We consider it our public health responsibility to at least qualitatively consider recent toxicologic data in addition to a quantitative risk assessment based on established reference values.
In this study, the prevalence of folate, vitamin B6 and niacin deficiency based on established reference values were 1.3%, 5.3% and 26.7%, respectively.
In the present investigation, we do not seek to scrutinize prior assessments of soil carbon stocks, and instead report values based on established sources (e.g., FAO).
The inclusion criteria were completeness (lack of missing data), sampling distribution (normality was checked before correlations were calculated), and comparability with accepted data values based on established clinical criteria (where available) or data from previous studies.
Based on independently established values for the energy demands of each activity, an index of total kilocalorie expenditure was calculated.
The following analyses were performed: comparison of positivity based on the established values in IBD, median values, the number of subjects in each serology in the 4th quartile of a normal distribution, and the mean quartile sum of all the antibodies.
The molar concentration of proteins was determined from UV absorption measurements in a quartz cuvette using a pathlength of 1 cm and a molar absorption coefficient at 280 nm of 47900 M−1·cm−1 for GKRP-WT [ 19] and 18510 M−1·cm−1 for GK-W99R/W167F/W257F, which was calculated based on previously established values for GK-WT (35130 M−1·cm−1) [ 35] and tryptophan (5540 M−1·cm−1) [ 56].
A unique feature of the PROP protocol is the inclusion of physiologic biomarkers as potential predictors of respiratory morbidity, based on the established value of premorbid respiratory function as an independent risk factor for wheezing and asthma in later life for term infants [ 2, 5].
Based on the established reference values, the prevalence of inadequate micronutrient status varied from 1 35% depending on the specific micronutrient examined (Table 1) and almost half of the subjects had elevated Hcy.
Titers <50 were considered negative based on cutoff values established with sera from mice not infected with WNV.
