Predictors of esophageal varices in patients with HBV-related cirrhosis: a retrospective study.

BMC Gastroenterol · 2009 · PMC2661092 · PMID 19196464

Europe PMC DOI

hedged sentence

0.2500

closest p · 5.0× alpha

0.2500

boldest claim

The sentences

did not reach statistical significanceP = 0.25not close (p > 0.1)

As Child-Pugh class was categorized into binary variable: Child-Pugh class A versus advanced Child-Pugh class (Child-Pugh class B or C), the prevalence of all varices in patients with Child-Pugh class A was lower than that in patients with advanced Child-Pugh class (67% versus 77%), which, however, did not reach statistical significance ( P = 0.25).

also in 111,027 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.