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2008-04-29 11:34
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 Median of Tmax [PK / PD]

Dear all,

I want to know why we take median of Tmax instead of mean in PK analysis. please give the guidance about it.

Thanks in advance,

Priyanka Bhavsar

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2008-04-29 14:51
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 Median of Tmax

Dear Priyanka!

❝ I want to know why we take median of Tmax …


Tmax is strongly dependent on the chosen sampling scheme. The sampling distribution of Tmax will always be a discrete one (see here).

❝ … instead of mean in PK analysis.


The (arithmetic) mean is the best unbiased estimator of the location of the normal distribution – but it can be substantially sub-optimal for distributions close to the normal and will be inferior for all discrete distributions.

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2008-04-29 16:18
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 Median of Tmax

Thanks for your valueable advice.

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