Estimations of differences between ROC areas were performed in SAS statistical software (SAS Institute, Cary, NC, USA) version 9.2 using the roc and roccontrast statement in proc logistic.
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The Kaplan Meier method was used for the estimation of differences in survival between different groups of mice (mice receiving untreated cells (control) vs those given MegaFasL-treated cells).
Analyses of variance (ANOVA) for estimation of significance of differences between means were automatically done with the Statistical Package for the Social Science SPSSS for Windows, version 10.1, SPSS Inc., Chicago) software by Bonferroni post hoc test and considered significantly different at P ≤ 0.05.
For comparison of samples and estimation of differences in outcomes between the case management and usual care groups before and after the intervention period we used t-tests for continuous variables, Chi-square tests and Fisher exact tests when appropriate, and differences of proportions tests[ 30] for comparisons with categorical variables.
Identification and classification of the interval cases also have an effect on estimation of survival differences between different patient groups.
Of the remaining 512 subjects, 46 (9.0%) refused to participate and 136 (26.6%) were not contacted after the predetermined sample size (based on estimation of differences in adherence rates between rural and urban subjects) [ 16] had been achieved.
Estimation of statistical differences between groups was carried out using the Kruskal Wallis test for comparison between three or more groups, and the Mann–Whitney U-test for comparison between two unpaired groups.
Designs for the first-order trigonometric regression model over an interval on the real line are considered for the situation where estimation of the differences between responses at two points in the factor space is of primary interest.
