The phrase "characteristic proportion" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are discussing a specific ratio or relationship that is typical or defining for a particular subject or phenomenon.
Example: "In this study, we will analyze the characteristic proportion of carbon to oxygen in various compounds."
Alternatives: "typical ratio" or "defining proportion".
"We wanted to understand how cancer cells stably maintain characteristic proportions of these different states for extended periods of time," said Gupta.
rcDNA, dlDNA, and ssDNA have distinct mobilities and are found in characteristic proportions (referred at as "DNA profile"; e.g. Fig. 2; lane 1 for WT).
Comment: This character is included to capture the characteristic proportions of the posterior lobe of Manchurochelys manchoukuoensis, Sinemys lens and Sinemys brevispinus (unknown for S. gamera).
Plant and bee beta diversities were mainly explained by local factors (edge structure and flower cover) while butterfly beta diversity was explained by surrounding landscape characteristics (proportion of land cover in grassland).
The age, abiotic environmental characteristics (position of water table, water pH, and substratum chemistry), as well as biotic characteristics (proportion of land cover categories up to 100 m, 300 m and 1 km from each sample, and the distance to the nearest undisturbed peatland vegetation) were assessed for each sampled successional stage.
All other study characteristics (proportion of young children, proportion of high parental education, and study design) could not explain heterogeneity between country-specific estimates.
The respondent characteristics, proportion of smokers, and proportion of females, broadly matched that in previous European studies; only the mean age was lower which might be due to the age range set by the inclusion criteria and the restriction to patients that use social media [ 2, 3, 6, 18].
Over time, TKA has been made available to a wider patient population, some of whom may have been excluded previously, due to an unfavorable patient profile, not likely to benefit optimally from TKA. Worsening in other patient characteristics (proportion with fibromyalgia, catastrophizing etc).
Factors shown to be associated with choosing family medicine include medical school characteristics (proportion of faculty who are family physicians), personal interactions and lifestyle preferences, personal fit and workforce factors, including expected income, prestige, job opportunities, longitudinal care and societal need [ 4, 9, 10].
Participant characteristics, proportions of individuals with capacity and their views on surrogate decision-making are presented descriptively.
