Sentence examples for be a mere marker from inspiring English sources

EAT volume can be a mere marker of metabolic syndrome or a local stimulator of atherosclerotic lesions [ 1- 4, 12, 32].

However, at this stage, we consider it more likely that YKL-40 is a mere marker of gastrointestinal cancer.

Thus, we cannot determine whether hyperglycemia has a direct effect on patient prognosis or is a mere marker of severity of illness and stress.

More basic studies are needed using mice with GGT knockout to determine whether GGT has an aetiological role in carcinogenesis or is a mere marker of damage.

This suggests that a high resting heart rate is not a mere marker of poor physical fitness but is an independent risk factor.

Increased plasma Cu cannot be considered as a mere marker of inflammation, since it was not observed in ML, a chronic inflammatory condition characterized by high production of pro-inflammatory cytokines, such as TNF-α and IFN-γ [ 5].

Hyperchloremia could be a mere reflection of the amount of resuscitation fluids, itself being a marker of severity of shock and/or fluid overload and thus mortality.

The virus seems unlikely to be a mere passenger.

Bilirubin may also be a mere metabolic waste product.

In addition, we found that the presence of severe ACP can significantly add to the Berlin Definition for ARDS, and should not be taken as a mere marker of ARDS severity.

Like all ambitious television, however, it would feel silly to reduce that transcendent episode to fluoride: because it was gorgeous, dizzy art, it was more than a mere marker of social progress.