Barely Significant

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e secondary trends or outcomes); (4) recommendation of treatment despite non-significant results (concluding that an intervention should be adopted or recommended although primary outcomes are non-significant); and (5) “trend toward significance” language (phrases such as “borderline significant”, “approached significance”, or “trend toward significance” used to imply meaningful benefit).
Five transparency indicators (funding disclosure, bias discussion, confounder consideration, protocol registration, reporting-guideline adherence) and five spin indicators (selective focus, unsupported efficacy claims, emphasis on benefits, recommendations despite nonsignificance, “trend toward significance” language) were coded dichotomously.
g the abstract on favorable secondary trends or outcomes); (4) recommendation of treatment despite non-significant results (concluding that an intervention should be adopted or recommended although primary outcomes are non-significant); and (5) “trend toward significance” language (phrases such as “borderline significant”, “approached significance”, or “trend toward significance” used to imply meaningful benefit).
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For height SDS ( Figure 3 ), groups were comparable through 6 and 12 months (MD = −0.08 SDS, 95% CI −0.21 to 0.05 and MD = 0 SDS, −0.13 to 0.14, respectively), while a weakly significant advantage for PEG-rhGH appeared by 24 months (MD = 0.10 SDS, 95% CI 0.01 to 0.19).