Taxometric analysis is commonly done for psychiatric diagnosis to assess discrete categories vs dimension or dimensions + categories. But has it been done for medical diagnoses with similar characteristics. The best example I can think of is hypertension (HTN). I have attached a graphic file looking at the most recent systolic BP recommendation and the distribution of blood pressures in the population. I also searched available literature for taxometric analysis of hypertension and could find nothing.
Is it possible that all polygenic, quantitative rather than qualitative disorders (HTN, asthma, diabetes, etc) produce the same results as psychiatric disorders in general? (I have found one study of metabolic syndrome.)
I can mention one study with taxometric analysis in parastic disease:
Anshu Malhotra et al. Taxometric analysis of helminths of marine fishes 1.Pedunculacetabulum spinatum n. Sp., from chlorinemus mandetta and wenyonia rhincodonti n. Sp., from Rhincondon typus. Journal of parastic diseases, 2011:35(2):222_9.
DOI. 10.1007./s12639_011_0049_0
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