Thoughts on the Use of Standard Cut-off values for Physiological Health Indicators

摘要

This work raises the issue of standard cut-off values for physiological health indicators in varying populations. Whilst studying the effect of education age and sex on various physiological and anthropomorphic variables, all related to metabolic diseases, the problem of differing proportions based on universal cut-off values became apparent. Differences for geographical region, race and genetic make-up may require differing levels to determine at-risk populations. Here we present a short view of how the universal cut-offs apply to adults taken from a Mexican university population and compare these to using a 10% proportional cut-off for improving statistical strength and comparability.