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Comparison of rates, odds ratios, means, and mean differences between the original clinical trial datasets and the empirical distribution of the DP estimator was performed.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The DP rate closely approximated the original rate of 6.5% when \u03b5\u2009&amp;gt;\u20091. The DP odds ratio closely aligned with the original odds ratio of 0.689 when \u03b5\u2009\u2265\u20093. The DP mean closely approximated the original mean of 164.64 when \u03b5\u2009\u2265\u20091. As \u03b5 increased to 5, both the minimum and maximum DP means converged toward the original mean.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title><jats:p>There is no consensus on how to choose the privacy budget \u03b5. 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