Sentence examples for by the upper reference from inspiring English sources
* = pcr positive patients, M = male; F = female; ALTi = ALT divided by the upper reference value; GGTi = GGT divided by the upper reference value; DBi = DB divided by the upper reference value; Of 33 liver samples screened by PCR, 9 (27.3%) were positive for HCMV DNA and 7 out of 20 (35%) porta hepatis fragments were positive (figure 1).
After exclusion of all subjects using oral contraceptives or hormone replacement therapy, with diabetes or BMI < 18 or >30 kg/m, the upper reference limits increased by maximally 4.2 ng/mL in women and by maximally 1.5 ng/mL in men while the lower reference limits increased by maximally 2.9 ng/mL in women and by maximally 0.9 ng/mL in men.
SCH is characterized by a serum thyrotropin (TSH) level above the upper reference limit in combination with a normal level of free thyroxine (FT4), while OH is characterized by elevated TSH, in combination with subnormal FT4 [ 1].
The upper reference limit (URL) announced by the manufacturer was 0.046 µg/L.
The suspicion of ACS had to be supported by ECG changes on admission, biochemical markers above the upper reference level or previously recognised coronary artery disease.
Sensitivity and specificity were calculated by using 2 × 2 tables on the basis of the upper reference values of the respective light chain serum values.
In serum, the upper reference limit (3.0 mg/L) was not exceeded by medians in any diagnostic subgroup.
Myocardial infarction was defined by a rise in postoperative troponin I above the 99th percentile of the upper reference limit (0.78 ng/ml, Roche Diagnostics, Switzerland).
Patients affected by HT were selected according to the following criteria: ultrasound hypoechogenicity and if the thyroperoxidase antibodies (TPOAbs) levels were higher than the upper reference limit.
The upper reference range of QIgG[total], Qlim, was calculated according to Reiber's formula [32].
