Since the MCI individuals in the two cohorts were diagnosed using slightly different criteria, differences between the two MCI groups could have affected the ability to independently assess the discrimination accuracy of the automated MRI measures.
To differentiate the different areas, plaque, lumen and aorta, the basic grayscale criteria differences were used, as each entity has a unique value that can be distinguished from the others.
The reasons could be due to genotyping different and too few markers; differences in case ascertainment and phenotype criteria; differences in ethnicity; and the occurrence of false negatives in the replication study or false positives in the initial studies.
To examine if visual impressions of smoothness or nonsmoothness align with the conclusions of these formal criteria, differences of scale must be accounted for, see Sect.
Multiple reasons have been described for this variation including differences in inclusion/exclusion criteria, differences in the setting in which the CPR was performed and problems with definitions of common variables [2, 3].
We used second-order, bias-corrected Akaike's information criteria differences (ΔAICc) and weights (AICcw) for model selection [ 16].
Previous findings reported in the recognition memory literature concerning criteria differences for dysphoric mood have shown very little consistency.
To examine potential causes of the variation in maintenance gene expression levels unrelated to the QC criteria, differences among the subjects were assessed.
Summary statistics were estimated for demographic and clinical feature data by 2010 ACR/EULAR RA criteria; differences between groups were evaluated using the Wilcoxon Rank Sum test for continuous data and Fisher's exact test for discrete/categorical data.
The primary outcome criterion (difference of HbA1c value at baseline and after 6 months) was assessed in 178 patients (low group: n = 87, high group: n = 91); non-inferiority was demonstrated for the low group (p = 0.0022) with a mean difference of 0.24 in the low and of 0.16 in the high group.
