An ADC value from the contralateral normal PZ obtained at the same level was 2.000 × 10−3 mm²/s, which yields an ADC ratio of 0.73, which would be compatible with a Gleason score ≥7 tumour based on previously published thresholds.
Grouping of other variables was carried out using standard or previously published thresholds.
All variables were grouped according to standard or previously published thresholds.
Grouping of the variables was carried out using standard or previously published thresholds.
We defined positive urine culture based on published thresholds (colony forming units per ml [cfu/ml]) for each urine collection technique [ 4, 10].
According to previously published thresholds, S-scores lower than -2.4 or greater than 2.0 are considered significant genetic interactions (Collins et al. 2010).
Only amplitudes of variation were coherent with clinical evolution of sepsis rather than variations in absolute values or values relative to published thresholds.
We categorized admission serum glucose levels into five categories (≤110, >110 140, >140 170, >170 240, and >240 mg/dL) according to previously published thresholds (11).
For the biological variables, previously published thresholds were used particularly for Cyfra 21-1 (Pujol et al, 1993, 2001) and NSE serum levels (Jorgensen et al, 1996; Pujol et al, 2001).
Third, we did not perform receiver operating characteristic curves as the aim of the present study was to assess whether published thresholds could be used in intra-abdominal infection with shock rather than to determine new thresholds in another population of interest.
