Country of birth was classified as either Sweden or other (missing information was categorised as other).
Some of these web pages also gave qualitative information, but in these cases only the quantitative information was categorised.
Qualitative information was categorised as indicating an effect, a probable effect, an unknown effect, probably no effect, no effect, or unclear, if it was not possible to categorise the information (Table 5).
Axis II information was dichotomised for presence of a personality disorder or trait, while axis III information was categorised for presence of a relevant musculoskeletal condition, other condition or none.
This information was categorised into four age cohorts: (30 39 years, 40 49 years, 50 59 years and > 60 years) Education was reported as number of total school years and then converted into three education categories: no education, primary/secondary education, and intermediate/university education.
Patients dying with CRPC and a PSA>4 ng ml−1, and patients recorded as dying of PC on their death certificate, where this was compatible with the available detailed clinical follow-up information, were categorised as PC-related deaths (with patients censored at date last follow-up or death from other cause).
Some of the virulence-related transcripts which could not be categorised with the InterProScan data were categorised using the information from the Gene Ontology, UniProt, NCBI and referred publications.
Data were categorised as follows.
Information collected is categorised and analysed by the content management software, so that the agency's staff can gather details of trends and best practice quickly.
The information provided is categorised as dimension, compressibility, flowability/powder flow, lubricity/ stability, and lubricity/dosage this can be provided in graphical form, the SeDeM Diagram.
