These variables are well established indicators for unfavorable patient outcome and poor long term survival in hilar cholangiocarcinoma.
As LPJs are well established indicators of diet in these and other cichlids [ 15, 16, 31], this significant weight difference suggests that gold morphs consume a more hard-shelled diet relative to dark morphs.
Severity and extent of atrophic gastritis and intestinal metaplasia are well established as indicators of the increased risk for developing gastric cancer.
The indicator regarding 28-day case death rate after myocardial infarction is an internationally established indicator of how well the healthcare system handles acute care after myocardial infarction.
The annual rate of medically certified spells of sickness absence seems to be a good global measure of health. 1 2 It reflects day to day functioning in occupational settings and predicts mortality at least as well as more established indicators of health such as poor self rated health, minor psychiatric morbidity, and presence of longstanding physical illness, disability, or infirmity.
Objective Zinc protoporphyrin/heme ratio (ZnPP/H) has been well established as an indicator of functional iron deficiency in subjects 6 months of age to adult.
Again, the practical limitation of this scanning method was the amount of fluorescence that could be produced and detected during the very rapid scan, which puts severe constraints on the size of signals that can be observed and presently limits its usefulness to the recording of relatively large signals from well established [Ca2+] indicator dyes.
Stunting, or growth retardation of children, is well established as an indicator of undernutrition.
In addition, expression of P-cadherin is well established as an indicator of poor prognosis in human breast cancer, which has stimulated our interest in studying its role in this setting.
Firstly, two systematic reviews will be carried out to review the existing composite health and non-health indices as well as to identify established indicators of men's health.
