Fatness biases the use of estimated leg length as an epidemiological marker for adults in the NHANES III sample

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 201-209

  Bogin, Barry ^a   Varela Silva, Maria Inês ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body fatness; Estimated leg length; NHANES III; Poverty; Sitting height ratio

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CORRELATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEALTH RISK; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BUTTOCK; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LEG LENGTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; POVERTY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38949094879     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dym254     Document Type: Article

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