We found an inverse correlation between the serum levels of TRAIL, measured within 24 hours after admission, and both CK (R = −0.48; p = 0.002; Figure 2A) and CK-MB (R = −0.37; p = 0.007; Figure 2B), which represent important markers of degree of myocardial damage immediately after AMI [22].
Because of this relationship, Yasue and colleagues proposed BNP level as a marker of the degree of left ventricular dysfunction.
However, the plasma fibulin-1 level is not a simple marker of the degree of arterial stiffening, as evidenced by lower plasma fibulin-1 concentrations in the diabetes patients.
The level of CSF protein is a marker of the degree of blood-brain-barrier breakdown and may therefore be associated to both augmented vasogenic brain edema and to reduced CSF circulation and re-absorption caused by increased CSF viscosity [ 12, 20].
What's more, in the era of 6am Barry's Bootcamp and Brazilian waxes, when being really quite freaking hardcore about pain is – for better or worse, discuss – way more feminine than baking cupcakes, your willingness to go barelegged is, literally, a black-and-white marker of the degree to which you are prepared to forgo comfort in order to achieve the right look.
The index adopted as marker of glare degree (G, Glare Constant, according to CIE) assumes the form indicated in the equation (1).
Plasma renin activity (PRA), measured under controlled conditions, is a marker of the degree and persistence of renin-angiotensin system blockade.
To study the correlation between serum cystatin C levels and renal structural changes in normal, hypertensive and pre-eclamptic pregnancy to evaluate it as a marker of the degree of renal involvement in pre-eclampsia.
We suggest that the number of retinal hemorrhages rather than the total area of bleeding is a delayed marker of overall degree of hypoxic exposure.
The time from symptom onset to seroconversion was longer among those remaining seronegative at enrollment, suggesting seropositivity may be an inaccurate marker of the degree of "acuteness".
