Sentence examples for be predictive of development from inspiring English sources

In patients with knee pain, GAG depletion as measured by a dGEMRIC index has been shown to be predictive of development of knee OA in a 6-year follow-up.

A high sIgE/tIgE ratio before the season may be predictive of development of pollinosis, and an increase in the allergen-specific Th2 clone size during the pollen season could be a biomarker for pollinosis.

Various factors have been found to be predictive of development of PTSD e.g. severity of trauma exposure [ 13], female gender [ 14], trauma related parental distress [ 15] and accumulation of multiple stressors [ 16].

To assess whether baseline retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) measurements obtained with a scanning laser polarimeter, the GDx Nerve Fiber Analyzer, (Laser Diagnostic Technologies Inc., San Diego, California) are predictive of development of repeatable glaucomatous visual field damage in glaucoma suspect eyes.

CONCLUSIONS The DIO provides a measure of β-cell function adjusted for insulin sensitivity and is predictive of development of diabetes over 10 years.

In patients with type 1 diabetes, HbA1C variability was predictive of development of microalbuminuria, progression of kidney disease and cardiovascular events [ 34].

By Fisher's exact test moderate/high cytoplasmic β-catenin expression (≥10% positive cells) in the primary tumours was predictive of development of metastasis (P = 0.014).

There is no published evidence about whether granulomas on chest radiography in patients living in histoplasmosis endemic areas are predictive of development of histoplasmosis in patients on TNF-inhibitors.

A recent review of neonatal neurobehavioural assessments for preterm infants assessed the validity of the available tools for assessing neurobehaviour from birth to term equivalent age and concluded that there are several tools that are predictive of development at age one and two years' corrected age (CA) when used at term equivalent age and beyond [ 2, 10, 11].

While the exact mechanisms by which a diabetic state leads to low lung function and whether a low lung function is predictive of development of diabetes remains to be elucidated [ 10], obesity, chronic systemic inflammation, and insulin resistance have been suggested as the common pathophysiologic determinants [ 15– 17].

Hypothesis 2 Specific risk factors or risk factor constellations will be predictive of mania development during the observation period.