Multivariate statistical interpretation of laboratory clinical data
Abstract Laboratory aids are extensively used in the diagnosis of diseases, in preventive medicine, and as management tools. Reference values of clinically healthy people serve as a guide to the clinician in evaluating biochemical parameters. Determination of 21 biochemical parameters of healthy persons using standard methods of analysis.
Papaioannou Agelos +4 more
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Data interpretation and statistical significance
S M Balaji
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Statistical interpretation of medical data of patients with alcohol abuse
Abstract An attempt is made to assess a set of biochemical, kinetic and anthropometric data for patients suffering from alcohol abuse (alcoholics) and healthy patients (non-alcoholics). The main goal is to identify the data set structure, finding groups of similarity among the clinical parameters or among the patients.
Bardarov Ventzislav +6 more
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Transparency considerations for describing statistical analyses in research [PDF]
Researchers who use the results of statistical analyses to draw conclusions about collected data must write a statistical analysis section in their manuscript. Describing statistical analyses in precise detail is as important as presenting the dosages of
Sang Kyu Kwak, Jonghae Kim
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Fisher’s significance test: A gentle introduction
The p-value is often misunderstood and, for example, misinterpreted as a probability for the correctness of the null hypothesis. The aim of this article is to first explain the definition of the p-value.
Stang, Andreas, Kowall, Bernd
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Frontalis Transfer and Closed Silicone Rod Frontalis Suspension [PDF]
Background Improvements in the degree of marginal reflex distance 1 (MRD1) were compared before and after use of the frontalis transfer (FT) method and closed silicone rod frontalis suspension surgery (SS) for severe blepharoptosis under general or local
Yong Jig Lee, David Dae Hwan Park
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Evaluation of agreement and correlation of three occlusal indices in an assessment of orthodontic treatment need [PDF]
Background/Aim. Occlusal indices are quantitative diagnostic indicators of malocclusion severity, orthodontic treatment need, complexity and outcome.
Đorđević Jelena +2 more
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Big Data Analysis Using Modern Statistical and Machine Learning Methods in Medicine [PDF]
In this article we introduce modern statistical machine learning and bioinformatics approaches that have been used in learning statistical relationships from big data in medicine and behavioral science that typically include clinical, genomic (and ...
Changwon Yoo, Luis Ramirez, Juan Liuzzi
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Pitfalls and perils of survival analysis under incorrect assumptions: the case of COVID-19 data
Non-parametric survival analysis has become a very popular statistical method in current medical research. However, resorting to survival analysis when its fundamental assumptions are not fulfilled can severely bias the results.
Daniele Piovani +2 more
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Common pitfalls in statistical analysis: The use of correlation techniques
Correlation is a statistical technique which shows whether and how strongly two continuous variables are related. In this article, which is the eighth part in a series on ′Common pitfalls in Statistical Analysis′, we look at the interpretation of the ...
Rakesh Aggarwal, Priya Ranganathan
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