寫在前面：之前醫咖會曾經推過一篇文章，叫做“P接近0。05，可以有100種英文描述方法？！”文章描述了
在面臨略高於0.05的P值時，各種迂迴的英文說法
，希望藉此將無統計學意義的結果裝扮地更有價值。感興趣的小夥伴可以去看一下，一定讓你大開眼界。
近日，一篇已發表的文獻［1］也專門研究了這一情況，聚焦的則是頂尖的期刊：
NEJM、柳葉刀和JAMA，納入的是近20年來發表在這三個頂級期刊上的研究
。主要挑選那些結果的P值接近0。05的文章：（1）P＜0。05（0。036到0。050之間）；（2）P＞0。05（0。050到0。064之間）
單獨來看一下P＞0。05的情況，在97篇文章裡，可以看到有
40篇文章在面對略高於0.05的P值時，存在暗示有統計學差異的英文表述
。
接下來讓我們一起欣賞下頂級期刊的論文的英文寫法（注：僅挑選一部分，為了原汁原味的展示作者們的措辭，以下英文描述不再翻譯）。
期刊來源：JAMA
1、There were 5 stent thromboses （0。7%） in the sirolimus-eluting stent group vs 13 stent thromboses （1。9%） in the paclitaxel-eluting stent group， a difference that
nearly reached statistical significance
（P = 0。06 by Fisher exact test）
2、After controlling for … the inverse relationship between amount of moderate to vigorous exercise and sudden cardiac death risk was attenuated；
however, a trend persisted
（P = 0。06 for trend）
3、
Surprisingly, lower rates were observed
for severe haemorrhage （44 vs 28； P = 0。06）
4、Increased income did not attenuate the association between being uninsured and using fewer services for diabetes， although increased income
trended towards significantly increasing the likelihood
of uninsured compared with insured diabetics receiving foot examinations （P for interaction = 0。06）
5、The age of energy from protein and carbohydrates
marginally increased
in the intervention schools compared with the controls （P = 0。07 and P = 0。06， respectively）
6、Sodium consumption， adjusted for energy intake， also
marginally increased
among intervention students （P = 0。06）
7、In addition， there was a borderline effect in which members of the comparison group demonstrated
a somewhat higher hazard rate
for diabetes mellitus （P = 0。06）
期刊來源：柳葉刀
1、Greater truncal fat storage showed strong positive correlations with plasma triglyceride concentration and indices of insulin resistance and
a borderline negative correlation with
plasma HDL-cholesterol concentration （P = 0。051）
2、Women who took oestrogen for 1 year or less （average 4 months） had a lower risk of Alzheimer’s disease than never-users，
of borderline statistical significance
（P = 0。06）
3、
Some evidence
of more months employment at 12 months （5。55 ［5。04］ vs 3。14 ［5。05］， P = 0。0511）
4、average liver iron concentration
increased slightly
from 8。5 mg Fe per g dry weight liver to 11。3 mg Fe per g dry weight liver （P = 0。052）
期刊來源：NEJM
1、The incidence of serious bleeding
was higher
in the drotrecogin alfa activated group than in the placebo group （3。5 vs 2。0%， P = 0。06）
2、No significant differences were noted between the high-dose and intermediate-dose groups in 30-day mortality （10% for both）。
However, the number of deaths in the first 3 months was greater
in the high-dose group （72 vs 52 in the intermediate-dose group； hazard ratio， 1。41； P = 0。057）
3、This finding was of
marginal significance
overall （34。4%； 95% CI， 83。9 to 1。8； P = 0。06） in the per protocol analysis
參考文獻：
https：//onlinelibrary。wiley。com/doi/10。1111/1742-6723。13831