Meaningful CAC burden (≥400) is high among patients with diabetes compared with randomly selected nondiabetic control subjects matched for CVD risk factors (8), indicating that CAC can be used as a simple, rapid, noninvasive measure of atherosclerosis in diabetes.
Further, these studies also will provide the opportunity to determine the potential use of simpler measures of glucose metabolism and insulin responses across a wide age span, as well as identify biomarkers that can be used in future clinical studies and, possibly, in routine clinical care.
Existing approaches use a variety of simple measures including functional type ratios, Ellenberg numbers, and diversity indices.
To validate the use of these simple measures as markers of ileus, we examined gastric emptying and intestinal transit in this model.
Early recognition of this clinical entity may allow use of simple preventative measures and help to avoid this life- and limb-threatening situation.
This study evaluated the potential relationship between computer use and CTS using simple measures of computer use (time spent at the computer and the importance of computer use in the job) and found no association in two separate prospective cohort studies.
This study includes data from many mammography screening programs throughout Western Europe, which support the potential for use of this simple measure in different settings.
Interestingly, splitting of electron and hole p-shell cannot be used as simple measure of quantum dot anisotropy and for the straightforward estimation of the fine structure splitting.
Education and motivation of veterinary staff to use these simple measures more effectively could potentially have a significant impact on infection control in veterinary clinics for relatively little cost.
