However, the majority (66%) of the nursing home residents at the moment of the study were excluded: 36 (36%) were not eligible and 29 (30%) presented exclusion criteria.
This is the same sample used in our previous analysis of NVP in relation to maternal diet and lifestyle, and a detailed description and flow diagram presenting exclusion criteria can be found there [ 10].
A number of other conditions that are similar to ophthalmoplegic migraine can present; hence, exclusion of vascular, neoplastic, infectious and inflammatory causes must be the first step in the workup of these patients [14].
In conclusion, using the present strict exclusion criteria for pyromania, the disorder must be regarded as an extremely rare phenomenon as also shown in previous studies [ 10, 11].
In the present study, exclusion criteria based on exposure to active or passive tobacco smoking reduced the study population to 247 participants.
When chemical groups were excluded from our analyses either individually or in groups, our results were stable, indicating that no multicollinearity among the chemical groups was present after exclusion of steranes.
This figure is larger than the ones mentioned in other studies [ 30- 33], which is probably due to precise patient selection in the present study, exclusion of cases with low aminotransaminase levels, or positive markers for viral hepatitis.
U1, U4, U7, and U10 were presented through exclusion trials, and the other undefined stimuli were only presented in the learning tests.
Data from all dyads are presented since exclusion of the two most extreme cases did not affect the results.
However, our conclusions were not substantially affected by statistical adjustment for prandial status (as presented) or exclusion of nonfasting visits (data not shown).
