The phrase "affection index" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are measuring or quantifying levels of affection or emotional attachment, such as in psychology, marketing, or relationship studies.
Example: "The researchers developed an affection index to assess the emotional bonds between participants in the study."
Alternatives: "emotional attachment scale" or "affection measurement tool".
We lavish some $48 billion annually on our pets and another $2 billion on animal protection and conservation causes; but that index of affection pales like so much well-cooked pork against the $300 billion we spend on meat and hunting, and the tens of billions devoted to removing or eradicating animals we consider pests.
In the index case, affection of all limbs makes an underlying immunological pathomechanism likely.
Associations based on proportional hazards regression models adjusted for age, sex, type 2 diabetes affection status, body mass index, current smoking, hypertension, dyslipidemia, ACE/ARB medication use, prior CVD and coronary artery calcified plaque.
Age, gender, T2DM-affection status, and body mass index (BMI) were used as covariates in all single variant association analyses.
All patients were referred with a history suggesting chronic lumbar radiculopathy, and the clinical diagnosis was verified with at least one corresponding positive clinical test (index test) consistent with affection of a specific lumbar nerve root.
The inclusion criteria were unilateral lumbar radiculopathy lasting for more than 12 weeks and one or more positive index tests consistent with nerve root affection.
*adjusted for age, sex, type 2 diabetes affection status, ACE/ARB medication use; † adjusted for age, sex, type 2 diabetes affection status, body mass index, current smoking, hypertension, dyslipidemia, ACE/ARB medication use, prior cardiovascular disease.
Then, as now, the charts were a pop share index – a Rock Exchange, if you like – charting the differing fortunes of bands in the affections of the nation.
Based on an overall evaluation of the patient history and results of all the index tests, a clinical decision was reached for each patient concerning the suspected level and side of nerve root affection [ 24- 27].
