To determine whether pulmonary function decreases as a function of severity of pectus excavatum, and whether reduced function is restrictive or obstructive in nature in a large multicenter study.
In this sense, it represents an ideal approach to detect evolving changes as a function of severity, exacerbations of disease, and therapeutical interventions.
Figure 3 shows the mean molecular weight (from gel permeation chromatography) as a function of severity.
Open image in new window Fig. 6 Heteroatom content as a function of severity a oxygen b sulphur.
Additionally, for each center, we also estimated odds ratio for admission to stroke unit as a function of severity of stroke.
This figure is more complex to interpret, as symptomatic cases are expected to increase as a function of severity.
Figure 13 shows the estimated standard error or sampling standard deviation of the total score as a function of severity.
The degree of correlation indicates that motor skill impairment is a function of severity within AS.
Aggregation seems to increase as a function of disease severity [11], and early onset of migraine in the proband as well as the severity of migraines is associated with higher levels of family aggregation [14].
Other authors used case-fatality rates as a function of injury severity [ 84] or fractures as an indicator of severity [ 57].
