At the end of the study, we calculated the progression of lesion area in each group compared to the lesion area at baseline.
The maximum temperature rise, occurring at the end of the pulse, is calculated additionally to the progression of the temperature inside and outside of the gold particle (see Fig. 2 ).
To calculate the risk of progression to TB, we adjusted for the sensitivity of the QFT-GIT for detecting the cases based on published data [ 12– 12].
We calculate the rates of progression of loss of health status in both treatment periods, and we compare the rates to determine treatment effect, adjusting for important socio-economic differences; we also determine direct treatment and total medical costs.
The Kaplan-Meier method and the Cox proportional hazard model were used to calculate the probability of progression free and overall survival (PFS and OS) and for multivariate analysis.
Thus, we were unable to calculate the score of radiographic progression.
To calculate the risk of CKD progression, investigators have focused on conditions that cause renal decline (such as diabetes or hypertension), abnormalities that result from renal injury (such as proteinuria) [ 10, 17, 21, 39, 63] or factors known to accelerate progression (such as smoking or obesity) [ 9, 64, 65].
Therefore, the use of these biomarkers to calculate the probability of fast disease progression should improve the clinical diagnosis and prognosis of AD.
Kaplan-Meier estimation was used to plot survival curves, and log-rank tests were used to calculate the difference of OS and progression-free survival (PFS) between high PTH group and non-high PTH group.
In order to normalize for changes in rudiment length when calculating an effect on calcification, the proportion of each rudiment occupied by bone was then calculated to reflect possible differences in the progression of ossification relative to the length of the rudiment.
