Although the measured POPs in the current study are a selection of the POPs referred to in the Stockholm Convention and are representative markers for the group of compounds, the real exposure of the subject is, of course, more complex.
Of these, HIF-1α and VEGF are recognized to be representative marker proteins of angiogenesis, and are known to be associated with pro-angiogenic phenotypes of numerous tumors, including gastric carcinoma [ 26].
In other words, the amount of VAT is considered to be a representative marker of cardiometabolic risk, and may therefore be associated with plaque characteristics.
In conclusion, anti-Ku p70/p80 antibodies are not representative markers of a single systemic autoimmune disease.
Effects on such markers may be representative of an important difference in the mechanism of action between tamoxifen and aromatase inhibitors.
Since high sensitive C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) is a representative marker of not only systemic but also vascular inflammation, serum hs-CRP levels are a predictive marker for cardiovascular diseases [ 2].
However, investigations that adopted the same (y pTNM criterion reported similar results to those of the present study, namely, that SUV2 is a representative marker of response prediction in rectal cancer patients, for cut-off values ranging from 3.35 to 4.00 [ 21, 22].
Both markers were representative of some of the bacterial species frequently isolated from milk of healthy and/or mastitic women.
