Barely Significant
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The Berkson bias in action.

Yale J Biol Med · 1979 · PMC2595708 · PMID 222078

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l Endocarditis Endocarditis Total Cirrhosis 57 1,386 1,443 Emphysema 52 396 448 CONCLUSIONS: Bacterial endocarditis is present in 57 of 1,443 patients who died with cirrhosis (4%). Bacterial endocarditis is present in 52 of 448 patients who died with emphysema (12%). This difference is highly significant p <0.001. 142 43 patients) will die of endocarditis-thus a total of 57 of the cirrhotic patients will have died.

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