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. 2009 Apr 29;89(6):1808–1814. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.2008.27356

TABLE 2.

Numbers of subjects used in the analyses by the censored and assay-modeled approaches1

Women
Men
Month Censored approach Assay-modeled approach Censored approach Assay-modeled approach
−4 15 15 13 13
−3 9 9 10 10
−2 14 14 11 11
−1 15 15 12 12
0 15 15 12 12
3 14 14 13 13
6 15 15 13 13
9 15 15 13 13
12 15 15 13 13
15 14 15 9 13
18 11 15 6 13
21 6 15 2 11
24 4 14 2 12
28 0 15 0 12
1

With the censored approach, only subjects whose assays were completed before October 2002 were included in the model. With the assay-modeled approach, all subjects for whom assays were completed during the entire study period were included in the model.