Participants were followed for 6 months and evaluated every two months using the validated Lequesne questionnaire of disease severity, with a 25% decrease in this measurement as the primary outcome.
Partial response (PR) was defined as at least a 30% decrease in the disease measurement for CT/MRI target lesions, taking as reference the disease measurement done to confirm measurable disease in target lesions at study entry.
In this method the position, where the plot creates an "elbow" in the graph, can be taken as the number of clusters, since the "elbow" occurs at the point of sudden decrease in the error measurement (Ketchen and Shook 1996).
Previously, Weiss et al. published results on the decrease in the TCPO2 measurement during hemodialysis and up to four hours after the end of the session [ 19].
In the MSD group a decrease in the following measurements was observed (p < 0.05): BMI, fat mass, lean mass, glucose, TC.
This could be due to the behavioural changes of this population group, with a decrease in the preventive measurements and the increase of risky sexual practices that favour the infection.
Only the RC Post-IR group showed a significant decrease in the mean measurements of partial pressure of arterial oxygen at the end of the observation, as compared to the baseline.
Two measures of health effect were used for the cost analyses: 1) the mean decrease in A1C measurement between the beginning and end of the intervention period and 2) the proportion of participants achieving a target A1C value of <7% (A1C goal).
A two-log decrease in the repeat VL measurement 3 months after interventions to support adherence in those suspected of failing a second-line regimen was defined as virological suppression, and these patients were continued on second-line ART.
The peak area of the reactive quinoneimine significantly decreased in the duplicate measurement after 10 h (see Electronic Supplementary Material Figure S 2), whilst in the pH 7 samples the hydroquinone was only present after 10 h.
