A Researcher Is Developing a New Antiretroviral Medication to Treat

question 52

Multiple Choice

A researcher is developing a new antiretroviral medication to treat HIV infection. He working to add an adjuvant substance to inhibit viral proliferation in the brain. Treatment success rates improve when Drug X is combined with an adjuvant agent.  Data comparing the two medication regimens is shown in the table below. Based on the data, the adjuvant agent most likely improves viral control through which of the following mechanisms?

• A)Blocking first-pass metabolism
• B)Decreasing cytochrome P450 metabolism
• C)Diminishing blood flow to the choroid plexus
• D)Inhibiting cellular efflux transporters
• E)Reducing glomerular filtration of the drug

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

A statistical measure that quantifies the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values.

Confidence Level

The probability or likelihood, expressed as a percentage, that a confidence interval actually includes the true parameter value.

Confidence Level

Expressed in percentage terms, this statistical measure tells us how confident we can be about the range within which the true parameter of a population lies, based on sample data.

Sample Size

The number of observations or units in a sample taken from a population for the purpose of statistical analysis.