Baseline data collected at the time for the primary operation (index procedure) were used for comparison at followup, meaning no new baseline data were collected before a reoperation, which is standard procedure in Swespine.
This created a self-regulated standardised baseline, meaning that all participants felt satiated to their usual level after breakfast.
Furthermore, the population was in their 50s at baseline, meaning that they are quite stable in their occupations.
Null models should be presented after measures, since a null only has meaning as the baseline against which to calibrate a measure.
Study groups were found to be statistically significant different in all resistance cores at baseline, meaning group 1 scores were higher than those of group 0 (Table 3).
The average amount of patient-care time billed was 53% (individual range, 21%to95%5%), meaning that at baseline, it was unclear what activities affiliates were engaged in for nearly half of their paid time in the hospital.
Given that the focus of the qualitative work is on "explaining" the quantitatively measured changes produced by the intervention, there is no need for a qualitative data collection at baseline, meaning before the intervention has even started.
19 21 For the purpose of this study, RA patients in remission at baseline, meaning at the time the new agent was initiated, defined by CDAI ≤2.8, were excluded from the study population (switching while in remission is seen when cost or tolerability influences medication use).
Calculations of change in high-level interest (meaning, differences between baseline and exit proportions of students who were "very interested" in the given option) are useful to gauge SURE's capacity to help students identify those professional trajectories that hold particularly intense appeal.
