One explanation of the new finding is that the effects were indeed due to chance.
But he says he's almost certain the increase in cancer deaths is due to chance.
However, the results were not statistically significant and may have been due to chance.
If the initial correlation is due to chance, shuffling up the numbers should not change it much.
"The authors themselves said the mortality trends shown in the meta-analysis could be due to chance, " says Wolfe.
Because of the small size of the study, those differences were not statistically significant and may be due to chance.
It is also always harder to rule out that results from this kind of after-the-fact analysis are not due to chance.
Because of the relatively small size of the study, those differences were not statistically significant and may be due to chance.
That translates into a 16% reduction in risk that is highly unlikely, according to statistical tests, to be due to chance.
There was an increased rate of stroke on patients who received Niaspan, but researchers cautioned that this may be due to chance.
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Patients on Vytorin actually ended the study with slightly more plaque in their arteries, a result which may be due to chance.
Even if it had been statistically significant--that is, not due to chance--the heart risk with naproxen was only about 50%, according to the NIH.
Both differences could have been due to chance, the researchers found.
The data show an increase in mortality for patients on Natrecor that may be due to chance, and an increase in kidney chemicalsthat was statistically significant.
The correlation between chocolate consumption and Nobels is remarkably strong, with a p-value less than 0.0001, meaning that the odds that this is due to chance are less than 1 in 10, 000.
It did seem to extend survival in a clinical trial, but there was an 18% risk that the results were simply due to chance--a statistical measure that usually causes scientists to believe results are not necessarily true.
When they looked at the two studies combined, they found some trends toward a higher risk of cancers that could be linked with aspartame, but the researchers admitted that the findings could also be due to chance.
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Simdax, which is given in the hospital when patients are extremely sick, never reduced mortality by a large enough margin compared with dobutamine to be sure the results weren't due to chance, but there was a consistent trend toward a benefit.
To be sure, September's poor performance could be due to mere chance.
He says because the companies didn't decide to divide patients into those with and without APOE until after the study finished, there is a meaningful risk that the positive results are due solely to chance.
Yet, taking these (extremely common) measures raises the probability that what the researcher finds in his data is due to sheer chance from the conventional 5% to a whopping 60.7%, without the researcher realising it.
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But at the end of the day, while 11% fewer of the patients on Lipitor had heart attacks or lethal heart problems, there is a seven in 100 chance that those results are due to the play of chance.
The really striking difference, between 2.9% and 0.5%, is probably due to the play of chance in the small numbers of patients who were still enrolled at the end of the study.
It could be that there was never any relationship between KIF6 and heart disease whatsoever, and that the earlier findings of an emhanced heart risk and enhanced benefit of statins were just due to the play of chance.
The letter displayed at the entrance to the farm said it had closed as a temporary measure "owing to concerns expressed by us and others, and due to the slight risk to our customers of the chance of disease".
If any four atoms, let say, atoms A, B, C and D, would be selected to test the decay, atom A would have much lesser chance to respond to decay due to the existence of atoms B, C and D.
Due to the relationship you may get a chance to provide your side of the story, but that may be about it.
His Surrogate Parents (Leave, Pay and Allowance Arrangements) Bill was given an unopposed first reading, but stands little chance of becoming law due to a lack of parliamentary time.
M. and re-assessed every hour with a chance of being re-instated due to high winds and blowing snow.
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Collecting the tax that is due is vital if Greece is to have a fighting chance of economic recovery.
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