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Assuming 0.15 cm/year Growth Rate in Treatment Group
| Follow-up period=6 months | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stratum | Total No. of simulated patients | No. of patients whose diameter were larger than 5.5cm at baseline | No. of patients whose diameter grows >= 5.5 cm during follow-ups | No. of patients censored by mortality |
| Control group: Growth rate=0.25 cm per year | 60,000 | 13,760 | 35,929 | 10,311 |
| Doxycycline group: Growth rate=0.15 cm per year | 60,000 | 13,760 | 30,064 | 16,176 |
| --------- | --------- | −16.3% | +56.9% | |
