The intervention effect on prevalence of adiposity was smaller and borderline significant (OR 0.64, 95% CI 0.39; 1.05, p = 0.08) (Table 2).
The possibility of an autonomic effect is suggested in the dose response relationship of HRV to CAPs mass concentration, although this is of small magnitude and borderline statistical significance in this group of young healthy adult subjects.
In a cumulative meta-analysis for total mortality (Additional file 5: Figure S4), the originally proposed significant omega-3 fatty acid effect was refuted by evidence accumulated up to 2003 and has continued to linger around a small effect and borderline statistical significance.
When we control for schooling, the coefficient on manufacturing is very small, and just borderline significant at the 10% level.
The diagnosis and management of these lesions, which are frequently small and of borderline malignant potential, presents the greatest tests of radiological and pathological skill [3].
Another study in general practice reported a small and only borderline significant effect of high fear avoidance predicting less future pain (at 3 and 12 months) and less functional disability (at 3 months) [ 10].
The effect of neoadjuvant chemotherapy on event-free survival was smaller and of borderline significance (P = 0.11).
Estimated changes in relative risk were determined statistically significant if p-values were smaller than 0.05 and borderline significant if p-values were greater or equal than 0.05 but smaller than 0.1.
The sample sizes employed in these studies were also small and overall only borderline statistical significance was observed.
The increase in LCQ of 6 points in our patients is the highest clinically significant improvement reported, and nearly was double that seen from the effect of opiates in chronic cough.[ 25] The changes in spirometrically assessed lung function were small, and while of borderline statistically significance probably do not represent clinically important benefit.
