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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/osteoporosis-bone-fracture_disposition-comments.pdf
March 01, 2012 - Only ten percent of reports were
associated with oral and IV bisphosphonates for the
prevention or … to 4 percent of BMD
after 1-2 years during treatment had a decrease in vertebral
risk of 51 percent … Changes in femoral neck
BMD explained 7 percent (95%CI 2%-13%) of reduction in
nonvertebral fracture … whose increases in BMD were <5 percent, (the median change
from baseline) and those whose increases … were ≥5 percent.475
Thus, greater increases in BMD did not necessarily predict
greater decreases in
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/vaccine-safety_research-protocol.pdf
September 18, 2012 - HPV is the most common sexually transmitted
infection, affecting approximately 27 percent of U.S. women … -
18—the two strains covered by the HPV vaccine—are thought to be responsible for
approximately 70 percent … substantial proportion of these cases of
cervical cancer, completion of the three-dose series was only 34.8 percent … events that appear in at least three trials, a meta-analysis can estimate the odds ratio and its 95-
percent
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/pelvic-pain_executive.pdf
January 01, 2012 - were the most frequently reported
comorbidities in women with CPP, with rates ranging
from 15 to 88 percent … for dyspareunia, 4 to 100 percent
for dysmenorrhea, and 24 to 39 percent for IBS. … placebo-controlled studies were of fair or
good quality and reported larger size of effect (60 to 70
percent
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/innovations_in_stakeholder_engagement_conference_summary2.pdf
October 01, 2011 - The “90:9:1” ratio says that 90 percent of
individuals coming to the platform want to find information … but will not participate or contribute;
9 percent are temporary contributors; and 1 percent are “champions … Reach out to the 1 percent to cultivate (“seed”)
discussions.
Recognize active contributors.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/venous-ulcers-treatment_research-protocol.pdf
September 13, 2012 - Kingdom, where more comprehensive
information is available, the mean duration of ulcers was 9 months, 20 percent … of ulcers had not
healed within 2 years, and 66 percent of patients had a history of ulcerations lasting … clinical approach to therapy includes lower limb compression and
debridement, which heals 50 to 60 percent … Outcomes
• Intermediate outcomes
o Wound healing rates (defined as percent area reduction from … We
may limit the analysis to only those wound dressings that are used for at least 75 percent of the
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/insulin-blood-sugar-2010_research-protocol.pdf
January 01, 2010 - arterial disease).
1
The prevalence
of diagnosed diabetes in the United States is currently 7.7 percent … 2
and is expected to increase to
nearly 10 percent by 2050, at which time an estimated 39 million … Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
Type 1 diabetes, which accounts for 5 to 10 percent of all diabetes cases … Type 2 diabetes accounts for 90 to 95 percent of diabetes cases in the United States.
1
Diabetes … In
patients with type 2 diabetes, Welschen and colleagues
14
found a 0.4 percent reduction of
hemoglobin
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cerebral-palsy-feeding_executive.pdf
March 01, 2013 - Due to advances in supportive
medical care, approximately 90 percent
of children with CP survive into … Population
We included studies whose populations included at least
80 percent of participants with CP … In the other,
98 percent of parents expected that their child’s QOL
(measured using a study-created … infections at
59 percent and leakage at 30 percent. … Mortality rates
range from 7 to 29 percent.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cell-free-dna-final-app-c.xlsx
January 01, 2025 - Participants Age > 65 Years Number Participants Age < 50 Years Percent Participants Age < 50 Years Number … of Females, Overall Number of Females Cases Number of Females, Controls Percent Females, Overall Percent … Females, Cases Percent Females, Controls Race/Ethnicity, N (%) Percent White White Comments Percent … Percent Asian Asian Comments Percent Hispanic Hispanic Comments Percent Other Race/Ethnicity Other Race … Stage IV Cancer Percent Stage IV Cancer Stage IV Cancer Comments Number Cancer Stage Missing Percent
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/menopause-protocol-130612.pdf
June 12, 2013 - During menopause, approximately 85 percent of women report experiencing symptoms of
varying type and … early postmenopausal period the
prevalence of vasomotor symptoms among women ranges from 30 to 80 percent … , depressed
mood occurs in approximately one third, and sleep disturbance in more than 40 percent; … In 1995, an estimated 37 percent of women aged
50 years or older in the United States reported using … In the Study of Women’s Health Across the
Nation,25 approximately 80 percent of participants reported
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/coronary-artery-disease-testing_executive.pdf
March 01, 2011 - Of those randomized to SPECT, this test was repeated in
9, 8, and 15 percent of women with normal, … Similarly the frequency of MI was low,
ranging from 0 to 0.8 percent (up to a median of
25 months) … Patients in
either arm whose tests were normal or indicated low
risk did not receive ICA; 3 percent … with 13 percent and
85 percent in the intermediate and high post-test risk
groups following exercise … CCTA was the noninvasive test most often assessed,
accounting for 48 percent of included studies.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/migraine-emergency_disposition-comments.pdf
November 27, 2012 - Peer Reviewer
#8
Executive summary ES-1 Para 2 Spelling out “percent” may be the standard approach … “seven percent”),but for easy readability
recommend the use of the % symbol throughout the text (or … Section Comment Response
Peer Reviewer
#4
Structured abstract "The risk of sedation was 17 percent … Peer Reviewer
#6
Methods Page 24: Typo on line 30 “95 confidence interval” is missing “percent”. … information from the abstract for both
metoclopromide and neuroleptics:
"The risk of sedation was 17 percent
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/psoriasis-chronic_research-protocol.pdf
January 10, 2012 - Review
Psoriasis is a common, chronic, autoimmune inflammatory skin disease affecting 2 to 3
percent … clinical psoriasis phenotypes, chronic plaque psoriasis is the most frequent,
accounting for all but 10 percent … reported as a
relative measure (relative risk, odds ratio, or Peto’s odds ratio) with associated 95 percent … which assesses the degree of
inconsistency not due to chance across studies and ranges from 0–100 percent … and greater than 50 percent have been regarded, respectively, as representative of lower
and higher
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/alcohol-misuse-drug-therapy_clinician.pdf
February 01, 2016 - b In the NNT column, NA indicates that the risk difference (95-percent confidence interval) was not … drinking 4 1,141 Not significanta ���
Percentage of drinking days 2 720 Not significanta ���
a The 95-percent
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/lung-cancer-nonsurgical-therapies_executive.pdf
June 01, 2013 - First is a subset that comprises about 20–30 percent of
stage I patients: those who have resectable … 49 did not receive any surgical treatment,
as they were deemed medically inoperable, and yet
53 percent … (Gy), in daily fractions of 1.8-2 Gy, has
been reported to produce overall survival rates of
17 percent … to 42 percent among patients with early-stage
disease.8 However, conventional 2DRT is no longer in … Moreover, 20 percent of those randomized did not
receive the assigned treatment.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/celiac-disease_executive.pdf
January 01, 2016 - Approximately 95 percent of patients with CD have the
HLA-DQ2 heterodimer, while the remaining 5 percent … disease is not present.15 A perfect diagnostic test
would have both sensitivity and specificity of 100 percent … In general, sensitivity and specificity are considered good
if at least 70.0 percent, very good from … 80.0 percent to
89.9 percent, and excellent if 90.0 percent or greater.15
Some studies of the accuracy … Sensitivity was less than 75
percent at four laboratories.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-262-pharmacotherapy-alcohol-disposition-comments.pdf
November 07, 2023 - Technical Expert
#4
Results Page 24 line 23 should state percent drinking days, rather than percent … Also, the sentence on the percent drinking days outcome may be better
placed in the first paragraph. … except for return to any
drinking, but this sentence suggests that there is probably an effect on percent … changing the second sentence to the following
"However, only five studies, which all reported the percent … If it's percent of
drinking days, it would be better to say that.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/head-neck-cancer-update_executive.pdf
December 01, 2014 - Squamous cell carcinoma of the head and
neck (SCCHN) constitutes approximately 90 percent of all
head … and neck cancers, and accounted for approximately
3 percent (about 50,000) of all new cancer cases … and 2
percent (approximately 12,000) of all cancer deaths in
2010 in the United States.3 More than … of patients treated with IMRT compared with 41
percent of those treated with 3DCRT (p=0.11). … However,
at 2 years, the corresponding percentages were 73 percent
and 49 percent, respectively (p
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/heart-failure-transition-care_executive.pdf
May 01, 2014 - reimbursements,
according to 2005 data from the Centers
for Medicare & Medicaid Services
(CMS).1 Up to 25 percent … , as shown by data from the
Framingham Heart Study.11,12 However, the death rate
remains high: 50 percent … diagnosed with HF
die within 5 years after diagnosis.11,12 Among Medicare
beneficiaries, more than 30 percent … despite the observation
that HF hospitalizations in the United States have declined
by almost 30 percent … An analysis of Medicare
claims data for 2007–09 reported that 35.2 percent of
readmissions within 30
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/multiple-sclerosis_executive.pdf
April 01, 2015 - affects 2.5 million individuals
worldwide and approximately 400,000
in the United States.1 About 40 percent … the following:
• Relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS) is
the most common form, affecting
approximately 85 percent … steady progression of disease and disability.1
• Primary progressive MS (PPMS) represents about 15
percent … to 30 percent
of participants. … When reported,
discontinuation rates during long-term followup were low,
about 3 to 4 percent, but
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/prostatic-hyperplasia-medications_research-protocol.pdf
April 21, 2015 - Half of men ages 51 – 60 years old and 80
percent of men over 80 years old have BPH according to autopsy … urinary hesitancy, weak stream, straining, and prolonged voiding.2 LUTS affect
an estimated three percent … of men ages 45 – 49 years old and 30 percent of men over 85
years old.2 Urinary hesitancy, weak stream … We will calculate risk ratios (RR) and absolute risk differences (RD) with the
corresponding 95 percent … weighted
mean differences (WMD) and/or standardized mean differences (SMD) with the
corresponding 95 percent