In each of the four countries, the facility-specific median indicators ranged from: 97%-100% for perfect self-reported adherence, 90%-95% of days covered by dispensed medicines, 2%-19% of patients with treatment gaps of 30 days or more, and 72%-91 72%-91pointments attended on time.
Our survey was in line with other Caribbean surveys reporting the same median age indicator [ 5, 20].
Within country we took the median facility indicator values, as well as the maximum, 75th percentile, 25th percentile, and minimum.
In such a situation, when applying median of the indicator values, the few indicators showing distinct performance compared to the dominant status, are not taken into account, which in our example resulted in strongly negative overall evaluation of biodiversity status, whereas more positive result was obtained when applying the average of all indicator values (Figure 1).
Median time from indicator disease to HIV diagnosis was 15.4 months (IQR: 0.9-63.1 months).
Accordingly, likewise exercise, BCAAem does not affect maximum lifespan, but increases the median lifespan, an indicator that specific diseases have been prevented.
The median of traffic indicator values across all studies was chosen as cut-off for dichotomising the continuous traffic exposure (≤5000 and >5000 cars per day for traffic intensity on the nearest major road; ≤500 and >500 car-km driven per day for the traffic intensity on major roads in a 100 m buffer) (supplementary material; methods: statistic models section).
Rates were generally lower for measurement indicators (median 2.4%) than for treatment and intermediate outcomes indicators (median 10.0% and 5.7%, respectively).
Simple average (or median) of all indicators is not necessarily the best solution in every circumstance, considering that different indicators meet various screening criteria differently [36].
The median Fib-4 index, an indicator of fibrosis degree in the liver, was 3.12 (range, 0.45 15.97).
To test for differences in SES between ASD cases and the surveillance population, we computed t-tests for the indicators % poverty and % bachelors, and the two-sample median test for the indicator MHI.
