Sentence examples for be a weak marker from inspiring English sources

Although, as in the current study, assessment of VD using a pan-endothelial cell antigen like CD31 or CD34 may be a weak marker to predict the likelihood to respond to anti-VEGF therapy, it is stressed that the usage of multi-tissue arrays (MTAs) for the vessel counting (like the method applied in the study by Jubb et al) should not be considered as equivalent to whole tissue sample evaluation.

As previously reported, 46 telangiectasia may be a weaker marker of skin ageing in women due to the protective effect of oestrogens on skin microvasculature.

MMP-9 may be a weaker marker of CHD risk in healthy sub-groups because MMP-9 may be more important in de-stabilizing established plaques rather than having a directly atherogenic effect.

In summary, the limited available evidence suggests that NGAL is a weak marker of risk for renal function decline but might be a predictor of cardiac event in the setting of HF in patients with and without renal disease.

The latter is consistent with previous work showing that assessment of disease alone is a weak marker of health status in older individuals, even when indicators of disease severity are considered [ 62].

However, this would be a weak argument.

TasP provides an additional compelling argument for improving access to viral load monitoring as CD4 is a weak surrogate marker of viral suppression.

Yellow and/or green sputum has previously been found to be associated with antibiotic prescribing for RTI, despite it being a weak diagnostic marker for bacterial infection.

Survival analysis showed that the presence of K-Ras mutations diagnosed by direct sequencing are a weak prognostic marker of poorer outcome (median EFS 14 months vs 47 months, HR=1.57, CI 95%: 0.77 3.84, P=0.08).

His last, Dear Heather, was a weak effort, a marker of decline.

This is a weak penalty.