Barely Significant
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Clinical and inflammatory response to bloodstream infections in octogenarians.

BMC Geriatr · 2014 · PMC4000140 · PMID 24754903

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approached significancep = 0.06so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)
However, neutrophil count approached significance with an average difference of 3x10 9 /L greater in the older group (p = 0.06) (see Table 3 ).

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very close to statistical significancep = 0.06so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)
The difference in neutrophil count was on average three ×10 9 /L higher in older patients, a result very close to statistical significance (p = 0.06).

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