Those analyses (not shown) revealed that the cognitive measures were not independently associated with ADLs, IADLs, or mobility declines, and that only the missing depressive symptoms marker was consistently associated with declines in functional status.
OBS was defined based on symptoms and markers commonly associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
This qualitative research identifies a set of symptoms and markers of symptom severity that are relevant to the experience of patients who have asthma.
Besides clinical signs and symptoms, other markers that warn the physician about the risk of current systemic infection are required.
Increased levels of (1-->3 -ss-d-glucan were related to an increased extent of symptoms and markers of inflammation.
These factors included age at diagnosis, gender, presenting symptoms, laboratory markers, growth parameters at diagnosis, and disease activity at diagnosis.
Advanced age, comorbidity, decline in general health, pneumococcal infection, and absence of classical symptoms are markers of a poor prognosis.
In many cases, GGT is a stronger predictor of disease risk than these other symptoms and markers.
For example, a psychological intervention for cancer sufferers showed that, by improving depressive symptoms, inflammatory markers were reduced (25).
