Track management is done based on different criteria: in case of out of range moving objects (> 100 m) or low probability of existence (p o < 0.05).
This would also be a limitation to other studies of bacterial meningitis and it was probably not important in our study due to the inclusion of patients fulfilling additional criteria in case of a negative CSF culture.
The following intervention 'exit criteria' (in case of 'treatment failure') are being used: the maximum numbers of pulmonary exacerbations allowed in any 12 month period are either 6 episodes treated by the local clinic (as an outpatient) or 4 hospital admissions.
Nevertheless, we diverged from this inclusion criterion only in case of the Anthroposophic Medicine Outcome Study (AMOS), which was published with respect to different details [ 23- 26], but has to be regarded as one study, and described the number of patients with EYT usage.
Infection was diagnosed according to standardized criteria or, in case of uncertainty, by an infectious disease specialist.
Patients meeting the inclusion criteria, respectively in case of children their parents/legal guardians, were informed by the physician about the nature of the study.
In case of several alterations, the prioritization of the molecular abnormalities is discussed by the MBB based on the following criteria: (1) In case of expression of both AR and ER/PR in a same patient, the hormone receptor with the highest expression level is taken into account.
All analyses were adjusted for age, sex, total energy intake, and BMI at diagnosis because these had been used as frequency-matching criteria or, in case of BMI, because of concerns about potential confounding of OC exposure by BMI, given that cases showing lower BMI might have undergone lipid-stored OC mobilization.
This criterion was applied in case of mass enhancement or non-mass enhancement.
The main criterion for selection in case of several co-resident family members was time spent with the older person.
