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:
Caucasian
Non-Specified
Polynesian
Asian
Afro Caribbean
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.
Population
Percentage drop
25
0
0
10
10
13