Trends and significance of VRE colonization in the ICU: a meta-analysis of published studies.

PLoS One · 2013 · PMC3785502 · PMID 24086603

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highly significantp=0.004actually significant

However the decline across US studies was highly significant (p=0.004) and suggested a decline in year-trends for VRE acquisition ( Figure 2C ).

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of marginal significancep=0.05actually significant

A decline of marginal significance was noted across all studies (p=0.05).

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did not reach statistical significanceno p-value reported

Interestingly, time to screening after ICU admission resulted in different VRE prevalence estimates, but these differences did not reach statistical significance.

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