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Measured change, rate and treatment effect are different

Two comparable visitsLater value − earlier value

A measured difference in the same eye and metric.

Put time beside the differenceChange ÷ actual elapsed time

An interval-based rate. A short interval is not a measured full year.

The untreated path was not measured in that child.

Do not claim an exact individual treatment percentage using a guessed counterfactual.

Conceptual calculation and interpretation aid, without fabricated patient values, study results or predicted trajectories. Sources: [2] ·

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