Jmp statistical software version 13

Data were analyzed using JMP statistical software version 13.2.0 (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, USA). Results were presented as numbers and percentage for categorical data and as mean and standard deviation for continuous data, respectively. Shapiro–Wilk test was performed to test data distribution. The Wilcoxon two-sample test was used to test inter-group differences in MVPA with respect to ethnicity, gender, and body weight group, and the differences in MVPA between grade groups were assessed by using the Steel–Dwass test. The Wilcoxon Matched-Pairs Signed Ranks Test was used to test the differences in MVPA between weekends and weekdays. Percentage values of inter-group differences were tested by the chi-squared test. Partial correlation was used to analyze the trend of MVPA with age. Statistical significance was set at p < 0.05.

Data were extracted by an individual from original sources to fields within an Excel (Microsoft, Redmond, WA, USA) database. Data manipulation and analysis was conducted using JMP statistical software, version 13.2.0 (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC). Criteria-based data were aggregated from selected studies representative of the 5 LSG reinforcement options of interest. Select demographic variables of age,  % females, and body mass index (BMI, kg/m²) and the surgical technique variables of bougie size and distance from pylorus were summarized using mean, standard deviation, range, and the percentage of studies reporting on each variable. The overall leak rate for LSG patients, as well as, patient leak rates within each of the 5 reinforcement categories were calculated. An independent Fisher’s exact tests was used to compare the number of patients with and without leaks for the different reinforcement options [16 ]. All statistical tests were 2-tailed and alpha was set at p < 0.05.

Statistical comparisons between the two groups were performed using Student’s t test or the Wilcoxon rank-sum test according to the distributions. Results are expressed as means ± SD or the median (range). Differences between the three groups were assessed by the Kruskal-Wallis test followed by the Wilcoxon rank-sum test. Spearman’s rank correlation was performed to correlate the proportion of ILC subsets in SF with clinical parameters of RA patients. P values < 0.05 were considered significant. All analyses were performed using JMP statistical software version 13.0 (SAS Institute, Cary, NC, USA).