clinical significance

collocation in English

meaningsofclinicalandsignificance

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clinical
adjective
uk
/ˈklɪn.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˈklɪn.ɪ.kəl/
used to refer to medical work or teaching that relates to the examination and treatment of ...
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significance
noun[U]
uk
/sɪɡˈnɪf.ɪ.kəns/us
/sɪɡˈnɪf.ə.kəns/
importance:
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(Definition ofclinicalandsignificancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In order to evaluateclinicalsignificance, recovery was assessed by analysing the number of cases of depression in both groups at onset and subsequently.
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As such, the failure to show a significant positive effect of treatment might have limitedclinicalsignificance.
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However, there has been a long debate about theirclinicalsignificance.
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Clinicalsignificance: a statistical approach to defining meaningful change in psychotherapy research.
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Theclinicalsignificanceof the increased pulmonary arterial stiffness in the absence of stenosis remains to be clarified.
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Extensive records have been accumulated in clinics\\ clinical studies for those individuals with extreme phenotypes that are of health andclinicalsignificance.
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Althoughclinicalsignificanceis mentioned, the concept, methods and interpretation of comparative confidence intervals receive no coverage.
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Although methylphenidate as compared to placebo slightly and significantly increased the level of depressive and anxiety symptoms, theclinicalsignificanceof these findings was unclear.
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Noncompliance with the guidelines was classified into four categories (none, minor, major, serious) according to theirclinicalsignificance.
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Thus, the relevance of non-related cross-reactive antibodies to these antigens is probably overestimated and does not meritclinicalsignificance.
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These changes may assume moreclinicalsignificancein the presence of external factors.
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There have been no reports about the prevalences of moderate and severe tricuspid regurgitation which hasclinicalsignificance.
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For quantitative traits important for human health, generally only extreme (low\\high) values are of primaryclinicalsignificance.
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This is addressed to some extent by also using a fourpoint change to representclinicalsignificance.
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More research is needed to investigate the possibleclinicalsignificanceof these findings.
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Methods for defining and determining theclinicalsignificanceof treatment effects : description, application, and alternatives.
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What is theclinicalsignificanceof these associations?
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Clinicalsignificanceof these defects remains to be clarified.
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In contrast, for epidemiological analysis the primary consideration is not theclinicalsignificance of individual results, but the proportion seropositive at each age.
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These changes may assume more pathological orclinicalsignificancein the presence of external factors.
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