Barely Significant

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Employment status and being worried about disappointing loved ones were marginally significant at p-values less than 0.10; after controlling for other factors, the odds of high versus low or medium PCAC score was 55% higher among women who reported working for pay than those who did not (p = 0.06) and 29% lower among women who were worried about disappointing loved ones compared to those who were not (p = 0.07), respectively.
Changes in sap flow at different slope positions It is evident from Fig 4 that the daily variations in sap flow of Salix psammophila show similar trends at all slope positions, but the sap flow rates of the same slope position show slight variations because of the differences in branch diameters, with an overall trend of D3 > D2 > D1.
I have a few requests: 1) The authors should probably refrain from referring to "marginally significant" results as this is technically a violation of frequentist statistical approaches from most points of view, although this is an admittedly minor issue. 2) 2)More importantly, it would be useful for the authors to provide both confidence intervals on point estimates and effect size information.
Results The estimation results of ( Eq 1 ) for the three birth cohort groups (the older, middle and younger birth cohorts) summarized in Table 2 suggest a steepening of the SES-mortality gradient with an increase in the year of birth: There is no significant SES-mortality gradient for the older cohorts, a marginally significant gradient for the middle cohorts, and a significant and strong negative gradient for the younger cohorts.