Frequency of abdominal wall hernias: is classical teaching out of date?

JRSM Short Rep · 2011 · PMC3031184 · PMID 21286228

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0.0970

closest p · 1.9× alpha

0.0970

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failed to reach significancep = 0.097so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

There was a trend towards a slight decrease in the proportion of recurrent hernias over time (Spearmans correlation co-efficient of –0.034), however this failed to reach significance, p = 0.097.

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