In addition, although only one patient in our cohort died in the paediatric ICU, six children required ECLS (extracorporeal life-support), an indicator of the severity of sepsis [ 4].
These findings support our hypothesis that social support is an indicator of cognitive function in community-dwelling older adults.
Males on the improved diet sang less than males in relatively worse condition, providing no support for song as an indicator of male condition.
For each gene, I calculated the WNCi score and support each value with an indicator of its statistical significance.
In this article, social support was considered as an indicator of good social relationships and was thus included in the dimensions of social capital.
The associations with IHD are in line with earlier findings of associations between growth measures and coronary heart disease, mortality, type 2 diabetes and insulin resistance in different ethnic groups and lend support to AHI as an indicator of childhood health.
Because mobility limitation is a surrogate marker for PA, its significant association with poorer performance on cognitive tests after discounting the effects of serious chronic medical illness supports its role as an indicator of sedentary lifestyle.
Since birth weight is associated with social factors including poverty, unemployment and social support, it would be considered an indicator of social inequalities.
Questions about perceived social support the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) 12, an indicator of psychological health, in which twelve questions are used to assess the participant's present state relative to their usual, or normal, state [ 13], were both asked in a self-completion format.
Cohabitation status can be an indicator of social support, women living in a partnership being able to exchange information with their partners about health check-ups in general and cancer screenings in particular.
These services consist of multiple and dynamic functions and are typically assessed using indicators, e.g. microbial biomass as an indicator of supporting services.
