What is the meaning of "were otherwise"?

e.g."This was lower than the prevalence in those who were otherwise eligible but had been excluded because of a previous TB test ."
Or,
"Study participants were otherwise healthy and mostly normal-weight "
Or,
"Cells that were otherwise identical but bearing mismatched DNA sequences were washed away. "

Answer:
It's used to show where things are the same or normal apart from one difference. Your examples could be read as:

This was lower than the prevelance in those who would have been eligable [because they fitted all the other criteria] but had been excluded because of a previous TB test

Study participants were otherwise healthy [presumably except the one disease they had or were subjected to] and mostly normal weight

Cells that were identical in all other ways except the mismatched DNA sequences were washed away
The thought of being different to a degree of being opposite of the intended subject.

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