Osteoporosis is a condition in which the bones become brittle due to loss of minerals. To diagnose osteoporosis, an elaborate apparatus measures bone mineral density (BMD). BMD is usually reported in standardized form. The standardization is based on a population of healthy young adults. The World Health Organization (WHO) criterion for osteoporosis is a BMD 2.5 standard deviations below the mean for young adults. BMD measurements in a population of people similar in age and sex roughly follow a Normal distribution. What percent of healthy young adults have osteoporosis by the WHO criterion? Give your answer to two decimal places.
Osteoporosis is a condition in which the bones become brittle due to loss of minerals. To diagnose osteoporosis, an elaborate apparatus measures bone mineral density (BMD). BMD is usually reported in standardized form. The standardization is based on a population of healthy young adults. The World Health Organization (WHO) criterion for osteoporosis is a BMD 2.5 standard deviations below the
What percent of healthy young adults have osteoporosis by the WHO criterion? Give your answer to two decimal places.
The normal distribution's standardized form has a mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 1. It is indicated by Z as follows:
Z-score is the value of number of standard deviation from the mean.
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