tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post402998761508047167..comments2023-11-29T13:13:23.022+00:00Comments on newgate news: Margin for errorMacheathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-65850815074627688852012-04-25T21:04:44.381+01:002012-04-25T21:04:44.381+01:00Demetrius, I'm sure there's plenty of that...Demetrius, I'm sure there's plenty of that sort of thing going on all the time; I don't envy her the struggle to convince a bunch of NHS jobsworths that she is actually alive.<br /><br />PC/AKH, thank you; I suspect you - and now I - know rather more than some of the staff in this field who deal with patients every day.<br /><br />Julia, I think I can speak for everyone here when I say I would pay good money to watch what would happen if a nurse attempted to patronise you and get away with it.Macheathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-10174965026267381782012-04-25T19:35:22.825+01:002012-04-25T19:35:22.825+01:00"The nurse was clearly disappointed; "Th...<i>"The nurse was clearly disappointed; "Then we'll just have to try and manage it through diet"."</i><br /><br />I'm afraid that would have drawn the rejoinder '<i>We</i> will, will we? You go right ahead and diet, then, ducky! I'll do as I please..'JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-66127551480271077532012-04-25T16:43:30.018+01:002012-04-25T16:43:30.018+01:00I don't know what a "risk factor" is...I don't know what a "risk factor" is, but the accuracy of the cholesterol test is only about +/- 15% at the 95% confidence level for a single test.<br /><br />Even that sounds optimistic to me after reading the methodology. Not only that, but different labs will vary in the quality of their results both between themselves and internally on a daily basis.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-91889339768142215432012-04-25T14:44:11.161+01:002012-04-25T14:44:11.161+01:00Being as my new job means hanging about in GP surg...Being as my new job means hanging about in GP surgeries , I'm picking up a bit of what nonsense is out there and what it is based on. <br /><br />This 'Risk Factor' is probably based on something called the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Framingham_Risk_Score" rel="nofollow">Framingham Risk Score</a> a study of a small American town , where diets and lifestyles bear no relationship to the UK at all or I would add, to any individual in particular. <br /><br />Much like a one size fits all BMI it is complete tosh (clinically obese toddlers?)Pavlov's Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15162563403722211352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-88762010717392431162012-04-25T13:15:25.283+01:002012-04-25T13:15:25.283+01:00One elderly lady I know went to the quack to have ...One elderly lady I know went to the quack to have her prescription renewed to be told that the local hospital had declared her to be dead so she couldn't have it. If there is much of this kind of thing it could effect the statistics.Demetriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17198549581667363991noreply@blogger.com