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. 2012 Apr 12;12:31. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-12-31

Table 2.

Gini-Simpson relative diversities

Attribute No. of categories Number of narrative reports Gini-Simpson relative diversity Number of structured reports Gini-Simpson relative diversity p value
Smoking 4 71 0.8162 1080 0.6579 0.00073

Allergy 3 90 0.6300 1065 0.6977 0.30932

Ischemic heart disease 3 67 0.4117 1045 0.1455 0.00359

Dyspnoea 2 79 0.9152 1047 0.3851 < 0.00001

Chest pain 2 38 0.7756 1049 0.3042 0.00050

Palpitations 2 17 0.9135 1054 0.4882 0.00263

Swelling 2 95 0.4725 1050 0.2020 0.00914

Diabetes mellitus 2 69 0.7713 1073 0.1709 < 0.00001

Gini-Simpson relative diversities of selected attributes in 110 narrative and in 1119 structured medical reports for selected attributes categorized according to MDMC