Preferred Label : Clinical Study Population Subgroup;
NCIt synonyms : Study Subgroup; Study Population Subgroup;
NCIt related terms : patient subgroup; patient_subgroup;
NCIt definition : Relatively uniform groups (e.g. etiologically and pathogenetically more homogeneous,
racial, ethnic, or gender-specific, or the disease- or condition-specific) of study
subjects formed within a clinical study population for a separate analysis. The selection
of the subgroups, methods of subgroup analysis, and anticipated difference in observation
outcome(s) have to be defined and justified in the study protocol and based on known
biological mechanisms, and/or findings in previous studies.;
Origin ID : C70730;
UMLS CUI : C2347789;
Semantic type(s)
concept_is_in_subset