Sentence examples for reasonable predictive value from inspiring English sources

Studies investigating the value of NGAL in predicting the use of renal replacement therapy showed homogenously reasonable predictive value of NGAL.

Furthermore, despite the relative heterogeneity of the patient population, ScvO2 had a reasonable predictive value for postoperative complications.

Similarly, detection of sequences encoding enzymes associated with virulence (such as Shiga toxin) or resistance (such as an extended-spectrum beta-lactamase) will have reasonable predictive value.

Conversely, PWV does seem to have a reasonable predictive value for mortality in patients with impaired glucose tolerance and type 2 diabetes [ 24].

In general terms they support the notion of alarm symptoms, which, because they possess reasonable predictive value for serious disease, should stimulate urgent intervention, notwithstanding the fact that the diagnoses made most often tend to be the least serious.

Although there are some limitations to calculating comorbidities based on administrative data as there is the possibility of under-reporting of comorbidities during the hospital stay, the Charlson scale is established as having reasonable predictive value for healthcare costs and patient mortality [ 35].

CTC with limited bowel preparation has reasonable predictive values in an FOBT-positive population and a higher acceptability to patients than colonoscopy.

The one medication with reasonable positive predictive value for type 1 was glucagon (sensitivity, 68%; positive predictive value, 79%).

However, syndromic STI identification has reasonable positive predictive value for STIs in high prevalence non-conflict African settings [ 14], and perceived STI is more relevant for health care seeking than actual STI.

The Washington State Diabetes Prediction Study showed that positivity for at least two autoantibodies out of IAAs, GADAs, and IA-2As was associated with a high sensitivity (100%[95%% CI 58 100]) and a reasonable positive predictive value (50%[95%% CI 25 75]) in initially 12- to 18-year-old school children over a median time period of 8 years (15).

Since abnormal concentration of serum markers in the first trimester is caused by intrinsic alteration of the villous trophoblast, it is reasonable that predictive value would be poorer for late onset preeclampsia with normal or only slightly altered trophoblast invasion in the first trimester.