【Summary of key phrases for Materials & Methods】

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l MM1: Describing Study Design and Subjects                Next

Ø MM1-Step1: Describing study design                                          Next

² Procedure                   ex. study was conducted

Ø MM1-Step2: Describing selection of participants      Next

² Eligibility                     ex. patients were eligible

² Grouping                     ex. patients were randomly assigned

Ø MM1-Step3: Describing ethics                                         Next

² Approval                     ex. protocol was approved by

² Declaration                 ex. principles of the Declaration of Helsinki

² Informed consent        ex. provided written informed consent

Ø MM1-Step4: Describing role and responsibility          Next

² Responsibility             ex. was responsible for

² Role                            ex. was designed by

l MM2: Describing Research Methodology                       Next

Ø MM2-Step1: Describing procedure                                               Next

² Source                        ex. were obtained from

² Procedure                   ex. were given

² Instruction                   ex. were asked to

Ø MM2-Step2: Describing evaluation     Next

² End point                    ex. the primary end point was

² Criteria                        ex. was defined as

² Evaluation                   ex. was assessed with

² Adverse events           ex. adverse events were

l MM3: Describing Statistical Analysis                             Next

Ø MM3-Step1: Restating subjects                                                     Next

² Subjects                      ex. all patients who received at least one dose of

Ø MM3-Step2: Describing statistical procedures                         Next

² Statistical analysis: was/were pp             ex. statistical analyses were

² Statistical analysis: we                            ex. we used

² Statistical analysis condition                   ex. have *% power to detect

Ø MM3-Step3: Describing the purpose of analysis                      Next

² Purpose of analysis    ex. to assess the association

Ø MM3-Step4: Describing criteria for statistical significance or data expression

² P value                       ex. a P value of less than Next

² Data expression          ex. as means and standard deviations

l MM4: Describing Role of Funding Source                     Next

Ø MM4-Step1: Describing role of funders                                       Next

² Role                            ex. The funding source had no role in

Ø MM4-Step2: Describing authors’ responsibility                        Next

² Responsibility             ex. The corresponding author had full access to

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