Summary Statistic for Average Time Trends:

Use the drop-down menu to select the statistic used to summarize the data from the Findings domains.

Options are defined in the following table:

Summary Statistic

Definition

Mean

Reports the mean of all measurements observed across the trial period.
This value is always used to summarize data from the baseline period.

Geometric Mean

Reports the Geometric Mean of all measurements observed across the trial period.
This value represents the nth root of the product of the data.
The statistic is helpful when the data contains a large value in a skewed distribution.

To Specify the Statistic Used to Summarize the Data:

8 Select the summary statistic that you want to use from the drop-down menu.