Extracellular vesicles as a liquid biopsy for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

J Transl Med · 2026 · PMC13386653 · PMID 42458453

Europe PMC DOI

hedged sentence

0.0520

closest p · 1.0× alpha

0.0520

boldest claim

The sentences

almost reached statistical significancep = 0.052so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

We removed this outlier in a subgroup analysis, and the pooled effect increased (SMD = 1.87) and almost reached statistical significance ( p = 0.052).

also in 378 other papers

Quoted from the open-access full text in Europe PMC under the licence the publisher applied. The sentence is reproduced exactly as published; the emphasis is ours.