Low vitamin D levels might just be a marker for poor health, Dr. Manson explains.
Blunted cardiovascular stress reactions may be a marker for poor behavioral regulation.
Barker and others use low body weight at term birth is a marker for poor fetal nutrition.
As a marker for poor neonatal adaptation (PNA) is lacking, the diagnostic process is difficult and includes invasive additional testing.
School absenteeism can be a marker for poor medical care, or for inadequate management of a chronic illness, like asthma.
If an algorithm incorporates residence in a low-income neighborhood as a marker for poor social support, it may recommend minority patients go to nursing facilities instead of receive home-based physical therapy.
However, it could just be a marker for poor health with those chained to the office not having enough time to prepare healthy meals or exercise.
In both samples, early onset (age ≤ 21 years) was a marker for poor prognosis throughout the illness course, although this phenomenon appeared more robust in North America.
As the theory goes, readmission is usually a marker for poor quality medical care.
Co-infection with HCV is a marker for poor prognosis in HIV-infected individuals.
Taken together, these findings demonstrated the potential of nuclear S100A7 as a predictive marker for poor prognosis of HNSCC.
