Anthropometric measurements in the elderly: Age and gender differences

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 177-186

  Perissinotto, Egle ^a   Pisent, Claudia ^a   Sergi, Giuseppe ^a   Grigoletto, Francesco ^a   Enzi, Giuliano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Cross sectional; Elderly; Nutritional status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY DISTRIBUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ELDERLY CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISCERA; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0036258298     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN2001487     Document Type: Article

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