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Doc888 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Percentile groupings?

Grammatically speaking, in the context below, "percentile groupings" refers to " 0%-33%, 34%-66%, 67%-90%, 91%-95%, and 96%-100%"?

Context:

Context:

Hazard ratios for early death and absolute 10-year mortality rates were calculated according to plasma YKL-40
percentile groupings computed within sex and age decade: 0%-33%, 34%-66%, 67%-90%, 91%-95%, and 96%-100%
  

Top answer

The colon permits no grammatical connection between the percentile groups and the term 'percentile groupings', but common sense does.

  • The colon permits no grammatical connection between the percentile groups and the term 'percentile groupings', but common sense does.
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The colon permits no grammatical connection between the percentile groups and the term 'percentile groupings', but common sense does.
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Thanks.

So in your opinion, here

"percentile groupings" = " 0%-33%, 34%-66%, 67%-90%, 91%-95%, and 96%-100%"?
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Yes. I have common sense. Usually.

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