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- adjective Not significant.
- adjective Having, producing, or being a value obtained from a statistical test that lies within the limits for being of random occurrence.
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- adjective sciences Lacking
statistical significance
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- adjective attributable to chance
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Examples
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Reporting and interpretation of randomized controlled trials with statistically nonsignificant results for primary outcomes.
Mark Hyman, MD: Science for Sale: Protect Yourself From Medical Research Deception MD Mark Hyman 2010
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Similar, but nonsignificant, associations were found with milk sIgE levels of 5 or more kUA/L.
Black children twice as likely to have food allergies, especially peanuts 2011
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Reporting and interpretation of randomized controlled trials with statistically nonsignificant results for primary outcomes.
Mark Hyman, MD: Science for Sale: Protect Yourself From Medical Research Deception MD Mark Hyman 2010
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Reporting and interpretation of randomized controlled trials with statistically nonsignificant results for primary outcomes.
Mark Hyman, MD: Science for Sale: Protect Yourself From Medical Research Deception MD Mark Hyman 2010
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In November, Merck presented full results of the halted Tracer study, showing that vorapaxar was associated with a nonsignificant reduction in risk of heart attacks and related events versus a comparison group.
Merck Anticlotting Drug Meets Study Goal but Has Bleeding Risk Peter Loftus 2012
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Although some studies reported positive associations for consumption of saturated fat, nonsignificant associations at or near the null value no association or inverse associations have been observed in numerous cohort studies and case-control studies.
Meat and mortality | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2009
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Increases in married women's absolute income generally have nonsignificant effects for married men.
Alcindoro: Matthew Guerrieri 2006
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The results seemed to suggest that higher intake of carbohydrates was linked to a significant decrease in mortality whereas higher protein intake was correlated to a nonsignificant increase in mortality.
2010 USDA Dietary Guidelines | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2008
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At the end of the ten years, the subjects on the intensive-glucose-control arm demonstrated a reduced risk of microvascular complications, a nonsignificant reduction in incidence of heart attack and no improvement in all-cause mortality.
More supporting evidence for the sugar hypothesis | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2008
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Increases in married women's absolute income generally have nonsignificant effects for married men.
Archive 2006-08-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2006
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