percentile

Known as: Prctl, percentiles 
Any of the 99 numbered points that divide an ordered set of scores into 100 parts each of which contains one-hundredth of the total.
National Institutes of Health

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Circumference:Prctl:Pt:XXX:QnClot lysis estimate:Prctl:Pt:Bld:Qn:ThromboelastographyEffacement:Prctl:Pt:Cervix:Ord:PalpationPregnancy associated plasma protein A multiple of the median:Prctl:Pt:Ser/Plas:Qn

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2012
Highly Cited
2012
Determination of 19 cardiac troponin I and T assay 99th percentile values from a common presumably healthy population.
BACKGROUND Between-assay comparability of 99th percentiles for cardiac troponin concentrations has not been assessed… (More)
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2006
Highly Cited
2006
Do changes in body mass index percentile reflect changes in body composition in children? Data from the Fels Longitudinal Study.
OBJECTIVE Our aim was to examine the degree to which changes in BMI percentile reflect changes in body fat and lean body mass… (More)
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Fat-free mass index and fat mass index percentiles in Caucasians aged 18–98 y
Objective: To determine reference values for fat-free mass index (FFMI) and fat mass index (FMI) in a large Caucasian group of… (More)
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2000 growth charts for the United States: improvements to the 1977 National Center for Health Statistics version.
OBJECTIVE To present a clinical version of the 2000 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) growth charts and to compare… (More)
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Technical Change , Inequality , and the Labor Market
What are the implications of technical change for the labor market? How does new technology affect the distribution of wages and… (More)
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Predicting overweight and obesity in adulthood from body mass index values in childhood and adolescence.
BACKGROUND The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) introduced the clinical use of the body mass index (BMI; in kg/m… (More)
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
The development of waist circumference percentiles in British children aged 5.0–16.9 y
Objective: To develop waist circumference percentile curves for British children and to compare these curves with those from… (More)
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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
EXPERIMENTAL ESTIMATES OF EDUCATION PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS *
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  • 1997
This paper analyzes data on 11,600 students and their teachers who were randomly assigned to different size classes from… (More)
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Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Standardized percentile curves of body-mass index for children and adolescents.
Weight-for-height indexes are often used in the clinical assessment of obesity in children and adolescents. The direct… (More)
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Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Physical growth: National Center for Health Statistics percentiles.
Anthropometry is an effective and frequently performed child health and nutrition screening procedure. The value of physical… (More)
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