For analytical purposes, the HDI was categorically assessed, considering the median as the cutoff point.
An identical pattern of results was observed when depressive symptoms were considered categorically.
When depressive symptoms were considered categorically, those with and without elevated depressive symptoms at baseline did not significantly differ in their odds of elevated insulin resistance (P = 0.10), hyperinsulinemia (P = 0.52), or impaired fasting glucose (P = 0.98), adjusting for all of the same covariates.
ANCOVA was used to test whether similar relationships between depressive symptoms and insulin resistance, fasting insulin, or glucose were observed if depressive symptoms were considered categorically as children with lower depressive symptoms (CDI total score <13) versus elevated symptoms (CDI total score ≥13).
The baseline clinical and serological characteristics of patients in whom PIA did or did not develop are compared in Table 3, each of 12 variables being considered both categorically and continuously where possible; these were: age, sex, smoking status, symptom duration, tender joint count, swollen joint count, joint pattern score, early morning stiffness (EMS), ESR, CRP, RF and ACPA status.
"Let me state unequivocally and categorically that I consider all people equal regardless of their sexual orientation," he wrote.
GWG is considered continuously and categorically (inadequate, appropriate or excessive, as per IOM-recommended ranges) over the course of gestation and at delivery.
BMI considered continuously and categorically as per World Health Organization criteria: underweight (<18.5 kg/m), normal (18.5-24.9 kg/m), overweight (25.0-29.9 kg/m) and obese (≥30 kg/m) [ 3].
The most obvious solution to both the procedural problems and the limiting criteria of the clemency initiative would be to revise it so that some cases are considered not individually but categorically.
The contributions of autoreactive antibodies (Abs) to disease processes and nervous system repair are also considered for their effects that categorically parallel described cellular responses.
