The risk of individuals diagnosed with HCV developing HCC was greatly increased compared with the general Scottish population (standardised incidence ratio=127, 95% CI: 102 156).
A higher incidence of lymphoma was observed up to wk 160 with golimumab 100 mg (0.18/100 pt-yrs) than with golimumab 50 mg (0.04/100 pt-yrs) or placebo (0.00/100 pt-yrs), and also relative to the general US population (standardised incidence ratio (SIR) of 6.69 and surrounding 95% CI of (2.45 to 14.56), which was not inclusive of 1; table 5).
The neuropsychological batteries comprised cognitive tests that were standardised to the general population, psychometrically sound and widely used in this patient population (Strauss et al. 2006; Mitrushina et al. 2005).
It was expected that the distribution of BMI in women with PCOS would differ from that of the general population; hence, data were standardised to the z score units of SD. z scores were obtained by dividing the difference between each logBMI value and the mean logBMI of the entire cohort by the SD of the logBMI values.
We used three referral metrics: Practice referral ratio: the indirectly standardised number of urgent referrals for suspected cancer by general practitioners, standardised according to the general practice's list size and to the age and sex distributions of people on the list.
The surgical techniques were standardised, as was the general anaesthesia.
To compare the incidence of breast cancer between our cohort and the expected rate in the general local female population, we calculated standardised incidence ratios (SIRs).
We also noted previously in EPIC-Oxford, that the incidence of colorectal cancer among vegetarians was identical to that in the general population of England and Wales (standardised incidence ratio 102%9595% CI: 80 129); Key et al, 2009).
Although the treatment of patients in the TR-DGU is not standardised, it represents the general approach to coagulation management of major trauma patients in Germany, with FFP administered as first-line haemostatic therapy, and platelet concentrate and RBC used as necessary.
The PCS and MCS are generated using norm-based methods and are standardised, using scores from the general working age population, to have a mean of 50 (S.D.10).
Individuals with chronic-mental disorders such as schizophrenia have increased standardised death rates compared with the general population.
