We thank Dr Santori for his interest in our article and for providing helpful and
constructive comments. His comments were mostly concerned with statistical aspects
of the manuscript, and somewhat exceeded our knowledge. We therefore consulted a biostatistician
(A.H.) to answer some of the queries.
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Published online: March 03, 2014
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