As rubella virus circulation is reduced since many years, seronegativity rates might be overestimated using an inappropriate cut-off.
38 39 However, the use of inappropriate cut-off values in the first trimester may produce an excess in iatrogenic losses and costs.
Finally, it seems that prevalence of vitamin D inadequacy has been overestimated by considering inappropriate cut-points such as serum 25 (OH D above 30 ng/mL as a normal level of vitamin D [ 22].
Given this biased distribution of S/P ratios in our positive control group, we determined that this method would result in an inappropriate cut-off for our target population.
This may suggest a total thyroidectomy, but may also occur when: the spatial conformation of Tg is changed leading to decreased immunoreactivity; the ability to secrete Tg is lost (21, 34); the TgAb result is a false negative or inappropriate cut-off values were used (35, 36, 37, 38).
Inappropriate spending cuts could "strangle" growth prospects, the head of the IMF has warned.
Figure 8B is an example of underprediction because of the inappropriate DCS cut-offs.
In addition, bivariate and multivariate analyses will be performed on the factors predisposing to appropriate versus inappropriate requests (cut-off point of 4 on the EPAGE II scoring system).
The assumption that health is (and should be) within all citizens' personal control could lead to a variety of negative outcomes such as inappropriate government cuts to health services and self-blame or stigmatization for those who cannot meet the high standards of healthism and 'good' citizenship [ 35, 71].
Despite suffering from content ambiguity, a sample-specific scoring procedure, and the inappropriate use of cut scores, the Equity Sensitivity Instrument (Hunter; Huseman, Hatfield, & Miles, 1985) has been the primary measure used in equity sensitivity research.
