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Table 1 Descriptive Categories Used for Statistical Analysis

From: Qualifying and quantifying the precision medicine rhetoric

Theme

Category

Number of PM-like efforts

Percentage of total

Location of funding institution

Domestic

36

33.3%

Global

72

66.7%

Longitudinal

 

22

20.2%

Sample size

10,000

19

17.6%

<  10,000

16

14.8%

Unknown

70

67.6%

Data types

Unidimensional

46

42.6%

Two or more

58

53.7%

Unclear

4

3.7%

Biospecimen

91

84.3%

Biospecimen only

35

32.4%

EHR

45

41.7%

PPI

26

24.0%

Sensor

11

10.2%

Duration

Explicit

17

15.7%

Participant as partners

Yes

25

23.1%

No

25

23.1%

Unknown

58

53.7%

Study Aim

Database

69

63.9%

Clinical Trial

44

40.7%

Funding

Government

59

54.6%

Industry

35

32.4%

Nonprofit

12

11.1%

Donations

7

6.5%