Sentence examples for below the reference population from inspiring English sources

Although the sample had a significant improvement in physical functioning from baseline to discharge, physical functioning was still 15%% below the reference population, which is expected considering the nature of the disability in subjects referred to rehabilitation at BHC.

Children whose weight for age is more than 2 standard deviations below the reference population mean are termed underweight.

In our study, we defined "severely impaired" as a total score falling at least one standard deviation below the reference population mean [ 12].

1 Linear growth, measured as height or length, is an indicator of long term nutritional status; children whose height for age is more than 2 standard deviations below the reference population mean are termed stunted.

If the survival curve of the group remains below that of the reference population there is excess mortality in the group.

Second, we looked at the proportion of the sub-adult sample that fell below 90%% of the reference population with regard to weight-for-height, an indicator of short term nutritional status (Fig.  3) across the 1985 and 2000 time points (Nestel 1986; McCabe et al. 1989, 1992; our study).

"The growth of a child with a negative score is below the mean for the reference population, and the lower the score, the poorer the growth".

Positive z-scores indicate BMI values above the median, and negative z-scores indicate BMI values below the median in the reference population.

Underweight is a composite index of height-for-age and weight-for-age; children whose weight-for-age was two standard deviations or more below the median of the reference population were classified as underweight and being both acutely and chronically malnourished.

Twentypercentt of the patients (seven women, one man) had low muscle mass, FFMI below the 10th percentile of the reference population.

Growth stunting is identified by comparing measurements of children's heights to the growth reference population: children who fall below the fifth percentile of the reference population in height for age are defined as stunted, regardless of the reason.