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Table 3 A stratified randomization scheme based on gender

From: Aerobic exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation in Chinese patients with coronary heart disease: study protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial

Male

Female

Serial number

Random number

Group

Serial number

Random number

Group

1

0.699718

A

1

0.299478

A

2

0.474505

B

2

0.228082

A

3

0.278238

A

3

0.905825

B

4

0.063581

B

4

0.288985

B

5

0.543526

A

5

0.204267

B

6

0.645542

A

6

0.004536

A

7

0.606382

A

7

0.876704

A

8

0.358782

A

8

0.765598

A

9

0.913533

B

9

0.989875

B

10

0.394207

B

10

0.735247

B

11

0.101518

A

11

0.968638

A

12

0.830019

B

12

0.975038

A

13

0.454501

B

13

0.355564

A

14

0.941391

B

14

0.730377

B

15

0.748873

B

15

0.087323

B

16

0.736089

B

16

0.318215

B

17

0.026114

A

17

0.794593

B

18

0.294124

A

18

0.322396

A

19

0.801002

A

19

0.180908

A

20

0.448855

B

20

0.552161

B

  1. Microsoft Excel Rand is performed to generate random numbers between 0 and 1, last digit even number for group A (intervention) and odd for group B (control). Patients are then allocated to intervention and control groups chronologically