A priori, we grouped food outlets into categories hypothesized to provide BMI-healthy or BMI-unhealthy food, with one intermediate category for food outlets whose classification was uncertain.
When recommending the use of the A1C to diagnose diabetes in its 2009 report, the International Expert Committee (3) stressed the continuum of risk for diabetes with all glycemic measures and did not formally identify an equivalent intermediate category for A1C.
Some centers introduced an intermediate category for Δ0Cl- + Iso [ 6], interpret the highest NPD CFTR response [ 29], or use a composite score that includes sodium and chloride conductance [ 20, 30].
Participants received 0.5 points in the intermediate categories of each health behaviour and 0 points for least healthy behaviours.
Given the rapid spread of diagnostic sequencing and direct-to-consumer testing, it may be appropriate to begin to identify an intermediate category of "actionable" variants, for which evidence is insufficient to establish unequivocal clinical utility but is sufficient to determine how already available information could be used.
After adjustment for identified confounders, both higher categories of serum urate were associated with significant risks of developing stage 3 CKD (odds ratio = 1.74 (95% CI = 1.45 to 2.09) for the intermediate category of serum urate, odds ratio = 3.12 (95% CI = 2.29 to 4.25) for the higher category of serum urate).
Equal values for symmetric (for instance it is easier to distinguish extreme categories than to distinguish intermediate categories) or close (for instance it is easier to distinguish lower categories on the scale than upper categories) association parameters can also be used as described by hypotheses.
Generally, these programs would consist of the following steps: Maximal early (perinatal) determination of risk groups (high, moderate, and low), and further stratification of these risk groups into intermediate categories Development of preventive measures for these risk groups.
The ancient Greeks, for example, had many intermediate categories between full gods or goddesses and human beings.
