Sentence examples for useful as a predictor from inspiring English sources
The PSS-10 is a 10-item self report scale used to measure global perceived stress, it has been found useful as a predictor of physical symptoms and health outcomes.
The results suggest that DNA in pleural effusion fluid can be used to detect EGFR mutations and that the EGFR mutation status may be useful as a predictor of the response to gefitinib.
Conclusions: In this study, peak MIP was not specific enough to be clinically useful as a predictor of extubation outcome.
A logical error is built into the very term "domestic violence," which suggests that murderous rage directed at female relatives is a household affair, private, apolitical, not useful as a predictor of public violence.
Serum CPK values at presentation were compared between the groups using two-tailed ANOVA, odds ratio, and frequency tables were generated using our a priori hypothesis that a serum CPK of > 70 mIU/dL may be useful as a predictor of EP.
Thus, the MELD score may be useful as a predictor of mortality in alcoholic hepatitis.
In other words, quality of life may not be a useful measure as a predictor or consequence of alcohol use among community dwelling South African adults over 50 years of age.
The authors suggest that this assay may be useful either as a predictor of response to the drug or as a guide in choosing the optimum dose.
Thus, the distance model appears useful mainly as a predictor of the numerical neuron strength (high versus low) and existence (presence versus absence) of connections between neighboring versus widely separated cortical areas.
White matter lesions seen on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans of elderly patients with CVD strongly correlated with the development of dementia (Liu et al 1992) implying that neuroimaging may prove a useful tool as a predictor of cognitive decline in post stroke patients.
In this framework, we then addressed the following specific questions: 1) Which definition of CC is more useful as a single predictor variable to estimate AGB, the hemispherical view or the vertical projection view?
