparing characteristics of direct and indirect evidence trials and by using a hypothesis test to indicate whether there is a significant discrepancy between the treatment effect estimates calculated from each evidence type although the test has low power [2], [3], [8], [57].

The second objective was to report on the feasibility of reaching employees by comparing characteristics of employees taking part in the intervention with those who did not.

The effect of calibration on random variation caused by inter-instrument variability was analysed by comparing characteristics of raw and calibrated data.

The criteria were formulated by experts who compared characteristics of patients with longstanding classical RA (mean disease duration 8 years).

We compared characteristics of women by their ethnicity, for South Asian, Black, and White women.

χ, analysis of variance and trend-tests were used to compare characteristics of participants by cadmium tertiles.

For each hospital representativeness of the sample is verified by comparing general characteristics of selected admissions with those of all admissions of the participating hospitals.

We investigated the determinants of mortality with respect to the timing of death by comparing the characteristics of patients who survived or died either early or lately (Table 1).