Beyond the average: why data spread matters in clinical studies

Politi1,2, María Teresa; Ferreira1,3, Juliana Carvalho; Patino1,4, Cecilia María

doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.36416/1806-3756/e20250142

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Beyond the average: why data spread matters in clinical studies

María Teresa Politi1,2, Juliana Carvalho Ferreira1,3, Cecilia María Patino1,4

DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.36416/1806-3756/e20250142

1. Methods in Epidemiologic, Clinical, and Operations Research - MECOR - program, American Thoracic Society/Asociación Latinoamericana del Tórax, Montevideo, Uruguay.
2. Laboratorio de Estadística Aplicada a las Ciencias de la Salud (LEACS), Departamento de Toxicología y Farmacología, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
3. Divisão de Pneumologia, Instituto do Coração, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo (SP) Brasil.
4. Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.