The phrase "as a reference growth" is not correct in written English.
It seems to be an attempt to convey a concept related to growth, but it lacks clarity and proper structure.
Example: "The data we collected can be used as a reference growth for future projects."
Alternatives: "as a benchmark for growth" or "as a growth reference point".
Although, in the growth references construction process, we excluded data from children with known disorders affecting growth, the presented charts and centiles should be considered as a growth reference not a growth standard because we have not identified optimal growth circumstances with regard to environmental influences.
Further follow-up and comparison with more recent reference data (as the reference growth diagrams date from 1997) should show whether the slightly higher SDS of some anthropometric measurements in ODM is a result of a continuing positive secular growth change in the Netherlands (14) or should be attributed to the diabetic pregnancy.
Having as a reference that population growth, aging, and urban development are social determinants related to the increase in DM (3), the SDVs studied in PREFREC were used to estimate the probability of developing DM among Panamanians by using multivariate analysis (logistic regression model).
The present research focuses on the Munich Metropolitan Region as a reference for the growth of metropolitan regions worldwide, addressing key functions of metropolitan regions and their interrelations [35].
For various treatments, published data were used as a reference for the growth conditions, treatments and experiments on the plant materials in the digital expression database (Nobuta et al. [2007]).
The obtained curves were then compared with those developed by Giorlandino et al. [ 19] as reference growth curves for the Italian population and those developed by Johnsen et al. [ 20] as reference growth curves for the European population, in order to verify possible differences due to statistic methodology, selection criteria, or, possibly, true genetic variability of the studied population.
They do not purport to represent the growth characteristics of the average child in a population and if used as a growth reference rather than a growth standard they will potentially provide conflicting and erroneous information.
The growth of the 1942 strain was used as a reference for determining relative growth rates of the other strains.
Records of 883,163 infants (452,809 boys) were used as a reference for singleton fetal growth.
Teflon-racks, placed on the floor of the vessels, supported a 1190 μm nylon mesh (Sefar) as substrate for the plants and two glass slides with a 5 μm grid (N°5, Boraglas) used as a reference to measure root growth.
