Predictive equations for estimation of stature in Malaysian elderly people

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 80-84

  Shahar, Suzana ^a   Pooy, Ng See ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Elderly; Estimation of stature; Height; Predictive equation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM LENGTH; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHINESE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIAN; KNEE; LEG LENGTH; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; RELIABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; BODY HEIGHT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; KNEE; LEG; LINEAR MODELS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 0038559585     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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