This means that the comparison of clinical studies reporting implant stability outcomes generated by different versions of Osstell devices in (systematic) reviews needs caution and correction.
The validation of an intrinsic vulnerability map is always a challenging and complex task that needs caution to avoid any erroneous interpretations and misleading results.
Further, our sample consisted almost only of girls, so generalization to a mixed population needs caution.
Thus, the interpretation of the results needs caution and the results need to be corroborated by other studies.
Interpretation of the test on individual level, however, needs caution due to the rather large standard deviation of measurements and overlap between groups.
Because all three explanatory variables were strongly correlated with each other (Table 5), the inference of the relative impact of the explanatory variables needs caution.
Thinking over the reviewer's argument, we realize that comparing SMIs across different cell populations with very different firing characteristics needs caution.
Though retrospective studies are valuable, it is well-known that they are prone to recall bias, [ 21] and interpretation of these studies needs caution.
