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"textContent": "One example where ratios badly capture the information: polymorphonuclear leukocyte counts in predicting bacterial meningitis. It was “known” clinically that the % of leukocytes that were polymorph was the important feature. It’s not at all; the absolute polymorph count is the thing.",
"title": "Biomarker ratios"
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