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Regression toward the mean (“RTM”) is a phenomenon in which extremely high or low values—for example, and individual’s blood pressure at a particular moment—appear closer to a group’s average upon remeasuring. Although this statistical peculiarity is the result of random error and chance, it has been problematic across various medical, scientific, financial and psychological applications. In particular, RTM, if not taken into account, can interfere when...

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Charting a Course for Atherosclerosis Regression: Shifting the Paradigm

Charles A German¹, Michael D Shapiro²

¹Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

|November 22, 2023

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3D vascular ultrasound LDL blood pressure progression regression risk factors subclinical atherosclerosis

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