Slight difference of treatment schemes existed in the therapy schedules and the different duration of follow-up period among the included studies may be responsible for them.
In response, Mr. de la Sablière said, "It's probably fair to say that the difference of treatment came from the perception" of a gap between the UTA victims' awards and "what they were giving in this Lockerbie case".
"The directive contains a strict test which must be satisfied if a difference of treatment is to be considered non-discriminatory: there must be a genuine and determining occupational requirement, the objective must be legitimate and the requirement proportionate.
Indeed, as the three dissenters point out, there is a legal tension between saying that particular serious justifications are needed for such difference of treatment and then paradoxically not assessing whether such reasons where present, but rather going into the margin of appreciation question.
This result suggests that the increase in mortality with age was not, or not only, related to a difference of treatment intensity and that other explanations should be discussed.
Chi square test was used to compare the difference of treatment efficiency.
The risk difference of treatment between the intervention and control group was 0.54%.
The discrepancies on the predictive value of Twist1/ Bmi1 axis probably lie in the difference of treatment regimen.
By contrast, our calculated risk difference of treatment emergent, cardiovascular serious events was 0.27% (−0.10 to 0.63).
When the difference of treatment is found in efficacy or safety from this analysis, we will conduct a phase III trial to examine the possibility of individualized treatment.
Alternatively, the difference of treatment might reflect our much deeper knowledge of (or interest in, or ability to perceive) the vertebrate than the bacterial biology and diversity.
