Association of noise and ECG parameters.The estimated percent changes in the mean values of each outcome associated with a 5-dB(A) increase in Leq are shown in Figure 1 [for numeric data, see also Supplemental Material, Table S6 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1205606)].
Higher mean arterial pressure during cardiopulmonary bypass may improve cerebral outcome associated with cerebral air embolism by increasing emboli clearance and collateral flow to salvage the ischemic penumbra.
We estimated the mean cost per patient and the mean outcome per patient associated with diagnostic laparoscopy prior to resection versus direct laparotomy in patients with pancreatic and periampullary cancer found to be resectable with curative intent following CT scanning.
This is a model-based cost-utility analysis to estimate the mean cost per patient and the mean outcome per patient associated with diagnostic laparoscopy prior to laparotomy versus direct laparotomy in patients with pancreatic or periampullary cancers, found to have resectable disease from a CT scan.
Nonetheless, the worse outcomes associated with reoperation mean that efforts are needed to reduce the risk of it occurring.
Sensitivities for each parameter were then established by finding the normalized variance (variance of the observations divided by the mean) in the ensemble means and standard deviations of individual ensemble model outcomes associated with that particular parameter.
The second stage was restricted to outcomes associated with significant ACPA*treatment interactions and compared mean changes in these outcomes by treatment group at each time point using t-tests in ACPA-positive and ACPA-negative patients.
No other factor reduced heterogeneity by >10.4% in any of the analyses, even though year of publication, metformin dose, mean BMI, mean patient age, and mean duration of diabetes were significantly associated with the mean outcome in some of the analyses.
For GPA (a continuous outcome variable), its mean change associated with the change in a linear predictor was estimated with 95%% confidence interval.
For GPA (a continuous outcome variable), its mean change associated with the change in alinear predictor was estimated with 95%% confidence interval.
