Estimation of height and body mass index from demi-span in elderly individuals

Gerontology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 275-281

  Weinbrenner, Tanja ^a   Vioque, Jesús ^a   Barber, Xavier ^a   Asensio, Laura ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Demi span; Elderly population

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALCULATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SPAIN;

EID: 33748755173     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000094608     Document Type: Article

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