The use of calf circumference measurement as an anthropometric tool to monitor nutritional status in elderly inpatients

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 266-270

  Portero McLellan, Kátia Cristina ^a   Staudt, C ^a   Silva, F R F ^a   Bernardi, J L Delbue ^a   Frenhani, P Baston ^a   Mehri, V A Leandro ^a  

^a PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aged; Anthropometry; Nutrition assessment; Nutritional status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALF CIRCUMFERENCE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; UNDERWEIGHT; AGE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ARM; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VALIDATION STUDY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; THINNESS;

EID: 77951784483     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12603-010-0059-0     Document Type: Article

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