PhysioBiomarker: a single computed biomarker with metadata

Extends AnalysisResult with a scalar value, unit, optional confidence interval, and interpretation - the unit reporting consumes.

Usage

# S4 method for class 'PhysioBiomarker'
show(object)

Arguments

object

An object to display.

Value

The show method for PhysioBiomarker returns NULL invisibly and is called for the side effect of printing a compact summary.

Slots

name

Character biomarker name.

value

Numeric scalar value.

unit

Character measurement unit.

ci

Numeric length-2 confidence interval, or length-0 if none.

interpretation

Optional character interpretation label.

reference_range

Numeric length-2 published reference (normal) range, or length-0 if none.

reliability

Named list of reliability indices, typically icc, sem, and mdc (see icc, sem, mdc).

provenance_info

Named list describing how the value was computed, typically assay, band, method, and software_version.