Estimating geriatric patient's body weight using the knee height caliper and mid-arm circumference in Hong Kong Chinese

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 261-264

  Jung, M Y ^a,c   Chan, M S ^a   Chow, V S F ^a   Chan, Y T T ^a   Leung, P F ^a   Leung, E M F ^a   Lau, T Y ^a   Man, C W ^a   Lau, J T F ^b   Wong, E M C ^b  

^a UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c TORONTO EAST GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body weight; Hong Kong Chinese; Knee height caliper; Mid arm muscle circumference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BED; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CALIBRATION; CAUCASIAN; CHAIR; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; KNEE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NURSING HOME; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; BODY WEIGHT; CHINA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HONG KONG; HUMANS; KNEE; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX (MAC);

EID: 4944258270     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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