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The up and down keys should also be used to adjust the patient’s age
and then press enter. Repeat for gender, height and racial origin. If
a mistake is made then simply touch the back key to go back to the
previous entry. The racial origin selected applies a percentage drop
to the volumetric predicted values to be applied for the patient.
These ethnic corrections for ECCS are as follows:
Population Percentage drop
Caucasian 0
Non-Specified 0
Polynesian 10
Asian 10
Afro Caribbean 13
Press Enter when the required correction has been selected.
If NHANES III predicted values are used then the ethnic origin will be
used according to the NHANES III equations.
If Quanjer-GLI (2012) predicted values are used then the ethnic
origin will be used according to Quanjer-GLI (2012) equations.
Please note that the Micro I may be configured to accept height in
inches.
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