The phrase "a positive responder" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone who reacts favorably or affirmatively to a situation, question, or stimulus.
Example: "In our survey, we found that a positive responder is more likely to engage with our brand and recommend it to others."
Alternatives: "an affirmative responder" or "a supportive responder".
He was categorized as a positive responder in the evaluation of the primary endpoint.
One subject was a positive responder for both biomarkers [see Supplemental Material (doi 10.1289/ehp.0800194.S1)].
A reduction in pain intensity of ≥50% is suggested to indicate substantial improvements, or treatment success, 46 and was used in this study to define a positive responder regarding pain.
43 The Minimal Clinical Important Difference of the NDI score is suggested to be 3.5 to 5/50 points, 34 with a reduction of 5 set as the cutoff score defining a positive responder (clinically relevant improvement in disability) in this study.
The exploratory analysis showed that among seven subjects previously identified as a "positive responder group" (Delfino et al. 2009), we found largely positive associations of Cu,Zn-SOD and GPx-1 with air pollutants, and lower confidence limits were > 1.0 for outdoor PM0.25 mass and several other exposures.
Nevertheless, he continued to fill in the pain diary and the question lists and was thus included in the final evaluation of the technique and he was categorized as a positive responder (VAS success + on T1 and GPE = +2 on T2).
The PEEP level was 2 cmH2O above the LIP on inclusion in one positive responder to PVCF, whereas no LIP was identified in the other positive responder.
For example, one recent study sequenced the genomes of a small number of positive responders to a drug administered in a clinical trial; by combining multiple types of data, the study identified the basis for the responders' sensitivity to the drug (14).
Interestingly, our study found that among the low risk groups (the CC and SS−) there was a significant trend towards an increase in positive responders with increasing age for the IP-10, IL-2 and TST.
In addition, we found a higher proportion of positive responders after TC compared with IM immunization, as depicted in Figure 1 (upper panels) (χ2 test, H3 p = 0.02, H1 p = 0.035, NP p = 0.035) for influenza-specific CD8 but not CD4 responses (Fig 2, lower panels).
All four tests identified a significantly higher percentage of positive responders within the group of children exposed to sputum smear positive adults (table 3).
