From additional analyses (data not shown), it is clear for the Patient Perspective that the effect of weighting indicator scores by their importance is limited: the largest adjustment was made on indicator 6.1 (Care plan), for which the scores were given a weighting of 0.80.
Community preferences were captured through a stakeholder panel of 32 persons who helped to select and weight indicators.
Practically, some stakeholders might have difficulties using other methods, such as weighting the indicators or using the analytical hierarchy process (Saaty 1980).
We then use a stepwise approach in which we equally weight indicators in each domain score, and then the domains are equally weighted in the overall index score.
This study was designed to investigate the associations between ready-to-eat cereals, categorized by sugar content, with weight indicators and nutrient intake profiles.
The birth weight indicators follow expected patterns according to maternal characteristics and infants' gender.
One study defined "metabolically normal" cases following the definition of metabolic syndrome from the International Diabetes Federation, but without weight indicators because only participants with BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2 were included [ 49].
Hospital classifications included average DRG weight, indicators for hospital designation as a critical-access facility, a rural referral center, a sole community provider, or a teaching hospital.
Overall, we contend that our collective attention to race, SES, GRS, maternal obesity, and BRS would broadly serve as correlates of various lifestyle and body weight indicators.
51 Further data are required from studies with longer durations of follow-up in late life, and more suitable weight indicators are needed for the elderly.
