DeHCA score reporting time was 12 min (median value).
Legend 15: Third harmonic in one building for one phase depending on weekdays and based on 10-min median values, over 3-month observation time.
Continuously measured variables were stored in the database as 2-min median values, and other variables were stored as often as they were measured.
The strength of the study is that the reconstruction of the hemodynamic profiles is precise, because all continuously measured variables are stored as 2-min median values in the computerised data management system.
Descriptive statistics included mean, standard deviation (s.d)., minimal value (Min), median, maximal value (Max) and coefficient of variation (CV).
These features are {maximum value (Max), minimum value (Min), mean value, median value, mode, first quartile (Xq1), second quartile (Xq2), range value and standard deviation (Std)}.
Height and body weight were measured as described previously [26], Sitting blood pressure was measured thrice over 10 min and the median value used in the statistical analysis.
The frequency of rumen contractions was decreased (p > 0.05), 2 3 rumen contractions per 2 min against a median value of 4 for all the cows in the material.
Sitting blood pressure and heart rate were measured (OMRON 705 cp; OMRON Healthcare Europe, Hoofddorp, the Netherlands) three times over 10 min, and the median value was used in statistical analyses.
Body Tc (°C) was measured continuously from within the right ventricle of the heart and all signals and parameters were automatically analysed (Notocord-Hem 3.3; Croissy, France) and represented in an Excel file as median values over 1 min.
Fig. 10 Box-and-whisker plot representation of nineteen 3-min measurements over 3 weeks, showing median values, upper and lower quartile values (boxes), minimum and maximum values excluding outliers (whiskers) and outliers (1.5 times the upper/lower quartiles shown as points).
