Accuracy of self-reported waist and hip measurements in 4492 EPIC-Oxford participants

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 723-727

  Spencer, Elizabeth A ^a   Roddam, Andrew W ^a   Key, Timothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Anthropometry; Body mass index; Hip; Waist; Waist to hip ratio

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HIP MEASUREMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; UNITED KINGDOM; WAIST HIP RATIO; WAIST MEASUREMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF DISCLOSURE; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 4344635844     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2004600     Document Type: Article

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