Accuracy of self-reported height and weight in a community-based sample of older African Americans and whites

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 65 A, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1123-1129

  Fillenbaum, Gerda G ^a,b   Kuchibhatla, Maragatha N ^a,c   Whitson, Heather E ^a,c   Batch, Bryan C ^c   Svetkey, Laura P ^c   Pieper, Carl F ^a,c   Kraus, William E ^c   Cohen, Harvey J ^a,c   Blazer, Dan G ^a,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Body mass index; Elderly; Height; Weight

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77956918685     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glq096     Document Type: Article

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