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This high degree of concordance indicates that IUI scores are a reliable indicator of urinary symptom impacts as measured by the I-QOL.
Pyuria alone is not a reliable indicator of urinary tract infection as it may be present as a result of other conditions [ 12, 24].
An increased uNGAL level has been reported to be an early diagnosis indicator of urinary tract infection [ 30]; additionally, white blood cells in urine have been found to be correlated with an increase in uNGAL concentration [ 31].
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We found no evidence that the risk of hypothyroidism varied with iodine intake, using several indicators: levels of urinary iodine (p = 0.89), presence of diffuse goiter (p = 0.56; data not shown), or large thyroid volume (≥ 15 mL) at ultrasound (p = 0.20; data not shown).
Secondary outcome measures included change in the following variables: 2-MWT (m) [27], [28], work (kcal), power (kcal/s), body composition, muscle mass (24-h urinary creatinine excretion), serum CPK (a non-specific indicator of sarcolemmal integrity), urinary excretion of 3-methyl-histidine/creatinine ratio (a marker of myofibrillar protein breakdown) [29] and oral nutrient intake.
Towards this end, we have examined the usefulness of urinary metallothionein as an indicator of cadmium body burden.
Finally, we performed ANOVA to determine whether persistently high level of urinary NAG/Cr is an indicator of renal function deterioration (See Additional file 4).
To determine whether urinary NAG/Cr is a better indicator of renal functional and structural markers than urinary β2-microglobulin and NGAL, we performed a ROC curve analysis.
Despite the limitations pertaining to the use of urinary DAPs as exposure indicators to OP pesticides, they may provide the best integrated measure available at this time.
Alkalization of urinary pH was not a reliable indicator of urine contamination as several organisms grew in this medium and no alteration of this parameter was found.
Indicators of schistosomiasis (haematuria, egg count and ultrasound evidence of urinary tract pathology) are shown in (Table 1) clearly demarcating the expected high and low endemicity.
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