Example sentences for: thpercentile

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  • With use of the cutoff point of the 85 thpercentile at this age group, the odds ratios for overweight at age 35 y were 12.

  • We therefore elected to set s 0 at the 5 thpercentile of the pooled standard deviations ( s 0 = 2.8); this choice does reduce FDR.

  • For instance a BMI ≥ 85 thpercentile (for age and sex) was classified as being overweight, and those with a BMI ≥ 95 thpercentile as obese [ 29 30 31 32 ] . Recent workshops concluded that the BMI is an index of choice for evaluating obesity in adolescents, because it has been validated by studies of total body fat [ 32 ] . The criteria used to identify overweight and obesity in children and adolescents agree with those used for grade 1 and grade 2 overweight (BMI of 25+ and 30+, respectively) in adults [ 33 ] . Using a representative sample from the general North American Caucasian population, we demonstrate that the BMI is also a good indicator for obesity in adolescents, however the readily-measured WC:AC, CPR, and STR, indices of central obesity, and SUM, a single measure of subcutaneous adiposity, are stronger predictor of both fasting glucose and insulin levels and lipid profiles, than BMI.

  • 5 thpercentile at the youngest gestational ages have accurately recorded weights and gestational ages, prior to inclusion in any analyses.

  • Babies with weights greater than the 99 thpercentile should be assigned a z-value of 2.576, corresponding to 99.


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