Sentence examples for main analysis as from inspiring English sources

35 Missing variables were imputed using all variables included in the main analysis, as well as the outcome variable.

The " Methods" section contains a discussion of methodological issues, while the " Results" section presents the estimates from our main analysis as well as sensitivity analyses.

An analysis using log-transformed BDI scores also generated results very similar to our main analysis, as did tests for interactions of age with BDI scores and ADM use.

In the main analysis as well as in sensitivity analyses, the hazard ratio assessing the association between RDI and overall survival remained stable after adjusting for IPI and confounders suggesting no major confounding bias (data not shown).

Finally, we were able to include a range of potentially relevant confounders for the main analysis, as well as investigating the potential two-way interaction between age and gender, and mental distress on later dementia.

The above assumptions are therefore not critical to the main analysis as long as the findings and conclusions of the analysis are interpreted accordingly, In the clinical setting, however, CV risk must be assessed for individual patients and the choice of risk instruments then becomes crucial.

The main analysis proceeded as above, using the 14,081 who were ever injured during the study period as the group with the outcome of interest.

Admissions resulting in death or discharge within 24 h were retained in the main analysis so as to capture burdens from community-associated bacteraemia.

The SAS program version 9 was used for all statistical analyses including the raw data normality test and the main data analysis as well as for the Duncan's multiple range test (P ≤ 0.01).

Our findings related to the secondary aim of this study should therefore be regarded as an explorative supplement to the main analysis, and as such be interpreted as hypothesis-generating rather than conclusive [ 64].

This analysis served as a sensitivity check for the analysis on the main analysis set, as any findings from the analyses on the completers cannot be attributed to (early) discontinuation.