In addition to the models using storage duration data, we were able to apply GEE models to subsets of the data (smaller time intervals) in which the correlation between age and storage duration was weaker.
In Fig. 2b, the HT procedure is applied only to the data in the time interval [18, 20] seconds.
The sequence of subsequent splits was forced to be kept in this specific order when simulating the data and the time interval prior probability distribution for each of these respective splits were t4 =1 to 50,000, t3 =10,000 to 70,000, t2 =25,000 to 100,000 and t1 =10,000 to 200,000 generations in the past.
Demographic data, the time interval for recognition of two or more infection risk signs, and the mortality rate are evaluated during the next 5 months (phase II) and compared with the same data obtained during the initial 12 months (phase I).
Ideally, in order to detect all the contact of the vessels, the time interval of the data should be 1 s.
As four tests have been applied on the data for the time intervals, the Bonferroni correction was applied and resulted in a p-value of p < 0.0125 for those tests.
Here, Dunns Method tested the original data per time interval, and the Spearman test their mean values.
The observatory data cover the time interval December 1 , 2013 to February 22 , 2015
The extracted data covered the time interval between March 21st , 2013 and March 20th , 2015
The fourth point is we must emphasise that there were no data on the time interval between the preoperative biopsy procedure and the SLND available in our study.
