In view of the fact that in none of the previous investigations the establishment of the β/β′′-equilibrium was in-situ checked, the present findings may be regarded as much more reliable than the respective data from literature.
A smooth linear or long segmental pattern of 18F-FDG uptake in the aorta and its main branches, with an intensity higher than the liver uptake, was regarded as findings highly suggestive for GCA.
It was indicated that abundant infiltration of IgG4-positive plasma cells around malignant tumor could be regarded as specific findings in malignant tumor with autoimmune pancreatitis.
It may also be mentioned that the analyses were not adjusted for multiple testing, thus low P values should be regarded as interesting findings rather than conclusive evidence.
Our findings suggest that a single abnormal test value on an oral glucose tolerance test should be regarded as a pathologic finding and that the patient with a single abnormal test value may be treated similarly to the patient with gestational diabetes mellitus.
This can be regarded as a positive finding, because it indicates that pan-European initiatives (the water-related EU directives) can deal effectively with this pan-European problem.
In light of the magnitude of this database, the absence of association between death and sex, diarrhea, vomiting and Paracheck® positivity can be regarded as a robust finding, which is also consistent with previously published work [10], [16] based on the NCHS growth references.
This shall not be regarded as a benign finding until the following factors are ruled out.
At first glance, this may be regarded as an undesirable finding, since we would expect equal urgency to be assigned to similar cases.
Consequently, since DHEA-S also remained stable in the intervention group as compared to the reference group that decreased this might be regarded as a systematic finding indicating better stress management and/or decreased stress level in the intervention group as compared to the reference group.
