A post-hoc analysis of a prospective RCT (the Diabetes Prevention Program) comprising 3081 patients with impaired glucose metabolism who received metformin, a lifestyle modification program, or no intervention (placebo) found that metformin reduced the risk of developing diabetes only for patients in the highest risk
quartile over 2.
Thus, when we compared the first with the second
quartiles we found that all-cause death was increased almost 2-fold, i.
Although the cut-offs for these
quartiles were sample-specific such that patients in the same
quartile in round 2 may not have the exact same response to the survey questions in round 4, we found a similar level of disagreement when comparing the responses to the original survey items between rounds 2 and 4.
The poorest performing students (both
Quartiles 1 and 2) were significantly less confident in their metacognitive judgments than the better performing students (both
Quartiles 3 and 4), all ps < .
Also, while the difference between the price in auctions where the seller has 1-31 reports (
Quartile 1) and the price in auctions where the seller has 32-205 reports (
Quartile 2) is statistically significant at the 10% level, the price differences between auctions in any other pair of
quartiles are not statistically significant, suggesting that returns to positive reports are in fact severely decreasing.
The model found that those in the top three
quartiles of idea density were seven times more likely to have asymptomatic Alzheimer's at the time of their death than those in the lowest
quartile.
The number of avoided deaths was calculated corresponding to one additional RN FTE/patient day and among
quartiles of RN FTE/patient day.
The increase in OA episodes over the reference
quartile was statistically significant for all three of the higher CVD risk
quartiles.
Body fat percentage by skinfold thickness was significantly associated with RCC in men, with those in the highest
quartile having a risk of RCC 2.
To determine the additional daily costs associated with graft failure, we calculated the slope of the cost curves for income
quartiles 1, 2, and 3 (these are the cohorts that would have experienced improved graft survival rates from lifetime coverage) before and after graft failure.
The results of the IERC [Illinois Education Research Council] analyses indicated a less severe "gap" between the highest and lowest poverty district
quartiles and a positive "gap" for high minority district
quartiles when compared against the district
quartiles with the lowest minority presence, as compared to results presented by The Education Trust.
The study participants were divided into
quartiles based on their blood DHA levels.
