Rudnick [ 16] suggests that the predominance of cognitive tests in instruments such as the various versions of the MCCAT [ 17] underplay emotional factors which may impair decision making in depressed patients for treatment.
In addition to the predominance of isolated, single test evaluations in published literature, variations in design and quality of studies on diagnostic topics [ 5- 8] make the interpretation of test accuracy data difficult [ 9- 12].
To test whether the predominance of the arginase expression over that of the iNOS endowed M2 MØ with reparative capabilities, vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) were cultured with MØ-conditioned MØ-conditioned
We have previously shown in a cohort with a predominance of immigrants that although one third tested QFT positive, in HCW, a subgroup of the study participants, only 10% had a positive QFT test [ 32].
To test whether the predominance of either agonists or antagonists was prognostic, we analyzed patient data for each of the miRNA pairs shown in Figure 7A and Additional file 10: Table S9.
Cases confirmed by serum testing showed an equal sex distribution, whereas cases confirmed by oral fluid testing showed a predominance of male patients (125/253 [49%] and 92/141 [65%] male patients among serum-confirmed and oral fluid confirmed cases, respectively; p = 0.002).
The Moray House Test is a well-validated IQ-type test with a predominance of verbal reasoning items, though there are also some other types of item.
Chlamydia was detected by ELISA which is not an optimal technique [ 17], but the rate among men is approximately that expected from studies in industrialized countries, while the low frequency in women has been found in previous studies from Dar es Salaam [ 9] and could be due to lack of sensitivity in the test or a predominance of other causes of discharge.
In most of the tested tissues, there is a predominance of the slc11a2-β1 slc11a2-β1owed by slc11a2-β2.
Human autoimmunity studies often lack corresponding animal studies, because many of the latter adopt the assumption of female predominance and test only females, Pollard says.
