In line with the sampling methodology there were no significant differences in age, gender, education, employment or living status between groups.
Registered and enrolled (similar to practical) nurses were both invited to participate, in line with the proposed sample for the DCE.
In terms of gender the study contained 52% females, in line with the nominated sampling frame of 52.5% females.
This study also reports acceptable levels of internal consistency reliability which is in line with the school samples from the United States, Norway, United Kingdom, Greece and Japan [ 8, 31- 34].
In line with this, sample size should refer to number of groups and not the total number of participants in a study.
The ratio of 24:13, however, is in line with the wider ASPECTS sample and with those who were eligible but not recruited to the study.
In line with the protocol, cytology samples that indicated mild or borderline results required HPV testing.
10 In line with the research objectives, the sampling focus was on those who had achieved success in the primary NLNY quantitative outcome in terms of an increase in PA at 12 or 6 months.
In line with the study guidelines, a sample of amniotic fluid was collected by the midwife at delivery.
Regarding change in folic acid supplementation and smoking cessation, one-sided testing will be performed with an α of 0.025 (in line with the hypothesis used for sample size calculation).
