Before interview, two researchers (RMDS and JJK) independently assessed consistency of the trial protocol with its related publication(s) to identify any discrepancies in outcomes.
This analysis is usually performed to evaluate the consistency of a trial's conclusions among patient subgroups included in the study [ 15].
The internal consistency of the trial could have been higher if all the trainees had operated in the same theatre, using the same technical equipment, and with the same supervisor and staff.
Given that the consistency of clinical trials targeting such conventional cardiovascular risk factors as serum cholesterol level has minimal, if any, effect on improving survival in diabetic dialysis patients (6), better glycemic control using traditional and/or novel glycemic metrics is of high clinical priority.
For MVPA, the consistency across voxels of trial variability and of scan noise is also critical.
Individual time to peak blood bicarbonate (HCO3 −) has demonstrated good to excellent reproducibility following ingestion of both 0.2 g kg−1 body mass (BM) and 0.3 g kg−1 BM sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3), but the consistency of the time trial (TT) performance response using such an individualised NaHCO3 ingestion strategy remains unknown.
The consistency of results across trials may influence the decision of whether to combine trial results in a meta-analysis.
The widespread agreement to adopt uniformity with respect to trial outcomes made comparisons of treatments possible and even allowed for examination of the consistency of efficacy across trials of the same treatment.
Of these, dAPs have been observed up to 25 ms later and can be distinguished from subsequent sAPs based on their high reliability of occurrence (>80%), low jitter (160 µs), and consistency of waveform across trials [24] [26] (Fig 2; see Methods for a description of automated dAP detection).
