Lk_Unit_Of_Measure

Controlled vocabulary for units of measure.

Columns
Name Type Description Foreign Key
name varchar(50) Name or identifier
description varchar(1000) Free text to expand upon details
link varchar(2000) Link to URL
type varchar(50) Category
Indexes
Name Column Description
PRIMARY name BTREE
Tables that Reference this Table
Name Column Table Reference Column Reference
assessment_component result_unit_preferred lk_unit_of_measure name
elisa_result unit_preferred lk_unit_of_measure name
fcs_analyzed_result population_stat_unit_preferred lk_unit_of_measure name
hai_result unit_preferred lk_unit_of_measure name
lab_test result_unit_preferred lk_unit_of_measure name
mbaa_result concentration_unit_preferred lk_unit_of_measure name
neut_ab_titer_result unit_preferred lk_unit_of_measure name
pcr_result unit_preferred lk_unit_of_measure name
treatment amount_unit lk_unit_of_measure name
treatment temperature_unit lk_unit_of_measure name
Values
name description link type
AFU Arbitrary Fluorescence Units http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C77534 concentration
AI Antibody Index https://www.aacc.org/publications/cln/articles/2014/june/ana-testing concentration
Antibody titer Antibody titer is a titer of antibody that shows how much antibody an organism has produced that recognizes a particular epitope, expressed as the greatest dilution ratio (or its reciprocal) that still gives a positive result. ELISA is a common means of determining antibody titers. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/VO_0000150 Titer
Arithmetic Mean Fluorescence Intensity Unit (aMFI) Arithmetic Mean Fluorescence Intensity Unit http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C163562 Fluorescence Intensity Unit
AU/ml Unit of measure of potency of allergenic product expressed as a number of allergy units per one milliliter of formulation. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C70504 concentration
Base Pair Unit The unit of measure for the number of paired nucleotides in a DNA or RNA sequence. UMLS CUI:C4318478, has exact synonym: Base Pair Unit; BASE PAIRS; BP; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C132477 Quantitative Concept
BCLC Stage A stage for hepatocellular carcinoma defined according to the Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) criteria. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C115134 Classification
Beats per Minute The number of heartbeats measured per minute time. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C49673 Quantitative Concept
Body Mass Index Finding The result of a body mass index measurement. [Definition Source: NCI] http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C138901 Finding
Boolean The type of an expression with two possible values, "true" and "false". http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C45254 Qualitative Concept
Breaths per Minute The number of breaths (inhalation and exhalation) taken per minute time. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C49674 Quantitative Concept
C Celsius http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UO_0000027 temperature
Capsule Dosing Unit A dosing unit equal to the amount of active ingredient(s) contained in a capsule. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C48480 Quantitative Concept
categorical Categorical data are types of data which may be divided into groups. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C142412 derived_result
cells cell count http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C48938 derived_flow
cells/kg body weight Cells per kg body weight https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4138781/ concentration
cells/ml A unit of cell concentration expressed in cells per unit of volume equal to one milliliter. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C74919 derived_flow
cells/ul A unit of cell concentration expressed as a number of cells per unit volume equal to one microliter. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C67242 derived_flow
CFU The minimum number of separable cells which is able to produce a detectable colony of progeny. https://ontobee.org/ontology/NCIT?iri=http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C68742 varchar
CFU/ml A derived unit of viable cell concentration defined as the number of colony forming units in one milliliter of substance http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C68902 concentration
cm A basic unit of length in the former CGS version of metric system, equal to one hundredth of a meter or approximately 0.393 700 787 inch. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C49668 length
Count Determining the number or amount of something. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C25463 Activity
Cq Threshold cycle (or Ct or Cq) is a count which is defined as the fractional PCR cycle number at which the reporter fluorescence is greater than the threshold in the context of the RT-qPCR assay. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/STATO_0000190 PCR
Ct Threshold cycle (or Ct or Cq) is a count which is defined as the fractional PCR cycle number at which the reporter fluorescence is greater than the threshold in the context of the RT-qPCR assay. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/STATO_0000190 PCR
Day The time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis; ordinarily divided into twenty-four hours, equal to 86 400 seconds. This also refers to a specific day. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C25301 Temporal Concept
Delta Ct Difference between the target gene and the reference gene. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11846609 PCR
Delta Delta Ct Difference between the Delta Ct target gene of the treated sample and the Delta Ct of the target gene of the untreated sample. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11846609 PCR
DK units/ml The NIDDK calibrators were tested together with dilutions of the WHO reference serum using harmonized assays on five occasions in the BDC, Bristol, and Munich laboratories and reported as WHO units/ml by calibration as previously described. For each of the NIDDK calibrators, the median value of the WHO units/ml obtained for the 15 measurements was assigned as its calibrator unit. The assigned units were termed digestive and kidney units (DK units)/ml. https://repository.niddk.nih.gov/studies/aab-calibrators/ concentration
Donor Information Information about the donor. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C158611 Conceptual Entity
Dose A quantity of an agent (such as substance or energy) administered, taken, or absorbed at one time. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C25488 Conceptual Entity
F Fahrenheit http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UO_0000195 temperature
FPKM Fragments Per Kilobase Million: Normalized expression value of a given gene as measured by paired-end RNA sequencing http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22872506 gene_expression
g/dl A unit of mass concentration defined as the concentration of one gram of a substance per unit volume of the mixture equal to one deciliter (100 milliliters). The concept also refers to the metric unit of mass density (volumic mass) defined as the density of substance which mass equal to one gram occupies the volume one deciliter. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C64783 concentration
g/l grams per liter http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UO_0000175 concentration
Gender Characteristics of people that are socially constructed, including norms, behaviors, and roles based on sex. As a social construct, gender varies from society to society and can change over time. (Adapted from WHO.) http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C17357 Organism Attribute
Geometric Mean Fluorescence Intensity Unit (gMFI) A unit of measure for the geometric mean fluorescence intensity. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C163563 Fluorescence Intensity Unit
gm gram http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UO_0000021 mass
Grade A position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C48309 Quantitative Concept
Gy A SI derived unit of absorbed radiation dose. One gray is equal to an absorbed dose of one joule per kilogram of matter, or to 100 rads. https://uts.nlm.nih.gov/uts/umls/concept/C0556636 Not_Specified
HAU hemagglutination units http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virus_quantification concentration
Hour A unit measure of time equal to 3,600 seconds or 60 minutes. It is approximately 1/24 of a median day. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C25529 Temporal Concept
in A traditional unit of length equal to 1/12 of a foot or 2.54 centimeters. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C48500 length
IU The unitage assigned by the WHO to International Biological Standards - substances, classed as biological according to the criteria provided by WHO Expert Committee on Biological Standardization (e.g. hormones, enzymes, and vaccines), to enable the results of biological and immunological assay procedures to be expressed in the same way throughout the world. The definition of an international unit is generally arbitrary and technical, and has to be officially approved by the International Conference for Unification of Formulae. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C48579 mass
iu/l Unit of arbitrary substance concentration (biologic activity concentration) defined as the concentration of one international unit per one liter of the system volume. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C67376 concentration
IU/ml A unit of arbitrary substance concentration (biologic activity concentration) defined as the concentration of one international unit per one milliliter of system volume. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C67377 concentration
K Kelvin http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UO_0000012 temperature
Kallikrein Inactivator Unit per Milliliter An arbitrary unit of a kallikrein inactivator concentration equal to the concentration at which one milliliter of the mixture contains one unit of the kallikrein inactivator. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C73531 concentration
kg A basic SI unit of mass. It is defined as the mass of an international prototype in the form of a platinum-iridium cylinder kept at Sevres in France. A kilogram is equal to 1,000 grams and 2.204 622 6 pounds. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C28252 mass
kg/m2 Kilogram per Square Meter, the SI derived unit of spread rate of a substance by mass, used also as a measure of area density and as a dose calculation unit. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C49671 area density
l The non-SI unit of volume accepted for use with the SI. One liter is equal to cubic decimeter, or one thousandth of cubic meter, or 1000 cubic centimeters, or approximately 61.023 744 cubic inches. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C48505 volume
L/sec Liter per Second: A metric unit of volumetric flow rate defined as the rate at which one liter of matter crosses a given surface during the period of time equal to one second. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C67390 Quantitative Concept
M molar http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UO_0000062 concentration
Mean Fluorescence Intensity Unit (MFI,FIU) A unit of measure for the mean fluorescence intensity (when the mathematic calculation is unspecified or unknown). http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C163046 Fluorescence Intensity Unit
Median Fluorescence Intensity Unit (MdFI) A unit of measure equal to the median fluorescence intensity of a log-normal distribution of fluorescence signals. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C96687 Fluorescence Intensity Unit
MFI at 90th percentile Mean Fluorescence Intensity at 90th Percentile. MFI : A unit of measure equal to the geometric mean fluorescence intensity of a log-normal distribution of fluorescence signals. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C96687 derived_flow
mg milligram http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UO_0000022 mass
mg/dl A unit of mass concentration defined as the concentration of one milligram of a substance in unit volume of the mixture equal to one cubic deciliter or 100 cubic centimeters. It is also a unit of mass density (volumic mass) defined as the density of substance which mass equal to one milligram occupies the volume one cubic deciliter or 100 cubic centimeters. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C67015 concentration
mg/l A metric unit of mass concentration defined as the concentration of one gram of a substance per unit volume of the mixture equal to one cubic meter. The concept also refers to the metric unit of mass density (volumic mass) defined as the density of a substance which mass equal to one gram occupies the volume of one cubic meter. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C64572 concentration
mg/ml microgram per milliliter http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/SNOMEDCT/258798001 concentration
Milligram per Kilogram A unit of a mass fraction expressed as a number of milligrams of substance per kilogram of mixture. The unit is also used as a dose calculation unit. Has exact synonym: Attogram per Picogram; Milligram/Kilogram; Yoctogram per Attogram; milligram per kilogram; fg/ng; Femtogram per Nanogram; ng/mg; milligram(s)/kilogram; pg/mcg; ag/pg; Microgram per Gram; Nanogram per Milligram; Zeptogram per Femtogram; mcg/g; yg/ag; Picogram per Microgram; mg/kg; ug/g; zg/fg; Milligram per Kilogram; pg/ug; mg/kilo http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C67401 Unit of Mass Fraction
miu/ml Unit of arbitrary substance concentration (biologic activity concentration) defined as the concentration of one international unit per one liter of the system volume. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C67376 concentration
ml milliliter http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UO_0000098 volume
mL/min Milliliter per Minute: A metric unit of volumetric flow rate defined as the rate at which one milliliter of matter crosses a given surface during the period of time equal to one minute. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C64777 Quantitative Concept
mL/min/(173/100).m2 Milliliter per Minute per 1.73 m2 of Body Surface Area: A unit used in the calculation of a rate of the substance removal from the body (such as creatinine clearance) for the measurement of renal excretory function, with the applied correction factor for body size. It is also used as a dose delivery rate calculation unit equal to the rate, at which one milliliter of medication is delivered during a period of time equal to one minute per 1.73 square meters of body surface area. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C67412 Quantitative Concept
mL/min/mmHg Milliliter per Minute per Millimeters of Mercury: A unit for measuring a pulmonary diffusing capacity expressed in units of gas flow rate (in milliliters per minute) per a unit of pressure (in torrs). http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C67417 Quantitative Concept
mM millimolar http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UO_0000063 concentration
mmHg Millimeter of Mercury: A non-SI unit of pressure equal to 133,332 Pa or 1.316E10-3 standard atmosphere. Use of this unit is generally deprecated by ISO and IUPAC. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C49670 Quantitative Concept
MOI multiplicity of infection http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiplicity_of_infection concentration
Month One of the 12 divisions of a year as determined by a calendar. It corresponds to the unit of time of approximately to one cycle of the moon's phases, about 30 days or 4 weeks. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C29846 Temporal Concept
Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory A 20-item self-report instrument designed to measure fatigue. It covers the following dimensions: General Fatigue, Physical Fatigue, Mental Fatigue, Reduced Motivation and Reduced Activity. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C54719 Intellectual Product
ng nanogram http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UO_0000024 mass
ng/dl A unit of mass concentration defined as the concentration of one nanogram of a substance per unit volume of the mixture equal to one deciliter. The concept also refers to the unit of mass density (volumic mass) defined as the density of substance which mass equal to one nanogram occupies the volume of one deciliter. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C67326 concentration
ng/ml nanogram per milliliter http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/SNOMEDCT/258806002 concentration
ng/nl nanogram per nanoliter concentration
ng/ul nanogram per microliter http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/SNOMEDCT/272082007 concentration
nl nanoliter http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UO_0000102 volume
nM nanomolar http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UO_0000065 concentration
Normalized Fluorescence Intensity Unit A relative fluorescence intensity unit that is adjusted to a reference standard. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C154680 Fluorescence Intensity Unit
Not Specified No value provided. Not stated explicitly or in detail. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C38046 Not_Specified
NPX NPX, Normalized Protein eXpression, is Olink's arbitrary unit which is in Log2 scale. It is calculated from Ct values and data pre-processing (normalization) is performed to minimize both intra- and inter-assay variation. NPX data allows users to identify changes for individual protein levels across their sample set, and then use this data to establish protein signatures. The NPX scale is inverted compared to that of Ct. This means that a high NPX value equals a high protein concentration. Because NPX is in a log2 scale, a 1 NPX difference means a doubling of protein concentration. If needed NPX values can be converted into linear scale: 2^NPX= linear NPX. https://www.olink.com/question/what-is-npx/ concentration
Number of Episodes A measurement of the total number of events that have occurred. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C124281 Quantitative Concept
optical density The measurement of the light transmitted through a sample for a given wavelength. [database_cross_reference: ISBN:038733341X] http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHMO_0002039 concentration
percentage A fraction or ratio with 100 understood as the denominator. e.g. percentage of a cell population of interest within a parent population http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C25613 derived_flow
PFU Plaque-forming unit. A measure of viable infectious entities (e.g. viral particles or group of particles) in the specimen or product defined as the smallest quantity that can produce a cytopathic effect in the host cell culture challenged with the defined inoculum, visible under the microscope and/or to the naked eye as a plaque. A number of plaque forming units (PFU) per unit volume is a conventional way to refer the titer of an infective entity in a specimen or preparation. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C67264 concentration
PFUe Plaque-forming unit equivalents http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C67264 concentration
pg picogram http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UO_0000025 mass
pg/mg creatinine Protein/Creatinine [Ratio] in Urine http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C85780 concentration
pg/ml picogram per milliliter http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C67327 concentration
pg/nl picogram per nanoliter concentration
pg/ul picogram per microliter http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C67306 concentration
pl picoliter http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UO_0000103 volume
pM picomolar http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UO_0000066 concentration
Point A numeric unit used to quantify a score. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C113499 Quantitative Concept
Pound The traditional unit of mass. By international agreement, one avoirdupois pound is equal to exactly 0.453 592 37 kilogram, 16 ounces, or 1.215 28 troy pounds. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C48531 mass
Ratio Quotient of quantities of the same kind for different components within the same system. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C44256 Quantitative Concept
Relative Fluorescence Intensity Unit A unit of measurement that estimates the size or amount of material in a sample by normalizing its luminescence to that of a reference standard. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C77535 Fluorescence Intensity Unit
RPKM Reads Per Kilobase Million: Normalized expression value of a given gene as measured by single-end RNA sequencing http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22872506 gene_expression
Scale An ordered reference standard used to measure incremental changes. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C25664 Intellectual Product
Schirmer Test Wetting A test used to determine the amount of tears collected on a filter paper strip in 5 minutes. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C75526 Finding
Score A number or range of numeric values measuring performance, function, quality, or ability. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C25338 Quantitative Concept
stim/unstim fold change Fold change comparing stimulated vs unstimulated sample https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fold_change derived_flow
TCID50 mean tissue culture infective dose http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virus_quantification concentration
Thousand Cells per Microliter A unit of cell concentration expressed as a number of cells in thousands per unit volume equal to one microliter. Synonyms: 10E3 Cells/uL, Kcells/ul. https://uts.nlm.nih.gov/uts/umls/concept/C1883312 concentration
titer A titer (or titre) is a measure of concentration. Titer testing employs serial dilution to obtain approximate quantitative information from an analytical procedure that inherently only evaluates as positive or negative. The titer corresponds to the highest dilution factor that still yields a positive reading; for example, positive readings in the first 8 serial twofold dilutions translate into a titer of 1:256. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/VO_0000555 Titer
TPM Transcripts per million reads- Measurement of mRNA abundance using RNA-seq data http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22872506 gene_expression
ug microgram http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UO_0000023 mass
ug/dl A unit of mass concentration defined as the concentration of one microgram of a substance per unit volume of the mixture equal to one deciliter. The concept also refers to the unit of mass density (volumic mass) defined as the density of substance which mass equal to one microgram occupies the volume one deciliter. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C67305 concentration
ug/kg Microgram per Kilogram: A unit of a mass fraction expressed as a number of micrograms of substance per kilogram of mixture. The unit is also used as a dose calculation unit. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C67396 Quantitative Concept
ug/l A unit of mass concentration defined as the concentration of one microgram of a substance per unit volume of the mixture equal to one liter. The concept also refers to the unit of mass density (volumetric mass) defined as the density of a substance which mass equal to one microgram occupies the volume of one liter. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C67306 concentration
ug/ml microgram per milliliter http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/SNOMEDCT/258801007 concentration
ug/ul microgram per microliter http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C42576 concentration
ugEq/g Microgram Equivalents Per Gram: A concentration unit measured as a number of microgram equivalents per gram of substance. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C166087 Intellectual Product
uiu/ml Unit of arbitrary substance concentration (biologic activity concentration) defined as the concentration of one millionth of international unit per one milliliter of system volume. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C67405 concentration
ul microliter http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UO_0000101 volume
uM micromolar http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/SNOMEDCT/258814008 concentration
umol/l A unit of concentration (molarity unit) equal to one one-millionth of a mole (10E-6 mole) of solute per one liter of solution. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C48508 concentration
Unit per Gram An arbitrary unit of substance content expressed in unit(s) per gram. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C77606 Arbitrary Unit of Substance Rate
units/ml Enzyme Unit per Milliliter. Unit of catalytic activity concentration defined as activity equal to one enzyme unit per one milliliter of system volume. http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/SNOMEDCT/259002007 concentration
Week Any period of seven consecutive days. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C29844 Temporal Concept
Year A period of time that it takes for Earth to make a complete revolution around the sun, approximately 365 days; a specific one year period. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C29848 Temporal Concept
Yes, No, or Unknown Response A response or indicator that can have a value of yes, no, or unknown. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C38148 Classification