Stature prediction equations for elderly non-Hispanic white, non- Hispanic black, and Mexico-American persons developed from NHANES III data

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 137-142

  Chumlea, Wm Cameron ^a   Guo, Shumei S ^a   Wholihan, Kevin ^a   Cockram, David ^b   Kuczmarski, Robert J ^c   Johnson, Clifford L ^c  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; KNEE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RACE DIFFERENCE; AGE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY POSTURE; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; HISPANIC; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REFERENCE VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; POSTURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1842763652     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8223(98)00036-4     Document Type: Article

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