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Sat 10 May, 2008 09:17 am
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Methods A total of 25,505 pregnant women at 15 centers in nine countries underwent 75-g oral glucose-tolerance testing at 24 to 32 weeks of gestation.
Data remained blinded if the fasting plasma glucose level was 105 mg per deciliter (5.8 mmol per liter) or less and the 2-hour plasma glucose level was 200 mg per deciliter (11.1 mmol per liter) or less.
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It is a question of scientific experiment. What does "data remained blinded" mean? Remained blinded for whom?
Blinded from the pregnant women, if the experiment was a single blind one, and also from the medical centre personnel if it was double blinded.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-blind
Wonder why they didn't say
"data remained blind"
the "remained blinded" is awkward, IMHO.
Quote:Wonder why they didn't say
"data remained blind"
the "remained blinded" is awkward, IMHO.
Because that is the convention in the specialised field. I agree it is awkward.
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