Jan 25, 2009 17:28
15 yrs ago
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Spanish term
DM
Spanish to English
Medical
Medical (general)
En un estudio que habla del FAW (forced-air warming) para prevenir la hipotermia, el grupo asignado a FAW muestra un nivel de comfort térmico medio significativamente superior al grupo control (DM 38, 95%CI 33.66 a 42.34).
Supongo que DM es DM en inglés también pero quería saber que significa.
Supongo que DM es DM en inglés también pero quería saber que significa.
Proposed translations
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| 2 +1 | OR |
David Shield
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| 4 | diabetes mellitus |
Lydia De Jorge
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| 2 -1 | SD |
Emma Goldsmith
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References
| DM = MD = Mean Difference |
David Brown
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Proposed translations
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38 mins
David Shield
United States
United States
Native in English
Specializes in field
United States
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40
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OR
I think Odds Ratio is the most likely. It makes sense statistically, provided that it comes from a cohort study. The Spanish may be "disparidad media". See this link...
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odds_ratio
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Note added at 53 mins (2009-01-25 18:21:50 GMT)
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The more commonly used term in Spanish is "Indice de Disparidad", but I still think "Odds Ratio" makes the most sense in this context.
Essentially, the odds ratio is a way of saying that the group with FAW had a higher mean comfort level (ie, was more comfortable) 38 times more often than the control group (with a small standard deviation, so that the confidence range of that result was from 33 to 42).
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Note added at 56 mins (2009-01-25 18:24:34 GMT)
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Ah ha! The clarification helps a lot! Given the new information, it probably means "diferencia media" or "disparidad media".
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Note added at 57 mins (2009-01-25 18:25:34 GMT)
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MEAN DIFFERENCE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relative_mean_difference
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Note added at 58 mins (2009-01-25 18:26:12 GMT)
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In English, you could abbreviate it "MD" or with the delta symbol.
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odds_ratio
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Note added at 53 mins (2009-01-25 18:21:50 GMT)
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The more commonly used term in Spanish is "Indice de Disparidad", but I still think "Odds Ratio" makes the most sense in this context.
Essentially, the odds ratio is a way of saying that the group with FAW had a higher mean comfort level (ie, was more comfortable) 38 times more often than the control group (with a small standard deviation, so that the confidence range of that result was from 33 to 42).
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Note added at 56 mins (2009-01-25 18:24:34 GMT)
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Ah ha! The clarification helps a lot! Given the new information, it probably means "diferencia media" or "disparidad media".
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Note added at 57 mins (2009-01-25 18:25:34 GMT)
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MEAN DIFFERENCE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relative_mean_difference
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Note added at 58 mins (2009-01-25 18:26:12 GMT)
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In English, you could abbreviate it "MD" or with the delta symbol.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
David Brown
: yes, David,it is diferencia media (Mean Difference) with a 95% Confidence Interval (95%CI) of.....
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gracias, David!
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liz askew
: Oh...can you measure this in minutes then? :-)
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Liz: yes, since it's the difference between two time measurements...
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks!"
7 mins
Lydia De Jorge
United States
United States
Native in Spanish
&
English
Works in field
United States
Don't just say it, say it right!
Native in: Spanish 
, English
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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184
diabetes mellitus
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Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
liz askew
: Personally I think this is a possibility. The asker could tell us what "CI" is in their text?
58 mins
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9 mins
Emma Goldsmith
Spain
Spain
Native in English
Specializes in field
Spain
25 years of medical translations
Native in: English (Variant: UK) 
Works in: Spanish to English
Related KudoZ points
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855
SD
DM = desviacion media = standard deviation = SD
The only thing I'm not sure of, is why it has such a high value here.
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Note added at 13 mins (2009-01-25 17:41:13 GMT)
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Now you have added the clarification, Lydia is obviously right.
In the original entry it appeared to be related to the confidence interval.
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Note added at 16 mins (2009-01-25 17:44:57 GMT)
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Sorry, I'm going too fast here. I thought the clarification referred to the question, not Lydia's answer.
In that case, I stand by my original suggestion.
DM = desviacion media.
The only thing I'm not sure of, is why it has such a high value here.
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Note added at 13 mins (2009-01-25 17:41:13 GMT)
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Now you have added the clarification, Lydia is obviously right.
In the original entry it appeared to be related to the confidence interval.
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Note added at 16 mins (2009-01-25 17:44:57 GMT)
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Sorry, I'm going too fast here. I thought the clarification referred to the question, not Lydia's answer.
In that case, I stand by my original suggestion.
DM = desviacion media.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Michael Powers (PhD)
: I knew it was a statistical term from probability, but I could not figure out which one. Nicely done, Emma // maybe the sample size was small, making the SD large - Mike :)
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thanks, Mike
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David Shield
: It can't be standard deviation, since the 95% CI is only from 33 to 42. The SD would have to be less than half that difference (2.5 or so).
18 mins
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I agree with your reasoning. I mentioned above that the value was too high. If it was Mean Deviation (MD), would we still have the same problem? I suspect we would.
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Rodolfo Flores
: Definitivamente estadistico, y creo relacinado al "Median Value", ya que el valor de 38 cae en el area centro del intervalo (CI, confidence interval)...mas no puedo enlazarlo al termino DM...suerte!
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thanks for your opinion, Rodolfo
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Reference comments
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Reference:
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el grupo asignado a FAW permanece menos tiempo en la PACU que el grupo control (94 minutos vs 217 minutos, DM -123 minutos, 95%CI ...
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