Sentence examples for description of subjects from inspiring English sources
This article was amended on 22 April 2016 to comply with Guardian style on description of subjects' race and religion.
The description of subjects used for gene array, cytokine analysis, and surface phenotypic analysis is provided in Table 1 (n = 8/group).
The scoring system consists of 8 questions on the validity of the study design (appropriate methods and frame, adequate size, suitable criteria, outcome measurements, and response rate), the interpretation (prevalence given with confidence intervals) and the applicability of the results (detailed description of subjects and settings), weighted equality with one point [ 15].
A detailed description of study subjects and analytical methods has been given previously [13].
The pooled SPE was lower with some covariates, such as study size greater than 30 (P < 0.001), adequate description of study subjects (P < 0.001), satisfactory reporting of results (P < 0.001) and broad spectrum of disease (P < 0.01).
In order to explore other potential heterogeneities, meta-regression and subgroup meta-analysis were performed, and heterogeneity was found in sample size, description of study subjects, reporting of results and spectrum of the diseases in control group.
Future studies should include more stringent research methods and better description of subject characteristics.
Without an adequate description of subject characteristics, readers are unable to judge the comparability of study groups.
Studies were graded on an 8-point scale which included assessments for sampling methods, sampling frame, sample size, measurement tools, measurement bias, response rate, statistical presentation, and description of subject sample.
