Individual scores of medical knowledge examinations are no longer considered sufficient predictors of "soft", i.e. non-clinical, skills including communication skills [ 6, 14].
Among various plaques, the soft plaque is a powerful predictor of significant cardiovascular events because of its susceptibility to rupture [ 25].
Inflammation (presence of effusion and/or soft-tissue swelling) is a predictor of progression to total joint replacement [ 30].
Although soft pancreatic texture is a reliable predictor of postoperative PF, noninvasive, quantitative methods of assessing pancreatic hardness have not been established.
A multicenter, longitudinal, cohort study of the cardiovascular consequences of sleep-disordered breathing reported that carbonated soft drink consumption was a major predictor of nocturnal heartburn [ 39].
Interestingly, survivin expression has been shown to be an important prognostic factor in acute leukaemia [ 30, 31], and a predictor of recurrence in soft-tissue sarcomas [ 32] and urinary bladder cancer [ 33, 34].
Table 4 describes the cross-validation results for the three models for the year 2005 at the 30 stations available to produce the soft data with all mixed model predictors (n = 3,980).
The ability of transformed cells to form colonies in soft agar is a useful in vitro predictor of tumor formation in vivo [24].
Soft data were estimated only when all predictors were available.
In this patient cohort, significant predictors of serious skin and soft tissue infections included diabetes mellitus and having a prior history of skin infection.
