Sentence examples for a valid marker from inspiring English sources

It is unknown whether a patient's self-reported history of Chlamydia trachomatis infection is a valid marker of past infection.

If a valid marker is found, the location of the smartphone will be adjusted according to the encoded latitude and longitude coordinates of the marker, while the GPS sensors of the smartphone are ignored.

Although the exact mechanism by which NRBCs are finally released from the bone marrow into the circulation remains unclear, their presence in the peripheral blood is a valid marker of disease severity and increased mortality [5, 10 13].

Serum iodine is not considered a valid marker for iodine deficiency.

In our study we demonstrated for the first time that CCR6 is a valid marker to define functional antigen-specific Th17 cells in mice.

Provided that neovascularization is a valid marker for tumor angiogenesis, these results are in agreement with the established role of TSP-1 in tumor inhibition [30].

To translate into a clinically valid marker, a risk factor has to be very strongly associated with a trait.

Objective sleep duration was used as an internally valid marker of the severity of insomnia and not as a recommended optimal sleep duration for the general population, which is beyond the scope of our study.

A reliable and valid marker is necessary to make this distinction.

Clearly, a meta-analysis of individual patient data and more studies are required to determine definitively whether CSF lactate assay is a reliable and valid marker to distinguish between BM and AM.

More studies with a rigorous design are needed to determine definitively whether CSF lactate assay is a reliable and valid marker to distinguish between acute bacterial meningitis and aseptic meningitis.