Maths for Clinicians 4

• What is disease influenced by?

  • Symptoms
  • Technological & medical developments
  • Sociocultural environment
• What is abnormality?

  • Statistical - falls outside of normal population range
  • Clinical - abnormal levels associated with presence of disease state
  • Prognostic - higher risk of future disease
• What does the reference range include?

  95% of values found in healthy subjects

  (Values within normal range can still have adverse effects)

  
• High glucose = abnormal (have highest mortality rates)

  Women of high glucose are 6x more likely to die of CDV than low glucose women (29% divided by 5%)